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April 5, 2022 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 6:30pm at the Mooresville Government Center. Members present were: President, Tom Warthen and Councilmen Dustin Stanley, Greg Swinney, Jeff Cook and Shane Williams. Town Attorney, Chou-il Lee was also present. Tom Warthen gave the invocation and the meeting was called to order. Approval of the minutes from the March 15, 2022 meeting — Motion was made by Councilman Stanley, second by Councilman Swinney to approve the minutes as written. Motion carried 5-0. Legal Counsel presented Ordinance 3-2022 for first reading. This ordinance establishes a fund for the ]PEP grant that was awarded to the Mooresville Park. There were no questions from Council. Second reading for approval will be at the next meeting. Legal Counsel presented Ordinance 4-2022 for first reading. This ordinance establishes a fund for the [PEP grant that was awarded to the Mooresville Police Department: There were no questions from Council. Second reading for approval will be at the next meeting. Redevelopment Commission Appointee —The Clerk's office received two applications for the open position from Sarah Avampato and Erin Pipkin. Council agreed that both members were well qualified. A motion was made by Councilman Cook and second by Councilman Swinney to appoint Erin Pipkin to the Redevelopment Commission. Motion carried 5-0. K9 Program—Councilman Williams stated that he had made a motion lasityear to move forward with funding for the K9 program and the motion died for lack of a second. He stated he felt that suggestions that Councilman Cook had for the program never made it to the Police Commission or their attorney for consideration.. He presented a new motion, containing four parts, to the Council. Part one, the town attorney is to prepare the necessary documents and advertisements to create a permanent line item in the budget. Part two, once President Warthen finds funding for the program as stated in the last meeting, the town attorney is to prepare and advertise the necessary docurlents based on President Warthen's choice of funding. Part three, the Council will appropriate a one-time funding, not to exceed $25,000. Part four, all Council suggestions for the program would be submitted to the Clerk by Friday, April 8th and forwarded to the Police Commission and their attorney for consideration. President Warthen stated that if they followed the suggestions in the Capital Improvement Plan of paying down the debt, it would free up money in Public Safety Lit to transfer items permanently out of the police general fund budget and therefore allow for a permanent line item there. At that time, legal could prepare additional appropriations, if necessary. Councilman Williams' motion was second by Councilman Swinney and carried 4-1, with President Warthen voting opposed. Beyond funding the police budget and appointing the commissioners and chief, President Warthen stated that he felt the Council should not be involved in the SOPS of the program. Light pole at Main and Indiana — Councilman Williams stated that the pole has been hit many times and costs approximately $7,000 to repair. Dave Moore, Public Works Superintendent, obtained an estimate to move the pole back to its original position. President Warthen asked if the pole had been hit since trucks have been rerouted up Monroe Street and Dave Moore `stated he doesn't think so, but the pole is already damaged from before. Councilman Williams made a motion to allow Dave Moore to forward the estimate to the Redevelopment Commission and Chelsey Manns, who was the project manager for the Gateway, to ask them to pay to have the pole moved back. Motion was second by Councilman Cook and carried 4-0-1, with Councilman Stanley abstaining. Guardrail at Indianapolis Rd and Bridge St — Councilman Williams stated the guardrail at Casey's has been smashed for around 2 %: years. He stated he believes the agreement between the Town and Casey's has expired and it still hasn't been fixed. Councilman Williams made a motion for the Town to replace the guardrail. President Warthen stated that it was protecting private property. Attorney Lee stated that he has not been able to find any documentation stating that the Town or the traffic study