City Approves Issuing Bond for Commercial Development Project
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The project is creating 82,000 square feet of retail space to be developed by Thompson-Thrift north of Kohl’s. No new businesses have been confirmed in that retail space.
Warsaw Redevelopment Commission will need to adopt a bond resolution at its December meeting when a public hearing will be held. The project’s bonds will be sold in mid January.
The board also approved the city purchasing a new Warsaw Fire Department pumper truck from Pierce Manufacturing.
The truck will replace a reserve truck. The council approved the fire department transferring $500,000 from the fire territory operating fund salaries and wages into the other capital outlays for the purchase.
The fire truck is part of a 10-year equipment replacement plan that was scheduled to be replaced in 2010. The city will save $40,000-$60,000 on the purchase of the truck, and plans are to purchase it by the end of this year, Mike Rice, Warsaw fire chief, said.
In other business, the council approved obtaining appraisals on 3.45 acres of property south of Oakwood Cemetery. If the city decides to purchase the property, it will use it for cemetery burials.
The city also approved seeking appraisals for property at the corner of West Market and West Center streets that the city currently uses for overflow parking.
The council approved 2012 non-profit council contracts, including $16,500 for the Animal Welfare League; $31,000 for the City-County Athletic Complex; $18,500 for the Kosciusko Area Bus Services; $50,000 for the Kosciusko Economic Development Corp.; $12,600 for the Warsaw Community Development Corp.; $25,000 for the Warsaw Housing Authority; and $10,000 for OrthoWorx.
In other business, the council heard from Mary Ellen Rudisel-Jordan, Warsaw Community Development Corp. president.
She said the current First Friday committee is tired and in need of help and structure from downtown activity planning.
She suggested the city either hire an events coordinator to handle First Fridays as well as other community events and provide a small salary for the new coordinator.
Another option Rudisel-Jordan suggested was adding the events coordinator to the job description of a group that is equipped to handle the activities such as the park department or the Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Council President and Mayor-elect Joe Thallemer said he would support the city taking over the coordination of First Friday and downtown events with an advisory committee.
He sad the details on the topic would need to be discussed further.
Thallemer said he would like to continue to see the downtown events thrive and grow.[[In-content Ad]]
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The project is creating 82,000 square feet of retail space to be developed by Thompson-Thrift north of Kohl’s. No new businesses have been confirmed in that retail space.
Warsaw Redevelopment Commission will need to adopt a bond resolution at its December meeting when a public hearing will be held. The project’s bonds will be sold in mid January.
The board also approved the city purchasing a new Warsaw Fire Department pumper truck from Pierce Manufacturing.
The truck will replace a reserve truck. The council approved the fire department transferring $500,000 from the fire territory operating fund salaries and wages into the other capital outlays for the purchase.
The fire truck is part of a 10-year equipment replacement plan that was scheduled to be replaced in 2010. The city will save $40,000-$60,000 on the purchase of the truck, and plans are to purchase it by the end of this year, Mike Rice, Warsaw fire chief, said.
In other business, the council approved obtaining appraisals on 3.45 acres of property south of Oakwood Cemetery. If the city decides to purchase the property, it will use it for cemetery burials.
The city also approved seeking appraisals for property at the corner of West Market and West Center streets that the city currently uses for overflow parking.
The council approved 2012 non-profit council contracts, including $16,500 for the Animal Welfare League; $31,000 for the City-County Athletic Complex; $18,500 for the Kosciusko Area Bus Services; $50,000 for the Kosciusko Economic Development Corp.; $12,600 for the Warsaw Community Development Corp.; $25,000 for the Warsaw Housing Authority; and $10,000 for OrthoWorx.
In other business, the council heard from Mary Ellen Rudisel-Jordan, Warsaw Community Development Corp. president.
She said the current First Friday committee is tired and in need of help and structure from downtown activity planning.
She suggested the city either hire an events coordinator to handle First Fridays as well as other community events and provide a small salary for the new coordinator.
Another option Rudisel-Jordan suggested was adding the events coordinator to the job description of a group that is equipped to handle the activities such as the park department or the Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Council President and Mayor-elect Joe Thallemer said he would support the city taking over the coordination of First Friday and downtown events with an advisory committee.
He sad the details on the topic would need to be discussed further.
Thallemer said he would like to continue to see the downtown events thrive and grow.[[In-content Ad]]
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