5 Things to Know This Week: Town water rates to increase; minimum lot sizes amended; new committees coming; trick-or-treating hours; COVID-19 update

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1. The Nashville Town Council approved a wholesale water cost tracker ordinance at their monthly meeting on Oct. 21.

The ordinance is to amend the schedule of rates and charges collected by the town for the use of water supplied by the Town of Nashville.

For monthly water usage inside town limits the rate per 1,000 gallons is:

  • First 10,000 gallons: $11.74 (existing rate); $13.45 (new rate)
  • Over 10,000 gallons: $10.17 (existing rate); $11.88 (new rate)

For outside of town the rate per 1,000 gallons is:

  • First 10,000 gallons: $15.13 (existing rate); $16.84 (new rate)
  • Over 10,000 gallons: $11.83 (existing rate); $13.54 (new rate)

The rate increase will be on the Dec. 3 billing cycle.

2. An ordinance to amend minimum lot sizes was approved by the Nashville Town Council at their Oct. 21 meeting. The amendment changes the minimum lot sizes in R2 (residential) and RB (residential buffer) zoned areas in town limits from 6,000-square-feet to 3,000-square-feet. It also amends the minimum lot width from 60 feet to 59.5 feet and the minimum ground floor area for two-family homes from 1,200-square-feet to 1,050-square-feet. The public hearing on the matter had been held by the Brown County Area Plan Commission on Sept. 28.

3. New committees were discussed at the Nashville Town Council meeting last week. The result of those discussions was a short-term noise ordinance committee that will be put in place in the coming months. The town’s skateboard ordinance was also discussed and committee formation was suggested, but no formal decision was made at the time. Read more about these discussions in the Nov. 3 Brown County Democrat.

4. Trick-or-treat hours for the Town of Nashville will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31. For a list of businesses that will be handing out candy in town from 5 to 7 p.m. as well as other Halloween events this weekend check out A6.

5. Brown County remains in the yellow virus spread risk level, according to the Indiana State Department of Health COVID-19 spread map. This map is updated every Wednesday. From Thursday, Oct. 14 to Thursday, Oct. 21 the county reported an additional 27 new COVID cases. Using the recent population data from the 2020 Census, which shows the county’s population to be 15,475, the percentage of those who are partially vaccinated dropped to around 52 percent. Brown County COVID stats as of Thursday, Oct. 21 (counted since March 2020) and changes since Oct. 14 (in parentheses) are: 1,467 cases (up 27), 5,463 residents tested (up 41), 47 deaths (no change) and 8,140 residents at least partially vaccinated (up 20).

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