Debate over how to finish a flood barrier for north side residents has stretched on for more than a decade. But now a new step toward that process is drawing its own lengthy debate.

The Yorktown Town Council voted 6-1 Monday against joining the commission for the Mounds Lake reservoir, a week after a similar rejection by the Daleville Town Council.

Democratic Rep. Sue Errington of Muncie says there are many questions the Legislature's study committee on environmental affairs should consider.