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8~8 Council President Mark Harris told the council they need tv set a plan in place for what will happen with township government. The Town really doesn't have control. Ryan stated the township government will still have elms and fire protection. President Harris said everything will be shifted down to county level. As big as Mooresville is and the tax base it has plus the LOIT money that will supplement our public safety services. Chief Farmer said there will be revenue come in to offset some of the cost. He is figuring on $200,000 based on our current run load. Councilman Goodwin said but we have to be able to afford it in the budget year after year and use the revenue for extra needs. Councilman Langley remarked he thought it was relevant to realize Brown Township is still going to do runs. They have been willing to talk to the council about a merger. He thinks the council should sit down with Brown Township and talk. Council President Harris thinks merging is too far out to conceive of that now. Brown Township advisory board needs to make those decisions, if a merger hasn't happened yet after so many years, then Mooresville needs to look ahead. Council President Harris stated he was not in favor of a merger. Councilman Goodwin stated public safety is a different animal, we need to be able to make good decisions with Brown Township. Our community is nestled in the center of Brown Township. Council President Harris said 85% of Brown Township is nestled in Mooresville. Comments from the Public: Scott Benko, residing in Clay Township and a pt-time fireman far Brown Township. He is concerned about the Brown Township employees. He thinks the Town is trying to run Brown Township out. Council President Harris asked why would we need 17 more people to provide public safety. Mr. Hensley, Morgan County Councilman, told the council the county discusses ambulance service all the time. He told the council Brown Township is making runs out of their area mare so than to Mooresville. He said Councilman Goodwin's idea was fine, but it was outdated. We have to look in to the future if there is money in the budget. Town wouldn't get a lot of help from the county. Council President Harris said the reason Brown Township has to lie so heavily on billing is because the township is being eaten up by the Town, and the AV"S axe going down sa, they can't get a high enough budget. Mr. Hensley doesn't think that in the future the Town or Township is going to have a choice. Fire and Ambulance will come to the Town government, it will be forced on the Town. He feels citizens of IVloaresville need more Help in ambulance because when the Trustee is gone, fire and ems will disappear. Also their loit money will go down for the township. Don Adams, County Councilman, County Commissioner to be, said he was looking at when the Town should da something. The impending election is too uncertain and will LOIT tax money because of loss of workers. He suggested a look time-wise. He thinks six months is prudent. He doesn't see any emergency. He wants to see better service for citizens, but just take a little bit more time. John Scalf said it was negligent if the 'Town was not making use of public safety funds. He would encourage the council to look at this in a quicker fashion than a slower fashion. He commended Mark Harris for having the vision in taking on this problem. President Harris then talked about his Mom having to wait longer than should have for an ambulance and asked, why is it so wrong to be able to protect the citizens? Councilman Goodwin said he doesn't think he is saying the Town does not need an ambulance. He commented council members were not even going to our own fire department to discuss the ambulance service. Doug Allen, Assistant Fire Chief for Mooresville, commented the council is supposed to represent him and we know Brown Township is going to be absorbed. This is a supplement service only. This is our town and we need to take care of it. Brian Nelson, Queensway Court, commended the council for thinking about this. He said this town is going to have to decide what to do about ambulance service and there were a number of ways to go about it. He did not know what the costs are but at the end of the day it .does need to be done. He said Mooresville was in a great position right now because the council knows something has to be done.