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WINONA LAKE - The diesel fuel spill into Winona Lake Feb. 11 still concerns residents on the lake's north shore, where the fuel entered the lake through a storm water drain.
Warsaw firemen responded to the incident, which came from a Warsaw Chemical truck, placing "booms" to collect the fuel in the lake.
Seven days later, a spill originating from a 55-gallon fuel drum at Dalton Foundry entered the lake through the same drain.
Damages to the lake have been described as minimal, with Dalton Foundry safety crews attending the second spill.
Councilman Rolly Ortega said residents of the condominiums on the north shore are worried about substances entering the lake.
"I think it's something we should be concerned about," said Delp. He added that he is a member of the Winona Lake Preservation Group and they might be interested in addressing such incidents.
Ortega suggested that as a group the council should endorse more lake-friendly practices.
Board president Jerry Clevenger said an environmental committee could be formed with Winona Lake Preservation members, a Warsaw representative and a town council member. Ortega volunteered to be the council member if the committee is formed.
In other business, the board:
• Approved GAI Consultants as the engineering consultant for Lake City Greenway, as recommended by the greenway committee. However, no schedule of financial compensation was forwarded, a document the council wants to see before final acceptance.
• Heard from town marshal Malcolm Gilbert that Mike Albert, a former full-time police officer, had accepted another job. Albert had indicated he would serve as a reserve officer, but notified Gilbert that he had to withdraw the offer because of scheduling conflicts.
• Heard from town coordinator Craig Allebach that an acre of wetlands, to replace wetlands disturbed from the proposed CR 250E project, has possibly been located east of CR 325.
• Heard events in town as Community Appreciation Dinner in Grace College's Student Recreation Center, March 4 at 6 p.m., and that a senior luncheon would be held in the senior center March 22 at noon. The lunch is sponsored by Winona Lake's First Presbyterian Church.
