Recording in progress. Call to order the June 8th, 2026 meeting of the Eldsville Town Council.
Thank you, sir. Prayer. Our heavenly father, just one more time, we come before you and we thank you
so much for the blessing bestowed on us. We ask that you be with us, be with our town, be with
our supervisor, be with our first responders. We ask that you keep them safe. We ask you to bless Nick
tonight as he brings in the board. We ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
Deputy. I 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. I'm going to fall one
night over this chair. I'm just going to tell you. Roll call when you're ready. Scott Oldham. Here.
Dan Swalford. William Ellis. Here. Trevor Sanger. Here. Pamela Samples. Here.
Approval of minutes for 5-26-2026. Second. Motion to second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Any abstaining? Axe pay accounts payable vouchers and payroll vouchers. Okay, I have a question. Sure.
Okay, I don't have it in front of me, but on there, there was a lawyer for like $8,000. What is that
for? It's for legal fees for the clerk.
for anticipation for various items that are coming up. So we're not using our town lawyer? Not for that,
no. Okay. I just wondered because we was user for everything. So I seen that and didn't know if it was
for something else we were using for, for $8,000. Well, that's a high-priced lawyer, isn't it? It was
for various things related to some items that had come up that I needed to seek legal counsel that was
not through the town.
Okay. Okay. I just wondering, I mean, are you gonna keep him all the time? No. Or him, whatever? No,
absolutely not. Okay. Right, that's it, Scott. Okay. Is there a motion to pay accounts of payable vouchers?
So moved. Second. Motion second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstaining?
There are no resolutions, there are no ordinances on first reading, there are no ordinances on second
reading. The only matter of old business before the council tonight is a hiring by Oldsville Police
Department. Good evening.
Tonight, I'd like to present to you a candidate for full-time employment for the Elstville Police Department.
For the position of police officer, I'd like to introduce Nicholas Blackard. Nick, you want to come
up? Nick is a 2019 graduate of Indiana Law Enforcement Academy's Tier 1 basic course.
He has a full-time law enforcement experience at both Morgan County Sheriff's Office and the Greenwood
Police Department. Nick is currently employed with Seals Ambulance Service. In addition to having his
EMT certification, Nick also has his Firefighter 1 and 2 certifications, his HADMAPS operations certificates,
and has completed the first portion of accident reconstruction certification. Nick was sworn in as part-time
officer on
for the department on May 20th. If hired full-time, Nick will begin the field training process and will
be paired with senior officers for the department to gain knowledge and his needs to the solo patrol
officer. Nick has already assisted in major investigation and excelled with work he performed. Nick
has already shown initiative and a desire to learn. I believe he will make an excellent full-time police
officer for the department. Mr. President.
Questions from council? No. Motions from council? I make a motion to hire for the Elspeth Police Department,
the new hire Nicholas Blackard. Second. Motion second, roll call please. Scott Oldham? Yes.
William Ellis? Yes. Trevor Sanger? Yes. Pamela Samples? Yes. Motion passes. Congratulations. Congratulations.
Right hand, please. Repeat after me. I, Nicholas T. Whacker, do solemnly swear that I will support the
Constitution of the United States of America and the state of Indiana, and the town code of Ellisville,
and that I will faithfully and partially and diligently discharge and perform my duties as Deputy Marshall
This charter before my duties, Deputy Marshall. Of the Ellitsville Police Department of Ellitsville,
Indiana. Of the Ellitsville Police Department of Ellitsville, Indiana. According to the law and to the
best of my skill. According to the law and to the best of my skill. And ability so help me God. And
ability so help me God. Congratulations, sir.
Congratulations. Thank you. Running with a theme this evening, there is no new business.
Now, privilege of the floor, anyone having business for the council that has not been part of our normal
agenda. So it kind of leaves you wide open this evening. Seeing no one online, no one in chambers. We'll
now move to supervisor comments with the town manager. Sure, I'd like to mention hats off to the laying
of things, sectional champs. Another good year for Mick Hammond. They're always on top of things, and
I think they were 27 and four.
27.5, something like that. So I thought I'd mention them. It's officially summer in Elixir again. The
food stands up. So that's always my watermark for, yeah, it's summer, let's have some fun. I'd like
to mention Wednesday night, we are having another realization meeting, and it's basically a hearing.
And for the general public, this is their time to come out
ask questions, be heard, state what they think is going on, ask where they can get more information,
probably second to the formation of Ellitsville. In the beginning, this could be the most important
time of our lives, and it has to do with the future of Ellitsville.
I think everybody should come to that. Hopefully we'll have too many people here and I'll be arguing
with the fire department about how many people we can get in this place. But if ever there was a time
to come out and be part of something, this is it. Not a good time to get on Facebook and surmise what
might be happening or complain about
what is or isn't happening. The town currently is functioning and it's very healthy, and we've had several
things we've had to do throughout the years to make our town better. This is change that was not of
our own making, but we're gonna make a problem into an opportunity, and we think we have a really good
idea, and there's a lot of good people in the community that's helped us figure this out.
And so I just think you need to come out, and you can tell your friends to come out. This is time for
action by the public. Ultimately, this is a process where we get us to a point where everybody gets
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.
Council comments. I'll just chime in on the joint town council township board meeting. To make it clear
to the public, this meeting is not approving reorganization. It's saying we want the public and the
voters to be the decision makers. Too often government decides these plans like this large thing that
we're talking about, we think the people up here can make those decisions.
but I think the best decision makers are the ones that put us up here, the voters, and that's exactly
what this does. So I hope we get the support to let the people decide what the forward direction of
Ellitsville wants to be. Anyone else? Seeing none, seeing no further items? The time is 6.30. Wednesday.
Wednesday. We done now? I think we're done.
So you know further items we stand adjourned.