The Frankfort Police Department is now fully staffed following the hiring of Jordan Kuglarz as the 32nd police officer at the Board of Works meeting Wednesday afternoon at Old Stoney.
“We have been blessed recently with the quality of applicants that we’ve had,” said Frankfort Police Chief Troy Bacon. “She shows that, she’s well spoken, she’s very talented and she’s very athletic. She is ready to go to work in the City of Frankfort.”
Kuglarz is a graduate of IUPUI and is the second female officer to be a member of the Frankfort Police Department.
In other news, the Board of Works approved a request by Clinton County Relay for Life Chairman Clark Beard to ‘Paint The Town Purple.’ Beard said this will be done June 5 to let everyone know the 20th annual event will be held Saturday, June 30, in the small gymnasium at Frankfort High School. Registration for the event begins at 10 a.m., a balloon release will take place at 11:15 a.m., the survivors’ walk will be 11:20-11:30 a.m., survivors’ luncheon at 11:30 a.m. with the luncheon guest speaker being Kim Dunn.
Everyone is free to walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and luminaries will be held at 1:15 p.m.
Also at the meeting, Mayor Chris McBarnes announced an initiative to try and get trains to quit blocking railroad crossings in the City of Frankfort.
“The people in our community have suffered long enough in terms of the railroad crossings being closed,” said McBarnes. “Yesterday (Tuesday), we fined the railroad company for blocking county road 200 on our north and south lines on what is now Roy Scott Parkway. It was blocked for more than one hour. This is going on to city court as a fine.”
McBarnes added this is becoming a dangerous situation.
“It’s causing major logistical issues in our Industrial Park from getting parts from Point A to Point B,” said McBarnes. “We had an overdose last week where we couldn’t get to the individual because the train tracks were blocked. Our guys had to clear out in the Industrial Park to get back to the middle part of town. It’s just not acceptable.”
What McBarnes wants citizens to do is if they come to a railroad crossing and it is blocked for more than 10 minutes, you are to call Central Dispatch at 654-5563 to let them know. McBarnes added he wants people to try and see if its Norfolk Southern engine or CSX engine. He said a police officer would be dispatched to investigate.
“We will continue to issue tickets to these big railroad corporations,” said McBarnes.