115
PARSONAGE STREET
HUDSON,
IN 46747
(260) 587-9500
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
January 26, 2007
CALL TO
ORDER: President Sean Walker called the Town Council meeting to
order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Sean Walker _ X_ Gene Hamm _ x_ Brian Hayes __x__ Clerk-Treasurer __X__ Town Manager __X__
Others in Attendance: Mark Phillips Sarah Odom
MINUTES: Motion by Brian Hayes and seconded by Sean Walker to approve the December
29, 2006
minutes. Motion carried.
FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Hudson Volunteer Fire Department has received a $5,000
grant from the Community Foundation. The HVFD plans to purchase two air packs,
one cylinder, and Hurst hose. The
fire department has received the title for the recent donation of the pumper
truck from the Fort Wayne Fire Department.
The fire truck was formally accepted on Friday, January 19, and had its
first “run” on January 21. On March 3rd, the Fire Department will
have a Breakfast from 6:00 –10:00 along with Little League Sign
Up. On March 31st a Tack
Auction is scheduled at the Town Hall.
MARSHAL: The Marshal’s Office also received a
$5,000 grant from the Community Foundation.
This will be used to purchase Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) to be carried in the
police cars. Deputy D. Concus will be attending Breath Test for Intoxication
Certification Class on February 26 and 27, 2007.
UTILITY DEPARTMENT: Perkins Septic & Drain has stated
pumping the marked septic tanks. A
problem still exists with the drain tile on the Springer property on West Wabash.
The county surveyor will try to break the blockage. They will also look at the drainage problem
between the O’Conner and Campbell property on West Depot. There are two manhole covers (Main Street north of RR tracks and SW corner of Main Street and Parsonage) that have a slight
rise above street level causing snowplow problems. The cost to put these at street level is
$600. The council gave approval to
correct this problem.
CLERK‘S
REPORT: The
Clerk-treasurer presented a resolution for the adoption of additional
appropriations. President Sean
Walker made the motion, seconded by Brian Hayes to pass
this resolution. All council members
voted aye. The clerk-treasurer and town
manager are reviewing two sources of utility billing to correct areas noted in
the SBOA audit. The clerk-treasurer will
be attending the ILMCT Institute –March 11-16, in Muncie. The next Town Council meeting is scheduled
for Friday, February 23, at 5:00 p.m. at the
Town Hall.
TOWN
MANAGER: The Town’s web host for the web pages will be
transferred from Microsoft bCentral to Concentric in March. In addition to this, an additional web site
has been established at www.hudsonindiana.com.
Several proposals have been received for new signs for the Town
Hall/Community Center. These range from
$1,855.52 to $1,886.90. Two quotations
have been received for striping on Mail Street and painting of parking spaces, ranging from $1,850 to $1,888. No reply has been received from LongView
Communications as yet. The status on the
old service station donation is pending.
Information concerning a Xerox offer of a free multi-functional printer,
copier, and scanner that only requires using Xerox supplies has been
located. Application is pending. A revised project parameter worksheet
was completed and filed with IEDC on Michigan BioDiesel. The IEDC has received this and it is under
review. Location information was sent to
Pennington Seeds, Madison, Georgia.
Pike Pellets LLC appears to be a dead issue. The President of the Hudson
Plan Commission requested a meeting immediately following the Town Council
meeting on February 23. The Hudson Park
Board meets on February 10 at 8:00 a.m.
The grant application for trees through DNR was received and is pending. An IMMA meeting is scheduled for January 31
in Markle. The Angola Fire Department is
sponsoring Homeland Security Course MGT 313 on April 24-26.
OLD
BUSINESS: None
NEW
BUSINESS: President Sean
Walker made the motion to appoint Mark Philips to serve on
the Redevelopment Commission for the year 2007.
Motion seconded by Brian Hayes.
Motion carried. Mark Phillips informed the board that he is
putting his restaurant and other building up for Public Auction. One of the restrictions is that Dillinger’s
remain a restaurant. This will be
advertised in the coming week. Sean
Walker presented the annual appointment letter to the
Region III-A Board of Directors. Brian
Hayes motion, Gene Hamm second, and
carried that Sean Walker continues
in that capacity.
CLAIMS: Claims were approved and signed.
ADJOURNMENT:
Motion made
by Sean
Walker,
seconded by Gene Hamm to adjourn. Meeting
adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Atta “Tatsy” Hayes
Clerk-Treasurer
Town Council
Minutes
Hudson
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