West Central Reporter

City of Rushville City Council met March 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

6:45 P.M. – PUBLIC HEARING – Vacate Alleyways

1. Roll Call & Call to Order

2. Opening Prayer

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Public Comments – (limited to 5 minutes per person – 30 minutes per topic)

5. Consent Agenda

All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion.

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the

Consent Agenda.

a) Approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 4, 2024

b) Approve the Minutes of the Combined Water & Sewer Committee Meeting held February 29, 2024; & Cemetery Committee Meeting held March 6, 2024

c) Approve “Claims for Council Approval Dated 03/18/24” & Accept Monthly Reports

d) Approve Reserving Central Park on Saturday, April 27, 2024, for Prom Preview

e) Approve Reserving Central Park& Closing the South Side of the Square on Friday, May 3, 2024, for Ag Day on the Square

f) Approve Reserving Central Park & Closing the North, South, & East Sides of the Square on Sunday, June 16, 2024, for the Father’s Day Car Show

g) Approve Placement of Hometown Hero Banners

h) Approve $500 Donation to Culbertson Memorial Hospital Foundation for the Dr. Russell Dohner Golf Outing (as per past practice)

i) Approve Request for Loan Reimbursement

j) Approve Selling Old Fire Truck for $2,000

k) Approve Request for Variance on Animal Control Ord. No. 1367, Section 14-2.11

l) Approve Hiring Jean Lane as Pro Shop Manager at a Salary of $8,500

m) Approve Hiring Carly Taylor on Pool/Concession Manager at a Salary of $10,000

n) Approve Hiring Part-Time Employees at the Cemetery, Golf Course, & Pro Shop

6. Items to be Removed from Consent Agenda – If Applicable

7. Discuss & Consider Approving GIS Proposal

8. Discuss & Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 1375, An Ordinance Vacating Alleyways

9. Discuss & Consider Purchasing Cemetery Lots

10. Discuss & Consider Hiring Full-Time Employee at City Hall

11. Adjourn to Closed Session to:

a) Approve Closed Session Minutes Dated May 1, 2023; June 28, 2023; & March 4, 2024; Police Committee Minutes Dated May 10, 2023; August 31, 2023; & February 26, 2024; Grievance & Personnel Committee Minutes Dated July 12, 2023; & July 17, 2023; Union Negotiating Committee Minutes Dated May 16, 2023; June 3, 2023; & June 28, 2023; & Cemetery Committee Minutes Dated March 6, 2024

b) Adjourn

12. Return to Open Session

13. Council Member & Officials’ Reports

14. Adjourn

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