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City Hall Clerk Treasurer
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Greencastle Common Council
Regular Meeting
Minutes
April 12, 2018 7:00 P.M. Greencastle City Hall
I. Pledge of Allegiance
II. Call to Order; Roll Call
Mayor William Dory called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM; upon roll by Clerk-
Treasurer Lynda Dunbar the following were present: Adam Cohen, Stacie
Langdon, Steve Fields, Tyler Wade, Gary Lemon, and Dave Murray. Mark
Hammer absent.
III. Public Petitions and Comments: Blake Edwards student from DePauw
University presented to the Common Council the need to re-instate the energy
efficiency program at the state level. Mr. Edwards would like for the council to
pass in the form of a resolution their support for this type of program. Mayor
Dory read the proposed resolution that was presented. Gary Lemon made a
motion to make this Resolution 2018-4 and pass it and sign it next month,
second by Adam Cohen, 6-0, motion passed.
IV. Special Requests:
A. Street Closure Request- (1) 5K Route- A Kinetic Change Inc
B. Street Closure Request (2) Indiana Street-A Kinetic Change
Motion by Adam Cohen to approve the 5K to be ran on the city streets and
to allow Mayor Dory to approve or disapprove the Indiana Street closure
after further review of other weekend events has been done with the other
parties involved, second by Steve Fields, 6-0, motion carried.
C. Street Closure Request- DePauw University- Little 5
Motion by Tyler Wade to approve the street closure as presented with the
rain date of April 29th, second by Gary Lemon, 6-0, motion carried.
V. Public Hearing-Tax Abatement- Chiyoda USA Corporation- Danny
Mesecher asked how they were going to add more jobs if they could not fill their
open positions. Motion by Adam Cohen to close the public hearing, second by
Gary Lemon, 6-0, motion carried.
VI. Department Reports:
a. Cemetery – Ernie Phillips
b. Engineer–
c. Fire Department – John Burgess
Greencastle Redevelopment Commission Annual Report for CY 2017 as
presented, second by Dave Murray, 6-0, motion carried.
C. Salary Ordinance 2018-2- An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2017-10,
An Ordinance Establishing the Size of the Departments of City
Government of the City of Greencastle, Indiana, Fixing Salaries for the
Employees of Such Department and Fixing the Salaries of Certain
Other Appointed Officials for the Year 2018 (First Reading)- Motion by
Dave Murray to approve Ordinance 2018-2 on first reading as presented,
second by Gary Lemon, 6-0, motion carried.
D. Council EDIT Projects-No action taken
E. Approval of the 2017 Annual Financial Report- Motion by Dave Murray
to approve 2017 Annual Financial Report as presented, second by Tyler
Wade, 5-1, Steve Fields abstained since he had not reviewed, motion
carried.
Adjournment
Motion by Dave Murray to dismiss at 9:05 PM, second by Gary Lemon,
6-0, motion carried.
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ATTEST:
Ly da R. Dunbar, Clerk Treasu -r