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This is a draft of
the minutes prepared by Kathy Schwartz, Fowler Clerk Treasurer. Minutes are
those of the Town Council and this draft has not been approved by the Fowler Town Council. Any
questions or comments can be submitted to the Fowler Clerk’s office at 307 E. 5th
St., Fowler, IN 47944
or by calling (765)884-0570.
December 17, 2007
The
Town Council of the Town of Fowler met in the Town Hall, Fowler, Indiana, on
the 17th day of December 2007 at the hour of 4:30 P.M., for a regular
meeting pursuant to call in accordance with the rules of the Council. The
meeting was called to order by Steve Rettig, who presided. On call of the roll the members of the
Council were shown to be present or absent as follows:
PRESENT: Patrick Claire, Nicholas Finley, Gerald Parker,
Thomas Sarault
and Stephen Rettig.
ABSENT: NONE
Tom Sarault
motioned to accept the minutes as reviewed and Nick Finley seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
Gerry
Parker motioned to release the Milestone Contractors Inc remaining escrow
amount for the downtown project. Pat Claire seconded the motion. The motion
passed.
The
Salary Ordinance was discussed and after much deliberation, was tabled until
the next meeting. There will be a special meeting on December 26th
at 6:00 pm.
Pat
Ryan, the town’s attorney, was present to present a new Fire Contract. Mr. Ryan
explained the new paragraph added. Another paragraph will be added pertaining
to the lease of the fire station bay for the town’s truck. This contract will
be presented at the special meeting for approval.
The
town council will have a special meeting in the future with the county
commissioners to discuss an agreement for the Shovel Ready property and the
availability of utilities and other town services that will be provided.
Tom
Sarault motioned to move the Clerk’s Salary from a three way split between
Water/Sewer/Clerk to just Clerk. Nick Finley seconded the motion. The motion
passed. It was also approved to move the vacation/sick/personal time off from a
January to December anniversary to coordinate with the employee’s work
anniversary date. This will alleviate all the employees trying to use their
vacation time before the end of the year. The 2008 year will begin with
prorated amounts and then the plan will begin on the employee’s actual
anniversary date.
A motion to pay all claims by Tom Sarault and second
by Gerry Parker was approved. The payroll claims were motioned to accept by
Nick Finley and second by Pat Claire. The motion approved.
There
being no further business presented to the meeting, on motion duly made,
seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting thereupon adjourned.
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Kathleen
Schwartz, Clerk-Treasurer
Approved:
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Steve Rettig, Presiding Officer
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