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Stephanie Wiechmann
In July, the Muncie Board of Works granted a noise ordinance exemption for a gathering at Willard and Hackley on the city's east side. This week, Muncie Police Chief Nathan Sloan told the board that what was presented at that meeting was not what happened on the night of July 30th.

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Nathan Sloan
This party was completely out of control. No fault of yours. It, it was signed for 75 people. That was clearly not what the intention was. Or at least what the outcome was.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Estimates put the crowd at between 500 and 1000 people. Sloan is asking the Board of Works to consider additional checks when granting an exemption and permission for street closures, like insurance and security requirements, and approving no multi-day exemptions. Board Chair Ted Baker gave the board's condolences to the community.

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Ted Baker
In light of what's happened, we are going to take a little bit of time and review any and all procedures just to make sure that, most, you know, the bases are covered.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
This isn't the first time Muncie police have asked for fewer exemptions. Last September, Deputy Chief Chris Deegan appeared in front of the board.

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Chris Deegan
People in the neighborhoods call us repeatedly to deal with the noise problems, and we are left with no recourse. That's kind of why the ordinance is in place to begin with.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
The board chair at that time said the board would consider adding police or fire department approval of exemptions, but any action on that was tabled for several meetings then stopped being mentioned. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.