LaGrange County Council
The LaGrange County Council met
in regular session and also special session with the LaGrange County Commissioners on July 9, 2012.
Mike Metz County Parks Director made a presentation to the council
regarding the acquisition of forty-five
acres of ground on the south side of
Dallas Lake Park property. The property became available for purchase
and the LaGrange County Community
Foundation (LCCF) and the Park Board
arranged for the purchase with LCCF
funds, which will be repaid at the time
the Park Department has the time to
acquire the necessary grants. Due to
the addition of property to the Park
System both the Commissioners and
the Council are required to approve acquisition of the real estate. There was a
motion to approve the addition of this
property to the Dallas Lake Park and
the motion was approved.
The Council was next presented
with a joint Commissioner/Council Ordinance to update the smoking section
of our policy to be consistent with the
new Indiana State Law regarding the
no smoking law which took effect on
July 1, 2012. The Council approved the
change to the LaGrange County Policy
manual.
Commissioner George Bachman
reported that the Shipshewana Sewer
Project is moving forward and should
be completed in the October/November time frame. He also reported that
LaGrange County has joined with the
other nine counties in Northeast Indiana to form a Commissioner/Mayors
caucus to address issues of economic,
community and workforce development in our area of the state.
County Attorney Kurt Bachman
presented the data on a $1,200,000
tech bond to finance the acquisition, upgrade and replacement of
Information Technology items. The
Commissioners have received bids
for acquisition of equipment in the
amount of $732,434, in addition there
is also new software for the Auditor,
Treasurer, and Assessor which will
improve the efficiency of the assessing
through tax payments. After discussion, the Council approved a seven year
bond for $1,200,000 with the first payment to be made in July 2013.
The Council next approved the
minutes of June 11, 2012 meeting,
the transfer between within department budgets, and legal claims for the
month. There being no other business
the council adjourned and the joint
meeting convened.
Economic Development President
Keith Gillenwater made a presentation
on behalf of the Major Moves finance
committee regarding the possible establishment of a Revolving Loan Fund.
This fund would be administrated by a
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