7 July 2020 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES
Present: Jim Thatcher, President, Art Little, and Rick Probst
Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor, Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator
TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE was read by Baudendistel as legally required.
Moved this item to beginning as Kelly had Court date-
Community Corrections- Steve Kelly - needed permission for several grant applications community. Corrections Grant for 515,371 Largest is for personnel. This is a grant they had for several years now.
Grant for JCAP76,850 total to get salary and benefits. Approved to apply for grants.
OLD BUSINESS
COVID 19 Related Updates- Baudendistel said medical screening stopped and masks strongly encouraged if dealing with public. Some loosening of what they are doing with consultation with Dr Eliason - new director of Health Board. State made a slower begging to stage 4- we are in 4.5 now.
Thatcher spoke with Dr Eliason about what we should be doing in the county, schools, festivals and testing that has gone on. Bright Festival cancelled due to the inability to social distance.
Updated Proclamation was approved. Little noted that the more we test, the more cases we will find.
NEW BUSINESS
Modification to Stateline Road PE Contract with GRW - Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer- NTE was $4,000 for engineering work. There were 4 sinkholes that they knew were there. They were a lot bigger than they thought they were.This covered that, but nothing left.70 yards of material to cover them up. So they want an additional NTE $4,000 to cover anything else they discover. This makes the engineering NTE total to be $8,000. Approved the additional $4,000 NTE.
Listerman - In his budget he has thin epoxy overlay on bridges for prolonging the life of the bridge deck. For this year he has 6 bridges out of the 28 total they want to do. Enneking Pressure washing has the contract. Do bridges in 5-8 years old and if older they repair and coat. Cole Lane - $103,950, Spangler Road- $4,425, Grelle Road $7350, Lake Tambo- $17,792, Ester Ridge $ 12,104 and Collier Ridge $39,088. Commissioners approved the epoxy deck overlays on these bridges. They clean the bridge decks, patch if needed and coat. Takes an extra day closure to dry.
Highpoint Health Reappointment- Robert “Rocky” Schroeder- Sue Hayden his expired on March 30 and with COVID delays they asked for another term or until it dissolves with St Elizabeth agreement.Reappointed by Commissioners. The Board will formally be dissolved when the agreements get prepared.
Approval of Health Officer Appointment by Board of Health- Dr. Steven Eliason- Hayden said the board decided this was permanent and the commissioners now needed to certify this. Commissioners certified the appointment
Board of Health Appointment - Dr Michael Shugar- Hayden said Dr Michael Shugar is the replacement for Dr Eliason that the board found. His CV show he is board certified in Emergency Medicine with active medical licenses in the tri states here and Nevada. Approved this appointment.
OKI 2021 Funding Contract- Hayden said the $16,321 amount is based on population. Probst said its mandated and the amount is nominally and has not changed. Approved this for 2021. This amount is due in February 2021.
ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- nothing more
AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold -Claims/Payroll and June 16th Minutes approved
ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- 2 agreements- right of entry and hold harmless agreement for Johnson Mellohs for Geothermal Earthworks Inc to drill a test hole on the property between buildings for a 400 ft hole to see how far to go down to hit proper temps. This is for a possible geothermal process. No cost to county. Approved.
CVTB needs this as they were created in 1995 and modified in 2013. Adrienne Flannery is the CVTB Commission attorney.This is a non-profit corporation that has an agreement to perform the duties of the CVTB. Approved.
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS-
Probst- COVID danger still exists- the numbers around us are increasing- so take protective measure continuously.
Little- said he’s washing his hands more and has been healthier than ever this year so far- so be careful. We will find more people the more we test. With masks we won’t spread many germs.
Thatcher- testing center is seeing a lot more people coming in as employers are opening up and want testing. Looking to extend testing services to Sept 2021 with a grant application. This current test site ends July 31.
LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
ADJOURN- 9:50 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
