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,94 The next regular meeting of the Mooresville Town Council be on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Cente ,J J / Ryan odtin, Town Council President ATTEST: Sandra R. Perry, Clerk-Treasurer February 2, 2010 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Council members present were: President Ryan Goodwin, Vice President Tony Langley, John L. Clark, and Jeff Cook. Councilman Marls.Harris was absent. Town attorney Tim Currens was present. Rose Warthen, St. Thomas More, gave the invocation. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to approve minutes from January 19, 2010 meeting. Motion carried 4-0. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to approve Banning Engineering proposal for cemetery plat and layout modified costing$14,000 plus expenses and does not include filing or application fees which are estimated around $1,100.00. Motion carried 4-0. The gravedigger has raised his price. Cemetery Sexton, Ed Bucker proposed new rates for the Town to charge. The funeral home collects the money and the Town pays the gravedigger. Mr. Bucker is proposing to collect$100 over cost. Sundays and Holiday rates will increase by one- half. This is a cost passed on to the customer. A motion was made by Councilman Clark with a second by Councilman Langley to approve price increase as proposed by Mr. Bucker. Motion carried 3-1 with Councilman Cook opposing. Joe Beikman,reported the State is changing the intersection at Main and Indiana Streets. The original proposal was eliminating parking on west side of South Indiana Street. Joe wanted staggered lanes for trucks to turn south. The second proposal does away with parking for 80 feet on north side of Indiana Street, on east side of South Indiana Main Street to alley, and on west side of South Indiana Street, Main Street to alley. The traffic lights will change to LED, instead of time delay and put in a left turn lane for south bound traffic. People will have to pay attention to stop bars on the one proposal to save parking on east side and north side. This project will be put out for bids July 7t' and will be awarded within a few days of that. Construction will begin in the fall. This is crunch week for the council to make recommendations. Downtown businesses and residents speak: Jeff Scalf, 545 St. Rd. 267 brought up the proposal of offering to the state for trucks to go down old 267 and turn on 42 straight to Monroe Street. The Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2009 included a proposal to reroute traffic around downtown Mooresville. Julie Lakes, 5 East Main Street, owner of old building downtown, said her building was being daily harmed by truck traffic. There should be an enforcement of the 8 ton weight limit on Main Street. She also said there was a parking issue with Churches in Mission. She wants their patrons to be worked with to use public parking places instead of parking in front of businesses downtown. She also noted needing better signage for other parking lots and removing abandoned vehicles from parking lots. Jack Bain, 19 South Indiana Street, owns a tax service and said he had elderly clients that can not walk from public parking lots. He said he was also a project manager and would need a State