The Town of Bremen continues to assess damage done to buildings and grounds during the recent flood event.
Furnace and cooling units at the wastewater treatment facility will be replaced. An insurance claim was able to cover the cost of replacing those items, and more assessments are being made to other equipment and buildings that were damaged at the end of February.
The Marshall County Commissioners will meet today.
Highway Supervisor Jason Peters will give an update on activities at the highway department and Matt Pitney from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department plans to talk about Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
Culver Town Manager Jonathan Leist told the town council members last week about a street naming contest.
Residents, business owners, students, and visitors are encouraged to submit their best idea of a street name for the road leading to the Sand Hill Farm workforce housing development in Culver. There is an unnamed portion of road off of the main artery into the property off of Jefferson Street that provides an entrance to the first phase of the apartment complex.
The Bremen Town Council members are considering a request from the Marshall County Council on Aging to help fund transportation needs.
Bremen Director of Operations Trend Weldy said residents from the town request transportation services from the organization each year. He said about 400 trips are made to assist residents in Bremen each year. Overall, the organization fulfills over 25,000 trip requests annually.
The annexation ordinance involving parcels at 17664 State Road 17 and 19456 State Road 10 in Culver is tabled. Thomas Beste recently requested that action in a written notice to the Culver Town Council. Two readings of the ordinance have unanimously passed, but the third reading will be on hold.
This decision comes after the council rejected the first reading of an ordinance that would rezone those 71 acres as a Planned Unit Development for a housing development and gas station. Several residents spoke out in a lengthy public hearing earlier this month against the proposed gas station on the north side of State Road 10.
Candidates in the May Primary Election are starting to get out in the public to attempt to collect supporters. Officials with the Indiana Department of Transportation urge candidates and campaign assistants to keep campaign signs out of the state’s right-of-way.
Signs are not permitted in intersections, interchanges or rights-of-way that run parallel to highways. Where the right-of-way is not clearly marked, boundaries may be estimated as the fence line, the back of a ditch or behind utility poles.
A representative from Umbaugh and Associates reviewed water and wastewater rates with the Bremen Town Council members this week.
Bremen Director of Operations Trend Weldy said the council may need to make a decision about rates soon.
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the recipients of federal transportation funding to invest in local road and bridge improvements, sidewalk and trail projects.
This round of funding will help communities to design, develop and purchase land for projects for bid beginning July 2021.
The Culver Town Council adopted several ordinances during their regular meeting on Tuesday night.
An ordinance that rezones the BP Good Oil property on 203 and 213 Main Street was unanimously approved on second and third readings. The ordinance now allows the parcels to be zoned C-1 so renovations can be made at the site. Developer Kevin Berger previously explained that the house at 213 N. Main Street will be demolished to allow for the extension of the convenience store. The current structure may be partially demolished in the process to make way for an improved store front. The store front will face southeast as opposed to the current eastern facing.
The Bremen Town Council members held a public hearing Monday night concerning the town’s plan to apply for a grant for the downtown renovation project.
The town is going to apply for a $40,000 planning grant which will be matched by the town in the amount of $4,500. A $1.5 million grant through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs is also in the works. The town’s match for that project is $500,000. Bremen Director of Operations Trend Weldy said a lot is planned for this project that will begin in a couple of years.
The Culver Town Council members took action Tuesday night to move the Sand Hill Farms construction a little further along the process.
Last week, bids were opened for the utilities portion of the project and Midwestern Engineers had the opportunity to review the three bids submitted for the workforce housing development project at 540 W. Jefferson Street. The utilities portion includes the installation of water and sewer lines, a pump station, manhole, a road into the subdivision, curbs and sidewalks, and grading and seeding. The engineers estimate for the project was around $700,000.
MAX 98.3 FM is teaming up with The Pilot News to present a job fair at Christos Banquet Center in Plymouth.
The February unemployment figures released this week don’t show a lot of improvement from January.
In Starke County and La Porte County, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent which is two-tenths of an increase from January. The same increase was recorded in Marshall County where the rate went from 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
Pulaski County’s rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
Officers from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department are on the lookout for a stolen pickup.
Early Tuesday morning, James T. Bradley informed officers that his 2001 Ford F150 was stolen from his residence in the 19,000 block of Michigan Road in Argos. The pickup is gold in color.
If anyone has information regarding this theft, call the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department at 574-936-3187.
An Argos man was arrested late Monday after his alleged involvement in a two vehicle accident. For DUI related cases, DUI Attorney in Long Beach should be contacted immediately.
According to Marshall County police, dispatchers received a phone call about a two vehicle accident involving a semi and a silver passenger car on U.S. 6 and State Road 106 near Bremen. Police say the car sustained extensive damage to the passenger side of the vehicle.
The Marshall County Council members met in a special, emergency session Monday morning to grasp the numbers associated with repairing the county’s roads, bridges and culverts after the flood event.
The Argos Town Council members amended the Electric Code and Rate Ordinance last week where language pertaining to residence was included.
The Annual Prayer Breakfast hosted by Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter is set for Thursday, May 3.
The keynote speaker is Mike Lightfoot. Lightfoot just recently completed 30 years as a head coach at Bethel College. He is now the regional director for Nations of Coaches. The organization mentors college coaches.
The Culver Town Council members are anticipated to adopt several ordinances when they meet tonight.
A rezoning ordinance that would change the BP Good Oil zoning from C-2 to C-1 for proposed renovations is up for third reading as is a rezoning ordinance to properly rezone park property into a park. A salary ordinance amendment will be considered for third reading.
The Marshall County Council members will meet in emergency session this morning to discuss the financial status of the county highway funds to support the cost of flooding repair work.
During last week’s Marshall County Commissioners meeting, Highway Supervisor Jason Peters submitted a cost estimate of damage to the county’s roads, bridges and culverts, as well as labor, equipment and rental costs. That estimate is nearly $5.395 million.
