The Independent-News, Volume 110, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1984 — Page 8
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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS - JULY 12, 1984
WALKERTON TOWN BOARD NEWS The Town Board met in regular session on July 9, 1984 with the following board members present: Arthur D. M. Heemer, Edward Bracich, E. Clifford Ward. Margaret Gaddis and Gregory Williams. Mr. James Clevenger, town attorney, was absent because of a vacation and Mark Wagner replaced him for this meeting. The minutes to the June 25. 1984 meeting were approved as written. An addendum to the June 11. 1984 meeting was requested by Arthur Heemer in regards to the Washington Street Project, therefore the clerk presented the addendum to be approved. Mr. Heemer made a motion that the addendum be inserted into the public record plus a tag sentence on the end stating that Mr. Funderlic stated that it was time now for the town board to make a decision on the deposition of the Washington Street project. Ed Bracich seconded the motion and all voted in favor. OLD BUSINESS: Item 1. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pickavet, owners of property on Georgia Street, were present to complain about drainage on their property. It appears that the Town uses this property to drain water on Georgia Street and Mr. Pickavet would like something done about the situation. Mr. Pickavet suggested a dry well and draining pipe with about a 75’ run. Mr. Bracich asked Marvin Williams to obtain some prices on the materials and report back to the board. Item 2. Mr. Bracich voiced a concern over using two officers on the auxiliary police force that were not certified. He said someone apparently had received verbal approval from the academy but he felt they needed something in writing. Mark Wagner said a letter from the Academy would be sufficient. Ed Bracich made a motion not to use these men until the academy sent
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us a letter stating that it would be legal to use these men. Art Heemer seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Item 3. Ed Bracich made a motion to amend the ordinance concerning the reserve officers. The amendment would be to increase the size of the reserve officers from seven to 12. Greg Williams seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Item 4. Federal Revenue Sharing was set up to be advertised for a hearing on the 23rd of July. The motion was made by Greg Williams seconded by Margaret Gaddis and all voted in favor. Item 5. A quote was submitted to the board for remodeling the ambulance bay and training room. Mr. Bracich said the quote was rather shocking and that perhaps we might consider fixing up the training room and some heat, but as far as the quote he had no intentions of acting on it. He suggested attending one of their meetings and investigating all possibilities including labor to do the work. Item 6. Greg Williams announced that Clyde E. Williams & Associates has made the application for the Washington Street Project and it is being traced. Mr. Heemer said fine but who authorized this to be done. It was discovered that Mr. Ward signed a letter authorizing the action. Mr. Heemer requested that formal action be taken by the board to solidify the authorization. Mr. Greg Williams made a motion to ratify the authorization to resubmit the application on Washington Street. Ed Bracich seconded the motion and all voted in favor. NEW BUSINESS: E. Patrick Gassensmith, town marshal, submitted his monthly report for June. His comments on the previous meeting in which a young man complained about an officer were: “I have given the officer a verbal repremand regarding the incident. A report is to be filed on July 10, 1984 and given to the orosecuting attoumey’s office.” Mr. Bracich said he was pleased with the way it was handled.
Mr. Marvin Williams, superintendent of utilities gave his monthly report for June. Additional comments were that the humidifiers were in the water plant and working well. The electric department is putting in a new line that will bring the new sewer plant on service. Mr. Jeff Zehner, in charge of the new sewer project, made his monthly report for June. He also announced that a punch list was being made up for HRP and the problems on that list will be handled very shortly. Mr. Greg Williams asked that something be done about the new roof on the new sewer building. He announced that he had looked at it and that it was full of bubbles. The three reports from the departments were approved by the board. Mrs. Iva Clark was present to voice a complaint. Her complaint was that she feels that she has been unduly harassed by town employees. They saw fit to change her electric meter, she presumed because her husband had cut the cable to the water meter. Then the town employees changed out her mother’s electric meter and she didn’t understand why they would do that when she felt they had simply overread her meter one month and didn’t interpret the readings correctly. No action was taken on Mrs. Clark’s complaint however she wanted her complaint to be public record. The Historical Society represented by Amybelle Wardman and Betty King remarked that they had heard a rumor that the Old Pumping Station was going to be demolished and that they would certainly like to stop that action from being done. It was decided that nothing would be done to the building and that at some time in the future if the Historical Society would like to obtain the building the idea would be entertained by the board. Claude Nowakowski, president of the Koontz Lake Association, addressed the board on the possibility of Walkerton fogging the Koontz Lake area as they did in the past. Ed Bracich made a motion to fog Koontz Lake area three times this summer at $250.00 each time. Mr. Bracich then made a motion to withdraw his motion and Margaret Gaddis seconded his motion to withdraw the original motion. Mr. Bracich made a motion to fog Koontz Lake area for $200.00 a fogging and to fog three times. Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Judge Judy Baker presented the town board with a semi-annual report on the court regarding to how it is working and what kind of money is being taken in. The court costs are set by the state and they are $35.00. The fine is set by the judge and can be SI.OO up. The traffic infractions thus far have been Walkerton 85, Lakeville 24, North Liberty 1, State Police 3. The total amount of monies collected from February to June have been $6,005.00: State. $2,017.00; State Prosecuting, $1,808.00; and Town Docket, $1,130.00. The judge feels the court is beginning to work very well. St. Joseph County Jail will accept all prisoners written up on Indiana Code. The prisoners written up on Town Ordinances will be charged a fee of $15.00 a day which will be included in their fine and court costs. She said she is in her office Monday, Wednesday and Friday and court is at 6:00 p.m. on Thursdays. She made a request that the money designated for the bailiff be used for matrons that must accompany a female prisoner to the St. Joseph County Jail. She would also like to have particular tickets printed at a cost of: 250 tickets at $37.50, 500 tickets at $66.75, 1000 tickets at $125.25. Mr. Heemer asked that she shop around and see if she can reduce the price any. Ed Bracich motioned that the judge be allowed to
purchase the tickets at the best possible price and Greg Williams seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Mr. Bracich asked why we had to use matrons to transport female prisoners. The answer was to protect the male officers from possible allegations. The attorney stated that the matron merely holds the position of a witness and does not have police powers. Greg Williams made a motion to use dispatchers as matrons and that the use be on a rotating basis at the discretion of the town marshal, Ed Bracich seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Claims 663 to 722 were approved as presented to the town board on a motion by Ed Bracich and seconded by Greg Williams and all voted in favor. Mr. Heemer asked that a list of items be compiled for the hearing on Federal Revenue Sharing money so that something will not be overlooked. Mr. Wagner informed the board that the Creech property has been demolished and that Mr. Creech does not want to pay the demolishing fee and intends to appeal the order. Mr. Clevenger is planning to attend a conference on appeals on July 25th and will report back to the board on his feelings. The single bid submitted for the demolishing of the Hazel Bellinger property was read and it was from Al Allsop, North Liberty, Ind. for $2,745.00. Greg Williams motioned to take the bid under advisement, Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Mr. Heemer requested that in taking the bid under advisement we would also like to find out what the possibilities are in trying once again to sell the property outright. With nothing more to come before the board Ed Bracich made a motion to adjourn, Art Heemer seconded the motion and all voted in favor. WPLJ AMBULANCE BOARD NEWS The WPLJ Ambulance Board met on July 10, 1984 with the fol-
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lowing members present: Lloyd Stephenson, Clark Dare, E. Clifford Ward, Margaret Gaddis, Kathryn Chrapliwy and Randy Hoover and Brian Pugsley for WEMSA. Minutes to the preceding meeting were discussed and later to be approved. Lloyd Stephenson made a motion to have Randy Hoover get the best prices available for six radial tires and purchase them, Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all approved. Randy Hoover informed the board that he had gathered information on the new sign for the ambulance bay, a 2' wide and 8' long sign to be made by Gloria Taylor. Clark Dare made a motion to have the ambulances inspected every quarter by George's Truck Repair at a cost of $25.00 an hour to take approximately two hours to do, Lloyd Stephenson seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Randy Hoover showed some dissatisfaction with purchasing from McGann’s Medical Supplies in South Bend. The new cot arrived and can not be used with the brackets that are already in the ambulance and McGann said they would work. The clerk is instructed to call McGann's and voice a complaint. Margarge Gaddis made a motion to purchase a new bracket for the ambulance, Clark Dare seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The five Ritron radios are to be in in the next week. The new set of specifications for an ambulance were presented by Randy Hoover. Clark Dare made a motion to approve the specifica tions and have them advertised in the Walkerton and Plymouth papers in the next two weeks. Lloyd Stephenson seconded the motion and all voted in favor. The bids will be scheduled to be opened on August 7, 1984. Clark Dare made a motion to remain with the same budget for 1985, Lloyd Stephenson seconded the motion, all agreed. With no further business to come before the board Lloyd Stephenson motioned to adjourn, Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all voted in favor. Shop and Save in Walkerton!