The City of New Castle, Indiana

 

PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY REV. RICK EVANS, PASTOR OF THE 9^TH STREET CHURCH OF GOD.

 

ROLL CALL:

SANDY YORK                                              PRESENT                  

ANGIE GOODMAN                                      PRESENT

JAMES KIDD                                                 PRESENT

MARY MALONE                                           PRESENT

MARK KOGER                                              PRESENT                                     

VAUGHN REID                                              PRESENT

RICHARD HAHN                                           PRESENT

 

PRESIDENT SANDY YORK ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS TO REORGANIZE FOR THE YEAR 2009.

 

PRESIDENT YORK STATED THE FLOOR WAS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS.

          COUNCILMAN HAHN NOMINATED SANDY YORK FOR PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMAN KIDD AS VICE PRESIDENT.  BOTH NOMINEES ACCEPTED.     COUNCILMAN KIDD: SECOND.

          COUNCILADY GOODMAN NOMINATED COUNCILMAN VAUGHN REID FOR PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMAN MARK KOGER AS VICE PRESIDENT.     COUNCILMAN KOGER DECLINED.

          COUNCILMAN REID NOMINATED COUNCILADY GOODMAN AS VICE PRESIDENT.  BOTH GOODMAN AND REID ACCEPTED.     COUNCILMAN REID: SECOND.

          COUNCILADY YORK MOVED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.     COUNCILADY GOODMAN: SECOND     ROLL CALL VOTE: 7 VOTES AYE.     NOMINATIONS CLOSED.

 

WITH A SHOW OF HANDS FOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT:

COUNCILADY YORK RECEIVED 5 VOTES.  COUNCILMAN REID RECEIVED 2 VOTES.

                                    

WITH A SHOW OF HANDS FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL:

COUNCILMAN KIDD RECEIVED FIVE VOTES.  COUNCILADY GOODMAN RECEIVED 2 VOTES.

 

FOR THE YEAR 2009, COUNCILADY YORK WILL SERVE AS PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMAN KIDD WILL SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT.

 

 

PRESIDENT YORK STATED THAT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WOULD BE ASSIGNMENTS FOR COMMITTEES.  SHE SAID THERE IS ONE THAT IS PRESSING THE COUNCIL, THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

 

 

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO ESTABLISH THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WITH COUNCILMEN KOGER AND REID AND PRESIDENT YORK SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE.

VICE PRESIDENT KIDD: SECOND     ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE.     PASSED AND ORDERED.

          ATTORNEY COPENHAVER WILL ASSIST IN SETTING UP MEETINGS AND NOTICE OF THE MEETINGS.

 

COUNCIL REPORTS:

COUNCILADY GOODMAN READ A LETTER FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN ABOUT THE CURVE ON 100 SOUTH WHERE ANOTHER ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED.  SHE SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AT A MEETING BEFORE BUT NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE OR ANY SUGGESTIONS MADE.  WE AS A COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT MAYBE A STOP SIGN BE POSTED BUT THE POLICE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE OF THE HILL AND WHEN BAD WEATHER SUCH AS ICE, TRACTION COULD NOT BE GOTTEN TO GO UP THE HILL.  SHE SAID COUNCIL HAD DISCUSSED GUARDRAILS BUT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUT THEM UP.

 

STREET COMMISSIONER CROSS SAID HE BELIEVED THAT SPEED WAS THE PROBLEM.

           POLICE CHIEF NICHOLSON SAID THAT HE SENT OFFICERS OUT THERE TO CHECK THE SPEED BUT ONLY TWO OUT OF SEVERAL WERE GOING OVER 25MPH AND THEY WERE GOING ABOUT 25.2 MPH.

          COUNCILADY GOODMAN SAID SHE WAS JUST INFORMING THE COUNCIL OF THIS PROBLEM AND IF THEY HAD ANY IDEAS, COME FORWARD.  THIS SHOULD BE PUT ON THE PRIORITY LIST FOR THE NEW TRAFFIC COMMITTEE.

 

COUNCILMAN HAHN ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO BE A GRANDFATHER IN AUGUST.  HE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE HIS BEST YEAR ON THE COUNCIL.

COUNCILADY GOODMAN IS EXPECTING HER NEW BABY IN JULY.

CONGRATULATIONS WAS GIVEN TO BOTH.

 

PUBLIC:

BOB RICHARDS APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL ASKING ABOUT THE TRASH PICKUP SCHEDULE.  THE SCHEDULE WILL BEGIN AT 4:30 A.M..  TRASH SHOULD BE SET OUT THE NIGHT BEFORE. 

          MR. RICHARDS ASKED THAT COPIES OF THE MONTHLY REPORT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

        

TRANSPORTATION MANAGER DEBBIE THORNHILL REMINDED THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT A COUNCILPERSON TO THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REPLACING THE LATE COUNCILADY LOUISE PIERCE.

 

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT.

COUNCILMAN HAHN:  SECOND.