July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Geneva walking tour developed (5/12/04)
GENEVA — Visitors and area residents are invited to take a walk in this town’s commercial district.
Rose Bryan, director of the Geneva Public Library, presented Geneva Town Council members with a brochure for the Historic Geneva Walking Tour at Tuesday’s meeting.
The brochure illustrates where each of the 41 buildings on the tour is located and tells about the history and style of architecture.
Bryan also told the council that plaques are planned to be placed at each site.
This project was sponsored by Geneva Proud, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, and an Indiana Historic Preservation Education Grant from the Indiana Humanities Council and the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
The brochures are available after May 18 at Bearcreek Farms, the library, Amishville, the Limberlost Historic Site in Geneva, and the G.W. Pyle Building.
In other business, council members voted to approve a $4,980 change order to correct an engineering error made in the approximately $46,000 disinfecting project at the town’s wastewater treatment plant. The change order was approved pending the outcome of a review of procedures planned to correct the problem by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and Hurst Technical Inc., the New Haven company that builds the metering devices used at the wastewater plant.
John Dufek of Clark Dietz Inc. of Indianapolis explained Tuesday how the company plans to remedy the problem.
Council members and Dufek previously discussed this issue in executive session on April 27. Council president Jim Timmons previously said following the session that Clark Dietz agreed to pay for the costs to correct the miscalculation on the equipment needed to handle the amount of flow at the plant.
The town formerly used chlorine to kill the bacteria in the water, then treated the water with another chemical to neutralize the chlorine. The plant now uses ultraviolet light to kill the bacteria instead of chemicals, town manager Steve Hampshire previously said.
Also Tuesday, the council approved a 10-year tax abatement request by Red Gold Inc. following a brief public hearing.
Red Gold is requesting a 10-year abatement for approximately $7 million in projects planned for the next two years at the Geneva plant. These include building a new cookroom and labeling system and upgrading the current migrant housing, located south of the plant.
The proposed projects will add an estimated eight jobs.
The abatement will allow Red Gold to pay taxes for equipment on an increasing scale, instead of paying the entire amount of yearly taxes.
Also, council members:
•Approved a $6,467 quote by CLS Construction of Geneva to pave 2,230 feet of alleys this summer.
•Approved the $2,225 purchase of five-foot fencing to place around an area on the south end of Hale Street where town residents are encouraged to dump brush. The town chops the brush into mulch.
The fencing will stop the brush from blowing onto neighboring properties.
Town manager Steve Hampshire added Tuesday there is currently mulch available at the site.
•Learned that $1,500 in repairs were recently made to the police department’s 2000 Ford Crown Victoria.
“It had a whole list of things done to it,” Geneva Town Marshal Rob Johnson said.
•Heard from Johnson that the Adams County Emergency Management Agency is planning to apply for an approximately $50,000 grant to provide police and fire departments in Adams County with new equipment.
Johnson said that if the county is awarded the Homeland Security grant the police department could receive a global positioning system unit, a pair of night vision goggles, a generator and a bullhorn. The cost of this equipment totals about $5,000.
•Voted that Line Street can be closed on Saturday, May 29, from Decatur Street to Railroad Street for a downtown flea market that day.
•Heard Hampshire report that police delivered three nuisance ordinances to homeowners in town that had overgrown yards.
“All three of them have mowed their grass,” he added.
•Were introduced to Rosie Puterbaugh who is filling in as the town’s deputy clerk-treasurer while Rhonda Moser is on sick leave.
•Approved the second reading of a resolution, which updates the town’s sewer use ordinance, which is required periodically by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Council members also plan to send a copy of this ordinance to local businesses and industries to allow them to make any adjustments needed to stay in compliance with the ordinance.
A third and final vote on this ordinance is set for the council’s Tuesday, June 1 meeting.
•Heard town fire chief John Kleinknight report that the department recently purchased a boat for $3,800.
“We’ve used a boat about four times in the past two years,” Kleinknight said. “Before we had to find one to use or borrow one from Berne.”
•Heard town park board president Jason Wilkie report that three large cement statues were recently donated to the town.
One statue, shaped like a mushroom, will be placed at the Geneva ball diamonds. Two others, shaped like arrow heads, will be placed at the entrance of Affolder Park.
•Announced that a court decision was made in favor of the town of Geneva and the town’s council March 23 by a judge in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne.
A judge in the U.S. District Court found that council did not violate the rights of former Geneva town marshal, Curt VanOver, when they voted to demote him at a September 2002 meeting.
VanOver filed suit against the three-member council and the town claiming that he was wrongful demoted by the council. The claim, filed May 3, 2003, stated that the board violated termination procedures and denied VanOver’s right to a public hearing, which is required by state law for demotion of police officers.
According to town attorney Chris Harvey no appeal has been filed and the deadline for that filing has passed.
•Reminded residents that the town’s clean-up day will be held on Saturday, May 22, from 8 a.m. to noon. Dumpsters will be set up on the south end of Hale Street so that residents can dispose of unwanted items.[[In-content Ad]]
Rose Bryan, director of the Geneva Public Library, presented Geneva Town Council members with a brochure for the Historic Geneva Walking Tour at Tuesday’s meeting.
The brochure illustrates where each of the 41 buildings on the tour is located and tells about the history and style of architecture.
Bryan also told the council that plaques are planned to be placed at each site.
This project was sponsored by Geneva Proud, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, and an Indiana Historic Preservation Education Grant from the Indiana Humanities Council and the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
The brochures are available after May 18 at Bearcreek Farms, the library, Amishville, the Limberlost Historic Site in Geneva, and the G.W. Pyle Building.
In other business, council members voted to approve a $4,980 change order to correct an engineering error made in the approximately $46,000 disinfecting project at the town’s wastewater treatment plant. The change order was approved pending the outcome of a review of procedures planned to correct the problem by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and Hurst Technical Inc., the New Haven company that builds the metering devices used at the wastewater plant.
John Dufek of Clark Dietz Inc. of Indianapolis explained Tuesday how the company plans to remedy the problem.
Council members and Dufek previously discussed this issue in executive session on April 27. Council president Jim Timmons previously said following the session that Clark Dietz agreed to pay for the costs to correct the miscalculation on the equipment needed to handle the amount of flow at the plant.
The town formerly used chlorine to kill the bacteria in the water, then treated the water with another chemical to neutralize the chlorine. The plant now uses ultraviolet light to kill the bacteria instead of chemicals, town manager Steve Hampshire previously said.
Also Tuesday, the council approved a 10-year tax abatement request by Red Gold Inc. following a brief public hearing.
Red Gold is requesting a 10-year abatement for approximately $7 million in projects planned for the next two years at the Geneva plant. These include building a new cookroom and labeling system and upgrading the current migrant housing, located south of the plant.
The proposed projects will add an estimated eight jobs.
The abatement will allow Red Gold to pay taxes for equipment on an increasing scale, instead of paying the entire amount of yearly taxes.
Also, council members:
•Approved a $6,467 quote by CLS Construction of Geneva to pave 2,230 feet of alleys this summer.
•Approved the $2,225 purchase of five-foot fencing to place around an area on the south end of Hale Street where town residents are encouraged to dump brush. The town chops the brush into mulch.
The fencing will stop the brush from blowing onto neighboring properties.
Town manager Steve Hampshire added Tuesday there is currently mulch available at the site.
•Learned that $1,500 in repairs were recently made to the police department’s 2000 Ford Crown Victoria.
“It had a whole list of things done to it,” Geneva Town Marshal Rob Johnson said.
•Heard from Johnson that the Adams County Emergency Management Agency is planning to apply for an approximately $50,000 grant to provide police and fire departments in Adams County with new equipment.
Johnson said that if the county is awarded the Homeland Security grant the police department could receive a global positioning system unit, a pair of night vision goggles, a generator and a bullhorn. The cost of this equipment totals about $5,000.
•Voted that Line Street can be closed on Saturday, May 29, from Decatur Street to Railroad Street for a downtown flea market that day.
•Heard Hampshire report that police delivered three nuisance ordinances to homeowners in town that had overgrown yards.
“All three of them have mowed their grass,” he added.
•Were introduced to Rosie Puterbaugh who is filling in as the town’s deputy clerk-treasurer while Rhonda Moser is on sick leave.
•Approved the second reading of a resolution, which updates the town’s sewer use ordinance, which is required periodically by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Council members also plan to send a copy of this ordinance to local businesses and industries to allow them to make any adjustments needed to stay in compliance with the ordinance.
A third and final vote on this ordinance is set for the council’s Tuesday, June 1 meeting.
•Heard town fire chief John Kleinknight report that the department recently purchased a boat for $3,800.
“We’ve used a boat about four times in the past two years,” Kleinknight said. “Before we had to find one to use or borrow one from Berne.”
•Heard town park board president Jason Wilkie report that three large cement statues were recently donated to the town.
One statue, shaped like a mushroom, will be placed at the Geneva ball diamonds. Two others, shaped like arrow heads, will be placed at the entrance of Affolder Park.
•Announced that a court decision was made in favor of the town of Geneva and the town’s council March 23 by a judge in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne.
A judge in the U.S. District Court found that council did not violate the rights of former Geneva town marshal, Curt VanOver, when they voted to demote him at a September 2002 meeting.
VanOver filed suit against the three-member council and the town claiming that he was wrongful demoted by the council. The claim, filed May 3, 2003, stated that the board violated termination procedures and denied VanOver’s right to a public hearing, which is required by state law for demotion of police officers.
According to town attorney Chris Harvey no appeal has been filed and the deadline for that filing has passed.
•Reminded residents that the town’s clean-up day will be held on Saturday, May 22, from 8 a.m. to noon. Dumpsters will be set up on the south end of Hale Street so that residents can dispose of unwanted items.[[In-content Ad]]
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