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TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
January 24, 2012
CALL TO ORDER: President Kathy Kope called the Town Council
meeting to order at 6:05 pm.
Marlene Smith, Clerk-Treasurer X
Ward Odom, Town Manager _X_
Attendees: Bill
Ebert, Gary Kope, Ed Miller, Jennifer Dawson, Andy Mast, Brenda Mast, Lyle
Torrence
MINUTES: Kope moved, seconded by Dawson to approve the
minutes of the December 26, 2011 and January 2, 2012 Council Meetings
FIRE DEPARTMENT: The Hudson Volunteer Fire Department is
preparing the yearly fundraiser schedule for 2012.
All
of the department’s officers remained in their respective positions with the
exception of Phil Dawson being promoted to Lieutenant.
Four
used air mask have been ordered to replace damaged masks at a cost of $ 135
each as opposed to $ 200 each for new masks.
In
2011, there were 134 calls for service, down 13 calls from the prior year.
There
were 6 calls for the month of January so far: Fire
1, Medical 5, Total for the Year To Date: 6
MARSHAL: Citations 1; Incident
Reports: 16; Other Agency Incidents 6;
Arrests 3
UTILITY DEPARTMENT: The request for an annual inventory
information update for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has
been revised in reference to the towns residential population change from 596
to 518 and the town’s financial contact information.
The
utility department has received a 110 volt wire feed mig
welder from the (DRMO) this unit will come in handy for small welding
application as well as being portable.
As
of to date the utility department has gone through forty tons of geo-salt and
sand, considerably less then what we went through at the same time last year
due to the mild weather conditions.
It
is requested to look into replacing the loader bucket on the John Deere
tractor. The bucket is showing considerable amount of wear.
CLERK’S REPORT: The Clerk-Treasurer attended the IACT Boot Camp for newly elected
officials in Indianapolis on January 9-10.
The 1782 Notice, the DLGF approval of the
budget, was received yesterday. Generally, the budgets were cut. The total reduction is $ 17,535.
There is a requirement to complete a new
resolution on the Town’s credit cards. Motion by Kope, seconded by Dawson to approve
resolution for town charge cards.
May 5 is scheduled for the Town Wide Garage
Sales and May 12 is the scheduled clean up date.
The next Town Council meeting is scheduled
for 6:00 p.m. on February 28, 2112.
TOWN MANAGER: 10 purchase orders
were issued in January (December 19 to January 22) for $ 4,472.70.
In December. 2011, there
were 2,872 visits to 5.151 pages on the Hudson web site. For the year, visits
were up 12.4% from 2010.
Ammonia for
the month of December was 21.5, way down from the prior month on 1,185,000
gallons of monthly waste water flow, 11,850,000 total flows for the year.
Construction
on the South Milford Grain Company building continues.
An inquiry
has been received through SCEDC on a company seeking approximately 30 acres to
construct a 220,000 square foot building at a cost of approximately $ 22
million with $ 15 million of machinery and equipment. It would employ 77 initially in a division
headquarters, R&D, and manufacturing with a potential of 250 persons in
380,000 square feet. Input has been
provided for a response through SCEDC.
An invoice
for membership in the SCEDC has been received in the amount of $ 4,235.00,
payable in two equal installments. If
the Town should decide to rejoin SCEDC, it will be necessary to appoint a
representative. Odom recommended we rejoin
Steuben County Economic Development. Motion by Kope, seconded by Dawson to rejoin SCEDC and appoint Odom
as town’s representative.
The Town has
a Cumulative Capital Development fund which is currently at $.0266/1000. With the procedures outlined in the DLGF
letter provided, the rate can be raised to $.05/1000. Kope suggests
that we do pursue it.
The 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 has been executed
by the Cold Heading Co., Inc.
The new
street in the western industrial area requires a name. Dawson suggested asking for name submissions for new
street via the water bills.
The house in
the Redevelopment Area west of town is vacant and the electricity has been
changed to the name of the Town.
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 6:32 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted
Marlene Smith
Clerk-Treasurer
Approved:
Kathy Kope
President, Hudson
Town Council