July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Mixed news for Redkey (12/16/05)
Redkey Town Council
By By ROBERT BANSER-
REDKEY — Some good news to end the old year was coupled with bad news to start off the new year at Thursday night’s town council meeting here.
On the same night the town’s attorney announced he was giving up part of his salary for this year, members of the town council also were told the town’s budget for next year had been rejected for next year.
An early Christmas gift was presented by town attorney John Brooke. For the second straight year Brooke delivered a year-end present by writing off part of his annual bill for legal services. Brooke said he planned to write off approximately $2,200 in legal fees, covering the last three months of 2005.
The announcement was greeted with applause from audience and council members. Town council president Violet Erlenbush told Brooke that she was thankful to have had him working for the council through the tough times experienced by Redkey this year.
“It’s been a challenge,” Brooke said, adding that he enjoyed working with the people in Redkey.
On a dimmer note, newly appointed clerk-treasurer Sandy Kirby reported that since the last council meeting she had received official notice that Redkey’s budget for 2006 had been rejected by state officials because it lacked required signatures.
The budget was submitted by former clerk-treasurer Brenda Adkins.
Kirby said that she was in the process of correcting this matter, but it could not be done before the first town council meeting in January, as revised public notices had to be published in the local newspapers. She said that until the budget gained approval, the town would continue to operate at 2005 budget levels.
Kirby said the primary reason for the 2006 budget proposal being rejected was that it only included the signatures of two of the five town council members and lacked the Adkins’ signature as well. These documents were submitted to state officials following a special council meeting on Sept. 20, which was near a deadline under state law.
Adkins was clerk-treasurer at the time. Adkins submitted her resignation from that post in a two-sentence letter in October.
In other business at Thursday night’s meeting, town council members:
• Approved meeting dates for 2006. In the new year the council will meet on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. in town hall. The council’s next meeting will be Jan. 19.
• Welcomed the town’s third full-time police officer to the force. Patrolman Tracy J. Layman, 41, a former Dunkirk police officer, started his new job this month after moving back to this area from Nevada, where he had been working as a security specialist.
•Agreed to accept an offer from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to make quarterly payments to cover the cost of sewage fund fees, totaling $5,380, which the town owes to that agency.
•Approved a motion accepting the results of the Redkey Volunteer Fire Department’s recent re-election of Randy Young as fire chief for 2006 and Don Knisely as secretary-treasurer.
•Were told by Brooke that Albany town officials were very thankful for the support they received, primarily through the loan of a truck, to help make the recent Albany community Christmas activity a success. Brooke said he was in attendance at a recent Albany Town Board meeting when this was discussed.
Erlenbush added, “We have a very good working relationship with Albany.”
• Agreed to appoint five persons to the town’s United States Department of Agriculture revolving loan fund committee for business property improvements. The members include Kirby, Erlenbush, Jay County Community Developmer Ami Davidson, and town residents Linda Gilbert and Betty Rees.
• Listened to several audience members including Redkey resident and former town council member Roberta Garringer compliment the town’s recent snow removal efforts.
Also discussed was the need for some families to be able to get additional trash removal containers from the town’s trash collection provider, BestWay Disposal Company.
Virginia Champ suggested that the town would look nicer if persons didn’t leave their trash containers along the curbs all week. She suggested a $5 fine for residents who fail to move their empty trash containers out-of-view on non-collection days.
•Agreed to join the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns at a discount rate of $463 a year for the next two years.[[In-content Ad]]
On the same night the town’s attorney announced he was giving up part of his salary for this year, members of the town council also were told the town’s budget for next year had been rejected for next year.
An early Christmas gift was presented by town attorney John Brooke. For the second straight year Brooke delivered a year-end present by writing off part of his annual bill for legal services. Brooke said he planned to write off approximately $2,200 in legal fees, covering the last three months of 2005.
The announcement was greeted with applause from audience and council members. Town council president Violet Erlenbush told Brooke that she was thankful to have had him working for the council through the tough times experienced by Redkey this year.
“It’s been a challenge,” Brooke said, adding that he enjoyed working with the people in Redkey.
On a dimmer note, newly appointed clerk-treasurer Sandy Kirby reported that since the last council meeting she had received official notice that Redkey’s budget for 2006 had been rejected by state officials because it lacked required signatures.
The budget was submitted by former clerk-treasurer Brenda Adkins.
Kirby said that she was in the process of correcting this matter, but it could not be done before the first town council meeting in January, as revised public notices had to be published in the local newspapers. She said that until the budget gained approval, the town would continue to operate at 2005 budget levels.
Kirby said the primary reason for the 2006 budget proposal being rejected was that it only included the signatures of two of the five town council members and lacked the Adkins’ signature as well. These documents were submitted to state officials following a special council meeting on Sept. 20, which was near a deadline under state law.
Adkins was clerk-treasurer at the time. Adkins submitted her resignation from that post in a two-sentence letter in October.
In other business at Thursday night’s meeting, town council members:
• Approved meeting dates for 2006. In the new year the council will meet on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. in town hall. The council’s next meeting will be Jan. 19.
• Welcomed the town’s third full-time police officer to the force. Patrolman Tracy J. Layman, 41, a former Dunkirk police officer, started his new job this month after moving back to this area from Nevada, where he had been working as a security specialist.
•Agreed to accept an offer from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to make quarterly payments to cover the cost of sewage fund fees, totaling $5,380, which the town owes to that agency.
•Approved a motion accepting the results of the Redkey Volunteer Fire Department’s recent re-election of Randy Young as fire chief for 2006 and Don Knisely as secretary-treasurer.
•Were told by Brooke that Albany town officials were very thankful for the support they received, primarily through the loan of a truck, to help make the recent Albany community Christmas activity a success. Brooke said he was in attendance at a recent Albany Town Board meeting when this was discussed.
Erlenbush added, “We have a very good working relationship with Albany.”
• Agreed to appoint five persons to the town’s United States Department of Agriculture revolving loan fund committee for business property improvements. The members include Kirby, Erlenbush, Jay County Community Developmer Ami Davidson, and town residents Linda Gilbert and Betty Rees.
• Listened to several audience members including Redkey resident and former town council member Roberta Garringer compliment the town’s recent snow removal efforts.
Also discussed was the need for some families to be able to get additional trash removal containers from the town’s trash collection provider, BestWay Disposal Company.
Virginia Champ suggested that the town would look nicer if persons didn’t leave their trash containers along the curbs all week. She suggested a $5 fine for residents who fail to move their empty trash containers out-of-view on non-collection days.
•Agreed to join the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns at a discount rate of $463 a year for the next two years.[[In-content Ad]]
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