IUPatty’s was discussed by the Indiana Borough Council at last night’s meeting.
Indiana Borough Police Chief William Sutton went into some detail as to the duties that borough police performed during IUPatty’s weekend. Police received 220 calls for service, an average of 73 calls for service a day. Comparing that to the normal daily average, that’s a 258% increase. This includes the two shooting investigations that happened early Saturday morning. Councilman Gerald Smith said that the event itself is no safer than when it started a few years ago. He also stated that if one of the I-ACT committe’s goals was to reduce the risk of the event, “it’s failed.”
Council President Peter Broad said that a special meeting of borough council will be held soon concerning IUPatty’s day. No word yet on when that meeting will be held. There have also been meetings with landowners discussing the topic.
In other business, IRMC Park on North 7th street will be closed for several occasions. The closures were approved with Councilman Richard Thorell casting the lone no-vote each time.
- The street will be closed for a math day event from Eisenhower school on April 22nd and 23rd. The closure would be during school hours between 9 AM and 2 PM.
- The area will be closed off for twelve days in June for an event from IUP designed to welcome parents of new students to the community and have them meet with community leaders. Those dates include June 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 27th and 29th.
