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475 Match 7, 2000 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at 6:30 I'.M. at the Mooresville Town Hail. Town Council members present: President Mark Mathis, Toby Dolcn, .lohn L. Clark, Tom Warthen, and Andy Pygman. Town attorney Tim Currens was present. No members were absent. Motion was made by Councilman Clark, second by Councilman Warthcn to approve minutes of February 15, 2000 meeting. Motion carried 5-0. First order of business was the tax abatement for Thermocore. EDC Director, ltarold Gutzwiller, reported the building in this project will be 29,000 sq. feet, 27,500 sq. ft. manufacturing space and 1,500 sq. feet ofoffice space. The tax abatement will be six years real property and 5 years personal property. This property is in TifArea 2. New taxes generated for Mooresville will be $55,389.00 and the abated taxes will be $86,176.00. They now have eight employees and over the next three years will employ fifteen ne~v employees, for a total of twenty-three. Mr. Pat Egan, of Thermocore panel Systems, addressed the council on the wages benefits. Starting salary will be $8.50 per hour going to $9.00 per hour within three months. The attendance bonus starts at $30.00 for the first month building to $150.00 per month if they call in and have no unexcused absence. Motion was made by Councilman Warthen, seconded by Councilman Clark, to approve the tax abatement for Thermocore Panel Systems for six years on real property and five years on personal property. Motion carried 5-0. Motion was made by Councilman Dolen, seconded by Councihnan Clark, to approve Resolution //2 for tax abatement which will be for six years on real property, five years on personal property and on the facts finding. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. Joe Tetterow, of the Mooresville Baseball League, stated he was asking permission to have a Parade on April 22, 2000, for the Baseball League only. The Girls Softball League will not be involved in the parade. He also stated that there would be an adult over the age of eighteen in each truck and that they would not throw any candy. Motion was made by Councilman Dolen, seconded by Councilman Warthen, to approve the Parade for the Mooresville Baseball League on April 22, 2000. Motion carried 5-0. Next was the bids for sludge truck for Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mr. Dan Tingle, superintendent of WWTP, reported he had received two bids. First bid was from Speedway International for $61,628.00 and second bid from General Truck Sales was for $52,975.25. General Truck Sales will give $4,000.00 as trade in for old sludge truck. Mr. Tingle is to find out if this is be deducted from the quoted price of $52,975.25. Motion was made by Councilman Dolen to accept the lowest bid from General Truck Sales of $52,975.25 for new sludge truck. Motion carried 5-0. Mooresville Fire Chief, Les Farmer, reported on the town's early warning detection system. He stated the system we have now is inadequate for the town, it can not be heard in all areas of the town since our expansions. The new system would consist of five sirens located at different areas around town and activated at central dispatch. Then it will send back a signal letting them know how long the systems ran. Mr. Mathis said that with report from Mr. Farmer, he feels the town should be looking into a new system. A new system would cost around $100,000.00. He has been checking on grants and is not sure how this will be funded and that Brown Township would help with the funding. Mr. Mathis would like permission from the Council to go ahead with project so they can find out how this can be paid for. The Council approved that Mr. Mathis and Mr. Farmer could looking into this project further and bring back to them a report on the cost of the system.