By Maribeth Vaughn mvaughn@greenfieldreporter.com GREENFIELD — Greenfield-Central High School will no longer be a polling location for voters on the city’s west side. The high school’s aquatics center was used as a polling site for the G-4 East and G-4 West precincts in the May 8 primary election. The site had been moved from Weston Elementary School, but Hancock County Clerk Marcia Moore said the high school’s parking lots were difficult for voters to maneuver. If voters entered the school from Broadway Street, for example, they couldn’t park directly in front of the aquatics center because of the way the parking lots are blocked. “We heard the complaints of the voters, and we’re hoping to correct that,” Moore said. For the Nov. 6 general election, voters in the G-4 East and G-4 West precincts will cast ballots at the Hancock County Public Library. Hancock County Commissioners unanimously approved the change Tuesday. Moore acknowledged that the library is outside the precinct, but she pointed out it is not far from the high school. Besides, she said, voters should be getting used to voting at the library. Moore is hopeful the library will be approved as one of the vote center locations for the 2014 election and beyond. Moore said mail will be sent to the voters affected by the change in polling locations. Also during Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, Commissioners approved an agreement with Blue River, Brown and Jackson townships for emergency medical service. The county will provide $15,000 to each of the three townships this year to pay for advanced life support. While the county council had already approved of the measure, commissioners had several questions for council President Bill Bolander about the idea. Commissioner Tom Stevens pointed out that commissioners previously decided to phase out funding to townships for advanced life support. “Here it’s coming back again – I have a real question as to why,” Stevens said. “This is a temporary measure, a one-year thing,” Bolander responded. Bolander said townships cannot raise property taxes because property tax caps went into effect the same year the county phased out funding. A solution for raising money, he said, is forming fire territories. “Everyone is gun-shy of Greenfield’s (fire territory) and how it worked out – or didn’t work out,” Bolander said, adding that township trustees should still consider forming fire territories before asking the county for more money next year. Auditor Robin Lowder told commissioners the Indiana State Board of Accounts will not allow the county to form a separate rainy-day fund for local option income tax money. The LOIT rainy-day fund was an idea of the Hancock County Council last month, when it was discussing what to do with unexpected revenue that had been mismanaged by the state. Councilman John Jessup had said if a fund is created specifically for LOIT public safety money, if townships approach the council strapped for cash to pay for emergency services, the council will have a better idea of whether money is available to assist them. But Lowder said the State Board of Accounts is requiring her office to put the money into the county’s regular rainy-day fund. That, she said, could mean lower tax rates for county residents next year. The county won’t have to collect as much in property taxes because extra cash will be on hand.

GREENFIELD — Greenfield-Central High School will no longer be a polling location for voters on the city’s west side.

The high school’s aquatics center was used as a polling site for the G-4 East and G-4 West precincts in the May 8 primary election. The site had been moved from Weston Elementary School, but Hancock County Clerk Marcia Moore said the high school’s parking lots were difficult for voters to maneuver.

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