8 JANUARY 2025 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 

 8 JANUARY 2025 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Jim Thatcher, President, and Duane Bischoff

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

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

REORGANIZATION OF BOARD

1.  Election of Board President- Jim Thatcher

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

• Commission of Public Records (Jim)
• Emergency Management (new District 3 commissioner)
• Juvenile Board (Jim)
• OKI (new District 3 commissioner)
• Personnel Advisory (Jim)
• Plan Commission (Jim)
• Region 9 Workforce (Duane)
• Southeastern Indiana Regional Plan Commission – SIRPC (Duane) 
• Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council – JRAC (new District 3 commissioner)
• Aurora Emergency Rescue Unit Board – (Jim)
• NEW BOARD - One Dearborn Board of Directors- Duane Bischoff

All Boards were as listed above Motion to table boards that District 3 Commissioner will serve on until Feb meeting 

OLD BUSINESS

• 2025 BOC Meeting Schedule – tabled from Nov. 6, 2024- The times of the meeting will be discussed on the Monday Feb 3rd meeting with all 3 Commissioners present. He evening meeting for Jan will be at 5 PM. Approved.

NEW BUSINESS

• Board Appointments 

• TABLE - 911 Communication Board – Derek Steven (Pending approval by Alliance at their Jan 8^th meeting) (4-year term)- TABLED
• Alcohol Beverage Board – Tom Huisman or Tom Smith (1-year term)- TABLED
• Cemetery Board – Open position (5-year term)- TABLED
• Convention & Visitor’s Bureau – Christy King, Marilyn Bower, Tim Doll, Austin Woods (4-year term)
• Health Board – Bruce Canfield, Steve Page (4-year term)
• Park Board – Steve Lovin (4-year term)
• Plan Commission – Jake Hoog (4-year term)
• PTABOA (Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals) – Jodi Wolf & Mark Hardebeck (1-year term)
• Regional Sewer District – Steve Renihan (3-year term)

The above Boards were reappointed as marked. Approved.

NEW BUSINESS

Celeste Calvitti - Litter Initiative 2025- Celeste Calvitto wants them on the calendar so the sheriff and highway dept can put it on theirs too. This is 10th year and last year was the most volunteers ever- due to Facebook etc. Couldn’t do it all without Highway and Sheriff dept help.Dates are as below: APPROVED

• Saturday, March 8, Logan area (portions of Whites Hill Rd and N. Dearborn Rd.)
• Saturday, April 12, Sand Run (Indiana portion, working in conjunction with Ohio group  (with Green Acres Canoe and Sharon Pope) doing the other side)
• Saturday, May 3, State Line Hill- this is just the hill section. 
• Saturday, May 10, Yorkridge Hill
• Saturday, Sept. 13, Georgetown (partial) This was down last year due to SR 1 closure - so hoping to get it this year.

Todd Listerman, County Engineer — 2025 Paving County Funds Project -This is the agreements that show the contractors (Dave O’Mara and Paul Rohe Co) have to follow all the rules within the contracts. Approved and Signed.

Repainting of RR Crossings will proceed at intersections of RR and county roads is happening also this year per Listerman. 

Judge Negangard - Circuit Court Probation Grant- Abby Steckt sp? from Circuit Court Juvenile Probation presented. Starting a day reporting program for kids expelled from school. Get a classroom and computers in Basement pf Courthouse. This is to keep them into a structured program. Planning grant was for 2024. This new grant is to fund staff and supplies. He has to go to Council for the walls to be done. If Council does not approve that then he will move forward without the walls. APPROVED

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- $165,000/yr ($13,750/month) Contract with PAWS for Animal Control. Hayden to fix the monthly amounts on P5 which were increased from last year. Approved.

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and December 17th Minutes- APPROVED.

EMS and Fire Riverboat Distribution Contracts - 21 of them - APPROVED TO BE SIGNED BY President Thatcher. 

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- nothing 

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Duane Bischoff- asked Baudendistel about if Commissioners have authority to work with businesses regarding the levels for storms etc. Baudendistel said that he should also talk with Jason Sullivan about our state wide plan. 

Discussion regarding other businesses and if they had plans so employees would know job expectations and attendance in these events. 

Thatcher -PERFECT NORTH SLOPES AND THE CASINO are the big ones that have so many employees. Noted that Tim Doll told him that they excuse employees who cannot make it to work in these events. Highway dept did a really good job- even down one staff who had a heart attack at home. Was preety sure no one would lose a job due to being unable to get there during these kinds of storms. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none

PUBLIC COMMENT- none 

ADJOURN- 9:40 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township