The Ellettsville, Indiana, Town Council met in regular session at 7:30 PM, Thursday, January 14, 2002 at the Town Hall. Jerry Pittsford called the meeting to order and led in prayer. Geraldine McIntyre led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Election of Officers
Jerry opened the floor for nominations for President and
Vice-President. Mike Cornman made the
motion to nominate David Sorokoty for Town Council President, Geraldine
McIntyre seconded the nomination. Jerry
asked for a motion to close the nominations.
Geraldine moved to close the nominations and Mike seconded. Motion carried to close nominations. Jerry asked for a motion to vote on David
Sorokoty as President. Geraldine moved
to take a vote, David Drake seconded.
Motion carried. Vote
taken on David Sorokoty as President for 2002, motion carried.
Jerry asked for nominations for Vice-President. Geraldine McIntyre made the motion to
nominate David Drake for Town Council Vice-President, Mike Cornman seconded the
nomination. Motion carried. Jerry asked for a motion to close the
nominations. Mike moved to close the
nominations and David Sorokoty seconded.
Motion carried to close nominations.
Jerry asked for a motion to vote on David Drake as Vice-President. Geraldine moved to vote, David Drake
seconded. Motion carried. Vote taken on David Drake as
Vice-President for 2002, motion
carried.
Jerry wished David Sorokoty and David Drake good luck for their new
terms and turned the meeting over to David Sorokoty.
Roll Call
David Sorokoty asked for roll call of the Council Members. Members present were Jerry Pittsford, David Sorokoty, Michael Cornman, David Drake and Geraldine McIntyre. Also present were Sandra Hash, Clerk-Treasurer and Mike Spencer, Town Attorney.
Appointment of Liaisons
David Sorokoty explained they would be having one appointment and two
changes of liaison officials for the Departments.
Police Department – Mike Cornman
Fire Department – David Drake
Street Department – Jerry Pittsford Utilities Department – Geraldine
McIntyre
Grievance Officer – Jerry Pittsford Health Officer – Mike Cornman
The Board Members listed below were the same as last year.
Zoning Appeals Board – no change
Ambulance Advisory Board – Jim Davis
Animal Control Board – Chuck Pate
Emergency Management Board – Jerry Pittsford
Monroe County Solid Waste Board – Geraldine McIntyre, Vice-President
Parks Board – reappointed L. D. Axsom for a 4 year term expiring in
2005
Approval of Minutes of
the regular meeting of December 27, 2001
Mike Cornman made a motion to accept the minutes of the December 27,
2001 meeting. Geraldine McIntyre
seconded. Motion carried.
Ordinances on First
Reading None
Resolutions None
Ordinances on Second
Reading
Ordinance 01-33 amending
section 290-10 of the Ellettsville Town Code concerning the division of the
Town every ten years
Jerry Pittsford read by title.
Geraldine made a motion to approve Ordinance 01-33, David Drake
seconded. David Sorokoty said the
deadline for redistricting the wards is January 23rd, 2002. Mike Spencer said this is a free standing
Ordinance to comply with State requirements and should be voted on. Motion carried.
The Council will have a special work session, which is a public meeting
to redraft the wards on Friday, January 18th, 2002 at 6:30 p.
m. The information will be forwarded to
Mike Spencer to look over and put in ordinance form. There will be a special session on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002 at 6:30 p. m. to
adopt the new ordinance.
Ordinance 01-34 amending
title 12 of the Ellettsville Town Code by adding chapter 265 entitled records
retention schedule
David Drake read by title.
Geraldine McIntyre moved to approve Ordinance 01-34, Jerry Pittsford
seconded. Sandy explained the State’s
retention policy. Motion carried.
Old Business None
New Business
Set Meeting Dates for the
Town Council, Plan Commission and Park and Recreation Board
Park Board changed their meetings from Mondays to Tuesdays, the first Tuesday of each month. David Sorokoty asked for a motion to approve
the meeting dates for the three Boards, Geraldine moved to approve the dates,
David Drake seconded. Motion
carried.
2002 Fire Service Agreement
between the Town of Ellettsville and Richland Township
Jim Davis explained it is the standard, annual contract the
Ellettsville Fire Department has with Richland Township with a 5%
increase. Geraldine moved to approve
the contract, David
Drake seconded. Motion carried with
Mike Cornman abstaining.
Employees’ requests to transfer
remaining vacation days to sick days in accordance with the Ellettsville Town
Code 255-35.
Jay Humphrey - 2 Steve
Bartlett – 9
Kay Neal – ½ Jean
Ramsey – 1
Mike Cornman made the motion to approve the transfer of vacation days
to sick days, Geraldine McIntyre seconded.
Motion carried.
Job Description for
Administrative Assistant to the Town Council
Mike Cornman with input from the Council wrote this description. David asked Mike to read and discuss this
description. Mike Spencer suggested adding
(g) grant writing to the description.
Line (g) will read, “Shall research, write and submit grant applications
or grant proposals as directed by the Council”. Mike Spencer also suggested changing (b) in the Descriptive
section to read, “Shall administer and enforce Town ordinances, orders and
resolutions of the Town Council not otherwise designated to be enforced by
other town officers”. Jerry Pittsford
made the motion to approve the job description with tonight’s revisions,
Geraldine McIntyre seconded. Motion
carried. David Sorokoty asked it to be
posted tomorrow and be advertised in The Journal and The Herald-Times.
Action to pay Accounts
Payable Vouchers
Geraldine McIntyre moved to approve the accounts payable vouchers. Jerry Pittsford seconded. Motion carried.
Supervisor’s comments
Mike Farmer – Jean Ramsey, Utilities Clerk, started as
part-time and has worked for ten years in this office. She has been considered limited-full time
since May of 1999 but in fact has worked at a full-time capacity since that
time. Mike would like to officially
raise Jean’s status to full-time employee at her request, which means she is
entitled to be offered insurance and retirement (PERF). Mike Cornman made a motion to advance Jean
Ramsey from limited-full time status to full-time status. David Drake seconded. Motion carried.
Ron McGlocklin – The Police Department is contacting
Bloomington Ford for bids for two new cars, which will create two surplus cars
in the Department.
He informed the Council that the remodeling was complete.
David Sorokoty – Commended the Police Officers for
keeping their cars neat and clean looking.
Jim Davis – The Fire Department still has a
full-time vacancy at Station #8 so Jim explained he would like to advertise for
the full-time position internally within the Town because the department
already has several good, qualified candidates within the nine new part-timers
that we hired in August. David Sorokoty
requested that Jim advertise the position in the newspapers also and Jim agreed
to advertise.
Sandy Hash – The encumbrances list has been corrected
with the new total being $52,109.88. Mike Cornman made a motion to
approve the amended amount of the encumbrances. David Drake seconded.
Motion carried.
Geraldine McIntyre – Told that is was a privilege to work
with Jerry Pittsford during his term as Council President and she said she was
looking forward to working with David Sorokoty as the new President.
Rick Coppock – Part of the underground utility project
includes reconnecting the services for 65 residential customers and 3
commercial customers. Rick requested
permission to advertise for an electrical contractor to reconnect these
services. The expense to change these
customers over to an underground service will not have to be paid by either the
homeowner or business owner, it is part of the project expense. Council granted permission and Rick or the
Town can accept bids. Then on February
11th we will open the bids.
Mike Cornman – Thanked the Police Department for
remodeling the Police Station which most of the work was done by the officers
and other volunteers.
He also thanked Jerry for a good year during his term.
Jerry Pittsford – Expressed his appreciation for the
cooperation he’s received from everyone.
He thanked Mr. Sparks at the Junior High School and Mr. Kain. He enjoyed being Council President and
working with the other Council members.
He said he would liked to have stayed on as Council President but his
wife is expecting their second child in March, so he felt he should decrease
some of his outside responsibilities.
He and David Sorokoty had spoken about the Town’s and the Council’s
future and Jerry expressed that David would be a good candidate for President
since he doesn’t have small children at home.
Jerry commended the Police Department for the fine remodeling job on
the station.
David Drake – Thanks to Jerry for a good year. He said that he’s just a heartbeat away from
the Presidency.
David Sorokoty – Prepared a speech for tonight’s meeting starting with thanking his fellow Council members for
their confidence in electing him for President. He also congratulated Jerry for a great year.
He said he would hold official office hours every Wednesday from 3 – 5
p. m. to take calls, accept visits and address issues. He felt this would keep him up to speed and
allow citizens the opportunity to deal directly with the Council instead of the
Clerk’s office just taking and forwarding messages.
David said the Council would have another work session after they
complete the redistricting of the wards, where each Council member can bring
any and all concerns, priorities and future expectations before the Council to
address. He plans on having at least
one work session per month or every two months to keep everyone informed.
Privilege of the Floor None
Adjournment
David asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Jerry Pittsford moved to adjourn and Geraldine McIntyre seconded. Motion carried. Adjourned at 8:40 p. m.
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David Sorokoty, President David Drake, Vice President
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Mike Cornman Jerry Pittsford
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Geraldine McIntyre Sandra C. Hash
Clerk-Treasurer