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A motion to approve the maintenance contract with Evapar was made by Councilman Cook, second by Councilman Stanley and carried 5-0, with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. Farm House Market— Kim Burgess of Farm House Market was present to ask permission to hold the September 18" downtown street fair. Everything will be exactly the same as the last two. She has sat down with Hall of Five East and they have set dates for the next two years. It will run from 10:OOam to S:OOpm. She stated it has worked really well in getting people downtown. A motion to approve the September 18' street fair was made by Councilman Cook, second by Councilman Swinney. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. Salary Ordinance Amendment — Mooresville Park Superintendent, Brent Callahan, was present to ask the Council to amend the 2021 salary ordinance to allow the wages of the three employee tiers of the Before and After School Program to be increased, retroactive to the beginning of the school year. The Park is experiencing difficulty in filling those positions and they are required to meet state minimums in staffing. The Before and After School employees are paid out of the fees raised by the program. There are approximately 35 employees consisting of Junior Leaders (high school students), Leaders and 3 Site Coordinators). Each of those positions would be raised by $1.00 per hour, making the new hourly rate for Junior Leaders $10.00, Leaders $11.00 and Site Coordinators $12.00. A motion to approve Ordinance 15-2021, an amendment to the 2021 Salary Ordinance (Ordinance 14- 2020), was made by Councilman Stanley, second by Councilman Swinney. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. Letter of Intent to Purchase Rescue Truck— Fire Chief, Matt Dalton stated that he had placed the surplus vehicles on Municibid, a government online auction website. The pick up was sold for $6305.00, more than anticipated. It has been picked up. The engine was sold for $6500.00, however there is an issue with the title. It was not cleared when the engine was paid off and Chief Dalton is working to get a clear title. The finance company that held the lien is out of business, therefore, we have to go in front of a judge to get a court order to get the title released. Matt will get with legal counsel for advice on how to proceed. We are able to sell the vehicle through Municibid with a bill of sale and we will forward the title to them when we get it. He has also discovered we are missing the title on another staff vehicle and he is starting the process to get that one, as well. The bid process for the squad started at $25,000 and did not get any bids. Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department from Indiana saw it online and came here to look at it. They are offering us $21,500.00 for it. The Council discussed the options of selling or outfitting it for the street department. A motion to sell the squad was made by Councilman Cook and second by Councilman Swinney. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. Chief Dalton also stated he has extended two conditional offers of full-time employment. One is a lateral transfer from Monroe County and the other is going through his Perf testing now. Legal Counsel was not able to be present, however they forwarded two documents pertaining to the fire territory. One is a cost sharing agreement with Brown Township for attorney and financial advising fees and the other is the scope of work agreement from Baker Tilly concerning the financial impact for both sides. Baker Tilly's fee will be billed hourly but will not exceed $25,000.00. Councilmen Cook and Williams had met with the Brown Township Chief and it was discussed that with approval of both boards that they could share an attorney and financial advisor and split the cost to save money. A motion was made by Councilman Cook and second by Councilman Stanley to approve the scope of services from Baker Tilly, (billed hourly and not to exceed $25,000), contingent upon approval of the \' cost sharing agreement by the Brown Township Advisory Board. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. A motion to approve the cost sharing agreement with Brown Township was made by Councilman Cook and second by Councilman Stanley, contingent upon approval of the Brown Township Advisory Board. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote. Public Comments — There were none. Approval of Claims — A motion to approve the claims in the amount of $823,028.23 was made by Councilman Stanley and second by Councilman Cook. Motion carried 5-0 with President Warthen conducting a roll call vote.