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Votes at a glance: St John Town Council, April 9, 2025
Summary
The St John Town Council approved multiple ordinances, resolutions, purchase requests and agreements at its April 9 meeting, including ordinances on stormwater, EMS rates, vendor licenses, water-deposit increases, zoning for a park expansion, multiple fund transfers, and equipment and easement approvals.
At its April 9 meeting, the St John Town Council approved a package of ordinances, resolutions, contracts and purchase requests. Key votes recorded in the meeting minutes include ordinances on second reading, appropriation transfers, purchase requests and several municipal agreements.
Major items voted:
- Purchase requests: Two requests for unleaded fuel and on-road diesel (Keystone Cooperative), combined total $20,352.20. Motion to approve recorded as carrying 5–2.
- Accounts payable voucher dated April 9, 2025: Payment voucher totaling $947,342.52 for payroll, supplies, services and equipment approved (motion carries 4–1). One council member said they opposed due to about $20,000 in signage costs.
- Ordinances (second readings approved, all recorded 5–0): • Ordinance 18-59: Amend Subdivision Control Ordinance, article on Stormwater Drainage (approved 5–0). • Ordinance 18-60: Amend Town Code section 2-152, Emergency Medical Services Rates and Fees (approved 5–0). • Ordinance 18-61: Amend Town Ordinance 17,749 regarding vendor licenses and agreements for events (approved 5–0). • Ordinance 18-62: Amend water customer deposit fee (approved 5–0). • Ordinance 18-63: Zoning change for Heartland Park expansion site (approved 5–0).
- Ordinance 18-65: Establish community center fee schedule (first reading approved 5–0).
- Resolutions providing for transfer of appropriations (all approved 5–0): Resolution 2025-04-09 A, B, C, D and E covering various town, water, wastewater and sanitary district funds.
- Other council actions (all approved unless noted): • Motion to accept updated conflict-of-interest disclosure for Matthew Easto (approved 5–0). • Motion to approve agreement with Andrews Technology for time, attendance and scheduling solutions (approved 5–0). • Motion to approve an easement agreement with INDOT (approved 5–0) for a roundabout at Parrish. • Motion to approve unpaid internships for two St. John residents in building and planning (approved 5–0). • Motion to approve agreement with Stryker for fire-department equipment not to exceed $538,774.68 (approved 4–1). • Motion to accept grant easement from Meta Wall Street LLC for water system improvements (approved 5–0).
Votes were usually taken by voice; where individual votes were discussed in the transcript, dissenting reasons were stated (for example one council member opposed the large accounts-payable voucher because of sign expense). Names of individual yes/no voters were not consistently recorded for each motion in the meeting transcript; tallies above reflect the roll-call counts stated during the meeting.
