Warsaw City Council set a public hearing for a 10-year tax abatement on personal property for Flexaust Company Inc. Monday night.
The hearing is May 2 at 7 p.m. at city hall during the regularly scheduled city council meeting.
Steve Snyder, attorney representing Flexaust, spoke Monday about the tax abatement.
He said the company, 1510 Armstrong Road, is anticipating the purchase of $1 million in new manufacturing equipment.
In addition to the personal property expenses, they are anticipating the addition of creating two new jobs over the next 10 years.
The project is connected to the previous project for 602 Leiter Drive that the council previously approved a 10-year tax abatement for real and personal property.
The May public hearing will be for new equipment that will be placed in an existing facility on Armstrong Road.
In other business, the council also approved a request by the Warsaw Fire Department to transfer $76,000 from the fire department’s equipment replacement fund debt service to equipment replacement fund capital outlays.
The transfer is for the anticipated purchase of land on CR 200 South for a proposed new fire station.
Also during the meeting, the council heard a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled to discuss replacing water main under Detroit Street north of Fort Wayne Street in Warsaw, according to Chris Harrison, Indiana American Water superintendent.
The meeting will be April 13 at 6 p.m. at city hall, 302 E. Market St., Warsaw.
Indiana American Water this spring has planned to replace 2,400 feet of water main located under Detroit Street north of Fort Wayne Street in Warsaw.
The project, which will replace two existing water mains in the area with a new 16-inch water main, will require lane closures and traffic restrictions in the area while construction is underway.
The project is expected to get underway by the end of this month and be completed later this year.
Indiana American Water began construction last fall on a $25 million infrastructure project in Warsaw that will enhance water quality, improve system reliability and enable the company to continue to meet the needs of its customers.
The project includes construction of a new water treatment facility on Hidden Lake Drive, adding a new wellfield and making numerous improvements to the Warsaw distribution system.
Also during the meeting, Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner informed the council of rules for placement of political signs.
Political signs cannot be placed in right of ways and a candidate must have permission to put signs on personal property.
Political signs cannot be tied to traffic regulation signs, bridges and telephone poles.
The council also tabled approving an itinerant merchant and peddlers ordinance it has been discussing since February.
The ordinance is for those who sell items such as hot dogs from a stand on a corner that would not be their permanent place of selling.
Skinner said the intent of the ordinance is to set a fee for a permit for itinerant merchants and rules.
The council will review the ordinance proposal at a future meeting.
In other business, Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins congratulated Kosciusko Community Hospital for being named as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomas Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.
Wiggins said the recognition will be a great marketing tool for the county.
Warsaw City Council set a public hearing for a 10-year tax abatement on personal property for Flexaust Company Inc. Monday night.
The hearing is May 2 at 7 p.m. at city hall during the regularly scheduled city council meeting.
Steve Snyder, attorney representing Flexaust, spoke Monday about the tax abatement.
He said the company, 1510 Armstrong Road, is anticipating the purchase of $1 million in new manufacturing equipment.
In addition to the personal property expenses, they are anticipating the addition of creating two new jobs over the next 10 years.
The project is connected to the previous project for 602 Leiter Drive that the council previously approved a 10-year tax abatement for real and personal property.
The May public hearing will be for new equipment that will be placed in an existing facility on Armstrong Road.
In other business, the council also approved a request by the Warsaw Fire Department to transfer $76,000 from the fire department’s equipment replacement fund debt service to equipment replacement fund capital outlays.
The transfer is for the anticipated purchase of land on CR 200 South for a proposed new fire station.
Also during the meeting, the council heard a neighborhood meeting has been scheduled to discuss replacing water main under Detroit Street north of Fort Wayne Street in Warsaw, according to Chris Harrison, Indiana American Water superintendent.
The meeting will be April 13 at 6 p.m. at city hall, 302 E. Market St., Warsaw.
Indiana American Water this spring has planned to replace 2,400 feet of water main located under Detroit Street north of Fort Wayne Street in Warsaw.
The project, which will replace two existing water mains in the area with a new 16-inch water main, will require lane closures and traffic restrictions in the area while construction is underway.
The project is expected to get underway by the end of this month and be completed later this year.
Indiana American Water began construction last fall on a $25 million infrastructure project in Warsaw that will enhance water quality, improve system reliability and enable the company to continue to meet the needs of its customers.
The project includes construction of a new water treatment facility on Hidden Lake Drive, adding a new wellfield and making numerous improvements to the Warsaw distribution system.
Also during the meeting, Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner informed the council of rules for placement of political signs.
Political signs cannot be placed in right of ways and a candidate must have permission to put signs on personal property.
Political signs cannot be tied to traffic regulation signs, bridges and telephone poles.
The council also tabled approving an itinerant merchant and peddlers ordinance it has been discussing since February.
The ordinance is for those who sell items such as hot dogs from a stand on a corner that would not be their permanent place of selling.
Skinner said the intent of the ordinance is to set a fee for a permit for itinerant merchants and rules.
The council will review the ordinance proposal at a future meeting.
In other business, Warsaw Mayor Ernie Wiggins congratulated Kosciusko Community Hospital for being named as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomas Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.
Wiggins said the recognition will be a great marketing tool for the county.
