AGENDA- Jan 2 @9 AM in NEW MEETING ROOM Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

 January 2, 2018 

9:00 a.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

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

Animal Control Director

Attorney

Building Inspector

Emergency Management Director

Engineer

Highway Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor

911 Director

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

Emergency Management (Shane currently)

Juvenile Board (Shane currently)

OKI (open)

Personnel Advisory (Shane currently)

Plan Commission (Art currently)

Region 9 Workforce (Art currently)

SIRPC (Art currently)

4.  Citizen Boards – Appointments

Alcohol Beverage Board – Jim Dole

Board of Zoning Appeals – (was Jane Ohlmanseik)

Dearborn County Hospital Board of Trustees – Carl Petty (3/31/18)

Emergency Management Advisory Board – Dave Wismann (new), Jody Blasdell & John Ryle

Hoosier Historical Hills – Ted Fowler

Planning Commission – Eric Lang

Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA) – Mark Hardebeck & Mark Neff

5.  Other Appointments – ADA Coordinator

 

V. OLD BUSINESS

VI. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Change Orders – Chris Grabosky, Maxwell Construction

2.  Amendments to Zoning Ordinance – Mark McCormack, P&Z Director

Article 3, Section 315(c) – Lot Arrangements and Sizes (Flag Lots)

VII. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VIII. AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

1.  Claims/Minutes

IV. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

X. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

XI. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XII. PUBLIC COMMENT

XIII. ADJOURN

19 December 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

19 December 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

Present: Shane McHenry, President, and Art Little

Commissioner Lynch passed away last week.

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

ABSENT: Sue Hayden, Administrator- still covering another meeting

Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as required by law.

Commissioner McHenry  choked up as he asked for a moment of silence for commissioner Lynch-  we lost a good friend and colleague in Kevin. Honor and privilege to serve with him. Good team- made good decisions for the future of this county and couldn’t have done it without Kevin. Hard to look over and see that seat empty. Asked that we keep Joey and Mike and the entire Lynch family in our prayers.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS:

PAWS 2018 Agreement - only dates have changed and new county address on it. Amount is the same. $10,000/month. Approved.

2018 Commissioners Meeting Schedule - 1st and 3rd Tues of the month. 1st is morning meeting at 9 am and 3rd is 5 PM. They will change the times if there is something on the agenda that should have more public input. Nov meeting on wed after election. Feb 20th meeting is a morning meeting. Approved. 

Starting in January they will be using the new room in the new building for the meeting. Paper took tour and has pictures of the building in today’s paper.  

ADMINISTRATOR- Sue Hayden- not present

AUDITOR- Gayle Pennington- claims approved. Nov 7th minutes needed signature and Dec 5th minutes were approved. 

ATTORNEY- Andy Baudendistel- Interlocal Agreement and Resolutions with Greendale for 911 dispatch service. Resolution signed and agreement approved and signed. Greendale now wants county help for 11PM to 7 AM coverage. (Third shift). This is a 2 year agreement- $15,000/year. There is an automatic renewal on it and 60 day notice termination clauses. Greendale approved it unanimously. This is a good trial run per McHenry. At some time they may choose to have the county handle it all he hopes. 911 says they can handle this. 

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:

Art Little - reflected on what Shane said about Kevin and was in complete agreement.

Shane McHenry- commented on getting into the new building and thanked every one for their patience. Judges and Prosecutor space better. Kudos to everyone involved. Also wished everyone a Merry Christmas.

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

LATE ARRIVAL- none

Meeting Adjourned at 12:23PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- NOON Commissioners Meeting December 19th

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

December 19, 2017 

12:00 p.m., Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV. OLD BUSINESS

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  P.A.W.S. 2018 Agreement 

2.  2018 BOC Meeting Schedule

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VII. AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

1.  Claims/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

1.  Interlocal Agreement & Resolutions w/Greendale for 911 Dispatch Service

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN

Commissioner Kevin Lynch Obituary

Kevin John Lynch beloved husband of 27 years and “best buddy “of Mary Jo (Joey) Lynch (nee Luther). Proud father of Michael Gabriel Lynch. Devoted son of Gabriel and Mary Lynch (deceased) and Mike and Mary Jo Luther. Brother of Peter (Barb), Michael (Sheree), Dennis (Judy), Brian (Oliya) Lynch, Maryrose Martin and Sheila(Arthur) Sieder. Also survived by many nieces and nephews, extended family and friends. Kevin passed away peacefully on December 14th following a courageous five-year battle with cancer. Kevin was privileged and humbled to serve his community in many capacities. Friends may call at the Fitch-Denney Funeral Home, 455 Ridge Ave., Lawrenceburg, IN 47025, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 from 5-8pm. Mass of Christian burial Thursday, December 21 at 11:00am at St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceburg. Burial immediately following at the Greendale Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Dearborn County EMS, 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025.

PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA Monday, December 18th, 2017

PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA
Monday, December 18th, 2017 7:00 P.M.

 A. ROLL CALL

B. ACTION ON MINUTES

C. OLD BUSINESS SCHEDULED TO BE RE-OPENED

D. NEW BUSINESS  None

E. ADMINISTRATIVE  Working Session to discuss potential ordinance amendments, including:

o Driveway accesses to State-maintained roads & County-maintained roads

 Should there be any difference between the State and County, based on the authority responsible for maintenance and permitting?

  Direct access allowances and restrictions

 Driveway spacing requirements (Do they match INDOT specs?)

o Setbacks for accessory structures built in front of primary structures and / or setbacks for accessory structures that are built without primary structures

o Site Plan Review criteria: Minor vs. Major

 Findings of Fact: DRAFT forms to be reviewed

o Who should be responsible to draft these forms?

  The Applicants, the staff, or the board members

 2018 Work Items o Questions & directives from the Board

CHANGE IN TIME OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

PUBLIC NOTICE

Change in meeting time

This serves as notice that the December 19, 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners’ meeting time has been changed to 12:00 p.m. 

The meetings are held at the

 Administration Building,

215 B West High Street,

Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

A Test of Good Municipal Government

A Test of Good Municipal Government 

by Leo Morris

What makes a city great?

That was one of the main topics explored at a two-day seminar in Wabash I recently attended put on by the conservative think tank Indiana Policy Review. Many things add to a community’s quality of life, the attendees concluded, one of the principal being that government takes care of its proper business.

Government should, first and foremost, fulfill its primary mission of protecting people’s lives and property. It should maintain the infrastructure, nurture basic amenities and look out for those most in need. It should avoid exotic economic development strategies that risk enormous sums of taxpayer money. Added all together, these elements mean elected officials (I underlined this three times in my notes) should govern the residents who live there, not the ones they wish they had.

The seminar’s conclusion mirrored my own thinking, but I arrived at my definition subjectively, not through the dispassionate sifting of the kinds of data a think tank can mine. When I list the things I think make my city great, I come up with a list of memories.

It’s catching my first breathtaking glimpse of the skyline around a bend in the road at the age of 12 from my father’s car as he drove the family here from Eastern Kentucky in search of a better life.

It’s spending my first summer here walking up and down side streets and riding my bicycle through neighborhood alleys, ending up, more often than not, at a city park full of arts and crafts and baseball.

It’s earning $2 a week as an “assistant” to the carrier who delivered the evening newspaper, then blowing all the money on cherry Cokes and comic books at the corner drugstore.

It’s setting foot in Central High School and experiencing the multi-ethnic society the Kentucky hills had sheltered me from.

It’s graduating from that school, then first feeling sadness that the powers that were decided to close it, and second feeling relief that somebody found another use for the building instead of tearing it down.

It’s spending a year in Southeast Asia dreaming every night of the home I could return to and the loved ones who would welcome me.

It’s embarking on a career at that same newspaper I delivered as a 12-year-old and hiring as one of the editorial page’s first guest columnists the high school English teacher who had first encouraged me to write.

It’s burying both my parents here and knowing they chose this for their final resting place instead of the hills where their families have lived for generations.

It’s talking to my sister in Indianapolis who, approaching retirement age, has a sudden and powerful urge to come back here when she finishes her career.

This town is a great town to me because it is my town. It’s the place I grew up in, the place where I learned life lessons sometimes painful but always valuable, the first place I understood what it is to love deeply and fight passionately, where the child slowly became the man. It is the place I always miss, the base I always return to. “Hometown” is more than just a word.

My city happens to be Fort Wayne. But I could be a resident writing about Evansville or South Bend or Hammond. One of the pleasant surprises at The Indiana Policy Reviewseminar was meeting Ryan Cummins, a former councilman from Terre Haute, who talked about his city the way I would talk about Fort Wayne. In high school, he couldn’t wait to graduate and “get the hell out of town.” But during his stint in the Marines, he started feeling the tug of home and ended up going back to help his father run the family business. He knows Terre Haute has flaws and “a certain reputation” in the state that’s not always flattering. But it’s the place he belongs, the place he loves, a place he can improve simply by living a just and productive life.

There are tens of thousands of towns across this country that most people have never heard of but which have millions of people as invested in their communities as Ryan and I are in ours. They have a fierce loyalty based on memories.

They see a future where they are because they have a history there.

All any of us ask of our governments – especially our local governments – is one simple thing: Don’t screw up our cities too much. We don’t demand that our leaders never wander into areas beyond their competence; that would be asking the impossible. Officials believe they are elected by God do something, so they are always in search of mountains to move, whether or not the mountains even need moving, let alone whether or not they can be moved.

But they should take a breath from time to time and slow down, trusting in the wisdom of their citizens to live their own lives instead of waiting for instructions from expert planners and busybody functionaries. Government can make those personal quests easier or harder depending on how well they master the basics and how far afield they drift from them.

Here’s an easy metric they can use to determine if they’re getting it right – call it the infrastructure test:

Watch where we’re going, then follow us with the infrastructure. Or, at the least, if you are able, figure out where we are going and build the infrastructure out just ahead of us. Please do not – ever – decide where you think we should be going, then put the infrastructure in place and move heaven and earth to make us go there.

“Govern the residents who live there, not the ones you wish you had.” To which it should be added: Govern the residents you have as they are, not as you wish they would be.

Leo Morris, columnist for The Indiana Policy Review, is this year's 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.

7 December 2017 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

7 December 2017 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

Present: Jim Deaton, Chairman, Dave Deddens, Jim Helms, John Rahe, Alan Goodman

ABSENT: Jamie Graf (non- voting school board member) Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker (vacation)

Also present: Andrea Ewan, attorney, Gayle Pennington, Auditor and DCRC treasurer (also covering for Hayden)

Title VI statement read by Deaton.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES- November 2 minutes approved

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS:

Visioning Grant Fund Tabled from 11/7/17- One Dearborn Invoice- county attorney, city of Lawrenceburg attorney and Ewan working on this- remains TABLED.

Financials

NEW BUSINESS:

Bonding- doing this as a group saves money so decided to do this on Pennington’s recommendation. 

ONE DEARBORN REPORT: Randall said they had some projects in Aurora TIF they are looking at. One is more serious and they are at a further phase of due diligence. She will notify them when and if it goes further.Couple more leads thru IEDC that she has responded to. Billboard leases on the Stone property and is on her to do list when their leases come due. Maybe January or March meeting.

Duke site readiness issue- there are wetlands that are misclassified and they need a professional to come in and help with this. This issue AND the flood plain issue require them to study NE corner of the Stone property that is being purchased.Ewan wanted to be sure they weren’t doing property that they weren’t owning east of Johnson Fork Road. The DCRC is acquiring the property WEST of Johnson Fork Road. This study for reclassification could come out of the $10,000 from Duke Energy. [NOTE: Pretty expensive property for flood plain issues and these issues were not resolved prior to purchasing???] 

Hirlinger has a shared access driveway and it has to get recorded to be sure it matches what Planning and Zoning required. They should do it at no cost as the surveyor should have done that. Randall wants it on the survey as they use it a lot for their work with prospective owners. 

Ewan is going to get the written Ag lease for the closing on the Stone property. 

Also wants the billboard leases to be rewritten for newer owners as the old one needs to be cleared up.

IEDC searches for property has the shovel ready sites at the top so Randall wants to try to get these to that status- it would require more money. 

Sign and what we are going to allow for the future needs to be decided. Craig Distributing is one of our larger TIF contributors there. Trying to accommodate him. 

Wants  to get a drone to look at property so they can put that video on the website.

Working with REDI Cincinnati and apparently they are not pushing our sites the same as Cincinnati region. One Dearborn is evaluating that membership. To get invited to the Site Selectors Convention in 2018 they have to be members of REDI but REDI does not get us an invite to it. Randall noted that they pay a lot of attention to us close to the time for renewal of membership for $10,000.VIP dinner at Jeff Ruby’s at $15,000 per table. Final night bringing in a band and afterparty called Toast from the Tri-State. To be represented that is $15,000 for our name. Trying to evaluate what good that is.[NOTE: Sounds like it’s time to scrap REDI.] 

Rahe noted- Rack changed their mind about Industrial Park and other experience ( Is he referring to Skally’s leaving us for Harrison OH?) shows us they are trying to not have any business go from one county to another in REDI Cincinnati. (No poaching each other’s businesses.)

ATTORNEY’S REPORT: Stone Property Closing -Wednesday at 3 PM Buyers closing statement for Stone Property -$111,356.64 approximately due from Land Acquisitions money. Claim will be handled internally per Pennington. 10 year 2.04% interest with semi annual payments. Approved. 

They have a right of first refusal on the 7 acres  and easement over driveway to get to Stone’s barn and step-daughter’s home he still has on US 52 side and the Ag lease. 

OTHER BUSINESS- January meeting to organize and elect officers. Jan 11th at 8:30 AM.

ADJOURNMENT - 9:05 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

5 December 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

5 December 2017 Dearborn County Commissioners Meeting Notes

Present: Shane McHenry, President, and Art Little

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

ABSENT: Kevin Lynch and Sue Hayden, Administrator

Title VI statement read by Baudendistel

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS:

Change Orders- Chris Grabosky, Maxwell Construction- not present- called McHenry and will come to do this in January.

HIGHWAY DEPT. Todd, Listerman, County Engineer:

Bid awards- all bids accepted so that those closest to projects can be used as needed.

Laughery Valley Ag COOP only bid on fuels. Rohe and O’Mara on hot and cold mix asphalt. Aggregates were bids by Harrison Sand and Gravel, Newpoint Stone Napoleon, Hanson Versailles Dry Fork, and Watson Gravel in Cleves.

Local Roads and Matching Grant Agreement- O’Mara only bid and below estimates-  $1,688,937.55. Approved for the contract. 

$840,967.00- INDOT’ s share - INDOT and County paving contract.signed.

Supplement #1 for Contract to replace Bridge #5 East Laughery Creek Road- $ 937,600.00 is the max allowed in federal funds for this project. 80/20 share on this project. This project has been moved back to 2019 for environmental studies. Approved. Signed. 

Contract for Bridge #76 over Little Jamison Creek Replacement- FPBH, Inc for $70,800.00. All bids were above estimate so they designed an alternative to give an option to bid to get it in budget. This will be a cast in place alternative versus the original precast version. It will take more time and the road will have to be close to do this. Approved. Signed. 

ADMINISTRATOR- Sue Hayden- absent on vacation.

AUDITOR- Gayle Pennington- request for grant application for guardian ad litem program. They are requesting the cash in advance as usually done- $938.24 approved. 

Claims and minutes from Nov 21st meeting approved.

ATTORNEY- Andy Baudendistel- Unsafe building hearing on Seldom Seen and has been under construction over 2 years. Demolition needed. Shawn Viel contractor retained by owners. Owner represented by Matt McDaniel. Requesting a building permit for 90 days for exterior only. If this doesn’t happen they will need another hearing and demolition will be required. The agreement for this needs to be signed by Commissioners and has already been signed by the owners and contractor. Neighbors were OK with trying this as it will put things in a much better position with a judge showing attempts have been made to resolve the issue. The contractor knows this 90 days is a winter time window. Commissioners approved the agreement between Building Dept (Bill Shelton) and owners, contractor and attorney representing them. 

Agreement made that vicious dog was returned to owner with neighbors agreeing to allow that- thus no vicious dog hearing.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Little- cheering for the EC underdogs going to state. Look out for elderly etc at Christmas

McHenry- EC played ell, played smart. Keep Lynch in our prayers as he is not feeling well this morning. 

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

LATE ARRIVAL- none 

Meeting Adjourned at 9:00 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA Dec 7 DC Redevelopment Commission

 AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING

December 7, 2017

8:30 a.m., 3^rd Floor Commissioners Room

County Administration Building

215 B West High Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

1. Call to order

1. Title VI Statement for Compliance

1. Approval of Minutes

November 2, 2017 Meeting

1. Claims & Financials

1.  Visioning Grant Fund Claim Tabled from 11/7/17 - One Dearborn Invoice 

2.  Financials 

1. New Business

1.  Bonding

1. One Dearborn Report

1. Attorney’s Report

1.  Stone Property Closing

1. Other Business

1. Adjournment

AGENDA Dec 5 Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

December 5, 2017 

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. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV. OLD BUSINESS

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Change Orders – Chris Grabosky, Maxwell Construction

2.  Highway Engineer – Todd Listerman

1.  Bid Awards

2.  Local Roads and Matching Grant Agreement

3.  Supplement #1 for Contract to Replace Bridge #5, East Laughery Creek Rd.

4.  Contract for Bridge #76 over Little Jamison Creek Replacement

 

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VII. AUDITOR – Gayle Pennington

1.  Claims/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN