Jewett PD reports busy week

By Cornelia Grace Harrison News-Herald Reporter

JEWETT — Village council met on June 19, 2023 and began by accepting minutes from last meeting along with the financial report.

During the water report, Alice Hirschbach shared that there were no shut-off notices going out. “Everyone paid,” she said. Council was encouraged by this as it has been typical to send several shut-off notices every month.

Fiscal Officer Linda Ager reported that the village’s audit is complete. “I printed it if council wants to look at it,” she said. Nothing questionable was reported in the audit.

Police Chief Ron Carter gave a brief report, sharing that training had begun with their new officer.

“His first week training, I told him it would probably be slow and he wouldn’t have many calls,” Carter said. “He had two domestics, an assault, a crash with injury, and a disorderly. All in three days. So it got busy right away for him.”

Council members brought up the ongoing speeding issue in town, asking if Carter had made any progress in catching people. Carter reiterated that the difficulty in catching them is that when officers are visible, people don’t speed. As soon as officers are out of the area, speeding begins again. He said that he and his officers are doing their best with the hours and resources they have. Council understood this and encouraged Carter to continue working on it.

With no committee reports, Mayor George Bailie updated council on the Brownfield Grant for the demolition of the old school building in town.

“Commissioners did open up the bids on that,” he said. “They’re not approving of anything at this time, they’re still reviewing them. They want to reach out to some contractors and hopefully in a week or two they’ll be accepting those bids.”

Council member Ruth Blackburn asked