AGENDA- January 3rd Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting

 

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

 January 3, 2023 

9:00 a.m. Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV. REORGANIZATION OF BOARD

1.  Election of Board President

2.  Re-appointments of Department Heads

Administrator / ADA & Title VI Coordinator – Sue Hayden

Animal Control Director – Marlene Underwood

Attorney – Andy Baudendistel

Building Inspector – Bill Shelton

Emergency Management Director – Jason Sullivan

Engineer – Todd Listerman

Highway Superintendent – Tim Greive

Maintenance Director – Eric Hartman

911 Director – Jared Teaney

  3.  Boards Commissioners Serve (All serve on Solid Waste, Drainage Board & Board of Finance)

Commission of Public Records (Jim Currently)

Emergency Management (Rick currently)

Juvenile Board (Jim currently)

OKI (Rick currently) (DONE)

Personnel Advisory (Jim Currently)

Plan Commission (Jim currently)

Region 9 Workforce (Art currently)

Southeastern Indiana Regional Plan Commission – SIRPC (Art currently) (DONE)

Southeastern Indiana Regional Port Authority – SIRPA (Jim currently)

Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council – JRAC (Rick currently)

4.  Citizen Boards – Appointments

911 Communications Board – (table until after Fire Chief’s January meeting)

Alcohol Beverage Board – Jim Dole

Aurora Public Library – Sue Manford & Angela Burkhardt

Health Board – Dr. Steven Eliason, Mike Hankins, Jill Tibbe MD

Planning Commission – Joe Vogel

Property Tax Assessment (PTA BOR) – Jodi Wolf & Mark Hardebeck

Redevelopment – (replacement for Diane Bender – proposed Jim Mansfield)

Regional Sewer District – (currently - Dennis Folke, Robert Lischkge)

    (proposed – Steward Cline, Russell Beiersdorfer      

V. OLD BUSINESS 

1. ARPA Committee Recommendation to BOC (tabled)

VI. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Weather Advisories from 12/22/22 Winter Storm – EMA Director, Jason Sullivan

VII. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

1.  Certification of Nepotism – Acknowledgement

2.  2023 EMS Squad Contracts – Aurora, Bright, Greendale, Manchester, and Lawrenceburg 

VIII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

1.  Claims/Payroll/Minutes

IV. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

X. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

XI. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XII. PUBLIC COMMENT

XIII. ADJOURN

Food for Thought

 

A Contemporary Christmas Carol

by Mark Franke

reprinted with permission of IPR

Anne Perry is a popular author of Victorian era mysteries. She writes several series using her stable of inter-related characters. I’ve read some and understand why she has such a fan base.

Every Christmas she releases a novella using her regular characters but not in their usual milieu of murder and depravity. The focus of these short books is on charity, redemption and forgiveness. She writes them for the Christmas season, after all. And I read each one as soon as it hits my local library.

I can’t write like Perry but I do have a true story to tell, one that might not meet Perry’s standards for her Christmas tales but still should warm the cockles of most hearts.

We know the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ian. Here in Fort Wayne, we all have friends and neighbors who spend their winters in Florida along the west coast in the St. Petersburg area. Someone told me once that there are more Fort Wayne natives in Fort Myers in January than in Fort Wayne. I don’t intend to field test that theory as I love our seasons here, all of them. And might an early winter presage a white Christmas? My grandchildren sure hope so.

So what does Anne Perry have to do with me? My wife’s sister and her husband have a home in Ft. Myers that they had hoped would be their retirement residence . . . except that it bore the brunt of Ian, causing extensive wind and water damage. Their home didn’t quite meet the FEMA standard for demolition so they are faced with the effort and expense of rehabbing their house.

Think about the difficulty of finding a competent, reputable contractor to help with that. The state or feds run commercials to hire only licensed contractors. That may be sound advice but it is not natural law. My in-laws are a case in point.

My wife’s brother-in-law was working on his house when someone came to the door. He introduced himself as Carlos, a demolition contractor working on several houses on that street. Licensed or not, he gave the appearance of both professionalism and honesty. He was hired on the spot.

His work was excellent and priced appropriately. Now don’t get me on a high horse about the immutable law of demand and supply. Yes, costs go up after a hurricane as businesses move products and services to the affected area. I get tired of self-serving politicians screaming price-gouging whenever they see an opportunity to score a political point. Price controls may be appealing to the economically illiterate but they only harm in the long run.

Carlos did excellent work, on time and within budget. Compare this to the licensed contractor who showed up with an offer to replace the siding. His price was three times the going rate. Fortunately this is still a free country and my brother-in-law politely refused the offer. So much for governmental licensing.

But the story doesn’t end here. My wife’s sister was at a local big box lumber yard buying a shower stall wall. What she didn’t anticipate was that something this large was not going to fit into her vehicle. And forget about store delivery any time soon.

She heard a voice calling to her from across the parking lot. It was Carlos, and I’m sure you anticipated this, asking if she needed help. He offered to use his pickup truck to provide immediate delivery to their house and refused any payment for this service. He also offered to transport any other oversized products they needed. Note that this was after he had completed work at their house and was paid.

Anne Perry has it right. There are things that can’t be reduced to economic calculation. Or should I say a monetary one. Economists understand that value is subjective and personal. A dollar sign can be put on some things but not all. Another economic law is that people act rationally in their own interest. That means in their self-interest, but which ofttimes is driven by kindness.

There must be millions of Carlos types out there, people who see serving their fellow man as the motivating principle of their lives. Sure, Carlos was paid for his work at their house; after all, it is his vocation. Yet Carlos clearly does not subscribe to a purely mercenary philosophy of life. He marches to a higher drummer.

It is now the season of Advent. We Christians go through four weeks of contemplation, repentance and anticipation. Then we worship awestruck on Christmas Eve and, for many of us, return to our churches on Christmas morning for a festive service of adoration as we contemplate the ineffable miracle of the Incarnation. Nothing compares. Nor can it.

Merry Christmas, Carlos. The Star of Bethlehem shines through you.

Mark Franke, M.B.A., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review and its book reviewer, is formerly an associate vice-chancellor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

20 DECEMBER 2022 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 20 DECEMBER 2022 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Jim Thatcher, President, Art Little, and Rick Probst

Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor, Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator

TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE was read by Baudendistel as legally required.

OLD BUSINESS - ARPA Committee Recommendations to BOC TABLED again.

NEW BUSINESS

Planning and Zoning Director, Nicole Daily- 3 items below:

Nicole Daily presented- Yorkville Alley Vacation Plat and Ordinance- presented on Nov 28, 2022. There is a unanimous favorable recommendation to vacate this alley and it is zoned B-2. It’s by Leatherwood and Yorkridge Rd. The entire vacation goes to the property owner to the west. It has to stay in the original subdivision which is why it is not being split between the adjoining owners. There are easements being set up for septic easements for the general store there. The owners of all  lots were notified of the process. Kraus Jr also answered questions. 

Commissioners approved the vacation of the alleyway. 

Nicole Daily presented- Zone Map Amendment- Moderate Industrial-2 to Agriculture- was heard on Nov 28, 2022. Property owner wants to build a home on his property and 33 acres are I-2 zone and it doesn’t permit housing. They wish to request a down-zone to Agriculture. The business is no longer being run on the property. A small zone of the I-2 is on 2 other adjoining property owners. They are relatives. One piece is too small. The other has a house already on the rest of their property. They had no interest in joining the rezone. There are 8 acres that remain I-2 on those other properties. They are rezoning just on one property owner’s plats. Commissioners approved the zone change.

Nicole Daily presented- Address Issues- 15514 Hidden Pond Pass Lane- Clayton and Amber Cornett- this is because of 911 needing to have it corrected and it is out of range of teh properties on that lane. The applicants requested that they address commissioners. They have lived there 11 years with this address. It takes time and money to change all this. Worried about getting her deliveries. Also worried of they sell the house in the not too distant future. Thatcher said they have to look at this from a public safety perspective. Daily checked the others on the lane to see if there were other issues.The number needs to be odd number as they are on that side of the street. The error was because they based the address on the Rookwood ones. The standards are set by the National Emergency that moves 911 to digital from analog also. They have to have 98% accuracy. Currently we are at 68%. Commissioners decided to have the address changed, 

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- 3 items below:

Water Rescue Lease- there is an automatic renewal in this lease now, so they do not have to come back either. There is a 60 day termination notice in the lease also. Water rescue has already signed it. They get charged $1.00. Commissioners approved the agreement.   

Purdue University Agreement for Extension Office Educators- Sue Hayden presented. The agreement - for 3 educators- Liz Beiersdorfer, Jeff Hermesch, and Marcia Parcell- for $123,840. This is for the educator part of their jobs. Commissioners approved the educators pay. 

Southeastern Indiana Planning Commission 2023 Representative- Sue Hayden- Art Little is the current representative. Commissioners approved Art Little as the rep again.  

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and December 6th and 7th Minutes were approved. 

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- received from the state a complaint for appropriation of real estate- a condemnation from Higher Ground and the Church of the Nazarene for SR 46 work.The county is named and if we don’t object to the project or they 3 appraisers, they can proceed with the condemnation. County does not object.

Greendale adopted redrawing some districts from the census numbers on Dec 14th. Once redistricting is done in Greendale , then the county has to change the precincts got match those districts. Our congressional house districts remain the same. This is for their Council districts only in Greendale. Nicole Daily helped her get this done. There is a Jan 31 deadline to get the precincts set. Candidates sign up on beginning Jan 4th. Commissioners approved.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:

Probst- Thanked the Cornetts for coming in to present their views.Thanked the maintenance dept for common area displays- it looks nicer. Hope we have a safe and healthy holiday.

Little- Our address has changed 6 times on Stateline Rd since he has lived in that house. Merry Christmas to everyone. He says it for a special reason- when we celebrate Christmas we should really remember why we celebrate it- the reason. 

Thatcher- Merry Christmas and hope 2023 is a bit better than 2022 was. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none

PUBLIC COMMENT-none

ADJOURN- 5:55 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

19 December 2022 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

 

19 December 2022 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

Present: Dennis Kraus, Jr., Chairman, Russell Beiersdorfer, Mark Lehman, Dan Lansing, Jim Thatcher, and Eric Lang

ABSENT: Jeff Hermesch (had surgery), Joe Vogel, and Jake Hoog

Also Present:  Nicole Daily, Zoning Administrator, and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.

Approximately 20 citizens attended this meeting.

Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as legally required.

ACTION ON MINUTES- November 22, 2021,  November 28,  2022,  June 28, 2021, April 26, 2021,  and February 22, 2021 meeting minutes were approved. 

OLD BUSINESS: none

NEW BUSINESS: none

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Review and discuss proposed changes to Article 2 of the Subdivision Control Ordinance- Nicole Daily did a quick overview on the Article that was discussed last meeting. She removed some of the parts as requested. The section on tech review committee was required for major subdivision review process. Numbers were changed as some items were removed. Public notice was taken out and referenced back to the article that covers the regulations for public notice. There were changes on notations for surveys with IDNR. That map from IDNR is an ongoing changing map. Item 20 was put with the rest of the permitting process. Number 21 was changed in wording so that out matched Soil and Water District requirements. The Recorder- Joyce Oles- was there to answer questions regarding the paper requirements so that is more water resistant for their copying and scanning. This is to help eliminate some issue with Mylars. Both methods can be used. Certified surveys have more requirements on forest and woodlands easements. Verifying the number of residents on private lanes was added. If the survey creates lots on a private lane they want the lane named on the plat. There are reference numbers available for best available data on the IDNR maps. The date of the survey is the date for the FEMA maps to0- even if that data changes in the future. Retracement surveys were updated for recording data. Several sections were deleted after this. Some of this went to other articles where they were most appropriate. 

The surveyors on the board  Lang and Kraus, Jr. said as long as we are comfortable with the disclaimer that they need to post on the surveys like with the flood plain areas. Lang said- they are as happy as they are probably going to get. <Laughter>

Plan commission forwarded a favorable recommendation to the commissioners for Article 2 changes.  Thatcher abstained as he will be voting at a commissioners meeting. Kraus Jr. voted so they will have 5 votes. 

Review and discuss proposed ordinance amendments and updates to the Dearborn County Zoning Ordinance, specifically with respect to the draft Zoning Map alternatives and the draft text(s) of: Articles 9 and 10, regarding Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts; Article 25, regarding General Standards; Article 27, regarding Definitions- this is the for the maps tonight. 

Zoning Maps—Harrison Township, Kelso Township, Lawrenceburg Township, Logan Township, Miller Township- Discussion and approval of 5 townships zoning maps w.r.t. residential and agricultural zoning divisions. Nicole Daily presented each map. 

Harrison Township Map- added Southpointe Condos to become  R3 when Kraus noted they were also in that township. Public discussion opened and closed with no one speaking in that. 

Kelso Township Map- Because there is no sanitary sewer in an old R district - changed to Ag Homestead. This map will show the change in Yorkridge that is coming to commissioners Tuesday night if that approve it. Public discussion opened and closed due to no one wishing to speak on that. 

Lawrenceburg Township Map. Keller Rd Ag homestead due to no sewer. Kept most of it as R if it was that before. Opened public discussion. Steve Perrine Scenic Drive- requested that his property stay Agricultural. They bale hay on 37 acres. Keller Road had a farm wanting to be Ag also for both pieces there., because one was Ag and the other wasn’t. I spoke on Pribble Rd regarding our farm business that was there since 1937 wanting it to be Ag as that is what it really is. The sewer line along a road seems to be a limit to being called Agriculture. This is a problem for farmers. Questions arose about how many animals like cows can be raised per acre. Chris Kirchgassner from Bright spoke on acreages they are using for animals in the text. Closed public discussion. 

Logan Township Map- presented the changes and no one spoke from the public on this one.

Miller Township- Kraus questioned if sewer was present on some sections that were kept R in less populated section below Woods Rd. Sections were left Ag or Ag Homestead even though up near HVL and close to sewer. There was farming there. Public- Greg Young on Georgetown Rd. Lives from Morningside on- They wanted it to stay Ag Homestead. And its R-1 now. Asked what grandfathered means.The use goes with the land. Closed public discussion. 

No decisions were made on any of these townships. The Plan Commission will continue to think about it…..

Schedule for next year is similar to this year except the meetings will be at 6 PM next year- not 7. Jan 23 is next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM.

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- December 20th Dearborn County Commissiosers Meeting

                                                                            

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DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

December 20, 2022 

5:00 p.m. Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV. OLD BUSINESS

1. ARPA Committee Recommendation to BOC

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Planning & Zoning Director, Nicole Daily

1.  Yorkville Alley Vacation Plat 

Ordinance Vacating Certain Rights -of-Way Located in York Township

2.  Zone Map Amendment – Moderate Industrial (I-2) to Agriculture (A)

Ordinance to Change Zoning Classification of Certain Real Estate

3.  Address Issues – 15514 Hidden Pond Pass Lane (Clayton & Amber Cornett)

2.  2023 Water Rescue Lease

3.  2023 Purdue University Agreement for Extension Office Educators

4.  2023 Southeastern Indiana Planning Commission (SIRPC) Representative

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

1. Claims/Payroll/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN

AGENDA December 19th Plan Commission - Zoning Maps Residential and Agricultural Approvals/Changes

 PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA

 Monday, December 19, 2022 7:00 P.M.

 *Location: Henry Dearborn Meeting Room; Dearborn County Government Center 

A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

B. ROLL CALL

 C. ACTION ON MINUTES—November 22, 2021 and November 28, 2022 

D. OLD BUSINESS – NONE TO BE RE-OPENED E. NEW BUSINESS – NONE 

F. ADMINISTRATIVE 

 Review and discuss proposed changes to Article 2 of the Subdivision Control Ordinance 

 Review and discuss proposed ordinance amendments and updates to the Dearborn County Zoning Ordinance, specifically with respect to the draft Zoning Map alternatives and the draft text(s) of: Articles 9 and 10, regarding Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts; Article 25, regarding General Standards; Article 27, regarding Definitions 

 Zoning Maps—Harrison Township, Kelso Township, Lawrenceburg Township, Logan Township, Miller Township

MAPS on Planning Site

Food for Thought

 

What Does 'Conservative' Mean?

by Mark Franke

Most people probably think of the ideological spectrum as a straight line, running left to right or right to left depending on one’s perspective. This places the extremes at the edges, furthest from each other. The middle holds the moderates, those who are considered the most reasonable and open-minded, if one identifies with them, or as the just plain mushy and unprincipled when one views them from either extreme.

That is the textbook illustration, one we all learned in school. But how accurate is it?

During my college years I was attracted by libertarian philosophy. I didn’t consider that to be on the extreme end but traditional conservatives did. And not without reason. There were certainly extremists among the libertarians, not quite anarchists but close to it. Antinomian, without law, is a word borrowed from the Greek which suited them quite well.

One unoriginal insight I had back then was that the spectrum was not a straight line at all but a circle that didn’t quite meet at the ends. I thought this obvious after finding it difficult to distinguish the most ardent libertarians from the self-proclaimed radicals trying to emulate the SDSers active on major campuses. You couldn’t tell them apart in appearance; everyone wanted to look like a hippie in those days. The absolute disdain for any type of authority was shared as well. They certainly agreed on legalizing marijuana.

Why were the extremists so much alike in those days? Is it still the case today?

It was not until I came across a recently released book that I saw the piece I was missing in my mental jigsaw puzzle. Forcing ideology to conform to a straight or even a curved line is simplistic and not useful for understanding where we are today.

Instead, as Jim Belcher argues in his book “Cold Civil War,” we should think in terms of a quadrant presentation. Many of us suffered through this kind of graph in our college classes, whether in the business school or the psychology department or wherever. They might have been called by different names but most would recognize them as four quadrant graphs, a square with a horizontal divider and a vertical one.

These graphs are only useful when you have two continuums, not just a single one like we traditionally use for political ideology. So if we keep a traditional conservative-liberal spectrum for one axis, what is the other? Belcher has a simple but elegant answer: freedom-order.

How does this apply to both sides of the scale?

There are conservatives, and I number myself among them, who value liberty above all. They, we, tend to favor personal charity to government programs, private enterprise to statist capitalism and free choice over mandated behavior. Other conservatives, as exemplified by the common good thinkers, harken back to classical and medieval philosophers to place priority on a well-ordered society to provide justice and protect liberty.

The left leaves me confused. I’m not sure where the woke progressives line up. They might argue that they are for freedom but the freedoms they champion are those most offensive to conservatives. And they certainly do not propound freedom for those who hold opposing viewpoints. Just Google a list of canceled speakers on college campuses and elsewhere. Freedom of speech or religion or assembly is not part of their Bill of Rights. And are you as tired as I of hearing the “threat to democracy” mantra whenever they don’t like an election result? Their definition of democracy is different from mine, and from Noah Webster’s.

Belcher’s thesis is that we need to achieve what he calls a “New Vital Center,” a circle in the middle of the graph where the most moderate in each quadrant can meet to forge a workable consensus.

This presents two significant difficulties to my way of thinking. First, can we ratchet down the hyperbolic vocabulary which holds back intelligent discourse? Perhaps, but only if enough of us want to.

Second, and this one may be the more difficult, can we reconcile our most deeply held principles with the pragmatic need to find policy solutions? Not every belief we hold is a hill to die on. Some are, to be sure, but we need to apply Occam’s Razor to our catechism. Moral imperatives must be held but how long does that list need to be? I am wrestling with my own list so I certainly can’t offer advice to others . . . even should they ask.

I will leave this as an open question, one I would love dearly to discuss with others of whatever ideology but equally concerned with our uncivil society. We had such a discussion last week at an extended family dinner. No one left mad. There is yet hope.

Mark Franke, M.B.A., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review and its book reviewer, is formerly an associate vice-chancellor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Reprinted with permission of IPR

6 DECEMBER 2022 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 6 DECEMBER 2022 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Jim Thatcher, President, Art Little, and Rick Probst

Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor, Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator

TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE was read by Baudendistel as legally required.

OLD BUSINESS

Request to Close Guilford Covered Bridge 9/9/23 9/17/23— Tamara Taylor Editor Bright Beacon- has a Park Board letter of approval, engineer certifies, 110 people plus 15 servers, and secured insurance coverage. Approved 

ARPA Committee Recommendation to Board of Commissioners-Dillsboro and DCRSD agreement still has a lot of work to line up the route, number of customers, etc. They are trying to focus on Lake Dilldeer. There will be a new recommendation that will be made. Tabled.

Interlocal - for Evidence Storage for West Harrison, Dillsboro, and Moores Hill- Council approved this the next night after Commissioners. Moores Hill is new- the other 2 are updated.Approved and signed. Sheriff signature to be added to this. They will get the town signatures also via their attorneys. 

Interlocal -for MS4 Cooperation between Cities Lawrenceburg, Greendale, Aurora, and the County-OHM Advisors was retained for this. We will also have a separate agreement from this with OHM. Approved. This needs to be recorded after that. 

NEW BUSINESS

County Engineer, Todd Listerman:

Bid Award Bridge #29- Red Bridge Road- Old North Hogan by  Shortridge. McAllister Excavating is low bid which was below estimate and below funding allocated by Council  at $1,082,404.61- Approved.

Design Contract for Bridge #166- Lawrenceville Road - FPBH low bid at  $64,200- Approved 

Design Contract for Small Structure #616- Thomas Road - FPBH low bid at $46,600 - Approved.

Submitted for fed funds- Bridge #46 Konradi Road

Announcement for Community Crossings Award is sometime today. 

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- Barnes and Thornburg Engagement for Lobbying- total $75,000

$48,000 State legislative relations  plus $1500 recording - approved

State  government council 2,250 per month = $27,000 -approved

2023 Harrison OH EMS Contract- $140,045 - Hayden presented. This is now a 1 year contract and indexed to inflation. Thatcher commented that we may have to look at setting up our own station eventually. Approved. Commissioners commented that Harrison is doing a good job for us. 

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and November15 Minutes- Approved

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- nothing more

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

Little- Time of year to get the hungry children- and if teh are hungry now- they are hungry all year- so give now.

Probst-Rural broad band usage program is coming to an end Dec 30. Testing your broadband speed to participate in the speed test to get the data to support additional broadband at the web address www.infb.org/speedtest

Thatcher asked Hayden to reed- Free clothing giveaway on Dec 9th 4-7 at 423 Walnut at Log Community Center- Lauren is contact. Email opportunities4ruralcommunities@gmail.com or 812-221-0837. Need volunteers to help sort too. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION - Tim Grieve- 2023 Materials Bid- usually we present and discuss. Fuel went up $1/gal. Asphalt picked up - $10-15/ton increase. Diesel fuel really up as the homes up north heat with it still. Extra bidder in asphalt in Cleves that gave good prices last year. Sometimes the mileage adds to cost.

Laughery Valley Ag built and Premier Ag in Seymour picked up bid did not and Wayne Kinnett picked up one and did not either.- Approved.

Got a new good mechanic this year and most trucks etc prepared for winter per Grieve. 

Sue Hayden- apologized for forgetting to have this on agenda. Thatcher said - you know this is time for your yearly evaluation <Laughter> - Hayden- Rick Probst is rep for OKI and Nicole Daily as proxy - Commissioners ratified those nominations 

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 9:46 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township