The Culver Town Council has some new faces but the same president in 2019. Council members met for the first time this year Tuesday. It was the first meeting for members Bill Githens and Bill Cleavenger since their election in November and the second meeting for member Rich West, after he filled Tammy Shaffer’s seat last month. The town council voted to retain Ginny Bess Munroe as council president and chose Githens to serve as vice-president for the year.
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A Plymouth man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of domestic battery and child endangerment. Plymouth Police were called to the 700 block of North Plum Street for a report of a domestic battery.
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The Plymouth City Council has finalized appointments to the redevelopment commission and urban forestry and flower committee. Last month, council members appointed Mike Miley as redevelopment commission president, while Billy Ellinger was appointed commission secretary.
Continue readingThe Plymouth City Council has agreed to use money set aside for flood cleanup to repair some of the city’s equipment. Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver told council members last week that the Street Department had problems with both of its loaders in the past year. The total repair bill came in around $24,000, according to Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt, which is more than what was budgeted.
Continue readingThe Plymouth Board of Works took action last week to close out the fall 2018 street and sidewalk projects. Board members approved a change order for the closeout documentation, after City Engineer Rick Gaul presented a summary of the cost under-runs and overruns. “Essentially, the amount of the change order is a minus $29,033.11, basically,” he said, “and it was all described on the next pages that we had out, if you wanted the details.”
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Indiana’s 2018 graduation rates were released by the Department of Education Wednesday. Of Marshall County’s school corporations, Triton had the highest total graduation rate at 98.5 percent, followed by Culver Community Schools at 97.8 percent. Argos had the lowest at 79.6 percent, followed by Union-North at 88 percent.
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More lawsuits have been filed in connection with last month’s fatal crash involving an Eastern Pulaski school bus. According to court documents filed with the Marshall County Clerk’s Office, Amber Despot, the mother of one of the passengers, is suing the driver of the truck that allegedly crashed into the bus, along with the truck’s owner.
The annexation of land into the City of Plymouth for a planned housing development cleared another procedural hurdle last week. Back in November, the city council agreed to annex 44 acres near Plymouth/Goshen Trail and Randolph Street for the Centennial Crossing development. Council members later revised the annexation ordinance to correct an error.
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The Plymouth Street Department expects to pay a bit less for fuel in 2019. Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt told the board of works last week that he was able to lock in a price with Ceres Solutions.
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A recent survey by the Culver Community Schools Corporation shows continuing support for the balanced calendar concept. “There were 190 responses about whether we should continue with the balanced calendar or go back to a traditional calendar,” Superintendent Karen Shuman says, “and the majority are supporting the balanced calendar.”
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The City of Plymouth is building up its savings as the 2018 budget year comes to an end. The city council agreed Wednesday to transfer $750,000 from the General Fund to the Rainy Day Fund, at the recommendation of Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver. She said the transfer will bring the Rainy Day Fund balance up to about $3.6 million and noted that there’s plenty of money in the General Fund to cover it.
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Fees are going up at Plymouth Municipal Airport. The city council finalized the 2019 fee schedules for the Department of Aviation and Department of Parks and Recreation Wednesday.
Marshall County’s unemployment rate remains higher than it was last year. The county saw a 3.4-percent unemployment rate in November, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The Culver School Board approved a number of policy updates last week. A revised holiday policy was adopted, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman. She previously explained that the update brings the policy in line with the school calendar.
After an early morning accident at a Fulton County bus stop left three children dead back in October, some local school officials think a time zone change could improve student safety.
A Plymouth man has been arrested for sexual misconduct with a minor. Kelvin Torres Cardonas, 21, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon, according to Plymouth Police.
A Plymouth man was airlifted to South Bend Memorial hospital, following a two-car accident Thursday afternoon. Marshall County Police say it happened around 3:15 at the intersection of U.S. 30 and Plymouth Goshen Trail.
The Culver School Board is looking for a new member. The At-Large B seat is becoming vacant on February 4, according to a school corporation press release. Ryan Sieber was just reelected to that seat last month.
Eastern Pulaski school officials expressed their grief and thanked the community for its support, during Monday’s school board meeting. It was the board’s first meeting since the bus accident that claimed the life of eighth grader Owen Abbott and left several others injured.
The Plymouth School Board last week approved an agreement with Indiana University’s Center on Education and Lifelong Learning (CELL). Under the agreement, CELL will get almost $31,000, but Superintendent Andy Harley said that will be covered by grant funding.
