13 February 2024 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes
Present: Jim Deaton, Chairman, Jim Helms, Jim Mansfield, Alan Goodman, and Daryl Cutter (non- voting school board member)
ABSENT: Dave Deddens.
Also present:Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, Andrea Ewan, attorney, Connie Fromhold, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.
Title VI statement offered as legally required.
Executive Session at 8 am preceded the meeting
IC §5-14-1.5-6.1(b) (2) (D) which pertains to discussing strategy with the respect to the purchase or lease of real property by the governing body up to the time a contract or option to purchase or lease is executed by the parties;
IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b) (4) (A) to discuss interviews and negotiations with industrial or commercial prospects or agents of industrial or commercial prospects by the Indiana economic development corporation, the office of tourism development, the Indiana finance authority, an economic development commission, a local economic development organization (as defined in IC 5-28-11-2(3)), or a governing body of a political subdivision
IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b) (5) to receive information about and interview prospective employees
MEMORANDUM AND ACTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION- Board certified they only discussed what was advertised.
Action on Executive Session- Mark Dole moved to Sell the Bright Property to Joe Perleberg for $60K . Approved by Board.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- JANUARY 9 MINUTES- Approved.
CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS
Claims: $407.00 to CherryRoad Media Ad for Offering Sheet Randall Ave. Property 2nd run;
$18,485.00 to Bayer Becker for Task #3 - 100% complete, Task #4 - 30% complete and Task #5 - 85% complete.
Total claims : $18.892.00 Approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
STONE PROPERTY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL- Ewan has it more or less drafted- but the 2.3+ acres does not have it’s own legal description. Releasing the 2.3+ acres. She said someone is going to have to do a survey. She can do the agreement to take it out of the right of first refusal. without a survey. Tom Stone will be responsible for the survey.Andrea will contact him.
NEW BUSINESS:
2024 MOWING- Will contract with Drake again for 2024. Perleberg asked if they would continue with Bright. Yes.
ONE DEARBORN REPORT:Mike said he talked to Rosenberger and he gave out the bullet points from him to the board.
Ball State puts on Econ Dev. Course there is anyone wants to attend.
ATTORNEY’S REPORT- Andrea Ewan is terminating her relationship with DCRC, because there are more and more clients of hers that are coming up with DCRC and she sees conflicts coming up. She will stay till the transition goes through
She suggested Anthony Smart and then DCRC approved talking to Smart about the position.
OTHER BUSINESS- none
ADJOURNMENT - 9:50 AM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
