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Cloverdale council reorganizes for 2019
CLOVERDALE -- After its first regular meeting of 2019 recently, the Cloverdale Town Council has new leadership, as well as a standing concern with filling its local governing boards.
Though it barely had a quorum with the absence of members Don Sublett and Gary Bennington, the council elected former vice president Larry Fidler to handle the gavel, taking over from long-time official Coweta Patton. The board in turn approved Cindy Holland as VP and recognized Greg Jay as its new at-large member.
After Town Marshal Steve Hibler provided a recap of criminal activity in 2018, the council was presented three bids from Town Manager Wayne Galloway to perform demolition and removal at 335 Someday Way in the Stardust Hills community. Part of the project to clear the lot is for a hazmat team to remove waste from the property. The board briefly reviewed the bids and handed them back to Galloway, who will determine which one will do the needed work for the least money.
Galloway also informed the council that utilities employees had completed seven hours of training on the town’s new sewage monitoring camera. The camera was approved by the council in July 2018, and is replacing an older monitoring system that was deemed outdated and inefficient.
Galloway also requested the council to continue asking for bids to remove a tree limb and two trees hanging over residences on Lafayette and Grant Streets. Work is not set to begin at least until the next council meeting as offers are being scrutinized.
The council also approved the reappointments of Roy Lots and James Coy to the Cloverdale Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA). These appointments run in three-year terms.
Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway also made a comment that the town is having difficulty with filling governing boards within Cloverdale. She also suggested that the recent issue concerning the two-mile radius could get more people involved, but has not seen a resolution yet given concerns about incurring issues that can’t be addressed within the budget.
Galloway also asked the council to approve the addition of a 2011 ordinance to the town’s codification book. The cost to publish the ordinance amounts to $5,000, which the council approved given the lateness of the addition. The ordinance concerns how wide streets should be in subdivisions in order to accommodate necessary efforts such as sidewalks.
The council also approved a request by Galloway to pay an approximately $6,000 fee to be a part of the AIM (also known as the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns) organization, which advocates for the governments of municipalities and their initiatives to prosper their economies.
The town manager also related that work on the former Wendy’s restaurant is moving along. The former fast-food place, which has been plagued by abandonment and slow renovation, will become a restaurant called the Macaroni Grill. Galloway said the restaurant is scheduled to open around March 1.
The next regular meeting of the Cloverdale Town Council is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Cloverdale Town Hall.