4 JANUARY 2022 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.
REORGANIZATION OF BOARD
Election of Board President- Thatcher was re-elected as President.
Re-appointments of Department Heads- all reappointed as below
Administrator / ADA & Title VI Coordinator – Sue Hayden
Animal Control Director – Marlene Underwood
Attorney – Andy Baudendistel
Building Inspector – Bill Shelton
Emergency Management Director – Jason Sullivan
Engineer – Todd Listerman
Highway Superintendent – Tim Greive
Maintenance Director – Eric Hartman
911 Director – Jared Teaney
Boards Commissioners Serve - all reappointed as currently serving
(All serve on Solid Waste, Drainage Board & Board of Finance)
Commission of Public Records (Jim Currently)
Emergency Management (Rick currently)
Juvenile Board (Jim currently)
OKI (Rick currently)
Personnel Advisory (Jim Currently)
Plan Commission (Jim currently)
Region 9 Workforce (Art currently)
Southeastern Indiana Regional Plan Commission – SIRPC (Art currently)
Southeastern Indiana Regional Port Authority – SIRPA (Jim currently)
Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council – JRAC (Rick currently)
Citizen Boards – Appointments- approved as noted below
911 Communications Board – Kevin Redelman- tabled until recommendation comes in and there are other members who resigned
Alcohol Beverage Board – Jim Dole
Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) – Ruthann Stenger
Cemetery Board – John Loftus
Emergency Management Advisory – Zach Compton & Jody Blasdell
Health Board – Steve Hubbard & Don Rechtin
Planning Commission – Eric Lang
Property Tax Assessment (PTA BOR) – Jodi Wolf & Mark Hardback
Regional Sewer District – Steve Renihan
Southeast Regional Community Corrections (SERCC) – update when Steve Kelly returns
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS:
Water Rescue Lease Agreement 2022- Meghan Keith- President Water Rescue- Approved the lease renewal same as previous one. Also last year they had to release a member of the team and they have a no trespass order that needed to be signed on that. Approved and signed,
Juvenile Detention Nurse and Doctor Contract 2022- Traci Agner, Juvenile Center Director No changes in the salary or liability insurance amounts $13,000 for nurse and $11,500 for doctor. Approved.
Amendment #1 Bridge Inspection Contract w/StructurePoint – Todd Listerman, Engineer - (out sick so Sue Hayden presented) - it modifies how low gradings are reported. The rest is the same. Approved.
ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden-
Certification of Nepotism - each year they have to certify that all elected officials have signed these forms.all received.
2022 Meeting Dates- 1st Tues at 9AM and 3rd Tues at 5 PM CHANGES - Sept 19 at 9AM instead of Sept 20,October 18th as a morning meetingsame as previous approval, May 4th instead of May 3rd for elections. Changes approved.
2022 EMS Squad Contracts- Greendale, Lawrenceburg , Sunman, and Bright- $20,000 each are the ones they got paperwork on so far. Approved. Others are not in yet due to issues getting their year end financials. She will continue to try to get those in.
AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold -Claims/Payroll and December 21st Minutes approved
2022 Contracts with Fire Depts and EMS for Riverboat Distributions- There were 21 of them to be signed- approved.
ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- Thanks for reappointing me as attorney- this is his 12th year. Federal OSHA has no authority over local gov’ts. INDIANA OSHA has jurisdiction and they have not put any vaccine or masking rules in. Indiana has ability to put and emergency standard in. There will be some legislation to limit that perhaps. The supreme court will hear this Friday. OSHA does have a template out a template out there. In case they have to move quickly. This is because the county has over 100 employees. There is substantial penalty power with federal OSHA- nearly $14,000 per day per violation. INDIANA OSHA has different penalties.
Baudendistel thinks some of these rules will survive- so be prepared. Elected official are included as employees. s a breakout year
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS:
Little- school is back so watch out for kids.
Probst- nothing
Thatcher- Hope that 2022 is a breakout year-and happy new year.
LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none
PUBLIC COMMENT- none
ADJOURN- 9:30 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
