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Indian Hills council awards snow-and-ice contract to Minor & Co., approves finances and reappoints ethics board member
Summary
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Indian Hills City Council approved August minutes and financial reports, awarded the Snow & Ice Removal contract to Minor & Co. (Municipal Order No. 8, Series 2025), approved a reappointment to the ethics board (Municipal Order No. 6) and postponed a second reappointment (Municipal Order No. 7).
The City of Indian Hills City Council on Sept. 17 approved a slate of routine measures, including awarding the city’s 2025–26 snow-and-ice removal contract to Minor & Co. and approving August financial reports.
Mayor Chip Hancock opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. and the council first approved the August meeting minutes as emailed after a motion by Councilor Laura Dunbar, seconded by Councilor John Harralson. Councilor Dunbar then presented the August finance report; Councilor Lee Maddox moved to accept the report and to approve the city and police checks disbursed for August, a motion seconded by Councilor David Ferguson and adopted with no opposition.
On procurement, the city reported it received two bids for snow removal: Integrated Ground Maintenance and Minor & Co. After review Councilor Chip Hayward moved to award the Snow & Ice Removal Contract to Minor & Co.; Councilor Ann Dreisbach seconded. Attorney Finn Cato read Municipal Order No. 8, Series 2025 (award of the Snow & Ice Removal Contract to Minor & Co.), and the council approved it on a roll call vote: Harralson, Dreisbach, Hayward, Dunbar, Maddox and Ferguson voted yea; Bob Astorino Sr., Kay Matton and Lee Garlove were absent. The order awards the contract to Minor & Co.; the council did not record any opposing votes.
On appointments, Councilor Dunbar introduced Municipal Order No. 6, Series 2025, to reappoint Cleary to the ethics board; Attorney Finn Cato read the order and Councilor John Harralson moved its approval. The council approved the reappointment on roll call. Separately, Councilor Lee Maddox moved to postpone Municipal Order No. 7, Series 2025 (the proposed reappointment of Crockett to the ethics board) until the next council meeting; Councilor Hayward seconded and the postponement carried with no opposition.
Other administrative items included Public Works Director Gerard Ackermann’s update that Calumet is scheduled to be paved by Flynn on Oct. 30–31 to complete the 2025 paving program, ongoing permit reviews (including one expired permit on Warrior that the homeowner must renew), repaired streetlights and a clogged pump station between River Bluff and the I‑71 overpass that remains under attention. Mayor Hancock said 13 homes on Old Federal Road will be added to the city’s Rumpke account effective Oct. 1, 2025. Councilor Maddox said the Environment Committee is promoting a Tree Program and will have a table at Octoberfest; Maddox and Councilor Dreisbach volunteered to help set up the event.
The fiscal year‑end 2025 audit presentation was rescheduled from November to the January council meeting. Councilor Dunbar moved to adjourn at 6:34 p.m.; Councilor Maddox seconded and the meeting ended. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Oct. 15, 2025 at the Louisville Boat Club at 6:00 p.m.
