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Frankfort Travels To Clinton Prairie For Week 2 of High School Football

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Week 2 of High School football features another Clinton County head-to-head match-up with Frankfort traveling to Clinton Prairie for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Clinton Central game against Sheridan has been canceled due to Clinton Central’s Jr/Sr High School going to remote learning due to its COVID-19 quarantine announcement.

In last week’s action, Clinton Central (1-0) defeated Frankfort (0-1) 20-16. Park Tudor (1-0) defeated Clinton Prairie (0-1) 59-21.

Limited ticketing is available for the game at Clinton Prairie due to current IHSAA fan participation rules this year due to COVID-19.

FHS Athletic Department is reporting via Twitter as of 8:47 a.m., Friday, August 28, 2020: “Pre-Sale Tickets for Frankfort Fans for tonight’s Football Game at Clinton Prairie are SOLD OUT. There will be a limited number of tickets available at the Visitors ticket booth at the north entrance of the stadium.” Tickets are $6.

The game will also be televised on the ISC SportsNetwork. The cost is $5.99.

https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/2020-fb-frankfort-at-clinton-prairie-8-28-20

ISC offers a season pass to a variety of sports competitions at both Clinton Prairie and Frankfort. Season Passes are $74.99 for each school.

Clinton Prairie:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/clinton-prairie-2020-season-package

Frankfort:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/frankfort-high-school-season-pass

Back On Track Stage 4.5 And Mask Requirement To Continue Another 30 Days

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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the Back on Track Stage 4.5 and mask requirement will continue for another 30 days.

“On one hand we are pleased that we have been holding steady in terms of our positivity rate,” said Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. “We don’t want that to trend up, we would like to see that trend down even more so.”

The positivity rate has plateaued according to a slide shown during the Governor’s weekly briefing. The positivity rate climbed from 4.4% on June 16 to 7.6% on July 27 when the mask requirement went into effect. Since that time the positivity rate has nudged downward; 7.3% on August 17 and 6.6% on August 19.

As a result of this data, the Governor stated he will issue an executive order extending the health emergency and reopening plan through September 25. This extension will have no changes in capacity restrictions for restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues already in place.

CSF School Board Accepts Supt. Don DeWesse’s Retirement Effective Oct 2, Joel McKinney Named Interim Beginning Oct 3

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In a special meeting of the Community Schools of Frankfort School Board held Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the School Board accepted a letter of retirement from Superintendent Don DeWeese Effective Friday, October 2, 2020.

The Board then approved a separation agreement between The Community Schools of Frankfort and Superintendent Don DeWeese. The specifics of the separation agreement has yet to be released.

DeWeese previously submitted his letter of retirement at the July 14, 2020, School Board meeting and the Board accepted with an effective date of January 11, 2021.

During the same July 14 meeting, the Board named current CSF Assistant Superintendent Joel McKinney to replace DeWeese as new Superintendent beginning January 12, 2021.

McKinney will begin serving as Interim Superintendent on October 3 until his official start as the next Superintendent of CSF on January 12, 2021.

In other business conducted during the special meeting, the School Board approved the creation of a new position and job description for a COVID-19 Assistant. This new position will be advertised to seek applicants. Currently, the task of tracking and performing contact tracing related to the pandemic within CSF falls on McKinney.

Paid Parenting Leave Policy Adopted By Frankfort Board of Works

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During the Monday, August 24, 2020, meeting of the Frankfort Board of Public Works, Resolution 20-10, a resolution to adopt a paid parenting leave policy and to provide paid leave for certain qualified city employees, passed unanimously.

This new policy provides mothers with 30 consecutive calendar days and fathers with 15 consecutive calendar days of paid leave. The leave would apply to parents who adopt as well. The paid leave will run concurrently with FMLA.

“I think it’s a good benefit for our employees and I’m just really excited about it,” said Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets. “I’m glad that we were able to do that for them.”

Mayor Sheets talked about how the policy will work and how this benefit was never addressed previously.

“It is something that has never been addressed as far as I know in a handbook or anything like that. It will run concurrently with their FMLA and they’re able to have that time off and then after that, it is their option whether or not they want to use their vacation, sick or anything like that as well.”

The Mayor spoke of why this policy was addressed at this time.

“We currently have a female that is pregnant and we want to make sure that we had this done in time for her to get this benefit as well. I guess, I put the push on this. Let’s get this done, let’s not have her worry about these things. I have been in that position. It is really worrisome to the parents, ‘how are they going to handle that leave?’”

Frankfort City Council Approves 53.6% Increase To Water Rates

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The Frankfort City Council took the final two-steps to increase water rates by 53.6% at its Monday, August 24, 2020, Council meeting. After holding a public hearing on Ordinance 20-13, the Council voted 6-0 approving the new water rate.

The water rate increase will be phased in over 3-years.

After the meeting, Todd Corrie, General Manager of the Frankfort Municipal Utilities, was ecstatic the 3-year process of developing plans for much-needed work on the existing water system was completed.

“I am very happy that this is done, ecstatic,” said Corrie. “It has been a long process. We have been working on this probably for 3-years now.”

Over $13,600,000 is needed to expand and begin repair of the current Frankfort water network. This need is being driven by a forecasted demand in water usage over the next 20-years and the current condition of the system.

Corrie discussed how the new funds will be used.

“There’s going to be an upgrade to the plant. It’s going to go from 6 million gallons to 9 million gallons a day. We are going to finish off something that we call the Jefferson Loop. It is connecting from Jefferson back around to the industrial park off of County Road 0.”

He also added the increase will help in making the plants safer and allow for the replacement of existing water main.

“We’re going to go to an on-site generation for our chlorine. Then, we have money in there to rehabilitate one of the water towers and then be saving money with this to do the next one probably 5 years down the road. Also be in place to replace water mains at a rate of maybe a mile a year is what we’re going to be shooting for and it is all very expensive.”

When asked when ratepayers should expect to see the increase, Corrie said the topic will be discussed at the next Utility Service Board meeting.

“We are going to discuss this at our next Utility Service Board and it (the rate increase) will be sometime between September and October 1st.”

The next USB meeting will be Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 7 p.m.

Clinton Central Makes Changes to In-Person Learning Due To COVID-19 Cases: 10 Positive Cases Throughout Corporation, 3 New Cases Over Past 3-Days

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Clinton Central Superintendent Al Remaly notified parents Sunday, August 23, 2020, of changes to in-person learning.

Remaly said in a letter: “I was hoping to not have to make this call and I apologize that it is late on Sunday afternoon, but there are going to be some changes to the daily schedules at Clinton Central. We have had a total of 10 COVID19 positive cases throughout the corporation, 3 over the past three days. With the contact tracing that has been conducted, about 25% of the students at the jr/sr high school are impacted. This does not mean that 25% of the students have COVID19, it means they are considered close contacts and are required to quarantine for 14 days.”

“For Clinton Central Elementary, all students will be on remote learning for 1 week only starting Monday, August 24th. The elementary students will resume with their regular school schedule on Monday, August 31st. Why only one week? There have been no new cases of COVID19 outside of the 4th grade section. The daily structure/schedule of the elementary is much easier to control.”

“For Clinton Central Jr/Sr High School, all students will begin remote learning for 2 weeks starting on Monday, August 24th. Instead of resuming with a regular schedule, the jr/sr high school students will transition to a Hybrid Schedule beginning on Tuesday, September 8th. A hybrid schedule allows us to have only 50% of the students in the building and allows us to ensure social distancing of 6 feet or more. For these 2 weeks, all extracurricular activities are postponed.”

“Sometime tomorrow, all students/families will receive information from either the building principal or the classroom teacher about how learning will proceed.”

Clinton County High Schools Kickoff Football Season Tonight

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All three of the Clinton County high schools that field a football team will kickoff their season tonight, Friday, August 21, 2020.

Clinton Central will travel to Frankfort for a county head-to-head match while Clinton Prairie will host the Panthers of Park Tudor. Both games have a scheduled kickoff for 7 p.m.

Limited ticketing is available at each game due to current IHSAA fan participation rules this year due to COVID-19.

However, both games will be televised on the ISC SportsNetwork. Below are the links to the respective games with information on how to view the game. Cost is $5.99 for each of the games.

Clinton Central at Frankfort:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/2020-fb-clinton-central-at-frankfort

Park Tudor at Clinton Prairie:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/2020-fb-park-tudor-at-clinton-prairie

ISC offers a season pass to a variety of sports competitions at both Clinton Prairie and Frankfort. Season Passes are $74.99 for each school.

Clinton Prairie:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/clinton-prairie-2020-season-package

Frankfort:
https://www.iscsportsnetwork.com/products/frankfort-high-school-season-pass

Frankfort Fire Department Provides Community Real-Time Safety Information Via Free “Neighbors by Ring” App

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The Frankfort Fire Department announced it has joined the free Neighbors app by Ring to provide the Frankfort community with real-time safety information. The Neighbors network already has millions of users and has been instrumental in catching package thieves, stopping burglaries, and keeping neighborhoods safe.

According to Ring: “The Neighbors App uses your address to create a radius around your home. If anyone shares an alert on the app about crime or safety within that radius, you’ll get a notification on your phone and tablet. Conversely, if you share an alert on the app about a crime or safety issue in your radius, your neighbors will also get a notification on their phones and tablets. You can then comment on these alerts to provide additional information about local issues, give tips to avoid affected areas, share photos or videos to help neighbors stay on the lookout, etc.”

“You can narrow your radius to only focus on hyper-local issues. Or if you live in a more rural location, you can expand your radius to include nearby communities and landmarks.”

The app is a free “virtual neighborhood watch” that does not require users to have a doorbell camera but will allow all residents to view publicly posted videos and photos without compromising anyone’s privacy.

To get started, download the free Neighbors app from your device application store, join your neighborhood, and use the app to monitor neighborhood activity, share crime and safety-related videos, photos and text-based posts, and receive real-time safety alerts from their neighbors, local public safety and the Ring team.

According to Frankfort Fire Department Chief John Kirby, “We are grateful for the opportunity to join the Neighbors app. This is a great communication tool that we can use to notify the community about fires, share safety information, and request information from the public.”

One’s participation in “Neighbors by Ring” does not grant public safety officers access to cameras or user data. Public Safety departments can only view content residents have publicly posted to the Neighbors app or that they have decided to share with public safety in response to a specific request.

“Joining the Neighbors app by Ring allows our fire department to connect to the community in a new way. Residents do not need to own a Ring device or any other home security system in order to download and use the Neighbors app. Our use of the Neighbors app will strengthen and enhance fire investigations, information sharing, and community partnerships,” added Frankfort Fire Department Assistant Chief Ed Cripe,

The Neighbors app is available for free on iOS, Android, and FireOS devices. For more information about the Neighbors app, visit www.ring.com/neighbors.

Disconnections To Resume September 15th, Repayment Plans Available

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At the Monday, August 17, 2020, Frankfort Utility Service Board meeting, the members voted unanimously to set September 15th as the date to resume utility disconnections.

Stacy Uitts, Frankfort Billing Office Manager, noted there are approximately 437 customers eligible for disconnection.

Those who are behind are encouraged to contact the billing office to schedule an appointment to discuss repayment plans. Repayment plans are available for up to 6-months in length to assist in keeping payments low. The repayment plan is in addition to the monthly usage bill according to Mike Kelley, Chairman of the Frankfort USB.

Below is the complete press release issued by the members of the Frankfort USB:

As of August 14, 2020 Governor Holcomb’s orders concerning disconnects expired. Frankfort Municipal Utilities has decided to extend these orders until September 15, 2020 to give our customers an opportunity to make payment arrangements if needed.

Effective September 15, 2020, disconnections will begin again. All past due payments must be taken care of before 10:00 am on September 15th to avoid any interruption in service. If you are unable to make the full payment we are offering 6 months payment plans, but they must be set up before September 15, 2020 by contacting Frankfort Municipal Utilities Billing Office in person or by phone to avoid being disconnected. Frankfort Municipal Utility Billing Office located at 1405 E Wabash St, and the phone number is 765.659.3361.

You may also contact Area IV 765.447.7683, and your local township trustee’s office for additional assistance Center Township 765-357-9100.

All late penalties and fees will resume on October 14, 2020.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the FMU Billing Office.

Thank you,
Utility Service Board
Mike Kelley, Chairman
Kent Brewer, Vice Chairman
Joe Root
Mike Reeder
Rick Gunyon

FMU Personnel
Todd Corrie, General Manager
Stacy Uitts, Billing Office Manager

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