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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
AUGUST 23, 2011
CALL TO ORDER: The Town Council President Brian Hayes called
the Town Council meeting to order at 6:10 pm.
Attendees: Bill Ebert, Lyle Torrence, Louise Brock, Josh
Kope, Ed Miller, Randy Batchelder
MINUTES: Kathy Kope moved, seconded by Steve Smith to
approve the minutes of the July 25, 2011 council meeting.
FIRE: The Ashley Hudson Festival breakfast was
successful serving approximately 237 people.
Having 2 medical helicopters come in for the festival was also
successful with many people showing interest and asking a lot of questions.
Many are wondering if this will be done again. The Hudson water war was a huge success with about 85 people
attending and wanting to do it again. 57 door prizes were given away. One quote for radios and pagers is
still pending for the AFG grant application.
The department obtained a floating pump from Fremont Fire Department
which was purchased from fundraiser funds for $300.00. This pump can be set up
at a lake or in a pond to fill tankers freeing up a piece of apparatus. A new
pump like this would cost $2800.00 if it were bought new. All members have been
trained on this and it is in service. There have been 5 calls for the month of
August so far:
Fire: 1 Medical:
1 Fundraiser:
1 Public Relation 2 Total for the YTD 94
MARSHAL:
UTILITY DEPARTMENT:
Milliman`s Septic Service is in the
process pumping septic tanks in the west section of town. Residential water and
sewer service has been established at the address: 412 Hardy Street. The utility
department has acquired a Marklift platform lift that will be used for any task
that it was designed for. Also, two body harness and lanyards were purchased
for personal safety. The utility department also acquired an electric utility
cart that will come in handy for local service and town activities. Some
electrical repairs were made to make it operational. Once the Certificate of Origin is obtained,
it is a street legal vehicle and will be licensed
CLERK’S REPORT Budget
adoption and the next Town Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September
27. 6:00 p.m.
TOWN MANAGER: 15 purchase
orders were issued in August (July 18 to August 14) for $171,700.64, the
majority for the Redevelopment Commission and for street repairs with a total
of 64 purchase orders worth $192,153.10 for the year to date. In August, there
were 2,653 visits to 4,994 pages on the Hudson web pages.
Ammonia for
the month of July was 58.5, up from the prior month of 28.8, on 702,000 gallons
of monthly waste water flow, 6,713,000 total flows for the year. Pulver Asphalt Paving, Inc. will begin the
street repairs on September 1. Homer
Eash will be crack sealing all streets except west Parsonage and Noll Streets
through October 30. Purchase of the property on the west side and the sale of
10.46 acres of it to South Milford Grain Co., Inc. have been completed. Purchase orders have been released for water,
waste water, and road construction which is expected to start very soon. Noble REMC and NIPSCO are refining their
estimates for electrical and natural gas service. There has been an inquiry
concerning the remaining 37.5 acres of land on the west of Hudson for a project
involving a cable manufacturer, 250-300 jobs at approx. $ 45,000 each. There is
a Port Authority meeting tomorrow at 4:00 in the Steuben County Community
Center.
OLD BUSINESS: None
CLAIMS: Claims were approved
and signed
ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by Brian
Hayes, seconded by Kathy Kope to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Atta “Tatsy” Hayes
Clerk-Treasurer
Approved:
Brian Hayes
President, Hudson
Town Council