25 October 2018 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

25 October 2018 Dearborn County Redevelopment Meeting Notes

Present: Jim Deaton, Chairman, Dave Deddens, Alan Goodman, Diane Bender

ABSENT: Jim Helms and Jamie Graf (non- voting school board member) and Connie Fromhold, Auditor and DCRC treasurer.

Also present:Sue Hayden, county administrator and minute taker, Andrea Ewan, attorney

Title VI statement read as legally required.

EXECUTIVE SESSION @ 8:00 a.m. IC §5-14-1.5-6.1(b) (4): 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. AND ALSO, 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.  

ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION- Board certified that they only discussed items as advertised above. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES-Sept 13th minutes approved

CLAIMS AND FINANCIALS- TIF Claim - Barnes and Thornburg- 2 payments- for incentives near Whitewater Mill and looking at new project going in there and conference call. Approved payment. 

The Financials were passed out to review.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Cushman Wakefield final contract- Randall said Ewan had reviewed the contract. Changes made. Agreement includes that the adjoining landowner work currently being done is not included for any commission. Updating the layout on some of the properties with Bayer Becker to get some new concepts to put into marketing materials for about $750. This would come out of the $10,000 from Duke Energy at One Dearborn on file for this purpose. Board motioned to use no more than $1000 for this purpose.

The Cushman contract will be effective October 1st and authorized Deaton to sign the Cushman Wakefield contract. 

Randall will talk to Cushman Wakefield to see about tearing down the residence on the Stone Property. Have to do something about checking for asbestos.

US 50 Business Park Sign Update- Randall said letter sent to every business and Matt Zimmerman went around to each business. County Highway doesn’t need a sign and Craig Distributing hasn’t gotten back to them. Batesville Products and Soil and Water signed on. Discussion about waiting to hear from Craig or not. Tabled until their next meeting in the next couple weeks. Deddens has been trying to contact him across last 2 weeks. He will go out to see him today. Tabled.

Hirlinger Chevrolet Update- Deddens said the will be back in a couple weeks about what they are moving.   

H. Nagel and Sons- Brighton Mills Update-Randall- Approved up to $10,000 on capital equipment. They have a $20,000 piece of equipment that will do testing of their product. they will get 3 quotes to qualify for the  $10,000 form DCRC. They want the economic development agreement to be sure they agree to a certain number of jobs etc. They signed on to try to hire as many Indiana employees as they can. They will be bringing some Cincinnati employees that they already have.  

School Update- Deaton- need some sort of decision from the school situation. 2 letters from Sunman Dearborn and South Dearborn. They have attended some workshops on this relationship. We are able to provide them help beyond that which is specifically in legislation. They can spend the money on quality of place items. 

Goodman- struggled with this as $42mil budget and county has $33mil to run entire county. Likes what they are asking for though. Spending money on education items would be more in line with what they are charged to do. Even though he loves HS sports, there are more important things. 

Randall cited what Greendale does with their TIF money for Lawrenceburg schools.
Goodman wanted to spend the money more on work force training. 

Ewan- letters said they want it for tuition reimbursement for the SE IN Career Center and also IVY Tech. They were asking for 15%- the max they could request. You can look at balances from auditor to see what this would be. Connie Fromhold also provided that info to them in their packets. Goodman said they cannot do that due to a bond payment that they owe also. 

Deddens will talk to Dr. Jackson at Sunman Dearborn and see how many go to voc ed and number in each career. Discussion about the trades education available and travel times etc to it. They will respond to the letter from lawyers and will try to get the numbers first at end of year. It’s an annual decision that they would go thru each year if they did it. 

NEW BUSINESS: none 

ONE DEARBORN REPORT: none

ATTORNEY’S REPORT- none

OTHER BUSINESS- Next meeting November 8th. 

ADJOURNMENT - 9:53 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- Oct 25th DC Redevelopment Commission Meeting

 AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS MEETING

October 25, 2018

9:00 a.m., 1^st Floor Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

EXECUTIVE SESSION @ 8:00 a.m. IC §5-14-1.5-6.1(b) (4): 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. AND ALSO, 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.  

1. Call to order

1. Title VI Statement for Compliance

1. Action from Executive Session

1. Approval of Minutes

September 12, 2018 Meeting

1. Claims & Financials
1. TIF Claim – Barnes & Thornburg
2. Financials 

1. Unfinished Business 

1.  Cushman Wakefield Final Contract

2.  US 50 Business Park Sign Update

3.  Hirlinger Chevrolet Update

4.  H. Nagel & Sons / Brighton Mills Update

5.  School Update

1. New Business

1.  Letter from Sunman-Dearborn School Attorney, Frank Kramer

1. One Dearborn Report 

     

1. Attorney’s Report

1. Other Business

1. Adjournment

Health Board Meeting October 25th

October 18, 2018

To: Whom it may concern-

The Health Board Meeting will be held on:

Thursday, October 25, 2018

7:30 PM

Henry Dearborn Room, on left after entering security entrance

Sincerely,

G. E. Scudder, M.D., Health Officer/Administrator

Candidate Night at HVL Golf Course

 I would appreciate your letting everyone know we are having a candidate night at the HVL Golf Course tomorrow night at 6.  Everyone is invited.

Kind regards,
Robert Starks 

16 OCTOBER 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

16 OCTOBER 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present: Shane McHenry, President, Art Little, and Jim Thatcher

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

Annex Update - Maxwell Construction - Chris Grabosky- Columns completely done by end of next week. Final punch list aper that. Parking lot scheduled for Sat if it doesn’t rain. Back rails and front rails by end of this month. Being powder coated in Indy currently. Appreciate everyone working thru this frustrating end of the project. Trying to hand sand the columns to get the markings off them. Trying to get a product to patch and a stain or coating to be compatible with that. Caulking and sealing to be done on those caps by next week. 

Grant Application Approval- Life time Resources- Dana Hildebrand- Guardianship program for about 20 years- and it was supported by Judge Humphrey. No match needed form county. Have 23 people who they are guardians for in Dearborn. Also have less in Ripley and Ohio County. County is just the pass thru for this.  Grant forms not available yet and Nov 9th is due date. Will get it to Connie Fromhold as soon as they get it. Commissioners approved the grant request.

911 Director- Jared Teaney:

Spillman- Ohio County Coming on as Shared Agency for the Spillman server. They have an agreement for this - same as with Aurora and Greendale. Ohio County 911, Rising Sun and Ohio County police coming on the shared server. Commissioners approved and gave permission for sheriff to sign it. Advantage is to share data and we share a judge and prosecutor’s office also already. No additional cost to the county. Ohio County is on the hook for any connection fees for the server.  

911 Board Member Nomination- Jason Eckoff- resigned and has another job elsewhere. Nominated Kevin Redelman runs on St Leon and Bright EMS. Approved. 

NG911 Federal Grant Letter of Intent- This is a 60/40 grant match for the county. Updating some GIS data will be something they can use this for. $1.9 million available for the country. The 911 funds will cover the 40%. This is just an intent to apply. They will come back after they decide what they will apply for. This would help with locating 911 runs. Approved. 

Installed 2 new workstations in 911 from previous grant. Maintenance waxed their floors. 

Dearborn County Regional Sewer District- Steve Renihan, President:

Texas Gas Road Project- Request to Approach Council- County fund 4917 to cover this to extend sewer to Texas Gas Road. They have 2 estimates. One to get it out Texas Gas and help 49 homes. Going out half the distance and do 18 homes. It would be better to do it all at one time. It allows the sewer board to get into the black along with the operations of their sewer plant. This will cover day to day bills and operating cost of sewer plant. Total cost estimate $496,803.45 plus. Grinder pumps at $5000. Some will pay it at once - some will do it over 5 years. Fund 4917 has $1,156,364.06 in it. They will send letters out to people. 12-14 people have expressed interest at their sewer board meeting. Mike Hrezo- said the 49 homes are depicted in red and have direct access to the sewer line. Some are sitting off the road pretty far and they could get another septic or they could sign on. Commissioners gave permission to approach Council for this project. 49 cost $10K er property and if only 18 it would be $16K each. 

Guilford Update- to of interest in this. Uptick of interest from residents at their meeting. Looking at how to get grants to get put there. They need an updated study of this. They need to update a 2015 study. There is only a 2 year time frame to get that federal money for the county. They need an interlock agreement with SDRSD thru Greendale or Lawrenceburg. They have one with Lawrenceburg for Wilson Creek Road - worked on for 2 years and now almost done. LMU didn’t want to do another till they saw how this worked out with Wilson Creek. For Guilford to get fed money they need to fix the problem in the most cost efficient manner. And maybe add a little more capacity- nothing like a big gravity fed sewer. Force main to L-bg or Greendale or a treatment plant right there. (Due to the flood plain area there, going thru lines already in existence with Lawrenceburg at Perfect North Slopes may be most efficient process)   

Grant Application Approval- Superior Court II- Approved.

Resolution Establishing Employee Contribution and Copay Rates for Health Insurance- Baudendistel read the resolution- to address the rising costs of health benefits. For 2019- $35/mo for single for $100 for family.

2020 - $212/month ad $595/mo for family.If employee takes part in well living program rates stay they same as in 2019. Last rate raise was in 2007. 

They also increased other copays for ER visits etc. Open enrollment in October 2018. Rates effective 2019. Commissioners approved and signed the resolution. 

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden- nothing Thatcher said they have a series of data on supplier for all depts with help form Sue. Working on getting some efficiencies there. 

AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold  -Claims/October 2nd Minutes- approved. From Gayle Pennington- the voting locations are same as spring.

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- none

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- Thatcher- Get everyone out to vote.

McHenry- sits on SE IN Port Authority. SEIRPA He asked if Thatcher would sit on that board and he will resign as of this Friday. Only get quarterly meetings. Approved Thatcher and accepted McHenry’s resignation. 

McHenry- Attended a funeral for his Uncle Tom Largent- with military honors. People pulled over and showed respect as they went to the cemetery. County workers took off hardhats and put them ver their hearts. Very well deserved.

Little- Vietnam wall out at Baylor trucking. They were very cordial to his brother a WW II vet.  

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- none

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 5:56 PM.

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- Oct 16th Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

 October 16, 2018 

5:00 p.m., Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV UNFINISHED BUSINESS

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  Annex Update – Maxwell Construction, Chris Grabosky

2.  Grant Application Approval – LifeTime Resources, Dana Hildebrand

3.  911 Director, Jared Teaney

1.  Spillman (Ohio County Coming on as a Shared Agency)

2.  911 Board Member Nomination

3.  NG911 Federal Grant Letter of Intent

4.  Dearborn County Regional Sewer District – President, Steve Renihan

1.  Texas Gas Road Project – Request to Approach Council

2.  Guilford Update

5.  Grant Application Approval – Superior Court II

6.  Resolution Establishing Employee Contribution and Copay Rates for Health Insurance

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

VII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

1.  Claims/Payroll/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN

Agenda October 2nd Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

October 2, 2018  

9:00 a.m., Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I.​CALL TO ORDER​

II.​PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III.​TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV ​UNFINISHED BUSINESS

​

V.​NEW BUSINESS

​1.  Donated Flag Flown in Afghanistan on 9/11/17 – Veteran’s Officer, Michael Burgess

​2,  EMS Contract w/City of Harrison, OH – Chief, Rob Hursong

​3.  Highway Engineer, Todd Listerman

1.  INDOT LPA Contract for 80% Funding for Bridge Inspections​

​​2.  Landwater Group Agreement for Bridge #64, Sneakville Road

​​3.  INDOT LPA Contract for Lower Dillsboro Slide Correction

​4.  Ordinance Amending Personnel Policies Handbook

VI.​ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

​

VII.​AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

​1.  Claims/Payroll/Minutes

VIII.​ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

​

IX.​COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X.​LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI.​PUBLIC COMMENT

XII.​ADJOURN

26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Local Income Tax Increase Meeting Notes

26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Local Income Tax Increase Meeting Notes

Present: Liz Morris, President, Dennis Kraus. Sr., Dan Lansing, Charlie Keyes, Ryan Brandt, Alan Goodman, and Bill Ullrich. 

Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor and Leah Bailey, Comptroller

The meeting room was full with about 50 seats filled and about 10 standing.

Baudendistel read the Title VI statement as legally required.

2 minutes per person to speak. 

Liz Morris read a prepared statement regarding the way Council operates and their respect for each other even if they disagree. 

Baudendistel read the resolution into the record. Public safety is proposed at 0.4% and Corrections and Rehabilitative Services at 0.2%. DLGF reviewed it and they incorporated their comments. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Patrick Holland- disagrees with this as it’s too high and it seems to be financial mismanagement 

Richard Johnston- Asked if it stays in the county. Yes. And What it is spent on. Jail and also the Public Safety for EMS , police etc. We give off million dollar piece of property on US 52. You have to be conservative and I’m from the old school. Thanked them for their time.

Craig E Beckley- asked why they can raise it at the rate they did. Morris explained. And they could raise it only to a max of 2.5%. Back when he was Commissioner he implored Council to only spend it on the extras and not the basics. He wants them to reduce the exoenditure of gaming money from anything that would not benefit our children.

Jamie Fowler- Recognizes that they are citizens like her and wanted to know how they decided to double the tax we have now. Sh’ed like to know what their discussions were like. I’m getting federal income tax relief and now it’s going from one pot to another. This was a huge surprise- and it’s not because I wasn’t paying attention. Morris replied that the county has used Riverboat Revenue to supplement their budget. Umbaugh has told them that they need to do this even though they have cut the budget. The county will be 72/92 counties instead of 88/92 that we are now. Fowler said- Some of you didn’t agree.Keyes said- he didn’t agree. And he is not for this tax increase. Lansing said It would take 7 votes to send the savings account and a few years ago it changed to 4 votes. Fowler asked- Will this increase balance our budget? Close to doing that they said. Growth and Development and Rainy Day Fund and things like that is what Riverboat will be used for. Ullrich talked about our roads and what that expense came from. 20 plus bridges need to be replaced and the first 10 would take 8.3 million.

Joey Lynch- Clerk Treasurer from Greendale- commends the board and knows it was a hard hard decision. Greendale will benefit from this income share of this. LIT Local income tax is also charged to other people coming in to work here. In order to get infrastructure they go for matching grants to leverage what they have. She commends them for thinking of it. 

Lansing- asked how is the Public Safety Tax broken down for the cities and towns. 

Carl Stockman sp?- how did the health insurance get unfunded by a 1 million. Now that there are so many casinos did you not see this coming? The lack of foresight- your income is going to continue to decrease. Have you shopped your benefits? Do they have high deductibles and copays like we pay? My home assessment went up 25%, now this is coming in. It’s time to start thinking about the hard cuts. 

Donna Thacker- totally against this. You saw this years ago and yet you still went ahead and built this. She thanked Dan Lansing and Dennis Kraus- you voted against this building. This will continue to increase. You are going to pass this because you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. 

Glenn Wright- recorder for last 8 years. Gave the history of how he got into govt- Phil Weaver filled him out on how it runs. With County Council in charge of purse strings. Casino said if they came in they’d take care of the kids and the roads and bridges. Phil said- Once we bite the casino apple the taxes would keep going up. He said someone came to him- a single mom with 2 babies and pays $400. How will she get it? Liz Morris said- that person would be making about $70,000. Wright responded- Look at all the things they have as expenses. 

END PUBLIC COMMENT

Jason Semla ( sp?) from Umbaugh and Associates, the consultant for this tax. The Public safety Tax shares with cities and towns and the Corrections and Rehabilitative Services stays in the county with the jail. The .4% on Public Safety - the county gets $3.3million of the total. The rest is shared with the cities and towns. Jail and criminal element costing a lot per Morris. Keyes asked if cities were merging police. Not yet. 

Ryan Brandt- Council member- addressed Johnston- that property taxes go up when assessments go up. Agrees with Beckley that children are important to spend money for them. Agrees with Fowler but that 1.2% will get them closer to where they want to be. Can’t speak for 20 years ago when this was voted into the county. We should have seen the shortfall. Only so much money. Am a big supporter of Public Safety. Look at Bright. It’s not incorporated- the county covers it. Appreciates Joey Lynch that they are $511,000 short in Greendale. Looking for other sites and towns and what they are needed. He noted that the benefits  for the county are offset by their lower salaries. Addressing Donna Thacker- he believes the courthouse was needed. There will be no more capital improvements needed. The 3rd court was mandated by the state. This is not a Taj Mahal. It represents the public and the courts- it should be nice. Glenn Wright- this is different than it was 20 years ago- It takes money to run this county. Bonding the buildings would have cost more. We paid for it- we owe nothing on these buildings. 

Bill Ullrich- jumped in to agree with Brandt and thanked him for his service to this county. We kept kicking the can down the road. Now we have kicked it as far as we can. I wont vote for any increase beyond that. 

 AlanGoodman- been a small businessman all my life. The last thing I wanted to do was raise taxes. When I see bridges not being repaired, 911 needing repairs or sirens not working. When I have to choose which bridge to fix- thats a problem when so many need it. I abhor taxes. I have to fix these things. We are here to keep the citizens safe. 

Dan Lansing- I think we all knew this was coming. And I voted against this buildings. We spent our savings on them. I knew this was coming as a result. We spent 27 million in 6 years. We drained our savings. 

$5,390,539 is projected total from  the .4% for Public Safety

$2,695,269 is projected total from the .2% for Corrections and Rehabilitation 

Brandt motioned and Ullrich 2nd. Passed with 2 nays from Keyes and Lansing.

Meeting adjourned at 7:32 Pm 

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

26 September 2018 Dearborn County Council Meeting Notes

Present: Liz Morris, President, Dennis Kraus. Sr., Alan Goodman, and Bill Ullrich. 

ABSENT: Dan Lansing, Charlie Keyes, Ryan Brandt

Also present:Connie Fromhold, Auditor

Title VI statement read as required by law by Liz Morris

Budget adoption - passed by the 4 council members present.

Maintenance- Eric Hartman- Building Maintenance $20,000 and Janitorial Supplies $25,000 from Cum Courthouse- has not been back for an additional for years. But they have more buildings, lightning strikes etc. Council approved both requests.

The following are from Riverboat General unless noted otherwise:

Sheriff- Gasoline- $50,000- Leah Bailey presented. Has spent $120 from budget so far. Council reduced the amount to $40,000 which some felt was more reasonable giving the amount of time left for the year.

Jail- Inmate Meals- $130,000- out of COUNTY GENERAL- Legislature has been talking about per diem raising to $55/day versus the $35 now. Approved.

Purdue County Extension- Liz Beiersdorfer- Mileage - $3200. She’s the new County Extensions Director. Gave out info on what they do. They hired a new educator this year. She is reducing the request to $1600 now as she has been able to offer a frugal budget. This is to cover their next two payments.  Council failed to motion on this and so request failed.

Surveyor- Dennis Kraus, Jr. -Fill an open position when Art retired. He had a vacation etc due also- 11 weeks pay. He was very important to the office and performed a lot of the duties. The auditor and planning and zoning used him a lot.  $6894- The PAC committee approved the replacement of the position. This paid $30,000 a year and the ones applying are paid about twice that or more. He can use some money from section corner perpetuation for next year. Approved out of Riverboat Revenue.

Gayle Pennington- Clerk- Resolution on Vote Centers- that Council needed to approve as well as Commissioners etc have approved. This allows them to move forward with their process. Town Hall Meetings will be after the elections in November. She read the resolution into the record. Benefits are that voters can vote at any poll in the county. It also saves about $100,000 per election by combining voting locations and decreasing the number of poll workers. Council approved and signed.  

Emergency Management- Jason Sullivan- (presented by Auditor) 8 grants below: All 8 grants were approved

Commodity Flood Study- $10,000 match available in LEPC (Local Emergency Plan Commission)

Drone package for search and rescue- $14,650

Campus repeater system- radio communication across campus- $41,250

24 radios with accessories for sheriff office-  $99,778.32

Repeater for outdoor warning system- $8219

All hazard incident management class to be hosted in Dearborn County- $25,000

National Homeland Security Conference- $3000

Salary reimbursement for 2018- $39053

Health Dept Grant- presented by Auditor- $20,000 one year only to implement the Overdose tool kit from Indiana. Improve local overdose response is the goal and media.  Approved to apply.

Connie Fromhold- Auditor- Minutes from Sept 5 meeting were approved.

Public Comment: Chris Mueller- presented data from County budget and claims to help the Council get more accurate estimates of actual inmate costs in Dearborn County with hard copies for all Council members. Data shows the state payment is definitely too low.  

Meeting adjourned at 9:54 AM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- DC Plan Commission- Sept 24, 2018

Dearborn County Plan Commission Agenda

Monday, September 24th, 2018

 7:00 P.M. 

*Location: Henry Dearborn Meeting Room, 1st floor of new building addition (on the left) in the Dearborn County Government Center

 A. ROLL CALL

B. ACTION ON MINUTES

 C. OLD BUSINESS

D. NEW BUSINESS

 Request: Requesting a Waiver to create an access point which does not meet the minimum driveway spacing requirements. Applicant: JDJ Surveying & Engineering, LLC Owners: Charles Schmolt & Charlotte Rouse Site Location: Kaiser Drive Legal: Sec. 29, T 6N, R1W, Parcel # 15-06-29-200-006.000-020 Township: Miller Zoning: Agricultural (A) Size: 10 Acres (Parent Tract) 

E. ADMINISTRATIVE

  Financial Guarantee Update

 To review and discuss proposed changes to the Dearborn County Subdivision Control Ordinance

 To review and discuss the Comprehensive Plan Update

18 SEPTEMBER 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

18 SEPTEMBER 2018 DEARBORN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING NOTES

Present:  Art Little, and Jim Thatcher, Acting Chairman

ABSENT: Shane McHenry and Connie Fromhold, Auditor

Also present: Connie Fromhold, Auditor Andy Baudendistel, Attorney, and Sue Hayden, Administrator

Commissioner candidate Rick Probst also attended.

TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE was read by Baudendistel as legally required.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Grant Application Request- Health Dept Leader- Mary Calhoun- This is related to drug awareness and response and campaign awareness and stigma reduction. No county match. Accepted and McHenry will sign the request tomorrow. 

Grant Application Requests- EMA Director Jason Sullivan:

Emergency Management Performance Grant EMPG- covers salary reimbursement. $39,053- for Jason and Sherry. Approved and McHenry will sign at a later date.

State Homeland Security Program Grant- SHSP- $3000 to attend a conference in Phoenix AZ. Approved and all the grants for McHenry will sign at a future date.

$25,000 grant also approved

Repeater for warning system- $8219 approved.

24 new radios for sheriff- $99,778.32 approved to go to council

Campus repeater system $41,250 approved

$14650- Drone to use for search and rescue approved

Hazmat preparedness program $2000 match and the grant is $10000 approved

Flooding in Aurora $4368 for the truck they had on site for 8 days- reimbursement. Approved. 

Mayor Donnie Hastings and Geneviere Emery presented a plaque and will be commissioned in Fort Canaveral for the USS Indiana in about a week. Plaque from a fallen walnut tree in Dearborn County. Taking it to Florida to present.   

Resolution Approving DC as a Vote Center County- Clerk of Courts- Gayle Pennington- positive recommendation from the diverse committee and the election board. Indiana Code allows county’s to adapt the vote center model. The Commissioners signed the resolution that becomes effective with the May 2019 election. Next steps will be town halls throughout the county. This gives her permission to move forward. Locations need to be large enough, convenient and spread out enough. Plus have enough voting machines and staffing. Good planning will eliminate many issues, they hope. 

Pennington got an email that they will get the grant in full to reimburse all their money spent to secure the voting machines. Video cameras keep the feed two years at sheriff’s dept.   

Vacation of Portions of Elm, Reardon(Main) and unnamed alley in Hardinsburgh aka Hardintown and Ordinance for the Vacation-  Mark McCormack- Planning Director. Owner was Nanz Properties. Surveyed by DA Kraus Land Survey Company. It involves 0.847 acres. Zoning is I-3- heavy industrial. He showed pictures and noted that there is an enforcement issue in court regarding part of the land that is coming to court soon. Greendale sent comments regarding utilities there. Two neighbors called and had no problem with the vacation itself. 

Steve Lampert wants to be sure Greendale’s utilities are protected per Baudendistel. 

Dennis Kraus Jr presented for Nanz Properties. They want to have an easement to be sure people know where the buried utilities are located. Page 3 of the survey has the 15 ft wide easements dedicated to the city of Greendale. Nana agrees to the easements but cannot grant them until he owns the property. Public Comment closed. 

Baudendistel read the ordinance for the vacation of these streets and alley. The Plan Commission voted with 8 in favor and one absent (Kraus Jr couldn’t vote on this due to conflict of interest) The ordinance stated the reasons this was a good idea. Commissioners approved the Vacation as recommended by the Plan Commission. 

Signature for Heart House Annual Certification of Local Approval- Sue Hayden presented it and Commissioners approved it with McHenry to sign at a later date. 

Appointment for DC Redevelopment Board - (Diane C Bender)- Due to the resignation of John Rahe, the position needed to be filled. Diane Bender was the only candidate brought up. Art Little said he knows her and she is intelligent and will be a good choice. Thatcher concurred. Approved.

ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden-

2019 Employee Holiday Calendar- Approved all the holidays- about 16 of them.

2019 Board of Commissioners Schedule - Same as last year for times. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Approved. 

AUDITOR – Sue Hayden covering for Connie Fromhold  -Claims and Sept 4th Minutes approved

ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel- nothing more

COMMISSIONER COMMENTS- 

McHenry had to take his son for X-rays after football practice- so absent tonight per Thatcher

LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION- Mark Shaffeld, Dennie Mercurio, Rich Martin- all on Augusta Drive. Speed limit in HVL is 25mph because no sidewalks. Augusta Drive has no sidewalks. It’s not safe to have the speed limit at 30 mph. The golf course also has golf carts crossing the street in 2 places. Commissioners will discuss this with Todd Listerman, the highway engineer. They will see what he says and get back to them. 

Denise Klump- Presented more information and pictures regarding the home situation that has been in process for 3 plus years. She wants to know what progress has been made in permits being more stringent on who can get permits. Little said Indiana has what they call a LOG CABIN LAW. It allows a person to build his own house. Little said he understands. And he knows the law moves slow. She knows they are tired of hearing about it. She wants to protect anyone else who may end up enduring this type of thing. Baudendistel - Bill Shelton went up to look at it. There are driveway issues. They want Jennifer Hughes to go out again to talk to JD to let him know what has to happen by Dec1. 

She wants them to look at the building codes and see if they can sure they have the capability to do this type of work. 

PUBLIC COMMENT- none

ADJOURN- 6:05 PM

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township

AGENDA- Sept 18 Commissioners Meeting

AGENDA

DEARBORN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

 September 18, 2018 

5:00 p.m., Henry Dearborn Room

Dearborn County Government Center

165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. TITLE VI STATEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE

IV UNFINISHED BUSINESS

V. NEW BUSINESS

1.  2019 Grant Application approval request – Health Dept. Leader, Mary Calhoun

2.  Grant Application Approval Requests – EMA Director, Jason Sullivan

1.  Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)

2.  State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSP)

3.  Resolution Approving DC as a Vote Center County – Clerk of Courts, Gayle Pennington

4.  Planning & Zoning Director, Mark McCormack 

1.  Vacation of portions of Elm, Reardon (Main) and unnamed alley

2.  Ordinance Vacating Certain Unmaintained roads in Hardinsburgh

5.  Signature for Heart House Annual Certification of Local Approval

6.  Appointment for Dearborn County Redevelopment Board – Diane C. Bender

VI. ADMINISTRATOR – Sue Hayden

1.  2019 Employee Holiday Calendar

2.  2019 BOC Meeting Schedule

VII. AUDITOR – Connie Fromhold

1.  Claims/Payroll/Minutes

VIII. ATTORNEY – Andy Baudendistel

IX. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

X. LATE ARRIVAL INFORMATION

XI. PUBLIC COMMENT

XII. ADJOURN