February 7, 2023
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 4
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename the bridge over West 300 North on State
Road 25 in Carroll County as the "George H. Mears Memorial Bridge".
Alting, Doriot
(HOUSE SPONSOR — VANNATTER)
January 23, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
Transportation.
January 31, 2023, reported favorably — Do Pass.
February 2, 2023, read second time, adopted by voice vote.
HOUSE ACTION
February 7, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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First Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2023)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 4
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over West
3 300 North on State Road 25 in Carroll County as the "George
4 H. Mears Memorial Bridge".
5 Whereas, George H. Mears was born in 1953 in Carroll
6 County, Indiana, as the first-born son to Keith Monroe Mears
7 and Rozella Kerlin Mears;
8 Whereas, Following graduation from Delphi Community
9 High School in 1971, George attended Purdue University,
10 where he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity
11 and Founding Chairman of the Boilermaker National Tractor
12 Pull;
13 Whereas, George graduated from Purdue with a degree in
14 Agricultural Mechanization and worked as a test engineer at
15 the Allis Chalmers implementation factory in LaPorte and later
16 as a district salesman in northern Illinois;
17 Whereas, George later returned to Carroll County to raise
18 cattle, corn, soybeans, and wheat with his wife of 41 years,
19 Deb, and his three children on his Certified Organic farm, and
20 proudly served as a board member on the Midwest Organic
21 Farmers Cooperative;
22 Whereas, In addition to farming, George met the needs of
23 his local community through ventures including the sale of
24 natural farming products, selling canned beef through George's
25 Country Beef, running a custom spraying and lime-spreading
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1 business, as well as hauling and spreading driveway stones;
2 Whereas, George was a true public servant for the local
3 community, where he served as Carroll County Commissioner
4 from 2004 until 2008, and later on both the Wabash River
5 Heritage Corridor Commission and Carroll County Economic
6 Development Corporation; and
7 Whereas, George's lifelong dedication to family,
8 community, and preservation is greatly realized through his
9 efforts in the Hoosier state, from the Wabash Erie Canal to
10 Wilson's Bridge and the Hoosier Heartland, and through his
11 work on countless historical preservation projects that remain
12 active around the country: Therefore,
13 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
14 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
15 concurring:
16 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
17 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over
18 West 300 North on State Road 25 in Carroll County as the
19 "George H. Mears Memorial Bridge".
20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is directed to
21 transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Commissioner of the
22 Indiana Department of Transportation.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 4, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that
said resolution DO PASS.
(Reference is to SC 4 as introduced.)
CRIDER, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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