Sean Davis replaces the late Frank Ordner on Harrison Township Advisory Board…
Nate Adams - Reporter
Thursday, March 17th, the Harrison Township Advisory Board met for the second time this year. Following the death of advisory board member, Frank Ordner, the Republican Party caucused for his replacement. Sean Davis was selected to complete Mr. Ordner's term and is running to permanently fill the seat in November.
In the state of Indiana, public entities have an upper limit on the amount of funds they can hold in reserve. Harrison Township has been holding an excess amount and appears to be moving forward on plans to spend it down. They are pursuing several capital improvements at the moment including replacement of the aging fence around Cedar Hill Cemetery, a public restroom near the Corydon farmer’s market, and a training facility for Fire/Police/EMS on Fairview Church Rd.
The contractor providing the fence for Cedar hill is set to begin demolition of the old fence in the next week or two and the new fence will be going up thereafter.
The training facility was originally proposed to be for fire department training, there is currently no location in the county where much of the required training for volunteers can be done. It is now proposed to include a gun range and possible staging location for the county Sheriff Department as well as something for EMS. Plans for this project will be further discussed at the April 20th meeting of the Fire Chief’s Association at the Government Center at 7:00pm.
The initial plans for the restroom at the farmer’s market have been completed, but are being revised to include heating and cooling so that it can be used year round. Also, a discussion took place regarding the rise in homelessness around Corydon and the need to lock the restrooms overnight.