The Independent-News, Volume 111, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 January 1986 — Page 3

WALKERTON TOWN BOARD MINUTES The Walkerton Town Board met in regular session oq January 27, 1986 with the following members present: Gregory Williams, Margaret Gaddis and E. Clifford Ward. The clerk-treasurer, Kathryn Tiede Chrapliwy was also present. The minutes were approved as presented. OLD BUSINESS: 1. The codification of ordinances were presented to the Town Trustees for their review and inspection. All comments concerning the codification will be received at the next town board meeting. 2. The easement from the railroad is still being worked on by the attorney. Some results are expected at the next meeting. The president of the Board is also working on getting figures for the possibility of building a bridge if the easement is going to be too expensive. 3. The hearing with the Public Service Commission was held on January 17th. Those present for the hearing were: attorney Ron Gifford; consultant from Umbaugh, John Julian; engineer from Lawson and Fisher, Ed Hughes,; president of the town board, Gregory Williams; clerk-treasurer, Kathrvn

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Chrapliwy; and superintendent of utilities, Marvin Williams. The hearing seemed to prove favorable for Walkerton getting their decrease in rates from the Commission. Results from that hearing will be coming shortly. NEW BUSINESS: The annual report was presented to each town board trustee for their inspection. The annual report covers all transactions of every fund in the year 1985. 2. A discussion was held concerning the policy of the fee relating to the alarm system in Walkerton pretaining to police and fire alarms. It was requested that the policy be changed on a false alarm. It was reported that over 92 alarms were taken in 1985 and 98% of them were false alarms. It was suggested that by charging for false alarms only perhaps that would tend to cut down on the number of false alarms. Giff Ward made a motion to charge $20.00 for a police false alarm and $30.00 for a fire false alarm. Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all agreed. A resolution will be drawn up by the town attorney to be passed at the next scheduled board meeting. 3. Police chief, Pat Gassensmith, requested the police department be granted their total allotment for clothing allowance at one time. The reason that he gave was that all clothing and leather goods

are so high in price that it made it difficult for the officers to buy their supplies on a portion of their allotment. Giff Ward made a motion that all full time police officers be awarded their full clothing allotment on the first meeting in February of each year and if an officer becomes full time during the course of the year then he will be awarded his clothing allotment shortly thereafter upon request of the police chief. Margaret Gaddis seconded the motion and all agreed. Gaims 98 to 147 were passed on a motion by Giff Ward, seconded by Margaret Gaddis. With no further business to come before the Board the meeting adjourned on a motion by Ward, seconded by Gaddis. WALKERTON TOWN COURT NEWS Daniel A. Grimm, RMHC Lot 33, Rochester, speeding, fined SIO.OO, plus court costs. Audrea Crouthers, 800 Illinois St., Walkerton, speeding, fined $14.00, plus court costs. Kathy Neiswender, Rural Route 2, Box 526, Walkerton, speeding, fined $ll.OO, plus court costs. Nancy J. Rogers, 9298 Sycamore Road, Plymouth, speeding, fined $ll.OO, plus court costs. Larry Jackson, 68366 Lake Trail, Bremen, leaving the scene of accident, fined $40.00, plus court costs. Stanley Cummins, 611 Meadow Lane, North Liberty, operating vehicle with inadequate horn, fined Johnson/Williams Insurance Agency KOONTZ LAKE 586-2580 ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE Including MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTS & IRA'S i nt

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SIO.OO, plus court costs. Ronald Gapper, 1303 Ohio St., Walkerton, improper exhaust system, fined SIO.OO, plus court costs. Mary Brownlee. 1001 Ohio St., Walkerton, driving while suspended, fined $50.00, plus criminal fee $17.00, plus court costs. Rhonda Drake, 401 Ohio St., Walkerton, parking violation, fined $2.00, plus court costs. Darlene Beaver, Rural Route 5, Box 53-C, Walkerton, parking violation, fined $2.00, plus court costs. James Mirabella, 520 Iroquois Road, Schererville, no glasses or contact lenses, fined SIO.OO, plus court costs. Patricia Simmons, 519 N. Maple St., Argos, disregarding automatic signal, fined SIO.OO, plus court costs. Jeffrey Strafford, 500 Van Buren St., Walkerton, parking violation, fined $2.00, plus court costs. Helen and Charles Hamess, 607 Virginia St., Walkerton, parking violation, fined $2.00, plus court costs. Bryan Elkins, 610 Cedar St., North Liberty, speeding, fined $13.00, plus court costs. Gary Spencer. Rural Route 2, Box 511, Walkerton, driving while suspended, fined $25.00, plus $17.00 criminal fee, plus court costs.

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JOHNSON TOWNSHIP JUNIORS MEET Nine members were present at Johnson Jrs. January 15. Roll call was A bad habit you would like to break . The secretary's report was read and approved and the treasurer’s report given. Debbie Marsh gave a Health and Saftey report on ‘'Surprise Attack On The Common Cold". Sandy Thomas gave the citizens report, a poem, "Living And Learning". In old business a thank you was sent to Roy Williams for being Santa Gaus at our Christmas party. In new business. Back To School Scholarship and Winter Craft. Fair and Fashions of the past July 21-26. It was suggested to have a clean-up committee. The hostess is to clean up, take trash home and turnout the lights. There was talk of what we could do to help out with the Johnson Township Building. The club will send a get well card to Ray Chapman. The next meeting will be February 19. Denise Daube had cross stitch needle point for the lesson. Chris Houston had refreshments. To convert kilometers to miles, multiply by 0.6

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