Decatur Township Civic Council

05/24/2026

We are going to have a booth at the Decatur Central Lions 4-H fair, but we do need volunteers to help man the booth. Please use the link below to sign up for an hour shift from 5pm-9pm.

We could use your help!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

05/18/2026

The Decatur Township Civic Councilmeets tonight, Monday, May 18, beginning at 7 PMin the Community Room of the Decatur Township School for Excellence. Click here for map : https://www.decaturtownship.org/map

Guest Speaker : none

There are two land use issues to come to the membership for consideration and a vote.
6801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia and Jose Aboytes, represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to split the lot into a 0.5 acre and a 1.5 acre lot. A 5000 sq ft house would be built on the larger lot and that would legalize an existing barn that is too large and too tall. The existing house would be enlarged to 1200 sq ft to meet the D3 standards. They also seek a variance to legally establish the existing detached garage which is 5.6 ft from the lot line when 6 ft is required.
7323 S Mooresville Rd -- Redwood Apartment Neighborhoods, represented by Joe Csikos, seeks to rezone 20 acres from D-A to D-6 to allow for 99 one-story apartments.

Not a member of the Civic Council ? Membership is still $5 per person. You must be a resident of Decatur Township who is at least 18 years old to become a member. New members must wait 45 days before they can vote. Details can be found here: http://decaturtownship.org/members.htm

If you would like to receive an email reminder of our Civic Council meetings a few days before, along with a short list of agenda items, please click here.  This will bring up an email form.  Just click  the send button.

05/13/2026

Our next Land Use Committee meeting will be Thursday, May 14, beginning at 6:00 pm in the Training Room of the Decatur Township Government Center.

Petitions that will be discussed:

3801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia and Jose Aboytes, represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to split the lot into a 0.5 acre and a 1.5 acre lot. A 5000 sq ft house would be built on the larger lot and that would legalize an existing barn that is too large and too tall. The existing house would be enlarged to 1200 sq ft to meet the D3 standards. They also seek a variance to legally establish the existing detached garage which is 5.6 ft from the lot line when 6 ft is required.

7323 S Mooresville Rd -- Redwood Apartment Neighborhoods, represented by Joe Csikos, seeks to rezone 20 acres from D-A to D-6 to allow for 99 one-story apartments.

We will also have a meeting on May 21 - same time and place

6501 MannRd -- Kittle Property Group, represented by Joe Calderon, seeks to rezone 23 acres for apartments. This is a refiling of a similar (if not identical) petition that was withdrawn last year. We do not yet have any specifics.

04/27/2026

ALERT !!
The Culvers fundraiser for tonight is cancelled.
Here is the statement from Protect Decatur Township made last night:
"We were just notified that Culver’s has cancelled our community dine-to-donate tomorrow. We were not given a reason why. Keep an eye out for future fundraising events, we’re going to continue to work hard to fundraise for the neighbors’ legal fund to pursue judicial review."

04/25/2026

The Decatur Township Civic Council meets this Monday, April 27, beginning at 7 PM in the Community Room of the Decatur Township School for Excellence. Click here for map : https://www.decaturtownship.org/map

Guest Speaker : Jason Holliday, Decatur Township Trustee; Trustee Holliday will present information about the proposed new fire station on High School Road.

There are no land use issues to come to the membership for consideration and a vote.

Not a member of the Civic Council ? Membership is still $5 per person. You must be a resident of Decatur Township who is at least 18 years old to become a member. New members must wait 45 days before they can vote. Details can be found here: http://decaturtownship.org/members.htm

If you would like to receive an email reminder of our Civic Council meetings a few days before, along with a short list of agenda items, please click here.  This will bring up an email form.  Just click  the send button.

04/24/2026

Support the Protect Decatur Township fundraiser for their Judicial Review fund.

Edit - Culver’s canceled this event.

Join us on Monday, April 27th from 5-8pm, for a fundraiser to support the neighbors' legal fund to fight against the hyperscale data center in Decatur Township! The more people that come, the higher proceeds we are able to donate directly to the fund.

Bring some friends and family, and we'll see you there! 🍦

Donate here: https://gofund.me/07be37275

04/23/2026

Hey Decatur gardeners - encourage the young gardeners and future farmers - take a look at their plant sale ! May 8 & 9 - details below 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

04/21/2026

04/21/2026

Decatur Residents File Court Action to Stop Sabey Data Center

On Friday, April 17, 2026, the Decatur Township Civic Council joined with neighbors Jan & Tim McWhirter, Loueva, Chuck & Leslie Young, Pat Andrews & Russ Glashan to ask for Judicial Review of the Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) grant of Variance that allows a Sabey data center in Decatur Township.

This is the first data center approved by the MDC without the ability of residents to appeal to the full City-County Council, and the first to be taken to Court in Marion County/Indianapolis. The group hired Arie Lipinski of Lipinski Law to pursue the Court action.

As we are a working-class community, our financial resources are slender. Along with the Protect Decatur Township group, the Decatur Township Civic Council is actively requesting donations for our fight.

www.DecaturTownship.org/donate to read Court Filing and/or to donate to the cause.

Decatur Residents File Court Action to Stop Sabey Data Center On Friday, April 17, 2026, the Decatur Township Civic Council joined with neighbors Jan & Tim McWhirter, Loueva, Chuck & Leslie Young, Pat Andrews & Russ Glashan to ask for Judicial Review of the Metropolitan Development Commission

04/10/2026

For those who attended the Civic Council's meeting last Monday you heard from our own Decatur Township Fire Department Lorne Hudson speak about a program they want to roll out to the community that helps with dispatch and the fire dept.

Please see the demo of the site:

Find out more about Decatur Township Community Connect, brought to you by the Decatur Township. Together, Building a Safer Community Through Prevention, Preparedness & Response.