TOWN OF
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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
CALL TO ORDER: The Town Council President Brian Hayes called
the Town Council meeting to order at 6:35 pm.
Attendees:
Bill Ebert, Ed Miller, and Mark Phillips
.MINUTES: Kathy
Kope moved, seconded by Steve Smith, to approve the minutes of the January 24,
2011 council meeting.
3 fires 3
medical 2 stand by 1 water rescue
1
public service call (stranded motorists
in the blizzard)
1
Storm related cleanup
MARSHAL: There were: 3 citations, 2 incident reports, 1
other agency incidents for the month. The Laptops with eCWS ticketing, ARIES
Crash Reporting, and Spillman Law Enforcement Records have been installed in
both police cars.
UTILITY
DEPARTMENT: As of today’s date there has been additional
40 tons of geo-salt and sand mix ordered bringing the year’s end total to 120 +
tons ordered. There have been 24 additional radio read meters installed in the
month of February bringing the total to 146 radio read meters installed to
date. An illegal sewer connection was found at 304 Second Street while a new
water meter was being installed. The illegal connection was addressed to the
resident to be disconnected. The hood on the town tractor has been damaged and
needs to be replaced. We have received a price quote from Hal Mark Rental of $436.54
total and we are still waiting on a quote from AIM in Ashley.
CLERK’S REPORT: The 2010 Cities and Towns
Annual Report has been completed, submitted to the State Board of Accounts and
published in the paper. All other
end-of-the-year reports are also completed.
The next Town Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 28.
TOWN MANAGER: 10 purchase orders were issued in February (January
17 to February 13) for $4,539.63 with a total of 15 purchase orders for a total
of $8,421.62 for the year. In January, 2011, there were 2,815 visits for 5,752
on the Hudson web site. Ammonia for the
month of January was 58.1, up from the prior month of 56.8, on 684,000 gallons
of total waste water flow. Two persons have
indicated a desire to lease the approximate 10 acre town property at the corner
of SR 4 and Noll Street for farming uses.
One has offered $300 total and another $75.00 per acre. The Town Council agreed to accept the $75.00
per acre. Five companies were contacted
to submit proposals on pumping of septic tanks for the next 3 years. The responses are: Eyster
Excavating: $120.00 per tank, Shorty’s
Sewer Service Inc.: $280.00 per tank,
Eric Milleman’s Waste Water Professionals: $85.00 per tank, Perkin’s Septic
Service: $100.00 per tank and Dilt’s Sewer Service Inc.: no response. Hayes motioned to accept Millikan’s bid. Council
unanimously agreed.
There is the annual requirement for an
appointment to the board of Region 111A.Town Manager Ward Odom was appointed to
represent the Town of Hudson. There has
been a resignation for the Planning commission and two from the Board of Zoning
Appeals. New appointments will need to
be made. The Town Manager will look into
this and the criteria that need to be met.
There have been several meetings concerning the Trine University
proposal. Currently, one item holding up
a commitment by the county has been financial support from the towns and
city. The city of Angola has indicated a
7 figure commitment and Fremont has indicated approximately $25,000. Hamilton has indicated that they will find
some funds. The Town Manager suggested
that the Town commit $4,500 over a 3-year period at $1,500 per year. After a brief discussion, Hayes motioned,
seconded by Kope to commit $4,500 over a 3 year period to the Trine University
proposal at $1,500 per year. Motion
passed.
OLD BUSINESS: None
CLAIMS: Claims
were approved and signed.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by Brian
Hayes, seconded by Kathy Kope to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Atta “Tatsy” Hayes
Clerk-Treasurer
Approved:
Brian Hayes
President, Hudson
Town Council