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Michiana council backs police safety building grant, approves radio tower and OKs draft police survey
Summary
Council approved a resolution to co‑sponsor a federal grant proposal for a joint Police Safety Building with Grand Beach, authorized a $2,540 replacement radio base station, and approved distributing a draft police survey; Chief Ryan Layman also reported a new hire and vandalism of trees at Stop 40.
The Village of Michiana council voted March 14 to move forward with a joint federal grant proposal for a Police Safety Building with the nearby village of Grand Beach, and approved related operational items raised by the police chief.
Tim McCarthy moved to approve a resolution allowing Michiana and Grand Beach to co‑sponsor and co‑sign a federal funding proposal for a Police Safety Building; the motion passed. The council also approved a draft police survey that may be distributed to residents at a later date.
During the police department report, Chief Ryan Layman said the Michigan Department of Transportation will not install a stoplight at the Grand Beach entrance off Highway 12 and will reexamine the intersection in five years. Layman introduced Brendan Stadler, a new hire who will attend the police academy in May, and reported ongoing work into vandalism that resulted in 12 trees being cut down at Stop 40. He asked residents with information to contact the police department.
The council approved purchasing a replacement radio base station for $2,540, which Chief Layman said is required by the state as the department’s base station was no longer working after 25 years.
All motions related to the grant resolution, the draft police survey and the radio tower purchase passed at the meeting; the minutes record motions as approved but do not provide separate roll call tallies for each of those motions in every instance.
