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B-2 Wednesday, December 30, 2020 The Press-Dispatch Popp said it would be prefer- able if they didn't. He said the contract calls for both sides to meet with each other before going to court. He also said this point is cov- ered in another part of the con- tract. Barr, Popp, Shelton and Schuessler all said they typ- ically would meet this stan- dard. "We have good response now, but to have it in a contract is another matter," said Barr. Popp asked if lowering the 80 percent requirement would help. Councilman Dick Brewster asked, "Is the problem with this, 10 responders in 10 min- utes or with the 80 percent? " "My heartburn is that it is in the contract and it becomes contractual. As I read that we agree to provide 10. In nor- mal operations, we will have 10," said Barr. But he said if by some unusual circumstance they didn't, there would be problems. Patoka shall assume no responsibility for delays in answering alarms if the delays are caused by Patoka's inabili- ty to immediately respond be- cause of other calls or circum- stances beyond the control of Patoka. However, it is antici- pated that Patoka will imme- diately request that assets of equal caliber be dispatched to such fire calls. They established Patoka did not want to use any of the fire- fighting equipment of the cur- rent Winslow department. However, they did want to keep a Patoka truck in the cur- rent fire stations and have use of the building. It was agreed Winslow would have insurance on the building and Patoka would have insurance on their equip- ment in the building. Also, Winslow would con- tinue to mow the yards around the fire station. Patoka agreed they would provide financial statements and run reports. They also agreed they would be able to get out of the con- tract in 90 days if either par- ty didn't like the arrangement. Patoka would be paid on a pro- rated basis for however many days the contract was in effect. The final sticking point came down to money. Patoka asked for $1,500 a month. Lamb and Brewster said that was too high. "I think $18,000 is way out of my price range," said Brewster. "Can you live with $15,000? " asked Lamb. Barr said "We are respon- sible for the water, sewer and electric at the fire station. We are buying something (when) we don't know what those bills are going to be," said Barr. Winslow had budgeted $15,000 for the fire depart- ment in their 2021 budget. Lamb said there were nu- merous other expenses the town would not have, such as clothing allowances and nu- merous pop-up expenses for training or other equipment. Barr said, "you aren't going to have any expenses except for insurance on the building." Barr and Schuessler both eventually said they thought they could live with $15,000 year. "We can't go below that," said Barr. Brewster said he still thought $15,000 was too much for Winslow to pay. No action was taken on the contract. Winslow and Patoka rep- resentatives agreed the only sticking point was money and they agreed to get back togeth- er in the near future, but prob- ably not before the beginning of 2021. "People in town will not be seeing a difference. In reality, now when a fire happens, what they are seeing is a majority of Patoka people responding," said Lamb. "If there is a downside to this, I'm not seeing it," said Lamb. "It solves a big problem for the Town of Winslow," said Barr. "I think we have a stumbling block on price," said Brewster. "My heels are dug in on this price," said Schuessler. "I'm not discounting the things the fire department has done for this communi- ty. I would really like to see them establish a Ruritan. They excel at festivals and do- ing things for the community," said Lamb. In other business, the coun- cil discussed their 2021 bud- get. They were notified they were going to receive $186,000 in the general fund, which is $21,000 less than they re- ceived last year. They looked at a spread- sheet Popp had created with more specified items within each department budget. How- ever, Brewster was not happy with the spreadsheet. "Those provide no benefit at all to me." They also discussed how to cut $21,000 out of their pro- posed budget for the gener- al fund. Brewster said the way to reach it is to stop paying em- ployees out of the general fund for the first few months of the year. He explained all of the employees, except the police, were paid one third out of wa- ter, one third out of wastewa- ter and one third out of gen- eral fund. Brewster said, change the salary order for the employ- ees to be paid from water and wastewater and it would take care of it before the end of the year. Councilmen agreed to re- view the proposed budget and see if they could figure out how to cut the $21,000 and bring it up at their next meeting. The December 28 number will probably rise for several days as some deaths aren't record- ed for several days. Hospitalizations in Indi- ana peaked at 3,460 on Nov. 30. It then started a trend that typically has fallen for a cou- ple days, with small increas- es mixed in. On December 13, hospitalizations fell to 3,072, but jumped up to 3,192 the next day. On Christmas Day, the total fell to 2,811. That in- creased to 2,951 on Decem- ber 28. Local and state officials are warning there could be anoth- er spike in new cases follow- ing Christmas and New Year's celebrations. See the Business Box for special services Page D-5 WINSLOW Continued from page 1 COVID Continued from page 1 By Andy Heuring Martinsville is about to be- come the Bloomington bottle- neck of I-69 for the foreseeable future. A fter years of Bloom- ington being a bane to motor- ists on 37/69, Martinsville is going to be similar, with High- way 37 closing. Nearly five miles of State Road 37 in Martinsville are scheduled to close between S.R. 39 and Morgan Street starting this Saturday, Jan. 2. It is expected to last most of 2021. The Indiana Depart- ment of Transportation said, "The closure will allow crews to work faster and safer on I- 69 finish line construction through Martinsville. Remov- ing live traffic from the con- struction zone creates a saf- er environment for motorists and workers. The full closure will allow work to be complet- ed a full year earlier than try- ing to maintain limited access through the work zone." The official detour for north-south state highway traffic follows S.R. 39, S.R. 67 and S.R. 144. Long-distance traffic is encouraged to avoid the construction altogether and use alternate routes, in- cluding I-65, S.R. 135 and I-70. Several east-west roads will remain open throughout the closure to provide local access across S.R. 37. Weather permitting, clo- sure activity is scheduled to start with S.R. 37 southbound the morning of Saturday, Jan. 2. Law enforcement officers will direct traffic while crews change and uncover signs and install barricades. Work will continue non-stop until both directions of S.R. 37 are closed, which is anticipated to be in effect by late Saturday af- ternoon. Coming into Martinsville, northbound S.R. 37 traffic will be shifted to new pave- ment and continue straight onto S.R. 39/Morton Avenue. The existing S.R. 37 north- bound ramps at S.R. 39 will be closed for reconstruction. TEMPORARY STATE ROAD 44 CONNECTION Once S.R. 37 is closed to north-south traffic, Martins- ville roads remaining open across the work zone will be restriped and the traffic sig- nals will be removed. 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