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Power company to pay Delphi for permanent easements across two locations




Delphi City Council members took little time at the Monday, March 7, meeting to approve a resolution for a proposal from the Wabash Valley Power Alliance to pay the City for two parcels of land it will make permanent easements for the power line linking The Andersons and Indiana Packer’s Corporation above the Monon High Bridge Trail. One tract is .238 acres for which the City will be paid $8,500 and the second is 1.911 acres, for which the City will receive $70,000.

The City Council also approved a second resolution, provided by Delphi Mayor Anita Werling, to restrict the funds from the sale of the parcels, a total of $78,500, to be allocated to assisting the development and improvement of the Monon High Bridge Trail system area.

City Council members Sandy Flora, Cody Nelson and Gayle Conner in person along with Council member Spencer Kingery via Zoom, approved both resolutions unanimously. Council member Mike Isley was not present at the meeting.

An ordinance to raise the amount of value for documentation of fixed assets from $1,000 to $5,000 was also adopted unanimously. Conner made a motion to suspend the rules of adoption to approve the ordinance in one meeting, rather than the required three readings.

The ordinance reads, in part, the City will capitalize and tag items with an individual value equal to or greater than $5,000. Improvements or renovations to existing machinery and equipment will be capitalized only if the result of the change meets all of the following conditions: 1. Total costs exceeds $5,000; 2. The useful life is extended two or more years; and 3. The total costs will be greater than the current book value and less than the fair market value.

Other business

A discussion about parking vehicles horizontally across more than one angled parking space for material pick-up without the threat of a ticket was held. Councilperson Conner said she was contacted by a local business and asked to broach the subject with the other council members. Werling said the horizontal parking spaces would have to be striped and suggested vehicles could park in that manner for short periods of time if orange cones were used to indicate to police a vehicle was being loaded.

Department reports

Police

Officers made three arrests and stopped 151 vehicles in February. They issued 29 parking tickets and 133 warnings. A total of 27 citations were issued and 10 accident reports were written. Water: Total gallons of water pumped from Delphi wells in February was 28,712,000. IPC used 20,257,336 of that total. Roughly 100 water meters have been replaced mostly on the south hill.

Code Enforcement

A total of 12 notices of violations and four exterior trash/garbage/rubbish violations were issued last month. A continuous enforcement notice for 402 S. Washington St. is being monitored as is one for 411 W. Franklin St. and 302 W. Cook St.

Community Development

A virtual presentation to the ISDH for a bicycle and pedestrian improvement grant was given and the City won an award. The Delphi Main Street application was submitted and a virtual presentation was accomplished as was a Main Street PowerPoint virtual presentation to the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). Work was also done for Old Settlers and the Delphi Easter Egg Hunt events.

The next City Council meeting is scheduled for April 4 at 6 p.m.

The March 7 scheduled Board of Works meeting was re-scheduled for Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. at the Delphi Community Center.

The recorded video of this meeting can be found on YouTube on the “Debbie Lowe” channel.