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Votes at a glance: Thorntown council approves PASER update, alley bid ad, chair lift, festival requests and routine motions
Summary
At its Aug. 5 meeting the Thorntown council approved multiple motions including allowing BFS to perform a PASER rating, advertising bids for a Main Street alley drainage project (est. $50,000), permitting an American Legion chair lift ($7,450 proposal), festival street closures, acceptance of Accu-Dig sanitary repairs pending legal review, approval of minutes, a transcribing contract at $0.20/line, and a lagoon fence supplies expenditure not to exceed $2,000.
The Town of Thorntown Council recorded multiple affirmative motions at the Aug. 5 meeting. Key actions recorded in the meeting minutes include:
Votes at a glance
- PASER rating: Council voted to allow BFS Engineering to perform the required PASER pavement-rating update (motion passed 3-0). The update must be completed by Dec. 31, 2024 to maintain eligibility for Community Crossings projects.
- Alley drainage bid advertisement: Council approved advertising bids for the Main Street alley drainage project (alley to the Pizza King), a proposed reconstruction to concrete with an inverted crown with an engineer estimate of about $50,000 (motion passed 3-0).
- American Legion chair lift: The council granted permission for installation of a second-floor chair lift for the American Legion using an Access Elevator proposal for $7,450 and noted the groups may pursue grant funding; motion passed 3-0.
- Festival of the Turning Leaves: Festival organizers were granted their annual request to hang the banner over SR 47 and to close SR 47 for two days and portions of Market and Pearl streets for festival activities (permission recorded in motions list).
- Sanitary repairs: Dan Cutshaw of MS Consultants recommended accepting Accu-Dig’s proposal to address top wastewater concerns; council approved the proposal pending legal review (motion passed 3-0).
- Administrative and routine approvals: Minutes for June 3 and July 15 were accepted (3-0); the council accepted a transcribing proposal at a cost of $0.20 per line; and the council approved $1,307 of supplies for a lagoon fence and authorized the expense not to exceed $2,000 (motion passed 3-0).
No votes failed or were tabled according to the meeting record; several approvals were contingent on legal review or future funding decisions.
