Plymouth Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt is reviewing a list of sidewalk replacement requests to see if they fall within the city’s ADA transition plan.
He brought a preliminary list before the Plymouth Board of Works this week. One request for sidewalk replacement on Garro Street would only benefit one house and is a dead-end sidewalk. He did contact the homeowner and explained that the replacement project may be delayed as it doesn’t meet the immediate needs of the program.
The Culver-Union Township EMS Department is available for growth.
During her report to the Culver Town Council this week, EMS Director Kathy Hart said that she has interviewed four candidates for two open part-time positions, but she was hoping that she could build the personnel pool. She had not filled those positions at the time of the council meeting on Monday.
The world’s largest one day leadership conference will be simulcast for interested attendees on Friday, May 5 at 8:30 a.m. at the Swan Lake Resort. The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce is hosting the event.
The theme of this year’s Leadercast conference is “Powered by Purpose”. The seven speakers planned for the event will help attendees discover the steps they need to uncover their organization’s purpose, to reconnect to their organization’s mission, and to attract and engage the right people for effort and to thrive as a team.
A lot of emergency management organizations and the emergency response teams have what it takes to respond in the event of a catastrophic event. When the event is over, what is the responsibility of those entities?
Marshall County Emergency Management Agency Director Clyde Avery attended a long term recovery seminar this week where he learned ways communities can rebound after a disaster. He says partnerships need to be developed and plans implemented now in case of an event.
The Culver City Council acted upon a request to declare an area as an economic revitalization area.
The owner of LK Wood Products and Marshall County Economic Development Corporation Director Jerry Chavez gave the council members an idea about an expansion project at the facility on Mill Street. The company is seeking a tax abatement to invest millions of dollars in expanding the technology at the plant. More jobs will be created as a result of the upgrade in equipment.
Several traffic lights in Plymouth are causing concern to Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt.
The Plymouth Board of Works and Safety members learned that most of the lights in the city are antiquated and parts are becoming scarce to repair stop lights that malfunction. The controllers and systems need to be updated. About $75,000 has been budgeted for the project this year and a prioritized list will be created to complete that work.
Funding for the assistant director position at the Marshall County Museum was discussed by the county council this week.
Marshall County Community Corrections Director Ward Byers requested a salary ordinance amendment to bring all of the case managers within the same hourly wage.
Byers asked the Marshall County Council members to consider the pay equity request of $23.07 an hour as discussed with the personnel committee.
“This position fell behind a bit in its hourly rate of pay solely because it is not grant funded,” said Byers. “We were able to acquire that hourly rate of pay with the State of Indiana through the grant. We’re simply asking that this case manager, who is paid out of the project income fund, or user fees and not tax dollars of any kind, be brought up to the same pay rate.”
A Plymouth business will be expanding.
Officials with Farm Innovators, Inc. and the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation appeared before the Plymouth City Council Monday night to request a seven-year, real property tax phase-in in order to expand the business. The company is an agribusiness leader in the deicer and heated products market.
The Culver Town Council members will decide how to split up responsibilities concerning the duties surrounding work for the Stellar Communities application when they meet with the Culver Redevelopment Commission next week.
Assignments will also need to be divided among the panel if the town is awarded the distinction of being a Stellar Community.
Horsepower has sweetened the deal for Triton High school students to attend classes this year.
Superintendent Donna Burroughs said the school board accepted a donation Monday night as part of this year’s perfect attendance prize.
“We accepted an automobile gift from a local automotive dealer who has given us a car to give away to a high school student who has perfect attendance,” announced Burroughs. “That will be given away at the end of the school year, right before they do finals.”
Two are in jail after methamphetamine and cocaine were reportedly found in a vehicle during a traffic stop.
According to Sgt. Trent Stouder of the Bremen Police Department, he pulled over a vehicle on Sunday, March 5 for a traffic violation where the drugs were found during a search of the vehicle. Police say three ounces of methamphetamine and three grams of cocaine were found, along with a handgun reported stolen in Angola.
The Marshall County Council voted unanimously to support the commissioners in their quest to reestablish the Cumulative Capital Development Fund to the maximum point.
Commissioner Kurt Garner said the fund will mostly assist the highway department in annual equipment costs.
“We should be somewhere around $320,000 of the estimated $412,000 that we would have in addition,” explained Garner. “We’ll be using about three-quarters of that amount that’s coming in by shifting this equipment cost over to that.”
A street in the downtown area will now have a parking restriction as approved by the Plymouth Board of Public Works last night.
Business owner, Pamela Mahler Lee, submitted a request asking that Water Street between Garro and Washington Streets have a parking restriction on the west side. According to Lee, it’s difficult for patrons to easily park with easy access to the three stores in that area as city employees, and store owners with businesses on Michigan Street take up those parking spots for the majority of the work day.
The Culver Town Council members will review the town’s Stellar Communities application when they meet tonight.
The council appealed to residents last month to complete a survey. The survey asked participants to see which projects would be important in making significant changes to the community, what can be done to entice people to come to Culver, and tools to help boost the local economy. The survey results were due March 1.
The Maxinkuckee Players are inviting interested residents to audition for this year’s stage production of the ever-popular Disney musical “Mary Poppins”.
Those auditioning are asked to sing a song of their choice as well as read from a script provided on site. A pianist and CD player will be available for accompaniment needs.
Winter isn’t quite over as more snow is on the way.
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana warns that three to five inches of snow could blanket the area throughout the day Monday. This has prompted a winter weather advisory which is in effect until 2 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Higher amounts of snow could fall north of U.S. 30.
The Marshall County Council will entertain a plea by Commissioner Kurt Garner this morning concerning the Cumulative Capital Development Fund.
Garner stated last week that he would be before the council at this meeting to ask for a resolution in support of the reestablishment of the Cumulative Capital Development Fund. Taxes generated by this fund will help gather money to support county departments in purchasing needed equipment.
James and Jean Klinedinst don’t want to pay property taxes on water.
The pair, who live along Kreighbaum Lake, have been paying property taxes on approximately 18 acres of the lake and want to give that back to the county. All bodies of water in the county are traditionally owned by the local governing body, but somehow the Klinedinst’s deed shows they “own”part of Kreighbaum Lake and have been paying taxes on that portion of the lake for years.
Members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety will meet tonight to award a quote for a new truck chassis with a dump bed. They will also consider two sidewalk requests. Officials with the P-town Cruz’n Car Show have submitted a request for parking restrictions during the event and that will be reviewed by the board members. They will meet at 6 p.m. ET tonight.
