July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Redkey gets water grant (05/19/08)
Jay County Commissioners
By By JACK RONALD-
Redkey has been approved for a $500,000 Community Focus Fund grant to help pay for needed upgrades to its water utility, including a new water tower, Jay County Commissioners learned this morning.
Community developer Ami Huffman told commissioners about the Redkey grant application's success while bringing paperwork in connection with the new Dunkirk fire station and Jay Emergency Medical Service base being constructed under another CFF grant.
The grant will be combined with a $220,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and loans totaling approximately $1.2 million to fund improvements to the town's water tower, water treatment plant and water supply infrastructure.
The combined fire station and JEMS base will be located on the east edge of Dunkirk on land owned by the county.
"Do they (Dunkirk officials) realize the fire station will sit on county-owned property?" asked commissioner Milo Miller Jr.
"Yes," said Davidson, though she noted that the inter-local agreement between the county and the city of Dunkirk still needs to have details ironed out. For instance, the agreement does not spell out who will be responsible for ongoing maintenance of the building.
"It sounds like we better go through that again and get it more precise," said commissioner Gary Theurer.
Davidson added that Dunkirk should hear "any day now" about a $50,000 downtown revitalization planning grant that is being sought.
The county's ordinance controlling through truck traffic on rural roads was amended this morning, but the amendment was rescinded less than half an hour later. County commissioners are seeking to change the ordinance to include a ban on through trucks on county road 200 West between Ind. 67 and county road 300 North.
But after approving that change, they learned from attorney Lon Racster than this would be the sixth amendment to the truck ordinance dating back to 1995. At Racster's suggestion, this morning's amendment was rescinded so that the ordinance can be re-drafted.
Commissioners were unanimous in approving an ordinance controlling parking on the county's West Walnut Street lot across from the Jay County Courthouse.
The ordinance limits parking on the lot between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to county employees and elected officials.
A first violation results in a warning ticket, and a second violation carries a fine of $25 plus court costs. A third violation calls for the vehicle be towed at the owner's expense and carries another $25 fine.
In other business, commissioners:
•Suggested that department heads continue to use the $450 per month figure as the county's share of health insurance costs per employee when preparing budgets for 2009.
•Learned from county auditor Nancy Culy that certified assessed values for the county's property have been sent to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance for action. Those figures include the Shadyside neighborhood in Dunkirk, which is located in Blackford County but is a part of the Jay School Corporation.[[In-content Ad]]
Community developer Ami Huffman told commissioners about the Redkey grant application's success while bringing paperwork in connection with the new Dunkirk fire station and Jay Emergency Medical Service base being constructed under another CFF grant.
The grant will be combined with a $220,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and loans totaling approximately $1.2 million to fund improvements to the town's water tower, water treatment plant and water supply infrastructure.
The combined fire station and JEMS base will be located on the east edge of Dunkirk on land owned by the county.
"Do they (Dunkirk officials) realize the fire station will sit on county-owned property?" asked commissioner Milo Miller Jr.
"Yes," said Davidson, though she noted that the inter-local agreement between the county and the city of Dunkirk still needs to have details ironed out. For instance, the agreement does not spell out who will be responsible for ongoing maintenance of the building.
"It sounds like we better go through that again and get it more precise," said commissioner Gary Theurer.
Davidson added that Dunkirk should hear "any day now" about a $50,000 downtown revitalization planning grant that is being sought.
The county's ordinance controlling through truck traffic on rural roads was amended this morning, but the amendment was rescinded less than half an hour later. County commissioners are seeking to change the ordinance to include a ban on through trucks on county road 200 West between Ind. 67 and county road 300 North.
But after approving that change, they learned from attorney Lon Racster than this would be the sixth amendment to the truck ordinance dating back to 1995. At Racster's suggestion, this morning's amendment was rescinded so that the ordinance can be re-drafted.
Commissioners were unanimous in approving an ordinance controlling parking on the county's West Walnut Street lot across from the Jay County Courthouse.
The ordinance limits parking on the lot between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to county employees and elected officials.
A first violation results in a warning ticket, and a second violation carries a fine of $25 plus court costs. A third violation calls for the vehicle be towed at the owner's expense and carries another $25 fine.
In other business, commissioners:
•Suggested that department heads continue to use the $450 per month figure as the county's share of health insurance costs per employee when preparing budgets for 2009.
•Learned from county auditor Nancy Culy that certified assessed values for the county's property have been sent to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance for action. Those figures include the Shadyside neighborhood in Dunkirk, which is located in Blackford County but is a part of the Jay School Corporation.[[In-content Ad]]
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