Correspondence/Public Records

During the recent contract negations with Worth Township Trustee Rob Guest, I became dismayed at the lack of written correspondence pertaining to specific issues.
A classic example is the status of the ambulance. Union Township in the recorded minutes of their April 7, 2005 Union Township Board Meeting, a motion was made by Marc Applegate and [...]

Alternative Locations for the Union Township Fire Station

Several township residents have expressed the desire to hold a public meeting to discuss the location of the Union Township Fire Station. As you know, the current location is at 100 S and US 421.Other locations that have been suggested are:

Old Union Elementary School
Woods Edge Property
Property previous offered at Indianapolis Executive Airport

Old Union Elementary and [...]

Emergency Loan – Fire Protection

The Board passed Resolution 2007-2 which is an emergency request of the Department of Local Government Finance to borrow an amount of $274,000 to pay for fire protection for Union Township. As stated previously current township income cannot meet the expenses for fire and emergency services. Even though there may be money in other township [...]

Fire Board Meeting – April 9th

There will be a meeting of the Union/Worth Township Fire Board on Monday, April 9th at 6:30 pm at the Worth Township Fire Department.In addition to Union Township Fire Board members, other Union Township Board members may be attending to observe and gather information.

Union Twp Fire Expenses

It was reported awhile back that Union Township was delinquent in paying some $67,000+ for fire protection in 2006. This figure was based on paying 64% of the total fire protection BUDGET for Union Township, Worth Township and Whitestown.Most businesses/households have budgets. Sometimes we meet our projected budget but most times income and expenses [...]

LOCATION CHANGE of Board Meeting

Please note that the February 15th meeting of the Union Township Advisory Board will be held at Indianapolis Executive Airport (Terry Airport), at 7 PM, and not at our regular location of Union Elementary School.
In addition to regular agenda items, we plan on having a though update on the construction of the fire station, fire [...]

A bit bummed out …

(Blog-person’s note: it took me a bit to calm down to put my feelings/thoughts together to post this)
Well, I said let’s get down to business, so here we are. Our first Township Advisory Board business meeting last Tuesday and the board and I are all excited!
The public wasn’t. Of the 8 folks that [...]

Whoa … or woe!

I am at a bit of a disadvantage right now as the township records are being audited by the Indiana State Board of Accounts and Past-Trustee Jacqueline Carr has the check books to finish up the township annual report. (I have no current financial records to reference.)
BUT … reading in today’s Daily Sun that Worth/Boone [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]