Noon today was a big event for me. It was really emotional to be sworn in as Trustee and feel the trust and confidence you have placed in me and the Advisory Board. We are anxious to start and look forward to working with you all on the challenges that face us. [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 28, 2006
"There’s a Meeting Here … "
The first meeting of the Union Township Advisory Board will be Tuesday, January 2nd, at 7 PM at Union Elementary School. This meeting is required by law and is to elect the officers of the Advisory Board. The public is invited, and we will have time for public comments (as we will at [...]
December 28, 2006
Blogging
While I set this forum up to communicate with Union Township folk about issues that we all face here, this is a “public blog” so anyone can comment about anything from anywhere! I just want you to know that comments are monitored and do not get posted as soon as you press the “Publish” [...]
December 21, 2006
One potato, two potato …
Indiana Code 36-6-6-7 states that the Annual meeting of the Township Advisory Board, to organize by electing officers, shall occur on or before, the “First Tuesday after the first Monday in January.” So this year that means we will meet on January 2nd.
The Board will meet at 7PM at Union Elementary School. This [...]
December 21, 2006
200 South Development — Caito/Producers Realty
It is OFFICIAL! Commissioners Lewis and Cooper voted for the zoning change and Commissioner Eaton voted against. The major concern was the zoning designation of R3, and the commissioners requested that the minutes show and a letter be written to the APC detailing the exceptional conditions surrounding this change.
The net result is that it [...]
December 18, 2006
200 South Development — Caito/Producers Realty
The property on 200 South, east of US 421, that received an unfavorable recommendation from the Area Plan Commission to be zoned from agriculture (AG) to residential (R3) was the subject of considerable discussion, at todays Commissioners’ meeting. This is a knotty problem when all of the various points of view are presented. [...]
December 18, 2006
Fire Station Update
The County Drainage Board met this morning and one of the items on the agenda was the consideration of the drainage plan for the Union Township Fire Station. While the engineers have resolved almost all the issues to the satisfaction of the County Surveyor the outlet for the stormwater has yet to be resolved. [...]
December 16, 2006
Fire Department in the News – Part 2
In addition to the articles in the Indianapolis Star, there is also a letter to the editor regarding “Fire department roster shrinking”. It is from a Whitestown resident who used to be a Worth Township Volunteer Fireman. Interesting.
Letter to the EditorReprinted from the Dec. 18 edition of The Daily Sun
Worth resident worries [...]
December 16, 2006
Fire Department in the News
The Indianapolis Star had an article on the 15th regarding fire protection in Union Township. I did receive a copy of the letter Chief VanGorder (Zionsville) sent to Chief Cope (Boone County Fire/Worth) regarding his concerns for adequate fire protection in Union Township. The two most recent fires in the township have been [...]
December 13, 2006
200 South Development — Caito/Producers Realty
The staff report from the Area Plan Commission, and the Commission itself voted to deny the request by the developers for a residential zoning and giving Union Township up to 60 acres for a nature park/preserve. A large number of area residents spoke in favor of the proposal at the APC meeting on the [...]
