The City of Fishers took action Friday morning allowing its continued legal authority in regulating utilities, such as telecommunications companies, and their placement of equipment, such as cell phone towers.  Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness says a compromise measure enacted in the waning hours of the Indiana General Assembly’s 2017 session allows localities to continue this authority, but the legislation requires local governments to enact the procedures with a May 1st, 2017, deadline.

Fadness says he’s been told that roughly 100 local communities throughout the state will be enacting the same procedures Fishers enacted Friday by the May 1st deadline.  The Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety passed the resolution.  The board consists of Mayor Fadness and his two appointees, Jason Meyer and Jeff Lantz.  Fadness and Meyer voted in favor of the resolution…Lantz was unable to attend the special meeting.

The resolution sets up waiver procedures when a telecommunications company wants to place a new utility pole or cell phone tower.   The city continues to be involved when residents have objections to the placement of these utility structures.