The Fishers City Council officially has a new president for 2019 and it will be Rich Block. The vote Tuesday night was unanimous.
Block
Block is an at-large member of the council. Todd Zimmerman, also an at-large council member, held the gavel as council president during 2018. Eric Moeller was elected unanimously as council vice president for 2019.
In other council matters:
- The DMC Insurance Company plans to renovate and expand the building at 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., a light-colored building visible from Interstate 69. The council approved designation of that area as an “economic revitalization area” to move that development project forward.
- A transfer of land to the city redevelopment commission was approved by council, clearing the way for additional parking at a new office building planned at the entrance of Northeast Commerce Park.
- The council approved property at the site for Geist Waterfront Park to be transferred to the redevelopment commission, allowing a sale of the land now containing a cell phone tower, to be sold by the city to the cell phone tower company for a total of $1 million.
- Fishers Chief of Police Ed Gebhart honored a member of his force, Steven Pickett, for 25 years of service at the department.