By Liz Adkins
InkFreeNews

ETNA GREEN — Etna Green Town Council is asking residents to participate in the submission of service inventory letters on the town’s water system.

During a council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, Chris Harrison, business development manager with Commonwealth Engineers Inc., said he worked with Clerk-Treasurer Ann Anglin on preparing letters to place in residents’ mail.

“This is an annual process that needs to be submitted,” said Harrison. “With this, this helps identify what we’re calling ‘unknown services within the community’ that we don’t know may potentially have lead, and notifying the customers accordingly.”

Harrison and council are requesting all residents participate in the process to help the town get in compliance with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

“We need to identify the lines coming into everybody’s houses,” said Council President Heath Roberts. “A lot of these lines are what is creating the rust that we’re seeing in our homes. It’s not necessarily coming in from the town’s water supply … if you’ve got galvanized pipes … it could be picking up rust from your old pipes in your house.”

In other business, council heard an update from Town Attorney Nick Jacobs on a tort claim notice Winona Powder Coating sent to the town on Sept. 9. Jacobs said Winona Powder is seeking to move from having the town as its electric provider to a different entity.

“(Winona Powder’s legal counsel) has described it to me as either the town could agree to that or they’re going to file a lawsuit,” said Jacobs.

Council moved to table the matter to November in order to discuss the topic further and due to the absence of Council Member Susan Klinefelter.

The council also approved a petition from Ronnie Horn to rezone a lot on Railroad and Pearl Streets from commercial to residential. This petition was given a favorable recommendation from the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission on Oct. 1.

Roberts gave a brief update on the Heritage Park walking path project and said it’s “moving right along.” He told those in attendance he was looking at holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the path once it’s paved. As a result of that work, there is free topsoil at the sewer plant that is available only to residents to utilize as fill dirt.

Council also:

• Adopted the town’s 2026 budget, which totals $213,100.
• Approved a quote from Brooks Construction in the amount of $4,600 for paving the driveway at the Heritage Park well.

Council’s next meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, as Veterans Day falls on Tuesday, Nov. 11.