26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

Present: Liz Morris, President, Dennis Kraus. Sr., Alan Goodman, and Bill Ullrich. 

ABSENT: Dan Lansing, Charlie Keyes, Ryan Brandt

Also present:Connie Fromhold, Auditor

Title VI statement read as required by law by Liz Morris

Budget adoption - passed by the 4 council members present.

Maintenance- Eric Hartman- Building Maintenance $20,000 and Janitorial Supplies $25,000 from Cum Courthouse- has not been back for an additional for years. But they have more buildings, lightning strikes etc. Council approved both requests.

The following are from Riverboat General unless noted otherwise:

Sheriff- Gasoline- $50,000- Leah Bailey presented. Has spent $120 from budget so far. Council reduced the amount to $40,000 which some felt was more reasonable giving the amount of time left for the year.

Jail- Inmate Meals- $130,000- out of COUNTY GENERAL- Legislature has been talking about per diem raising to $55/day versus the $35 now. Approved.

Purdue County Extension- Liz Beiersdorfer- Mileage - $3200. She’s the new County Extensions Director. Gave out info on what they do. They hired a new educator this year. She is reducing the request to $1600 now as she has been able to offer a frugal budget. This is to cover their next two payments.  Council failed to motion on this and so request failed.

Surveyor- Dennis Kraus, Jr. -Fill an open position when Art retired. He had a vacation etc due also- 11 weeks pay. He was very important to the office and performed a lot of the duties. The auditor and planning and zoning used him a lot.  $6894- The PAC committee approved the replacement of the position. This paid $30,000 a year and the ones applying are paid about twice that or more. He can use some money from section corner perpetuation for next year. Approved out of Riverboat Revenue.

Gayle Pennington- Clerk- Resolution on Vote Centers- that Council needed to approve as well as Commissioners etc have approved. This allows them to move forward with their process. Town Hall Meetings will be after the elections in November. She read the resolution into the record. Benefits are that voters can vote at any poll in the county. It also saves about $100,000 per election by combining voting locations and decreasing the number of poll workers. Council approved and signed.  

Emergency Management- Jason Sullivan- (presented by Auditor) 8 grants below: All 8 grants were approved

Commodity Flood Study- $10,000 match available in LEPC (Local Emergency Plan Commission)

Drone package for search and rescue- $14,650

Campus repeater system- radio communication across campus- $41,250

24 radios with accessories for sheriff office-  $99,778.32

Repeater for outdoor warning system- $8219

All hazard incident management class to be hosted in Dearborn County- $25,000

National Homeland Security Conference- $3000

Salary reimbursement for 2018- $39053

Health Dept Grant- presented by Auditor- $20,000 one year only to implement the Overdose tool kit from Indiana. Improve local overdose response is the goal and media.  Approved to apply.

Connie Fromhold- Auditor- Minutes from Sept 5 meeting were approved.

Public Comment: Chris Mueller- presented data from County budget and claims to help the Council get more accurate estimates of actual inmate costs in Dearborn County with hard copies for all Council members. Data shows the state payment is definitely too low.  

Meeting adjourned at 9:54 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township