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WE July 5, 2022 The Mooresville Town Council met in regular session on Tuesday, July 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 June 21, 2022 meeting — Motion was made by Councilman Stanley, second by Councilman Williams to approve the minutes as written. Motion carried 5-0. Ordinance 7-2022 —Transferring $25,000 from the Rainy Day fund to the General fund for the purpose of additional appropriating from the General fund and establishing a line item in the police budget for the sole purpose of supporting the police K9 operations. The public hearing was opened and there being no public comments, a motion to close the public hearing was made by Councilman Stanley, second by Councilman Swinney. Motion carried 5-0. A motion to suspend the rules and consider Ord 7-2022 on first reading was made by Councilman Williams, second by Councilman Swinney. Motion carried 5-0. A motion to approve Ord 7-2022 was made by Councilman Williams, second by Councilman Cook. Motion carried 5-0. Covid Policy— Council discussed making changes to the current Covid-19 sick leave policy to be more in line with the new CDC guidelines. A sample policy was provided that gives full time employees, who are required to quarantine due to a positive Covid test, 40 hours of paid sick time. Proof of a positive test must be provided. The test may be either a home test or a test given by a healthcare professional. If an employee misses work because they believe they may have Covid and then tests negative, their personal sick time will be used. A motion to approve the Covid Sick Leave Policy as written was made by Councilman Cook, second by Councilman Williams. Motion carried 5-0. Any employee who is already subject to quarantine at the time of this policy's passing, will follow the previous Covid policy. Cyber Security Training— Clerk -Treasurer Wamsley was contacted by the Indiana Office of Technology regarding free training they are offering to entities using the in.gov email addresses. The State has been using a company called KnowBe4 since 2020 to provide cybersecurity training to their employees. KnowBe4 offers training and phishing simulations to improve cybersecurity awareness. The State has licenses that are not being used and is offering them for free to qualifying local governments. A motion was made by Councilman Williams and second by Councilman Stanley to allow Clerk - Treasurer Wamsley to follow up with the Indiana Office of Technology and move forward with the training for Town employees. Motion carried 5-0. Town Issued Cell Phones, I -Pads — Council Williams stated that he wanted to start a discussion about Town issued cell phones, I -Pads, etc. due to the number of public records requests that have been coming in. Attorney Lee stated that the Public Access Counselor believes that Town info contained on personal devices are public record and must be kept for a period of seven years. If the Town issued cell phones and an employee still used their personal phone for Town business, the information would still have to be disclosed in a records request. The wireless provider would have the information stored on their server, even if it was deleted from the device. Attorney Lee stated that since emails are kept on the Town's server, email is the best way to communicate, even though text messaging is more convenient. He also stated that