Warsaw police officers who use personal patrol vehicles may be required to record their personal mileage each month for approval by the city council if a proposed resolution passes next month.

As requested by councilman Dewey Lawshe, the purpose of the resolution is to be sure personal mileage of official vehicles "doesn't get out of hand."

The proposal was opposed by councilwoman Tammy Jo Rockey, because city department heads who drive city-owned vehicles would not have the same requirement.

Warsaw Mayor Jeff Plank said the resolution is not because PPVs are being abused, but for informational purposes.

"It's not a big thing, but we would like to know how many personal miles are being used," said councilman Ernie Wiggins.

"The problem is with take-home cars outside the city limits," and with taxpayers paying for those officers who use official cars to drive back and forth, Rockey said.

The matter was tabled until the November council meeting so councilman Mac Silveus can conduct further research.

Also tabled until November was final approval of the 1997 salary ordinance, which sets salary levels at $43,300 for the mayor; $37,200 for the clerk-treasurer; and $4,000 for members of the common council.

The city council approved the final reading of an ordinance that set tap-on fees for sewer use. The fees are: $1,500 for single family residence; $2,500 for office, commercial and light industrial; $3,500 for commercial and industrial; $2,500 for duplexes; $2,000 plus $200 per unit for apartments of three or more units and for mobile home parks; $5,000 for hotels and motels with 75 rooms or less; $6,500 for hotels and motels with 76 rooms or more; and $500 for not-for-profit organizations.

In other business:

jj Plank reported that United Water is investigating the possibility of drilling well fields in an area west of Ind. 15 and north and south of U.S. 30. Availability of water in these areas is necessary for future growth, Plank said. "The only remaining part of the puzzle is financing of a second treatment plant," he said, a matter he will explore with "professionals" for financial alternatives.

jj The arrangements for a tornado siren on the west side of Warsaw, to be mounted on the Zimmer building on the south side of Center Street in Boggs Industrial Park, have been made. Plank said the siren, the city's third, should be operable in time for the next tornado season.

jj The council approved naming a street leading from Center Street near the VFW to the Little League diamonds Fred Boggs Parkway. The action was requested by the Warsaw Little League to recognize Boggs for his contributions.

jj The council approved contributing $1,500 to the Warsaw Community Development Corp. for Christmas decorations in downtown Warsaw. The rest of the decoration funds, nearly $20,000, was donated from the private sector.

jj Plank told the council that the second Board of Works meeting each month will deal with building and code enforcement matters, and that the city has a backlog of more than 50 problem cases. He emphasized that the problems are usually caused by only a handful of landlords who often do not live in the area.

jj The y Schools, three seats are available on the school board. Incumbents in Districts 3, 4 and 6 are running again and are facing challengers.

District 3: The current school board member, Dan J. Robinson, is challenged by Albert G. Smith.

District 4: Incumbent Charles E. Sauders faces former school board president Terry Klondaris.

District 6: Current school board member Craig J. Allebach is unopposed.

Officials elected in November's election will take office Jan. 1, 1997, and hold office until Dec. 31, 2000.

Wawasee School Board's two at-large seats, now held by John Weiss and Michael Smith, are up for grabs next month.

Wawasee's school board is made up of five members - one each from three districts and two at-large seats. Because of the three districts, only two members of the school board can come from the same district. Therefore, the two at-large members up for election this year cannot be from the same district.

Wawasee school board candidates this year are: District 1 - David L. Carey, Leesburg; District 2 - Scott E. Abbs and Jeffrey S. Wells, both from Syracuse; District 3 - Derk W. Kuhn, William O. Troup, incumbent John C. Weiss and Dr. Bruce Lamb, all of Milford.

Members of the Wawasee school board hold their terms for four years, and there is no limit to the number of terms a school board member may hold.

Triton school district voters will choose a representative for the third district and an at-large school board member. District 3 is defined as Bourbon Township outside Bourbon city limits.

The current District 3 school board member, Steve Feldman, Bourbon, is running unopposed for re-election.

At-large candidates are: Steven L. Sechrist, Etna Green, the incumbent; Richard Lee Walter, Etna Green; and Kevin R. Boyer, Bourbon.

Triton school board members take office on Jan. 1. Their terms last four years, and they may serve an unlimited number of terms. [[In-content Ad]]