Comments on: Self Incorporation http://centergrovetown.org Self-incorporation of Center Grove IN Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:17:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Dann Veldkamp http://centergrovetown.org/self-incorporation/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Dann Veldkamp Wed, 13 May 2009 10:15:14 +0000 http://centergrovetown.org/?page_id=17#comment-8 Mac, I agree with you that whatever the decision it needs to be made for a positive reason and not as a vote "against" a particular town or person. Any of the options can work and that is why I am excited to see the effort that Ryan is making to put the self-incorporation effort on the table. At http://CenterGroveInc.org, that my brother and I edit, we don't have an official position. We are there to encourage discussion on all the options. But, in the end, we do think it is important for WRT to be incorporated whether through merger, annexation or on our own. Dann Mac, I agree with you that whatever the decision it needs to be made for a positive reason and not as a vote “against” a particular town or person. Any of the options can work and that is why I am excited to see the effort that Ryan is making to put the self-incorporation effort on the table. At http://CenterGroveInc.org, that my brother and I edit, we don’t have an official position. We are there to encourage discussion on all the options. But, in the end, we do think it is important for WRT to be incorporated whether through merger, annexation or on our own.

Dann

]]> By: mac http://centergrovetown.org/self-incorporation/comment-page-1/#comment-7 mac Mon, 11 May 2009 23:16:13 +0000 http://centergrovetown.org/?page_id=17#comment-7 I am for White River Township forming their own community. I think it would be a great thing. I have several family members that live there. I also have family in Bargersville and Greenwood. Now, I have been reading all the stuff circulating about this. Alot of people are against becoming Greenwood. Thats fine. But there reasoning is because of the mayor. The mayor will not be there forever. So alot of people aren't looking at an option that could potentially benefit them for years to come due to the fact they do not like the "right now." And Bargersville, just wants the money. Yes Greenwood does also, but Bargersville is just keeping soft spoken about it. That is all any muncipality wants. Money. And White River has alot of it. I have also heard alot of people say that they wanted to stay unincorporated and continue to use the counties services. That is not a viable option either. Because the township is a drain on county resources. The have to merge with one of the two muncipalities or form their own city. The third option would be the best. Assuming they are willing to put forth the money. They already have the fire department. A very fine one at that. They will still need to for a police department. Hire the officers, have a building, get the equipment and so on. They will need a street department. Sanitation department. Human resources department. There are many, many more. The cost will be high to get everything done. And everyone will have to pay higher taxes. I know, I know. No more taxes. But you will have to. That is the only way to pay for everything. Now don't get me wrong. I have long thought that the township should be their own city. But if that does not happen then think about the other options in the long term. Greenwood has some of the lowest taxes in the state. Bargersville is actually high. And if the two merge all of the things when it comes to taxing and drawing money can be restructured to benifit everyone. Just a few options and other details that most people are overlooking. I am for White River Township forming their own community. I think it would be a great thing. I have several family members that live there. I also have family in Bargersville and Greenwood. Now, I have been reading all the stuff circulating about this. Alot of people are against becoming Greenwood. Thats fine. But there reasoning is because of the mayor. The mayor will not be there forever. So alot of people aren’t looking at an option that could potentially benefit them for years to come due to the fact they do not like the “right now.” And Bargersville, just wants the money. Yes Greenwood does also, but Bargersville is just keeping soft spoken about it. That is all any muncipality wants. Money. And White River has alot of it. I have also heard alot of people say that they wanted to stay unincorporated and continue to use the counties services. That is not a viable option either. Because the township is a drain on county resources. The have to merge with one of the two muncipalities or form their own city. The third option would be the best. Assuming they are willing to put forth the money. They already have the fire department. A very fine one at that. They will still need to for a police department. Hire the officers, have a building, get the equipment and so on. They will need a street department. Sanitation department. Human resources department. There are many, many more. The cost will be high to get everything done. And everyone will have to pay higher taxes. I know, I know. No more taxes. But you will have to. That is the only way to pay for everything. Now don’t get me wrong. I have long thought that the township should be their own city. But if that does not happen then think about the other options in the long term. Greenwood has some of the lowest taxes in the state. Bargersville is actually high. And if the two merge all of the things when it comes to taxing and drawing money can be restructured to benifit everyone. Just a few options and other details that most people are overlooking.

]]> By: admin http://centergrovetown.org/self-incorporation/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Thu, 07 May 2009 00:31:41 +0000 http://centergrovetown.org/?page_id=17#comment-3 Kitina, thank you for your question. We are still in the initial stages of the incorporation process, which means that we understand the steps necessary for incorporation and are actively seeking other like-minded individuals who are willing to help out. Incorporation is something that must be led by the citizens. The key to moving the effort forward, i.e. our next step, is to continue educating our citizens about the process in order to gain the support and involvement necessary to incorporate. Support and involvement can include anything from letting us know you are interested in learning more about self-incorporation to the donation of your time and services to help advance the effort. A great example of this is the preliminary financial analysis that has been conducted by one of our local citizens who happens to be an expert in municipal finance. This person offered to help and we couldn’t be more grateful. If you are interested in helping out, check out our Get Involved page. Here you will find a few ways that you can help out. One is as simple as sending an email to 50names@gmail.com and letting us know you are interested in signing a petition for incorporation. Another could be hosting a neighborhood awareness meeting. As for the costs, I would love to be able to tell you an exact amount, but at this point we just don’t know yet. Here are a few items required by the Indiana Codes that will have a cost associated with them, but at this point we do not have an estimate for these: 1.) Conduct a survey of the area to be incorporated – this is a service that could be conducted pro bono by a qualified citizen. 2.) Send out a certified mailing to all citizens in the area to be incorporated. 3.) Enumeration (think census) of all citizens and addresses in the area to be incorporated. As we proceed and gain the support of our citizens for this effort there will be more opportunities to help move this effort forward. I hope this answers your questions. Please feel free to check back often and ask any question you would like. We’ll do our best to answer honestly and quickly. Kitina, thank you for your question. We are still in the initial stages of the incorporation process, which means that we understand the steps necessary for incorporation and are actively seeking other like-minded individuals who are willing to help out. Incorporation is something that must be led by the citizens.

The key to moving the effort forward, i.e. our next step, is to continue educating our citizens about the process in order to gain the support and involvement necessary to incorporate. Support and involvement can include anything from letting us know you are interested in learning more about self-incorporation to the donation of your time and services to help advance the effort. A great example of this is the preliminary financial analysis that has been conducted by one of our local citizens who happens to be an expert in municipal finance. This person offered to help and we couldn’t be more grateful.

If you are interested in helping out, check out our Get Involved page. Here you will find a few ways that you can help out. One is as simple as sending an email to 50names@gmail.com and letting us know you are interested in signing a petition for incorporation. Another could be hosting a neighborhood awareness meeting.

As for the costs, I would love to be able to tell you an exact amount, but at this point we just don’t know yet. Here are a few items required by the Indiana Codes that will have a cost associated with them, but at this point we do not have an estimate for these:

1.) Conduct a survey of the area to be incorporated – this is a service that could be conducted pro bono by a qualified citizen.
2.) Send out a certified mailing to all citizens in the area to be incorporated.
3.) Enumeration (think census) of all citizens and addresses in the area to be incorporated.

As we proceed and gain the support of our citizens for this effort there will be more opportunities to help move this effort forward.

I hope this answers your questions. Please feel free to check back often and ask any question you would like. We’ll do our best to answer honestly and quickly.

]]> By: Kitina YOung http://centergrovetown.org/self-incorporation/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Kitina YOung Wed, 06 May 2009 14:12:56 +0000 http://centergrovetown.org/?page_id=17#comment-2 How far along are you in the process? What is the next step? How much cost could we incur in just the process of Incorporation? How far along are you in the process? What is the next step? How much cost could we incur in just the process of Incorporation?

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