On Monday morning, the Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety held a virtual meeting. Mayor Fadness was at City Hall, and the other two board members, Jason Meyer and Jeff Lantz, were on a speaker phone for the session. City Attorney Chris Greisl was physically with the mayor at City Hall.
The board passed a resolution empowering the mayor to take certain actions that would normally require board approval. Examples would be city contracts in excess of $50,000 or changing the hours of operation in city parks. That doesn’t mean the mayor is planning either one of those actions now; the resolution simply gives Fadness the legal authority to take such action if the situation requires.
The resolution also requires the mayor to document any actions authorized by the resolution and report back to the board at a later date.
Shortly after the virtual Board of Works session, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued a “stay at home” order.