Vice President of the County Council, Penny Lukenbill opened the final meeting of the new year in the absence of President Judith Stone who resigned her position on December 1
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Lukenbill was surprised with a crowd of people entered the meeting room during the meeting. Commissioner President, Kevin Overmyer asked to interrupt the meeting and then asked John Oliver from US Granules to make a few comments on this being Lukenbill’s last meeting.
Mr. Oliver then read a letter sent to Governor Holcomb that said, “Penny A. Lukenbill has served the citizens of Marshall County in elected office for over two decades. Having been selected by caucus to fill the balance of an unexpired term as Marshall County Treasurer in 1999, Penny won a full term as Treasurer, serving until 2005. She was then elected as Marshall County Auditor, serving from 2006 until 2013, after which she again served as Treasurer from 2014-2016. Since 2017, Penny has served as a member of the Marshall County Coun
Plymouth City Attorney Sean Surrisi spoke to the City Park Board Monday about the Bardwell Aquatic Center and its future.
The facility is privately owned by a subsidiary of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation. It is then leased to Marshall County Health and Wellness Inc. who subleases it to the City of Plymouth, Plymouth Community School Corporation and Ancilla College who pay lease amounts. There is a sublease to the Dr. Susan Bardwell Aquatic Center LLC who is to be operating company for the facility.
Surrisi said the aquatic center was structured this way to take advantage of financing such as the Regional Cities Program that funded $2 million of the construction project. They also took advantage of the New Market Tax Credits which brought in another million dollars for the pool construction.