The Vandalia City Council held its regular meeting on January 5, 2026, at 7:00 PM. The meeting included public comments, approval of several annual appointments, a resolution of intent to appropriate property for a road project, an emergency ordinance dissolving the Golf Course Advisory Board, reports from boards and commissions, and recognition of retiring city employees and part-time parks staff.
The Monday, January 5th, 2026, City of Andea Council meeting is now called to order. We'll begin with a moment of reflection and the Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand for the pledge. One nation undervisible liberty and justice. All right, we have no minutes to approve, nor do we have any communications, petitions, or awards. Um, nor do we have a public hearing, and that brings us to comments from interested citizens. So if anyone would like to make a comment, please come to the podium, state your name and address for the record clearly. We always uh appreciate comments from the citizens. Um, and we also ask that you kindly keep your comments to five minutes or less. Sounds good, thank you. Mark Fernilius, 1232 Bramley Court. I just wanted to say welcome to the new council members, and then also say thanks for the the bridge, the bike bridge and the bike path that connects downtown to Taylorsville Metro Park. I think that's a great addition to the the city. Looks it looks really nice. Thank you. So I know that's that was a recent addition, and I'm excited to use it as the the way as the weather warms up. So thank you. All right, thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to make a comment? Hello, good evening. Barbara Spurgeon, 777, North Edge Drive. I just wanted to welcome the new council members. And I also wanted to thank the police department and the fire department. They were at my house last Monday for an issue that I was having at my house. It was midnight, and they were there and they helped resolve it. So I was just so grateful to them. It wasn't anything really serious, but it was enough to cause me some you know anxiety. So they came out and it was midnight, and they you know they got me through it. So anyway, I just very grateful for them. All right, well, thank you. Thank you very much for the comments. All right, is there anyone else who'd like to make a comment? All right, if not, we'll move on to the city manager's report. Mr. Althouse. Thank you, Your Honor. A couple information items. There will be a joint meeting with the City of Vandalia, Butler Township, and the school district that will occur tomorrow evening, Tuesday, January the 6th at 5 30 p.m. And it will be held at the Butler Township Meeting Hall, 38 or 3780 Little York Road, and that meeting is open to the public. Uh another information item is city offices will be closed on Monday, January 19th in observance of Martin Luther King Junior Day. So the second meeting in January will be held on Tuesday, January 20th at 7 p.m. And the last information item is our Christmas tree recycling program. So the parks and recreation and public works departments are offering Vandalia residents free recycling of their Christmas trees. Residents can drop off their trees at the sports complex until January 31st, beginning the first week of January. Residents can also dispose of Christmas trees by placing them at the curb for pickup by Rumkey or your regular trash day. Thank you. And then we do have uh a few action items. So the first action item is the appointment of representatives to the 2026 Mayan Valley Regional Planning Commission and TC board. So Vanday is required annually to appoint a representative and an alternate representative to the Mayan Valley Regional Planning Commission and the Transportation Coordinating Committee. An individual must be designated to serve as the technical committee member.