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Free Day at Landfill Scheduled

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CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. – Republic Services Walnut Creek Landfill has announced its Free Day to Clinton County Residents for the 2022 Spring Clean-up on Saturday, April 30, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Please use only pick-up trucks, family van, or car loads when bringing items out.

No trailers or dump trucks – no exceptions.

Items not allowed on Free Day:

No electronics (tv, computer, etc.)
No roofing
No appliances (washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator, etc.)
No tires
No batteries
No yard waste
No liquid

 

Community Schools of Frankfort Announce Teacher of the Year at each Respective buildings

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FRANKFORT- Ind. – The Community Schools of Frankfort announced today the Teacher of the Year at each of their respective buildings:

Amanda Hoskins, Blue Ridge Primary School
Tanya Weidner, Green Meadows Intermediate School
Kelli Klyczek, Suncrest Elementary School
Allen Hayes, Frankfort Middle School
Andy Dudley, Frankfort High School

Teachers of the Year are nominated and selected by their peers in each building. These individuals will be honored at the upcoming school board meeting on April 12 at 6pm.

From these 5 Teachers of the Year, the CSF District Teacher of the Year will be selected and recognized at the end of the school year.

Outstanding teachers are abundant at the Community Schools of Frankfort.

City of Frankfort Releases Summer Concert Series Event

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FRANKFORT, Ind. – The City of Frankfort is announcing a collection of free concerts and events for 2022. These events are designed for all ages, interests and provide entertainment every resident can enjoy.

Community Development & Outreach Director Kimberly Black says, “We are excited to announce this year’s entertainment schedule. We worked hard to provide entertainment for all ages and to make sure the community enjoys the bands that perform. We looked at the timeline and dates from last year and have made a few adjustments to the 2022 line-up. We had great attendance last year and I hope more are encouraged to take advantage of such a great amenity in Frankfort.”

Summer events will kick off on Friday, May 13th with an 80’s night at Prairie Creek Park. The Big 80’s Band will start at 6:30pm followed by Jambox on The Farmers Bank Performance Center Stage. Prairie Creek Park is located at 260 East Washington Street.

“I am excited that our event season is almost here. It was great to see everyone at our parks and around downtown last summer. We have some great bands lined-up and a few names that you should recognize, says Mayor Sheets. “I want to thank the Redevelopment Commission and our event sponsors, because without their support every year, we wouldn’t be able to offer free entertainment to the community and surrounding area. Thank you.”

Summer Events at Prairie Creek Park include:
* 5/13/2022 – 80’s Night: The Big 80’s Band, Jambox
* 5/21/2022 – Dewayne Spaw, Indy Annies
* 6/11/2022 – Cody Ikerd, Cook & Belle
* 6/18/2022 – Jason Wells, Echoes of Pompeii
* 8/13/2022 – Christine Kindred, Isaac Rudd
* 8/20/2022 – Motown Sounds of Touch
* 9/19/2022 – Frankfort Hispanic Heritage Festival
* 10/01/2022 – Frankfort Jazz Day: Clinton County High School Student Competition

In addition to these events, the City of Frankfort offers Open Mic Nights on the last Thursday of the month from March to October.

More information regarding events can be found on the City website,  or by following The City of Frankfort or Prairie Creek Park Facebook page.

Traffic Pattern Changes for State Road 28 Occur Next Week

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CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces traffic pattern changes will occur next week on State Road 28 in Frankfort, Ind. The right turn lane from State Road 39 southbound to S.R. 28 westbound will close on Monday, March 21 through June 18. The left turn lane on S.R. 39 northbound to S.R. 28 westbound will close Thursday, March 24 through the end of the day on Saturday, March 26. This is for construction work in the intersection.

The eastbound lanes of S.R. 28 remain closed between McKinley and Jackson Streets. The official detour follows I-65 to S.R. 47 to S.R. 39 and back. Westbound traffic on S.R. 28 remains open.

Paving Begins Monday, March 21st

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The City of Frankfort will begin over $900,000 in paving work beginning Monday, March 21st. (Photo from Frankfort Street Department)

FRANKFORT, Ind. – The City of Frankfort has announced Street Superintendent, Jason Forsythe, was given the green light by Reith Riley, the paving contractor, to start milling and paving Monday, March 21, 2022. Milling will begin on Freeman Street.

“If the weather holds out we should have it completed in 7 to 10 days,” said Forsythe. “I am ready to get these 23 projects started. I urge the community to be mindful and patient of the construction zones and to please drive slow in the road construction zones.” Please be aware if you have on-street parking. Cars will be towed if they aren’t moved when milling and paving work is being done.

Mayor Sheets, Board of Public Works members, and Street Superintendent Jason Forsythe approved the total of $912,716.72 in December of 2021 for these street projects:

* Monon Street from Washington to Clinton Street
* Williams Road from Wabash Street to Forest Drive
* Freeman Street from Jackson Street to 5th Street
* 4th Street from Freeman to Short 4th Street
* 4th Street from Walnut to Armstrong
* Outer Drive from Crescent to Clinton Street
* Hawthorne Avenue from Barner to Kyger
* Rowe Street from Rossville Avenue to Paris Street
* Morrison Street from Pratt to Myrtle
* Sims Street from Washington to East McClurg
* East McClurg Street from Sims to Clay Street
* East Paris Street from Jackson Street to Clay Street
* Vermont Street (off Williams Street, runs in front of Indiana Packers)
* Harrison Street from Walnut to South Street
* Jefferson Street from Main to Railroad
* Harrison Street from Kyger to Green Street
* McKinley Avenue from Walnut to Frankfort Truck and Car
* Short Myrtle from McKinley to Walnut
* Boomer Street from McKinley to Walnut
* Calloway Avenue from McKinley to Walnut
* Eastwood Drive from Harvard to Dead End South of Harvard
* Indiana Street from 3rd Street to 2nd Street
* Aughe Street from Washington to Clinton Street

This list does not reflect the order in which work will be completed. For updated information visit the City of Frankfort or Frankfort Street Department Facebook pages.

TPA Park Aquatic Center Groundbreaking Set

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Architect rendering of the TPA Park Aquatic Center. Image from City of Frankfort website.

FRANKFORT, Ind. – The City of Frankfort has announced April 1st at 2 p.m. as the ground breaking for the $10 Million Aquatic Center. The event will take place at 1 Adrian Marks Drive.

The Aquatic Center completion is set to coincide with the opening of the 2023 pool season.

Southbound Lane of Jackson St Between Clinton St and Intersection of Jackson and Walnut Will Close Friday, March 4th

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FRANKFORT, Ind. – According to a press release issued by the City of Frankfort, the southbound lane on Jackson Street will be restricted to 1 lane starting at Clinton Street and continuing to the Jackson Street and Walnut intersection tomorrow, Friday, March 4th.

This is for the storm structure demo and installation on the northwest corner of Jackson and Walnut.

It will be restricted for 1 day.

 

Motivational Speaker Chris Herren to Speak to All Clinton County High School Students at Case Arena

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FRANKFORT, Ind. – The City of Frankfort and Frankfort Street Department has scheduled motivational speaker and basketball legend, Chris Herren, to Case Arena at Frankfort Senior High School. The program will start at 9:00 am on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, and will include all Clinton County High School students. The program is not open to the public.

“I started looking into ways that we can help our youth with decision making and how addiction can affect them. I wanted to find a way that even if we change just one student from making the wrong decisions, then we have made a difference,” said Street Superintendent, Jason Forsythe. “I met with Mayor (Judy) Sheets and the Board of Works in 2020 to see what we could do to make this possible.” The program has been canceled twice due to Covid.

Chris Herren had the NBA within reach when he decided alcohol and substance abuse were going to ruin those dreams. Chris almost lost everything including his life and decided to get sober. Today, Chris has shared his story with over 1 million students and community members nationwide. “I am excited to have Chris Herren at Case Arena. I hope that our students can connect with Chris’ message and that they realize the negative impacts of drugs and alcohol. It not only affects their life but also their family,” stated Mayor Sheets. “Thank you to Jason Forsythe for putting this program together for our youth.”

“Many people get sober and want to forget,” stated Herren. “I find great inspiration in people who have been at certain levels in life and come back from it. I’m blessed to be in long-term recovery and to be able to be out in front of people and share my story.”

Partnering with The City of Frankfort to bring Chris Herren program: Community Foundation, Center Township, Healthy Communities of Clinton County, State Farm-Susan Kaspar, Kaspar Broadcasting, Eagles Lodge 976.

INDOT to hold Public Meeting for Frankfort State Road 28 Project

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Work continues of State Road 28 in Frankfort, IN, on November 9, 2021, part of a multi-year project.

FRANKFORT, Ind. – Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will hold a public meeting regarding the State Road 28 Project on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:00pm inside the Frankfort Community Public Library, Skanta Theatre.

Representatives from INDOT, Fox and E&B will be present to help answer questions from the community and businesses affected by the closures along State Road 28. “We want to make sure the community and business owners are being heard. It has been a long process already and we know businesses want answers,” said Mayor Judy Sheets. “We want the community to ask questions to the right people so they can receive the correct answers and be provided with an updated timeline on the project.”

City Eyes $20 Million to Build Police Station and Aquatic Center

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FRANKFORT, Ind. – With all six Frankfort police station construction bids rejected by the Board of Works, each being at least $2 million over the appropriated cost of $8.5 million, and still wanting to have a dedicated facility for the Police Department, the Frankfort City Council held a work session after its Monday council meeting to discuss how to accomplish that goal.

The result. Approach the project using a 20-plus-year-old Indiana law allowing city and county governments to utilize an alternative procurement method to deliver a public project by way of a public-private partnership. The alternative procurement method is called BOT, an acronym for build, operate, transfer, and allows a government body to have greater control over the upfront cost and allows for negotiating costs while not having to rejects bids and starting the process over. The latter being the traditional way of doing a government project.

BOT also allows for combining multiple projects into a single, larger project with the desired outcome of lowering costs by developers bidding to do both projects.

With the information of combining projects, the council via consensus will now add the aquatic center to the police station project – an official vote could occur at its next meeting on August 9. All bids associated with the aquatic center had previously been rejected by the BOW due to fiscal uncertainty during the pandemic.

“I think it is something we all want to see to move forward and as quickly as possible,” said Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets addressing the council. “This is what our constituents want, they expect us to be out here working for them and I think it is time we just got to move. We got to get going on this.”

The single, combined project would have a total projected cost of $20 Million based on financial assumptions presented by Gary Smith of Reedy Financial Group, the city’s financial consultant.

Smith provided the council with an affordability report for the two projects showing current account balances of the respective budget funds that will be used to make yearly payments once financing is secured as well as information on how much the city could afford for each based on future city revenue projections. The project costs discussed for the police station and aquatic center were $9.5 million and $10.5 million, respectively.

Council president Eric Woods remarked after Smith’s presentation, “looks like the police station is fine, but the pool is going to require a little extra.”

Smith noted he removed the 4-lane lap pool from the project based on the $1.25 million cost for that portion alone as the city would not be able to afford this based on any of the financial assumptions provided in the report. The lap pool costs were provided by Kyle Lueken of HWC Engineering, the firm the city is using to handle the aquatic center project.

Prior to the August 9 council meeting, much legal work will need to be completed. A timeline both city attorney Les Bergum and Richard Starkey with Barnes & Thornburg, outside city counsel, noted as complex due to the BOT consisting of multiple projects, funding sources, architects, and holding entities.

Due to the Indiana Constitution that places a limit on municipalities on the maximum debt ratio a municipality can borrow, the city will need to use “legal fiction” – a term used by attorneys to pass taxpayer-owned assets to a third party to hold for the purpose of securing funding for the life of the bond. Currently, the City has two such projects utilizing such entities – one for Old Stoney and the other for Prairie Creek Park.

Starkey noted, “going to go through the Redevelopment Authority for the pool and the [Frankfort Police Station] Building Corporation for the police station” for the purpose of holding the assets. While Bergum discussed the complexities and time associated with completing the legal work, “It is going to take some time to put this RFP together from my point because it involves two projects, two funding sources, and two architects.”

The City Council will meet next on Monday, August 9 at 7 pm in the council chambers located in Old Stoney.

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