Archive for Reorganization Effort
We are just firing up the camera and getting ready to stream tonight’s meeting. I’ll try to bring you a blow-by-blow on the merger and annexation “summit.” The session is sponsored by State Senator Brent Waltz. In his opening statement he emphasized how important it is that the public be able to vote on changes [...]
This page contains the entire video of the “Johnson County Reorganization Summit” hosted by State Senator Brent Waltz. The summit was held in the Senate chambers at the Indiana statehouse. It included representatives from Bargersville, Greenwood and White River Township. The summit was held to discuss the Greenwood/White River Township reorganization effort and what might be [...]
State Senator Brent Waltz has called for a “Johnson County Summit on Annexation.” According to his press release the “summit’s purpose is not to determine whether the possible merger between Greenwood and unincorporated White River Township is a good or bad idea but to look for ways the complicated annexation process can be simplified, possibly [...]
The county election board voted today that the White River Township/Greenwood reorganization paperwork was filed too late to appear on the November ballot. The board chose to go with the election law requirement of an August 1 deadline instead of the Government Modernization deadline of 60 days before the election. The board did not act [...]
The question of will the reorganization plan between White River Township and Greenwood be on the November ballot should be decided Wednesday afternoon when the Johnson County Election board meets. The board will decide if the paperwork to put the issue on the November 2010 ballot was filed on time. A revision in state law [...]