FLYPOD and Bright Beacon hosted Candidate Night Sept 22 in Lawrenceburg

For those of you who missed the event:

Below is a direct link to last evening's Meet The Candidate Event.- Gary Puckett- The Flypod.com

www.tinyurl.com/2014-MTC

23 September 2014 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

23 September 2014 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

Present: Dennis Kraus. Sr., President, Dan Lansing, Liz Morris, Randy Lyness, Charlie Keyes, Ryan Brandt, and Bill Ullrich.

Also present: Gayle Pennington, Auditor and Teresa Randall, County Administrator

Circuit Court- Judge Humphrey- copier purchase- as discussed at budget hearings the 8 year old copier needs replacing. The amount $8,500 and it has been reduced to $6,500 including a year’s maintenance due to one of his secretary’s negotiations. Approved.

Superior Court II- Judge Blankenship- public defender fees- as discussed at budget time each year. This year we had more $$s spent than last year. She needs $60,000 more. Public defenders are required by law, Council noted. Approved.

Community Corrections- Steve Kelly- budget modification- they have made a lot of changed in Community Corrections last year. This is paid for out of grant $$s ($493,000) and Community Corrections fees- not county general. $450,000/year in community corrections fees. Previously they mixed payroll etc out of both grants and user fees. Now salaries and pay are out grants. Operations are out of user fees. This necessitated changing some budget items. They are on a fiscal year and the county is on a calendar year. So there are a few items they needed to fix to get these two budgets in line. $160,000 is the least they have ever spent on monitoring equipment for home detention. The new equipment has 24/7 coverage now. The board agreed that this was necessary. In the future they will be spending close to $200,000 on this monitoring. The bracelets are leased- the county does not own them. Because we are in a pilot program we are getting a discount on the bracelets. He projects 250 offenders on home detention in the future due to the new bill that keeps more felony defenders in the county jail rather than state. Everyone on home detention has to call in every morning and see if their random number comes up they come in for a drug screen. They are now doing more drug screens. They are going to collect $100 fee for each home incarceration to pay for their drug screens. Their rate of fee collection is now about 65%. He hopes to get it to 75%. They have about $700,000 in past due fees that were never collected. Even if they get 10% would be $70,000.He asked for additional line items to be created such as vehicle maintenance and fuel so they can see what was spent on each item. They have looked at doing more community service work and they want more liability insurance on their workers as suggested by the DOC ( Dept of Corrections) $150,000 additional grant plus match of $150,000 for IN Criminal Justice Institute for their pilot program this year. This grant has to have an separate account set up for this grant for the pilot program’s $300,000 total. Lansing asked- you can monitor someone for $15 a day. $55.68 /day is cost to house them in DOC.  All accounts approved.

Health Dept- Mary Calhoun- $74,914.05 possible grant from IN dept of Health and the old Tobacco Settlement Fund given and will be used  for promoting vaccinations, evening food inspections, septic pool vector inspections, etc. Council approved the account.

Prosecutor- Aaron Negangard- depositions-not to handle till November meeting as Negangard was not present.

Prosecutor- Aaron Negangard- Children’s Advocacy Center- Liz Morris spoke for Negangard who was not present. $25,000 requested. Approved.  Ryan Brandt ABSTAINED as his company holds the contract for the CAC.

Commissioners- Terri- Randall- Final Draw down for jail addition and renovation- this is just moving funds from one account to another. She reviewed the bills with Auditor’s office. We advertised for $20,000 more than we needed due to an error on the spreadsheet. $3,106,449 is the last amount requested. She answered Ryan Brandt’s questions: The project is within budget. The project will go into January – February 2015. Before the payments get paid they do a punchlist. There is a contractor’s reserve. It is looking good. Unless something crazy happens, this should be good. Maxwell has done a good amount of cost savings items to make this work. Approved with Lansing voting Nay. The total cost of the jail building is $11,795,449.

Communications/911- Charlie Ashley- Overtime funding – typically they spend about $5000 a year on this. This year they have spent $2458 so far and he asked for $3000 to finish out the year and reimburse the holiday pay fund that they were borrowing for overtime. With their new person- they should be needing less overtime. Approved.

Planning and Zoning- Mark McCormack- Attorney and legal fees- some burned through as a change in attorneys when McGill- the long time attorney retired. There is $285 left in the account. $6000. Attorney fees have been low in recent years. There are some litigation issues this year. The enforcement is primarily complaint based. They don’t go out looking for infractions. Approved.

McCormack answered Morris regarding the blighted properties- and stated that they will be applying for more. The last application for 9 houses is about 400 pages long. They will have a rescheduled webinar so that they will know what to do for phase 2. He is frustrated at this point with not having more info yet.

Emergency Management- Bill Black Jr- Radio equipment account- $2610 to come out of County General to reprogram. This was put in there previously when Sprint-Nextel went out. These are EMA radios only. There are 54 radios or so. These are used at fall fest, for vehicles etc. Cost is about $54 per radio to reprogram. Approved.

 Black also requested - Repair and replace equipment- $5,000. For water rescue there has been more training and some boats breakdown. Somew drysuits had to be repaired, masks, boat motors. Approved. He will also get out and fix leaning siren by South Sparta Church on West County Line Road.

Sheriff- Mike Kreinhop ( who did not show for this)- Gasoline- represented by  Jo Wesley and Terry Van Winkel. 8,500 gal every five weeks ordered. Paid $2.83 a gallon plus tax to get $3.01 from Laughery Valley in Dillsboro.  $45,000 is needed to finish the year. $64,104 reimbursed from other departments this year so far. The sheriff’s dept uses about 46% of the gas in the county budget. Approved.

Jail- Mike Kreinhop-( also represented by Jo Wesley as Kreinhop did not come for this)  requested $38973.73 using$25,000 out of commissary for 100 sheets, towels, pillows, mattresses, laundry baskets, carts, 200 blankets, 12 tables, 116 chairs, garbage cabs  and 12 TVs for jail addition leaving $13,971.73 which was approved with Lansing Nay. [NOTE: They must be planning on filling up the jail.]

902 inmate meals today as an average day. They use about $400,000 a year. Requesting $100,000 as they have used the $300,000 appropriated. Approved.

Park Board- Jim Red Elk- Bright Meadows Park security- Trying to see if Cincinnati Bell would help create wi-fi for the park. If this gets installed- there will be a monthly fee that will be charged against utilities. There has been more than $4000 repaired from vandalism at the park. They are installing cameras at the park in Bright. If you had a wi-fi router they will store the recording for a week. If there is an incident Red Elk will have to view the footage at this point. They will put the cameras in shielded places. They can also be moved as they communicate wirelessly. All the equipment would belong to the Park Board.

They also got IRS approval for the 501c3 statusas a charity for the Dearborn County Parks Foundation. He also got a $5000 check for it from Celeste Calvitto of Bright Beacon with the stipulation that it go for the security system. So they do not need to approve the money for the security system. Applause for Celeste!

Auditor- Gayle Pennington- Minutes approved

Resolution 2014-009 for signatures- for the fine schedule for Animal Control Ordinance- Commissioners already approved. Hold till they can read the entire ordinance. Tabled till Nov meeting.

Budget Review Forms- non-binding budgets- reviewed and  signature obtained for DLGF. Approved for the schools etc. Dennis Kraus Sr signed all.

Proposed salary ordinance- updated showing the changes made since the last time we updated it for name changes and movement in highway  and other departments, retiring,  etc for 2014. Approved for submittal.

Randall – said that the landscaping around the jail building is in need of repair. $10,000 quote from Caseys Outdoor Solutions to put in low maintenance plants and the mowing could be easily done. It is an embarrassment to the county the way it looks now. She will email the existing shrubbery and facility  pics and the quote and design proposed.

Randall also wanted the board to stay to get their picture for the website.

Art Wenzel addressed the Council warning then of information he had just received regarding the building site for the SCU building approved by Lawrenceburg. He was shown where it was planned on the site area by the Lawrenceburg garage ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEVEE WALL- so it is apparently in the flood plain. He wanted Council to know that. Some discussion was held and Randall weighed in on what she had read from the paper’s account of the funding for the SCU building at Lawrenceburg’s meeting. Forensics is in the jail building she said. [NOTE: There is a fair amount of technology in the current SCU building. If that moves to the new one- locating in the flood plain could be problematic as far as insurance is concerned.]

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA September 23rd Dearborn County Council Meeting

 The AGENDA for tonight's September 23rd Dearborn County Council Meeting has been AMENDED as of last week and can be found on the Sept 6th posting on this blog.

DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, Sept. 23th, 2014

6:30 p.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Progress on Collier Ridge Bridge Construction- Beams Set

Collier Ridge Bridge photos submitted Sept 19th by Todd Listerman, County Engineer.

First Beam set on Collier Ridge Bridge

Overhead view of all three beams set on Collier Ridge Bridge

16 September 2014 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

16 September 2014 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

Present: Shane McHenry, President, Art Little, and Kevin Lynch

Also present: Gayle Pennington, Auditor, and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.

ABSENT:Teresa Randall, County Administrator.

OLD BUSINESS: none

NEW BUSINESS:

Clerk of Courts – Rick Probst

Public Notice of Polling Place Locations- This is required by law. 45 precincts in 35 locations. Only change is the 3 Sparta site are in the senior center in Moores Hill. Approved.

DOXPOP Contract Approval- Allows Doxpop to make court cases and court schedules to be available to the public. The contractor pays for it by charging attorney’s offices access fees. No cost to the county. Juvenile cases and social security and financial info is not published under privacy rules. Our three judges have signed off. 88 counties currently have their info accessible on the internet. So far the scanned files won’t be accessible yet was stated in response to McHenry’s question about what is available online in this proposal.  I asked why the probable cause affidavits and other items that are public record if you walk in and ask for it are not able to be available online on Doxpop in Dearborn County yet. Baudendistel explained somewhat tactfully that this is a first step and the next things would be to see what is allowable and then the judges and commissioners have to agree on that.  [NOTE: Reading between the lines-it seems there is not complete agreement with all judges on this open and transparent possibility.]

Commissioners approved Doxpop contract for the first step of limited access to some court documents.

Planning and Zoning – Mark McCormack

Zoning Map Update (Amendment)- R to B-1 zone change for Badinghaus on the old church property on Stateline Road . McCormack gave the background and went over the maps and area. See the notes from the previous 2 Plan Commission meetings on this blog for more details from their public hearings. He went over the restrictions suggested by the Plan Commission. He also went over the 5 findings necessary for approving a zone change. There were some neighbors at this meeting also. The written commitment excluded 8 uses in the B-1 zone change. They were excluded to get rid of certain nuisances associated with these uses that would conflict with residential uses in the area already.

Mike Hall- surveyor for the project spoke on behalf of Badinghaus. He said they did not want any restrictions in the original request. He went over the current use proposed and how it would benefit the tax base and the community. Traffic would be far less than the previous church had. He is making custom cabinets there.

PUBLIC  COMMENT:
Doug Denmure- attorney for the applicant spoke in favor of the project. He felt like they had made a lot of progress in their negotiations getting the zone change approved so far.

Shirley Gardner- noted that noise is an issue as some people complained about church singing and the insulation in the building is not enough to cover that noise. Badinghaus has a 30x50 ft building that he works in now with more ground- why is he moving from that? There were supposed to be other retail businesses to go in there and have heard nothing about them. Quiet tenants won’t go there with the noise in this business. So what kind will go there? Everyone in the neighborhood except for one person was at the other meetings and we all had the same concerns. She talked about the traffic concerns there also and the number of wrecks into the adjoining property’s and their fences.

Dan Badinghaus- lives on 7 acres on top of a hill. Has himself and 3 other employees. Access issues.

END PUBLIC COMMENT

Baudendistel did not have the ordinance prepared yet but they would be able to approve it with written commitments at their next meeting. The applicant wants to be able to start site plan review even though the ordinance for the zone change is not prepared and signed yet.

Lynch motioned and Little 2nded it to approve the zone change contingent upon the written commitments for R to B-1 for the Badinghaus property. In response to my question about the 5 crtiteria needing to be addressed in the motion,  Baudendistel said that the reasonable regard to section 540 and the 5 criteria for a zone change will be in the written ordinance. 

Plat & Right-of-Way Vacation in Hogan Township for Wilmington. This was addressed in detail in the August Plan Commission meeting- see notes on this blog. Dennis Kraus, Jr. was the surveyor for this application. Mark McCormack gave an overview of the properties involved.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Kraus, Jr.- gave some more info.

Priscilla Probst- lived in Wilmington all her life. She protests the part about access to the cemetery there. She wants it to be left open- the same as it has been since the 1800s. She thinks there should remain 2 accesses to the cemetery. She likes the town to remain historical. Baudendistel said that the cemetery association can maintain that access on the 20 ft portion they will still have.

Jason Probst- caretaker of cemetery. There is a power line there so there is nothing to gain by changing this. He is on cemetery board- and 4 of the 5 members don’t want this access changed. He is speaking for the cemetery. It is only Water St that he is objecting to. The alley way is OK to change.

McCormack said the 50 ft ROW won’t probably be needed to access the cemetery- they are often one lane roads. Baudendistel said that vacations have no affect on the easements of record per IN code.

END PUBLIC COMMENT

McHenry asked about why the owners wanted to vacate the cemetery part. Kraus Jr. said that they figured it might as well be vacated too since it won’t ever be a road. McHenry said that he prefers to see the cemetery part be left alone. There is a way for the property to be deeded all to the cemetery separate from this vacation process. It would be a private agreement with the owners. Setbacks increase with this in place.

Lynch motioned to table until the owners requesting can be present. Commissioners agreed to TABLE.

Zoning Text Amendment- two items: Mark McCormack- Both were unanimous recommendations related to keeping of animals. This was approved years ago also- but commissioners wanted the animal control ordinance finished first. Since it is finally done they revisited it and proposed the text which now is before you.

Article 10, Section 1010 – Principally Permitted Uses (Residential Districts)

Article 27 – Definitions for Domesticated, Household Pets; Undomesticated, Non-Household Animals; Keeping of Animals

Public comment opened and closed with no more comments. As McHenry noted- most people have their heads down and/or are sleeping. Laughter.

Commissioners approved both text amendments.

Health Department – Mary Calhoun- grant request to go before Council- Mike Hankins- $74,914 grant total for 2 combined grants. No match required.This saves us money in the general fund per Pennington. Local Health Maintenance Fund and the Indiana Local Health Dept Trust Account is what these are from.

Final Jail Project Draw Down Appropriation for Council- Approved for Randall to go to Council for this.

AUDITOR: Gayle Pennington- Claims approved.

ATTORNEY: Andy Baudendistel – nothing more

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Lynch apologized for being late. Was in Indy for meeting. Staff member form Coats office came down. Lobbyist Barnes and Thornburg sponsored events with 10 state senators regarding riverboat revenue. Last week Terri Randall and he attended Barnes and Thornburg even and shared a meal with speaker Bozeman and tell our Dearborn County story. They continue to do a nice job for us as lobbysists.

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION-none

PUBLIC COMMENT-none

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

Agenda Sept 16 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

September 16, 2014

5:00 p.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I.          CALL TO ORDER

II.          PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III.         OLD BUSINESS

           

IV.        NEW BUSINESS

            1.  Clerk of Courts – Rick Propst

                        1.  Public Notice of Polling Place Locations

                        2.  DOXPOP Contract Approval

            2.  Planning and Zoning – Mark McCormack

                        1.  Zoning Map Update (Amendment)

                        2.  Plat & Right-of-Way Vacation

                        3.  Zoning Text Amendment

·         Article 10, Section 1010 – Principally Permitted Uses(Residential Districts)

·         Article 27 – Definitions for Domesticated, Household Pets; Undomesticated, Non-Household Animals; Keeping of Animals

                        3.  Health Department – Mary Calhoun

                                    1.  Grant Request

                        4.  Final Jail Project Draw Down Appropriation for Council

V.        ADMINISTRATOR – Terri Randall

VI.        AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

1.  Claims/Minutes

           

VII.       ATTORNEY

           

VIII.      COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

IV.        LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

X.        PUBLIC COMMENT

XI.        ADJOURN

11 Sept 2014 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

11 Sept 2014 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

Present: Dave Deddens, Chairman, Jim Helms, John Rahe, Jim Deaton, and Dennis Kraus, Sr.

ABSENT: Dusty Burress (non- voting school board member)

Also present: Terri Randall, county administrator and economic development director, Andrea Ewan, attorney, Sue Hayden, minute taker, Gayle Pennington, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.

Randy Maxwell, consultant, showed up at 8:50 AM

Minutes from August 14^th meeting approved.

Unfinished Business- Rahe asked about contacting the property owner in Aurora industrial park letter- Randall said she was on it.

Randall- Working with FTC&H on flood study. They did some modeling to look at the flood plains in Whitewater River to see if it had changed so that some parcels could come out of flood plain for FEMA. There were 2 steps in that process. They did bids and got surveys done on the river for depth at various stages in the river. That took some time. Once that data was there then FTC&H would look at the data. They wanted $5000 but she got them to agree to $4000 and has the agreement with her now. You can decide to use the report or not once it is done. She was just glad to get it down another $1000. She asked Ewan to take a look at the agreement to see if it was OK as she had just gotten it last night. Deaton asked if the areas that looked promising were the same areas that we are looking at now. Randall said that we need to look at whatever lots became available with the new study. She thinks it is a beneficial study to see what is available to pick up as parcels or options.

Rahe asked about the web page for DCRC- Randall said they’d wait to see what Oren Turner is doing on it- when he comes in at 8:30.

The discussion then went back to the agreement. Ewan said that she wanted it to have their original terms added to this agreement. Randall said it is pretty straight forward. All approved the contract with those changes. Kraus reminded her to change the $5000 to $4000 in it. Randall said that she would email it to the board to look over some more after the meeting- in case they wanted to read more and a had any objections

.

New Business: Financials- all approved. Randall clarified some was the grant fund from city of Lawrenceburg. $5065.18 was approved for claims.

Lead Economic Development Officer’s Report- already covered pretty much. She will be on vacation next week and CVTB is having their regular meeting on Tuesday at 8:30 AM at the Chamber office. DCRC has allowed them to come and ask again and make a case for the $50,000 they want CVTB to continue to fund to DCRC. A couple DCRC members will attend in her stead.

Because of reports that they had to upload to DLGF she discovered didn’t have big maps of TIFs to upload. Kunkel before he left in 2013 had done some maps. She had Planning and Zoning print them up and put them in poster frames for her office so they can use them. Red is non-TIF collecting so far and green is TIF tax producers. She will get copies of these maps to each DCRC member. This map was printed before the Mills came in. They can make changes as new ones come in. 

The Mills are set for a March 2015 open date. Randall is having lunch with them today. They are into the history of mills also and she wants to see how far they are now in construction. She said they will offer tours to DCRC members if they want to go out. Randall noted Kathy Scott in audience and brought up some of the issues regarding the chemicals used there and getting a plan for emergencies set up for the area residents and businesses. Randall is working with Bill Black and others to have a plan set up and Hazmat plan is in place. She has called all the owners of the Mill to get them at this meeting. Randall said that she knew people were working on this.

Randy Maxwell and she met with Harrison’s economic director and their mayor to touch base especially as we use their services and they benefit from some of our development. Randall said that even though they are competitors in Ohio and KY, they also cooperate on projects that benefit both areas.

Deaton said he read in INDY paper that another mill is going in up there also. This one is bigger than the one in West Harrison. Our mill reaches pretty far out for their wheat- as we can’t provide it all. Kevin Lynch is on Farm Bureau board and they stay in touch with our farmers on the grain production.[NOTE: Farm Bureau is only one way to get in touch with some farmers. County Extension, FSA, Soil and Water, and the Ag-Coop would be some others.] ADM is the company going in INDY on SE side.

Board was reminded that the farm land in the TIF was still taxed to county. The improvements in the TIF are the only things that add to the TIF coffers- anything beyond the base prior to improvements. Hirlinger is going to TIF money now. What are we doing with non- TIF parcels that we are collecting on?  [NOTE: What is that about???In Washington Township Jeff Stratman is looking into that. Apparently Aurora has a TIF there per Pennington.

Randall said that what got her onto that was looking thru all the old records for the DLGF reports. Randall thinks that maybe they should have London Witte or Umbaugh and Associates out to look at the TIFS and see if we are doing all these right.

LIST OF THE Redevelopment FINANCIAL BALANCES passed out:

Cash balance of fund 4931- $401,727.36

**Fund 4932- Commission match- $500,000

**Growth and development fund- $500,000

Fund 4301- TIF Washington Township- West Aurora- $164,357

Fund 4302-TIF St. Leon Kelso- $79.559.64

Fund 4303- TIF St Leon Harrison Township- $40,553.43

Fund 4304- TIF West Harrison- $12,502.43

**Fund 9139 Econ Development Research Grant- $95,229.76

** means the funds are restricted.

Met with realtors but we don’t have access to MLS and they do so they can help us and we help them sell properties. Oren will work with them and comb thru the real estate websites. He will prioritize properties based on which ones are in the TIF. 

She said that there are people asking about places along US 50. The 3 cities are working in those areas too. She thinks they should be getting options on more parcels. Geotech on sites and drainage is important. Some properties already have those reports. They should have those reports before they try to market. [NOTE: They should have those reports before they get options or buy parcels. It determines how valuable the property might be.]

Dennis Kraus said that economic development is to help the taxpayer so it might be more beneficial to have business outside TIF also. [NOTE: Kraus is right- why add to TIF districts if we can get business without having to give tax money away?]

Randall said - you contracted with Randy Maxwell to do the master plan for the West Harrison TIF- so he is working on that. [NOTE: Does that master plan get publicized? How does it get communicated so that existing and future business knows the plan? Oh- and do the taxpayers get to know it too?]

The big project- no news yet- but they are still in the running. 

Attorney’s Report- none

Other Business- Oren Turner on the website. They now have a link and we have a Twitter account @edidearborn

They are leaving EDI intact- Deaton asked why we are continuing EDI website etc if it doesn’t exist anymore. Randall said that using that name is still good and people know that name and site so for now they are keeping it. She also noted that they were evaluated by the mystery shopper and they said the EDI site data is stale and outdated- that needs to be updated. Oren said that he is trying to get it set up so they can look for properties on the site and the state is offering this data up for free. Deaton said the towns also have properties to offer to the right person. And Dillsboro might put in a stoplight even!

Oren said it is slowly turning into a viable website. There is a button on the county’s website for redevelopment and economic development. They need to get all the Redevelopment board members and contacts for all communities in the county. Deaton said that they need a map too on that to show all TIFs- not just the county ones. Oren said they are also communicating with Work One- so that those incentives can help with worker pools for businesses. 

Purdue will be coming tomorrow to look deeper at the stats that they can analyze for free. That is with the so called Visioning group from the 3 cities and the county. Purdue has been provided with the labor shed study that we paid for from UC and also from OKI and the zoom prospector with the state on this.

McCormack will be invited to next meeting to see what else they can do with TIF maps etc.

Rahe pushed further to get more info on the West Aurora TIF and Randall said that they have worked on the ones that have more interest. Not so many are asking for property there.

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

Agenda- Sept 11 DC Redevelopment Commission Agenda

 AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS MEETING

September 11, 2014

8:00 a.m., 3^rd Floor Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I.              Call to order

II.             Approval of Minutes

1.  August 14, 2014 Meeting

III.            Unfinished Business

NONE

IV.          New Business

1.  Claims & Financials

                   

V.           Lead Economic Development Officer’s Report

VI.          Attorney’s Report

           

VII.         Other Business

VIII.        Adjournment

INDIANA OPEN DOOR LAW EXPLAINED ON YOU TUBE

Karen Arland of Ice Miller LLP Indianapolis, IN  (in 2012) gives a 40 minute presentation on the Open Door and Public Records Access Laws in Indiana. This overview incorporates the recent law that allows civil fines of up to $100 per incident for first offenses and up to $500 for second or more offenses. She states in her presentation that the fine is not optional- the law says SHALL, not MAY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bKpyyYU8E#t=288

AGENDA September 23rd Dearborn County Council Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, Sept. 23th, 2014

6:30 p.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I.              PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

II.             CALL TO ORDER

III.            CIRCUIT COURT – Judge Humphrey

Purchase copier

IV.           SUPERIOR COURT II – Judge Blankenship

Public Defender Fees

V.            COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS – Steve Kelly

Budget Modification

VI.           PROSECUTOR – Aaron Negangard

Depositions

Children’s Advocacy Center

AMENDED- HEALTH DEPT- Mary Calhoun- grant

VII.          COMMISSIONERS – Terri Randall

Final Draw down for Jail Addition and Renovation

VIII.         COMMUNICATIONS/911 – Charlie Ashley

Overtime funding

IX.           PLANNING AND ZONING – Mark McCormack

Attorney/legal fees

X.            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT – Bill Black, Jr

                        Radio Equipment Account

                        Repair/Replace equipment                                                                                        

XI.           SHERIFF/JAIL – Mike Kreinhop

Sheriff – Gasoline

Jail – Inmate meals

Jail – Jail addition

XII.          PARK BOARD – Jim Red Elk

Bright Meadows Park security

XIII.         AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

Minutes
Resolution 2014-009 for signatures

AMENDMENT- add- Budget Review Forms and Proposed Salary Ordinance

XIV.        ADJOURN

News from County Commissioners Office on County Website

Commissioner's Office

Commissioner Kevin Lynch and County Administrator, Terri Randall enjoyed an evening with the Governor Mike Pence at the Indianapolis Colts exhibition game against the New Orleans Saints on August 23, 2014.  The event was a thank you and networking opportunity for county economic development representatives.  The Commissioner and County Administrator jumped at the chance to chat with the Governor about priorities and projects in Dearborn County; especially areas that may require support from his office and the State of Indiana.  Despite the Colts’ disappointing loss (23-17), opportunities to discuss Dearborn County’s concerns and goals with the Governor are always a win!

2 September 2014 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

2 September 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.

OLD BUSINESS:

Vacancy on Miller Township Board- Art Little said that Jim Thatcher will do it now that he is retired from IRS. Approved.  McHenry joked about being on board until he said IRS.

Request to Support State to Cover Various Therapies for Veterans- Baudendistel said that had read resolution last time. The therapy is hyperbaric oxygen for TBI and PTSD. Approved the resolution.

NEW BUSINESS:

2015 Harrison Contract- Chief Hursong- this is to reimburse Harrison for Fire/EMS Protection. There is a $10,000 reduction as agreed to previously. Harrison wants that corridor to develop as well. They have helped with sewer and water service. Randall said it was a testament to Harrison wanting to partner with us- keeping fees low. Lynch thanked them for being great neighbors. Baudendistel reviewed it already. Cost is $107,493 for EMS- signed. Randall said that Hursong was instrumental in getting Whitewater Mills covered and a HAZMAT plan. They were really thinking of all the safety issues.

HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer

Bridge Inspection Contract-between INDOT and the county to reimburse the county $184,800 which is 80% of our contracted amount. Commissioners approved the contract.

Change Order Bridge #8 Johnson Creek box beam type project- 7 change orders-all for guardrail removal $8387.50. The contract is under-running the total cost so this is OK.

Change Order – Removal of Asbestos on Bridge 55 for a house that had to be removed. This is Colllier Ridge Bridge. Cost is $9039.10. This is covered 80/20. Approved.

They will be closing Stateline to do slip replacement  and there will be community corrections working to get the trash out of there.

Striping starts when rain stops.

Rohe- Wilson Creek and Cole Lane paving weather permitting

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EMA- Bill Black- Proclamation for September as Preparedness Month- said that they also work well with Harrison – as they helped with the incident this morning on the Whitewater.  Commissioners signed the proclamation. Getting Emergency preparedness kits in homes, businesses, and schools.  Little said that Bright Lions fill 5 gal buckets for classrooms possibly. Water, flashlights, portable radio, etc. Need at least 72 hours of coverage in your kit. Also get a plan set up. Black has sample kits for groups to look at and copy.

$15,000 grant to rewrite their emergency plan required for federal disaster money.  Baudendistel wants 25% up front and 75% on completion. They are contracting with Indiana University to do this. $3750 up front and $11,250 on completion. They will have 3 meetings and will work with GIS also for info.  Approved and signed.

Lynch asked Black about mutual aid agreements with other counties in KY. He has not done a lot with Hamilton County as they have run into a stalemate there. Campbell County is already agreed. Boone County is still talking- one of the issues being water rescue coordination. Lynch said he will see judge executive Gary Moore from over there at an event.

Rick Probst- County Clerk-( added to agenda)  Grant request- to be reimbursed, $2598.10- for magnified readers in the poll places. These are required by law. Approved. Handicapped voters who cannot stand will require a table to pull wheelchair up for.  Little said that they (judges) used to help them individually at the polls in prior years. Probst said that iIt is discouraged now to have someone read to them. They want them to have privacy and do as much as they can on their own. Ballots ordered and moving forward for Nov election.

ADMINISTRATOR: Teresa Randall- some emt units have asked about basic emt class up to $250. They want to know if they can use this for advanced class. It is first come – first served. Total budget for year is $4000.Baudendistel- remembered that they had this discussion for the bridge class when this first started. Tabled to check the original resolution.

County is testing the website and some departments are lagging behind in getting their content up. Hayden and she are going out helping each dept get trained. Randall on vacation- will miss next meeting but hopes to have roll out for Commissioners.

Courthouse Annex- she is looking at additional drawings for courthouse annex, she was up there last week. Looking at cost reduction and looking at additional options.

AUDITOR: Gayle Pennington- Aug 19 minutes approved. Claims approved.

ATTORNEY: Andy Baudendistel:

Presentation of Animal Control Resolution Signed at last meeting-  authorizing entering into all the other citoes and towns wanting to be covered.

Ordinance for Animal Control Fine Schedule -working out kinks and individuals can pay a fine within 2 weeks and prevents cost of Baudendistel filing to collect and it costs $141 in court costs. The fine is to be paid to Animal Control. First thru third offenses in a 12 month period.  Max would be $1000. This schedule keeps things uniform. Council also has to approve this. C infractions start at $25. $1000 ones are for vicious dogs and interfering with Animal Control when handling a case, etc. The fines are to help with expense of Animal Control Enforcement. Approved.

Definitive Agreement Between Lawrenceburg and Dearborn County for SCU (Special Crimes Unit) Building- this will be the agreement with how the money will be distributed- escrow agreement with UCB bank. Nothing drawn out of escrow Mayor of Law’bg or a Commissioner will be on a board to settle disputes. City will own and county will lease for $1 or $10 a year. MCHENRY ABSTAINS FOM ALL DISCUSSION OR VOTE. No discussion. Approved by  two other Commissioners.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Lynch- Health Dept employee Bob Skidmore retired after 24 years. It reiterated the dedication and service of some employees. Lynch also thanked the website committee as there are some new things to interact with. Thanked Auditor and her staff to prepping for the budget hearings. That week sets the tone for the coming year. Also congratulated $218,000 grant to Shelton and Building dept to work on blighted properties. McCormack also helped get that grant. It is tremendous to see employees get involved and get this help. Justin Stephens – from Senator Coats office will be here at 11AM Wednesday for issues we have.

Little said Region 9 was impressed that we had gotten out application in so early. McCormack also said there is more money available as others have not applied.

McHenry- also thanked auditor and council for difficult job with cutting budget. Also keep Penny Schroeder in thoughts and prayer as her husband passed away. She was instrumental in Animanl Control and PAWS alliance.

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- Celeste Calvitto- Bright Beacon- wanted more info on how to do the roadside cleanup- as they have volunteers. McHenry wanted to be sure the citizens were in a safer location for liability issues.  She also brought up a form used for the Whitewater River Cleanup

PUBLIC COMMENT- Kathy Scott- lives on Barber Road- and asked about the issues regarding the flour mills project and the potential for fire and ems being able to handle it. Sure that the silo is state of the art and wanted to be sure that we are prepared for any problems. This silo contains chlorine gas as that is what it is bleached with. They have to keep large amounts on site. The emissions are negligible in the processing- but the storage is the potential issue. A fire here would be a huge issue. She thinks the county would benefit from having a committee that devises a plan for this silo. Who will bear the cost of the fire dept?  Would the silo owner’s insurance bear any cost? She said looking at IDEM site would give the info. McHenry said that he agrees- and Aurora does this with theirs. We also have agreements with Cincinnati. He will definitely make sure that is what is going on and is sure that Harrison’s chief is already checking on this. She hopes the plan can be shared with the community. She also said that you can look up silo fires online. Lynch said that Whitewater Mills has been working with the fire and ems on this. He appreciates Scott bringing it to their attention.

Meeting adjourned at 9:45 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

Agenda Sept 2 Commissioners Morning Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

September 2, 2014

8:30 a.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. OLD BUSINESS

1. Vacancy on Miller Township Board

2. Request to Support State to Cover Various Therapies for Veterans

IV. NEW BUSINESS

1. 2015 Harrison Contract – Chief Hursong

2. Highway Engineer – Todd Listerman

• Bridge Inspection Contract

• Change Order Bridge #8

• Change Order – Removal of Asbestos

3. Proclamation for Preparedness Month – EMA Director, Bill Black, Jr.

V. ADMINISTRATOR – Terri Randall

VI. AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

1. Claims/Minutes

1. Presentation of Animal Control Resolution Signed at Last Meeting

2. Ordinance for Animal Control Fine Schedule

3. Definitive Agreement Between Lawrenceburg & DC for SCU Building

VIII. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

IV. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

X. PUBLIC COMMENT

XI. ADJOURN