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Frankfort Board of Works To Hold Special Meeting, Discuss July 4th Festival & Golf Course Operations

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The Frankfort Board of Works will be holding a special meeting on Wednesday, April 22, at 11 a.m. to discuss operations of the golf course and plans for the July 4 Festival at T.P.A. park.

Residents are encouraged to submit comments to the Board of Works by email. Emails will be read during the “public comments” portion of the meeting. This meeting can be watched live on the City of Frankfort YouTube channel.

Email address for comments: info@frankfort-in.gov

City of Frankfort Youtube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCym71Fy2wWAOJJcopEG6nNA

19th Clinton County Resident Tests Positive For COVID-19, At Least 255 Residents Of Clinton County Tested

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Monday, April 20, 2020, 19 positive cases of COVID-19 and at least 255 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Monday, April 20, 2020, announced that 505 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 11,686 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 569 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 64,639 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 61,142 on Sunday.

18 Clinton County Residents Have Now Tested Positive For COVID-19 According To Indiana State Department Of Health, At Least 247 Tested

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Sunday, April 19, 2020, 18 have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 247 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Sunday, April 19, 2020, announced that 577 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 11,210 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 562 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 61,142 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 56,873 on Saturday.

16 Clinton County Residents Have Now Tested Positive For COVID-19

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Friday, April 17, 2020, 16 positive cases of COVID-19 and at least 222 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Friday, April 17, 2020, announced that 642 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 10,154 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 519 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 54,785 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 51,115 on Thursday.

14th Case of COVID-19 Reported in Clinton County

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Thursday, April 16, 2020, 14 positive cases of COVID-19 and at least 206 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Thursday, April 16, 2020, announced that 611 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 9,542 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 477 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 51,115 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 46,017 on Wednesday.

13th Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Reported In Clinton County

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 13 positive cases of COVID-19 and at least 201 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, announced that 440 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 8,955 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 436 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 48,396 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 46,017 on Tuesday.

City Council Votes 7-0 To Delay Aquatic Center, “In The Best Interest Of The Citizens Of Frankfort”

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The Frankfort City Council conducted its Monday, April 13, 2020, meeting remotely from the council chamber as well as members of the council conferenced in via telephone due to COVID-19 precautions.

The Council addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the City finances by offering a resolution for “delaying TPA Aquatic Center project.” The resolution cited a number of items for the need to delay, ranging from cost estimates to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frankfort Mayor Judith Sheets asked the council if there was a motion to read Resolution 20-07 in its entirety, the council did vote in favor of this request.

An excerpt of the resolution here:

“All bids exceeded the estimated and budgeted amount for the project.”

“The project as budgeted is based upon projected tax revenues the amount in timeliness of which may be impacted by emergency orders of the state of Indiana as a result of the current COVID-19 declared emergency and by the state of the economy in the state of Indiana in the near future as a result of a COVID-19 emergency”

“That it is in the best interest of the citizens of Frankfort that the project not be undertaken at this time, but reimplemented in the near future.”

Prior to voting on the measure, Mayor Sheets asked Carol Bartley, City Clerk-Treasurer, and Eric Woods, City Councilman and member of City Finance committee, to provide background on the decision for this resolution.

Bartley addressed the impact of local income tax and property tax on the city revenue in the future.

“The local income tax revenue will be impactful on the city’s finances in the year 2022, These funds are on a three-year cycle. The city and county may expect to see a loss of those funds due to current unemployment situations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“The full impact, of course, is unknown at this time, but with the high levels of unemployment it may lead to a significant decrease in funds.”

“Property tax revenues will likely be down with the 60-day extension of late fees that the state has implemented. Current projections are estimated at around 70% of the collections may arrive in a timely manner for June draw.”

Woods spoke of the “tough” decision.

“This was a tough one. We have a lot of projects going on. We have dealt with an awful lot that are a benefit for the city. No one could have anticipated the hardships that I think we are going to see over the next several months with reduction in income and delay in property tax.”

“So again, this was a tough decision that the finance committee took up with the Mayor and the Redevelopment Commission.”

“It was one that we felt was absolutely necessary because although financially, we could have made the payments in the best circumstances, we simply had no assurance. And when we went to Reedy Financial for guidance on this, they were not able to provide us with a positive suggestion on how to move forward.”

“So, when your Finance organization can’t give you the go-ahead from their professional viewpoint, the finance committee recommends that we take that as an understanding that we should not enter into something that could possibly cause us to default on bond payment and have to basically get into other property taxes for other services. And, maybe, salaries on down the road.”

“So, the diligent smart thing to do here is to wait a little while. We will definitely readdress this. The resolution clearly states we’re going to have an aquatic center. We just need to do this smartly, that the decisions we make today are best for the council in the community of Frankfort.

Councilman Steve Beardsley, also a member of the City Finance committee, addressed the council.

“We are in unprecedented time. Nobody can predict what’s going to happen financially in the near future. It just seemed to me irresponsible if we were to go ahead and with this not knowing for sure whether the money would be available in the near future for it.”

The City Council meeting can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie64Nc6RKvg

12th Case of COVID-19 in Clinton County Reported By Indiana State Department of Health

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There is 1 death related to COVID-19 in Clinton County as of Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 12 positive cases of COVID-19 and at least 198 Residents of Clinton County have been tested as reported by the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The ISDH today, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, announced that 313 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at ISDH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and private laboratories. That brings to 8,236 the total number of Indiana residents known to have the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s total.

A total of 387 Hoosiers have died to date. Deaths are reported based on when data are received by ISDH and occurred over multiple days.

To date, 46,017 tests have been reported to ISDH, up from 44,539 on Monday.

Board Of Works Votes 3-0 To Terminate Parks Consultant Contract With Travis Sheets

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During the Monday, April 13, 2020, Board of Works (BOW) meeting, Frankfort Mayor Judith Sheets brought forward the termination of an agreement under new business.

Mayor Sheets asked BOW member Megan Sheets to talk about the decision to terminate the contract with parks consultant, Travis Sheets.

“The former administration executed a contractual agreement that originally extended to June 2021 specifically for Travis to be the owner representative for both the Prairie Creek Park and the TPA pool projects,” said Megan Sheets.

“We are nearing completion of Prairie Creek Park and with action going to be taken at today’s council meeting, there is proposed suspension of the pool project.”

“There is also the fact we now have a parks superintendent on staff, fulltime. Travis does remain instrumental in remaining Prairie Creek Park details such as landscaping.”

“And, upon joint conversation with Travis and all of us as Board of Works members, it’s been agreed that an appropriate end date for his contract will be May 31st of this year.”

City of Frankfort Offers Emergency Relief Forgivable Loans for Small Businesses

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Frankfort Redevelopment Commission and the City of Frankfort have developed a forgivable loan program to provide financial relief for small businesses with a direct financial impact resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Eligible businesses must be located within the Frankfort TIF District and have five employees or less. Other criteria include having no current property tax liens or legal judgments. Eligible businesses cannot be a part of a national chain or franchise.

The maximum forgivable loan amount is $2,000. These loans have no-payment and no-interest and are 100 percent forgivable after 12-months if the business continues to operate and does not relocate outside of the Frankfort TIF district. Applications will be accepted beginning Wednesday, April 15, 2020, and will close on July 1, 2020.

Frankfort Redevelopment Commission president Joe Palmer recognizes the struggle downtown businesses are facing saying, “We want to help our small businesses and show them we haven’t forgotten about them. This forgivable loan program is a step in the right direction.”

Application processing and loan administration is being managed through Frankfort Main Street. Online applications can be found at www.frankforthotdogfestival.com. Each application will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. Any business with questions about the application process can call Kim Stevens with Frankfort Main Street at (765) 654-4081.

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