Minutes: May 5, 2025

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Remington Town Hall/ 13 E. South Railroad Street/Remington, IN 47977

Members Present

Susan Flickner, President; Dana Pampel, Vice President; James Stewart, Alan Schambach, Dalton Justice

Others Present

Mark Jones, Dale Budde, John Schuetzenhofer, Ross Baird, Joshua Longest, Don Schuh, Barb Harper, Kathy Gross, Norene Kerns, Emily Albaugh (KIRPC), Sydney Stoller, Lucy Cantu, Alex Morales, Kevin Martinez, Paige Dalton Padhye, Noah Dahlenberg, Jonathan Cripe, and Terri Budde.

Public Meeting on the CDBG OCRA Grant opened at 6:30 p.m. Resolution 2025-05-05-002, Resolution Authorizing Application Submission and Local Match Commitment presented. No public comments. Council Member Stewart made a motion to approve Resolution 2025-05-05-002, Resolution Authorizing Application Submission and Local Match Commitment. Council Member Schambach seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

Public meeting on the CDBG OCRA Grant closed.

The regular Council meeting was opened at 6:35 p.m. with the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Minutes of the April 7, 2025 Council Meeting, April 7, 2025 Police Workshop and April 21, 2025 Police Workshop reviewed. Council Member Schambach made a motion to approve the minutes of April 7, 2025 and April 21, 2025. Vice President Pampel seconded the motion. Motion to approve minutes passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

CITIZEN COMMENTS –

• A citizen requested information regarding the call-method and an update on the KIRPC grant.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

FIRE DEPARTMENT: None

POLICE DEPARTMENT: Marshal Schuetzenhofer reported:

• Police Activity Report filed. A copy is on file in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer.

• Deputy Ross Baird graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy May 2, 2025. Congratulations Deputy Baird!

• The new squad has been delivered to the dealership and is being detailed. Marshal Schuetzenhofer hopes it will be ready to pick up by the end of May.

• Requested permission for the Remington Police Department to be allowed, during off-duty time, to provide escort services for the Carpenter Windmill project. The Marshal and Deputies will be paid directly from the company, and agree to personally replace all fuel used for escort services. Discussion heard. Council Member Justice moved to approve the request for the Remington Police Department to be allowed to provide escort services during off-duty time for the Carpenter Windmill project. Vice President Pampel seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• Informed Council that Deputy Barrett’s canine, Bob, was recently put down due to medical issues.

UTILITIES: Mark Jones/Joshua Longest

Mark Jones reported:

• A portion of the sewer line behind Dollar General was recently dug up and found to be filled with concrete. A new piece of pipe was installed.

• Wealing Brothers cleaned out the sludge tanks at the Wastewater Plant.

• He has been working with Wessler Engineering and Schneider Electric on the lift station control project.

Joshua Longest reported:

• He is being kept very busy with locates.

• Temperatures are heating up so there will be water testing completed.

• Hydrants are currently being flushed.

• The splash pad at the Remington Community Park will be opened on Memorial Day weekend.

PARK: Dale Budde reported:

• Shelter #3 update – the concrete porch has been poured, dirt hauled in and grass seed planted which is being watered daily.

• The base for the flag pole at the softball field has been poured.

• Godlove Enterprise cleaned the tiles at the baseball field so the field would drain properly. He stated the drainage is better, but not 100%.

STREETS: Don Schuh

• He’s been chipping sticks and picking up bags.

• Trees are being trimmed, and new spruce trees were recently planted at the Town Cemetery.

TOWN MANAGER – Jonathan Cripe reported:

• Presented a Compliance With Statement of Benefits Personal Property from Inteplast Group Corporation and informed Council that the company is in compliance. He recommended Council approve the business personal property tax abatement. Council Member Schambach moved to approve the business personal property tax abatement for Inteplast Group Corporation. Council Member Stewart seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• Presented sealed bids for the 2012 Dodge Charger. Bids were opened as follows: Yarabid Yulied Ortega Ortega, One Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700.00) to Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00); Tom Allis, One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-three Dollars ($1,653.00); Emergency Remarketing, One Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-eight Dollars Eighteen Cents ($1,578.18), Ringwood Motors, One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars ($1,380.00), Melissa Young, Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), Donnie Schuh, One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00), Jeremy Durflinger, Three Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($3,800.00), Levi Schambach, Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($3,250.00), and David Frankenberger, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Council Member Stewart moved to accept the bid from David Frankenberger in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the 2012 Dodge Charger. Council Member Justice seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• June 13, 2025 the American Legion will hold its annual fish fry. Town-wide garage sales will be June 13 and 14, 2025.

• The creek water line relocation project will hopefully start in June.

• He is working on the stormwater master plan.

• The Redevelopment Board this evening passed the Resolution to Expand and Restate the Economic Plan for the TIF area. There is a ten (10) day appeal period.

• A resident residing on Maine Street requested traffic speed signs be posted due to the speed of vehicles on that road. Speed and children at play signs have been purchased and will be installed.

• KIRPC has informed the Town we are in line to receive a grant for the I-65 traffic study. The grant will cover 80% of the costs associated with that study, with Redevelopment funds paying 20% of that study.

• The Community Crossing Matching Grant has been completed and the Town has received the funds. Town Manager Cripe requested that the road paving not start until fall so that lead lines may be replaced before those roads are re-paved.

• The legislature made changes so that anyone who makes changes to roads must be PASER certified. LTAP will be presenting certification courses. Town Manager Cripe would like to do the certification classes, which Council approved.

• There has been a change in the Community Crossings Matching Grant rules. New subdivisions may now be paved using CCMG funds. The grant would pay 75% of the paving and the Town would be responsible for 25% of the paving.

• He is working with a representative from Republic Services to extend our sanitation contract.

• Representative Matt Commons will be visiting Town Hall in May.

• Received an updated easement purchase agreement from NIPSCO. Town Manager Cripe has informed NIPSCO the language isn’t correct. There will be more information provided at a later date.

• The Parks Master Plan has been submitted to the Department of Natural Resources.

• There was a pre-application meeting regarding the Land Conservation Fund today that went well. They love the project Remington has planned. He learned that all fund raising and grant funding sources must be in by time of application, which is August 2025.

• The security cameras at Shelter #3 will be installed by the end of May. The furniture for Shelter #3 will be arriving this week.

• The Jasper County Tourism Group has made QR codes for the Town of Remington – 1 for the Town of Remington’s Facebook page and 1 for the Remington Park’s Facebook page.

• Resurfacing the tennis court and creating pickleball courts will be sent out to bid this year with the project being completed next year.

TOWN ATTORNEY – Rebecca Goddard (No report)

NEW BUSINESS

• Presented a 3-year Service Proposal from W.W.Williams regarding maintenance/service to the Town-owned generators. The price of the service proposal will be locked in at a sum of Nine Thousand Seventy-six Dollars ($9,076.00) per year for the next 3 years. No discussion heard. Council Member Justice moved to approve the 3-year Service Proposal from W.W.Williams. Council Member Stewart seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• Clerk-Treasurer Budde presented the revised Employee Handbook. No discussion heard. Vice President Pampel moved to approve the Revised Employee Handbook. Council Member Schambach seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

OLD BUSINESS – (None)

CLERK-TREASURER

• March 2025 Financial Analysis and Reconcilement presented. No discussion heard. Council Member Stewart moved to approve the March 2025 Financial Analysis and Reconcilement. Council Member Justice seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• April 2025 Combined Appropriation/Revenue Detail History by Fund presented and reviewed. Vice President Pampel moved to approve the April 2025 Combined Appropriation/Revenue Detail History by Fund. Council Member Justice seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

• April 2025 Employee Distribution Summary presented and reviewed. Vice President Pampel moved to approve the April 2025 Employee Distribution Summary. Council Member Schambach seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 ayes.

• Presented an update on budget webinars the 6 District Directors for ILMCT will be hosting with presentation being made by Baker Tilly; that she will be participating in a State Board of Accounts Roundtable Discussion in Carmel tomorrow; and that she has been selected as a delegate to the International Institute of Municipal Clerks Conference being held in St. Louis, Missouri from May 18-22, 2025.

• The monthly claims were presented. Council Member Stewart moved to approve the claims as presented. Council Member Justice seconded the motion. Motion passed with 5 ayes and 0 nays.

ADDITIONAL BUSINESS - None

There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.