The City of New Castle, Indiana

 COMMON COUNCIL

 SEPTEMBER 15, 2008       7:00 P.M.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN BY ALL IN ATTENDANCE.

REV. REX ESPIRITU, PASTOR OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GAVE THE PRAYER.

MAYOR SMALL OPENED THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.

ROLL CALL:

SANDY YORK                                              PRESENT                  

ANGIE GOODMAN                                      PRESENT

JAMES KIDD                                                 PRESENT

MARY MALONE                                           PRESENT

LOUISE PIERCE                                            PRESENT      

VAUGHN REID                                             PRESENT

RICHARD HAHN                                           ABSENT

MAYOR SMALL READ A PROCLAMATION, PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17^TH, AS SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK WEEK, CELEBRATING THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOOD FOR THE NEEDY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

COUNCILADY MALONE: SECOND   ROLL CALL VOTE:  FIVE VOTES AYE.  ONE VOTE NAY (REID)          PASSED AND ORDERED.

ROLL CALL VOTE:  FIVE VOTES AYE.       ONE VOTE ABSTAIN (REID)          PASSED AND ORDERED.

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.  COUNCILADY GOODMAN: SECOND

ROLL CALL VOTE:  FIVE VOTES AYE.   ONE VOTE ABSTAIN (REID)       PASSED AND ORDERED.

CITIZENS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL:

ATTORNEY JIM MILLIKAN, REPRESENTING RICK DECKARD, DECKARD REALTY,

APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO NOTIFY THE COUNCIL THAT MR. DECKARD

WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING TO ASK FOR A

TAX ABATEMENT ON A SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE 35 UNITS AT FOSTER'S LANDING FOR THE ELDERLY AND 20 NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN THE BELMONT AREA.

          EDDIE HAGER APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL STATING THAT MANY HOMES IN THE BELMONT AREA ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD AND THE BUILDING OF NEW HOMES WOULD BE VERY GOOD SINCE IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY TAX DOLLARS FROM THE CITIZENS OF NEW CASTLE.  HE ASKED FOR SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS PROJECT.

MAYOR SMALL ANNOUNCED THAT LEAVES WOULD BE PICKED UP FROM 10/1/08 TO 12/31/08 AT THE STREET CURB.  HE SAID AFTER THIS DATE, IF THE LEAVES ARE STILL LAYING, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED LITTERING.  HE SAID IF THERE ARE TREE BRANCHES, BUNDLED IN 4 FOOT LENGTHS, THE TRASH TRUCK WILL PICK THEM UP.

PRESIDENT YORK MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT.

COUNCILMAN KIDD:  SECOND.