The Independent-News, Volume 121, Number 12, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 August 1995 — Page 5

WALKERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES The Walkerton Town Council met at 7:00 p.m. on July 17 with the following members present: Cheryl Rizek, Gene Reese, Leonard Jaske, Walter Heil and Gordon Hartsell. Attorney David Holmes and Gerktreasurer Judy Hiler were also present. The minutes were approved as read. Butch Walker, a commander of American Legion Post 189, spoke to the council of their plans to build a new legion post. Walker asked if the town would either sell them a piece of the property where the old ' water substation was, or give them an easement. This property would be used to park some cars. Attorney Holmes advised that if the council chooses to sell the property, there will have to be three appraisals on the property, and it will have to be declared surplus property. The property should also be surveyed. Walt Heil made the motion to check with Dave Bolze to , see if he has any plans for expansion on that piece of property. Seconded by Gordon Hartsell. Carried. I Tom Rogers, Superior Waste, answered a couple of questions , about yard waste. Superior Waste will pick up grass and other yard waste (except leaves) along with other regular household trash. Yard waste must be bagged or placed in a garbage can. Sticks, branches and brush three feet (3') and shorter will be picked up if they are tied up in small bundles or put in a garbage can. Rogers also said that, according to IDEM, the only way they can pick up tires is if they are cut into four pieces. If a whole tire is buried, it will rise to the surface after a number of years. E-Z STUMP BEMOUAL REASONABLE RATES Bill Etlinger 586-2167 Walkerton FULLY INSURED < ?59ip Mary Kay has a skin care program designed for your skin type. All basic skin care products are non-comedogenic and clinically tested for skin Irritancy and allergy. ^LMARV KAV EACE-KMiKE BEAUTY ADMCE* JUDY ROSE 656-4491 Rebecca Hoyt Fischer i^ero^J^cher. P.C. I I 2 WEST S^^ai-vo SunT3 10 South Beno, bioiaha 4060 I (219) 284-2354 T’j^ieoo) ^0 235-4 Ban SB* PTC v BusiN£M»|^g^&A^ Estate NORTH LIBERTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY 903 So. State Road 23 North Liberty, Indiana ROB CARLSON Broksr-Ownar Bus. 656-8800 Home 656-3818 H INDEPENDENT BROKER “I Charge Lass So You’K Get Non”

Superior will not pick up sod because it is too heavy and breaks the bags. Bill Dutton, Wightman Petrie’s project inspector, reported on the sewer extension project. Dutton I said that they have been waiting for ! a break in the weather to hydro- । seed. They have been putting gravel in the street cuts because they are waiting to hear about repaving. The contractor has been 1 talking about doing an overlay of asphalt on most of Walkerton Trail. 1 They think that the tonnage for the overlay would cost about the same ' as the patching that they had • planned on doing. Ken Jones, Wightman Petrie, said that FMHA has approved the north project for bidding. Gene Reese made the motion to let the bids, with the bid opening to be August 21st. Seconded by Gordon Hartsell. Carried. Triax Cable had been asked to attend one of our July meetings, and failed to attend either one. Attorney Holmes advised that this can be discussed at a later date. Within the next six months, we

NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS OF SCHOOL BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR THE YEARS 1996 - 2007 Notice is given to the taxpayers of the John Glenn School Corporation that on August 15, 1995, at 7:30 p m. at the John Glenn High School, Walkerton, IN, The John Glenn School Board of Trustees Shan conduct a public hearing to consider the School Bus/Vehide Replacement Plan as detailed below for the twelve (12) year period between 1996-2007 The levy required to fund this plan will be raised in combination with the School Transportation Operating Account as indicated in the Notice to Taxpayers of budgets and levies to be colected in 1996 Taxpayers shall have the right to be heard on the plan listed below at the public hearing I. REPLACEMENT COST OF BUS/VEHICLE DURING SPECIFIED YEAR 0 OF BUSES MAKE/MODEL I CROP. I "D* OOE I OWNED OR I "A" FOR I 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 21X53 2004 2005 2008 2007 REPLACE. COST ID NO DIESEL VEHICLE LEASED ACCUM OF EA BUS TYPE VEHICLE 1 ford 1981 is c owneo ZZZZZZ ~ ZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZ ZZZZZ ZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZ 47,000 2 FORD 1985 7 C OWNED 47,000 47,000 3 FORD 1986 4 C OWNED ______ 48,500 <8,500 4 CHEV 1986 5 C OWNED 48,500 _ _______ . <8,500 5 FORD 1986 17 C OWNED 49,500 49.500 6 CHEV 1986 19 C OWNED <9so° ~ 49,500 7 CHEV. 1987 6 C OWNED 50,000 ' ' 50.000 8 CHEV 1987 9 C OWNED __ 50,000 _____ 50,000 9 FORD 1989 22 C OWNED 51,000 _______ _ sl •°°° 10 FORD 1989 23 C OWNED 51,000 ~ 51.°°° 11 FORD 1989 24 C OWNED _ 51,500~ 51,500 12 INT 1990 3D C OWNED ' __ 52,000~ 52,000 13 INT 1990 20 D C OWNED _ 52,000 " ' ' 52.00° 14 INT 1991 1D C OWNED „ 52,500 _____ 52,500 15 INT 1992 2D C OWNED „ ' 52,500 52,500 16 INT 1992 11 D C OWNED _____ __ 53,000^ ~j' " 53,000 17 I NT 1993 10 D C OWNED 53,500 " ZZZZZ 53500 18 I KT 1993 12 D C OWNED 53,500 53,500 19 INT 1994 18 D C OWNED ________ ________ ________ _ — — ■— —■— ■- ~ — 54,000 20 INT 1994 26 D C OWNED _______ __ 54,000 ZZZZZ 54,000 21 INT 1994 25 D F OWNED _______ _______ 53,000 53,000 22 INT 1995 14 D C OWNED ____ 54,500 54,500 23 INT 1995 15 D C OWNED _L _ 54,500 54,500 24 CHEV, 1991 VAN E OWNED 25,000 _ 25,000 25 CHEV.' J 1994 VAN E OWNED ______ 25,000 25,000 A REPLACEMENT COST TOTAL $ 94,000 $ 97,000 $ 99,000 $ 125,000 $ 102,000 $ 51,500 $ 129,000 $ 106,000 $ 106,000 $ 107,000 $ 108,000 » 109,000 $1,232,500 C ACCUMULATION FOR FUTURE YEARS [ | L ADDITIONAL BUSES NEEDED SUMMARY OF NEEDS SOURCES and ESTIMATES of REVENUE COUNT MAKE/MODEL TYPE OF OWNED OR I MAY NOT 11996 COST ” ACCUMULATED BALANCE FROM NUMBER OF ' BUS LEASED ACCUM. ADDITIONAL BUSES VEHICLE BUSES - PFR mF ms™™ A REPLACEMENT COST TOTAL $ 94,000 PREVIOUS YEARS $74,597 PROPOSED TAX LEVY $318,065 1 B ADDITIONAL BUS COST __ 0 gxciSE TAX $34,800 EST ASSESSED VAL $54,203,430 2 •. '".l' SUBTOTAL $ 94,000 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TAX $1,570 PROPOSED TAX RATE 5868 B ADDITIONAL BUS COST C ACCUMULATED FOR FUTURE YEARS 0 OTHER $80,048 Dated this 31 day of July, 1995 TOTAL FUNDS TO BE RAISED IN 1996 $ 94,000 PROPERTY TAX LEVY $318,065 SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOTAL FUNDING $509,100 Rob Keck, Prudent Shlrtey Anderson, V. President Robert Sheaffer, Secretary David G Gensinger Thomaa L McCormick Janice K. Ryan Ben Smith

should hold a public hearing and appoint a committee to do a study and make recommendations and invite proposals from Triax. Holmes is going to prepare a notice for the public hearing for the August 21st meeting. Adams Street storm sewer bid opening was as follows: HRP Construction, $174,514.00 PVC; Reith Riley, $241,284.50 Concrete and $239,064.50 PVC; Herrman & Goetz, $149,377.34 concrete and $142,899.72 PVC; and Haskins, Inc., $221,512.00 concrete. Jeff Zehner, Wastewater Superintendent, Attorney Holmes and Terry Baugher, Engineer, are to review the bids and make a recommendation at the August 7th meeting. The truck chassis bid opening was as follows: Raceway Ford, Brownsburg, IN $31,999.80 plus $237.00 and Whiteford Ford Trucks, South Bend, IN, $31,985. Walt Heil made the motion to allow Jeff Zehner to review the bids with the specifications, and accept the lowest bid meeting the specs. Seconded by Gordon Hartsell. Carried.

Monthly reports: Jeff Zehner reported that Bau Construction plans to begin construction on the new sidewalks this week. Zehner said that he will be completing the road mileage survey within the next month. Attorney Holmes recommended that the council accept any streets, whose dedication is in question, by resolution. There was no citizen’s input. Old Business: Ordinance No. 1995-12, Vacate Alleys was reviewed and discussed. President Rizek and Gordon Hartsell went over the site last week. Rizek said that Larry Dill and Jeff Zehner had a real concern over the alley that comes off Kentucky Street and runs behind a couple of homes. Attorney Holmes told the council that he has not gotten legal descriptions of the alleys and the street that are proposed for vacating. Rizek said that one of the alleys that the school says actually belongs to them, has been used as a public alley and has been maintained by the Town for the last fifty

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years. i The school plans on putting grass in up to the asphalt area, and our utilities departments have some questions about doing this. Rizek said that if there is sod in this area, our electric trucks would have a hard time getting back there to work especially if it is rainy. r She said that she feels that the Town has made some concessions and asked if the school would now make some concessions and leave that open and perhaps re-asphalt that area. Superintendent McKee said that they had discussed this at a school board meeting and they are concerned with the children’s safety and would like to restrict the flow of traffic at the site. Rizek said that we don’t have any problem with restricting the traffic on Kentucky Street and feel that some kind of break-away gate can be installed. She said that the council’s concern has to be with the citizens of the town, and that includes their safety, electric, fire protection and other utilities. She Shop At Home

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