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.