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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
December 26, 2011
CALL TO ORDER: President Brian Hayes called the Town Council
meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
Attendees: Marlene
Smith, Bill Ebert, Gary Kope, Robin Hayes, Ed Miller, Phil Dawson. Joshua Odom,
Sarah Odom, and Jennifer Pence
MINUTES: Kope moved, seconded by Hayes to approve the
minutes of the November 22, 2011 Council Meeting
FIRE DEPARTMENT: Wrapping up the year we have achieved many
goals this year and are looking forward to moving ahead even further. We would
like to give our thanks to the current Town Council, Town Manager, and Clerk
Treasurer for all of your help this year. Without your help, some of our
achievements we have reached would have been tough to reach. A large capacity,
commercial Speed Queen washing machine has been received through the Hudson
Marshal’s Dept. Because of its electrical requirements, a phase converter is
required to have this equipment operational. This washer being a lot larger
than the former household washer and will clean a lot more gear at one time and
do a much better job. A phase converter would also allow the cascade system to
be brought up and going. 2 new Carbon Monoxide meters were ordered as the old
ones were removed from service due to failure. Both were purchased for $
321.99. These meters were delivered and are in service. The helmets have been
delivered and are in service. There were 6 calls for the month of December, so
far,
Fire 2 Medical 2 Co Check 1 Public Service 1 Total for the YTD 132
MARSHAL: 20 Citations 20 Incident Reports, and 1 Arrests were made
during the month
UTILITY DEPARTMENT: The Hudson utility department has acquired a
6x6 military built dump truck from the (DRMO) in Lansing, Michigan. This unit
will be a benefit for the town in times when needed. The snow plows and salt
spreader have been installed on the town trucks and are ready for the annual
snow fall season. The water and sewer service lines have been marked from
Schenkel Drive and west to the right away area of the South Milford maintenance
facility for the installation of the new (NIPSCO) natural gas service line.
CLERK’S REPORT: Town Offices will be closed Monday, January 2 for New Year’s Day. An Adjusting
Resolution for Motor Vehicle Highway Fund was presented to the council. The amount of $1,372.89 to be moved from Emergency Help to
Superintendent ($612.00), Town Manager ($61.20) FICA ($311.95) and Health
Insurance ($387.74). Kathy Kope motioned, seconded by Steve Smith. Unanimous
approved. The Council needs to approve
the Salary Ordinance for 2012. Kope motioned to accept, seconded by Smith. 2012 Salary Ordinance passed. The new
Clerk-Treasurer will be attending the IACT Boot Camp for newly elected
officials in Indianapolis on January 9-11. The next Town Council meeting is an
organizational meeting and needs to be scheduled by the incoming Council
members. The incoming Council members set January 2, 2012 at 6:00p.m.
TOWN MANAGER: 9 purchase orders
were issued in December (November 21 to December 18) for $ 3,055.25, with a
total of 96 purchase orders worth $ 264,288.90 for the year. In November, there
were 2,897 visits to 6,179 pages on the Hudson web site. Ammonia for the month
of November was 41.2, down from the prior month on 1,122,000 gallons of monthly
waste water flow, 10.239,000 total flows for the year. The South Milford Grain
Company is applying for a 10 year, declining, tax abatement on the property and
improvements. Kathy Kope motioned, seconded by Hayes to seek the declining tax
abatement. Motion carried. The South Milford Grain property is still awaiting
setting of transformer. NIPSCO’s
contractor has begun installing the service line for natural gas service to the
edge of the South Milford Grain property.
The resident north of there has been contacted about the
availability The Town’s attorney has
prepared a deed to cede the property of Shenkel Drive from State Road 4 north
and around the curve to the end of the potato barns and recorded as a town
street. It has been forwarded to Cold
Heading Co., Inc. The new street in the western industrial area requires a
name. The streets have been provided to
INDOT for inclusion in the Town’s street inventory. The house in the
Redevelopment Area west of town is not yet vacant. However, the water has been shut off. The
policy on the use of the Town’s equipment is being prepared.
OLD BUSINESS: None
CLAIMS: Claims were approved
and signed
ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by K.
Kope, seconded by Steve Smith to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Atta “Tatsy” Hayes
Clerk-Treasurer
Approved:
Brian Hayes
President, Hudson
Town Council