Milford is joining the National Take Back Initiative by providing a collection box for prescription medications.

Milford Town Council agreed to be part of the federal program by installing a special collection box that residents may use for the safe disposal of no longer used or expired prescription medications. The exact site of the collection box has not yet been decided, but it will likely be at Milford Town Hall.

To participate in the program, the town must provide video surveillance of the area where the drop box is located. Since the town had already been looking into video monitoring for town hall, it is likely that the discussion will be pushed forward now that it is required for the program.

The Milford Town Council also discussed some upcoming spring projects, including the installation of a new pier at Waubee Lake. With the amount of repairs needed to the old pier, parks department director Justin Yoder believed that simply fixing it would not be safe.

Ron and Vanessa Fox, owners of property at 305 S. Elm St., Milford, have asked that the alley there be vacated so they can use their own land to build a porch. Current guidelines require that they keep buildings at least 15 feet away from the roadway, however, with the vacation, they could work up to it.

In the years past, a resident requested that Fisher Avenue be vacated, but the council chose not to approve it since it was proven that the alley was still in use. The council, however, approved the vacation of the alley near South Elm with utility easement pending legal council.

During the March Milford Town Council meeting, utilities superintendent Randy Veach introduced the council to a letter received from the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Rail Office, noting the state is currently requesting yield signs at all railroad intersections in Milford. Currently, the intersections have stop signs, which members of the council feel, overall, is much safer than yield signs at many locations.

Veach is hoping to bring Rail Project Engineer Doug Gannaway of INDOT, who they believe can sway the decision, to Milford to show him the crossing and explain the town’s position on the matter, in the hopes that INDOT will remove its request.

Veach also informed the council on Monday that there is a strong possibility that property owners in Milford city limits will be taxed an addition $5 per year to fund the cleaning out of Turkey Creek. The news came from county surveyor Dick Kemper when he informed Veach of the meeting on the topic to be held Tuesday, May 21.

The next meeting of the Milford Town Council is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, May 13.