7 November 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes
Present: Shane McHenry, President, Art Little,
ABSENT: Kevin Lynch
Also present: Gayle Pennington, Auditor, Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator
Title VI statement read as required by law by Baudendistel.
OLD BUSINESS:
Ordinance to Amend Animal Control Ordinance- tabled last month- Baudendistel made the recommended changes and PAWS was in accord with them. Changes were to keep the hold period to 5 days and not to return spayed and neutered cats without the property owners approval on that program. Commissioners approved the ordinance with all the amended sections.
NEW BUSINESS:
Change Orders Maxwell Construction- Chris Grabowski:
- HV Systems change order to void the previous one that had a wrong price on it. The new one will be lower and presented at a later date. Approved.
- #4 Koch Mechanical- Total of 3 items was $7614 and still under their allowed amounts for Mechanicals. Approved.
- #1 Concord Fire Protection - $514.84 approved
- #4 OK Interiors- $8923.86 and still under alliance amount. Approved.
- #7 Bruns Gutzwiller- Total of adds and deducts was $18,214.64. Approved. New contract amount of $3million+.
Timeline update on project. In the final finishes of building. Moving Prosecutors after Thanksgiving, then courts weekly after that. Then they will be working on remodels in the existing courthouse beginning in mid to late December. Full project finished in mid March hopefully.
Clean Water Indiana Grant- Vicki Riggs, Environmental Tech Soil and Water- This was awarded. Ohio County is in this also with the Match funding. Dearborn services both Dearborn and Ohio Counties. $100,000 on cost share for landowners. $7,000 on outreach. It’s really competitive so she feels good we got for this. In kind matching is done for these. No funding is coming form the county budget. 23 counties got this funding. This comes form the cigarette tax. This helps for Conservation practices and is easier to implement than the federal Conservation ones due to less paperwork. This was just for information. Funding is administered by soil and water office not the county auditor.
HIGHWAY DEPT. Todd, Listerman, County Engineer
Bridge #76 Jamison Road- Replacement Bid Results- 5 bidders- all were above the engineers estimate and available funding. They need to reject all the bids- Approved to reject all bids.
Bridge #44 Turkey Point Road- Right of Way Unknown Owner and Heirs- They will do a condemnation on an unknown owner process per Baudendistel. County surveyor tracked this way back to when it was split and still no owner found. Commissioners approved starting the condemnation proceedings against unknown owner and heirs for this nearly 1/2 acre parcel. All other letters sent to other owners of additional right of way.
Bridge #64 Sneakville Road- Engineering services for replacement- Land Water Group $53,200 was the low bid. Approved.
Updates for highway dept- Communit Crossing match program for $840,000 with 50% match have been advertised.
Annual bids for material have been sent and will be presented at Dec meeting.
Cold Springs Road bridge #24 is scheduled to be bid in december as a federal aid project.
Environmental approved for Bridge 5 on East Laughery Creek road- to be done in 2020.
Slips on Lower Dillsboro Road for over $2million has been submitted for an 80/20 match for 2023. This was on the priority list for this in the plan.
Board of Health Appointments- Dr Steve Hubbard and Donald Rechtin, Democrat and Republican seats on the board. Approved for Jan1, 2018.
Maintenance in the Jail- Eric Hartman and Shane McHenry met with sheriff Kreinhop and Dave Hall to have the inmates do their part in maintaining the jail to keep maintenance costs down. McHenry wants this on the record.
ADMINISTRATOR- Sue Hayden-
Request to approach Council to move existing funds for lawsuits- $16,863 in that fund. Apprpved. They are still paying off lawsuit deductibles for $25,000 each on some too.
Board of Commissioners Bench paid for by some funds of $22,000 available from Worker’s Comp for lowest bid of $21,005 from Trinity- a local company on Stateline Road. Approved o use those funds.
AUDITOR- Gayle Pennington-
Claims and Minutes from Oct 17 approved.
2018 Schedules and holiday calendar- approved.
ATTORNEY- Andy Baudendistel- BZA case had a conditional use for Kaiser Rd- landscape business and it was reviewed and affirmed by Judge Humphrey to let the decision stand.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:
Little- get ready for winter Todd!
McHenry- Lynch will be getting the Lauren Hill Award and since he can’t shake the pneumonia- McHenry will be receiving it on his behalf at the DC Chamber Thursday night.
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
LATE ARRIVAL- none
Meeting Adjourned at 9:16 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
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