Chamber of Commerce broadband project + additional requests at last night's county council meeting...
Graylin porter - Reporter
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Lisa Long, president of Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, provided updates and a review on various projects and proposals currently in progress regarding highspeed internet access/broadband for the county.
One specific goal mentioned was working towards getting Harrison County certified a "Broadband Ready" community: https://www.in.gov/indianabroadband/funding-and-program-resources/broadband-ready/
This is one of the most important issues in our community. We recommend skipping to 8:30 in this video to learn more: https://harrisoncountyin.civicclerk.com/Web/Player.aspx?id=716&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0
April Breeden requested an additional request for $11,696.74 to hire an additional part-time employee, which includes a .20 raise for another part-time officer.
Parks Department superintendent Larry Shickles requested $26,600 repairs on the duck pond/watershed area at Buffalo Trace. Many thanks to councilmember Holli Castetter for asking questions to clarify this request.
Kevin Russel at the Harrison County Highway Department requested $600,000 out of riverboat funds for bituminous as part of the INDOT/Community Crossings grant projects.
Jennie Capelle made a motion that the additional request to fund downtown courthourse renovations be tabled for another two weeks to explore other options. Holli Castetter seconded, insisting that all councilmembers need to be present before voting. Richard Gerdon also stated that he wants to wait until Donnie Hussung and Brad Wiseman are present to vote and the motion was approved 5-0.