PUBLIC NOTICES 05.22.2025
Notice of Public HearingĀ
This is to inform you that the Morgan County Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the Morgan County Administration Building located at 180 S. Main Street, Martinsville,
Indiana to consider petition MIP-25-04. This petition, submitted by Frank R. Brock Jr, seeks approval of a 2-lot minor plat. The property is located between the existing addresses of 5308 and 5404 N. Bill Simons Road in Ashland Township, Morgan County,
Indiana and further described as follows: Part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Township 12 North, Range 2 West of the second principal Meridian in Ashland Township, Morgan
County, Indiana. Interested persons desiring to present their views regarding this request will be provided an opportunity at the above-mentioned time and place. Information regarding this petition can be examined at the Morgan County Planning Department, 180 S. Main Street, Suite
204, Martinsville, Indiana during regular business hours. Please be advised that meetings or petitions may be continued as needed. You are encouraged to contact the Planning Department at 765-342-1060 to make inquiries
about the status of a petition.
Morgan County Plan Commission
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGĀ
This is to inform you that the Morgan County Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the Morgan County Administration Building located at 180 S. Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana to consider petition RP-25-04.Ā
This petition, submitted by James K. Reuter, seeks approval to vacate 3 lots and replat them as one lot in the Painted Hills Subdivision. The property is commonly referred to as 3501 E. Rembrandt Drive in Jackson Township, Morgan County, Indiana and is more particularly described as follows:Ā
Lots Numbered One Thousand One Hundred Forty-six (1146) in Painted Hills Subdivision, Section 9, a subdivision in Jackson Township, as per plat thereof, recorded in Deed Record 218, page 572-573, in the Office of the Recorder of Morgan County, Indiana.Ā
Also, a part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 13, Township 11 North, Range 1 East and a part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 11 North, Range 2 East, Morgan County, Indiana, also being a part of the common area of Painted Hills Subdivision, Section 6, per plat thereof recorded in Deed Record 212, page 296, in the Office of the Recorder of Morgan County, Indiana.Ā
Interested persons desiring to present their views regarding this request will be provided an opportunity at the above-mentioned time and place. Information regarding this petition can be examined at the Morgan County Planning Department, 180 S. Main Street, Suite 204, Martinsville, Indiana during regular business hours. Please be advised that meetings or petitions may be continued as needed. You are encouraged to contact the Planning Department at 765-342-1060 to make inquiries about the status of a petition.Ā
Morgan County Plan Commission
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Notice of Public Hearing
This is to inform you that the Morgan County Plan Commission will hold a public hearingĀ on Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the Morgan County Administration BuildingĀ located at 180 S. Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana to consider two petitions submittedĀ by Rodney and Stephanie Parks.Ā
Petition MIP-25-12 seeks approval of a 1-lot minor plat consisting of one acre andĀ Petition Z-25-02 seeks to rezone the platted lot from Agriculture to Residential 2. TheĀ property is located on the east side of Lentz Tree Farm Road approximately 1/3 mileĀ south of the intersection with SR 39 in Gregg Township, Morgan County, Indiana and isĀ further described as follows:Ā Ā
A part of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirteen (13)Ā North, Range One (1) West, Morgan County, Indiana.Ā Ā
Interested persons desiring to present their views regarding this request will be providedĀ an opportunity at the above-mentioned time and place. Information regarding thisĀ petition can be examined at the Morgan County Planning Department, 180 S. MainĀ Street, Suite 204, Martinsville, Indiana during regular business hours. Please beĀ advised that meetings or petitions may be continued as needed. You are encouraged toĀ contact the Planning Department at 765-342-1060 to make inquiries about the status ofĀ a petition.Ā Ā
Morgan County Plan CommissionĀ
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Morgan County, Indiana, that the Morgan County Council at their regular meeting place at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2025, will consider the following additional appropriations in excess of the budget for the year 2025.Ā Monroe Township EMS station fund (4801) $100,000, 4801.44050.00000.0000 Monroe Township EMS station.
Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have a right to be heard. Appropriations, as finally made will be referred to the department of local government finance. The board will make a written determination as to the sufficiency of funds to support the appropriations made within (15) days of receipt of a certified copy of the action taken.
Publish: May 22, 2025 Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Linda Pruitt
Morgan County Correspondent Morgan County Auditor
The following County Court Allowance Claims have been filed with
the Auditor’s Office and will be paid on May 28, 2025
Allen Law OfficeĀ Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $6,329.91 Ā
Boren, Oliver & Coffey LLPĀ Judge Pro TemĀ $25.00 Ā
Capital One, N.A.Ā Jury SuppliesĀ $155.93
Carrillo Law LLCĀ Prof. Svc/InterpreterĀ $150.00
Comprehensive BehavioralĀ Psych Exams $4,350.00
Cragen, TaraĀ GAL-AppointmentsĀ $189.00
Cragen, TaraĀ Pauper Monthly Contracts $400.00
Culligan Of MartinsvilleĀ Service AgreementĀ $239.15
Dillon Legal Group, PCĀ CHINS Public DefenderĀ $1,575.00
Dillon Legal Group, PCĀ Pauper Monthly Contracts $4,983.00
Elizabeth M Smith Legal,Ā LLC Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $4,783.00
Harshman Ponist Smith & Rayl,Ā Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $5,594.42
K D White Law PC Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $833.33
Keller’s Office SupplyĀ Supplies OfficeĀ $256.85
Ksenak, Jarrett T.Ā Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $1,746.91
Lauer And Lauer AttorneysĀ Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $4,783.00
Lidy Law, PcĀ Pauper Monthly Contracts $4,983.00
Malcon Indiana Inc. Professional ServicesĀ $650.00
RELX Inc. DBA LexisNexisĀ Law Books-LibraryĀ $579.00
Robbins Law LLCĀ Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $4,583.00
Strategic Forensic LLCĀ Pauper Expense $700.00
Terrell Group, LLC Pauper Monthly ContractsĀ $833.33
The Gaunt Law OfficeĀ CHINS Public DefenderĀ $2,182.50
The Gaunt Law OfficeĀ Pauper Monthly Contracts $5,594.42
VanLeeuwen, DakotaĀ Travel & Lodging $151.00
Watkins DepositionsĀ Pauper ExpenseĀ $1,700.00
Total $58,350.75
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Linda Pruitt
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Morgan County Auditor
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Public Notice: Special Education Records Destruction, July 21, 2025
The Mooresville Consolidated Schools Special Education Department will be shredding records from school years 2016-2017 and older on July 21. Individuals who want to obtain these records before destruction should visit the MCSCĀ Education Center, 11 W Carlisle, Mooresville and fill out a records request form, allowing 72 hours for retrieval. Contact Jessica Acton for more information at 317-831-0950 x2027.Ā Records are destroyed in accordance with state and federal laws after a set period, which is typically seven years after services end for the student.Ā
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Taylor Morrison (630 3″ Avenue SW, Carmel, IN 46032) is submitting a Notice of Intent to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of our intent to comply with the requirements of Construction Stormwater General Permit to discharge stormwater from construction activities associated with Grand Oaks, Section 2, located southeast of intersection of Meadowview Drive and Burr Oak Drive east to Grand Oak Drive (Part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 14 North, Range 2 East, Morgan County Indiana). Runoff from the project site will discharge into an unnamed tributary (creek) and into White Lick Creek. Please direct questions to Taylor Morrison at (317) 714-3346 or by email at pclaire@taylormorrisonĀ
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGĀ
Please be advised that John J. Larrison and Holloway Engineering, on behalf of Claudia R. Pruitt, Ted Eugene Smile II and Trina R. Hadley-Smile, has made application to the Morgan County Plan Commission for a 6-Lot Minor Plat of Parcel 55-07-04-200-004.000-002 to be named Popeye’s Place Minor Plat. The lands are located at approximately 5655 State Road 42, Martinsville, IN 46151. A public Hearing will be held in the Morgan County Administration Building, 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana on June 9th 2025 at 6:30 pm. Said application is to be Dockett MIP# 25-10Ā
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONĀ
Part of the Northeast quarter of Section 4, Township 12 North, Range 2 West, Morgan County, Indiana, described as follows:Ā
Beginning at a brass tablet in cast iron monument box, found in State Road No. 42 which, per County Records, marks the Northwest corner of the above captioned Northeast Quarter of Section 4; thence North 8g degrees 51 minutes 57 seconds East (bearing of the North line of the Northeast Quarter based upon Indiana State Plane West Zone coordinate system- N.A.D of 1983), with said North Line, 2052.44 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr.- Firm 46”; thence South 00 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds East 829.15 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr. – Firm 46”; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 269.43 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr. – Firm 46”; thence South 43 degrees 14 minutes 41 seconds West 659.49 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr. – Firm 46” on the east line of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 27 minutes 22 seconds East with the east line of said West Half,1367.16 feet to the Southeast corner of said West Half; thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 27 seconds West with the South line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 936.77 feet to the Southeast corner of the parcel described in Instrument Number 200600725; thence North 00 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds West, with the East line of said parcel, 1116.26 feet to the Northeast comer thereof; thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 27 seconds West with the North line of said parcel, 390.40 feet to an iron survey nail with washer engraved “Holloway Engr.-Firm 46”, which marks the northwest corner of the parcel, also being on the West line of the Northeast Quarter and in State Road Number 42 (for reference the iron spike which marks the accepted Southwest corner of the Northeast Quarter is South 00 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds East 1116.26 feet); thence North 00 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds West, with the West line of the Northeast Quarter and in State Road Number 42 a distance of 60.76 feet to the Southwest comer of the parcel described in Deed Record 246, page 111; thence with the South and Southeasterly lines of said parcel for the following two (2) courses; 1) North 89 degrees 51 minutes 57 seconds East 712.37 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr.-Firm 46”; 2) North 36 degrees 37 minutes 57 seconds East 145.29 feet to an iron pin with cap engraved “Holloway Engr.-Firm 46”: thence North 00 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds West, parallel with the West line of the Northeast Quarter, 1307.68 feet to a found iron pipe which marks the northeast comer of the parcel described in Deed Record 257 Page 112; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 07 seconds West, with the north line of said parcel and parallel with the north line of the Northeast Quarter, 800.00 feet to an iron survey nail with washer engraved “Holloway Engr.-Firm 46” on the West line of said Northeast Quarter and in State Road Number 42; thence North 00 degrees 27 minutes 44 seconds West with said West line and in State Road Number 42 a distance of 60.00 feet to the Point of Beginning., containing 61.539 acres, more or less.Ā
Containing 61.539 acres, more or less, and subject to the right-of-way for State Road 42 on the west side of the parcel, and to any other rights-of-way, easements or restrictions of record or observable.Ā
Information on this matter will be available for the public fifteen (15) days prior to said meeting, during regular working hours, at the Morgan County Planning Department, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana. Interested persons appearing in favor of, or in opposition to the petition will be heard thereon by the board.Ā
John J. Larrison / Consultant for ApplicantĀ
Holloway EngineeringĀ
100 Professional Court, Mooresville, IN 46158Ā
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Please be advised that John J. Larrison and Holloway Engineering, on behalf of Norman Wuertley and Karen Dean, has made application to the Morgan County Plan Commission for a 3-Lot residential minor plat of parcel #55-04-23-300-011.000-010 to be named Wuertley Minor Plat. The lands are located at 8311 N. Briarhopper Road, Monrovia, IN 46157. A public Hearing will be held in the Morgan County Administration Building, 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana on June 9th 2025 at 6:30 pm. Said application is toĀ
be Dockett MIP# 25-09Ā
Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 13 North, Range 1 West, Morgan County, Indiana, described as follows:Ā
BEGINNING at an iron spike, found in the county road, which marks the accepted southwest corner of the above captioned Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence North no degrees 46 minutes 42 seconds West (bearing of the west line of the quarter-quarter, based upon Indiana State Plane, West Zone Coordinate System – N.A.D. of 1983), with the west line of the quarter-quarter and in the county road, 273.00 feet to an iron survey nail with washer engraved “Holloway Engr. – Firm 46”; thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 38 seconds East, 654.01 feet to a found iron pipe; thence North no degrees 50 minutes 26 seconds West, 188.56 feet to a found iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 05 minutes 16 seconds East, 666.45 feet to a point on the east line of the quarter-quarter (for reference, an iron pipe was found South 89 degrees 05 minutes 16 seconds West, 2.94 feet); thence South no degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds East, with the east line of theĀ
quarter-quarter, 457.73 feet to a stone, found in place, which marks the southeast corner of the quarter-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 48 seconds West, with the south line of the quarter-quarter, 1319.40 feet to the Point of Beginning.Ā
Containing 11.036 acres, more or less, including that part of the lands hereby dedicated to the public for roadway purposes, and subject to any other rights-of-way, easements orĀ
restrictions of record or observable.Ā
Information on this matter will be available for the public fifteen (15) days prior to said meeting, during regular working hours, at the Morgan County Planning Department, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana. Interested persons appearing in favor of, or in opposition to the petition will be heard thereon by the board.Ā
John J. Larrison / Consultant for ApplicantĀ
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NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA REGARDING
THE DESIGNATION OF AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA
Notice is hereby given that the County Council (the āCouncilā) of Morgan County, Indiana (the āCountyā) will hold a special joint meeting with the Board of Commissioners of the County on May 27, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Sadler Room of the Morgan County Government Center, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.
Notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2025, the County Council (the āCouncilā) of Morgan County, Indiana (the āCountyā), adopted a resolution (theāResolutionā) declaring an area in the County (the āAreaā), as an economic revitalization area pursuant to IC 6-1.1-12.1 (the āActā).Ā The Area is generally bounded by Keller Hill Road on the north, Antioch Road on the east, and State Road 42 on the south. Ā Owners of real and personal property in the Area making application, subsequently approved by the Resolution of the Council, may receive real property tax abatement and/or personal property tax abatement pursuant to applicable procedures of the Act.Ā Ā
Ā A copy of the Resolution including a more detailed description of the Area to be declared as an economic revitalization area is available to the general public and can be inspected in the office of the Morgan County Assessor located in Suite 218 of the Morgan County Government Center, located at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.
A public hearing (the āPublic Hearingā) shall be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., local time, in the Sadler Room of the Morgan County Government Center at 180 South Main Street, Martinsville, Indiana 46151.Ā At the Public Hearing, the Council will hear all remonstrances and objections from interested parties regarding the Resolution.Ā At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Council may take final action determining whether the qualifications for an economic revitalization area have been met, and the Council may confirm, modify and confirm, or rescind the Resolution.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 2025.
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
