Winona Changes System Of Collecting Seat Belt Violation Fees
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
WINONA LAKE - Seat belt violation fees will be paid at the Winona Lake town hall and will go into the town's general fund instead of through the county judicial system, due to a resolution approved by the town council Tuesday.
Town marshal Malcolm Gilbert said passenger restraint violations are usually $25 but can be as high as $1,000, and have traditionally gone to the Superior Court. Other towns are passing such legislation, too, according to Gilbert.
So far Winona Lake is the first town in the county to have such a law.
Todd Samuelson, CPA for H.R. Umbaugh and Associates, Plymouth, gave a lengthy presentation regarding the town's wastewater treatment finances prior to the board signing an agreement with Warsaw as the city prepares to construct another wastewater treatment facility.
The Umbaugh firm was asked to conduct a financial review and rate study.
The initial payment to Warsaw will be $600,000, followed by an interest-free payment of $547,000 over the next 20 years. Also planned is an extensive sanitary sewer rehabilitation project estimated at $640,000. The work is expected to begin this summer and will require a state revolving loan.
In a nutshell, Samuelson found the town's sewage works bottom line stable considering income versus debt payment. Funds will be able to support the Warsaw expansion project as well as the reconstruction project.
An outstanding sewage works revenue bond, issued in 1997, will be paid off in September 2004. A Build Indiana loan will be paid off in 2017.
An ending balance of $1,316,437 was given for 2001.
Estimated operating receipts for 2002 through 2006 were given as $686,067, with disbursements of $391,414, leaving $294,653 in 2002 and $273,620 in 2006.
Expenditures for 2002 include a lump sum payment to Warsaw of $333,000. Payment of the rehabilitation project and other debt service items would be $1,126,160 in 2002, and without further bond issues in the next four years, will be reduced to $149,041 by 2006.
The ending balance in 2002 is estimated to be $906,198 and predicted to climb back to $1.3 million by 2006.
Samuelson said bond documents for the SRF would be prepared at the board's first meeting in April.
In other business, the board:
• Approved an ordinance adopting building codes.
Added Lance Grubbs to the Public Employee Retirement Fund, an expense paid through grant monies.
Grubbs is considered an employee under a Law Enforcement Liaison Grant .
He is one of three consultants assigned by the state to monitor a police department's use of state and federal grant monies. Grubbs' coverage area is the northern third of the state.
• Heard that a rebuilt street sweeper is available for $45,000, an expense the board approved.
• Heard the community center construction should be complete by the end of May.
• Heard the town is advertising for an activity director for the senior center and resums are due by 4 p.m. Friday.
• Heard that too many semi tractor-trailers are cutting through town instead of using the truck route. In many cases, Gilbert said, they are leaving U.S. 30 in Pierceton and coming through town on Pierceton Road.
Gilbert asked the board for an ordinance to stop such traffic.
Public works supervisor Pete O'Connell said the streets weren't built to take such weight and the trucks are tearing them up.
O'Connell also asked why sewage tap fees are only $200, when the fees in other towns ranged from $1,000 to $1,500. It was explained that the fee is only for inspection and that the homeowner is expected to pay for the line and its installation.
• O'Connell said where street signs and stop signs are being combined, he plans to separate them onto two posts.
Council president Rolly Ortega asked that a little more "heads up" be given on such decisions.
• Heard from councilman Jerry Clevenger that communications between the board and the Lion's Club ought to be reopened, that the board hasn't heard from the Lions since last summer and that nothing has been done to alleviate the parking situation at the club house.
Town council members are Rolly Ortega, Jerry Clevenger, Craig Snow and Jeff Carroll. David Delp was absent. The board meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. and the third Tuesday at 7 a.m. in council chambers at town hall. [[In-content Ad]]
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WINONA LAKE - Seat belt violation fees will be paid at the Winona Lake town hall and will go into the town's general fund instead of through the county judicial system, due to a resolution approved by the town council Tuesday.
Town marshal Malcolm Gilbert said passenger restraint violations are usually $25 but can be as high as $1,000, and have traditionally gone to the Superior Court. Other towns are passing such legislation, too, according to Gilbert.
So far Winona Lake is the first town in the county to have such a law.
Todd Samuelson, CPA for H.R. Umbaugh and Associates, Plymouth, gave a lengthy presentation regarding the town's wastewater treatment finances prior to the board signing an agreement with Warsaw as the city prepares to construct another wastewater treatment facility.
The Umbaugh firm was asked to conduct a financial review and rate study.
The initial payment to Warsaw will be $600,000, followed by an interest-free payment of $547,000 over the next 20 years. Also planned is an extensive sanitary sewer rehabilitation project estimated at $640,000. The work is expected to begin this summer and will require a state revolving loan.
In a nutshell, Samuelson found the town's sewage works bottom line stable considering income versus debt payment. Funds will be able to support the Warsaw expansion project as well as the reconstruction project.
An outstanding sewage works revenue bond, issued in 1997, will be paid off in September 2004. A Build Indiana loan will be paid off in 2017.
An ending balance of $1,316,437 was given for 2001.
Estimated operating receipts for 2002 through 2006 were given as $686,067, with disbursements of $391,414, leaving $294,653 in 2002 and $273,620 in 2006.
Expenditures for 2002 include a lump sum payment to Warsaw of $333,000. Payment of the rehabilitation project and other debt service items would be $1,126,160 in 2002, and without further bond issues in the next four years, will be reduced to $149,041 by 2006.
The ending balance in 2002 is estimated to be $906,198 and predicted to climb back to $1.3 million by 2006.
Samuelson said bond documents for the SRF would be prepared at the board's first meeting in April.
In other business, the board:
• Approved an ordinance adopting building codes.
Added Lance Grubbs to the Public Employee Retirement Fund, an expense paid through grant monies.
Grubbs is considered an employee under a Law Enforcement Liaison Grant .
He is one of three consultants assigned by the state to monitor a police department's use of state and federal grant monies. Grubbs' coverage area is the northern third of the state.
• Heard that a rebuilt street sweeper is available for $45,000, an expense the board approved.
• Heard the community center construction should be complete by the end of May.
• Heard the town is advertising for an activity director for the senior center and resums are due by 4 p.m. Friday.
• Heard that too many semi tractor-trailers are cutting through town instead of using the truck route. In many cases, Gilbert said, they are leaving U.S. 30 in Pierceton and coming through town on Pierceton Road.
Gilbert asked the board for an ordinance to stop such traffic.
Public works supervisor Pete O'Connell said the streets weren't built to take such weight and the trucks are tearing them up.
O'Connell also asked why sewage tap fees are only $200, when the fees in other towns ranged from $1,000 to $1,500. It was explained that the fee is only for inspection and that the homeowner is expected to pay for the line and its installation.
• O'Connell said where street signs and stop signs are being combined, he plans to separate them onto two posts.
Council president Rolly Ortega asked that a little more "heads up" be given on such decisions.
• Heard from councilman Jerry Clevenger that communications between the board and the Lion's Club ought to be reopened, that the board hasn't heard from the Lions since last summer and that nothing has been done to alleviate the parking situation at the club house.
Town council members are Rolly Ortega, Jerry Clevenger, Craig Snow and Jeff Carroll. David Delp was absent. The board meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. and the third Tuesday at 7 a.m. in council chambers at town hall. [[In-content Ad]]