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Mayor Elumbaugh asked Councilmember Poole to speak on behalf of the Public <br />Safety Committee regarding the residency requirements for employment with the <br />Batesville Fire Department. Mr. Poole said currently all firemen, full-time, part- <br />time, relief drivers or volunteers, are required to live inside the city limits of <br />Batesville. It has been discussed as to whether relaxing the rules and allowing <br />employees to reside outside the city limits would help with the employment <br />“pool”. The department currently has 18 slots available for volunteers with only <br />12 of those slots filled. Fire Chief Brent Gleghorn addressed the council and said <br />he polled the full-time and volunteers as to their opinion of allowing employees to <br />live outside the city limits. Both responses were approximately 70/30 against <br />relaxing the rule. After a discussion, Councilmember Fredricks moved to leave <br />the rule as is and to revisit the issue at the end of next year. Councilmember <br />Krug seconded and all voted for. <br />Mayor Elumbaugh told the council that the 19 acres of Ramsey Mountain was <br />purchased through an auction by a local business partnership in hopes to <br />preserve the greenspace of the mountain. The intent of the partnership is to sell <br />the property to the City of Batesville, Independence County and the City of <br />Southside. Councilmember Poole moved for the Mayor to negotiate with the <br />partnership on behalf of the City of Batesville. Councilmember Bryant seconded <br />and all voted for. <br />Mayor Elumbaugh said he had a conflict with the next council meeting scheduled <br />th <br />for November 26 and asked for the meeting to be canceled. Councilmember <br />Matthews so moved and Councilmember Bryant seconded. All voted for. <br /> <br />