DEPARTMENT:            NEW ALBANY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

SUPERVISOR:               KELLY WELSH

SALARY:           $22,000 plus benefits (health insurance, vacation days and paid holidays)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 30, 2011

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Excellent computer and filing skills
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Must have the ability to multi task
• Customer service experience
• Title experience a plus
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Ability to work well in a professional team environment
• Keen research skills

DUTIES:

• Enter customer information into database
• Answer customer phone calls
• Take payment
• Assist in monthly billing procedures
• Providing assistance to daily walk in customers
• Perform various office related tasks as instructed by the director

Please submit resume to:

New Albany Municipal Utilities

Attention: Kelly Welsh

311 Hauss Square; Room 309

New Albany, IN 47150

Or to:

kwelsh@cityofnewalbany.com

The shuttle will cost $1 each way and will initially operate on weekdays for two weeks, said Linda Harris, CEO of the Spirit and its companion, The Belle of Louisville. If the service proves popular, the shuttle will be expanded.

The Spirit can hold 300 people. The shuttle will run from Riverfront Park in Jeffersonville to the 4th Street Wharf in Louisville. Indiana has 265 free parking spaces under the Kennedy Bridge where residents can park to board the shuttle.
Once people arrive onshore in Louisville, they can walk to major employers downtown or catch the free trolleys on Main, Market and Fourth streets. People may also walk one block north to Main Street to catch TARC buses to travel to other areas of the city. For a full TARC schedule, visit www.ridetarc.org or call the TARC customer service center at 502-585-1234.

Because the Spirit has evening dinner cruises, the afternoon shuttle will only be available 3 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

MORNING SHUTTLE FROM INDIANA TO LOUISVILLE

• 6:00AM leave Jeffersonville, arrive in Louisville at 6:10AM, unboard – Depart back to Jeffersonville
• 6:45AM leave Jeffersonville, arrive in Louisville at 6:55AM, unboard – Depart back to Jeffersonville
• 7:30AM leave Jeffersonville, arrive in Louisville at 7:40AM, unboard – Depart back to Jeffersonville
• 8:15AM leave Jeffersonville, arrive in Louisville at 8:25AM, unboard – Depart back to Jeffersonville
• 9:00AM leave Jeffersonville, arrive in Louisville at 9:10AM, unboard

AFTERNOON SHUTTLE FROM LOUISVILLE TO JEFFERSONVILLE

• 3:00PM leave Louisville, arrive in Jeffersonville at 3:10, unboard – Depart back to Louisville
• 3:45PM leave Louisville, arrive in Jeffersonville at 3:55, unboard – Depart back to Louisville
• 4:30PM leave Louisville, arrive in Jeffersonville at 4:40, unboard – Depart back to Louisville
• 5:15PM leave Louisville, arrive in Jeffersonville at 5:25, unboard – Depart back to Louisville

Anticipated start times for construction are listed below. This expedited construction work should be completed by the end of this week, weather permitting.

Tuesday, Sept. 13

• Morning: I-265 westbound ramp to I-64 westbound
• Afternoon: I-64 eastbound ramp to I-265 eastbound

Wednesday, Sept. 14

• Afternoon: I-265 eastbound ramp to I-65 southbound

Everyone plays an important role to ensure traffic in the Louisville metro flows smoothly during the closure of the I-64 Sherman Minton Bridge. INDOT and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet encourage commuters to:

1. Leave early and pack patience

2. Carpool or use public transit where possible

3. Arrange telecommute or staggered shifts with your employer

This document provides detailed information on the projects and the activities undertaken by the Department of New Albany Redevelopment on behalf of the City of New Albany pertinent to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for FY2010. The CDBG Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and has as its objectives the provision of services that benefit low- to moderate-income persons and families and prevents or eliminates slum and/or blight.

Click here to view the entire plan.

The congestion will affect traffic throughout the Louisville and Southern Indiana region, not just those commuting across the Ohio River, officials warned.

“Commuters are the key to making this plan work,” said Ryan Gallagher, director of traffic management for the Indiana Department of Transportation. “It is critical that commuters tomorrow – both morning and afternoon – realize that familiar driving habits simply will not work for the vast majority of people.”

The traffic plan has several key elements that will require commuters to alter long-established driving patterns.

A centerpiece for morning and afternoon commutes is a reversible lane on the Second Street (Clark Memorial) Bridge between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind. On weekdays, the four-lane bridge will have three lanes southbound to Louisville for morning rush hours and three lanes northbound to Jeffersonville for afternoon rush.

Key morning commute changes:

• Special lane-dividing markers on the I-65 Kennedy Bridge to more firmly channel southbound traffic toward I-64 and I-71. Motorists will not be able to access the right lane once they are on the bridge.
• In Louisville, closure of one lane of the ramp from I-65 north onto I-64 east.
• In Jeffersonville, Ind., closure of the Court Avenue ramp to I-65 south from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. EDT weekdays.

Key afternoon commute changes:

• In Louisville, closure of the ramp from westbound I-64 onto I-65 in downtown Louisville. That will restrict I-64 to local access downtown. Commuters wanting to access I-65 will be required to use I-71 or surface streets.
• In Indiana when the I-65 northbound ramp to I-265 westbound is overloaded, signs will direct traffic to a make-shift U-turn at the Indiana 60 exit one mile to the north. Signal timing at the entrance and exit ramps have been modified to help traffic flow.

The changes are being made to compensate for loss of the Sherman Minton, which was ordered closed on Friday after inspectors found cracks in the bridge’s steel. The bridge normally carries 80,000 vehicles each day. Its closure leaves just two Ohio River crossings between Louisville and Southern Indiana – the Clark Memorial and Kennedy bridges.

Indiana State Police and Louisville Metro Police will have officers at key intersections directing traffic and handling accidents. Hoosier Helper and Kentucky SAFE Patrol vans will assist with vehicle breakdowns.

Here are key points to help with the commute:

• Plan ahead. Your normal route may be affected even if you don’t cross the river.
• Leave early or much later to avoid rush hours.
• Carpool or telecommute if possible.

Passengers are encouraged to avoid rush-hour traffic periods if possible and to plan ahead and allow for plenty of time to reach their destination.

TARC will continually evaluate service and update plans as needed relating to the bridge closure. Customers can check the website at www.ridetarc.org, call customer service at 502-585-1234 and follow TARC on Twitter @ridetarc for the latest information.
Below are updates relating to detours and information about park and ride lots serving cross-river TARC trips.

Detours

TARC Route #22 – This route that normally crosses the Sheman-Minton Bridge will effectively be split into two routes starting Monday. On the Kentucky side, service from Park Duvall to Portland will operate as one route, with departures times at stops unchanged. These trips will no longer serve Indiana, however. TARC service from the Portland neighborhood cross-river to Indiana University Southeast will operate via Portland Avenue to 16th Street, Market Street, and then across the Clark Memorial Bridge. In Indiana, the route will travel to Brown Station Way, Spring Street in New Albany and pick up the regular route at State Street and Elm Street. Bus arrival times will be altered to allow for the longer route and stops in downtown Louisville will be added.
A route map and time schedule is being prepared for this route and will be posted on the TARC website as soon as possible.

TARC Route #73x – This route will pick at regular stops on Monday morning, and the detour into downtown Louisville. Passengers will be given detour information on Monday.

On Tuesday, Route 73X will not serve stops along Spring Street west of Vincennes Street or along Elm Street, but will turn LEFT from Vincennes Street onto Spring and operate a modified route into downtown Louisville exiting the Clark Memorial Bridge onto Main Street, then to Sixth Street, continuing to Broadway. AFTERNOON trips on Route 73X will pick up at all regular stops before entering I-64 east to cross the Kennedy Bridge before heading to New Albany. The route will follow Spring Street to Vincennes Street and will not stop along Elm Street in downtown New Albany. All stops north of Vincennes Street and Elm Street to Indiana University Southeast will operate at about the same times.

Park and Ride Options

TARC operates three park and ride locations in Southern Indiana that cross-river commuters can use to catch buses serving downtown Louisville using either the Clark Memorial Bridge (Second Street) or the Kennedy Bridge (I-65).
Below are details:
TARC Route #65X – This express route departs from a park and ride lot at the Meijer store on Charlestown Road with non-stop service to downtown Louisville The bus stops in Louisville on Main, Sixth, Chestnut and Jackson streets. This route also has stops serving the Louisville Medical Center. There are five morning departure trips, leaving from 6:17 a.m. to 8:28 a.m. In the afternoon there are also five trips back to the Meijer lot in Southern Indiana, with the first departure from Brook and Main streets (Humana) at 3:38 p.m. and subsequent departures at 4:08 p.m., 4:38 p.m., 5:08 p.m. and 5:48 p.m. One-way cash fare on this route is $2.50
TARC Route #74 – This route makes the same stops in downtown Louisville as Route 65X, with three morning and three afternoon trips serving the park and ride lot in Jeffersonville at 7th Street at the American Foreign Legion Blvd. (Illinois Street). Morning departures from the lot are at 6:42 a.m., 7:20 a.m. and 8 a.m. Afternoon tripos leave Brook and Main streets at 3:43 p.m., 4:28 p.m. and 5:13 p.m. Route 74 is not an express route and one-way cash fare is $1.50.

Please call customer service at 502.585.1234 for more information.

The Indiana Department of Transportation eliminated access to Exit 123 Friday afternoon when the decision was made to close the Sherman Minton Bridge due to structural concerns. INDOT officials had originally rerouted all eastbound traffic on I-64 at the I-265 corridor, cutting off direct access to New Albany’s downtown destinations, including restaurants, businesses and even residences.

“My staff and I have been in constant communication with INDOT, and we very much respect their decision to put the public’s safety first by closing the bridge,” England said. “But Exit 123 is the lifeline for many New Albany businesses and residences. As mayor, I felt it was very important to bring their concerns to the forefront while keeping in mind the seriousness of the issue at hand.”

England and other local municipal officials met with INDOT representatives, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear Saturday afternoon at a briefing at New Albany Fire Department Headquarters, where England requested that officials give strong consideration to reopening Exit 123.

INDOT contacted England later in the day, saying the exit would be reopened late Saturday for a trial period of up to three days. Access to the exit was made available at approximately 11:30p.m.

“We’re thrilled to see the exit reopen,” he said. “I understand the next few days — especially Monday and Tuesday — will be critical in figuring out how to best manage such a drastic increase in traffic on our local roads and streets. Chief (Todd) Bailey and our police will continue to assist state police as needed with traffic-control.”