The Culver Community School Board opened an additional appropriations public hearing Monday, September 16 in correlation with a General Obligation bond process for proposed projects.
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The Winamac Town Council members opened a public hearing Monday afternoon to take comments on advertised additional appropriations.
Continue readingAn additional appropriations ordinance was passed unanimously by the Winamac Town Council at a recent meeting.
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The Pulaski County Council is expected to get an update on solar farm development tonight. The council has been asked to consider a tax abatement for the Mammoth Solar project, but litigation over the project has delayed those discussions.
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The Pulaski County Justice Center expansion project is about to begin, as the county council continues to approve the procedural steps by the narrowest of margins. Last month, the council voted four-to-three to issue up to $5.6 million worth of bonds.
Continue readingA possible tax abatement for the Mammoth Solar project will continue to be discussed by the Pulaski County Council tonight. A tax break could actually increase the overall amount of money coming into the county. If the developer were to agree to an economic development payment in exchange for lower – or no – taxes, it wouldn’t be subject to the property tax cap. A set of more general tax abatement guidelines will also be discussed tonight.
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Residents have another chance to weigh in on the Tri-Township Consolidated School Corporation’s high school relocation project tonight. The school board will hold a public hearing related to the lease-rental process for the Wanatah School addition.
Continue readingAs Pulaski County solicits bids for its Justice Center project, some county officials are voicing their opposition. Auditor Laura Wheeler told the county council Monday that she wants no part of the project and asked to be taken off the bond ordinance.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council will consider action tonight to correct a couple of oversights in the 2021 budget. During the budget process, council members decided to move funding for local fire departments out of the county’s General Fund and into the public safety income tax fund. Auditor Laura Wheeler told the council last month that while she took the $31,500 out of County General, she forgot to add it to public safety.
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The Starke County Council members took action last week to clear up some budget items.
Continue readingThe Winamac Town Council will take comments tonight on the town’s application for COVID-19 relief for local businesses. The town plans to apply for $150,000 through Indiana’s COVID-19 Response Program.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council finalized over a million dollars in additional appropriations Monday, but not without a debate on funding for COVID-19 response. The county’s Incident Management Team asked for almost $48,000, the amount that was left unspent from last year’s $100,000 additional appropriation. But with only about $2,400 actually being spent on PPE last year, Council Member Rudy DeSabatine wasn’t comfortable approving the entire request at once.
Continue readingMore than $1 million in additional appropriations will be up for the Pulaski County Council’s final approval tonight. Many of those are appropriations that were approved last year but weren’t entirely spent by December 31. A lot of that is to cover up-front costs for various projects that can be reimbursed from other funding sources later.
Continue readingJust a month into 2021, the Pulaski County Council is already considering more than a million dollars in additional appropriations. Many of those are additionals that were approved last year but weren’t entirely spent before December 31.
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An abandoned grain elevator in Winamac could soon be coming down, as part of a revitalization effort. The town council voted to purchase the property near Logan and Jefferson streets for under $40,000 back in August and officially took ownership last month.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council is looking to carry over spending permission for the county’s COVID-19 response into 2021, but not without some questions about that money’s oversight.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council’s two newest members will take their seats for the first time tonight. Adam Loehmer and Tim Overmyer were elected last year, replacing Jay Sullivan and Scott Hinkle, who did not seek reelection.
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The Hamlet Park Board hopes to begin work on the Robert J. Tauteris Jr. Memorial Walkway in March. The four-foot-wide concrete path will encircle the Town Park.
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The winners of the 2020 Light Up North Judson holiday decorating contest will be announced during tonight’s town council meeting. The Rich Grove Township fire protection contract and a pair of additional appropriations will be up for approval. Clerk-Treasurer Andrew Rowe previously told council members that more spending permission may be needed out of the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, due to the extra paving that took place this year.
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The Culver Town Council members reviewed several additional appropriation requests at their meeting last week.
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