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Charlestown council re-adopts appropriations, approves funds for police tasers, parks and renews school SRO MOU
Summary
At its May 11 meeting the Charlestown Common Council unanimously re-adopted two previously passed ordinances to comply with Department of Local Government and Finance advertising changes, approved a new parks maintenance appropriation and renewed the annual two-school-resource-officer MOU with Greater Clark County Schools. All recorded votes were 5-0.
The Charlestown Common Council unanimously approved several financial and administrative items at its May 11, 2026 meeting to align prior ordinances with revised Department of Local Government and Finance rules and to authorize routine local spending.
On second reading the council re-adopted Ordinance 2026-OR-03, appropriating $50,000 into the EPIC fund to be compliant with a changed advertising requirement from the Department of Local Government and Finance. The motion to approve on its second and final reading passed 5-0.
The council also re-adopted Ordinance 2026-OR-04 on second reading, appropriating $16,008 to the Cumulative Capital Development (CCD) Fund for purchase of police tasers. That vote passed 5-0.
Council introduced Ordinance 2026-OR-09 to appropriate $27,500 from the EDIT fund for Parks Department maintenance, voted to suspend the rules to move the ordinance to a second reading the same night, and then approved it on second and final reading; both the suspension and the approval passed 5-0.
Finally, the council approved the annual memorandum of understanding with Greater Clark County Schools covering two school resource officers. Under the MOU, half of each officer’s salary is paid by the school corporation and the other half is paid by the City from the Local Income Tax Fund. The motion to approve the MOU passed 5-0.
Mayor Treva Hodges presided. Motions were made and seconded consistently by council members during the meeting (for example, Councilman Chuck Deaton and Councilwoman Shannon Elder made or seconded several motions), and the transcript records all recorded votes as unanimous for the items above.
The minutes also note routine procedural approvals earlier in the meeting, including approval of the agenda and the April 7 minutes, claims, and a payroll voucher; those motions likewise carried by recorded votes of 5-0.
