By John Estridge and John Estridge photos Progress Street Hill slipped two inches during construction of a new sewage main at the bottom of the hill, officials claim. Thus, the street is once again breaking apart, and that is negatively affecting many things, including the angled parking spaces Valley House Flats needs for its residents. …
Category Archives: Brookville Town Council
Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum announces another code blitz; he said town supports blitzes
By John Estridge The Brookville Police Department will unleash another code blitz on the town on Friday and Saturday, July 30-31. Mitchum announced the new blitz near the end of the July 13 Brookville Town Council meeting. Earlier this year, the police department did the first blitz in the town’s history, and although several people …
FC commissioners negotiating with INDOT for trade of taking over Old Ind. 1 for Brookville facilities
By John Estridge Franklin County Commissioners are looking to do a little horse trading with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The commissioners have been eyeing the INDOT facility located at Ninth and Mill streets in Brookville. INDOT’s local substation is moving to new facilities located north of Brookville on Indiana 101. That leaves the facilities …
BTC: How kumbaya, hypocrisy and violating the Open Door Law all come together
AN EDITORIAL BY JOHN ESTRIDGE WARNING WARNING WARNING Just kidding. There is so much to write about concerning Brookville’s Town Council and the members who make up council, well, at least some of them. First, there is the ruling by the state’s Public Access Counselor on a complaint BTC was violating the state’s Open Door …
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Indiana’s Public Access Counselor rules BTC should be more transparent
By John Estridge Indiana’s Public Access Counselor did not impose any sanctions on Brookville Town Council for violating the state’s Open Door Law, but he did not leave any doubt as to BTC’s inability to follow the law. Luke Britt, the state’s public access counselor, stated this opinion: “Based on the complaint and the response, …
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Statement BTC President Curtis Ward read at end of May 11 meeting and then he placed on Facebook
From Curtis Ward’s Facebook page I wanted to end tonight’s meeting with a statement and a call to action for our community. Since our last meeting, and especially last week, social media has been ugly. What I’ve seen and heard is not representative of the community I believe we live in. I’ve always loved brookville. …
Police chief explains why so many tickets were written for town’s code enforcement and he did not wait for specific complaints; And he does not like this blog
By John Estridge At the Brookville Town Council meeting Tuesday night, May 11, a couple of Brookville Town Council members and the Brookville Police Chief addressed an editorial that was published on this blog concerning the town’s recent clampdown on enforcing property codes in the town. Also, they addressed questions from the audience. This ranged …
Brookville Police Chief pledges to strongly deal with code violations
By John Estridge Brookville Police Chief Terry Mitchum told town council members the police department will begin enforcing code ordinances soon, and the enforcement will be more stringent than what has traditionally been done in the past. According to Mitchum, the enforcement is not about writing tickets and collecting fines, but it is to clean …
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Valley House Flats developers want angled parking on Progress Street, and BTC President Curtis Ward closed part of Ninth Street
By John Estridge Progress Street Hill is not slipping as fast as it once was. Because of that, developers of Valley House Flats want to allow parking on the west side of Progress Street between Fourth and Fifth streets to serve the Valley House Flats residents. Two developers, Bruce Rippe and George Gillman, attended the …
BTC sets pool prices; out-of-town residents will pay more
By John Estridge Brookville Town Council unanimously agreed on pool prices for this summer. BTC members Catherine Pelsor and Brooke Leffingwell as well as Brookville Town Manager Tim Ripperger make up the pool committee, which made recommendations to the entire board. The recommendations were approved without change. Leffingwell wanted and got a higher prices for …
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