The Fishers City Council officially has a new president for 2019 and it will be Rich Block.  The vote Tuesday night was unanimous.  Block is an at-large member of the council.  Todd Zimmerman, also an at-large council member, held the gavel as council president during 2018.  Eric Moeller was elected unanimously as council vice president for 2019.

In other council matters:

–The DMC Insurance Company plans to renovate and expand the building at 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, a light-colored building visible from I-69.  The council approved designation of that area as an “economic revitalization area” to move that development project forward.

–A transfer of land to the city redevelopment commission was approved by council, clearing the way for additional parking at a new office building planned at the entrance of Northeast Commerce Park.

–The council approved property at the site for Geist Waterfront Park to be transferred to the redevelopment commission, allowing a sale of the land now containing a cell phone tower, to be sold by the city to the cell phone tower company for a total of $1 million.

–Fishers Chief of Police Ed Gebhart honored a member of his force, Steven Pickett, for 25 years service at the department.