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Scottsburg council approves sewer-rate ordinance on split vote; OKs summer concert dates and asks staff to review emergency plans
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Scottsburg Common Council adopted Ordinance 2024-23 on third and final reading by a 3-2 tally, approved a series of downtown concert dates for spring–fall 2025 and asked staff to review the city's emergency plans and contact lists.
Scottsburg, Ind. — The Scottsburg Common Council adopted Ordinance 2024-23, a new schedule of sewer rates and charges, on third and final reading at its meeting Monday, Jan. 27, by a 3-2 vote. The council also approved the city's 2025 downtown concert dates and directed staff to review and update emergency plans and contact lists.
The adopted ordinance, identified in the meeting as Ordinance 2024-23, was presented on its third reading and approved after brief council discussion. The formal vote was recorded as three ayes and two noes. The meeting record did not associate individual roll-call votes with member names.
The change affects the schedule of rates and charges collected by the City of Scottsburg from property owners and users of the city's sewer system; the ordinance text was described in the meeting as the city's schedule of rates and charges for sewage service. Council members noted that the measure would have winners and losers financially, but the meeting transcript did not include detailed rate tables or specific dollar amounts.
On a separate motion, the council approved the 2025 downtown concert series and related street closures. The dates read into the record for the concert series were: May 31; June 20 and June 21; July 19 and July 26; Aug. 16; Sept. 20 and Sept. 27; and Oct. 18. Council business on the item included discussion about potential crowding and parking conflicts when the Mayberry event overlaps downtown activity; after discussion the council approved the dates unanimously.
Later in the meeting council members discussed the city's emergency plans and contact lists. Council members asked that department emergency plans and contact lists be reviewed and updated to reflect staff turnover and current responsibilities; city staff acknowledged the request and agreed to perform the updates. During that exchange council members cited the city's water-storage capacity discussed in the meeting record (a referenced 2,000,000-gallon capacity, a 50,000-gallon reserve at the plant and daily usage described as roughly 600,000–700,000 gallons) as background for emergency planning.
Procedural items at the start of the meeting included approval of the minutes from the Jan. 13 meeting; the minutes were approved unanimously.
The council did not receive public comment at the meeting's public-comment period; no speakers were recorded as addressing the council.
The council's action on the ordinance takes immediate effect as recorded in the meeting minutes; the meeting transcript did not specify additional implementation steps, detailed rate schedules, nor a legal effective date beyond the recorded adoption. Staff were directed to review emergency plans and contact lists and to report back as appropriate.
