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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, Kelly Gossett, Ron Lusk, Christie Maurer and
Gary Loos were present.
A motion
was made and seconded to excuse council member Warne from the meeting. (RC 5
yes)
A motion
was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the February 25,
2008 council meeting. (RC 5 yes)
Mayor’s
Correspondence –
Correspondence from Time Warner Cable informing the media and government
entities, that provide cable services to their community about how they are
exempt from rate regulations.
Citizens’
comments – John Buren, representative from Precision Geophysical, Inc.,
asking for Council’s approval to conduct a geophysical seismic survey in
search for possible reserves of petroleum and/ or natural gas. After much
discussion, Council Member Rogers made a motion to approve testing. Council
Member Loos seconded this motion. (RC 5 yes)
Introduction to ordinances and resolutions:
2008-06 A
RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2008 PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 2007-35,
ADDING FUNDS
Council
Member Rogers made a motion to suspend the rules. Motion seconded by Council
Member Lusk. (RC 5 yes) Council Member Rogers made and motion to adopt
Resolution 2008-06 and Council Member Loos seconded this motion. (RC 5 yes)
Reports:
Village Administrator: Mayor
Patterson reported that the bucket truck control cable harness needed
replaced. Council agreed with Patterson to make necessary repairs to ensure
safety of the employees. Council Member Rogers made a motion to approve
repairs on the bucket truck as needed. Motion seconded by Council Member
Lusk. (RC 5 yes)
Mayor Patterson recognized all the hard work and
overtime that the street department did this weekend during the snow storm.
Police:
Complaints filed
16 Follow ups
93
Traffic
stops
49 Traffic
arrest
21
Written warnings
25 Criminal arrest
6
Felony
cases
3 Accident Reports
6
Annexation: N/A
Community Service: N/A
Finance: Met this evening. All
finances are in good shape.
Fire: N/A
Fire Dependency Board: N/A
Grant Applications: Need to work on
doing income surveys in the village.
Insurance: Lisa has received all the
insurance applications from the employees and submitted to Ted Wendling from
Rinehart Insurance Agency for quote.
Ordinance: N/A
Planning Commission: Ron is meeting
with County office to compare our Regional Planning book to theirs.
Pool: N/A
Rep to Chamber of Commerce: The
Chamber dinner went well.
Utility: N/A
Building: N/A
Clerk’s report: N/A
Committee
Meetings:
Annexation
Committee 03/18/08 6:00pm
A motion
was made by Council Member Lusk and seconded by Council Member Gossett to
approve the payment of bills as presented.
(RC 5 yes)
Council Member Rogers made a motion at 8:05 pm to go
into executive session to discuss village personnel. Council Member Lusk
seconded this motion. (RC 5 yes)
At 9:33 pm Council Member Lusk made a motion to go back
into regular session. Motion seconded by Council Member Rogers. (RC 5 yes)
No further discussion or decisions were made in regular
session.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until the
next regular meeting on March 24, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. (RC 5 yes)
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Jack L. Patterson, Mayor
Attest:
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Lisa M. Derr, Clerk
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