By CHRIS MORRIS
Chris.Morris@newsandtribune.com
NEW ALBANY —
The Floyd County Commissioners approved a plan to move three New Albany voting sites at Tuesday night’s meeting.
The commissioners had concerns over a lack of parking at Riverview Towers, at 500 Scribner Drive, home to Precinct 1. That precinct will be moved to Scribner Middle School.
Since the Brown-Starks Building will be going through renovations in May, Precinct 21 will be moved to the 300 Building along Erni Avenue.
The last move was Precinct 24, at Beechwood Recreation Center, which will be moving to Fairmont Elementary School.
In other business:
• The commissioners agreed to pay $33,447 for 68 data cards for New Albany Police Department cruisers. The money was paid out of 911 funds.
The commissioners also approved 12 data cards for the New Albany Fire Department. The cards cost $335 a month from Verizon.
• The commissioners agreed to hold their March 20 meeting at Highland Hills Middle School. One item to be discussed that night will be replacing the bridge at John Pectol Road.
Steve Bush, president of the Floyd County Commissioners, said engineers will be on hand to provide an update on the bridge.
“It will be in an area where the bridge is located and I like the idea of having the meetings some place else from time to time,” Commissioner Chuck Freiberger said.
• Bush said the commissioners picked out carpet Tuesday for their new meeting room at the old Pine View Elementary School which is expected to be completed in June. The building will house the Youth Shelter along with other county offices.
The new room will seat 100 spectators and will be equipped with television screens for power point presentations. The room will also allow the commissioners to stream their meetings online.
• The commissioners hired Ron Tuell as a crew leader for the Floyd County Road Department prior to the meeting.
