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November 19, 2019 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, November 19th, at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center. Town Council members present were: Tom Warthen, David Rogers, Dustin Stanley and Mark Mathis. Jessica Hester was absent. Town attorney Mel Daniel was present Tom Warthen gave the prayer. Approval of Minutes: Motion was made by Councilman Stanley and seconded by Councilman Rogers to approve the November 5, 2019 meeting minutes. Motion Carried 4-0 New Business: Council Appointments — It was brought to the attention of the council that there is not a full list of various board positions that are filled via Town Council appointment along with their corresponding renewal or new appointment dates. Councilman Mathis motioned to compile a list of all board and commission positions along with the corresponding vacancy dates, seconded by Councilman Roger. Motion Carried 4-0. Appointment to the Library Board. Town Council received correspondence from Mooresville Public Library, Diane Huerkamp requesting Steve Oshman be reappointed as Board Trustee for (4) year term. Tabled for first Town Council meeting 2020. FEMA Grant. The fire department noticed an issue with their fire hose. Chief Tim Medsker had submitted a request for a grant of $29,120 to pay for replacing 68 sections offirehose, and a new thermal imaging camera. FEMA has agreed to pay $27,734 leaving the Fire Department responsible for $1,386 which is within the Fire Department's budget. Councilman Rogers praised the Fire Department forgetting the grants and saving the Town a tremendous amount of money over the years. Councilman Rogers made a motion with Councilman Stanley seconding that the FEMA grant be accepted and the additional money from the Fire Department budget be allocated to the purchase. Motion Carried 4-0 Legal and/or Unfinished Business: Resident Kenny Johnson presented himself in front.of the council to request permission to hook his property into the wastewater system. This issue had been tabled at the last meeting. He would like to put a sewer main through the East side of property to extend North for additional hook -on from neighbors. David Moore mentioned this would provide an additional trunk for future development. It was mentioned that this project would need to be engineered by the state of Indiana, and easements will be needed. After some discussion of oversizing this sewer main, and the responsibility of cost a Motion was made by Councilman Mathis, and seconded by Councilman Rogers for Mr. Johnson to move forward with researching the cost and engineering of this sewer main to the North side of his property. Motion Carried 4-0 PERF cover position resolution. Fire Chief Tim Medsker came before the council to ask that the position of Fire Inspector be changed from a 77 Police and Fire Pension position into a civilian PERF position. A motion was made by Councilman Rogers to amend the salary ordinance to reflect the change from the 77 -pension plan to the civilian PERF position. This change will be effective with Salary Ordinance 2020, motion was seconded by Councilman Stanley. Motion Carried 4-0 Wastewater rate study tabled from last meeting. Council members have had a chance to review. The concern was raised that the council should look at a standing incremental increase so that the town and the infrastructure is set up for the future. After much discussion Councilman Rogers made a motion to accept the summer rate program and rate increase on the sewer usage up to the cost of phase 3 depending upon the results of the bids that come in with Councilman Stanley seconding. Motion Carried 4-0