5 JUNE 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

5 JUNE 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Shane McHenry, President, Art Little, and Jim Thatcher

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:none

NEW BUSINESS:

Signature for Release of Lien – Mary McCarty, Project Development Mgr., SIRPC- Back in 1999 DC was the applicant for them on housing repair grants and there is a lien that should be released from 2004. Margaret Koons property. 228 East Tate Street. Approved to release lien and signed. 

FEMA Grant Application – Tim Grieve, Highway Superintendent- Grant is approved by Council already. Apply for FEMA funds and it is a 75%.25% grant. He has applied for a bit over $1 million. Council’s signature was on this. Approved and signed.

Text Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance - Mark McCormack, Director of P&Z presented- unanimous favorable recommendations for the following changes. This eliminates residences from having to go thru the Plan Commission  for some of these applications. They can get handled by tech review and they can grant waivers rather than a public hearing. Cost  now is 3-5 times more for applicants. This would save money for applicants also. Commissioners approved the changes with no public  wishing to comment. 

Article 24, Section 2406 – Minimum Spacing of Driveways

Article 24, Section 2408 – Minimum Corner Clearances of Driveways

Ordinance to Amend Article 24 of the Dearborn County Zoning Ordinance

Contracts w/Indigital for New 911 Equipment – Jared Teaney, 911 Director presented 3 agreements and they were reviewed by Baudendistel. 

Equipment Purchase and Sales Agreement $139,037.73

911 Services and Software License Agreement Want to provide notice annually to get the price list and review the services with 90 day notice required. 

Support and Maintenance Agreement $7,683.82 per year after first year per appendix D with 90 day notices annually.

Commissioners reviewed the terms with Teaney and approved and signed the agreements. 

Interlocal for Dispatch with Lawrenceburg & Dearborn County- Baudendistel presented- most automatically renew. Lawrenceburg required a new signature this year per their clerk treasurer. The amount is the same at $60,000. Approved and signed. 

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- nothing to add.

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims and Minutes from May 15 approved and signed.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- Margaret Stotler Trust giving 25% of her trust to PAWS and 25% to Animal Shelter. Each 25% is worth $22,000. They wish to use it all for PAWS because they are handling the animals for former animal shelter now. Her attorney, Brian Pack, wrote a letter to that effect. Baudendistel prepared a letter to allow them to donate the 25% for the old animal shelter to PAWS also. Commissioners approved and signed.  

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Thatcher thanked Jared Teaney for his tour of 911 center and was impressed with their facility.

Little- Enjoy the beautiful day. 

McHenry will be out for the next meeting. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- Jason Sullivan- $70,705.00 for defibrillators was awarded by Lawrenceburg Community Foundation. Commissioners signed off on these. deputies are trained and others will be trained. McHenry wanted to know if they needed volunteers for them to practice on. Thatcher said- “Don’t look in this direction!”  

Thatcher said they had also walked thru Jason’s Emergency Management facility and it is also impressive. 

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 9:42 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township