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MEETING MINUTES - JULY 13th, 2010
REGULAR MEETING
JULY 13, 2010
SILVER LAKE TOWN HALL
7:00 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:
Council Members Linda Baker, Ron Jones, and Gale Owens were present. Also present were, Angela Glass, Clerk-Treasurer, Craig Hollopeter, Town Marshal Jasun Blocher, Town Superintendent, John Conley representing the fire department, and Morris Jones, Fire Chief. Vern Landis, Town Attorney was also present.
MINUTES:
The meeting minutes for June 8, 2010 regular and executive meetings were presented. Ron made the first motion to accept the minutes for both meetings as written, Gale 2nd, motion carried no further discussion.
CITIZENS:
No discussion from citizens.
OLD BUSINESS:
No business was discussed.
NEW BUSINESS:
MOBILE HOME VARIANCE was discussed. Janet Douglas appeared at the meeting on behalf of Phyllis Tibbs. Ms. Tibbs was wanting to put a RV on Dan and Phil Zile's lot. The RV met all requirements except for the 5 year clause. Mobile homes must be no more than 5 years old to be put in the town limits unless agreed upon by the council. Linda did not feel that an RV should be classified as a mobile home and said that it did not meet the age requirement. Ron felt that the lot did not have a pad sufficient enough for the RV. Jasun, Town Superintendent, was approached about hooking up utilities. He said the owner would have them hooked up and he would inspect it. The Council decided to table their decision until they could actually go out and look at the lot together. They decided they would look at the property at the closure of the meeting and schedule another meeting to make a decision.
CELL PHONE AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES was discussed. An agreement was drawn up between the employees and the town for personal use of town cell phones. The agreement was sent to all employees and the presented to the council at the meeting. All employees were in favor of the cell phone agreement. Ron made the first motion to accept the cell phone agreement, Linda 2nd, motion carried with no further discussion.
STATION 3 REPAIRS were discussed. For security issues, not all repairs were made public, the upgrading of lights were discussed. The council had received the quote prior to the meeting. Ron made the first motion to accept the quote for $1600.00, Gale 2nd, motion carried no further discussion.
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
CRAIG- Wanted to let the public know that from July 14-September there will be a van driving around town taking pictures of properties. The van is from the Kosciusko County Accesor's office-Craig stated that we have been seeing more golf carts in town. He would like to see a golf cart ordinance passed. Vern Landis said that he would work on the issue for us. Many thoughts were brought up on the issue. Ron would like to see slow moving vehicle sign, licensed drivers only, and some type of registration for the town.
JASUN- Announced that the town received a grant for $995,000 to repair and replace storm sewers. The grant is a 100% grant which means that the town does not have to match anything towards the grant.-Also announced that we have signed a letter of intent for the jet vac. The jet vac will be purchased in order to maintain the new storm sewers.-Wanted to thank Bill Holder from GIS. Bill mapped all of our utilities and put them on Jasun's laptop. Now it will be easier to do digs for water leaks and other projects.
JOHN- The Fire Department had 3 runs since the last meeting: 1 alarm, 1 assist, and 1 search.-John asked the council to help purchase 3 mobile radios. Lake Township has agreed to pay half. Gale made the first motion to purchase the radios, Linda 2nd, motion carried. Angie said she would try and look into a grant to help pay for the radios.- The paving of the fire station was brought up by John. Angie told him that there was $33,510 allotted for fire station paving. That was not enough to pave the fire station. Angie stated that we have been doing the best we can to save money for the paving but it takes time.-July 24th is the Pride Ride.
MORRIS-Wanted to know how things were coming along with the fireman's monument. Gale stated that Morris needed to go to Redpath Funeral Home and look at the papers. A decision would be made at a later date.
LETTERS:
There were no letters received.
CLAIM DOCKET:
The claim docket was presented to the council by Angie Glass, Clerk-Treasurer, for $198,082.41. Ron made the first motion to accept the claim docket, Gale 2nd, motion carried with no further discussion.
MISCELLANEOUS:
The next regular meeting will be held on August 10th at 7:00pm at the Silver Lake Meeting Hall-The band Shake N Bake will be here on July 31st to play downtown-Linda will be on vacation from July 23-August 2.
ADJOURNMENT:
Linda made the first motion to adjourn, Ron 2nd, motion carried.
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Angie Glass-Clerk-Treasurer
Linda Baker-Council President