Best Metal Finishing awarded personal property tax abatement
Cathy May - Contributing Writer

Best Metal Finishing was awarded a 10-year Personal Property Tax Abatement at the Osgood Town Board's November 15 meeting. They are creating a new plating line and will be installing some new equipment. With the new equipment, they will increase two new employees per shift. The abatement is for up to $200,000.

In other business: East Street in Osgood and the alley from Harley and Ruth White's property to the end of Jac-Cen-Del's property will be vacated.

All the lining work has been completed on the Sewer Inflow and Infiltration Project according to Waste Water Superintendent Tony Wood. The money that was set aside for point repairs will be released back to the project which will allow some additional lining and/or chimney seals.

Superintendent Steve Wilhoit said leaves are being picked up, but at the present time the transmission is out of the leaf truck. Once that is repaired, they will be picking up leaves again. An Auto Correcting Meter will be purchased and installed at the station north of Napoleon. This will check gas usages against what Texas Eastern is billing the town.

The Indiana Office of Rural Affairs has turned down the town's application for the Water Project for State Road 350. The town will resubmit the grant in January of 2006.

Wayne Borchelt donated a hand made piece of furniture to the town hall. Council sent a letter of appreciation. Council signed the Ripley County Economic Development 2006 Inter-Local Agreement which had been previously tabled. This agreement requests the Town of Osgood pay Ripley County Economic Development 12 percent of the 2006 EDIT funds.

All three town board members were present: Jeff Volz, Paul Struckman and Linda Krinop. Attorney Mary Ann Gay and Clerk-Treasurer Tammy Wilhoit were present to advise the board. The next meeting of the Osgood Town Board will be held on December 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Osgood Town Hall.