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Annual Report –2007Submitted by Tonya Galbraith,
Town ManagerFeb. 12, 2008
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Updated, along with Department heads, the comprehensive 5-year Capital Project Plan;
Assisted Parks Board and HNTB with the completion of the 5-year Parks Master Plan;
Facilitated new trash contract with Caldwell Gravel Services; Assisted the Redevelopment Commission on implementing the Economic
Development Plan. The RDC interviewed several marketing firms to help with marketing the plan and hired Hirons & Company;
Contracted with Wowlinx for IT services; Implemented Town Council notebooks for use at meetings; Co-hosted with the McCordsville United Methodist Church the first ever McCordsville
night at the Indianapolis Indians; Hired a full-time administrative assistant to work with Town Manager and Clerk-
Treasurer; Continued serving on the Hancock Economic Development Council board; Appointed to serve on the Indiana Association of Cities and Town’s (IACT),
Legislative Committee, chaired the Indiana Municipal Management (IMMA) Legislative Committee and continued serving as IMMA secretary/treasurer;
Appointed by the Indiana Speaker of the House to serve on the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations;
Testified before the Annexation Summer Study Committee; Served as a panelist on IACT’s Newly Elected Officials regional and statewide
workshops.
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Worked with developers on several new projects, including Copper Leaf, a 55+ target development, and McCord Square, a 90 acre regional commercial retail and business center;
Served as staff to the Planning and Zoning Committee, Redevelopment Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals;
Served as the initial point of contact for all potential developments;
Served on the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Regional Transportation Council, the Mt. Comfort Road Corridor steering committee and other MPO committees;
CVS Grand Opening – July 2007McCordsville Corner Shoppes
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Completed and passed the Mayflower BOD lab testing for IDEM laboratory certification;
Wastewater treatment plant expansion (Phase 4) under design;
Completed start-up of Geist Woods Estates Lift station;
Completed start-up of McCordsville Commons Lift Station;
57.2 million gallons of wastewater treated;
1,319 sewer utility locates;
920,000 gallons of sludge removed;
Richard Watts and Don Cottey at wastewater treatment plant
Steve Gipson works at the lab
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Added 1.24 miles to street inventory (total now 24.61 miles);
Coordinated with INDOT on the US 36 (Broadway) project;
Logged 26.6 hours on street sweeper and removed 39 cubic yards of debris;
Removed 475 signs in the Town’s right-of-way;
Re-stoned all alley’s (using the backhoe);
Purchased new street signs for Highland Springs
Milled and resurfaced portions of Briarway Lane, Briarway Court, Northview Drive and Ridgeway Court;
Re-stripped 650N, 750N, 800N and 900N; and,
UV heat treated, patched, and did pothole repair on 900N
Don Cottey works on salt truck
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GPS mapped stormwater structures in Highland Springs;
Completed design of Form Street Stormwater Improvement;
Drainage approval issued for Emerald Springs Sec. 4, Deer Crossing Sec. 3A, and Geist Woods Estates, Sec. 2;
Drainage approvals pending for Bay Creek Sec. 3 and McCordsville Self Storage;
Received approval of FEMA map revisions;
Assumed control of floodplain reviews;
Staff received training on erosion control plot plan reviews;
Submitted MS4 year-end report to IDEM.
Richard Watts repairs flow meter
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Increased sewer billings accounts by 90;
Trained one new employee;
Completed upgrade to billing software; began on-line payments;
Completed 248 work orders for water turn-offs;
Attended the Frey training conference;
Developed commercial building permit process;
Implemented new procedure for storage of month end reports;
Staff attended a workshop on collections;
Staff attended an Excel seminar;
Added a work station at the front desk.
Ann Welling
Tamyra Estes and Ann Welling handle utility billing and collections
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Construction drawing approvals issued for Emerald Springs Sec. 4, Deer Crossing Sec. 3A, and Geist Woods Estates Sec. 2;
Emerald Springs Sec. 6 under construction; CVS Pharmacy completed; McCordsville Commons and McCordsville Corner
Shoppes completed; 76 Final Occupancy Permit Releases approved; Development sections recorded – Bay Creek East Sec.
2; Deer Crossing Sec. 5; Final asphalt surface installed in Bay Creek Sec. 4, Deer
Crossing Sec. 4, Gateway Crossing Sec. 4 and most of Sec. 1;
190 building permits reviewed and 108 permits approved.
•Public Works Commissioner Ron Crider Mike Cousins decides whether to approve or deny permits
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Assessed Value Property Tax Rate
2002 = $47,609,750 .64
2003 = $86,015,080 .426
2004 = $112,465,600 .3395
2005 = $142,779,200 .308
2006 = $178,083,660 .3344
2007 = $217,308,830 .4327
Administrative Assistant Melissa Nevins and Clerk-Treasurer Cathy Gardner
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Geist Woods Estates
• Bay CreekTotal in 2006 = 25 Total in 2007 = 10
• Bay Creek EastTotal in 2006 = 21 Total in 2007 = 29
• Deer CrossingTotal in 2006 = 26 Total in 2007 = 12
• Emerald SpringsTotal in 2006 = 31 Total in 2007 = 40
• Gateway CrossingTotal in 2006 = 15 Total in 2007 = 1
• Geist Woods Estates Total in 2007 = 6
Total 2006 = 118 Total 2007 = 98
Custom homes in Geist Woods Estates
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• Bay Creek (based on 10 builders information forms): $133,577
• Bay Creek East (based on 29 builders information forms): $211,848
• Deer Crossing (based on 12 builders information forms): $133,517
• Emerald Springs (based on 40 builder information forms): $112,859
• Gateway Crossing (based on 1 builders information form): $170,000
• Geist Woods Estates (based on 6 builder information forms): $420,000
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• Aspen Self Storage ;
• Greenfield Banking Company;
Developments partially through the process:
• Copper Leaf – 55+ targeted (residential, commercial, medical) – has gone through the Planning & Zoning committee process. Has yet to go through the Area Plan Commission. Will still need Council approval for the rezoning and 146 acre annexation;
• McCord Square – 90+ acre (retail, commercial, civic uses) – has gone through the Planning & Zoning committee process. Has yet to go through the Area Plan Commission and will still need Council approval for the rezoning;
• Interurban Place – retail/residential located on North Broadway;
• Star Financial Bank – will be located as an out lot at the McCordsville Commons. Construction date unknown.
Greenfield Banking Company