North Webster PD Adds 1, Promotes 1
April 28, 2021 at 12:16 a.m.
North Webster PD Adds 1, Promotes 1
By Jackie [email protected]
James Hastings was sworn in as a new officer for the North Webster Police Department by town attorney Jack Birch.
Church said Hastings is from Warsaw and will start May 18. Hastings’ family was in attendance at the meeting to see him sworn in.
David May also was promoted by the Council and Church to the rank of sergeant. The announcement was made during Tuesday’s meeting.
May has been with the North Webster Police Department for 14 years and has been doing the detective work for the department for the past four or five years, Church said.
Church said the police department is still looking to fill one more position in the department.
In other business, Inframark Utilities Manager Jayne Alger inquired where the Council stood in regards to a decision on whether to go ahead with obtaining geographic information system (GIS) from iamGIS based out of Indianapolis.
During the Council’s March meeting, Craig Novak, account executive for iamGIS, made a presentation to the Council about its software and how it could digitalize the town maps. The Council tabled a decision at that meeting.
Council President Lisa Strombeck said the Council hadn’t talked about it much since the March meeting.
Alger said Novak is going around some of the neighboring towns, like Syracuse, to see if the towns are interested in using the software. She said she didn’t know if any of those towns would have the software installed.
Strombeck said she’d be interested to see what the other towns thought of the software and if any of them have it installed.
Councilman David Waliczek said if the town had a town-run water system, then the maps would be worth it, but wasn’t sure since they only have sewer.
Alger said she’d call up other towns Novak visited and see what their opinions are and bring that information back to the next Council meeting.
Alger said she talked to Kosciusko County GIS Director William Holder and he brought her up an aerial map of the streets and manholes locations. The maps were detailed. Algers said she didn’t go through it “bit by bit” to verify the accuracy. She did say she was told that if there’s any changes to the maps she was given by Kosciusko County GIS, the changes could be made and paper maps could be given to the town.
Algers said as far as she knows, Holder didn’t elaborate on a price and said it was part of his job.
Strombeck said it would be a good backup in case the town decides not to go with iamGIS.
In other business, the Council:
• Approved Waliczek and Strombeck to be on the Tippecanoe Township-North Webster Fire Protection Territory. The formation of the Territory was approved by North Webster Town Council and the Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board March 31.
• Approved the closure of West Washington Street to West Blaine Street for the Mermaid Festival from June 23 to 26.
James Hastings was sworn in as a new officer for the North Webster Police Department by town attorney Jack Birch.
Church said Hastings is from Warsaw and will start May 18. Hastings’ family was in attendance at the meeting to see him sworn in.
David May also was promoted by the Council and Church to the rank of sergeant. The announcement was made during Tuesday’s meeting.
May has been with the North Webster Police Department for 14 years and has been doing the detective work for the department for the past four or five years, Church said.
Church said the police department is still looking to fill one more position in the department.
In other business, Inframark Utilities Manager Jayne Alger inquired where the Council stood in regards to a decision on whether to go ahead with obtaining geographic information system (GIS) from iamGIS based out of Indianapolis.
During the Council’s March meeting, Craig Novak, account executive for iamGIS, made a presentation to the Council about its software and how it could digitalize the town maps. The Council tabled a decision at that meeting.
Council President Lisa Strombeck said the Council hadn’t talked about it much since the March meeting.
Alger said Novak is going around some of the neighboring towns, like Syracuse, to see if the towns are interested in using the software. She said she didn’t know if any of those towns would have the software installed.
Strombeck said she’d be interested to see what the other towns thought of the software and if any of them have it installed.
Councilman David Waliczek said if the town had a town-run water system, then the maps would be worth it, but wasn’t sure since they only have sewer.
Alger said she’d call up other towns Novak visited and see what their opinions are and bring that information back to the next Council meeting.
Alger said she talked to Kosciusko County GIS Director William Holder and he brought her up an aerial map of the streets and manholes locations. The maps were detailed. Algers said she didn’t go through it “bit by bit” to verify the accuracy. She did say she was told that if there’s any changes to the maps she was given by Kosciusko County GIS, the changes could be made and paper maps could be given to the town.
Algers said as far as she knows, Holder didn’t elaborate on a price and said it was part of his job.
Strombeck said it would be a good backup in case the town decides not to go with iamGIS.
In other business, the Council:
• Approved Waliczek and Strombeck to be on the Tippecanoe Township-North Webster Fire Protection Territory. The formation of the Territory was approved by North Webster Town Council and the Tippecanoe Township Advisory Board March 31.
• Approved the closure of West Washington Street to West Blaine Street for the Mermaid Festival from June 23 to 26.
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