The City of New Castle, Indiana

COMMON COUNCIL 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011           7:00 P.M.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN BY EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.

PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY DALE COLE. 

WELCOME BACK MESSAGES WAS EXPRESSED BY ALL TO MAYOR SMALL.

MAYOR SMALL OPENED THE COUNCIL MEETING AND GAVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT HIS SURGERY CONSISTED OF.

ROLL CALL:

SANDY YORK                                  PRESENT                 

ANGIE GOODMAN                          PRESENT

JAMES KIDD                                     PRESENT

MARY MALONE                               PRESENT

MARK KOGER                                   PRESENT

VAUGHN REID                                  PRESENT

RICHARD HAHN                               PRESENT

MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

READ STORIES WRITTEN ON PAPER PLATES FROM SEVERAL WHO HAVE RECEIVED HELP FROM THE FOOD BANKS AND THEY WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE HELP, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR CHILDREN THAT MIGHT HAVE GONE HUNGRY WITHOUT THE HELP.

SPECIAL BUSINESS:

COUNCILMAN KOGER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE CHRISTY RAGLE, CRESCENT DRIVE, TO THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE BOARD.    COUNCILMAN REID: SECOND

ROLL CALL VOTE:  SEVEN VOTES AYE.                   PASSED AND ORDERED.

     PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.     COUNCILMAN REID: SECOND

     PRESIDENT YORK SAID YES.

     ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE.          PASSED AND ORDERED.

     PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.  NO CHANGE FROM 2011 HAS BEEN MADE TO THIS ORDINANCE.

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

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND READ ORDINANCE #3631 ON THIRD AND FINAL READING.

COUNCIL LADY MALONE: SECOND

ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE.      SUSPENDED THE RULES

      PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE ON THIRD READING.     COUNCILMAN HAHN: SECOND

ROLL CALL VOTE:  SEVEN VOTES AYE.           PASSED AND ORDERED.

CITIZENS:

JEAN AND WENDELL KEESLING, CORNER OF IVY AND MEADOW BROOKE DRIVE, PRESENTED PICTURES OF A WATER RUN OFF PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE HAVING WHERE THEY LIVE.  SHE SAID THEY HAVE LIVED THERE 50 YEARS AND WAS ANNEXED  INTO THE CITY AND  THEY DUG UP A LOT OF HER FRONT LAWN.  SHE SAID PRO GREEN IS READY TO PUT DOWN ABOUT 45 POUNDS OF BLUE GRASS SEED.  SHE SAID ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITHIN THE LAST 2 YEARS, WATER IS COMING DOWN ON US FROM STATE ROAD 3.  IT IS FLOODING THE AREA AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING IT.  THE PICTURES SHOWED WHAT THEIR PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE AFTER A HARD RAIN.  SHE SAID THERE IS A DRAIN BUT IT IS NOT ADEQUATE.  

      ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID SEWERS WERE BUILT AT THE TIME OF THE ANNEXATION.   

      MRS. KEESLING SAID THE RUN OFF WAS COMING DOWN BETWEEN 2 HOUSES.  SHE SAID AS SOON AS IT RAINS, THE WHOLE AREA FLOODS.  THE DRAIN JUST WON'T TAKE CARE OF IT AND WE SEE THAT IT IS CLEANED OUT AND AROUND ALL THE TIME.

      MAYOR SMALL SAID THAT BOBBY YORK, MS4 AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE THERE THIS WEEK TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP.  WE DID PUT IN ANOTHER DRAIN BUT MAYBE NOT LARGE ENOUGH.

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT.

COUNCILMAN REID: SECOND