Leesburg Town Council Reorganizes For 2025
January 13, 2025 at 8:55 p.m.
LEESBURG — Tom Moore will serve as the 2025 Leesburg Town Council president, with Christina Archer filling the vice president position.
Mitch Rader will be the 2025 councilman.
This was decided during the election of officers at the Leesburg Town Council meeting Monday.
At the meeting, Street Commissioner Craig Charlton told the council he spoke with the owner of the property at 113 W. Van Buren St. The property was the topic of conversation at last month’s council meeting, at which time it was decided to pursue legal action.
Attorney Nick Jacobs told council at that time that the town has the option of pursuing the unsafe building law, in which the town, through the building commissioner, could repair the property themselves and then bill the owner for the costs or the town could have a contractor make the repairs and then bill the owner. If the owner then refused to pay the bill, the owner would be taken to court.
According to Charlton, the property owner is planning to have a metal roof put on the building as soon as the weather breaks.
“We’ll give him the opportunity to do what he said he’s going to do and we’ll go from there,” Charlton said.
In another matter, the Community Crossing Matching Grant 2025-1 is now open for applications. Rader will apply for a grant to continue work on the sidewalks on Van Buren Street.
Rader said he and Archer will also be checking into potential available grant money from KEDCO and K21 Health Foundation to be used for sidewalk improvements in other areas.
In other news:
• Reminder: No parking on any street between 3-5 a.m. daily; Residents are responsible for snow removal; No burning in town; Be mindful of what you flush.
• A motion was approved to sign a contract with Atsbury for sewer marking. This will involve a flat rate of $500 per month regardless of the number of calls the company responds to.
• High-speed fiber optic internet services from Kosciusko Connect are now available in Leesburg. The company has been distributing flyers around town.
• A generator has been ordered by the town as part of a weather preparedness plan. The purchase was approved at last month’s meeting.
• Two residents complained about the continuing odor at the main sewer pumping station. Moore and Rader stated they will discuss the issue with Atsbury to see if they have any input regarding a solution.
The next regular town council meeting will be Feb. 10.
LEESBURG — Tom Moore will serve as the 2025 Leesburg Town Council president, with Christina Archer filling the vice president position.
Mitch Rader will be the 2025 councilman.
This was decided during the election of officers at the Leesburg Town Council meeting Monday.
At the meeting, Street Commissioner Craig Charlton told the council he spoke with the owner of the property at 113 W. Van Buren St. The property was the topic of conversation at last month’s council meeting, at which time it was decided to pursue legal action.
Attorney Nick Jacobs told council at that time that the town has the option of pursuing the unsafe building law, in which the town, through the building commissioner, could repair the property themselves and then bill the owner for the costs or the town could have a contractor make the repairs and then bill the owner. If the owner then refused to pay the bill, the owner would be taken to court.
According to Charlton, the property owner is planning to have a metal roof put on the building as soon as the weather breaks.
“We’ll give him the opportunity to do what he said he’s going to do and we’ll go from there,” Charlton said.
In another matter, the Community Crossing Matching Grant 2025-1 is now open for applications. Rader will apply for a grant to continue work on the sidewalks on Van Buren Street.
Rader said he and Archer will also be checking into potential available grant money from KEDCO and K21 Health Foundation to be used for sidewalk improvements in other areas.
In other news:
• Reminder: No parking on any street between 3-5 a.m. daily; Residents are responsible for snow removal; No burning in town; Be mindful of what you flush.
• A motion was approved to sign a contract with Atsbury for sewer marking. This will involve a flat rate of $500 per month regardless of the number of calls the company responds to.
• High-speed fiber optic internet services from Kosciusko Connect are now available in Leesburg. The company has been distributing flyers around town.
• A generator has been ordered by the town as part of a weather preparedness plan. The purchase was approved at last month’s meeting.
• Two residents complained about the continuing odor at the main sewer pumping station. Moore and Rader stated they will discuss the issue with Atsbury to see if they have any input regarding a solution.
The next regular town council meeting will be Feb. 10.