The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 The Press-Dispatch ★ Winslow council "Buck" Ashby asked about the fee. "Did I understand you to say per person or per customers?" "It is per meter," said Tis- Continued from page 1 Councilman Glendel dale. The vote was passed by a 3-0 vote of the town council. Steve Nelson appointed interim fi re chief ed interim fi re chief of the Winslow Fire Department. "We feel we need to ap- Steve Nelson was appoint- point him at this time at least as interim. He is an assistant chief. We don't know how it is all going to come out. We hope he (Tra- vis McCandless) gets okay. We don't know the whole story totally," said council president Tisdale. "Maybe we don't want to know," said Ashby. He al- so asked, "It has been dis- cussed with him?" "It has been discussed fi re captain and accepted the resignation of Jason Bot- toms as a fi re captain. "One thing I have noticed they (fi re department) are going to have to stop doing is parking in front of the bay," said Tisdale. "It is go- ing to cost them seconds. It is going to be like a Chinese fi re drill if they have a fi re and someone is parked in front of the bay." Bart Stemel, represent- ing the fi re department, said Steve Nelson is Fire Chief and deputy Town Marshal he can go there and issue parking tickets. Winslow Utitlties Man- egg hunt Saturday afternoon in Hornady Park, as her mom keeps a watchful eye on her. See additional photos on page A-6. Kylie Meyer concentrates on eating the candy she found during the Petersburg Moose Lodge Easter It's so good! ★ County adds third State Rep cause confusion for voters, who weren't sure which pre- cinct they lived in, the sites had limited parking. Now at the Gospel Center everyone in Petersburg will go to one site and be directed to the correct precinct. Also the Continued from page 1 Gospel Center gym is hand- icap accessible and there are bathroom and kitchen facili- ties for the poll workers. Two other changes to the polling places this year are to the Logan and Monroe precincts. Logan previous- ly voted at the North Patoka Fire Barn located at the Sug- ar Ridge Road and Highway 57. That has been moved to the Glezen General Baptist Fellowship Hall in Glezen. The Monroe precinct merly voted at the New Lib- erty Church for- Hall, but has been moved Fellowship their roads and reduce their cost for rock. "I have said all along we are wasting mon- ey on stone, because of our ditching situation." He said he knew the ma- Continued from page 1 chine salesman was a 'sales- man', but he told the coun- ty they would save a signif- icant percentage on rock if they got more miles of road ditched. It is only $48,000 compared to a Gradall, which costs several times that. Krohn asked how many dump trucks the county had broken down. Morton said, "As far as I know one, but you can throw a rock through their beds. And there might be more than that when I get back out there." He was asked if the coun- ty needed dump trucks or the ditcher the most. "If you were out there at my desk taking all the calls on a rainy or snowy days, you wouldn't have any doubt we need the ditcher," said Morton. "If I came in here with a request for $300,000 to buy new dump trucks, how far would that go?" said Mor- ton. farther if we had a better overall picture of where are out there and what type of equipment we need," said Sutton. Mangin moved to pur- most of the councilmen are new. But their equipment was worn out and nothing had been put in the bud- get in years past to replace equipment. "Now it has fall- en on your shoulders," said Morton. 'I think it would go a lot He added that he and $48,000 and a new one is $60,000. He was told a new one was know, because it had already been held for them for three months. Bishop then said it chase the ditching machine. Councilman Dennis Bish- op asked Morton if he could get the county a plan on what machinery the highway de- partment needed and when it was needed so they would have an idea of what expen- ditures they were facing. Morton said he could do that in the next week. "I agree with you we need to maintain our ditches and roads, but I agree with Den- nis," said Randy Harris. "We need a plan. We are doing management by cri- sis. We need to have a plan, just like we have asked for a road plan for years. I'm all for buying this ditcher, but I'm also all for getting rid of this stuff from the 70s," said Randy Harris. told council members that $260,000 was spent on rock last year. Mangin said if they saved $110,000. Auditor Ron Wilson gin's motion and it failed by a 3-4 vote. Councilmen ask for new ambulance to be paid from cumulative capital development fund ed until the next meeting if the ditching machine would still be available. Morton said he didn't Bishop asked if they wait- is with him and several mem- bers," said Tisdale. He said Nelson said he only wants to be appointed interim, but had agreed to do it. McCandless was serious- ly injured last week during a domestic dispute with his estranged wife. According to police McCandless was in injured as his wife was try- ing to get away from here and he was trying to remove he a ager Todd Williams said the town's new water lines project is about 80 percent completed. He said they still have about 30 home servic- es to be hooked up. "About two-thirds of the homes are getting their water from the new lines," said Williams. However he said they are also getting water from the old mains, which haven't been cut off yet so some wa- ter is leaching from the old lines into the new system. "The biggest question we are getting is about people's yards. It is part of the con- tract for the contractor to level out their yards and re- seed them," said Williams. However he said that h r from the vehicle as she drove away. While driv- ing away that vehicle side- swiped another vehicle with McCandless between them. McCandless was taken by to the Jordan Park Shelter house in Spurgeon. April 9 was the fi rst day for voters to vote absentee in the Clerk's offi ce. The last day to submit an application for an absentee ballot to be voted by mail is April 30. air ambulance to the hospi- tal. He has since been re- leased from the hospital. On Tuesday afternoon, charges of domestic bat- tery, a class A misdemean- or and battery causing seri- ous bodily injury were fi led against McCandless. In other fi re department business the council ap- pointed Gary Smith as a won't be done until the con- struction is completed. Williams also told council he needed part-time summer help to help them with trimming and other duties. He said he would like at the least one to start as soon as possible, but I would like two. Tisdale told Williams the council would look over the applications and see about starting at least one as soon as possible. The next Winslow meet- ing will be 7 p.m. Monday, April 23. ★ County council denies ditcher, delays ambulance 10 percent it would pay for it- self in two years. Harris seconded Man- praised Young for the job he was doing. He said Young has increased the revenues being brought into the am- bulance service. Current- ly, the county had collected $111,151.85 in the fi rst three months of 2012, compared to $306,663 for all of 2011. "We have asked him to in- crease revenues and he has done that by about $20,000 a month," said Bishop. The commissioners re- Young told councilmen they are in desperate need of a new ambulance because of the age and lack of depend- able ambulances. "We can't continue to offer the level of service we have with these ambulances." He said they recently had EMS Director Chris three ambulances being re- paired at NALLEY • 11½ yrs. experience as Commissioner • 27 yrs. experience in excavating • Hasn't missed a regular Commissioner meeting in 11½ yrs. • Honest and hardworking • Values your opinions and requests • Dedicated to serve you • Has a productive vision for Pike County • Making positive progress • Appreciates your support and vote, May 8 ALLEY which left the county with the same time, quested $176,000 for a new ambulance from the gener- al fund. "We understand the situ- only two working ambulanc- es. He also said they recent- ly had an ambulance break down on the way to the hos- pital with a patient and had to call another county to fi nish the run. "We can't keep doing that, it is going to come back on us," said Young. Councilman The $176,000 was a quote from one company. Krohn said if the bidding Bishop companies knew how much money had been appropri- ated the bid would be that amount. "When you know how much money is on the table, it is easy to bid a job," said Krohn. Bishop asked how long it would take to get bids for the ambulances. Commissioner Assistant Melissa Bryant said the commissioners planned to advertise for bids at their next meeting and then have a special meeting after the 10 days advertising period to open and grant the bids. Councilmen Willis said he ation is dire," said Bishop. "We actually need two am- bulances." Krohn asked if the com- missioners already had bids on an ambulance. Young said they wanted to and had a discussion with the prosecutor and he told us about a coming trial that will have untold expenses," said Willis. "I understand, but that is was concerned about paying for the ambulance from the general fund. "We sat here last month get the funding in place fi rst. men understand they need just for one person. This is for everyone in the county," said Young. Bishop said the council- there are other funds out there we can purchase an ambulance with that aren't affected by the costs of the trial, like the general fund is," said Bishop. Councilmen decided they ambulances. "What we are saying is, wanted the commissioners to pay for it with funds from cumulative capital develop- ment funds with receipts of about $100,000 a year. "I know you are discour- aged, but I think the gener- al consensus is we know we need a new ambulance, but we would like to purchase it from a different fund than the general fund," said Wil- lis. it from the general fund be- cause that is where the EMS revenues go. He also said he was told if they purchased multiple ambulances there were some price breaks. Eventually, Young said he requested told Young to bid the project for two ambulances, buying one outright and lease-pur- chasing another one. The next council meet- ing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m Tuesday, May 14. as a Candidate for Pike County Commissioner in District 1, I am committed to the following values: DAVE DURCHOLZ • Fair distribution of work, pavement and rock throughout Pike County based upon need • Hiring and retaining the best qualifi ed candidates for County jobs • Stopping the transfer of Pike County roads solely for the benefi t of special interests • Retaining a working Bridge Foreman to service Pike County bridges as well as roads • Valuing and respecting the opinions of all of the citizens served Paid for by Dale Nalley for Commissioner, Fran Lewis, Treasurer • Voting my conscience for the best interst of Pike County, regardless of politics WE CAN DO BETTER. don't forget to VOTE Tues., May 8 councilmen DALE NALLEY RE-ELECT DEMOCRATE FOR COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3