4 Reserves Appointed At Manchester
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
NORTH MANCHESTER - North Manchester Chief of Police Linda L. Learned told council members Wednesday that approximately 800 people came through the public safety complex for Halloween. She said the officers "seemed to have as much fun as the children" and they received several compliments on the decorations and "all the extra work we put in to see that the children had a special Halloween."
Learned also requested approval from councilmen on four new appointments to the police department.
Brooke Murphy, James Hall, Aaron Mabery and Gary Schue were approved to the reserve unit.
"All four will come to us with some type of experience in law enforcement," Learned said.
In other business:
• Council president Don Rinearson said he received a letter of resignation from Bernie Ferringer as plan commissioner. Ferringer will resign at the end of the year.
"We certainly hate to see him go," Rinearson said. "He's done a tremendous job; it's a thankless job. He's done an excellent job for our community and town."
Rinearson said he would have something more formal for the council in the near future in terms of a replacement for Ferringer.
• Public works superintendent John Mugford said the department is still waiting on a storm water proposal in regard to construction Peabody Retirement Community is planning. Peabody plans "to do away with the visible ponds."
• Town manager Dan Hannaford said "Life Med is thinking about making some changes."
Life Med is the local ambulance service, serving North Manchester.
He said Life Med is considering "dropping out of the 911 business."
"There's a little bit of a concern there," Hannaford said, "but, I think it can be worked out."
Life Med will be meeting with county commissioners, Hannaford said.
• Mugford said the water tower is coming along smoothly and sandblasting will be done by the end of the week.
• Hannaford reported Long Lake and Laketon "would like to come in and talk about hooking to our water and sewer." He said this involves approximately 150 houses.
• Mugford requested approval for Hannaford, himself and Rinearson to review documents from a hydraulic study. Mugford said they needed to get on the study soon because they only have 11-1/2 months before the documents need to be submitted to IDEM. Councilmen approved Mugford's request.
• Town council meetings are set for Dec. 6 and 20 at 7 p.m. at the public safety building, Main Street.
The North Manchester Town Council includes: president Don Rinearson, vice president Stan Escott, clerk-treasurer Nancy Reed, town manager Dan Hannaford, public works superintendent John Mugford, Karl Merritt, Warren Garner, Charles Tiede and Bill Hix. [[In-content Ad]]
NORTH MANCHESTER - North Manchester Chief of Police Linda L. Learned told council members Wednesday that approximately 800 people came through the public safety complex for Halloween. She said the officers "seemed to have as much fun as the children" and they received several compliments on the decorations and "all the extra work we put in to see that the children had a special Halloween."
Learned also requested approval from councilmen on four new appointments to the police department.
Brooke Murphy, James Hall, Aaron Mabery and Gary Schue were approved to the reserve unit.
"All four will come to us with some type of experience in law enforcement," Learned said.
In other business:
• Council president Don Rinearson said he received a letter of resignation from Bernie Ferringer as plan commissioner. Ferringer will resign at the end of the year.
"We certainly hate to see him go," Rinearson said. "He's done a tremendous job; it's a thankless job. He's done an excellent job for our community and town."
Rinearson said he would have something more formal for the council in the near future in terms of a replacement for Ferringer.
• Public works superintendent John Mugford said the department is still waiting on a storm water proposal in regard to construction Peabody Retirement Community is planning. Peabody plans "to do away with the visible ponds."
• Town manager Dan Hannaford said "Life Med is thinking about making some changes."
Life Med is the local ambulance service, serving North Manchester.
He said Life Med is considering "dropping out of the 911 business."
"There's a little bit of a concern there," Hannaford said, "but, I think it can be worked out."
Life Med will be meeting with county commissioners, Hannaford said.
• Mugford said the water tower is coming along smoothly and sandblasting will be done by the end of the week.
• Hannaford reported Long Lake and Laketon "would like to come in and talk about hooking to our water and sewer." He said this involves approximately 150 houses.
• Mugford requested approval for Hannaford, himself and Rinearson to review documents from a hydraulic study. Mugford said they needed to get on the study soon because they only have 11-1/2 months before the documents need to be submitted to IDEM. Councilmen approved Mugford's request.
• Town council meetings are set for Dec. 6 and 20 at 7 p.m. at the public safety building, Main Street.
The North Manchester Town Council includes: president Don Rinearson, vice president Stan Escott, clerk-treasurer Nancy Reed, town manager Dan Hannaford, public works superintendent John Mugford, Karl Merritt, Warren Garner, Charles Tiede and Bill Hix. [[In-content Ad]]