22 November 2021 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

  22 November 2021 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

Present:  Mark Lehman, Acting Chairman, Russell Beiersdorfer, John Hawley, Joe Vogel, Jake Hoog, Dan Lansing, Jim Thatcher, and Eric Lang

Also Present: Mark McCormack, Plan Director,  Nicole Daily, Zoning Administrator,new P/Z staff member Dan ??last name,  and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.

ABSENT: Dennis Kraus, Jr., Chairman

Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as legally required.

No action on minutes.

OLD BUSINESS: none

NEW BUSINESS: none

ADMINISTRATIVE:

McCormack presented the input from the Workshops in writing. He compiled the comments on the people who disagree. He recommended inviting the people to come in at the January meeting rather than the week before Christmas. They want to do it in a thoughtful way. 

Summary of the consultant for the first 2 workshop meetings of the year. For Ag and Rural residential- asked for beehives to be permitted. Most people are against having too much development in an Ag area. He wants them to decide on how much value we give to these comments. Do not make Ag less dense than it is now. Sewer availability allows people to have more options on lot size. 

A resident of Scenic Drive was concerned with hay baling not being in Rural Residential. Should they add it. 

Make 2 family a rural residential or Ag use. Rural residential had some livestock issues that may need to be addressed. Timber production for rural residential. Change it to timber harvesting perhaps. Hawley and Beiersdorfer talked about combining some of the uses under more general umbrellas. Someone wanted more than one horse per acre. Humane issues. 

Considering Rural Residential being renamed to Ag 2. 

R1 district and also revisit some of the areas in Bright and how they classified them on residential density. R-3 - Patio home classification needs to be looked at again. Townhouses, single family attached etc. McCormack needed to recheck that. Multifamily R3 - should be careful about this. Lehman thinks that they should come in to request a zone change for that. This also affects traffic infrastructure too. This zone will be more limited because we are a rural plan commission - not a municipal one. It’s hard to project an R-3 growth. 

McCormack said they need to decide their mission.

Going through comments- McCormack wanted to have civil meetings with people commenting and not have communist labels, for example. 

There were only 33 responses with surveys for 5 meetings and about 6 written comments submitted. About 25 people submitted their names to be contacted personally. 

Comments from Mr. Beck and his group via email for board. Letter from Mueller Brauer Wunderlich (Willow Brook Acres) Farm passed to the board. 

Comments from Pat Holland, Christine Cook, Ralph Thompson, and Johnny Wright also passed on to the board. 

McCormack passed out a list of items to consider moving forward regarding changes requested in the proposed map and or text. Board to look it over and get back to him.

Permitting software is being redone and will work better. There is also a list of permit fees and increases that need to be put into effect for January 1st.  Discussion regarding the issues with surveys that are not certified on time etc. Some are 3 years out. Discussion included that McCormack should raise fees in some of these tasks as they take a lot of time. 

Next meeting will be on December 20th.

Meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

19 November 2021 SE Indiana Regional Port Authority Meeting

 19 November 2021 SE Indiana Regional Port Authority Meeting

Present: Jim Thatcher, Tom Palmer, Mark Drury, Benny Turner, Derek Walker, Alan Weiss, EG. McLaughlin, Sarah Jordan, and Lenny Fryman. 

Also present: Mike Perleberg, One Dearborn.

John from Beam Longest and Neff went over the workshop results:

Workshop looked at 6 potential projects. Prioritized below:

Aurora Cruise Terminal and Trail

RR Transload Sites

Truck Parking

Wilson Creek Marina Larry Boyd and his group have to get revenue stream to keep up with ongoing maintenance dredging.

Tanners Creek Fleeting- lot of issues with remediation and flood plain issues.

Tanners Creek Solar/Data Center similar above issues. 

Port authority can be a regional conduit for for development, funding, and management.

Leverage and Collaborate with IDEC, INDOT, One Dearborn nd Ports of Indiana. and CORBA- Central Ohio RiverBusiness Association

Monitor AEP remediation activities

Create a revolving loan project

Pursue Grant Opportunities.

Prepare an on-call Support Contact until a full time staff  is justified.

Complete a Port Comprehensive Plan

Public Re-Use of the AEP site 

Prepare a Strategic Grant Plan to coordinate matching funds and prioritizing projects.

NEXT Steps:

Identify OKI funding available for freight and recreational development.

The Ohio River Recreational Trail Organization would benefit from multi jurisdictional coordination/ 

Support a freight rail trainload project.- secure site, grant application Indiana Railroad industrial funds.

Revolving loan funds

Leverage existing freight data

Tanners CreekAEP site  Remediation will require public assistance to repurpose the facility.

Comments from the board:

Thatcher asked about the Greendale property with Rail right there along Oberting Road.

McLaughlin asked about how much revenue we are generating with various projects. 

Thatcher noted with limited resources we have to do it right.

The RR transload site is there already and will generate ongoing revenue per Drury.

Weiss- we are trying to establish our identity. We need exposure. Part of the insfrastructure plan is electric charging vehicles. What if we said we were setting up quick charging stations in various good locations and while they are charging  they might be going to various local businesses for 45 minutes. This could have our logo on it and it could generate some income and get our name out there. We are behind the trend now- but with grants coming down the pike we could use them. Charging stations can be around $90,000 each. A certain percentage of the cost of the charge would  be sent back to the Port Authority.

A discussion ensued about the possibilities of this. 3 of the 4 entities  on the board have  their own utilities so setting up the electric contracts could work well. 

There could be a lot of different providers for this per and you can lease or pay up front etc. Beam Longest and Neff will look into some of the funding options and grants. There may be competition in the future for these stations. Also the idea of billboards along I-74 site near West Harrison DCRC sites for income. 

Some issues with the RR and truck parking sites can have negative aspects too- so avoid putting them in high visibility sites. 

Solar power at the charging station to ties into the grid and offset some of the electricity used. 

There are railroad grants that have increased amounts available. DNR has a number of recreational grants. Freight formula funds are being increased also with regard to truck parking, charging stations, or multi-modal. Build Back Better has passed and looks like it will be $1.7 trillion. This is an unprecedented times and with matches needed. 

WEbinar on the charging stations will be set up before the January meeting by Libby at Beam Longest and Neff. 

The people who are transloading often handle that operation- not the Port Authority. It depends on the commodities being loaded. There should be ongoing communication. 

The board approved BNL giving a proposal with costs for going forward to look into trans load- charging stations- and the master plan. 

$3,744.75 paid to BLN and  $17,670.50 also approved for BLN.

No progress to report on the AEP cleanup.

Adjourned at 2:10 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

 

Reasoning for keeping voting districts the same in Dearborn County

Reasoning for keeping voting districts the same in Dearborn County:

 The census information revealed that Dearborn County had only grown by 600 people.  County Council and Commissioner districts are determined by population. Precincts are determined by registered voters.  There are 39,202 total voters in the county.  These were the facts that the election office used as the basis for their recommendation of “no change” at county level.

 Gayle L.Pennington

Dearborn County Clerk of Courts

165 Mary St.

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

16 November 2021 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

 16 November 2021 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

Present: Liz Morris, President, Dennis Kraus. Sr., Dan Lansing, Kevin Turner, Tim Doll, Alan Goodman, and Glenn Wright. 

Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor

Liz Morris called for a moment of silence for Bill Ullrich - a former Councilman who passed away.

Title VI Statement read as legally required

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS:

MAINTENANCE- $20,000 Repairs for the campus to finish out 2021.Approved

SUPERIOR COURT II- $15,000 Public Defender- Changed to $7500 per Judge McLaughlin, $1,500 Computer -Approved with Wright Abstaining

Glenn Wright asked how much we spend on public defenders - Answer- $600-750,000 is spent per year on public defenders. They get $90/hour.

CORONER- $8,612 Part-Time wages- Hard to have an accurate count on what they with they will get called out on. Approved. Called out about 12-15 times per month - at 153 cases now so 160-165 by Dec 31st estimated. Thanked them for the new truck they approved- so it will come in eventually. The price is still honored though back ordered. 

HIGHWAY- Transfer MVHA Restricted $350,200 to Bituminous slip repair.- Listerman just needed to move fund from supplies to services so he can repair a slip on Salt Fork Road per Morris. Approved. 

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS- Full time position to train with retiring case manager in 2022. Steve Kelly- wanted to take a part time to full time to take over her position. Grant funding on this to cover it. Start date is Dec 13th. Approved. 

Currently have another part time superior court probation officer leaving. Have funds that were paying for 2 part timers. They want to put the same pay for one full timer. The other part timer is becoming a full timer. He will have to come back in 2022 for benefits though per Leah Bailey. Approved. 

911 COMMUNICATIONS- Transfer for overtime- $6000 from another communications fund- approved. 

AUDITOR- Connie Fromhold:

HEALTH DEPT GRANT- $ 101,892.61 Immunizations & Vaccines for Children (COVID 19)- Approved.

SALARY ORDINANCE - Council signed off on this.

MINUTES- Approved. 

2022 MEETING SCHEDULE:   Approved as stated below.

January 19, 2022 5:00 (Wednesday)

May 24, 2022 5:00 (Tuesday)

August 8,9,10,11,12, 2022 (Monday -Friday 8:30 thru 4:30 as needed)

September 1, 2022 9:00am (Thursday) (Budget Public Hearing)

September 15, 2022 9:00am (Thursday) (Budget Adoption)

November 16, 2022 5:00 (Wednesday) on Wednesday as not to interfere with Commissioners meeting on Tuesday

Meeting adjourned at 6:15 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

16 NOVEMBER 2021 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 16 NOVEMBER 2021 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.

OLD BUSINESS- none

NEW BUSINESS

Ordinance Recertifying County Commissioner and County Council Districts- Gayle Pennington, Clerk of Courts -said they reviewed all the information and suggested no changes to the precincts. Commissioners approved and signed the ordinance. 

 ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden:

Barnes and Thornburg 2022 Lobbyist Engagement - annual agreement for the state legislations. $5000/ month when they are in session and $3000/ month when out of session. Same agreement as before. Approved.

2022 OKI Representative- Probst is the current Representative. OKI wanted it in place for their January meeting. Approved and signed for Probst to continue as rep to OKI. 

Sue Hayden also mentioned that Jason Sullivan was voted in by Emergency Management Board to continue as their Director. That is so they can approve that at their January meeting on appointments. 

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/Payroll and November 2nd Minutes approved.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- nothing tonight.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:

Probst- Covid shots still being even away and extended down to the youth. There are very few excuses that outweigh the benefits of the Vaccine. Encourage to research beyond You tube and the internet.

Little- Enjoy the beautiful fall weather. 

Thatcher- the new location and access from outside to the back of the building makes it easier for disabled to access and also to avoid the security at the other entrance. Also Thanksgiving is coming up- so gratitude.

Little also added that Bill Ullrich had passed away and talk was about the long years of service to the county. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

PUBLIC COMMENT-   Debbie Kastens from Bright - per your Mission statement - managing risk from public safety and roads and bridges. The Rumpke meeting last month.  In the beginning that said there are over 40 truck to use Sand Run entrance. There will be 400 trucks in the distant future. 11066 Stand Run Rd is the entrance. This is in Hamilton County. But it affects us here. 3000 cars use Sand Run every day. This will affect Bright and Hidden Valley as they use that route to get to work etc. She also said they misled people on some items.  MIsled people to 100 tons a day- it will be much more. They are doing a lot of dumping on Sundays.

The reason I am really here- Hamilton County has formed a commission to look at the rules for Rumpke. Rumpke tells them there is hardly anyone around this dump- but that doesn’t take into account the people in Indiana. We need letters- and a stronger letter to let them know how this dump is going to affect us. They told IDEM about this. And DC Commissioners notified IDEM also. Thatcher noted that they will continue to monitor the situation. She belongs to Ditch the Dump.  Thatcher asked her to leave copy of the people to contact. Mr Ratz and  Mr Lyness were at the meeting and people can contact them also. The Committee- wants to set up rules- Hamilton County has no landfill rules. We need to start that here. The committee are really intent on knowing public opinion. Denise Driehaus and others are on that committee. More meetings on the policy set up for dumps. Cannot cut trees April 1 to Sept 1 due to the bats. More rules on that. 

Debbie York- Moores Hill- Dog problem- live in bad conditions- bark and annoy neighbors. Thatcher said that she needs to get on meeting for next agenda and they will get Dog Control people there. She has complained to sheriff, town marshall, and animal control. No responses. 

ADJOURN- 5:33 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- November 16th DC Commissioners Meeting

                                                             AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

November 16, 2021 

5:00 p.m. Henry Dearborn Room

County Administration Building

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV. OLD BUSINESS 

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Gayle Pennington, Clerk of Courts

Ordinance Recertifying County Commissioner and County Council Districts 

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

1.  Barnes & Thornburg 2022 Lobbyist Engagement

2.  2022 OKI Representative

VII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

1.  Claims/Payroll/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN

Obituary- Bill Ullrich 1942-2021

 

Obituary

William V. "Bill"  Ullrich, 79, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 surrounded by his family.

He was born May 10, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of the late John F. Ullrich and Nettie (Agers) Ullrich. 
Bill served his country as a member of the United States Air Force.

Bill was a Life member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.  He served as a 4th degree Grand Knight with the Knights of Columbus Council 2111.  Bill retired as a Sgt. with the Dearborn County Sheriffs Department.  He was very active in the town of Aurora, and served on numerous County boards and councils. 

Bill loved getting together with his family, celebrating birthdays, holidays, or a 'just because' day.  He will be missed by his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and his brothers, and the many friends he made throughout his lifetime, many that became like family.

William is survived by his children, Mike (Carol) Ullrich of Dry Ridge, KY, Tina (Pedro) Orellano of Fayetteville, NC, Kim (Joe) Hamilton of Crestwood, KY, Eric (Annette) Ullrich of Aurora, IN; brothers, John (Yvonne) Ullrich of Norwood, OH, Nick (Judi) Ullrich of Aurora, IN, Roger (Deb) Ullrich of Cincinnati, OH, Kevin Ullrich of Aurora, IN; grandchildren, Billy Ullrich, Joanna Ullrich, Brittney Gonzales, Chelsea Murphy, Chris Deutsch, Tim Davis, Eric Ullrich Jr., Nathan Ullrich, and Brady Ullrich; great-grandchildren, Ian Ullrich, Emilia Gonzales, Leilah Gonzales, Waylon, Sutton, and Walker Deutsch. 

He was preceded in death by parents John and Nettie; his loving wife of 57 years, Billie Lee Ullrich. 

Friends will be received Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the St. Mary's Catholic Church, 203 Fourth Street, Aurora, Indiana. 

Services will be held at the church on Thursday at 11:00 am with Father Chris Craig officiating.

Interment will follow in the River View Cemetery, Aurora, Indiana.  Military graveside services will be conducted by the Southeastern Indiana Honor Guard.
Contributions may be made to the Funeral Expenses.  If unable to attend services, please call the funeral home office at (812) 926-1450 and we will notify the family of your donation with a card.

HOW AND WHERE TO GET COVID SHOTS IN DEARBORN COUNTY AFTER NOVEMBER 10, 2021

 

Beginning Wednesday, November 10, 2021 ALL COVID SHOTS will be administered in the lower level of the Dearborn County Government Center. Parking and entry for the shots is accessed by Williams Street, between the Administration building and the jail, in the back of the Government Center. Signage will be placed for directions. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments are preferred. To make an appointment please visit www.coronavirus.in.gov or call the Health Department at 812- 537-8826 and chose option two for vaccinations.

For further information concerning this release, contact Sue Hayden, County Administrator, at 812/537-8894 or shayden@dearborncounty.in.gov.

AGENDA November 16, 2016 Dearborn County Council Meeting

                                                             AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY COUNCIL

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 @ 5:30 PM

HENRY DEARBORN ROOM

DEARBORN COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER

165 MARY ST, LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE- 

TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE- 

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS:

MAINTENANCE- $20,000 Repairs for the campus to finish out 2021.

SUPERIOR COURT II- $15,000 Public Defender, $1,500 Computer

CORONER- $8,612 Part-Time wages

HIGHWAY- Transfer MVHA Restricted $350,200 to Bituminous slip repair.

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS- Full time position to train with retiring individual.

AUDITOR-

Health Department Grant- $ 101,892.61 Immunizations & Vaccines for Children (COVID 19)

Salary Ordinance

 Minutes- 

2022 Meeting Schedule:

January 19, 2022 5:00 (Wednesday)

May 24, 2022 5:00 (Tuesday)

August 8,9,10,11,12, 2022 (Monday -Friday 8:30 thru 4:30 as needed)

September 1, 2022 9:00am (Thursday) (Budget Public Hearing)

September 15, 2022 9:00am (Thursday) (Budget Adoption)

November 16, 2022 5:00 (Wednesday) on Wednesday as not to interfere with Commissioners meeting on Tuesday

10 November 2021 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

10 November 2021 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

Present: Diane Bender, Chairman, Dave Deddens(via telephone), Jim Helms( via telephone), Jim Deaton, Alan Goodman. 

ABSENT: Jamie Graf (non- voting school board member)

Also present:Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, Andrea Ewan, attorney, Connie Fromhold, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.

Title VI statement read as legally required.

Claims – $124.05 to Register Publications for Public Hearing Ad; $10,000 to One Dearborn for second quarter billing: $3,800 to Baker Tilly for services re: dissolution of Skally’s TIF and expanding W. Harrison TIF; $1,680 for TIF Neutralization; $840 to Drake Lawn mowing 12 times.- Approved.

Next meeting is Thursday January 13, 2021. The 2021 meetings will be the 2nd Thursday of every other month at 9 AM

Financials – Review- passed out.

PUBLIC HEARTING TO BEGIN AT 9:10 A.M.

Open Public Hearing re: Dissolution of TIF Allocation Area & Amendment of TIF Allocation Area/ED Plan

Comments and Questions from the Public- no comments

Unanimously approved the dissolution of Skally’s Allocation Area. Unanimously approved the amendment of the West Harrison TIF allocation are and Economic Development Plan to include the former Skally’s TIF Area.

Close Public Hearing 

9:15 AM continued the DCRC regular meeting. Jim Helm hung up and left the meeting for a funeral.

OLD BUSINESS: Dyke Industries wants to lease a billboard from them. $450/mo was high side for fun one side. Other side is $300 total The one that Dyke wants is lit and needs trees cleared. $400 for first year while we are cleaning it up and maybe $450 after that. Perleberg said there are lights on both sides, maybe only one side is functional. Dave Deddens was authorized to negotiate with Dyke Industries and contract someone for tree removal for visibility. Or he can do it himself and bill the DCRC for the removal. Dyke wants eastbound side. 

NEW BUSINESS: none

ONE DEARBORN REPORT: Perleberg updated on Dyke Construction- foundation done and concrete tilt up walls going up. Maxwell is doing it. Roofing is coming up. Met with assessor regarding how the building is assessed during assessment. The building has to be 40% complete to be assessed. Those visits are done in Dec or Jan. The assessment will be a 50% assessment so they need to be aware that the 2nd assessment will be 100% and a higher bill. 

Topsoil spread on the Guilford properties and they will be seeded and spread this time of year. He’s talked to Nicole Daily on this. 

Met with Tom Stone and the farming contracts on the properties. He asked if DCRC if they would reconsider the path to access the billboard. The farmer will not farm it next year. If this acre moves then they can access the farming and it saves DCRC mowing that. Potential complication - the current path is packed down. The new path would be softer until worn in. Approved to move the path. 

Perleberg wanted to open up for discussion- 15 acres on one side and 25 or so on the other, He wanted to know if they want to use a broker as that is how Dyke came in. DCRC willing to explore that. The one who brought Dyke and he can bring in other broker options at their January meeting. He thinks you can learn a lot by talking to them. He can get with Diane and narrow it down to 3 or so and bring into January meeting. 

New marketing video for West Harrison and St Leon property. They leveraged their involvement with the I-74 group to get these done. This raises awareness of the properties along I-74.

Deadline for all regional plans to be submitted. They could get up to $50 million for each region. 17 regions in the state. IEDC said funding decisions would be out by end of this year. He and 2 others for our area will be there for the presentation in 30 minutes and 20 minutes for IEDC to Q and A them. 

ATTORNEY’S REPORT- none

OTHER BUSINESS- bonding to be done for members for 2022

ADJOURNMENT - 9:40 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

2 NOVEMBER 2021 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

 2 NOVEMBER 2021 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.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

CVG Airport Update- Seth Cutter, Director of Communications and Public Affairs- had a powerpoint presentation but couldn’t give it due to tech difficulties at the county. He gave a quick update. Airport has been impacted by Covid. 2020 was the bottom. 2021 has had increased air traffic for recreation and families but corporate traffic has not rebounded. #7 in cargo transport. Breaking monthly records monthly with the air traffic due to e-commerce. CVG is DHL’s # 2 operation in the world. Outside of the main hub in Germany we are #2 and #3 is in Hong Kong. Amazon project is operational in August. They have been operating out of DHL since 2017.This is a gradual transition to their new facility The hub will be continuously built out into 2026. This means more jobs and also need jobs at the airport maintenance etc for the region. An increasing number of jobs at the airport are coming from IN and OH as well as KY. 

They have recently completed a 175 Million terminal project.  They have consolidated the rental car facility. It’s connected to the garage where they will retrieve their car also. Curb space was filled up- now all the shuttles have been taken off the front curb now. 

Runways are being rehabbed. Recently reopened he main cargo runway. During rehab they were going to a different direction. This cargo traffic is mainly nighttime. They have a tool to see if the traffic is lower and this riser than it should be. 14,000 jobs on the CVG campus. 47,000 are in the region. They want to be sure they are responsive to the community and they want to hear about the impact the airport is having on the neighbors here. 

Probst asked about the Amazon employees. Amazon’s CVG hub is their targets facility in North America. Their number of employees will be at 2000 - perhaps more. The neighboring job sites are worried about their labor supply. This will be competition for other businesses for the labor pool. At DHL and Amazon the transfers and containers are in sortation facility and the put back on another plane. That’s 80 % of the load. The rest is on tracks if it’s less than 500 miles to the buyer. This will increase truck traffic and it is a concern for the  region 

Thatcher asked about the business travel changes with the pandemic and Zoom meetings. They are trying to assess how much corporate traffic will resume. People are still not back in the office. The new normal will be less than before. Hope to rebound by 2024 -2025. Maybe this is the new normal. Corporate and leisure go hand in hand. CVG has the only flight to Paris in the region for example. The business class section of the plane is the moneymaker on these flights. 

Airport has a labor shortage in their concessions. Have less hours to accommodate the labor issue. Kids in high school can work at the concessions. $70,000 is starting pay for airport mechanics. 

They will give commissioners the link for the portal to communicate issues to the airport and also for jobs. Thatcher asked if he could stop that flight that goes over his house at 5:30 in the morning. <Laughter>

Soil and Water Conservation District Update- Jennifer Hughes, Storm Water Coordinator - have been helping get rid of invasive species at the local parks. They are being notified soon if they will be in the MS4 in the next month. Letters will go out in Dec with January effective date. Part of the stormwater program is part of the MS4 program. They did not give the schedule for the new MS4 deadlines. Waiting on EPA. There are definitely new MS4s for Dearborn County.

 Matt Jarvis, NRCS District Conservation- Their year starts Oct 1. EQIP For anyone interested in doing natural resource work on their farm. They usually bring in $150,000 cost share for the county Glad to meet with them on their farm too. They are at 50% staff in their office. They can have 3 people in their office. Often they are in the field. They check messages throughout the day. You can schedule by appointment one at a time. Masks required. 

Dearborn County Redevelopment Commission- Resolution to Dissolve Skally’s Bakery TIF Allocation Area and Resolution to Amend the Boundaries of the West Harrison Are to include the former Skally’s TIF and Supplemental Amendment to the West Harrison Economic Development Plan.Jim Deaton presented. This was presented at the Plan Commission. They signed off. If this passes, then it goes to the DCRC for final approval. 

Deaton gave the history of the project. Skally’s plans fell through and Dyke Industries came in and their project straddles the Skally’s and the West Harrison TIF. They need to dissolve Skally’s allocation area with no production. They will then amend West Harrison TIF to include these parcels back into the West Harrison TIF. 

Baudendistel weighed in on this and commissioner’s approved the two resolutions to dissolve Skally’s TIF and to expand the West Harrison TIF to include the former Skally’s TIF areas. Passed and signed. 

Todd Listerman, Highway Engineer- Bid Award for Replacement of Bridge #44 Turkey Point Rd- on Oct 21st bid opening. Rohe and Sunesis Construction. Rohe was lowest at $1,204,752.85.  They have several things to prep and then will start the temporary runaround in early spring. It will be done by the end of September 2022. They will have the temporary runaround during this time. Approved. 

Agreement for part time construction inspection on Bridge #44. NTE contract for FPBH of North Vernon for $40,880. They go during concrete pours and prior to the concrete pour. About twice a week. They also test the concrete like air, yield, and  slump. The bridge coatings are separate and Listerman does that in 2-3 years. Listerman goes out also- often when they FPBH is not there to observe. Approved.

Listerman updated Commissioners, Met with consultant regarding Community Crossings Grant for submission to LTAC soon. The Bridge asset management plan was considered also for submission to INDOT There are 15 bridges still under 50 points. 

They are planting 18” seedlings in December for DNR requirements on one project. 

Thatcher said he wanted to have Sue Hayden be his witness for bid openings for consistency. He can do it in Listerman’s office at the administration building.  

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- none- sorry about the computer glitch this morning.

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold:

Claims/Payroll and Oct 5th and 19th Minutes- approved

2022 Payroll and Claims schedule- approved

Health Dept Grant approval- $101,892.16 for vaccines and children - already received the money. Approved.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- public health emergency has been extend again until Dec 21,2021.

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:

Probst- Vaccines for kids and the boosters are available- encourage people to get it.

Little- KY has announced they are decreasing COVID numbers, 512 kids came through for Halloween special event up in Bright even with the drizzling rain.

Thatcher- encouraged people to get Turkey and Christmas shopping done early due to supply chain. 

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- Todd Listerman - presented issues with the access points for Old Orchard Subdivision now that Tucker is starting up on Phase 3. The access to Jenny Lynn from Old Orchard is an emergency access only now. And that cannot be opened unless the access to Stateline from Jenny Lynn is improved. Tucker stull has to get secondary approval and bonds. Commissioners  will meet with Listerman to see what can be done to improve Stateline Rd there. Might consider stop signs as a measure of safety due to sign distance issues. 

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 10:25AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township