Winamac Town Council
The Winamac Town Council held a public hearing regarding their intent to apply to the Indiana Office of Community Rural Affairs for a grant from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Planning program on Monday, Aug. 12. The town will be requesting a total of $90,000 in CDBG funds and...
Brandi Larkin brought forth three different possible community improvement projects for the Winamac Town Council to consider during a regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 12. The first item she addressed was the proposed amphitheater, tentatively planned to be put in an area behind the library. She said...
Scout Carrie Nichols came before the Winamac Town Council on Monday, July 8 to formally seek approval for her proposed Eagle Scout project. As alluded to at a previous meeting, Nichols said that she would like to repaint the Erie Railroad caboose at the Winamac Train Depot and restore it to its...
The Winamac Town Council is working towards next steps for downtown revitalization. Resident Claude LeMere came back before the council on Monday, June 10, about putting together a grant program for the downtown. First, LeMere said that town attorney Justin Schramm would need to prepare an...
The Winamac Town Council picked up their conversation about fire territories at regular meeting on Monday, April 8. Town manager Brad Zellers and clerk-treasurer Kendra Craft have recently met with Baker Tilly about the matter. The town board has been discussing potentially establishing a fire...
The Winamac Town Council recently heard a proposal for the rehabilitation and revitalization of downtown Winamac from resident Claude LeMere. LeMere said that he has a background in rehabilitating downtowns and has a passion for restoring and preserving their history. LeMere had several items that...
The Winamac Town Council continued their conversation on officer retention for the Winamac Police Department during a regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 12. They ultimately passed motions to approve both a pay raise and a take home car program to assist in trying to attract and retain officers to the...
Work has been continuing on the old Winamac grain elevator, according to information given at a recent Winamac Town Council meeting. Demolition officially started in early January on the former elevator located at 302 S. Logan Street. Most of the metal on the silos has now been taken down and...
Since the bid was reviewed and was found to be complete, the Winamac Town Council officially approved the custom pumper bid from the Alexis Fire Equipment Company in the amount of $684,905. In November, the town had received a bid for a commercial pumper and a custom pumper from the company. During...
The Winamac Town Council discussed two sets of bids during a regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 13 – the fire truck and the trash service bids. They opened up the fire truck bids first. The only bid they received was from Alexis Fire Equipment Company for a commercial pumper and a custom pumper. It...