19 March 2021 SE Indiana Regional Port Authority Meeting
Took some time to get the 7th member prior to the meeting. Only 2 members physically present- Thatcher and McLaughlin. The rest via telephone.
Roll Call:
Aurora: Mark Drury( via telephone), Benjamin Turner (via telephone), Derek Walker ( via telephone)
Dearborn County: Jim Thatcher (Chairman), Tom Palmer (via telephone) (Secretary), Eric Kranz absent
Greendale: Alan Weiss via telephone on the way to Pennsylvania), Al Abdon absent, E.G. McLaughlin present
Lawrenceburg: Kelly Mollaun absent, Lenny Fryman absent, Sarah Jordan absent
Also present: Andy Baudendistel, Legal Counsel
ANNOUNCEMENTS – none
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 21st, 2021 Meeting approved
GUEST SPEAKERS – none
NEW BUSINESS- Vice Chair is changed to Alan Weiss, Mayor of Greendale.
OLD BUSINESS- BNL Agreement - John from BNL Via telephone- Thatcher said that they agreed to a half day session with Beam Longest and Neff to see what a Port Authority can do and then a portion with the community stakeholders to see what they might WANT to do. John said that they would want to identify some of the stakeholders prior to the half day education session.McLaughlin wanted the contract dates to be revised to reflect current situation. $23,665 with travel and expenses capped at $1300. Contract date will be today’s date. Deliverables will take time and then this summer will have the training session. Probably do it at one of the IVY Tech locations. They will put together a report prior to the session and a summary of what comes out of the workshop. They are watching what is happening at the federal level about these ports for funding options. Want workshop in June or July. They think the state level is known, but the federal funding levels may change. Approved the Contract.
FINANCIAL REPORT / INVOICES- Benny Turner- payment to Seitz for Tom Palmer and Benny Turner approved last month.
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
CONFIRMATION OF NEXT MEETING - Scheduled for May 21, 2021.
ADJOURNED- 1:20 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
