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Mayor Elumbaugh said there will be a County Law Enforcement meeting Monday, February 16th at 5:30 P.M. at the Court House. He said they will be discussing the Interlocal Agreement regarding dispatch and he encouraged the council law enforcement committee members as well as any other council to attend the meeting. The Mayor said he has a conflict with the February 24th meeting. Councilmember Bryant moved to cancel the meeting and Councilmember Beller seconded. All voted for. Mayor Elumbaugh brought the council up to date regarding the Barnett Building located on Main Street. Zila Corporation who currently owns the building has offered to donate the building to a nonprofit organization or government entity with the stipulation that the building remain with the entity for a minimum of two years. Cindy Cooke with Century 21 has the building listed and it has appraised for over 1 million dollars. It has over 35,000 sq. ft. and is a historic treasure for Batesville and Independence County. The Mayor said he has had two meetings with the Library Board encouraging them to send in a proposal to Zila to relocate the library to the Barnett Building. He said the board had hired an architect to look at the building. White River Area on Aging was also interested but said now was not a good time. The Mayor also said the Library Board did not seem very interested. The mayor asked Mr. Bob Carius with Main Street Batesville to address the council. He said he and Mr. Carius have talked in length on the possibility of the City and Main Street forming a partnership and sending a proposal to Zila for the building. Mr. Carius agreed with all the Mayor had to say and added that he had some information about the cost to maintain the building and the condition as well. He said with the information he had, the annual utility cost would be approximately