Huntingburg Board of Public Works and Safety meeting info

The Huntingburg Board of Public Works and Safety met Thursday morning for their first meeting of the New Year.

The board approved the appointment of Rich Hazelwood as Market Master for Huntingburg. The position is statutory by the state and the position’s main responsibility is to ensure that weights and measurements scales are all legal.

The board also heard updates from department heads, including Police Chief Art Parks who requested that the board approve the purchase of two new police vehicles for his department.

The board approved the transfer of one of the vehicles to the Huntingburg Planning Department. They also approved the trade-in of a ’98 Jeep Cherokee to be used towards the purchase of the two new 2014 Ford Police Utility Interceptors. The new vehicles will be purchased from Andy Mohr Ford in Plainfield at a cost of $28,782.41 each. Trade in allowance is $4,000.00 for the Jeep. The total cost of the two new vehicles is $53,564.82.

The police vehicles are Ford Explorers built specifically for the police cruiser market.

Street Department Superintendent Jason Stamm reported that Friday would be the final day of leaf collection in Huntingburg. He also said that curbside pickup of discarded live Christmas Trees would be done through January 17th.

Code Enforcement Officer Steve Collett reported that demolition of the Mendel property on First Avenue would be started on Monday. Mayor Denny Spinner said that the lien holder contacted the city and sent a representative to view the condemned property and agreed with the city’s assessment that it needed to be tore down.