WEBVTT 00:00:01.474 --> 00:00:07.184 - Recording in progress. Call to order the June 8th, 2026 meeting of the Eldsville Town Council. 00:00:07.184 --> 00:00:13.254 - Thank you, sir. Prayer. Our heavenly father, just one more time, we come before you and we thank you 00:00:13.254 --> 00:00:18.963 - so much for the blessing bestowed on us. We ask that you be with us, be with our town, be with 00:00:18.963 --> 00:00:25.154 - our supervisor, be with our first responders. We ask that you keep them safe. We ask you to bless Nick 00:00:25.154 --> 00:00:30.142 - tonight as he brings in the board. We ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. 00:00:30.882 --> 00:00:38.196 - Deputy. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which 00:00:38.196 --> 00:00:45.439 - it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I'm going to fall one 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:52.539 - night over this chair. I'm just going to tell you. Roll call when you're ready. Scott Oldham. Here. 00:00:52.539 --> 00:00:58.078 - Dan Swalford. William Ellis. Here. Trevor Sanger. Here. Pamela Samples. Here. 00:00:59.522 --> 00:01:08.164 - Approval of minutes for 5-26-2026. Second. Motion to second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? 00:01:08.164 --> 00:01:16.482 - Any abstaining? Axe pay accounts payable vouchers and payroll vouchers. Okay, I have a question. Sure. 00:01:16.482 --> 00:01:24.639 - Okay, I don't have it in front of me, but on there, there was a lawyer for like $8,000. What is that 00:01:24.639 --> 00:01:27.870 - for? It's for legal fees for the clerk. 00:01:28.418 --> 00:01:35.492 - for anticipation for various items that are coming up. So we're not using our town lawyer? Not for that, 00:01:35.492 --> 00:01:42.432 - no. Okay. I just wondered because we was user for everything. So I seen that and didn't know if it was 00:01:42.432 --> 00:01:49.304 - for something else we were using for, for $8,000. Well, that's a high-priced lawyer, isn't it? It was 00:01:49.304 --> 00:01:56.244 - for various things related to some items that had come up that I needed to seek legal counsel that was 00:01:56.244 --> 00:01:57.726 - not through the town. 00:01:58.658 --> 00:02:07.173 - Okay. Okay. I just wondering, I mean, are you gonna keep him all the time? No. Or him, whatever? No, 00:02:07.173 --> 00:02:16.277 - absolutely not. Okay. Right, that's it, Scott. Okay. Is there a motion to pay accounts of payable vouchers? 00:02:16.277 --> 00:02:24.286 - So moved. Second. Motion second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstaining? 00:02:25.698 --> 00:02:35.331 - There are no resolutions, there are no ordinances on first reading, there are no ordinances on second 00:02:35.331 --> 00:02:44.775 - reading. The only matter of old business before the council tonight is a hiring by Oldsville Police 00:02:44.775 --> 00:02:47.230 - Department. Good evening. 00:02:49.730 --> 00:02:58.421 - Tonight, I'd like to present to you a candidate for full-time employment for the Elstville Police Department. 00:02:58.421 --> 00:03:06.323 - For the position of police officer, I'd like to introduce Nicholas Blackard. Nick, you want to come 00:03:06.323 --> 00:03:13.118 - up? Nick is a 2019 graduate of Indiana Law Enforcement Academy's Tier 1 basic course. 00:03:13.826 --> 00:03:20.463 - He has a full-time law enforcement experience at both Morgan County Sheriff's Office and the Greenwood 00:03:20.463 --> 00:03:27.035 - Police Department. Nick is currently employed with Seals Ambulance Service. In addition to having his 00:03:27.035 --> 00:03:34.122 - EMT certification, Nick also has his Firefighter 1 and 2 certifications, his HADMAPS operations certificates, 00:03:34.122 --> 00:03:41.145 - and has completed the first portion of accident reconstruction certification. Nick was sworn in as part-time 00:03:41.145 --> 00:03:41.854 - officer on 00:03:42.274 --> 00:03:48.297 - for the department on May 20th. If hired full-time, Nick will begin the field training process and will 00:03:48.297 --> 00:03:54.147 - be paired with senior officers for the department to gain knowledge and his needs to the solo patrol 00:03:54.147 --> 00:03:59.938 - officer. Nick has already assisted in major investigation and excelled with work he performed. Nick 00:03:59.938 --> 00:04:06.020 - has already shown initiative and a desire to learn. I believe he will make an excellent full-time police 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:08.510 - officer for the department. Mr. President. 00:04:11.778 --> 00:04:20.670 - Questions from council? No. Motions from council? I make a motion to hire for the Elspeth Police Department, 00:04:20.670 --> 00:04:28.176 - the new hire Nicholas Blackard. Second. Motion second, roll call please. Scott Oldham? Yes. 00:04:28.176 --> 00:04:37.150 - William Ellis? Yes. Trevor Sanger? Yes. Pamela Samples? Yes. Motion passes. Congratulations. Congratulations. 00:04:56.418 --> 00:05:06.116 - Right hand, please. Repeat after me. I, Nicholas T. Whacker, do solemnly swear that I will support the 00:05:06.116 --> 00:05:15.908 - Constitution of the United States of America and the state of Indiana, and the town code of Ellisville, 00:05:15.908 --> 00:05:25.982 - and that I will faithfully and partially and diligently discharge and perform my duties as Deputy Marshall 00:05:26.210 --> 00:05:31.694 - This charter before my duties, Deputy Marshall. Of the Ellitsville Police Department of Ellitsville, 00:05:31.694 --> 00:05:37.287 - Indiana. Of the Ellitsville Police Department of Ellitsville, Indiana. According to the law and to the 00:05:37.287 --> 00:05:42.716 - best of my skill. According to the law and to the best of my skill. And ability so help me God. And 00:05:42.716 --> 00:05:45.214 - ability so help me God. Congratulations, sir. 00:05:53.442 --> 00:06:23.134 - Congratulations. Thank you. Running with a theme this evening, there is no new business. 00:06:23.426 --> 00:06:30.416 - Now, privilege of the floor, anyone having business for the council that has not been part of our normal 00:06:30.416 --> 00:06:37.405 - agenda. So it kind of leaves you wide open this evening. Seeing no one online, no one in chambers. We'll 00:06:37.405 --> 00:06:44.328 - now move to supervisor comments with the town manager. Sure, I'd like to mention hats off to the laying 00:06:44.328 --> 00:06:51.118 - of things, sectional champs. Another good year for Mick Hammond. They're always on top of things, and 00:06:51.118 --> 00:06:53.182 - I think they were 27 and four. 00:06:53.570 --> 00:07:01.603 - 27.5, something like that. So I thought I'd mention them. It's officially summer in Elixir again. The 00:07:01.603 --> 00:07:09.478 - food stands up. So that's always my watermark for, yeah, it's summer, let's have some fun. I'd like 00:07:09.478 --> 00:07:17.432 - to mention Wednesday night, we are having another realization meeting, and it's basically a hearing. 00:07:17.432 --> 00:07:22.078 - And for the general public, this is their time to come out 00:07:22.658 --> 00:07:30.058 - ask questions, be heard, state what they think is going on, ask where they can get more information, 00:07:30.058 --> 00:07:37.384 - probably second to the formation of Ellitsville. In the beginning, this could be the most important 00:07:37.384 --> 00:07:42.366 - time of our lives, and it has to do with the future of Ellitsville. 00:07:42.626 --> 00:07:49.438 - I think everybody should come to that. Hopefully we'll have too many people here and I'll be arguing 00:07:49.438 --> 00:07:56.318 - with the fire department about how many people we can get in this place. But if ever there was a time 00:07:56.318 --> 00:08:03.198 - to come out and be part of something, this is it. Not a good time to get on Facebook and surmise what 00:08:03.198 --> 00:08:05.694 - might be happening or complain about 00:08:05.826 --> 00:08:13.024 - what is or isn't happening. The town currently is functioning and it's very healthy, and we've had several 00:08:13.024 --> 00:08:19.751 - things we've had to do throughout the years to make our town better. This is change that was not of 00:08:19.751 --> 00:08:26.680 - our own making, but we're gonna make a problem into an opportunity, and we think we have a really good 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:32.734 - idea, and there's a lot of good people in the community that's helped us figure this out. 00:08:32.962 --> 00:08:42.196 - And so I just think you need to come out, and you can tell your friends to come out. This is time for 00:08:42.196 --> 00:08:51.250 - action by the public. Ultimately, this is a process where we get us to a point where everybody gets 00:08:51.250 --> 00:09:01.118 - to vote on it. And so in America, that's how we do things. So I think it's important for me. I have nothing. 00:09:02.562 --> 00:09:10.300 - Council comments. I'll just chime in on the joint town council township board meeting. To make it clear 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:17.740 - to the public, this meeting is not approving reorganization. It's saying we want the public and the 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:25.330 - voters to be the decision makers. Too often government decides these plans like this large thing that 00:09:25.330 --> 00:09:30.910 - we're talking about, we think the people up here can make those decisions. 00:09:31.138 --> 00:09:39.413 - but I think the best decision makers are the ones that put us up here, the voters, and that's exactly 00:09:39.413 --> 00:09:47.526 - what this does. So I hope we get the support to let the people decide what the forward direction of 00:09:47.526 --> 00:09:56.044 - Ellitsville wants to be. Anyone else? Seeing none, seeing no further items? The time is 6.30. Wednesday. 00:09:56.044 --> 00:09:59.614 - Wednesday. We done now? I think we're done. 00:09:59.874 --> 00:10:02.206 - So you know further items we stand adjourned.