The North Judson Town Council held the final reading of their 2018 Budget when they met earlier this week. Following the reading, the council adopted the budget which has an estimated total of $983,546 according to Indiana Gateway.
Additionally, the clerk-treasurer at the time, Alicia Collins informed the council members where the $12,000 of funds raised by the Community Center Committee will go now that the project is no longer being pursued.
Collins said when the committee was being formed, she had to let the Starke County Community Foundation know where funds would go in the event that grants were not received. Back then, committee members agreed to allocate the money to the park if the committee did not get grant funding.
Since then, Community Center Committee members have met with the North Judson Park Board as well as individuals who donated significant funds and they decided to spend the money adding a cover to the stage at Norwayne Field.
Collins specified that about $5,862 will come out of the Community Center Committee’s fund, with the rest of the payment coming from the park beautification fund and the fun day at the park fund. She said to cover the rest of the cost, approximately $7,300 will come out of each of those funds and no money will need to come from the town. The remaining $6,138 in the Community Center Committee fund will be put toward maintenance of the stage cover.
Collins said the cover will be delivered in the next few weeks but since the winter season is coming, it will be stored in the town park garage until the spring when it can be installed. Collins and council members agreed that the stage cover will be a great addition to community events such as movies in the park and the Mint Festival.
