General Code Review Committee Meeting
Regular MeetingOgden Dunes, IN · February 20, 2023
Minutes
General Code Review Committee
Meeting Minutes
Monday February 20 , 2023 – 7p Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine
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Member Present Member Present
Richard Meister, Chair, 2024 x Jim Slawinski, 2026 x
Ken Thompson, Sec, 2024 x Vacant
Richard Hassan, 2026 x Scott Kingan, TC Member x
David Hollar. 2025 x , TC Member
Mike Shaefer, 2025 x
Meeting called to order 708p
Approval of Minutes of the Monday October 17, 2022 meeting - by unanimous consent
Old Business: None
New Business:
1. Election of Officers for 2023 year – Dick Meister
Dick Meister indicated he did not want to be considered as chair after at least six years of
serving. Ken Thompson nominated Jim Slawinski as chair. Which he accepted. No other
nominees indicated. Jim Slawinski became the Chair for 2023.
Ken indicated he would accept nomination to be the committee secretary. Accepted by
unanimous consent.
We agreed to keep the meeting on 3rd Monday of the month at 7p, but looking to move the
meeting to the town hall or the community center. Jim would check on availability.
Currently, there is one vacant position on the community representative and one additional town
council representative to be assigned.
2. Review of Ordinances (see - Ordinances Pending Codification section online) – Scott Kingan
Scott indicted that there are 63 non-codified ordinances that need to go to state for codification.
Has some of these non-codified ordinances have been around for several years, he would like a
review of each to find out if there are any that need to be modified. We discussed some of the
challenges in code enforcement and some of the nuances in enforcement of the ordinances.
We agreed to assign each member one of the non-codified ordinances for their review and
recommendations for the next meeting. Assignments as follows:
Meister: 815 "travel reimbursement"
Thompson. 815 "to amend & clarify Ord 814 Travel Reimbursement rates'
Hassan: 819 "skateboarding"
Hollar: 813 "BZA Appeal Process:
Shaefer: 816 "Internal Control"
Slawinski: 820 " Fire Protection Service Charge"
All: 838 "Refuse Containers" - (please all review)
3. Other - None
Adjournment at - 800p
Next meeting: Monday, April 10th – 7p - Town Hall
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Agenda
General Code Review Committee
Meeting Agenda
Monday February 20th, 2023 – 7p
Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine
Member Present Member Present
Richard Meister, Chair, 2024 Jim Slawinski, 2026
Ken Thompson, Sec, 2024 Vacant
Richard Hassan, 2026 Scott Kingan, TC Member
David Hollar. 2025 , TC Member
Mike Shaefer, 2025
Meeting called to order
Approval of Minutes of the Monday October 17, 2022 meeting
Old Business: None
New Business:
1. Election of Officers form 2023 year – Dick Meister
2. Review of Ordinances not yet codified – Scott Kingan
3. Others
Adjournment
Next meeting: Monday, March 20, 2023 – 7p Hour Glass Museum
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