City of Greencastle employees will see their checks a little bigger in the new year thanks to the Greencastle Common Council.

In its last meeting of 2023, council members voted unanimously in favor of gifting town employees a $1,000 bonus. 

In other council news, council approved an amendment to the zoning map from Tangent Car Wash Company LLC from general industrial to general business. 

Eddie Felling, attorney for Tangent Car Wash Company, made a presentation to the council asking for the change to the zoning. 

"The size of the lot, almost 1.68 acres, makes it almost unusable for general industrial," Felling said, adding there will be a tunnel car wash placed on the site. 

Mayor Bill Dory said the site is small enough it does not need meet the general industrial standards. He said it is small enough to get a business on but it would be difficult to get delivery trucks or semis in. 

Felling said the owners have hired an architectural firm to design and has run into an obstacle of no sewer hookup on the site.