SECURITY IS A NECESSARY OPERATIONAL COST FOR ANY INDUSTRY

Security is a universal problem that did not begin with 9/11. There is significant potential for security problems at every industrial facility. No one wants Lilly or its employees to be insecure.

Lilly Greenfield has no history of security problems.

Sheriff Gulling said:
After reviewing the run reports for the last seven years it appears that Police and Fire runs for Lilly's and the surrounding area are fairly routine. Automobile accidents and medical runs to the area appear to be normal for such a facility. There have been no responses to the Greenfield Lilly facility concerning acts of sabotage. However, Lilly should prepare for their own special security.

Gulling did a WIN/WIN - County did not assume cost of Lilly special security. In fact, Sheriff patrol cars are bought by Lilly and off-duty police paid by Lilly at above market rate bringing jobs and income to County residents.

LILLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SECURITY - THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT PAY FOR IT

When Lilly started the buy up of all the farmland it could acquire in its neighborhood, they knew that:

• The County roads which have been in the County at least since the 1800s were there far before they came along.
• The roads carry carry a significant amount of traffic. When they built some of their facilities too close to Meridian Road, they knew what they were doing. In fact, today in Indianapolis, some of their critical facilities are just a fence away from the public.

Each industry has its own special expenses - for example steel processing has extra costs for health and safety, but that doesn't become a taxpayer expense. These special costs are built into the product and that is what we pay for when we buy a car. When you buy bleach for your laundry which is a volatile chemical or a prescription pill, you are already paying for the special security that is part of the cost of manufacturing. If you shoulder the corporate costs of special security for one industry, you are paying twice. You (taxpayer) are making a gift to that industry of operating expenses that is their obligation.

No one disputes their need for security. But, Lilly, a $12 Billion company, will hardly go out of business if the taxpayers of Hancock County do not pay for their security.

LILLY ASKS TAXPAYERS - FIX (PAY FOR) OUR PROBLEM -

However, once Lilly asks the taxpayers to pay, they become beggars - not choosers. Then Lilly must be forthcoming about the details. By the constitution the County cannot vacate these roads unless it is in the public interest, and that requires a great amount of due diligence. Their business regarding public versus private interest becomes our business. No longer is hide & seek appropriate when dealing with an important constitutional issue. They have refused to produce information in their possession:

• their facilities layout
• security problem, proposals, and alternatives
• traffic impact
• impact on adjacent landowners

As to security, they need to establish:

• why they have a problem
• what the problem is
• what exactly this solution is requested
• what are the alternative solutions and costs/effects to community
• why the county should be involved
• Urgency? They have never contended urgency

DRASTIC SOLUTION - THE ONLY ONE THEY WILL CONSIDER

Despite the inquiries and demands of taxpayers at landowner meetings, they have not addressed a single one of these alternatives which would require personal responsibility on their part. In fact, in landowners meeting when asked about many of these options, they say they have no idea of these costs. Further, we should listen closely to Lilly. They have NEVER claimed their only security solution is to take the roads. They have never ever contended that the exclusive means of securing the Greenfield facility is to close the roads.

It would be an abuse of discretion to give them our roads when there are numerous other alternatives, which they have refused to consider/discuss with us even though they want us to pay for this part of their security, and they do not claim/substantiate this is their exclusive or best way to achieve security. They do not seem to accept their constitutional responsibility to establish that this is in the public interest.

Some security measures they need to address are:

• LIGHT Davis & Meridian Roads are now totally unlighted. Light is recognized by experts everywhere as a prime deterrent, prevention and apprehension of criminal activity. It is outrageous security breach that they would not even light these roads - the most basic and uniformly accepted security measure but instead ask us for them.
• Use part of large portion of undeveloped land in the main complex area for segregation of functions such as employee parking that they claim they need.
• Keep officer patrols into the future along the roads and thus keeping County jobs.
• Construct interior perimeter fence line roads for patrol.
• Security barriers or special fence.
• Less entrances
• Entrances that are physically more secure - tougher to violate
  Keep gates closed at entrances they have - Photos were submitted of open gates at Franklin Road Lilly entrance Monday June 2, 2003.
• Relocate any facilities that they have unfortunately located close to the road that now in their judgement are closer than they should be
• Tunnels under or overpasses over the roads to access their remaining property which is underutilized and which may not come to any utility for decades since they have over half of the main campus alone in farmland.
• Contain the security issues at the road lines, intensify electronic surveillance and the opportunity for official response.