18 March 2014
Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes
Present: Shane McHenry, President, Art Little, and Kevin
Lynch
Also present: Gayle Pennington, Auditor, Teresa Randall, County
Administrator, and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.
Shane McHenry asked for a moment of silence for Tom Stephens
who was Bright assistant fire chief. Prayers are with his family. Can’t say
enough good things about him- he will be truly missed.
ATTORNEY: Andy
Baudendistel- went first as he had to leave early. American Structurepointe was
retained for Greendale on Ridge Avenue/Bellevue area study. Interlocal
agreement was needed with Greendale and CVTB
$28,282 is cost which is shared by Redevelopment Commission of Greendale
and CVTB. The county as sponsoring entity. Commissioners approved the resolution and the
interlocal agreement.
Baudendistel istyping up the Animal Control Ordinance now
and they will not have a blanket statement about pit bulls specifically.
Veterinarian Adam Miller helped with the ordinance. They do have a procedure to determine if a
dog is dangerous or vicious. This is done on a case by case basis. He will have
that ready for their review when he returns from vacation.
He also stated he had reviewed the contracts coming up later
in the meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS:
Port Board- Shane McHenry - Majority of the property is in
the city limits of two cities of Lawrenceburg and Aurora- but some is in the
county. The board wants the county to participate. There are 3 members from
each city and 1 member from county. They will draw up an agreement to put Shane
on the Board and participate. McHenry is our rep. He appreciates the
commissioners’ support in that.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer
Agreement for Bridge
#24 Cold Springs Road- $960,000 of federal highway funds for the
construction of this bridge. Agreement
approved and signed.
Amendment to Box Beam
Design Contract- They determined that Bridge 61 on Kaiser Road could be
widened and supported to allow truck traffic. Also Bridge 88 on Johnson Fork Road
would be fixed. Cost was $42,700 and is now $59,100 for the study for both.
This is with Strand and Associates. They will still restrict truck traffic with
signs- but it will cover times when one inadvertently gets in there. It will
also help people who live there with horse trailers etc. Amendment approved.
Costs are in budget.
ADMINISTRATOR:
Teresa Randall- has an agreement for
Land Consultants for a survey to cover area between the two buildings for
courthouse expansion. Thrilled to be able to use a local firm for $5900.
Termination language in there and Baudendistel
checked over it. ( no bid required as it is under the cost limit.) Commissioners approved. Chris Mueller
asked why county surveyor was not used. Randall said that County surveyor is not used because
the job required utility locate etc. and upload to a model that
requires software that we don’t have. And they can’t deploy that fast to get it
done with less staff.
Emergency medical
service for Greendale for 2 units- $40,000 – agreement approved. Aurora
also approved for 2 units at $40,000. Moores Hill has 2 units at $40,000, which
were also approved. All of these are using the new agreement that Baudendistel
had updated and included their financials as required.
AUDITOR: Gayle
Pennington- Claims approved. Minutes approved from March 4th meeting
with one spelling error corrected. Lynch abstained as he was not at that
meeting. Feb 18th minutes also needed to be signed as they were
already approved but they had signed them in the wrong spot.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS-
Art Little hoped everyone gets over the bug that has been going around- he
is recuperated.
Kevin Lynch-
Siemers from Whitewater Mills and Farm Bureau had a presentation in Batesville
and about 60 farmers attended from 7 different counties. He appreciated the Farm
Bureau getting involved in trying to get wheat production. A lot of farmers are
pretty excited about it. He also attended new road school for the first time.
He presented in front of about 60 other county officials.
Shane McHenry-
met with Randall and CVTB and presented a powerpoint. This was to help them
understand what the board could and should be doing. Hollywood casino updated
on the event center project. Feedback was good and it showed how money comes in
and how it can be spent.
LATE ARRIVAL
INFORMATION- none
PUBLIC COMMENT- Chris
Mueller- reiterated issue with
Redevelopment Commission and wanted the commissioners to also be aware that
they did not making the decision to pay the county administrator $10,000 plus
benefits for 2013 in a public meeting. After the Council meeting I had checked
my notes and then had requested the official minutes of the Redevelopment
Commission to see when the decision had been made. They might need to be
instructed that executive session discussions should not include decisions and
that the decisions need to be made at a public meeting.
Bill Black- EMA
Director- Thursday there will be a testing of alarms for severe awareness.
State radio system will allow Ohio radios from adjoining townships
and county to be able to communicate on our system.
Meeting adjourned at 5:39 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
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