The Crown Point City Public Works & Safety board on Wednesday approved several community permits and street-use requests, including a company request to connect customers to fiber service, a road closure for a downtown business anniversary event and a fundraiser at two downtown intersections.

Garrett Swinson, who identified himself as representing the company and provided a business address in Elkhart, said his crew is in town to schedule customer connections for Surf Fiber Optics. "We put the lines in, obviously. So we've just kind of been waiting for this to be able to go out and schedule connections and set up customers with the, Surf Fiber Optics," Swinson said. The board moved and passed a motion to approve the request; the vote was recorded as a unanimous voice vote.

Gordon Lipari, owner of Crown Point Tattoo Company at 114 Hack Court, asked to close Main Street in front of his business for a first-anniversary event that could include a food truck and small car show. Lipari said nearby businesses including Joe's Garage and Larry's Barbershop had agreed and that on-street parking nearby would remain available. The board approved the road closure request as presented and indicated public works staff would coordinate barricade use and contact information with Lipari.

Mark, who identified himself as Crown Point's fire chief, presented a request on behalf of the Crown Point High School cheerleading team for a fundraising drive on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the intersections of Main and South and Main and Greenwood; a rain date of Sunday, Nov. 2 was provided. Chief Mark said only adults would be stationed in intersections and students would be on sidewalks. The board approved the request by voice vote.

The board recorded no formal objections during the vote on any of the three items. Staff notes indicate public works will provide permitting details and barricade coordination for the road closure and will follow up with the Surf Fiber representative on any city-issued identification or badges for workers.

The board set event hours for the tattoo-shop closure at 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. as part of its approval and reminded applicants to coordinate deliveries and alley access with neighboring businesses.