Winamac town officials expressed gratitude toward the Mooi family when members met Monday night.
Clerk-Treasurer Melanie Berger explained that two departments will soon receive some funds as the result of a generous posthumous donation from a local couple who passed away last year.
Berger told members, “The Winamac Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Winamac Police Department, they were beneficiaries to the Henry Mooi and Alice Mooi revocable trust.”
She said the attorney for the trust will make a mid-summer distribution of approximately $1.4 million. The Fire Department is scheduled to receive 2 percent of that amount, and the Police Department will also be granted 2 percent. That means that each department will receive about $28,000 to use for equipment purchases.
Town Marshal Mike Buchanan showed his appreciation for the contribution during his report.
Buchanan said, “On behalf of the Winamac Police Department, I would like to publically thank Hank and Alice Mooi. They both passed and they did leave the Winamac Police Department a considerable amount of money in their will. So I would just like to publically thank the family.”
Member held a brief discussion and agreed that some kind of recognition should be posted in the paper and Clerk-Treasurer Berger said she will be publishing a thank you note soon.
