Town of Osgood Minutes

Regular Meeting
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
7:00 P.M.

Present at the meeting were Tammy Wilhoit, Tina Wallace, Norman Kappes, Holley Rose, David Bultman, Lynn Fledderman, Toby Church, Eric Roush, Alex Brison, Kyle Negangard, Arlene Knudson, Al Redelman, and Ron Schwering.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call - all present

Motion to waive the reading and adopt the pre-read minutes. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

The Town has the need to employ an attorney to represent it in connection with its legal matters, Lynn Fledderman has presented a Legal Service Agreement outlining the nature and scope of this assignment.

Motion was made to approve Resolution 2017-3 and the Legal Service Agreement with Lynn Fledderman. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

Old Business:

Trailer at Fairview Village - Pre-Trial has been set for April 26^th, Lynn will enter her appearance.

223 N. Elm & 206 N. Elm Street - will proceed under Unsafe Building Statutes. The County Building Inspector could take action on behalf of the Town or the Town can nominate someone else. Lynn asked Council to consider to amend the Ordinance to allow someone else to be the designee.

Inter Community Medical - Lynn will look to see if their Articles of Incorporation have been Amended, if they’ve chosen one of our nominees, and see if they are breaking the agreement. Possible legal action can be taken.

240 W. Wilson - still waiting on one appraisal. Utilizing Osgood’s Redevelopment Commission will be a good tool to handle this property.

City of Lawrenceburg - still no response, Lynn will contact their attorney.

Waterworks Improvement Project - Lynn is concluding a 50 year complete chain of title, there is one property with a minor issue. Lynn is also adding verbiage to the Legal Service Agreement for Rural Development.

Commonwealth Engineers - Toby Church wanted to update Council on 3 projects.

Water Project - awaiting State approval to go to bid. Still anticipating summer construction

Sidewalk Project - getting ready to submit to INDOT. Looking to advertise no later than June 1^st.

Stormwater Project - problem areas have been outlined based off of complaints received. They are writing the PER now, which will include problems, solutions, and associated costs. This will be the first step to get funding. They will search for available grant funding.

Every public agency in the State of Indiana has to have a pavement asset management plan in place in order to apply for any future street projects funded with federal money. A five year plan also needs to be submitted to LTAP in order to submit for a Community Crossing Matching Grant. Last year these grants were funded 50% by the State and 50% match by the local government. In 2017, Legislators are proposing 80% funded by the State with a 20% match for communities with a population less than 50,000. It’s passed the House and is awaiting approval by Senate. FPBH is proposing to meet with the Town and prepare submittals for projects chosen along with the engineer’s estimates of an hourly rate not to exceed a fee of $1,000 to $2,500 depending on the number of projects submitted and to complete our five year plan for a lump sum fee of $500. (FPBH Inc. completed our road inventory last year)

Motion was made to approve FPBH’s proposal. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

American Legal Publishing has submitted an estimate to update our Code of Ordinances with the 2016 Resolutions and Ordinances. The estimate is $780 to $1,420 to update 18 books and the online code.

Motion was made to approve American Legal Publishing’s estimate to update the Code of Ordinances. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

Knights of Columbus is requesting to be at the stoplight on May 13th and Osgood Legion is requesting to be at the stoplight on May 20^th.

Motion was made to approve both requests. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

Police Department - Eric Roush gave Council his monthly statistics.

Fire Department - Kyle Negangard stated that Shawn Negangard has resigned from the Fire Department. Kyle is currently the Interim Fire Chief until next Monday when they will hold an election. They are still needing a new fire truck, their 1^st out engine was down and they were looking for parts. Their monthly stats were: 13 first response, 1 gas call, 3 mutual aid, 1 auto accident, and 4 fires for a total of 22 runs in March.

Allen Redelman was present and wanted to thank Council for everything they are trying to do on N. Elm Street. Their realtor has had 4 people interested in their home and when they drove there they wouldn’t even get out of the car because of the neighborhood. He stated it’s just heartbreaking. He stated if there is anything he can do to help to let them know.

Toby Church spoke with Lynn Fledderman about some possible easements that may be needed for a Stormwater Project.

Claims were signed.

Motion was made to adjourn the meeting. Holley 1^st, David 2^nd

3 - ayes

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