Monon Avenue among topics for Cloverdale Town Council

Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM

By Paul Gable

United Consulting did the survey work and determined the path of the asphalt doesn't follow the path of land the town owns.

For the Cloverdale Town Council, Wednesday night's meeting was much of the same, but with an eye still on the future.

The council voted to keep its leadership intact, with Brandon Tancak serving as council president and Brice Howell serving as council vice president again.

"It's an honor to hold the position and knowing that other council members have faith in me and the job that I am doing," Tancak told The Putnam County Post.

In business, the council got an update on several key projects, including an ongoing wastewater project. It was relayed to council that all work is complete on the wastewater project and there is about 750 thousand dollars left over, prompting officials to come up with a list of items that can be done with the funds.

"I am glad those are coming to an end as we shift focus from them to other projects we are discussing that need to get done," Tancak said of multiple projects that are either complete or nearing completion around Cloverdale.

One project the town will be jumping into in the near future is what to do with Monon Avenue. Town Manager Jason Hartman told the council that United Consulting did the survey work and determined the path of the asphalt doesn't follow the path of land the town owns. Hartman said he has asked for a proposal from United Consulting and expressed a desire to work to an end goal.

"I hope to have the proposal next meeting," Hartman said.

Tancak admitted there have been issues with Monon Avenue.

"As we dig into Monon, we keep hitting setbacks for one reason or another. We will work with United and get it right in the next year to two and correct the issues that are currently there," Tancak said.

One issue is that when the current road that makes up Monon Avenue was built, some of it sits on CSX property, according to Tancak.

"I am not sure how the engineer at the time didn't catch it, but that is one of the issues with rebuilding that road," he said.