24 April 2023 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

 

24 April 2023 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

Present: Dennis Kraus, Jr., Chairman, Russell Beiersdorfer, Jeff Hermesch, Mark Lehman, Joe Vogel, Jake Hoog, Dan Lansing, Jim Thatcher, and Eric Lang

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

Register Publications was not present.

Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as legally required.

ACTION ON MINUTES- March 27, 2023 Minutes - approved.

OLD BUSINESS: none

NEW BUSINESS: none

ADMINISTRATIVE:

DEARBORN COUNTY ZONING MAPS – To review and discuss proposed ordinance amendments and updates to the Dearborn County Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, specifically with respect to the text(s) of: Articles 9 and 10, regarding Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts; Article 25, regarding General Standards and new Use Development Standards; Article 27, regarding Definitions. This will be an overview of all changes to date for only the proposed zoning map changes, which will determine the final proposed zoning map that will be voted on a date yet to be determined.

Nicole Daily- Going over the 7 townships that they did not make it to at the last meeting. 

Nicole Daily SpartaTownship - One piece of property off Chesterviulle Rd- Ag to Ag Homestead because of the subdivisions in that area. -

Opened Public discussion:

Josh Holland regarding that parcel mentioned by Daily. Doesn’t want to have to deal with this when I’m 780 or 80n years old. Why is the 28 acre park which has been Ag going to Ag Homestead. It was all one family and these 2 parcels came off before the subdivision was created. Holland requested they take them home and sleep on them and recolor it for Agriculture. Board took it under advisement. Holland showed a few more areas that might need to be looked at again. Reflected on Moores Hill discussing some of the them for sewering eventually.

Closed Public discussion.

Nicole Daily- Manchester Township - no comments from the workshops on Manchester’s map. 

Opened Public discussion.

No one in public present to speak on Manchester. Kraus asked if the board had any comments on the map. No one spoke.

Closed public discussion.

Nicole Daily- Harrison Township- They have Bright area map also.

Opened Public discussion.

No one spoke. Kraus said this is a township where they have the highest residential zone R3. ( It also has TIF districts)

Closed public discussion.

Nicole Daily- Jackson Township- no comments from workshops on Jackson from workshops.

Opened public discussion.

Jeff Stenger- general comments. And these apply to some other townships also.  Thanked all of them for everything they have been going through. Apologized in not coming forward a bit sooner.

89% of county land was zoned Ag. We used to call the subdivisions Family divisions. Now we can no longer do these minor subdivisions in Agricultural land. I think you have really taken away a lot of value by doing that. In essence it’s like a taking. Some now are asking for Ag Homestead so they can get divisions. By taking away minor subdivisions you are forcing people to do something that shouldn’t have happened. The most control is when a zone change is requested. Getting conditions on a rezone for example like road improvements etc. If you turn it into Residential you no longer have that ability to ask for some conditions to be met and improvements made when a subdivision is proposed. 

The people who own 89% of the land in Dearborn County can no longer subdivide the land due to text changes. Ag Homestead has a minimum lot size raise of 1 acres in Ag Homestead. Ag has a 2 acre minimum. The minor subdivision or family division is gone from Ag text now. Jackson Township has wetland soils so that is an issue for septic. One section they have as Ag Homestead has no sewer, wetland soils and variable water.  Now if I want to divide my farm for my two kids that works- but if my grandkids want some- that will be a problem in Ag now. 

Mark Lehman asked Stenger- if he was surveyor of large land split along Stateline. 

Stenger was and he agreed that it was not the way it should be done. But they did what the client wanted. Stenger said he struggles with taking away a real property right. 

Lehman- If we took Ag and should we allow minor and major subdivisions?

Stenger said only minor ones in Ag. If it’s major it should be on a sewer. If you have Ag property on a sewer- nothing wrong with leaving it Ag. When it is Residential in Ag use you would create a non- conforming use. ( and thus a grandfathered use) The less pre-existing-non-conforming uses we have in the county- the better. The Ag Homestead is almost a R-1. I really don’t know of any minor subdivisions that have been abused. One on Mt Pleasant was 3-5 acre lots would be good as Ag Homestead.  

Mark Lehman hadn’t thought about not allowing minor divisions in Ag and the consequences. Discussion about Ag Homestead examples that illustrate the points. 

Stenger - taking away a lot of rights we’ve had for years with taking minor divisions out of Ag. Also mentioned Jeff Lyness 77 acre piece he’d just bought for his kids and now they changed the subdivision rules and lots size rules on Ag, as an example.

Nicole Daily- One of the struggles is about conservation of land. We are going to be an MS4 and we are going to have an ordinance that mandates that as well. Some of our Ag may not have to go through those mandates. There are situations where people abuse the certified surveys and minor subdivisions- she has seen them. MS4 in the municipalities is being handled by the cities.

Closed Public Discussion on Jackson Township.

Nicole Daily- Kelso  Township-  no comments from public workshops.

Opened Public Discussion.

Mark Hall-  I tell people I am the luckiest man in the world- in 1954a family from DogRidge took a boy from an orphanage back to their farm. Dog Ridge Rd- 250 acres. Greg Hyland is trying to keep his 250 acres Ag. We want to be Ag. Water only goes so far and sewer starts in the yellow R zone. Water is very expensive to get there. Nothing against Ag Homestead- but it is not the best choice here. Want to reconsider Ag Homestead to Ag. He thinks the best way to communicate about this process is to put signs out in an area so people know what is being considered. Many people don’t know what is going on. It wouldn’t take 3 signs in that area  to reach the people to let them know. He wants his Ag business be rezoned from R to Ag.

RJ Beck- Dogridge Rd - wanted excess personal info on packets to be redacted. Those packets nd info were on the internet. Ag Homestead is all this area in the Tanners Creek watershed. He pointed out the land they and neighbors own there. This is the best riparian zone in the area. And 1 acre lots are allowed in these areas. If you look at the area. It’s a large woodland protected area. Stormwater and MS4 and smart growth. If you overlay the sewer areas on this you can see this is NOT smart growth.He asked for a purpose of Ag Homestead. Board said it is what Ag is now in the county. 15 years experience in Pubic health and inspecting septic systems etc. Board will take it under consideration. 

Closed Public discussion. 

Nicole Daily- Miller Township- had some comments about keeping of animals that have all been addressed. 

Opened Public discussion- no public.

Closed Public discussion. 

Beiersdorfer said one email had to do with animals and that was addressed before. 

Nicole Daily- Logan Township- and they have the Bright area map out with that one too. 

Opened Public Discussion. 

No public- 

Closed Public Discussion.

Opened public discussion for any map now that the 7 townships are covered.

[NOTE- there were 2 other speakers- Brett Fehrman and a woman who was just finishing when I returned to my seat.]

Terry Sawyers- Carrie Lane- The subdivision that was on the property 27 lots in 1962. She and sister had conversation with Mark McCormack.There is no sewer there. There has to be primary and secondary sewer sites and they cannot be there on those lots. There is an ROW for the electric towers. 16 of the 27 lots are affected by the ROW. I want to leave my farm in Ag and it is in Ag now. 1965 is when her parents purchased the property. Their hayfield is what the R area is. It has always been Ag since 1965 and she showed USDA papers on that. What benefit is it to me to have it be residential? I am not going to have access to sewage. 

Jeff Meinders- express his interest to keep his interest to have his property on Mt Tabor Huesman and US 50 back as Residential. He is in the middle of all that Residential. Part of this land is a platted subdivision. It was approved but didn’t get to 2ndary plat stage. They understand why he is there per Kraus. He has sewer on SE m NE and NW corners of 5th property. It’s Ag Homestead. The previous director did not know he had access to seer. We provided Nicole with a sewer map from sewer district engineer. 

Chris Mueller- presented addendum packet- which was NOT in the board’s packets for he meeting. Nicole Daily said she didn’t put it in their packets because they were not going to have previous townships speaking at the meeting tonight. I asked that it be in the next meeting’s packet and briefly explained that it was a zone change criteria with answers for our family farm piece going back to Ag. I also addressed Russell Beiersdorfer’s question he had asked last month  about any detriment the family experienced from being Residential telling him that was in our packet also as an attached appraisal letter.

Jake Hoog- how many people requesting changes.

Kraus- We had been having a hard time getting meaningful public input and appreciate everyone coming down here. 

Nicole Daily- One case next month for a rezone- so needs to know what the board wants to do with  it next. 

Meeting adjourned at 8 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

18 APRIL 2023 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 18 APRIL 2023 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Rick Probst, Acting President, and Art Little

ABSENT: Jim Thatcher- Minor illnesss

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

Sewer Ordinance- TABLED item still-  had met with the Home Builders Association and explained the state law already on this. There are several other bills still being considered in legislature per Baudendistel

NEW BUSINESS

Quit Claim Deed- Properties in the Bright Business District- Tabled - needs Thatcher to be present to sign 

Ordinance to Amend Chapter 70 - Traffic Rules- commissioners approved the changes and also the increase in fines for obstructions 

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- May 16th evening meeting needs to be changed to 9 AM  morning meeting- Approved. meeting time change 

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and  April 4th Minutes Approved.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- Transmission of public meetings - Takes effect Jan 1 2025- live transmission of meetings by anyone who uses this room. Recording has to be kept 90 days. 

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Little- watch out for severe weather - tornado season.

Probst- Ag equipment moving on highways- so encourage drivers to be attentive. Best wishes to Thatcher from minor illness. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- Celeste Calvitto- Anti Litter Initiative - April 29th for Stateline Rd Closure instead of this weekend due to rain- as a weather alternate date. In the future  present with an alternate date in the original approval. May 6th is Yorkridge with an alternate of May 13th, Already checked the change for April with the sheriff and highway dept, Approved by Commissioners.

PUBLIC COMMENT- Ken Keyholz-sp? West Harrison regarding animal control  - engineer for almost 40 years. He is pretty logical. Feels like a circus performer with a hula hoop with these verbal animal complaints. Finally got an investigation after 20 official complaints. He is complaining under the section that states the neighbors dogs are harassing him. The investigation was over per Probst. He told him that he has a right to file suit for harassment if he wants. Nicole Daily from Planning Dept. had spent a couple hours observing the site and found no issues on a Sunday evening. Mr Keyhole was not satisfied with the situation when he left. 

Steve Perrine- 16358 Scenic Drive- question about ROW and what can or cannot be in them. Baudendistel relayed that it was done mostly to address dumping. He has a 15 ft half ROW.

Also asked about the transmission of meetings- it will probably be on You tube eventually like Lawrenceburg. 

ADJOURN- 5:40 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- ZONING MAP CHANGES TO AGRICULTURE AND RESIDENTIAL ZONE - APRIL 24TH DEARBORN COUNTY PLAN COMMISSION MEETING

 PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA 

Monday, April 24, 2023 6:00 P.M.

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

A. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

B. ROLL CALL 

C. ACTION ON MINUTES—March 27, 2023,

D. OLD BUSINESS – NONE TO BE RE-OPENED 

E. NEW BUSINESS – NONE 

F. ADMINISTRATIVE 

 DEARBORN COUNTY ZONING MAPS – 

To review and discuss proposed ordinance amendments and updates to the Dearborn County Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, specifically with respect to the text(s) of: Articles 9 and 10, regarding Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts; Article 25, regarding General Standards and new Use Development Standards; Article 27, regarding Definitions. This will be an overview of all changes to date for only the proposed zoning map changes, which will determine the final proposed zoning map that will be voted on a date yet to be determined.

Food For Thought

 A Quaint Expression Rings True

by Leo Morris

reprinted with permission of IPR

A few months after my father died, I asked my mother how she was doing.

“I miss having him to talk to,” was all she said, but that’s all she needed to say. No matter how many friends and relatives she had to talk with, no matter how much her children tried to fill the conversational void, there was something about the casual banter of lifetime partners that could never be replaced. A comfortable presence in her life was gone forever.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “kith and kin,” one of those quaint expressions you seldom hear anymore.

Kin I still have – though, heaven knows, fewer than I used to. Not so much “kith,” who, as the dictionary explains, are “acquaintances, friends, neighbors or the like; persons living in the same locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.”

It’s that “living in the same locality” that’s the tricky part, and I blame technology.

First, of course, came transportation technology. Roads took us away from our homes to work in remote locations, and the automobile and national highway systems increased both the distances and the tendencies. My brother and sister and I grew up in the same tiny place in Eastern Kentucky, sharing a small house with our parents and seeing each other all the time. Now, we live in three different cities in two far-apart states.

And communications technology has kept us all apart. We no longer have to rely on the Post Office to deliver our letters and imagine how our friends and relatives are reacting to our thoughts days after we have expressed them. We can email or text them for instant communications and even see their faces if we want to make a video call with our smart phones.

But it’s not the same.

Our brother just visited from Texas, and we spent a week with our sister in Indianapolis. We get together like that only about once a year, and it’s always – I hate to use such a theatrical word, but there it is – magic.

And it’s not about anything specific – not anything we do together, though we find enjoyment in common pursuits; not necessarily what we talk about, though there is always the usual enjoyable outrageous nonsense only longtime siblings can conjure up,

It was just the sheer physical presence of family members, a comforting closeness that can chase away the overwhelming sense of isolation we sometimes feel as a tiny speck in the vast universe. Even if I was reading a book or watching something on TV, just knowing my brother and sister were in the same room gave me a sense of well-being. And knowing they would still be there in the morning and for the next day brought true peace of mind.

I suspect you’ve had the same feeling at times. Remember a Thanksgiving or Christmas when you were surrounded not just by the immediate family but by extended family from all over – your “kith and kin”? There undoubtedly came a moment amid all the bickering and fussing when you simply thought, “These are my people, and I’m grateful we are all here together.”

And it was bittersweet, wasn’t it, because you knew the moment was fleeting?

I feel sorry for the younger generations today, who have grown up knowing nothing but the ubiquitousness of instant communications yet seem to not know how to relate to one another. They spend so much time on their devices trading quips and showing off that they don’t know the sheer comforting presence of other people. Heaven knows how much their Covid-induced absences from school reinforced that inclination to isolation.

I read recently that Millennials are starting, at least in small numbers, to buy dumb phones instead of smart ones – devices that can only make and receive calls – having decided they were spending far too much screen time.

Good for them. Maybe they will start putting the kith back in kith and kin.

Leo Morris, columnist for The Indiana Policy Review, is winner of the Hoosier Press Association’s award for Best Editorial Writer. Morris, as opinion editor of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, was named a finalist in editorial writing by the Pulitzer Prize committee. Contact him at leoedits@yahoo.com.

PROPOSED TRAFFIC RULES AND RIGHT OF WAY OBSTRUCTION AMENDMENT TO COUNTY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 70

PROPOSED TRAFFIC RULES AND RIGHT OF WAY OBSTRUCTION AMENDMENT TO COUNTY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 70

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA ORDINANCE 2023--_____

ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 70 OF THE DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES

WHEREAS, Chapter 70 of the Dearborn County, Indiana Code of Ordinances establishes certain “Traffic Rules” for Dearborn County, Indiana;

WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 36-9-2-7 states that “A unit may regulate the use of public way.”;

WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 36-8-2-4 states that “A unit may regulate conduct, or use or possession of property, that might endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.”;

WHEREAS, Indiana Code § 36-2-18-1 states that “Each county highway department shall control detrimental plants (as defined in IC 15-16-8-1), and noxious weeds as required by law.” WHEREAS, obstructions on County roads and/or in County rights-of-way are a danger to the public health, safety, and welfare of Dearborn County citizens and may prohibit the Dearborn County Highway Department from performing its statutorily required duties; and

WHEREAS, the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners believe that § 70.05 and § 70.99 of the Dearborn County, Indiana Code of Ordinances should be amended to regulate obstructions on County roads and/or in County rights-of-way.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners that § 70.05 and § 70.99 of the Dearborn County, Indiana Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as follows (removed language stricken; added language underlined):

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE CHAPTER 70: TRAFFIC RULES

§ 70.05 PARKING OBSTRUCTIONS ON COUNTY ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY

(A) For the purposes of this section, OBSTRUCTION shall mean any waste which, if not properly disposed of, creates a danger to public health, safety, and/or welfare, impairs the ability of Dearborn County employees to perform their job functions, and/or impairs the environment of the people of the County.

OBSTRUCTION shall include, but is not limited to: vehicles, trailers, watercraft, garbage, trash, refuse, debris, brush, tree trimmings, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, paper products, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers, motor vehicle parts (including tires), furniture, posts, railroad ties, concrete blocks, brick/stone walls, carcasses of dead animals, or any other waste material of an unsightly, unsanitary, nauseous, dangerous, and/or offensive nature.

(A) No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity in charge of or in control of or in ownership of any motor vehicle obstruction shall cause, allow, or permit said motor vehicle obstruction to be parked left on the trafficked portions of any county road rights-of-way for any length of time.

(B) No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity in charge of or in control of or in ownership of any motor vehicle obstruction shall cause, allow, or permit said motor vehicle obstruction to block or restrict in any manner an access, driveway, easement, intersection, egress, ingress, sidewalk, or interfere with a county right-of-way, nor impede any government employee in the course of their regular duties, or cause, allow, or permit a hazardous condition to occur said obstruction to be left in the non-trafficked portions of the county rights-of-way for any length of time.

(C) Police, postal, fire, EMS, and other governmental employees are hereby exempt from this section when in the course of their regular duties.

§ 70.99 PENALTY

(A) No changes.

(B) No changes.

(C) No changes.

(D) Any person violating any portion of § 70.05 shall be guilty of an Class C infraction and shall be fined up to $500. Any person violating said section shall be fined no more than $25 and not less than $10. Any person found to have violated § 70.05  7 more than once in a calendar year shall be guilty of a Class B infraction and shall be fined up to $1,000.

(E) Any person violating any portion of § 70.04 and/or § 70.07 shall be guilty of a Class D infraction and shall be fined up to $25. Any person found to have violated any portion of § 70.04 and/or § 70.057 more than once in a calendar year shall be guilty of a Class C infraction and shall be fined up to $500.; and

(F) No changes. 

(G) No changes. 

ALL OF WHICH IS ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Dearborn County, Indiana this the _____ day of _______________, 2023. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DEARBORN COUNTY, INDIANA ______________________________ ______________________________

JIM THATCHER, President

ART LITTLE, Member ______________________________

RICK PROBST, Member

ATTEST: ______________________________ CONNIE FROMHOLD

County Auditor This Ordinance prepared by: Andrew D. Baudendistel #28212-15, County Attorney, VOTAW & SCHWARZ, 60 East High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025. Phone (812) 537-4500. Fax (812) 539-4500.

AGENDA- April 18th Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting

 AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

 April 18, 2023 

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

V. OLD BUSINESS 

• Sewer Disposal Ordinance – tabled item

VI. NEW BUSINESS

• Quit Claim Deed – Properties in The Bright Business Center

• Ordinance to Amend Chapter 70 – Traffic Rules

VII. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VIII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

• Claims/Payroll/Minutes

IX. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

X. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

XI. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XII. PUBLIC COMMENT

XIII. ADJOURN

4 APRIL 2023 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 

4 APRIL 2023 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.

HEARING on on Unsafe Building Order- Bill Shelton Building Commissioner and Nicole Daily, Director of Planning and Zoning- Unsafe Building Order regarding 18981 Union Ridge Rd Aurora IN pursuant to IC 36-7-9and County Ordinances 154.01 and 154.17

Baudendistel 18981 Union Ridge Rd - Notices sent to the people with interest in the property. DSPV3, LLC- owner. DLP Lending fund LLC. DLC Capital  LLC- delivered.$55,000 mortgage on property. 

Shelton described the property and had pictures of the inside as well. It’s beyond ability to rehab. It’s in danger of falling. March 10th order to remove the property. The property has been abandoned for year- no utilities to it for years. Baudendistel went thru the longer list of details.

Probst said he sees they can’t just seal the property now. There is a garage there also- It’s in as bad a condition as the house. This is the first property that the county is doing this for. The mortgage company paid the taxes. They were notified of this action and they are not the owner. Baudendistel stated that the owner is not paying taxes. This company that owns the land has numerous addresses and keeps moving around the country.Regular mail notices followed eh certified registered ones. 

Commissioners approved the order that the property owner demolish the building. 

Commissioners also affirmed that the property is abandoned. 

They will have 45 days to respond. Then if they do not- then Baudendistel will inform them of the civil suit to tear down the building. The county can tear down the building. The owner still retains the property. About $17,000 to tear it down. Then put the lien on the property. If the lien is not paid, then there is more options for county to own it or a neighbor can buy it after the county has taken title to it. This all takes a process. Notification will occur to BOC at each step.  

OLD BUSINESS

Sewer Disposal Ordinance- TABLED- Baudendistel said that he’s looked at clarification of statutes. There are several statutes that have not been adopted yet. TABLED again.

NEW BUSINESS

Dearborn County Soil and Water District Updates- Vickie Riggs, Matthew Johnson and Chris Powell- Riggs presented and is technician out there. Packet distributed for activities on peanut growing, tree sale out at Schoders in August, etc.  plus applications for EQUIP program. 9 livestocks funded for $119,000. 55% got to livestock practices to keep resources clean and runoff. They also fund for forestry on invasive species. Half a million brought back into the county for applicants. State forester works with them on those.Annual meeting Match 9th. 105 attendees.

Group of Soil and Water districts are part of OKI. Tours are rotated and Probst thinks the county is the site for the tour this year. It;’s been about 10 years since we were on the tour. They had the orchards, winery, beery farms etc on the tour. NRCS did a tour  of farms that implemented plans and state Conservation did a tour also in the past.    

Hazard Mitigation Plan - Jason Sullivan, EMA Director- Resolution to adopt Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan- Last plan with FEMA was in 2016. The new plan is with FEMA  and needs this resolution to be adopted. Approved. 

Epoxy Overlay Contracts for Bridge #105 Jamison Rd by the Whitewater River by West Harrison. Quotes from- Enneking Pressure Cleaning form Osgood and Blakely Concrete Indianapolis. $46.17  per sq ft  for total $131,810.88 fro Enneking. and $46.41 per sq ft for Blakely. Approved for Enneking as lowest bid. They also have done all the other bridges in the county before. There will be patching before this starts. It will be end of July-Aug approximately, It takes at least 3 days due to drying time. This is funded in the budget.  $2,250 to do detour signs. These signs are in 4 places. Top of hill at Stateline and Jamison and at Stateline and North Dearborn. Also at Broadway St and I-74 ramps. Approved.

FYI- Awarded Konrad Rd and meeting with INDOT for 2028 and we will have contract for it. 

Whites Hill will beopen in 75 days- hoping for about 30 so in early May.

Re-establishment of CCD Fund- Cum Capital Development Fund- Baudendistel has the ordinance for this to rate of 0.0333 from 0.025. Probst is still not in favor. Approved with Probst NAY. Notice of adoption will be in the paper Apr 13th. 

Thatcher noted OPEC reducing barrels so oil prices will go up. This will affect gas prices and so we will be ahead of the curve with this. 

Resolution Accepting Land transfer from the City of Lawrenceburg- Baudendistel adopted their resolution last night on the small piece of hospital property and we do this to accept it. This cleans it up. Approved.

Ordinance Amending Subsection 5.6.3- Systems Security Policy of 5th Personnel Policies Handbook- Baudendistel- worked on with Sue Hayden, Connie Fromhold and Ramsey Nusibeh of Midwest Data. This is with TikTok and cellular phones and computers and security updates. This is with them getting the training. Cyber insurance is $10,000 and now is $100,000 per year. Hylant Insurance says our costs will go down as we are using 2 factor ID and false messages  sent as tests to be sure employees are not answering them. This checks on their training too. 

Approved.

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- 2023 One Dearborn Agreement- only change is an increase they agreed too - From $15,000 to now $20,000 per year. Approved

Council approved it at their last meeting.

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and March 21st Minutes

Commissioner acknowledged they had looked at the TIF report. It opes to Council too.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- nothing more

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

Probst- Absentee voting starts today on 3rd floor

Little -Doctor gives him his regular shoe from his surgical shoe this winter.

Thatcher hoping inflation subsides. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 9:55 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township