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Thorntown council approves street repairs, passes salary ordinance and hears reports; clerk announces retirement
Summary
Council accepted a street/alley repair contract with Young & Sons, unanimously passed Ordinance 2025-4 to add a Clerk Treasurer Advisor position, heard department updates on fire and police activity, and heard a clerk retirement announcement.
At its Aug. 18 meeting the Town of Thorntown Council approved several routine but consequential items: the council voted 5-0 to accept Young & Sons’ proposal for street and alley repairs after reviewing quotes, and later unanimously passed Salary Ordinance 2025-4, which adds a Clerk Treasurer Advisor position paid at $30 per hour.
During department reports, JT Whitaker said the fire department ran 41 calls in July (about 30% in town) and has had 344 runs year-to-date; the fire department thanked the public for its fish fry that served more than 1,300 people. Police Department leader Frank Clark described a reserve vehicle that needs about $8,000 in repairs, reported that Mitchell Newton has joined the department, and said additional reserves will be needed for the Festival of Turning Leaves.
Clerk/Treasurer Koren Gray told the council that an OCRA grant press release will be issued Aug. 20 and that notification about the award should arrive within the week; Gray also announced her retirement effective Aug. 31, 2025 and thanked the community for her six years of service.
Meeting procedure: Bruce Burtner’s earlier motion to accept BF&S’s proposal to begin CCMG preparatory work did not receive a second and therefore did not proceed. With no other business, Randy Bruder moved to adjourn at 8:53 p.m.; the motion passed 5-0.
Votes at a glance: - Young & Sons street/alley repairs: motion to accept carried 5-0 (mover: Bruce Burtner; seconder: Dave Williams). - Ordinance 2025-4 (salary ordinance adding Clerk Treasurer Advisor): suspended and passed 5-0 (motions moved by Dave Williams and Sara Fairfield; seconded by Sara Fairfield and Gary Coffman respectively); ordinance signed.
What’s next: The council has received consultant materials on CCMG planning and must decide whether to fund plan updates if it wants to pursue the October CCMG call; the utility board’s requested rate change will require a public hearing and ordinance.
