Let's call the order of the City of Washington Board of Public Works and Safety Meeting October 26, 2026.

The order, please.

First thing an approval of minutes of the October 13th regular meeting.

I'll make a motion to approve the minutes.

Councilwoman Ash makes a motion to approve the minutes.

And Councilman seconds.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

Discussion approval of the claims submitted tonight for the Board of Works.

I move we move to pay the claims.

Alright, Councilman Dahl makes a motion to approve the claims that's submitted.

I'll second.

Councilman Ash seconds.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed.

And we have a three uh discussion approval of salary position changes.

Water

and GNT departments.

Jeff.

Okay, the first one's two Board of Public Works and Safety City of Washington, Indiana.

I request following salary change.

From name Charles Willis, title, uh distribution maintenance salary, 25.86 to title, first ship operator salary, 25.11 cents.

Effective date, November 7, 2026.

Submitted by Department of Head, uh, Water Department, Jim Lloyd, dated October 9th, 2026.

Yeah, just that's fine.

Okay.

The next one would be to the Board of Project Works and Safety City of Washington, Indiana.

I request the following salary change.

From name.

Colin Allen, title G and T labor salary, $24.77.

Two title G and T AT operator salary, $25.72.

Effective date, November 7, 2026.

Department Head G and Tpartman Head Aaron Mullen date uh October 21st, 2026.

And the third one is the Board of Public Works in the Safety, City of Washington, Indiana.

I request the following salary change.

From name Nathan Strange, title G and T.

H D O P R C O M P D R salary 2572.

Two title water distribution maintenance salary 26 and 70 cents.

Effective date, November 7th, 2026, Department G and T, Department Head Aaron Mullen, date 1021 26, Department Water, Department Head Jim Lloyd, date 10, 2026, 2026.

Okay.

The first one is when the guy's going up to the plant, and that we created that first shift operator, which wasn't there, and he's gonna be the uh first shift operator, um, which we didn't have a position there, and it's the same amount of money as all the other first shift operators like when the wastewater.

And the second one on the Nathan Strange is transferring to water, and that will open up the a spot for Colin Allen to take um the operator head the heavy equipment operator spot for um street department.

Just moving people from one to the other, and that will open up a GNT um labor for the future.

I

move we approve those.

Okay, councilman doll makes a motion to approve these three um salary position changes.

Second down.

Councilman ash seconds all in favor?

Aye, all right, opposed.

All right, thank

you.

You didn't have anything on Jimmy and uh Aaron's not here, so everything's good.

Uh next and last thing we have on the agenda tonight is discussion approval request from Linda Courneus to close Main Street at the library, going east, crossing highway 57 to 7th Street.

Of

course, you go across my reading also, then north to the WHS on Sunday, November 8th at 4 p.m.

for the Veterans Day parade.

So I kind of stole, I didn't mean to try to steal her thunder while ago, but it is such a good event.

Uh Linda, you got anything you want to say on this um closure that's we we've been doing now for several years.