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8 October 21, 2008 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Council members present were: President Mark Harris, Vice-President Jeff Cook, John L. Clark, Ryan Goodwin, and Tany Langley. No members were absent. Town attorney Tim Currens was present. Kelly Carter, First Christian Church, gave the prayer. A motion was made by Councilman Goodwin with a second by Councilman Clark to approve the minutes of October 7, 2008 meeting. Motion carried 5-0. Ross Holloway, Holloway & Associates, appeared before the council asking for the original bond on the Keswick Estate Development, Bethel Church Road, to be released and a subsequent bond is made. The development has taken several changes and now there has to be a replat. The Wittenbachs requested the original bond of 2002 be released. Attorney Currens said this would need to have Tawn Council approval and then taken to the Plan Commission meeting. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Cook to release the band on approval of the Plan Commission. Madan carried 5-0. Chris Gale, HNTB, was present for the opening of the bids for the UV Disinfection Project at the Wastewater plant. Bids: 1. Graves Plumbing $943,210.00, 2. Infrastructure Systems, Inc. $1,120,400.00 3. Mitchell and Stark Construction Co, Inc. $986,945.00 4. Hagerman., Inc. $1,368,000.00 5. Shook Construction $912,000.00 6. M. K. Betts Eng. & Contracting $997,000.00, 7. Bowen Engineering $997,040.00 8. Maddox Industrial Contractors $1,114,000.00, and 9. Thieneman Construction, Inc $897,500.00. Attorney Currens will take the bids under advisement and the project will be awarded at the November 4, 2008 Town Council meeting. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Goodwin. to approve. Mohan carried 5-0. Judge Susan Lieb appeared before the council concerning the hiring of a full time person that is now working part time. She has enough money in the court budget. Mrs. Harris is not taking the health insurance as her husband has health insurance for the family. Councilman Goodwin wanted to make sure she was offered health insurance and she had been. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Goodwin tv approve the request. Motion carved 5-0. Judge Lieb also told the council some ordinances need to be written as an ordinance violation bureau.' If they are not rewritten parking tickets will be $120.00 and dog violations will be $120.00. If we do rewrite them parking tickets will still be $5.00. Attorney Currens will draft an ordinance for the next meeting. The Town Council approved by consensus. Next, was an open discussion on ambulance service. Council President Harris wants the council to identify a need for Mooresville to provide ambulance service. He said it would be negligent of the council not to look ahead when township government is finished. Councilman Langley asked Les Farmer, Fire Chief, what was currently proposed. Chief Farmer explained that in the budget far 2009 they had asked for three additional full time positions. They would provide one ambulance 24 hours a day in the beginning. To provide two in the beginning it would drop staffing dawn an fire control. Councihnan Langley asked about equipment. Chief Farmer said they have equipment for most of what would be on an ambulance. An ambulance would have to be bought and this was considered with the budget for 2009. The fire budget far 2008 was $1.2 and far 2009 it is for $1.5. Available now is a BLS ambulance and one paramedic at Brown Township. Chief Farmer has several advax-ced emit's which is between the BLS and ALS care. There is a possibility the three new employees being paramedics and some of his reserves could be paramedics. Council President Mark Harris asked when the new fire station opens could the ambulance be ready to ga. Councilman Goodwin answered if the budgets are approved at the rate they were for 2008(late summer) they won't be done until the same time in 2009. He said he didn't think he have a full picture, the uncertainty of when the budget will be approved and for how much.