Zionsville Town Council

Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 ZIONSVILLE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 19, 2025 AT 7:30 A.M. EST ONSITE MEETING 1100 West Oak Street This meeting was conducted onsite. All Councilors participated in person. Council Members Present: Jason Plunkett, President; Brad Burk, Vice-President; Tim McElderry; Craig Melton, Evan Norris, Sarah Esterline Sampson, and Joe Stein Also Present: Adam Steuerwald, Town Council Attorney; Mayor John Stehr; Deputy Mayor Justin Hage; Mike Dale, Director of Planning & Building Department; Lance Lantz, Director of Department of Public Works; Jo Kiel, Director of Human Resources; Amy Lacy, Municipal Relations Coordinator and other Town staff OPENING A. Call meeting to order B. Pledge of Allegiance Plunkett All right, I think if all of our mics are hot – Joe, if you’d give me a thumbs up there. Good, thank you. All right, good morning. I will now call to order the Monday, May 19, 2025 Town Council meeting. If you would please, stand and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. All Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVAL OF THE MAY 19, 2025 CLAIMS Plunkett All right, first item on the agenda is the approval of the May 19, 2025 claims. Are there any questions from Councilors? I would entertain a motion. Burk Move to approve. Plunkett I have a first from Vice President Burk. McElderry Second. Page 1 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Plunkett A second from Councilor McElderry. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM Plunkett Up next is a Request to Speak on Agenda Items. Amy, do we have any requests to speak? Lacy No. MAYOR/ADMINISTRATION UPDATE Plunkett All right we will move quickly to the Administration Update – Mayor/Administration Update and we have Mayor Stehr with us this morning. Stehr Good morning everyone. Burk Good morning. Stehr I just have a couple of quick notes this morning and the first that I have is the First Quarter Financial Report. There is a memo in your packets on our financial performance in the first quarter of the year. I think the high points are that all of our accounts are reconciled, all of our reporting is up to date and just a couple of quick highlights that I wanted to point out – our miscellaneous revenue collection as of March 31st was just over $10.5 million dollars which is about 28% of what we expect for the year. Now this includes everything but the property tax distributions which, of course, is our main source of revenue. We’ll get that in June and in December. And also our departments have spent just under 20% of the budgeted amount that they have in the first quarter so that means we are running efficiently here and I think that bodes well as we prepare for the 2026 budget season and we’ll have to factor in, of course, the property tax changes that were made by the state legislature. And speaking of that, our 5-year financial analysis is expected soon. That’ll come from our friends at Crowe. They are going to draft a new 5-year plan from the one we had last year that considers the property tax cuts from Senate Bill 1. The reason we haven’t had this before now is that we’re waiting for information from the Department of Local Government Finance to complete the analysis. We should get that this week, in fact, it’s due today but we’ll see. We hope, we hope to get it this week and we will begin working through that with our department heads and we will, obviously, share that with all of you and share that publicly as we go through the 2026 budget process. It is a lot to digest so we are working to assess the impact that it will have on our operations, not just in 2026 but also over the next five years. Page 2 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 The next thing I have is just a quick note concerning the Turkeyfoot pedestrian bridge. It will be closed to foot traffic likely starting in mid-June. Repairs will take place there and it will reopen in the fall of 2025. So basically what’s happening there is the wooden approaches will be replaced with concrete and steel. That will increase the lifespan of the bridge and also make it more accessible for park maintenance and emergency services. All adjacent public areas around the bridge will remain open including the Turkeyfoot parking lot, the nature park, the Eagle Creek trail through Holliday Farms – all of that will remain open during this time. And one note, of course, is that the repairs will make the bridge golf cart accessible and I know that the Parks Board and the Town Council are addressing that issue and we will do what we can to help you publicize that process as we go forward here in the next couple of weeks. And, finally, I just want to say a quick word about our Youth Advisory Council who has turned up in strength today. And I, and I really do believe that getting these young people engaged is one of the best things we’ve done in the last year and a half. This year we have 22 members representing several local high schools as well as homeschooled students. We have 9 graduating seniors this year and they’re going to be going to Purdue, IU, Notre Dame, George Washington, Kentucky, Kenyon and the University of Michigan. I’m really, I’m really very proud of them. It has been great to work with them and they have done great things over this past year. I don’t know that we listen enough to the teenagers around us but I think this group has ideas that are worthy for all of us to listen to. So I’m going to yield the rest of my time for a short presentation that will give you a view of what this important group has done and for that we have the MYAC President, Noah Alt. Noah – Alt Good morning Town Council members. My name is Noah Alt and I’m honored to be here. We represent the 2024-2025 Mayors Youth Advisory Council and we’re excited to share the meaningful work we’ve done this year and the insights that we’ve gained from Zionsville’s next generation. This year, MYAC explored leadership, local government and community impact through engaging speakers, site visits and hands-on learning. From police and fire station visits to economic development discussions, we gained a deeper appreciation for how Zionsville works and how we can contribute. On April 24th, we had a fantastic day at the Indiana State House. We met with Senator Ford, Representatives Becky Cash and Hunter Smith, Jeff Pappa, Comptroller, Elise Nieshalla, and even the Governor. We learned about lobbying, State House history and how bills are passed. We had numerous speakers throughout the year teaching us how our town operates. We talked about economic development, leadership and municipal finances. We also had a great showing for the clean-up day on Main Street last month. My entire family of 10 was able to join us and it was a lot of fun. Our last meeting this year will be at the wastewater treatment facility. A standout moment was hosting the Soul of Civility book talk at the Hussey- Mayfield Memorial Public Library. We talked about economic development, leadership and municipal finance. We also had a great showing for this and it Page 3 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 sparked powerful conversations about respect, dialogue and how our shared civic responsibilities are especially important for the next generation. We also prepared a survey for the group to give you a glimpse of all of what the future holds for Zionsville. Oh, I apologize – many students love our town but their long-term commitment depends on economic growth. They’re looking for a Zionsville that offers a vibrant, inclusive community as well as a culture that has opportunities for careers. Some of the top priorities that stood out loud and clear were affordable housing, career opportunities and moderate amenities. Our peers want to stay but Zionsville must evolve for that future to happen. Despite these challenges, we deeply value Zionsville’s charm, safety and strong community spirit. Main Street, the Rail Trail and our parks are places that we’re able to connect with. We love Zionsville because it truly feels like home. I’m so proud of all 22 of our members. Each one contributed ideas, time and passion to make our town even better. Thank you so much for listening and for your continued support and leadership. With your help, we can ensure that Zionsville remains not just a great hometown but a great future town as well. Thank you. Plunkett Thank you, Noah. I would imagine the Youth Advisory Council needs to get to school. Is that correct? Do you guys want to stick around or do you guys need to get out of here? You’re welcome to get out of here if you’d like to. All right, very good. Sampson Going to stay for 15 more minutes. OLD BUSINESS Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance (Petition 2025-24-OA) Ordinance 2025-12 (Continued from May 5, 2025) Plunkett All right, up first on the agenda for Old Business is the Consideration of an Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance, Petition 2025-24-OA. This is Ordinance 2025-12 continued from our May 5th meeting. We have Mike Dale here to talk through any questions, concerns. I think, Mike or Justin, were there some amendments that we’re going to go through on this that you guys wanted to present this morning? Hage Good morning. I think we are still working through some possible amendments and trying to understand exactly the best way to move forward so I think the request today would be to continue and table it one more time. Plunkett Got it. That will be, so we had, we heard this or this came through the Plan Commission so we’ve got 90 days so we’re still well within that so – Hage Yes sir. Plunkett We should be fine there. Page 4 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Norris We need, do we want to continue it until the next meeting, or do we want to continue it 30 days? Plunkett 30. Norris Just 30 to – Plunkett Well, I mean I think similar to the last ordinance if we continue it to the next meeting it’ll be a first month meeting we can take action and then send it back to the Plan Commission as opposed to if we wait 30 days it’ll be essentially a 60- day process. Norris Okay. Plunkett Is that right? Hage I think the next meeting makes sense. Plunkett Yes. Norris Got it. Plunkett Okay. All right, then I’ll make a motion to continue to our next meeting. Sampson Second. Plunkett I got a second from Councilor Sampson. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. Thank you. Consideration of an Ordinance Regarding Wastewater Construction Standards Ordinance 2025-14 (Final Reading) Plunkett Up next is a Consideration of an Ordinance Regarding Wastewater Construction Standards. This is Ordinance 2025-14. This is a final reading and we have Lance here if there are any questions from Councilors. I noticed there are obviously, I would note there are no changes from the ordinance last time so any questions from Councilors? Otherwise I would entertain a motion. Melton Motion to approve. Plunkett I got a first from Councilor Melton. Burk Second. Plunkett Second from Vice President Burk. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Page 5 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. NEW BUSINESS Pathways Committee Presentation Plunkett First item of New Business is Pathways Committee presentation and I noticed the Pathways Committee is here and Councilor Melton if you want to introduce Brad Gressel. Melton Good morning this is Brad Gressel. He’s going to present on behalf of the Pathways Committee this morning. There are several other Pathways Committee members in the audience and I just want to mention that this is a great group of people from diverse backgrounds, diverse areas of Zionsville and they all have different interests in the area or their areas because of their geographical location throughout Zionsville. So these are people that take time out of their busy schedules with kids, sports and all kinds of other activities and they meet, previously it was once a month, now they’re about every two months and these are people that utilize these pathways around Zionsville, some of them on a really regular basis. People like me not as often but we do still enjoy these pathways and the connectivity of the Town of Zionsville’s pathway system and I’ll hand it over to Brad Gressel from here. Gressel Yes, good morning Council members. As Craig said, Brad Gressel, I present every year since the ordinance change last year we just present kind of our top recommendations to the Council once a year and this year we got that as well as a couple safety observations. So I’ll jump right in. I think it’s always helpful to kind of remind everyone what is the Pathways Committee. So our charter is we’re an advisory committee that recommends new pathways locations and policies while promoting the benefits of Zionsville’s pathways network. There are seven members. We are on a one-year term and we’re appointed by either this body, the Council or through the Mayor and Craig Melton, Councilor, sits on as a voting member as one of the seven. So it’s myself, Dan, Emily, Councilor Melton, Jody, Beth and Kim and I think most of them are here today so. As well, one other recent addition as of last year is every meeting we now have at least one Zionsville DPW member that joins our meetings, often Lance which has been extremely helpful for our discussions so that’s been a great change. A couple updates from last year – I think of them we hear a lot of terms thrown around. I think it’d be helpful there’s pathways, trails, sidewalks, even not on here, the greenways so just to clarify – sidewalks are kind of what you’ll see outside of businesses or homes and subdivision areas kind of servicing those areas. Trails would be what would run through parks areas or the Rail Trail would be a trail and then greenways basically run along waterways and then pathways, the way we look at them here in town is those are kind of the Page 6 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 connections. So how do we get between all those different terms or how do we service different areas around town. One other update as of last year – the town website if you go under Pathways Committee now has a, a button to directly send to us for comments, concerns, recommendations so we want everyone to know that because we do like receiving those and discuss those at all of our meetings. We also have and we’ll keep updating this but we’ve got an updated criteria so we’re not just putting out ideas that we like. We run them through currently a seven-point criteria to evaluate which pathways most impactful essentially so those are: Does it fill a gap between existing paths? Does it provide access to key destinations? Does it get to the Village, to schools, to parks? Does it service a significant number of people versus just a few? Does it improve safety? And we really focus especially on children. Is the terrain relatively easy to build on? We’re not engineers but there’s, there’s always drainage and right-of-ways and things that we can’t see but if, if there’s a ravine, it’s probably not a great location for a path. Land acquisition – is it minimal or no land acquisition? And then is the route, we say protected but from future removal? So if a road is going to get widened or a development is going to happen, we don’t want to build a path and then have it torn out. It’s not a, not a great decision. So with that being said, we have five pathways that have risen to the top with that criteria this year and a couple quick safety concerns to call out. So number 1, just east out here where we sit now off Oak Street we have the Rail Trail and currently the only access points directly to it are here at Town Hall or kind of the community church on the other side or you go down into the neighborhood like off 9th Street so where we have circled in red there we’ve identified as a great location for a direct short pathway on the north and south side just to give users more access to the, to the trail. We see that as not a long distance but would, would make a, a big impact. Number 2 is and some of these you’ll see carry over from, from last year. We just keep them on until projects are finalized or priorities change but the Michigan Road path which you’ll see in red are the missing sections. It would essentially connect Appaloosa down to Willow. The recent, this Council voted on the TIF and then the recent PUD expansion of Holliday Farms for the assisted living project so with that there is now $655k that will come off the top of that TIF that’s dedicated towards funding this path and I will note that that’s also, that money is going to pay for their required frontage path and then also the engineering, surveying work and I know design work for the paths is underway. So what’s left will go towards those, those areas and then discussions with individual homeowners in like Bridlewood and Brittany Chase are, are underway so, again, keeping this on here until this is finalized. Location 3 if you look at Templin Road and the reason this has risen up in the rankings is the relatively recent addition of the traffic light signal, Michigan Road and Templin, that has a, crosswalk at it now as well as a little west at Little Eagle Creek there’s a, the newer bridge that was put on actually has a path already on the south side of it so this red portion only 1400 feet would complete that connection on the south side and not only would this service those living east of Michigan Road that could get west and then down to Willow and to the Village but also those living west kind of up on Willow Road could get down Page 7 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 then down Michigan Road to all the way down to the new crosswalk improvements for The Farm at 116th. So this is one that would service quite a few residents. Location 4 is Ottinger and this is another carryover. This is out west of town just north of the Royal Run development. They have a lot of paths on the out, their frontage kind of just south of Lowe’s but there’s a section just in front of their entrance that’s 300 feet in front of that, that single residence there. Currently the path comes up to that and just feeds right out into the road so this would be one that I know Royal Run has also expressed interest in they’d be willing to take their entrance signs out to make it a little easier but another one that a lot of children in that, in that area in a growing part of town. And then number 5 is up 975 so north Pleasant View Road. Now that we have the relatively new crosswalk that was added, signaled crosswalk across 975 at Oakridge the residents in the northwest of this picture at the Cedar Bend that is a, an older neighborhood that didn’t have the setbacks and paths that were installed when it was built so this is one that 650 feet on the east side would connect it down and then allow it to use that crosswalk. So that’s a new addition for this year. And then there are a couple that there’s reasons why these aren’t on the top of our list but with ongoing discussions around town and the county we thought these are, these are good to mention. On the left is Turkeyfoot. So that Turkeyfoot Road from the park down to basically Mulberry Street. There’s a lot of people in the north there and in the south and no connection. The, we’ve also seen in the Comprehensive Plan discussions or recommendations, I guess, I don’t know if they’ll be adopted but recommendations for an east-west connection in that area and so if that was to come to fruition, certainly a connection up Turkeyfoot Road would, would make a lot of sense so. The one in the middle, this is the west of town in the Anson area, so another growing area. This one not all Zionsville land so this would be certainly a partnership between the town, Whitestown and the county but you see the Anson area and basically Boone Meadow, the school, the path ends there, there’s a gap and then the new Harvest Park neighborhood and all the areas being built north. There’s complexity in this area – we know narrow roads, narrow bridge, at least one cemetery so if, if there were road improvement realignment projects that, that happen, this would be very impactful with our metrics. And then on the right is, would be one of those greenway situations. So if you look between the Rail Trail and then south of the Village there in Zionsville Road as that area potentially gets realigned and development occurs, we certainly see that as, as a great opportunity to bring a greenway connection between those two areas. A couple quick safety observations – around town there are a lot of areas where we’ve put in paths that, as I mentioned before, neighborhoods may not have the setbacks like more modern neighborhoods would have now, deeper right-of- ways, and so when we come in and put paths a lot of times to avoid land acquisition or removing a lot of entrance signs, the paths are, are relatively close Page 8 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 to the road. That’s one of the situations along Mulberry Street. It’s great that we have that new, new path that was put in last year, the new crosswalk there but as you’ll see in the bottom left, the path and the road basically become one together. So we certainly understand the limitations with that but if, if there are ever opportunities to separate that with a distance, it can be uncomfortable when you’re, the school’s let out and you’re walking along that road. So distance or physical separations with, up off Marysville we’ve got some of those areas that have those curbs that have been put in, could be an option in the future for other paths. And then up off Pleasant View Road on the right there, in front of like Spring Knoll and Spring Meadows, the path goes from kind of off the road and then when the turn lanes come into those neighborhoods, the path goes right out into that road and we even have a member of our, our committee had one of their kids was, was hit in this area so it’s certainly an area that could use improvements. We do know, we’ve, we’ve learned that DPW is going to be painting some lane markings, I think green paint, kind of in those areas which is certainly a great step but paint doesn’t keep cars from – and it’s going to be a shared lane so it doesn’t keep cars from going into that lane so ideal, an ideal world separations but just kind of calling that out I think those could be incremental improvements that we could look at for future paths. And then last page we’ve got here is discussions of roundabouts. I know as the community develops and we may bring certain roundabouts to areas in places where it’s highly pedestrianized, you got people that are going to be walking around so like near the Village, near schools, raised crosswalks at those intersections. We’ve even seen local traffic engineer data that has shown it slows car vehicle speeds down 50% which is a great safety improvement. Now this doesn’t make sense along Oak Street or up off of like 300 where we want to move cars through roundabouts quickly but certainly in areas where we want cars to slow down. It’s a great thing that we just see in, in other peer cities. So that’s the end of the presentation. I will, I did want to just make a comment that this last year that the ordinance that you guys voted on to change when our committee presents, I know we were presenting at the end of the year previously as kind of a summary of everything we had done. It was adjusted to move us to Q2 which is why we’re here today. The idea was to present this and sort of roll it into budget discussions. It’s our understanding that maybe some of the budget discussions started a little earlier this year I, we just don’t know if and when they start the same and if we’re in the right quarter. So I just mention that because we don’t want to be presenting stuff and then it’s like well, we’ve gotta put this on the shelf for next year. We’re also under no delusion that these are all going to get picked up and funded so we just present the ideas every year but we want to make sure we’re presenting them in the right time so. Thank you. Plunkett Thanks Brad. I appreciate the presentation. I think this is the right time quite honestly. I think in, in previous years that presentation would come after the budget has already been established, after priorities have already been set and I think it’s good to get this information in front of the Administration, in front of the Council so that we can start to prioritize some of these things. I know you guys were instrumental in over the last few years even working through the Oak Street pathway and I mean, gosh, even driving through today into town it’s like that thing, that really looks nice. Page 9 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Gressel Yes. Plunkett And I’m really excited about that so I think this is the right time and I appreciate the presentation. Gressel Yes, just wanted to make sure. Appreciate your time. Thanks. Consideration of an Encroachment Appeal (9253 Windrift Way) Plunkett Thank you. All right, up next on the agenda is a Consideration of an Encroachment Appeal. This is at 9253 Windrift, Windrift Lane. We’ve got a couple of folks here and maybe what I’ll do is I’ll just introduce this as we’ve heard in the past when, when folks want to come through and request appeals like this if there is an appetite from that particular Councilor and a path forward through the departments that that’s typically when these requests would come to the Council. So we have a request now and you guys have the information in the packet. This is from an individual in my district and I do think that there’s, you know Lance has submitted his thoughts in this and certainly he’s here to talk through it as well. I think that this particular scenario as the petitioner has mentioned, they’re purchasing property from an existing owner who put substantial landscaping that goes to the edge of the property along the easement. They would like a fence to enclose the landscaping which means it partially needs to go into the easement, otherwise the fence would need to go through the landscaping. So when we, when I reached out to Lance he did mention generally the, that DPW doesn’t necessarily support the drainage easement encroachments to preserve function, character and protect them from alterations that could interfere with the flow of stormwater to create impacts or, on or to adjacent areas. It could be a highly unique situation of extreme hardships, etc., etc. and I asked him to go out and take a look at this and they went to the site and they look for three different criteria: The presence of underground pipes 12 inches or larger, shaped or graded overland conveyance swales or ditches and then identified over, overland, overland flood routing or staging area. In this particular scenario, there’s a 12-inch concrete storm sewer pipe running along the side of the property within the easement and no structures should be placed in that easement. He did mention if we are inclined to acknowledge a partial request, the DPW would not object to an encroachment to the rear drain easement generally depicted by, as you can see, the blue line in here which just basically moves everything over a little bit. So I guess with that being said, I mean I want to give Mr. Hanger the opportunity to come up and talk through this. If you would when you just come up and state your name and address for the record and – I kind of read through your email so there’s probably not a whole lot left there but. Hanger Awesome. Well thank you for having me this morning and, yes, really the intent of the fence is safety for our kids so. When we were looking at the property, obviously, the previous owner had done a nice job landscaping and so we wanted to maintain the integrity of that landscaping as much as possible, didn’t want to take out any trees, things like that, and we noticed our neighbor had gone like with their fence on the south side into that easement already. I don’t know if they Page 10 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 went through the approval process but we were kind of just on the south side wanting to parallel their fence and on the east side we wanted to encompass that or enclose that landscaping on the east side so. Those were really the two key areas we’re looking to get, get your approval for and maximize the yard space. Sampson Is Lance saying not on the east side? Plunkett Yes, I mean, I guess the question I would have would be the, what DPW Director Lantz is saying is that they would be supportive of moving that in, I guess it sounds like inside of the trees that you’re wanting to enclose. Is that your understanding as well? Is that, Lance, am I saying that right? Yes. So it, the 12- inch pipe that’s in there, the 12-inch concrete storm sewer pipe that runs along the side of the property, obviously, that would be where he is saying no structures should be placed and I think that’s where you want to put it so my question would be would you be okay putting it on the inside of those trees and not on the sewer or the storm sewer pipe that runs along the property? Sampson And yet getting the back, the back wall on the southside. Hanger I guess I haven’t seen the drawing from Lance but like how far in are we talking? Sampson Is it 10 feet? Whatever the difference is right here. Hanger Is it possible to get that measured onsite so we could work with the fencing company and take a look? Sampson So yes it said that he would like you to have it inspected by the Stormwater Division staff prior to even doing it so they would work with you. Hanger Yes, I’m open to looking at it. Yes, I just don’t know exactly where that’s going to land onsite so. Sampson I mean I think I’m reading 10 feet. Do I need stronger glasses? I don’t know. Between the red and the blue? Plunkett Yes, 12 I think. Sampson Well what’s the thing say here? Plunkett That’s, the 12’s the – Sampson What’s on here? Okay. Plunkett Yes, I mean I think that when I read these from department heads I generally lean towards, well, I shouldn’t say generally, I almost entirely agree with their perspective because they’re the experts on this. I think that I would be open to Lance’s point, a – how did he phrase it in here – a partial request to the encroachment and, again, subject to Stormwater Division staff inspecting it which would then give you a chance to decide is it worth or is it not worth it? Page 11 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Hanger Yes, that sounds good. I think an onsite analysis would make sense because I think there’s the perspective of a partial into that space, I just don’t know where that’s going to land so. Plunkett Yes. Hanger I think it makes sense for all of us to take a look. Plunkett Yes, so I guess procedurally from here we’ve never had anybody come through and get a partial request. Adam, I don’t know – do we, would I motion a partial request subject to this approval or would we continue this? What would be the best move? Steuerwald I would recommend that we probably do a partial, well, approve to come back with the final – Plunkett Yes – Steuerwald Final version to be voted on and then just have them work directly with the folks necessary between now and then. Plunkett Okay. Norris I think we just continue it, right, until the next meeting. Steuerwald Yes. Norris Hopefully you guys can meet in between then and then we can get a final idea after that. Sampson Here comes Lance. Norris Oh oh. What’d I say? Sampson He already, he already knows what it is. Lantz No, not at all. I’m just going to try and add some clarity and maybe a suggestion and direction. Lance Lantz, Superintendent, Director, DPW. First of all, just for clarification, we cannot go out and tell them where property lines are. We don’t do surveying so that’s on the property owner to firmly establish where their property corners are. Once that’s established, we’re happy to go out and then measure 10 feet back. My memo to the Council said that DPW would not object if they held the east fence 10 feet off of their property line. So if that is the direction you want to go, you could I think today make a motion to approve the request as amended by DPW that would authorize them to go out and put into the rear yard easement, into the back, the back easement and then hold the 10 feet off if you wanted to get it off your agenda today. Any variations from that then, of course, we’d have to restart our process so perhaps there’s a way you could get it off your docket today but, of course, it could always be continued to, until next month or two weeks, three weeks, whenever the next meeting is. Page 12 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Plunkett But you would still want the Stormwater Division staff to review everything? Lantz Okay so the comment that we inspect is when you dig your post holes a lot of times people auger those in mechanically. In subdivisions of this age it’s very likely there are small 6-inch subsurface drains out there. They just pick up some ground water, may serve as sump pump discharges so we request that those are hand dug. If you’re going to be allowed to go into any easement with a special exception we want those hand dug and inspected to make sure we don’t see any evidence of pipe materials that have been disturbed. An auger, they just obliterate everything. You can’t look in the hole and tell tiny little chards of plastic so that’s, it’s a safety factor to make sure that when these encroachments are considered, they don’t impact someone else’s pipe that’s carrying sump pump effluent away from their property. Plunkett Okay. You guys have any questions for Mr. Lantz? Burk No, just a comment. Plunkett Or Mr. Hanger, either one. Burk I’ll have one before this body in two weeks as well and Lance has been very helpful in kind of a unique situation but I just appreciate all, all the work that Lance’s team puts into this and I appreciate that he’s offering instead of a yes or no trying to find something that could work that they would obviously push to us to make a final decision but wouldn’t oppose so I just appreciate Lance, all the work that you guys do and to when it’s possible to try to find a compromise. Plunkett Any other questions or comments from Councilors? Sampson I’m comfortable with us getting it off our docket and letting them proceed. Plunkett Yes, me too. Then I would actually make a motion to approve the partial request as amended by DPW for Mr. Hanger. Norris Second. Plunkett I have a second from Councilor Norris. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Page 13 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Norris, Aye. Sampson, Plunkett, Burk, McElderry, Stein Plunkett Those opposed same sign. Melton No. Plunkett Motion passes 6 in favor, 1 opposed. Thank you. Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the 2025 Salary Ordinance Ordinance 2025-15 (First Reading) Plunkett All right up next on the agenda is a Consideration of an Ordinance Amending the 2025 Salary Ordinance. This is Ordinance 2025-15. It is a first reading and we have Human Resource Director, Jo Kiel, here to present. Kiel Morning. Plunkett, Burk Morning. McElderry Kiel It’s been a while. Burk Yes. Kiel We discovered post-November 2024 and pre-2025 that there were some inconsistencies with the ordinance salaries as listed. Most of them are due to rounding changes with Excel and our HRIS system and because of very busy dockets we waited until May to come. So I wanted to give you an opportunity to not only review that but waive the rules, based on the administrative nature of this, I’m hoping you would suspend the rules and approve the request in one sitting since you are all present. Oh, additionally, the Attachment A has been edited. The salary has always been for a long period of time a maximum salary. Stipends are not listed as maximum and wanted to change that verbiage to be maximum as well. Sampson When you say it was changed for a rounding so like small amounts or? Kiel Cents. Sampson Okay. McElderry Like a dollar here and there. Kiel Yes. Stein The biggest one is $2.00. Page 14 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Sampson Okay. Stein Yes, in total. Norris Darn it. Stein Oh no that’s not true – there’s one that’s – Kiel We did it to the benefit of the employee. Stein Actually the fleet, that’s a, I mean it’s not substantial but it’s over a $1,000 jump. Kiel Yes, that was one of the examples of late in year increase in salary that did not get captured on the original ordinance. Plunkett Are there any questions for Jo? I would also, I would note I should say that as Director Kiel mentioned, there is a request from the Administration to suspend the rules on this and a pass on first reading so if there are no questions, I would entertain a motion. Norris Motion to approve on first reading Ordinance 2025-15. Plunkett So I have a motion – Burk Second. Plunkett I guess technically we’re introducing on first reading then we’ll have to vote to suspend the rules. Norris Yes, did I not say that? Sampson No. Norris Oh my gosh, I’m sorry. Okay. I introduce on first reading Ordinance 2025-15. Sampson Second. Plunkett I’ve got a first from Councilor Norris, a second from Councilor Sampson. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. Norris I will – you want me to do it? Plunkett Yes, go ahead. Page 15 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Norris Okay. I’d like to suspend the rules so we can pass this on final reading, Ordinance 2025-15. Stein Second. Plunkett I have a motion to suspend the rules from Councilor Norris, a second from Councilor Stein. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. Kiel Thank you. Norris I would like to pass on final reading Ordinance 2025-15. Burk Second. Plunkett I got a first, so we have a motion to pass Ordinance 2025-15 on, on final reading here from Councilor Norris, a second from Vice President Burk. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] Motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. OTHER MATTERS Plunkett Are there any questions or any other comments from Councilors? Melton I do have a comment real quick – we just had our first Farmers Market of the year and it was, it went off without a hitch. It was great to see all the people down there. Jennifer Lawrence from the Boone County Soil Waste Management District rang the opening bell and that was pretty significant, to be honest, because I think the Farmers Market received a grant from the Boone County Solid Waste District as well and it just was a great market and I’m glad to see Zionsville’s restroom out there. We used it, my son used it, it was excellent. Silly small things but they’re still big wins when you have that many people in an isolated area so it was a great Farmers Market thanks to everybody involved in that. Sampson I wanted to say congratulations to the graduates of the classes of 2025, so not just our high schoolers but our college students as well. I’ve seen lots of posts on my Facebook feed of great accomplishments and we should be very proud. Our town has over 580 graduates that will be walking across stage on June 8th. Page 16 of 17 Zionsville Town Council May 19, 2025 Stein I just would like to apologize to the Council and to the Pathways Committee. I was distracted during your presentation. My daughter got in an accident on her way to school so. Everything’s okay but I apologize. ADJOURN Plunkett All right, if there are no other matters, I will make a motion to adjourn. Burk Second. Plunkett Second from Vice President Burk. All those in favor signify by saying aye. All Aye. Plunkett Those opposed same sign. [No response] The motion passes 7 in favor, 0 opposed. The next regular Town Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. in the Zionsville Town Hall Council Chambers. Final notice will be posted in compliance with the Indiana Open Door Law. Respectfully Submitted, Amelia Anne Lacy, Municipal Relations Coordinator Town of Zionsville Page 17 of 17