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Neighbors press Whitestown council on training-range safety and Citizens Water project
Summary
Three residents told council that a proposed police training facility and a separate Citizens Water transmission project lacked adequate public engagement and raised safety, noise and environmental concerns; staff said the police chief met with neighbors and that statutory rezoning notice requirements remain in place for future actions.
At the Nov. 12 Whitestown Town Council meeting, multiple residents used the public-comment period to raise concerns about two separate local projects: a proposed police training facility and a Citizens Water transmission project involving large tanks and a pump station.
Darren Steele, who identified himself as living adjacent to the proposed training facility, said neighbors were not notified about details because the municipality had purchased the land and the matter did not follow the usual notice steps residents expect under a private developer zoning process. "Since the town has elected to use the zoning ordinance loophole, we were not…
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