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dangerous." Klipsch noted that seatbelts would have to be used for all golf cart passengers, including those riding on the backseat. "If you get rear-ended, where are you going to be? " Leavitt asked. Petersburg resident Ron Sharp told the council that he had taken his golf cart to Evansville to have a backseat installed. "They make a regular seatbelt attachment for the back passen- ger seats," Sharp said. "My old- est grandson and wife rode on the back, the youngest grandson was up front with me, all four us were seat-belted in." Klipsch noted that liability in- surance would be required for all golf cart operators, and that the minimum age to operate a golf cart would be 16. "That's enough to get me start- ed, to get you something to look at," Mahoney announced. "And then you can amend it or do what- ever you guys feel like you need to do." "We'll see where it goes from there," Klipsch said. "That, by no means, means we're passing it. But we have to have something to look at and vote on." Council president Fran Lewis said that she had never noticed how many golf carts there were around the city until the council began discussing whether or not to allow golf carts to be used on the city's streets. "I don't know if I just kept my eyes closed to them or what," Lewis said. "Right now, there are no regu- lations," Klipsch said. "They're doing it anyway. So, if nothing else, we would hope to make this safer, because, right now, they're not in compliance." "That's the whole idea, is to make it, as Bill said, a friendly community," Melhiser said. "But it has to be safe." In other business, the council voted to allow Klipsch to adver- tise for bids on the city's former fire department building at 910 East Walnut Street. "I think I mentioned at the last meeting that I'd had some inter- est in the old fire station," Klipsch said. "Well, since then, as we nor- mally do, I requested two apprais- als for that property, and, if it is your desire to do so, I am going to advertise for bids for the sale of that property to be opened at our meeting on Dec. 4." Mahoney noted that an open bid process would be used. "It's actually open to inspec- tion," Mahoney said. "When you sell real estate, they get to see the bids. They can even know the ap- praised value. And they know it's got to bring 90 percent (of the av- erage appraised value)." Klipsch also informed the council that he had received sev- eral comments from people re- garding flooding issues on South Ninth Street. Klipsch said that he had con- tacted Russell "Rusty" Fowler, district deputy commissioner for the Indiana Department of Transportation's Vincennes Dis- trict, about the issue in October. "That's such a big issue, and has been for over a year now, and they promised me they would do something about it this past June, and it was the result of the pav- ing project that they did prior to that," Klipsch said. "So I contact- ed Rusty Fowler on Oct. 16, and he immediately sent me a copy of the email he sent to three other people, asking them to look into this and get back with me about it. That was Oct. 16." "I guess I'll send him another (email) tomorrow and say that is a dangerous situation," Klipsch added. Leavitt suggested that the city take the initiative and cut a groove into the curb to allow wa- ter to run off the roadway and in- to a nearby catch basin. "I don't think that we can touch a state highway," Melhiser said. "You know, that's funny Gary," Klipsch said. "That makes all the sense in the world, but they've got to bring engineers out. I can't believe they can't figure that out. It's not that far from the creek." "I can do it with a jackham- mer," Leavitt shot back. "Tell him that, if you want to." "Then they'll get down there and do something," Melhiser said. "I'll bring it up again but, so far, as we all know, it's still there," Klipsch said. TOUCH OF CLASS 35 YEARS IN HUNTINGBURG WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 7 OVER 300 NEW HOLIDAY PRODUCTS GREAT VARIETY OF AUTUMN & THANKSGIVING DECOR FOR LESS SHOP OUR WEEKLY ANNIVERSARY SALES Home Decor Outlet 4th & Jackson Store Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am - 6pm ET Saturday, 10am - 5pm ET Furniture Outlet 4th & Geiger Store Hours: Wed-Fri, 10am - 6pm ET Saturday, 10am - 5pm ET Floral Designs & More R uby's FRESH AND SILK Thanksgiving and Christmas Centerpieces 7846 U.S. 41, Fort Branch • 812-753-3459 Are you going to a Thanksgiving Dinner? Check us out for hostess gifts! Christmas Showroom OPEN HOUSE is Nov. 17 and 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. both days Reg. Hours: Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. www.RubysFloralDesigns.com 104 N. 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