good morning I'm going to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners it is Thursday March 27th I look for the record that two of us are here and present in the Nattie Hill room Commissioner Madeira and myself Commissioner Jones is absent today and we'll begin with our public statement we the Monroe County Board of Commissioners renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights of all people regardless of age race color creed disability sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status economic status and national origin and we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear and we will fight and resist at every step discrimination and harmful policies whatever their source we believe in diversity equity inclusion and belonging we also stand in support of our County Public School systems both RBB and MCC SC and with that we will move on to our department updates looks like we have an update from health good morning commissioners as of March 25th emergency department visits for COVID like illness and COVID hospital admissions have decreased though wastewater concentrations have started trending up flu activity is still moderate across the state of Indiana and the health department in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Health is hosting a measles vaccine clinic on March 31st from 1 30 to 5 30 p.m. this will be located that the Monroe County Public Library Southwest branch those eligible include individuals who are unvaccinated or who received the vaccine between 1962 to 1968 you can call 812 3 5 3 3 2 4 4 for more information all right thank you so much could you could you review that information one more time and and explain why those years are important yes so the March 31st so 1 30 to 5 30 at the Monroe County Public Library Southwest branch and so eligibility between those years it's hard to be determined you individuals could have a tighter but they could be eligible to receive this vaccination and this is at the Monroe County Public Library Southwest branch so in between those years there was a difference in how the vaccine was delivered for measles bumps rubella correct yes okay great thank you do you have any comments or questions Commissioner Reader no thank you this is excellent news we have these cases spreading there are some in New Mexico I think neuromaniacal up of over 350 cases in Texas and so you know this is really important thank you thank you so much sir any other department that has an update to present being none we will now move on to public comment this section of our meeting is reserved for public comment on items not on our agenda we asked speakers to limit themselves to three minutes per person and please provide your name and county of residence before you speak is there anyone in the Natu Hill room that wishes to offer public comment or online you may raise your hand on teams right seeing none we will move on to the approval of minutes those can be taken together I move to approve the minutes of February 27th 2025 from the council and commissioners joint session as well as from March 21st 2025 I will second that any comments corrections or edits I sent mine in already all those in favor of approving the minutes for February 27 2025 which was the council commissioners joint session and March 21st 2025 signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 next item please I move to approve the claims docket for accounts payable from March 27 2025 and for payroll from March 21st 2025 I will second that from the auditor's office please tell us all about it a good morning the accounts payable claims docket for March 27 2025 totals one million nine hundred and seventy six thousand eighty five dollars and seventy cents this includes all emergency claims and adjustments the payroll docket for March 21st 2025 includes one million six hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and forty five dollars and fourteen cents in direct costs and the remaining six hundred eighty six thousand nineteen dollars and seventy six dollars or for indirect costs for a grand total of two million two hundred ninety nine thousand three hundred and sixty four dollars and ninety cents thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Madeira I have one I don't either let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium in that you know be none all those in favor of approving the claims docket accounts payable March 27 2025 and payroll March 21st 2025 signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 I will note for the record we've received three reports from the clerk of the Circuit Court February 2025 the Treasurer's February 2025 report and the weights and measures report running from February 16th to March 15th 2025 with that we will move on to new business please I move to set E&B paving bid for Gentry East Phase 6 sidewalk replacement fund name Gentry East Phase 6 final plate fund name 1108 amount in forty nine thousand nine hundred and twenty six I will second that and let's see who we have joining us hello hello good morning morning Ben Ayers Monroe County Highway we've been the developer for Gentry East went bankrupt we cashed the letter of credits a couple years ago been working with the HOA on trying to get some issues resolved in there so we can get them accepted into our inventory so we put in working with them they decided they wanted to concentrate on the sidewalks right now so we put out a bid for that received one bid sealed for me and be paving so we're recommending approval of that thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner major I have done so what is the name of this developer it was Gentry East development it was been beard okay great and there's enough money in this account to cover this obviously to cover the sidewalk repairs yes okay great all right thank you so much appreciate that all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium all right seeing none all those in favor of accepting the EMB paving bid for gentry East phase 6 sidewalk replacement signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero thank you thank you I move to approve bluestone tree quote for a log jam removal funds name LRE grant lake and river enhancement in stormwater fund numbers nine one seven four and one one nine seven in the amount of thirty two thousand two hundred dollars I will second that miss Ridge good morning so we did receive two quotes for this project we had been working on getting the agreement finalized with the Army Corps and we received that to move forward we do have the Lair grant for funding assistance on the two log jams that will pay up to 80% but not to exceed twenty five thousand dollars the work will be performed as soon as bluestone can't is able to schedule the work to be completed the remainder of the cost will be worked through with the soil and water conservation district and the property owner and then a small portion from our stormwater budget so there's a spreadsheet that I attached with the disbursements there thank you so much comments or questions commissioner Madure no this is again very important because and I also just wanted to highlight as we have in the past how these are great examples of community partnerships with multiple parties you know kicking in to get this problem resolved yeah I'm glad that this is getting done this has been a long time coming thank you for your persistence all right so let's see there's any public comment on this item you can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium please yeah I just wanted to make sure the public knew and you knew that in the packet there doesn't there isn't any or we had them sign an addendum which includes a lot of our standard language including the e-verify non-discrimination insurance requirements they have signed that and agreed to those terms both for this contract and the fuck and another one on this agenda we would incorporate that addendum right so noted thank you so much the comment the none all those in favor of removing the bluestone tree quote for a long jab removal signify by saying aye aye motion carries to 0 on to the next item please I would like to approve the 2024 annual report presented by Lisa Ridge I will second that ms ridge tell us all about it so in the highway department we are required by June 1st to submit our annual report for 2024 this is also to show that we are spending 50% of the MVH distribution to preservation of the county roads it's split between 1173 budget and 1176 it also reports basically any outside source of income that we use for road projects such as even geo bonds for purchase of equipment if there were TIF bonds or TIF included major bridge so this is putting all the annual report together so we are in compliance and continue our department works if anybody wants to see how busy your highway department is just take a look at support comments or questions Commissioner Redira I have none I have actually one question about the mileage section 5 on mileage so that there's zero change between 2023 and 2024 but but there will be some from 24 to 25 I assume correct yeah didn't take the emerald trace in until the end then we'll have other roads that maybe get completed such as the Fullerton Pike phase 3 Vernal Pike connection those are roads that will be eventually included into that overall mileage I was trying to remember when we took that road in then I couldn't which one the emerald emerald it was I believe it was at the end towards the end of the year yeah thank you appreciate that all right any public comment on this item you can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of accepting the 2024 annual report from the highway department signified by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next item please I move to amend amend the Monroe County code chapter 460 fun name motor vehicle highway fun number 1176 in the amount of $2,400 I will second that miss Ridge and so we worked with Molly in the legal department to amend this chapter we have a traffic Commission board and I believe there's four members that received constant compensation for attendance to the meetings we have not increased the $25 payment in well over probably ten fifteen years so we had worked with Molly to write the amendment and to raise the compensation to $50 per meeting we had already budgeted this for in our MVH so we won't need to go for an additional or anything so it's just basically for their expertise and attendance for our monthly meetings if we have them thank you so much comments or questions commission over here I think it's very important that we pay people what they're worth because that's a sign of respect for them and for their time and so this seems overdue this is great thank you I'm glad this is getting done and we did this a few years back for the Plan Commission members you know the cost between gas and maintaining vehicles and having to go out to these locations adds up as well and I think that's fair compensation so and and this isn't going to require Council to change the salary ordinance because they already capped it at a higher amount so we're good on that because that they've now said they will not take any consideration for additional appropriations so all right good news okay so let's see if there's any public comment on this item you can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being done all those in favor of amending Monroe County Code chapter 460 signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 next item please move to approve the in dot agreement for 2022 2025 countywide bridge inspections funds named countywide bridge bridge inspections 2022 2025 fund number eight one six eight in the amount of two hundred seventy five thousand thirty seven dollars and thirteen cents I will second that miss Ridge so we are required to do a four year cycle for our bridge inspections we just entered into the last cycle of the four-year cycle phase 2a so the contract is actually to amend go back to the original since it's includes phase one phase 1a 2 and 2a so the actual difference in the original contract that was approved in 2021 is a decrease of thirty six thousand two oh three eighty eight when we finally get to the end of these inspections everything that we put together as a it's an estimate but it's it's a good estimate and you not sure how you're going to come out in the end for the four cycles so that is what this contract is for and it's we get reimbursed eighty percent from in dot for our inspections thank you so much very clear explanation comments your questions Commissioner Madeira no this is just critical as we know our young infrastructure is crumbling and while Republicans in the legislature are worrying about bedrooms and bathrooms we have you know dire needs in the community and the dire needs relate to you know whether our our residents can drive safely on roads and bridges and so we've seen where communities did not maintain infrastructure well and you know thank you so much for for taking care of us I'm glad this is getting done and yeah I don't know how you would do an estimate that would be accurate so I think it's better to overestimate and do it that way so I'm glad this worked out and and so when does the next four-year cycle start March of 2026 that's what our that is our compliance month so we're actually we've already done the RFP process we're waiting for the contract to come from the consultant we do understand that there's a lot of state requirement changes and the next cycle so we expect to see a significant increase on our bridge inspections okay all right well thank you for this okay so let's see if there's any public comment on this item and come to the podium and that you hill or raise your hand on teams none all those in favor of approving the end that agreement for 2022 to 2025 countywide bridge inspection signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 next item please I move to approve the in dot 2025 community crossing matching grant agreement fund name County General fund number 1,000 grand amount of 1 million five hundred thousand dollars I will second that Ms. Ridge this is award for the January call for word the community crossing matching grant program it's for approximately 28 miles of paving bids are actually being open today at 1 o'clock for those projects are again our required match is 1.5 million and our County Council is has budgeted for that for 2025 so we thoroughly appreciate the assistance and being able to do this program and being able to you know basically double what we can pave with the funds that we have 28 miles is a lot of roadway that is a lot of roadway it is and like I said if we didn't have this assistance it would drop it in half because we still bid out other projects we still do in-house projects so we tried the last couple years it's been around 50 miles but again if we didn't have this assistance that would we would only be doing about 25 miles yeah it's crazy yeah comments or questions Commissioner Medina no this is critical thank you so much and glad that there was the foresight to budget for this I mean you've been a consistent awardee for the community crossing since it started and really can't thank you enough for that getting projects done on time and and they continue to fund and that's a really good thing who knows what next year will bring of course we have no idea what's going to happen to community crossings but we'll see all right let's see if there's any public comments on this item you can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of approving the in dot 2025 community crossing matching grant agreement signified by saying I I motion carries to zero and where can people find that list of streets that will be paved because I know you read it out at our last meeting it's on our minutes we can that post on our website they're happy they're great and welcome to call email us and we'll provide them that list that'd be great because because that's the question that gets asked a lot it really is all over the county so good good work thank you next item please I move to approve the in dot change order number one for flashing beacons at various trail locations fund name local road and street fund number 1169 amount sixty two thousand one hundred and twenty six dollars and fifty eight cents I will second that miss ridge so we have been working with the contractor on this project that they were awarded I believe it was last fall last summer in the original bid documents there was not single-pole foundations included in that so after much discussion and comparing cost of rebidding it was more cost-effective to go ahead and do this change order depending on the outcome of the project the sixty two thousand will most likely be from local funds from our local road and street funds but again that won't be determined until the projects complete and how we fall with the construction contract got it thank you comments or questions Commissioner Madure nope these are integral and again very important to our community but you took a look at those pole sites the single pole foundations that's excellent all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being done all those in favor of approving the in dot change order number one for flashing beacons at various trail locations signify by saying aye aye motion carries two zero next item please I move to approve the ratification of blues of a blue stone tree quote for tree removal from the stiff road stormwater project phase two fund named stormwater funds number one one nine seven in the amount of ninety six thousand five hundred and seventy seven dollars I will second that and note that again this was an amended slight amendment for the contract has been incorporated here is rich and this is also to ratify what we had worked through with the commissioners office to be able to get the project started we are on a timeline of April 1st to get the trees down before to be within that the bat window as we call it so we were happy to be able to get the quote from bluestone get this phase two started for this project the project has been awarded it was awarded in December to EMB paving so we hope to keep this moving and I apologize for it for being last minute we've been working on trying to get a Duke easement for about two and a half years so we finally have received from the Army Corps the notice to proceed to be able to meet that April 1st window great work there's a bit of scrambling going on there behind the scenes that nobody appreciates but I know it happened all right comments or questions Commissioner Madura I none other than it it should not have taken that long to get the easement I'm sorry you guys had to wrangle with that for that long but thank you so much for your resiliency and diligence all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being done all those in favor of ratifying the bluestone tree quote for tree removal stipp road stormwater project phase two signify by saying I I motion carries to zero next item I move to approve approve the lock molar group task number two for the stipp road stormwater project fund named stormwater fund number one one nine seven in the amount of eight thousand eight hundred dollars I will second that miss Ridge so this is actually a task order number two the original on-call contract with Locke Mueller was approved on October 23rd 2023 for the project and this is actually for the staking for the Duke easement and along Morse Creek and stipp road and for the staking construction limits for the tree removal thank you so much comments questions Commissioner Madeira no just thank you for all the work that it's taken to complete these projects pulling a lot of threads together any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium seeing none all those in favor of approving lock me to the group task number two for stipp road stormwater project signify by saying aye aye aye motion carries 2-0 I move to approve the Duke energy utility reimbursement agreement for the stipp water I'm sorry stipp road stormwater project funds named stormwater funds number one one nine seven in the amount of a hundred and twenty two thousand six hundred and thirty seven dollars and 24 cents I will second that miss Ridge one more last time yeah this is for the utility reimbursement for Duke to do some relocation of existing poles and installation of some new poles for the project so that's so we can move forward with the project comments or questions Commissioner Madeira it would be nice if Duke had like a clawback or some kind of deadline stipulation where they would we would pay less based on how many years it takes to get something done I'm just showing that out there a comment let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium I see none all those in favor of approving the Duke energy utility reimbursement agreement for stiff roads from water projects signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 and so what's left on this project for the construction yeah so as soon as we can get the utilities out of there EMB is ready to go there is a bridge replacement in that project I believe it's a 90 day or 120 day closure and then we actually are opening bids today also for the remainder of stiff road for the paving of outside the construction limits okay so at the end you'll have Morse Creek completed stiff road which was too big stormwater projects that we had on plans for a while and then the remainder of paving stiff road out to handy road and Moffat okay great and and the bridge replacement for the closure that's gonna occur over the yeah and I think that yeah we can work around the driveways and you know the locals that live out there and work with them so they'll be able to get to and from their home so perfect great thank you so much so I thought it would be a good time to have an update since we've just done all this okay thank you are you ready for the next item please yes I move to approve the pinnacle mailing products agreement for postage meter services fund name health fund number one one five nine in the amount of a hundred and ninety nine dollars and 52 cents for 60 months I will second that miss Kelly oh you are muted there you go our current lease agreement is coming to a close with Quadiant so my understanding is switching to this vendor will just help to get us on the same vendor that's being used in different departments across the county thank you so much all right um commissioner do your comments or questions then I don't have any either I'm glad to see this happening any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium none all those in favor of approving the pinnacle mailing products agreement for postage meter services for health signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next item please I move to approve the Center for leadership study service agreement fund name local public health fund number 1161 in the amount to be determined I will second that miss Kelly um yes so this year each of our employees have their own individual budgets for training and development so I've spent some time just looking into different opportunities where employees could access different formats of training and development and came across this program with the Center for leadership studies and so this would just allow an alternative method for employees to access training that might be best suited for their skills whether that's an in-person workshop or virtual trainings or webinars thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner we do I actually have none this is sounds very critical to employee needs and development and so I'm glad we can do that yeah this is sounds like a great program I I think it's going to benefit everybody in the community to have better trained staff so that's a win-win and I asked miss pretty if this had gone through TSD because it involves using our equipment and she said yes it had been so thank you let's see if there's any public comment on this item raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being done all those in favor of approving the Center for Leadership Studies Service Agreement signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next item please I move to approve the imaging office systems incorporated agreement for the scan pro 2500 funds named clerk perpetuation fund number one one one nine - three zero zero zero six in the amount of eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy nine dollars I will second that oh and we have clerk Brown joining us good morning welcome good morning commissioners happy spring to all in conjunction with the county clerk's mandatory duty to maintain and keep the clerk in court records I am requesting to replace our current scan pro machine which is now obsolete due to age and the firewire not being supported any longer requesting to replace it with the most up-to-date version it is a microfilm scanner we struggle to keep ahead of scanning those microfilm records and there are copious copious pounds of microfilm and so this as noted is not anything that would require additional appropriations from the council it will come from the clerk's perpetuation budget and the purchase agreement has been reviewed by County County or County legal and so with your permission I'm happy to go forward with that purchase thank you so much that's great explanation Commissioner Madeira comments or questions it's been a while since I heard the words firewire so so I think that is ample testimony to the need to replace yes kind of like firewire dirigible stock ticker excellent all right so yeah I appreciate that this that this makes sense we don't actually have resolution 2025 03 on our agenda I believe unless it got added at the end miss Turner King so we look forward to it soon the resolution is going to be on the third I'm still working with TSD to get the required pictures and documentation so it's forthcoming thank you so much yeah no no hurry I just wanted to let the public know I had assumed that it was coming excellent it makes total sense that's I I don't know how this equipment even functions anymore so it's I mean I use microfilm when I was doing my research it's old stuff all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item reach your hand on teams or come to the podium the none all those in favor of approving the imaging office systems ink for scan pro 2500 signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero and while you're here clerk Brown we do have an item coming up regarding the showers building redesign its item X on our X on our agenda yes okay so I just since you're here and I don't make you wait do you have any concerns about moving forward with revamping nor showers to utilize for voting operations etc well first let me say I'm very grateful to mr. Krider who has taken an immense amount of time to meet with me and my staff I I think I had been most hopeful for options given that the clerk's office will move with the Justice Center and of course the closer it is in proximity to elections property the easier for myself and future clerks to perform their election duties but if this is the option that we have we're prepared to work with mr. Krider and his his architects to ensure that it is a viable option for for elections thank you I just wanted to check in with you thank you thank you I move to approve the impact solutions MOU agreement addendum fund name JD AI data analysis and research funds number nine one six seven five in an amount not to exceed eight thousand dollars I will second that it's nice to have you here hello good morning I know it's been so long since I've been in person it's like this is kind of fun so hi thank you we received JD AI fund juvenile detention alternative initiative grant funds we've gotten them for ten years these funds come down their state dollars to the Department of Correction the grant year is on the state fiscal so it ends June 30th so this time of year we look at what fund balances we have and what we've spent that we thought we would and what we haven't so this is asking for us to repurpose some funds that were allocated for quest our case management system to make changes we haven't needed it but we do use the data visualization and data quality that impact is able to help with us so this is just shifting some money from quest over to impact to continue the work that they've done thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Maduro none I don't either such a great program so cool to be able to offer this so thank you for everything you and your staff do to make all these programs work we've got a few more on our agenda appreciate you so let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand and teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of approving impact solutions MOU agreement addendum signify by saying aye aye motion carries two zero next item please I would like to move to approve Indiana University MOU agreement addendum funds name JD AI data analysis and research funds number nine one seven five in the amount not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars I will second that thank you very much in 2023-24 we started exploring better ways to get feedback on the service that we provide in the probation department and one of the things that we offer now our surveys at the end of every probation appointment court hearing and intake it has turned out to be a little bit bigger project than we anticipated which is a good thing so this just allows us to continue working with Indiana University who kind of hosts the survey and they run the reports for us and they help us analyze so much comments or questions Christian with you I just applaud this endeavor because again it's a big it's a good thing that is bigger than everyone anticipated because this kind of feedback is critical towards program success but it's not often done and so again it also illustrates a very valuable community partnership you know IU students are working on this IU faculty are working on this and it really you know epitomizes that close connection between Indiana University and Monroe County thank you for getting this done and it's it is a great way and it helps students understand the real-world applications of what they do let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of approving the Indian University MOU agreement addendum signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 next item please I would like to move to approve the warehouse MOU agreement addendum funds named JD AI programming funds number nine one two three in the mount not to exceed four thousand one hundred dollars I will second that yes so you've heard me talk before what part of what we get grant dollars for to provide programming to community we are offering it's called the parent project and it is intentionally designed for parents of young adolescents through young adulthood who are strong-willed and it supports it creates a support network for parents and also gives real tangible hands-on ways to help to help guide our young people into becoming good adults this session we're going to be partnering with the warehouse we're actually offering childcare this time around which is the first for us but we've heard that for many of the participants that you know not having childcare has been a huge barrier so this is allowing us to provide childcare there will be meals provided to participants and families and then we're also incorporating a bit of a facility rental for the warehouse they're typical hours or until seven o'clock we're asking them to stay open until 830 programming is once a week 530 to 830 it doesn't begin until April 9th so if anybody out there is interested in learning more please feel free to reach out to me my office number is eight one two three four nine two six four nine you can just call the probation department and ask to speak to me if you didn't get that number but we'd love to talk to you and we solve room thank you that was one of my questions other comments or questions Commissioner Redire how many how many participants could participate in the program we bit ish about 12 again because we've never done child care before we're a little uncertain you know if every parent has one that feels manageable we have had a couple folks that have registered that have two and three kids so we're gonna have three child care providers so we feel good about that but we're thinking 12 ish that's awesome I hope that this can be expanded in the future because this again is one of those preventative programs that though hosted by a probation department you know really focuses on answering needs before they you know turn into problems so thank you so much really been a focus with us the last few years is those diversion opportunities and not just system connected diversions but how can we keep families out of the system all together this has been a great partnership family solutions partnered with us to get staff trained they're the ones that facilitate it and then the warehouse has been amazing every time we come to them with an ask the answer is yes so they're fantastic - awesome thank you very cool all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of approving the warehouse MOU agreement addendum signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero thank you so much thanks for being here item please I would like to move to approve Graber post buildings incorporated funds named county general and parks non-reverting fund numbers one thousand one one seven eight and one one seven nine in an amount not to exceed $27,000 I will second that this is this is a garage that will be situated by the new turf fields it will open on to field 9 which means our equipment will stay clean because we're basically keeping carpet clean it's very needed for the tournament items such as portable scoreboards specialized flags specialized weights all kinds of things that go with that we held it off before but now we really think that we need it and the park board voted last night to fund this particular building that's 14 by 24 thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Madeira it makes total sense and again this equipment needs to be stored to be you know keep it out of the weather keep it safe protect our investments thank you appreciate that you got this done it's an important part of making sure that this new athletic complex is well maintained all right I'll see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium in that you know being none all those in favor of approving the contract with gay Graber post buildings Inc signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next item I would like to move to approve Reed and sons construction agreement for cars athletic complex contracts one and two change orders number two presenter Kelly Whitmer all right so we have a motion I will second that miss Whitmer tell us all about it well the astroturf that we're working with in reading sons in their contract there to buy this grooming equipment well when I was reading over it it is produced in Germany so we went and found I think better equipment that's produced in Indianapolis with the savings of over $3,000 so we're asking them to deduct those two pieces of equipment for each contract for each contract is nine thousand five hundred forty eight dollars and seventy cents and I believe we should buy locally all right great thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Madeira just thank you for going above and beyond and really you know not only saving money but also like you said by locally and plus that's what's going in the new garage and it's interesting because this may you know it's great to save the money but the chances are something else is gonna overrun and at least we won't be stuck with that overrun on another part of the project so this will help give us a better buffer for future change orders if they come up but it's good a buffer's a buffer all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item raise your hand on teams or come to the podium seeing none all those in favor of approving the read and sons construction karst athletic complex contracts one and two change orders number two signify by saying aye aye motion carries two zero thank you next item please I would like to move to approve the specialty engineering group LLC professional roof design services for the health building fund name 2024 go bond fund number four eight one nine - four two two five five in the amount of twenty six thousand eight hundred and thirty five dollars I will second that mr. Crider good morning commissioners Richard Crider building a fleet manager the the health building roof has come to the point that it needs replaced the rubber portions are failing and and we want to put some solar panels up there this summer also so this request is to accept the proposal submitted by specialty engineering group LLC in the amount of twenty six thousand eight hundred and thirty five dollars to provide professional services to include design construction documents bidding and contract administration to replace the roof on the Monroe County Health Building right thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Medina thank you and this is hopefully a project that will get done maybe this year no I think so yeah I think once we get approved we'll go full steam ahead on it excellent all right thank you for working on this I'm glad that we're gonna be solar ready with the new roof that'd be great all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand in teams or come to the podium in that you Hill being none all those in favor approving the specialty engineering group LLC professional group design services for the health building signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero can we take the next three agenda items together yes I would like to move to approve nature's way incorporated annual landscaping agreement for various county properties fund name County General fund number 1,000 in the amount of forty one thousand two hundred and forty four dollars and five cents I would also like to move to approve nature's way incorporated landscaping Southwest lawn improvements of the courthouse funds name two zero two two geobond funds number four eight one five dash four two three zero zero in the amount of eight thousand eighteen dollars and seventy five cents and I would also like to approve move to approve nature's way incorporated landscaping walkway improvements around the courthouse funds name 2022 geobond fund number four eight one five dash four two three zero zero in the amount of fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty six dollars and fifty cents thank you for doing that I will second all that okay so this is the annual landscaping contract for our downtown properties that's bed maintenance and then around of annuals plan for the summer we have crabapple trees on the north and south walks that that need replaced very badly and the southwest corner of the lawn we need to have the the winter creeper removed and we're going to improve that area significantly so I don't have the total dollar amount of the three together but I would like to request that you approve these three proposals submitted by a nature's way ink comments or questions commissioner Madeira no thank you for very much for the detailed descriptions and we look forward to the beautification of our county properties so this these the service berry will be a nice I think addition and a better plant tree for the walkway I think it's gonna look really nice and I appreciate that how I'm assuming they're not gonna be little twigs when they bring them in no I don't they'll they'll be it's indicated somewhere but they're not I want to say two-inch diameter yes what I thought I saw somewhere and then I couldn't find it again okay so and I appreciate so mr. Carter worked with me because I had an issue with the way the invasives were going to be dealt with with a herbicide etc and they found of another solution so I appreciate that did that I think we all need to think about what every day so I appreciate your your hard work on this and our county properties look so good I will tell you I I hear so many compliments you know people walk up into the courthouse lawn area because that was so beautiful so they've really done a nice job they do great work yeah they put in some exceptional plants they have you know done things that are you know make sense for the drought for you know drought tolerant and for climate change they've kind of kept adapting and I and I really really do appreciate that and I hope that the city of Bloomington will do something with those corner pieces because those are not ours and I want to put a big sign in each of the four corner gardens that say not county property they are there actually they've removed those plants just last week and and they're updating those areas as well and I think you're gonna see that the the CFC property the city of Bloomington property and the Monroe County corners are all going to blend very nicely together wouldn't that be nice that would be so nice because I will tell you last year I think they put in ornamental cabbage and they let it sit all winter and it stunk this is good we're leading the way we're encouraging others to be better I like it and as far as plant selection on the lawn we have to loop in the master gardener group from the extension office they've provided a lot of valuable information yeah they've been really helpful with the tree selection to you right I mean that's that's why we end with the yellowwood trees many years ago as we were looking at what trees do we put in and that they're they're great trees excellent thank you all right let's see if there's any public comment on any or all of these three items on our agenda you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium and all those in favor of approving the nature's way ink annual landscape agreement for various county properties along with the landscaping of the southwest lawn from improvements and also the landscape walkway improvements around the courthouse signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero thank you all right next item I would like to move to approve wells long care and landscaping service agreement for youth services bureau fund named county general fund number one thousand in an amount of thirteen thousand six hundred and eight dollars and seventy cents I will second that mr. Crider last fall we we agreed to add the youth services bureau bed maintenance under our umbrella it increased significantly after the the expansion I think there's just under a hundred shrubs and and and really sometimes the youth services bureau whenever you're busy mowing and and it's this time of year and it's raining a lot that that property tends to get left behind every once in a while and by the time you get to it it needs bailed so this request is to accept the proposal submitted by wells lawn care and landscaping LLC and the amounts of five thousand eight hundred eight hundred and eighty five dollars and ten cents to provide mowing and trimming services at the youth services bureau and bed maintenance in the amount of seven thousand seven hundred and twenty three dollars and sixty cents to include spring cleanup weed removal shrub trimmings and fall cleanup for a total of thirteen thousand six hundred and eight dollars and seventy cents during the 2025 season all goes well this contract is set to auto renew with a three to five percent increase annually thank you so much when would we have to make that decision on the auto renew I think that we just need to provide a 30-day notice so you're looking at their work all summer and okay yeah comments or questions Commissioner Madeira none this sounds great yeah all right let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor approving the wells lawn care and landscape service agreement for you service bureau signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next I would like to move to approve spring point architects professional design services at the showers building north fund name cumulative capital funds number one one three eight in an amount not to exceed twenty six thousand dollars I will second that mr. Crider all right you touched on this a little bit earlier we're looking at locating early voting inside of the showers building and there's some space they're connected in it it could make sense to relocate early voting and voters registration into the same space this request is to accept the proposal submitted by spring point architects in an amount not to exceed twenty six thousand dollars to assist with design construction documents quoting and renovation of approximately six thousand five hundred square feet of office space in the showers building suites 102 103 103 a and 104 to house voters registration and early voting operations thank you for this comments or questions Commissioner Madeira I have none I appreciate that you did as clerk Brown noted work with her and her staff a number over a number of meetings to talk through the space and the potential uses for various parts of that space so I'm really excited about this and clearly we're going to be losing our election operations building soon so this is a good this is a good place to land and I think between the parking and access to sidewalk and and being downtown I think this is really a good change for all of us so and a permanent home a new permanent home all right let's see there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor approving the spring point architects professional design services at the showers building north signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 thank you next item please I would like to move to approve Timothy Dwyer public relations services agreement fund name county general fund number 1,000 in an amount not to exceed 25,000 I will second that is pretty yes thank you in prior years the board of commissioners have had someone who was able to provide these services that person is no longer available and this so in turn we've had to come up with a new potential candidate and mr. Dwyer met all of the requirements that you were looking for and so this will he will be able to provide some strategic communications planning event planning other public relations services as needed by you and the county generally as you generally speak for them and this will be paid out at a rate of $45 per hour with a not to exceed $25,000 of note this contract is scheduled to to go until May of next year and so what we do note is if the council does not include appropriations for this coverage in the 2026 budget then this contract will terminate and also either party has the option of providing 10 days notice terminate the contract thank you so much comments or questions Commissioner Madure you know I think this is a valuable service there's times during which we need this and there is no other single county employee that can perform these services because everyone's always tasked with other jobs and of course we want to be responsible to taxpayer considerations and you know allow them to do their jobs and foster them in that role unfortunately that would leave these jobs undone and so we do need you know this partial part-time you know hourly help and so this is going to be I think a very helpful addition to our staff yeah I look forward to working with him really it's gonna be stellar so let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand in teams or come to the podium being none all those in favor of approving the Timothy Dwyer public relations services agreement signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero next item please I would like to move to approve the board of directors of the waste reduction district of Monroe County for the provision of workspace for extension services fund name County general fund number one thousand an amount of seven hundred dollars a month for 60 months I will second that it was pretty thank you this is kind of just some housekeeping in that our extension services department lease is housed in space that is actually owned by the waste reduction district and we mr. Tom the glass and myself and mr. Cockrell worked on this agreement and I think everybody's comfortable with the proposal and we did make a note and I don't know if mr. Cockrell had an opportunity to see it but we did make a note that it's that the agreement because it's a five-year agreement allows for an increase in the monthly fee if necessary without having to reopen the entire agreement we can just do it as an addendum right and and I know that that's to cover potential spikes in utility rates or other things that that will drive expenses upward quickly so comments or questions commissioner Madeira no this is essential and it's also you know a very affordable space for a dire need so thank you I don't have any other comments or questions let's see if there's any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium done all those in favor of approving board of directors waste reduction district Monroe County for the provision of workspace for extension services signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 so this is a lease I think all right well we got through 26 items whoosh yeah we were still deliberative okay so I do have some appointments I would like to propose I'm gonna make a motion to a point like Jones and Richard Martin to the Redevelopment Commission their term ends 12 31 2025 and also to a point Maggie Sullivan to the Resiliency Commission and the term ends December 31st 2020 I second everybody's willingness to serve I will we'll go ahead and get those folks notified all those in favor of approving those appointments signify by saying aye aye motion carries 2-0 and again for those who are interested in serving on a board of commission please go to our website and look them up what you may be interested in doing and we always appreciate the time and wisdom and experience that our boards and Commission members provide for us I'm not sure if there are take I was going to check on this and I neglected to do so yesterday I don't know if there take us left but Monroe County History Center resiliency resilience productions presents a remarkable women's series featuring an evening with Judge Viola Talia Farrow March 27 tonight 28th 6 p.m. 29th and 30th at 3 p.m. tickets are $20 go to Monroe history org or call 812-332-2517 did we end up sponsoring this this is the one we were going to sponsor I do not recall what happened with this I will follow up please I think we're sponsoring it okay so I just denote that we do have COVID-19 testing available at the county health department at 119 West 7th and at the Monroe County Public Health Clinic at 323 East Miller Drive we are always on call in terms of having office hours six times a month go to our calendar on the home page and look for dates and times I know we have some this week tonight tonight we have some so please join us there for conversation if you have questions or need more information about anything or have a great idea you want to share we'd love to hear from you we are continuing to sponsor the blood drives with IV tech and the American Red Cross the next blood drives are Wednesday April 9th 2025 1015 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Shreve Hall that IV tech and on Thursday April 10th from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in C 130 a and B at Ivy Tech please make an appointment at Red Cross dot org and while you're on our website please sign up for the resident alert system because there's storms are coming Sunday looks looks particularly stormy but this is that time of year and it's important to have that information quickly to keep us all safe and again the health department is sponsoring a vaccine clinic 130 to 530 March 31st at the Southwest Library especially targeting people born between 1962 and 1968 for measles measles months rubella anything else for good of the order we do have one I think item for the work session so can we come back at 1130 for that second yeah all right great so we will come back at 1130 for the work session our next meeting is on Thursday April 3rd yeah wow it's already gonna be the third Wow Thursday April 3rd same time same bat channel and we will come back for our work session and otherwise we are adjourned thank you everyone ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar) ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar) ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar) ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar) ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar) ("Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar)