Commissioners Hold Hearing for Turkey Creek Sewer Grant
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Jordan Fouts-
County commissioners held a public hearing for a grant application for the Turkey Creek Regional Sewer District during their meeting this morning. The planning grant would give the district $30,000 from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs toward the $34,000 cost of a preliminary engineering plan for system improvements. No issues were raised during the hearing. Commissioners agreed at their Dec. 4 meeting to apply for the grant on the sewer district’s behalf, since it is not an entity eligible to seek grants. The study will be done by Jones and Henry Engineers Ltd. Shannon McLeod, a grant writer with Priority Project Resources, said she plans to have the application done within the next 10 days and will know the results within 30 days after that. “I think the application will score well. It’s very competitive,” she told commissioners. Also during the meeting, commissioners approved a road vacation that the Area Plan Commission was unable to provide a recommendation on. Commission members were split on the request to vacate a portion of Sunny Side Lane on the west side of Hill Lake, Area Plan Director Dan Richards noted, because a few members wanted to leave road loops open for emergency service access. Commissioners approved the vacation after hearing that there is no actual loop there yet, and that no emergency services filed letters of objection. Jeremy Scutchfield, who for 15 years has owned the Seward Township property that the undeveloped road bisects between Hughes Drive and Sunset Shore Drive, said he wanted it vacated to accommodate his growing family. Commissioners also approved the purchase of a compact track loader from Bobcat of Warsaw for $59,139. County Highway Superintendent Scott Tilden said it was a better value than the next closest bid among the ones he opened earlier this month. And commissioners declared May Motorcycle Safety Month at the request of Ty Marshall, a member of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education. Commissioner Bob Conley noted motorcyclists have started to appear with the warmer weather. “Hopefully, the more who get out the safer we’ll be, the more people are aware of it,” he said.
