The Culver Town Council members opened a public hearing Tuesday night to take public comments on the proposed ordinance that would regulate fees on town-owned electric vehicle charging stations.
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A revised plan to issue permit fees has received an initial nod from the Culver Town Council.
A public hearing was held on the plan – which was recommended from the Town’s Plan Commission. Culver is taking the steps to deal with increasing costs from Marshall County to compensate for the use of their building inspector.
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The Culver Town Council has approved updated rules to regulate the use of golf carts within the community.
Last night’s meeting was the first for new board members Tammy Shaffer and Joel Samuelson. The two were faced with an immediate decision to raise fees to register the vehicles for use within the town.
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Marshall County is preparing for the adoption of the Buggy Ordinance.
Some additional considerations may need to be made by the Culver Town Council regarding proposed changes in their construction permit fees.
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The Culver Town Council will be bringing a revised permit fee schedule to a public hearing tonight.
Months of work have led the Town of Culver prepared to adopt a new model for permit fees used in building construction.
The Town Council will not consider the changes until their first meeting in November. Town Manager Jonathan Leist, however, says it leaves plenty of residential remodels and additions alone.
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The Town of Culver could soon develop a permit for special events requiring a police presence.
An ordinance outlining a possible fee schedule was introduced during a meeting Monday night. That ordinance, if adopted, would assess fees for events over a certain size or time limits. Permits would only be issued for events requiring the use of public property.
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The Culver Town Council may soon be considering whether to punish property owners with repeated false fire alarm calls.
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The Culver Town Council will be introducing an ordinance to better manage false fire alarms.
Tonight’s meeting – which was moved from Tuesday to Monday this week – will see an ordinance considered and discussed about controlling the number of false fire alarms.
The Marshall County Election Board agreed to continue charging candidates for office for walking lists of registered voters.
The walking list is often used during door-to-door campaigning or for mailers during election season. The cost for a disc containing voter registration information was previously set at $50 in Marshall County. Whether that cost was still reasonable was under discussion during Tuesday morning’s meeting.
Marshall County Clerk Debbie Vandemark says the matter came up after candidates began making requests.
“I started looking back through some previous minutes,” says Vandemark. “In 2010, the Election Board reviewed the cost of computerized data to individuals requesting copies of the voter list.”
Large amounts of data are included in the walking lists that can result it hundreds of pages if printed.
According to Marshall County ordinance, the cost to print is 10-cents per page. That means using a disc for the information could be more cost effective.
Vandemark says it’s also difficult to e-mail the files.
“The files are so large that it’s very difficult to e-mail that much data,” says Vandemark.
Alternatives to paying for discs such as using information stored on a website for candidates to access were also considered. Marshall County must wait until an E-Poll book demonstration to answer that question.
Party officials present also said that if the two major parties purchased the disc and made copies for each of their candidates, the cost would remain $50. That expense was approved by the Election Board, unanimously.
The Marshall County Commissioners reviewed community contract costs for 911 Dispatch services, but a communication mix-up caused quite a stir with Town officials.
The contracts were set-out in an attempt to define how computer systems and operations for the new system will work. The costs for paying that service were recommended to be split depending on the percentage of calls received.
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Indiana residents will soon be able to cut firewood in certain portions of Indiana State Forests.
The Department of Natural Resources says permit holders can begin cutting the firewood on July 1st. The tool is designed to allow Hoosiers to heat their homes and reduce their utility bills.
Negotiations are still taking place, but the Town of Culver may be changing the way they charge fees for building permits.
Culver currently charges a $50 fee for any permit that requires an inspection. Marshall County, however, appears to be unhappy with the way that fee is structured. The Town pays Marshall County about $2,500 per year in the fees they collect for inspections.
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