- We're meeting Monday, February 23rd, 2026 at the Eltsville Town Council. Chief, do you want to leave
- the prayer? I have you, Father, again. We come before you and just thank you so much for this little
- town. We ask that you be with our fallen comrade, Jim Davis. We miss him so much already. We ask that
- you lead us and guide us tonight in a way that would please thee, be with us, and always take care of
- our families as we sing Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
- pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands,
- one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Scott Oldham? Here. Dan Swafford?
- William Ellis? Here. Trevor Sager? Here. Pamela Samples?
- Approval of the minutes for the meetings on 2-2-26 and 2-9-2026. So moved. Second. Motion second. All
- those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstaining? Acts to pay accounts, payable vouchers and
- payroll. So moved. Second. Motion second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstaining?
- Very quickly, before we move into everything else this evening, we do want to pass our condolences to
- Jim Davis's family. For those who are not aware, Jim passed away late last night. For those of you who
- may not know, Jim was the firefighter and fire chief in this town for decades and set the standard for
- everyone else to follow. He was the first of our town managers. This building is in fact named after him.
- And just the legacy that he created and lived cannot go unnoticed. So Jim, thank you for everything.
- And to the family, our deepest consultances. We'll move now to resolutions, which there are none. There
- are no no ordinances on first reading. And in ordinance on second reading, there are three. Well, sorry,
- there is one.
- Ordinance 2026-3 authorizing a pilot agreement between Richland Senior Assistance Housing, Incorporated.
- This is our second reading and as was discussed in the last meeting, meeting Richland Senior Housing
- intends to build housing for low-income seniors at 5965 North Matthews Drive and 6155 Matthews Drive
- and the ordinance
- simply states that the town council is approving the pilot agreement for that housing. Questions, comments
- from council? Any questions or comments from the public? Representatives from Richland want to say anything?
- Thanks for the opportunity to be here. And I happen to think the greatest small town in America to have
- been born and raised in. And the town board has many opportunities during the year to really influence
- and affect people's lives. And I think the job you guys do is second to none. But in this case, it is
- 100% that this project could not go forward without this resolution being passed by the town.
- So when you think of the things during your service that you've been able to do, you are 100% partners
- and responsible if you see fit to pass this in providing housing for those that are 62 and older because
- it flat out could not happen without the leadership of the town of Elksville doing this. And we're just
- so proud that we can continue a tradition that's been going on since mid 1960s.
- And as I said in the last meeting, we continue to just build waiting lists and people that are wanting
- to move to Ellensville in their senior years. And I just think that's a great thing for the town and
- it's certainly a great thing for the people. So thank you for your support in the past and what I hope
- is your continued support in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Returning back to council.
- I move to approve ordinance 2026-3 authorizing a pilot agreement between Richard's Senior Housing
- Incorporated. Second. Motion second. Roll call, please. Scott Oldham. Yes. William Ellis. Yes.
- Trevor Sager. Yes. Motion passes. Under old business, we have selection of individuals to serve on Monroe
- County Solid Waste Management District and MPO. I don't know that we got anywhere with this. With regard to the
- Monroe County Solid Waste Management District, as I read the statute for the board of directors, the
- town council must appoint a member of the town council to serve on that board. Do we have no one that's
- willing or able to serve? The statute does not say that you may appoint
- somebody in that person's place. I'll go ahead and do it. You sure? Yeah. Okay. Thanks, William.
- Thank you. Does this require a council vote? Yes, please. Okay. So, William has made a motion that he
- will serve and second it. Motion and a second. Morocco, please. Scott Oldham? Yes. William Ellis? Yes.
- Trevor Sager, motion passes. With regard to the MPO policy committee, according to their guidelines
- or their bylaws, it states that the town council president is to serve, but if the town council president
- cannot serve, alternate representation may be appointed by the same board, commission, institutional
- organization to serve the term of the regular designee.
- In that case, it does not say that that doesn't mean it has to be another council member. I can't find
- anything else in the bylaws that says it has to be a town council member if the town council president
- cannot serve. That is not something I can do. So does anybody want to do that? Well, since Mr. Farmer
- is not here this evening,
- We are gonna delegate that to him until he finds a replacement. Mike, I know you're watching
- and congratulations, you've been appointed. And Jeff, I will say, if there are minutes or proposals
- from the Solid Waste Management District, since I really know nothing on that, I'll reach out to you
- to say, what is this translated in English though? I appreciate that.
- Does Mr. Farmer's assignment to the MPO require a council vote? Or is that just a... I would because
- the bylaws state that it's a designee chosen by the board. So be it. So I move that Mr. Farmer's assignment
- to the MPO until we can find a replacement. Let's be sure and put his first name on that. I'm gonna
- leave that as an either or. Is there a second?
- Call please. Yes. Yes. Trevor Sager. Yes. Motion passes. We'll hear about that. Yes. Under new business
- approval. Oh, I apologize. I apologize because I told Noel to say it was a citizen member to be appointed
- by the council. It's a citizen member to be appointed by the president. Do we have a citizen member?
- Do we have anyone volunteering to do it?
- not that I know of yet. Anybody want to do that? I'm not asking. I'm sorry. The redevelopment commission.
- What? The redevelopment commission. It's the board that is going to be guiding you with the TIF districts
- that's been established. And just got to be careful because Mike wasn't here and we assigned him. So,
- you know, we'll assign someone.
- I'll continue to look around. We'll let this set moot for now. Now we'll move to new business. Approval
- of signatories to sign community crossing matching grant. That's me. So as you may or may not be aware,
- the town of Ellsville was awarded a community crossing matching grant from the Indiana Department of
- Transportation. NDOT has requested the designation of a signatory for any time we're awarded a community
- crossings matching grant and that it be documented in the minutes.
- Therefore, we are requesting permission for the town council president to sign the grant award agreement
- anytime we are awarded a community crossings matching grant. Okay, questions from council? Is there
- actions from council? I'll make a motion to approve the signatory to sign community crossings matching
- grant agreements. Can you include the town council president in your motion? As stated.
- Second motion second roll call please. Yes. Yes. Yes. The next item is phlebotomy between BPD limited
- police department elsewhere police department. I will have to abstain from that agreement and as such
- we do not have a sufficient quorum to pass it. So we're going to have to let that one go for this evening.
- Next is adopt a road program.
- Marybeth King with the Monroe County Solid Waste District contacted me about a week ago and she had
- an organization from the Old Soul area that wanted to adopt a road and it ended up being within the
- town limits of the town. So she reached out to me to see whether if the town would be okay. The organization is the
- the Edgewood High School chapter of the FFA and they wanted to adopt Sycamore Drive and the solid waste
- district takes care of all of the sign-in sheets, the waivers, the whole nine yards. They even provide
- the signage that you probably see on some county roads that says this road's been adopted by so-and-so's
- family or organization and the district will
- provide them signs. I don't know if they'll put them up or they'll send them to me to be put up. But
- she was just requesting to see if it would be okay with, if it was fine with Eltsville. So I forwarded
- the email to Darla so she could look over to the documents and let you guys go from here with us. I'm
- well for it. I don't know about you guys. Does the FFA know the obligation they're taking? I mean, they're
- going to adopt the road and that road eventually is going to need school. It's going to need,
- You can't just ignore it. You have to be able to see it through its problems, the teenage years. As
- long as they're aware. I think they've reached that there. Okay, so this is more like an adult adoption.
- Yeah. Okay. All right. I have no problem with it. Do you need a formal motion for that one?
- It would not hurt. Thank you. Okay. I'll make a motion to
- Let is the Monroe Solid Waste District, Monroe Solid Waste District, administer and adopt the road program
- for town of Ellisville. Second. Motion second. Roll call, please. Scott Oldham. Yes. William Ellis.
- Yes. Trevor Sager. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Moved out of privilege of the floor. Anyone having
- business for the council that's not been part of our normal agenda?
- No one online. Now we'll move to supervisor comments, beginning with the police chief. Just want to
- take the minute to recognize Jim Davis and his contribution to the town of Ellisville. I mean, it's
- been immense what he's done and just want to remember him. He's got three of his classmates are here.
- Jerry Cravens, Dan Rary and myself. It's been a long, tough road for Jim the last six months or so,
- so I think he's at peace now. And also you mentioned that the
- This building or this room was dedicated to Jim? The building, actually the building is named after
- him and this room was named after former council member Bastin. All right. By motion of the council
- several years ago. Do we have any signage that indicates that? It's on the plaque. It is on the plaque
- apparently. Oh, it is a plaque. Right when you walk in the lobby. Oh, I'm sorry, I don't go in that
- way. All right, I was gonna volunteer. I don't believe we have anything in this room for council member
- Bastin, however, so. No, I can get that. Can we correct that, please? All right, that's it, thank you.
- Mr. Farmer, the non-appointed Mr. Farmer, you have nothing? He's afraid he'll get appointed if he has
- to. Yeah. Chief, just to let everyone know, the services for Chief Davis will be 1 o'clock Monday at
- Chandler Funeral Home. And then visitation will be on Sunday from 12 to 6, also at Chandler's. I'm sorry,
- can you have visitation again?
- is on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. And there will be a procession afterwards? Yes, the details are still
- coming in and we'll get those posted on our Facebook page and it'll be shared and I'm sure we can get
- it on the town's web page as well. Okay, thank you.
- State Board of Account audit will be wrapping up tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest and several of
- you have, excuse me, several of you have received the risk assessments. If we could get those in, I
- know several employees have received those though. It was actually a lot less painful than I thought
- it would be for my first audit, but that's a really big credit to Sandy and Amber and the staff and
- putting everything where it belongs. So it's been really good.
- Council. Ms. Brown. Seeing no further business, we're adjourned.