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Record of Proceedings
West Lafayette Village Council met in regular session
at 7:00 P.M., in the municipal building with Mayor Jack L. Patterson
presiding.
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll
Call: Dave Rogers, Roger Warne, Kelly Gossett, Ron Lusk, Christie
Maurer and Stephen Bordenkircher were present.
A motion
was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the February 9, 2004 council
meeting. (RC 6 yes)
Citizens’
comments – Mr. Wayne Carnes was present to voice a complaint about some kids
on dirt bikes near his home riding on the streets, alleys, and yards. He
wanted to know if there was anything the village could do to stop it. The
mayor said he was aware of a police call last week about the problem. The
police chief said he would look into the problem.
Kevin from
GGC Engineers was present to discuss the Issue II funding application for
the 6th Street water line. Our application was going to be
submitted for the small government project funding and our score was
probably too low to receive funding. He said he would reemphasize the
improvement needed for fire flow in that area of town. He would need
guidance from council as to whether or not they wanted to agree to increase
the village contribution rate for the project or increase the amount of the
loan for the project. The mayor said the finance and utility committees
would meet to discuss what could be done. The mayor asked about the Fresno
sewer project. Kevin said that GGC had reported to the county commissioners
that a lagoon system was the cheapest solution but their, GGC’s,
recommendation would be to connect to the West Lafayette sewer system at the
intersection of US 36 and 93.
The mayor
requested that council review the bills to be paid. There is a payment in
there for GGC Engineers and Mr. Carder had asked if Kevin could bring the
check back to the office with him. The clerk has the check prepared. A
motion was made and seconded to approve payment of the bills as presented.
(RC 6 yes)
Reports:
Village
Administrator – Mr. Owens, Village Solicitor, has requested that the village
pay for his registration for a Civil Law Seminar. Mr. Owens had agreed to
pay for his own travel and lodging. A motion was made and seconded to
approve the $200 expenditure for the registration fee for Mr. Owens to
attend the Civil Law Seminar. (RC 6 yes) The VA reported that Lusk had
requested quotes for the repair of the fire station roof. To date the only
quote was from Maple & Sons for $6900. The VA has also received the quote
from Hahn Mowing for the summer mowing services. The prices seem to be the
same as last years. A motion was made and seconded to approve hiring Hahn
Mowing for the village’s mowing for the 2004 season. (RC 6 yes) The VA had
hoped to have quotes for liability and property insurance for 2004 by now.
He should have by next meeting.
Police
(Chief) – Monthly report for January 2004
Complaints 18 Traffic
Arrests 13
Criminal Arrests 2 Felony
Cases 0
Accident Reports 4 Total
calls 242
Finance
(Bordenkircher) – The committee has reviewed and approves the financial
reports as presented by the clerk for January 2004.
Fire
(Lusk) – The mayor wanted to have Lusk remind the members of the fire
department that all purchases would require a purchase order.
Search
Committee (Bordenkircher) – The committee had completed their interviewing
process and had given the mayor their top 3 candidates for the Fiscal
Officer position. The mayor reported that he had attended the second round
of interviews with the potential candidates as a non-participant. The
committee felt that the top 4 qualities that the candidate must possess were
Teamwork, Be a team player, conflict resolution and creativity. The mayor
said he agreed with those criteria and after deliberating over the decision
this weekend he had decided to go with the committee’s top candidate. The
mayor was appointing Ms. Drew Ann Prater with employment becoming effective
April 1, 2004, and requested the council’s approval of the appointment by
vote. At 7:50 PM motion was made and seconded to go into executive session
to discuss a personnel matter. (RC 6 yes) At 8:15 PM a motion was made and
seconded to return to regular session. (RC 6 yes) A motion was made and
seconded to approve the mayor’s appointment of Ms. Drew Ann Prater to the
position of fiscal officer with employment starting March 15, 2004. (RC 6
yes) A motion was made and seconded to approve the expenditure of $195 for
Ms. Prater to attend the local government official’s conference March 16th
through 17th, 2004, with travel and lodging expenses. (RC 6 yes)
Committee
Meetings: Finance 3-1-04 6:30
PM Council Chambers
Utility 3-1-04
6:30 PM “
Ordinance 3-3-04 6:00
Pm “
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the
next regular meeting on March 8, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. (RC 6 yes)
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Jack L. Patterson, Mayor
Attest:
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Bruce E. Fouch, Clerk
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