The Burns Harbor
Town Council will meet for its regular meeting this Wednesday at the Town
Hall complex, 1240 N. Boo Road, starting at 7 p.m.
In new business,
the Council will hold a discussion on the abandoned homes throughout the
town and what the Council can do to address issues arising from them. The
agenda also lists the Council considering the Town’s Redevelopment
Commission request for a public gathering permit for the food truck village
at the former Westport Community Center site on weekends starting in July.
Other new business
includes the decommissioning of two of the Police Department’s Chevy Impala
vehicles.
In old business,
the Council will discuss with its engineering firm Global Engineering about
a study done for Ind. 149. Global Engineering was asked to do the study to
find out if it is feasible for the Town to be responsible for the stretch of
Ind. 149 between U.S. 20 and U.S. 12, which includes the Westport site where
the new downtown is said to be.
Also in old
business, there will be a discussion on the town auction in July, mosquito
fogging this summer, scholarship applications, volunteers for the Town’s
rummage sale committee, appointments to the Sanitary Board and the
possibility of the Council going back to two meetings per month.
The Council will
hold readings on three different ordinances. The first will be a second
reading on the membership of the Town’s Sanitary Board. The second is to
establish a fund for the Town’s distribution of local income tax funds for
roads and infrastructure. The third will be an amendment to the ordinance
establishing the Redevelopment Committee.
A resolution will
also be considered that would require tax abatement compliance forms to
include a signature by the Town Council president.
In correspondence,
the Council will hear a request for a donation to the Town of Porter’s
Family 4th Fest and an end of the year report from the Porter County Tourism
Bureau.
Town department
heads, park board and RDC represenatives will make reports to the Council.
The public is
encouraged to attend and may give comment during the good of the order of
the community.