TOWN OF HUDSON

115 PARSONAGE STREET

HUDSON, IN  46747

(260) 587-9500

SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Saturday, February 10, 2007

9:00 a.m.

 

Being properly advertised, a Special Meeting of the Town Council was held on February 10, 2007 at 9:00 am at the Town Hall.

 

CALL TO ORDER:  Called to order by Sean Walker

ROLL CALL:  Sean Walker _X_ Gene Hamm _X_ Brian Hayes __X__ Clerk-Treasurer X  Town Manager _X_

 

MINUTES:  Motion by Sean Walker to suspend the reading of the January Council meeting until the regular council meeting on February 23, 2007.

 

BUSINESS:  The engineering firm of Jones & Henry, the same firm that did the water/waste water lines along SR 4 and Noll Street, has provided a quote for the Family Dollar site. This quote, $ 13,5000 of the approximately $77,500 total cost, includes plan and profile drawings, permit applications for IDEM and INDOT, legal descriptions of utility easements, bidding assistance and construction oversight.  The town has their Amendment No. 5 for the Engineering Service Agreement executed previously but it has not yet been completed and returned pending actual sale of the property to Tuscany Holdings.  This may be imminent now that the agreement on the $40,000 payment is in the hands of their attorney for review.  The engineering fee can be taken from TIF funds, as they will want progress payments as was done previously.  The construction costs will need to be borrowed, as were the funds for the earlier expansion.

 

      The council discussed the comparison of a new loan including the current loan at 5.95% or a new loan for this expansion.  A savings will be substantial due to a rate of 5.65%. 

 

      The following Resolution was presented for the purpose of borrowing funds to expand water and wastewater lines to support the economic development within the Town.  Payments will be made from the Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Fund and/or Economic Development Incentive Tax (EDIT) Fund to repay the loan and interest. The Clerk-Treasurer was given authority to enter into a line of credit loan agreement with Farmers State Bank, LaGrange, Indiana as follows:

 

                  Borrow $75,000.00 from Farmers State Bank,

 

                  Make payments on the loan from the TIF Fund and/or the EDIT Funds as necessary to maintain the good credit of the Town of Hudson.

                            

 

      President Sean Walker motioned to pass this Resolution.  Motion seconded by Councilman Gene Hamm.  The motion was unanimously passed.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Having no further business, President Walker motioned to adjourn.  Motion seconded by Brian Hayes.  Motion carried.

 

Respectively submitted,

 

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Atta “Tatsy” Hayes

Clerk-Treasurer