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Ellettsville council discusses community risk reduction, SCADA upgrade and fire-protection study
Summary
Ellettsville's council elected leadership, heard a community-risk-reduction presentation and discussed a roughly $105,000 SCADA replacement for the wastewater plant; members also considered a Baker Tilly financial study on a potential fire-protection territory, with Fire Chief Kevin Patton saying existing service would continue if reorganization fails.
Ellettsville ' The Ellettsville Town Council convened Jan. 12, elected Scott Oldham as president and Dan Swafford as vice president, and heard a range of operational updates, including a community risk-reduction presentation and infrastructure proposals.
Deputy Fire Marshal Shane Jarrett described community risk reduction (CRR) as a framework to identify and prioritize local hazards and implement programs that reduce those hazards through education, prevention and partnerships; Jarrett presented a proclamation designating Jan. 19'25 as Community Risk Reduction Week.
The council discussed replacing the wastewater-treatment plant's 1997 system-control and data-acquisition (SCADA) panel; Utilities Director Jeff Farmer said the lowest quote for the upgrade is about $105,000 and the replacement would include computers, software and licensing and allow integration of water towers and booster stations for remote monitoring.
Council members also discussed hiring Baker Tilly for a financial study to evaluate establishing a fire-protection territory between Ellettsville and Richland Township. Fire Chief Kevin Patton said that if a consolidation proceeds, the territory would be assimilated; if not, Ellettsville Fire would continue existing protection arrangements.
Council members set the next council meeting for Jan. 26.
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