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on the Redevelopment Commission. He has one appointment on the BZA,two appointments, one democrat and one republican on the Plan Commission. Council President Goodwin made a four year democrat re-appointment of Rhonda Clair to the Park Board. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to approve pay request#11 for $9,770.00 and pay request#12 to release retainage at$44,875.00. These are final payments and total project cost was $927,798.72. Motion carried 5-0. Salary Ordinance Discussion: Councilman Cook and Councilman Harris wanted to know about the raise in pay from 11.52 to 13.75 for the Utility part time cleric. Council President Goodwin stated that with that significant raise in pay a restructuring of her job classification had to be done possibly in two months. Ross Holloway, Holloway Engineering, introduced Andrew Greenwood on behalf of Meadowlake Assoc. on Old Highway 67. Mr. Greenwood wants to go ahead and make improvements on Old Highway 67 between Meadowlake Drive and the drive to First Merchants Bank. INDOT allows a minimum of 185 ft. spacing for 30 mph. This would be 291 ft. from first drive to proposed drive. There is not a proposed development for the lot yet, but wanted to get the drive taken care of first. Tim Curren said this is currently a county road and last summer Pete Foley had sent him a letter saying he thought this road would be better served by the Town. Mr. Currens responded saying this would be looked into but wad ed some changes made to the road. On December 28t", 2009 Mr. Currens wrote a letter to PetiVoley saying that now changes are being made to the road the Town would be interested in taking the road in to Town. Councilman Harris said he knew the Plan Commission had some issues they wanted addressed. Mr. Holloway said the road would be widened to three lanes with four foot shoulders. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to approve the road. Motion carried 5-0. A motion was made by Councilman Harris with a second by Councilman Clark to approve George Watkins to the Redevelopment Commission for one year. Motion carried 5-0. Legal: The council acknowledged a conflict of interest from Greg Howard serving on the Library board. A motion was made by Councilman Langley with a second by Councilman Clark to approve amendment to Ordinance 9, 2009 deleting $ .25 for returning part time summer help positions in Ordinance#3, 2010. Motion carried 5-0. Tim Medsker, Fire Chief, reported 54 total responses the first 18 days of January. Also, with the remodeling being done to the offices at 26 South Indiana Street,they have ran across more problems than anticipated such as wiring, plumbing, and acoustic tile. This would cost about $2500 more dollars than the $5,000 already approved. A motion was made by Councilman Harris with a second by Councilman Cook to approve an additional $3,000 out of CCD to finish the remodeling. Motion carried 5-0. Joe Beikman, Street Superintendent, announced the State was getting ready to fix the intersection and Main and Indiana Streets. Councilman Goodwin said he would talk to Joe about the issue. Councilman Langley said he wanted to talk with the businesses affected on South Indiana Street concerning the parking. Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Cook made a motion to approve a transfer of funds of$100,000 from WWTP operating fiend to WWTP improvement fund. Motion carried 5- 0. EDC: Morgan County Director Joy Sessing reported to the council she had been meeting with a lot of people from hospital, school, and TOA, etc. A motion was made by Councilman Langley with a second from Councilman Clark to approve payment of the claims. Motion carried 5-0. There being no further business to come before the council at this time a motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.