19 September 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes
Present: Shane McHenry, President, and Art Little
Also present: Gayle Pennington, Auditor, Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator
ABSENT: Kevin Lynch
Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as required by law.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS:
DCH Refunding Bond Documents – Brad Ruwe, Dinsmore & Shohl- Josh Groessler presented NUMEROUS documents for Commissioners to sign:
General certificate for Commissioners to verify that the commissioners serve in the capacity to sign these documents. Signed
2nd - ??? document was signed, 3rd -tax exemption certificate signed, 4th- IRS info return for tax exempt bond issues signed, 5th-bond financing agreement with the hospital and 5/3 bank and commissioners, 6th- paid proceeds authorization for 5/3 to disburse the funds as indicated signed, 7th- closing letter of instructions signed, 8th- Bond issue is payable solely from revenues as presented din the bond financing agreement- signed. He also asked for a copy of the bond financing solution passed on July 5.
John Engel- Bridge on Woliung Road - he wants one of the dates from the bridge before it’s taken out. He gave some history. Said it had lots of memories and wants to preserve it himself. McHenry said he would ask the contractor who get the bridge about this. He had no objections to Engel getting this.
He also talked to commissioners about a 20 ft strip he does not want to lose along his property around Happy Hollow Rd. Sue Hayden will email Listerman and get back to Engel regarding the historic date piece and the old road strip.
Gladys Russell Park Video Security System - Jim Red Elk, President Park Board- At Aug 28 Council meeting they approved funding for their project with one exception- they need phone lines to transmit data at $150/ month. This needs to come out of etc Commissioners Telecommunications budget. Plus a one time $50 installation fee to Centurylink. This would be $1800 per year per Sue Hayden and it would not be large item for the county. Little said that vandalism is an issue in the parks. There have been several instances of property vandalism. Approved.
Health Dept- Ordinance to Amend Chapter 51(Sewage Disposal) of the Code of Ordinances- Includes Septic Tanks also.- Baudendistel presented- saying that the ordinance as written was more lenient than state law. 51.05 51.06 51.07 51.08 were modified. Outlines where it is permissible to have onsite septic. Baudendistel said they are doing exactly what the state law says. They MAY require sewer attachment under certain circumstances.Exemptions for properties that already have septic and exemptions that can be granted for large parcels. Other small changes throughout with definitions. Frank Kramer and Health Board and SDRSD all have copies of this. This is a house-cleaning ordinance - trying to get our ordinance books up to date.
I asked about the word- MAY require attachment and not SHALL. Baudendistel said that was correct as it was in the state law. The sewer district in the area would be notified and they would decide whether or not to extend service. If they don’t then the DCRSD would step in to work on a fix.
Mike Hankins - thanked Baudendistel, Votaw, and Doug Baer for bringing the ordinances up to snuff. There are several areas that have significant issues with septic. It was hard to recoup taxpayer money when lines are extended and failed systems were not required to hook on. They are trying to extend lines to the areas that need it.
Mary Calhoun DC Health Dept received approval for their surprise grant received in the last 2 weeks.
Director of Planning and Zoning, Mark McCormack- said that all of these had unanimous favorable recommendations to approve from the Plan Commission. He went on to explain the changes that were made in the ordinances. Many were minor. They are repealing the Highway Interchange district and make it B-2. They did send letters to al property owners in highway interchange zoning districts and only 2 owners showed up and had no objections to it. Manufacturing are now becoming Industrial and it will be more consistent with other planning departments. Some uses were added to the business2 and light industrial zones. Setbacks in Table 25 were lowered in some cases.
Amendments to Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map-
Article 11, regarding Business Zoning Districts (B-1, B-2)
Article 12, regarding Highway Interchange (H-1) Zoning Districts
Article 13, regarding Manufacturing Zoning Districts (M-1, M-2, M-3)
Article 25, Table 25.1, regarding Development Standards
Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map- Commissioners Voted to approve the above presented Amendments. No public spoke.
McCormack went over the details of some changes proposed and many of these were involved in all of these sections of Article 2. He did notify and meet with surveyors on these changes to get input. Also the county depth involved such as recorder, auditor and assessor. Mr Engel asked questions about a specific situation and McCormack said they could talk about that with the Health Dept also.
Amendments to Subdivision Control Ordinance
Article 2, Section 244, regarding Secondary Plat Requirement
Article 2, Section 260, regarding Certified Survey Requirements
Article 2, Section 262, regarding Retracement Survey Requirements
Ordinance to Amend Article 2 of the Subdivision Control Ordinance- Commissioners approved the changes to Article 2.
ADMINISTRATOR- Sue Hayden- Request to Approach Council for Final Draw of Annex Fund for $1,657,157.60 million- needed to make payment before Council meets in November. Approved to request this form Council at Oct meeting. They will not be spending it all- some is held back until all claims finished.
AUDITOR- Gayle Pennington- Claims and August 1 and Sept 5 Minutes approved
ATTORNEY- Andy Baudendistel- nothing more.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Art Little- keep the people in the hurricane areas in our prayers and Mexico with its earthquake. People will need help for a long time.
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
LATE ARRIVAL- none
Meeting Adjourned at 7:30 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
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