PIERCETON - Pierceton Town Council tabled a decision on whether to have the county dispatch set off the town's tornado warning siren.
Pierceton Fire Chief Matt Brubaker said that for a fee of $225, county dispatch can remotely set off Pierceton's tornado siren.
Brubaker said this could come in handy since Pierceton's fire department is volunteer and currently the only way to sound it is at the fire station.
Council president Jerry Kreger said he didn't mind the cost to have dispatch trigger the siren, but was concerned that if there was a tornado warning in the southern part of Kosciusko County, away from Pierceton, that the siren would sound.
"I would like to see it done," said Kreger. "But I'd like to see what their protocol is."
Brubaker said he would get more information from dispatch.
Kreger said he would always want to know how to then deal with Pierceton Elementary School if the siren sounded.
Unlike the town's noon siren, the tornado siren would last for three minutes.
Town marshal Tim Sammons said his department recently lost a reserve officer. Due to scheduling conflicts, reserve officer Brian Potts had to resign.
That leaves the town with one reserve officer to go with its full-time police officers.
Tiffany Fulk serves as the town's only reserve officer currently.
Sammons said anyone interested in becoming a reserve officer could pick up an application at the police department.
This month, 62 Pierceton Elementary students in fifth grade are taking part in the DARE program.
Later this month, they will travel to Eisenhower Elementary in Warsaw to hear a presentation from the DARE national spokesperson.
Sammons also reported that his department logged 93 hours of state-mandated training recently.
Seven homes were released by the council. The homes received money from the Warsaw Housing Authority to make improvements.
Kreger encouraged WHA to continue with the program in Pierceton.
The Pierceton Fire Department will hold its annual fish fry April 16 from 4 p.m. until sold out at the station. The cost is $8.
One resident asked if the town had addressed any potential flooding issues.
Kreger said that since most of the snow had been removed, flooding was less of an issue but told residents that sand and sandbags are available at the Kosciusko County Highway Department.
Residents are required to bring their own shovels to collect the sand.
The council meets the second Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the community building.
