Greensburg Board of Works Meeting:
The meeting began with the board approving the March 11th regular meeting minutes and the April 7th Executive Session minutes.
The Mayors Youth Council received permission for road closures and the assistance of the Greensburg Police Department for the 2nd Annual Chalk 5k on June 14, 2025. The event will begin and end at Rebekah Park. Last year they had approximately 100 participants and are hoping to see 150 participants this year. Registration begins at 9:00 am with an expected ending time of 11:00 am.
Mark Carman, representing the Tree City Fall Festival, received approval for street closures starting at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Streets on September 18 at 6:00 PM for stage delivery and setup. The entire square will then close at 6:00 AM on September 19 for the main event and reopen at midnight on September 20. Mark shared that this year’s festival promises to be exciting, with hopes of matching or exceeding last year’s impressive attendance of 19,000 people.
Chris Ramey, representing Ramey Consulting and Sweet-n-Low Customs, received approval to close Broadway Street from Main to Washington on September 7, 2025, from 10 AM to 3 PM for the Tower Tree Cruise In. The cruise-in will run from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM, featuring a classic car show and encouraging visitors to explore local businesses around the square. Led by Danny Dwiggins, Sweet-n-Low Customs brings over 11 years of experience hosting charity-driven car shows. Several businesses have already signed on with special promotions, and more are expected to join. Chris noted that flyers and additional event details will be released in the coming months.
Whitney Koelling, ARA, received approval for the mayor to have the ability to select the recipients that are going to be selected and to authorize payment for those contractors that perform the work for those chosen to be Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Grant recipients. For more information on the opportunity go to the City of Greensburg website for more information or stop into City Hall for a paper application. They expect to assist 20-25 homeowners with the $400,000 that they have received as part of the grant.
Bev Rivera, Washington Township Trustee, Randy Hoeing, Washington Township Board President, and Lora Williams, Washington Township Trustee Attorney, came to the meeting to present the Fire Contract. Bev and Randy made introductions and began to speak about the contract. Jaime Cain stated that he felt that this needed to be handled in a meeting with a few people and not in this meeting. Bev responded that she understood and asked if she could go ahead and say a few things about the contract and the reasons for changes. Bev stated that she and her office value their partnership with the city and that they want to make sure that the firefighters continue to have what they need, but that she must be fiscally responsible with the township funds. Glenn Tebbe said, “As it stands it is not acceptable.” The board again stated that they would like to hold an executive session to discuss the contract further.
Nathan Stoermer, Fire Chief, received approval to offer applicants 1&2 conditional offers of employment. With applicant 1 receiving the lateral benefit package.
Zach Wirrig, Public Projects Director, provided an update on city-wide projects. He said that the Broadway & Washington Street intersection will close on 4-14-25 and remain closed for approximately a month for updates. The Rebekah Park Trail is moving along despite the amount of rain that they had. He expects that the project will be completed by the end of May. CCMG 2024-2, which was street resurfacing and patching will begin in the next few weeks. CCMG 2025-1 bid openings will occur at the May Board of Works meeting.
Joe Cain, Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent, wanted to thank his crew publicly for their hard work and dedication during this past weekend’s heavy rainfall. Joe said that at any given time the Wastewater Treatment Plant sees 15 million gallons of water, however, during this last weekend they saw up to 25 million gallons of water. For 16 hours straight they did not see less than 20 million gallons. This caused the plant to be staffed 24 hours a day and required staff to come in and work overtime. The Board of Works thanked him and his team for their efforts.
Mayor Josh Marsh received approval to complete an employee payout for an individual that left employment at the city.
Mayor Josh Marsh swore in two new officers. Those officers were Curtis Keppel and Paige Parsons.
Greensburg City Council Meeting:
The meeting began with the approval of the March 11th regular meeting minutes, March 31st, and April 1st Executive Session meeting minutes.
Mike McNealy, Greensburg Police Chief, received approval to enter into a 5-year contract with Motorola. This will be in partnership with the county and its emergency services entities. He stated that if they continued to collectively continue to pay yearly for the next four years it would cost $440,000. If they agree to a 5-year subscription it would be $410,000. The council voted to authorize the mayor to sign an agreement if the county wished. Chief McNealy received approval to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning the Crisis Intervention Team. He said that the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department and the Greensburg Police Department will work together utilizing the 5-million-dollar Lilly grant. They expect those funds to last at least 5 years. They have created an advisory committee to oversee that team- Sheriff Bill Meyerrose, GPD Chief Mike McNealy, Decatur County Commissioner Brian Wenning, Greensburg Mayor Josh Marsh, and Liz Owens. Part of this agreement is that the city recognizes what the team will accomplish, and as additional funding is required, they will assist in seeking grants and possibly providing financial support. Chief McNealy added that the CIT techniques have successfully been used 24 times already.
Zach Wirrig, Public Projects Director presented an offer to purchase the empty lot located at 128 West Railroad Street from Iron Men Properties (the developer building apartments on the previous jail site.) To follow guidelines for parking spaces that are needed for each unit they are proposing to purchase the parking lot for overflow parking for their tenants. This property is owned by the City of Greensburg, and they did have two appraisals conducted. The council voted to sell the property for $55,000 to Iron Men. They estimate that they will have 40 parking spaces at their apartment building and then have an additional 50-60 parking spaces in this lot. It was pointed out by 2 council members that this lot is approximately 1.5 blocks away from the apartment complex building site. The council did include in their approval that this sale would occur once Iron Men and the Greensburg RDC agreed and signed the Economic Development Agreement.
Zach provided an update on city-wide projects. He said that the Broadway & Washington Street intersection will close on 4-14-25 and remain closed for approximately a month for updates. The Rebekah Park Trail is moving along despite the amount of rain that they had. He expects that the project will be completed by the end of May. CCMG 2024-2, which was street resurfacing and patching will begin in the next few weeks. CCMG 2025-1 bid openings will occur at the May Board of Works meeting.
Amy Borns, City Clerk Treasurer, received approval for Resolution 2025-09 Declaration of Dormant Funds. Amy stated the funds included in this resolution are funds that have had either no action for more than two years or the account has remained with a $0 balance for no less than 2 years.
The Council approved Laura Jo Tebbe’s re-appointment to the Greensburg Library Board.
