- I'm calling to order this meeting of Monroe County Board of Commissioners.
- It is Thursday, May 29th, and I'll note for the record that Commissioner Jones and myself
- are present here in the NatU Hill Room.
- 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 MCCSC.
- And with that, we will move on to our department updates will begin with the Health Department.
- Good morning, commissioners. As of May 27th, emergency department visits for COVID-like
- illness have continued to decrease, as well as wastewater concentrations.
- As of May 22nd, there have been a total of 1,046 confirmed measles cases across the United
- States, but there have been no new cases in Indiana as of April 21st.
- Our public health clinic has vaccines available for all ages.
- You can call 812-353-3244 for an appointment.
- Thank you so much. Comments or questions?
- Commissioner Jones? No, I don't.
- I know there's a new COVID variant that's pretty active in other parts of the world
- right now. Is that something we're going to be able
- to track with the new administrations? Or is that something where we're just going
- to be able to track it through wastewater? I think that we still have a lot more information
- to learn on that. There are lots of changes being made and
- even changes to eligibility for the COVID vaccines that will be coming up for this fall.
- But right now we can still do that through our wastewater testing and we'll have more
- information I think at the end of June about upcoming changes.
- Great. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Thank you.
- All right. I believe we also have emergency management joining us this morning for an
- update. Good morning.
- Good morning. I wanted to start by saying we have completed
- the install of four new outdoor warning sirens at the Seven Oaks Station 25 Monroe Fire Protection
- District, Smithville Ball Diamonds and the Fairgrounds. Those sirens are complete, complete
- install and working as of last week. I did want to give an update on where we
- are with tornado recovery. So we have several means of assistance in place currently.
- If you do not have an open case with the Red Cross, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS to start
- that process. They have some resources available. Definitely
- get that started if you have not touched base with them already and you are affected.
- If you are a veteran status, please get in touch with the County Veterans Affairs.
- If you are in need of furniture, St. Vincent DePaul at 812-961-1510 and press 3.
- I will put all of these numbers in the chat, so don't get bogged down with trying to write
- them down if you are currently trying to. If you are in need of clothing, Salvation
- Army is open and available for that. Hoosier Hills Food Bank is available for
- any food needs. And we are currently still waiting on the
- official word for the Small Business Administration Declaration.
- As I understand it, the packet has been completed and it is waiting for a Governor's signature.
- Now once that occurs, we will have a site established where people can come in and apply
- for SBA loans. Now, I do encourage everybody to come in and at least have the conversation
- with those workers, because it opens the door for different things. The State Disaster Relief
- Fund will have people there as well to talk about those benefits as well. If you don't
- qualify for an SBA loan, you could qualify for those funds.
- And it's a conversation worth having. It is not an obligation. If you apply for the loan,
- you are not obligated. It does not behave like a traditional loan where you apply for
- it and you have to take it. You can say no at any time. But I do encourage everybody
- to at least come and have the conversation. And we will be advertising that a lot on all
- of our platforms and encourage sharing with as many entities as possible. And it will
- be for a week. We do have dumpsters available for debris at the road intersection of Elrin
- and Harmony Road. There are two dumpsters there for house debris and one for tree debris,
- small tree debris. Another one at Jackson Creek Drive and another set at Lighthouse
- Christian Academy. And those are being dumped regularly.
- Great. Thank you. Let's see if there's I just was notified that Commissioner Madeira has
- joined the meeting. Welcome Commissioner Madeira from Europe. Commissioner Jones, do you have
- any questions? No questions. Just thank you very much for all that you all have done to
- try to help out people who were impacted by this? Yeah, it was a big storm. So we've we've
- had questions about the county role and what we should be doing or why aren't we picking
- up tree debris from yards, etc. I don't know if that's something you want to address regarding
- FEMA, regarding the state, etc. So the FEMA piece, this did not meet any thresholds for
- FEMA. So while Monroe County was greatly impacted, we were the only one that received this much
- of an impact. While Greene County did have impacts, it was not as impacted as Monroe
- County. Brown County was also impacted not as much as we were. Same with Bartholomew
- County. Whenever you in the expectation that we are going to see a reaction from FEMA,
- it has to be large and widespread beyond one county. Great. So the need was not at the
- threshold to bring in FEMA. Right, right. Thank you. And their their threshold has increased
- as well of uninsured losses. And is so one of the issues that has come up from residents
- is, you know, oh, I need help getting trees off my property. That's a property owner responsibility.
- Correct. Correct. I don't know, Ms. Ridge, if you want to chime in on the tree issue
- related to county roadways. So, yeah, we we've been monitoring the roads, say, ice and road.
- We've kind of stayed out of the way. But while utilities were trying to get power telephone
- service back in place, we are out there today just to make sure that there's nothing within
- the roadway. And that is our responsibility to make sure that the roadway is safe for
- the traveling motorist. We don't enter onto properties, private property to remove to remove
- the debris. I know a lot of people are putting debris in subdivisions out into the roadway.
- It would be our responsibility. We won't be hauling it off. That's an expense to the county.
- We would be putting it back onto the property out of the roadway. So we just encourage the
- public not to put their debris, their pieces of their we've seen furniture and housing
- and everything put into the roadway. Again, our responsibility is to maintain the roadway
- for the traveling motorist. And thank you, Ms. pretty. Did you have anything you wanted
- to add based on this conversation? I think so. I think that it's difficult for our community
- when we when they experience this kind of loss, devastation. And there is this hope,
- I think that county government can provide an assistance that that's not under our county
- government's umbrella. And ideally, when he was talking about when Jamie was talking about
- FEMA, that would be what would normally assist homeowners with this kind of devastation.
- But the the requirement, the cost requirement that is involved with for FEMA to come into
- play is so high that this county has not made that level. So it is it is it's a difficult
- time for our community and for our members. And it'd be nice if we could see some maybe
- of our local people who like to have a skid steer and play with it and chainsaws if we
- could work out something to get our own little team go and just go out there and help some
- people. But that's just that's just me. Yeah. Yeah. Did you have something? Yeah, I think
- that's a really good. That's a good point you brought up because in the winter we keep
- a list of private contractors for snow removal for property owners. So it would be great
- if we, you know, were able to put together a contractor list that we could provide to
- the public. And maybe we can work with emergency management management on that. So that way
- we can at least provide names and people that have equipment that are capable to help the
- property owners in these types of situations. So that's yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that.
- Yeah. But actually, us actually organizing it is beyond anything that that is a normal
- scope of our operations, unfortunately. And there is an opportunity through the volunteer
- network at the city of Bloomington to sign up to assist property owners who request assistance
- through emergency management. So there are opportunities to help. And of course, there
- are a lot of it was a frightening, a frightening storm. We made it out without any fatalities,
- thank goodness. And there were some injuries, but it is difficult if you're facing this
- kind of loss to your home or your business. But there are a lot of folks who have stepped
- up to help. For example, donating to pals, which was hit particularly hard. The food
- bank always needs assistance, but you can help by helping those organizations as well
- if you can actually physically go out to help. So there's a lot that can be done. And I've
- seen a lot of great things that neighbors are doing to help neighbors. And it's really
- inspiring. This is a wonderful community. And we've really all come together in the
- way that I knew we would, and it's heartwarming. So a big thank you to everyone who's helped
- out big or small after this storm. It's been a real test. I'm sure there are more to come.
- Commissioner Madera has joined us. Do you have any questions for Ms. Nibel?
- No, I don't. I just wanted to say thank you so very much for everything you're doing.
- And I've been following everything for the last week and a half because I've been out
- of the county. And I think I would like to see us get more organized in the future as
- far as a volunteer network. But we're just getting, I think, into the season. And so,
- thank you to everyone who has helped. Yeah, we do thank you, Ms. Nibel and Mr. Baker
- with emergency management. I know Monroe County Fire Protection District did an amazing job
- immediately after the storm and then helping provide some statistical information on damage
- to help with the assessments at emergency management with the state. So, we really appreciate
- everybody stepping up and questions can be directed to emergency management beyond that.
- Thank you. Thank you so much for being here this morning. All right. Any other department
- updates? Okay. Seeing none, we'll come back for our next agenda item, which is public
- comment. Public comment is time reserved on our agenda for items that are not elsewhere
- on our agenda. Each speaker is limited to three minutes per person. Please give us your
- name and county of residence. And you may raise your hand on teams or come to the podium.
- And we have Mr. MG joining us. Good morning. Good morning commissioners, both present here
- and online. I am Christopher MG from the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, a Monroe
- County resident. And today our community is being showcased through Showcase Bloomington,
- the Chamber's Business Expo at Switchyard Park starting at five o'clock. We'll be presenting
- all of the great things and innovative ways that the business community is present here
- and adds to the vitality of the community. We'd love to see you out there today. We did
- it last year. The weather looks perfect again. I don't know how we do it, but two years in
- a row, we'll take it. The one thing I wanted to talk about today in my brief time is SB
- 1, this sort of the budget uncertainty there. And I've noted, I think, to one of you that
- the more of it it's explained to me, the less I'm really sure of it. But as we sort of celebrate
- our community, we sort of need to look at SB 1 and what the significant uncertainty we
- have moving forward. And I think this has the potential to be an opportunity here in
- the community, despite the revenue shortfalls and these unfunded mandates that the state
- puts on us. And just to really think about government, not just cuts, but to be creative
- in the duties and the partnerships involved, not just new buildings, but sort of new partnerships.
- Not just expanding staff, but streamlining roles across departments. The fiscal road
- ahead is not smooth, but if we navigate this together, I think we can have it. So when
- you talk about strategic reinvention, we're looking at sort of a pivot point for the community.
- Let's start re-evaluating job descriptions and organizational charge to reduce duplication
- and sort of improve efficiency. It's something we've done in the chamber since Eric Spoonmore
- has taken over. We have an opportunity to do shared service across county, city, Bloomington,
- town of Ellitsville. Once we clear up what this is going to entail, we can start sort
- of navigating together and cross-training certain staff resilience and just adaptability
- to be sort of a leaner operation as we move forward. And collaboration is really in our
- DNA. Tonight, as a personal example, is Little League Baseball at Winslow Park. If you look
- at the 11-player roster, it's 11 players from 11 different schools in the county. That includes
- RBB, Lighthouse, Christian, Seven Oaks. I mean, the gamut of schools are represented
- by our team, and they sort of come together not as Cougars, Panthers, or Mustangs, but
- they come together as a team, which is what the city, the county, and the business community
- need to do going forward, not work in silos, not work in competition, but really come together.
- And when we put Monroe County on the map, that's not just what we build, but how we
- build it. So as we celebrate our community today at Showcase Bloomington, I'd like to
- think we're all on the same team moving forward in this difficult climate. I thank you.
- Thank you, Mr. MG. Appreciate it. Online, we have Maria Douglas. Good morning.
- Good morning. Thank you for having me. For some reason, I was able to get on on my laptop,
- but not my phone. So I don't know. So anyway, I'm Maria Douglas, a 30-year resident of Monroe
- County. And today I'm giving public comment as a county council appointed member of the
- Monroe County Women's Commission. Currently, the Women's Commission, this is our purpose,
- states that the commission shall serve in an advisory role to assist residents, businesses,
- and the government of Monroe County in addressing issues of gender equity in all aspects of
- society. As plans move forward for the new county jail facility, I would like to comment
- on the Monroe County Sheriff's Office of Jail and Justice Center pre-design report that
- was released on February 27. Members of the Women's Commission have reviewed the space
- plans. And while the decision to increase the overall number of beds to 500 is incompatible
- with stopping the trend of increased incarceration in our county and reducing the recidivism
- of people penalized more for their circumstances than any crimes committed, we do want to
- acknowledge
- that this plan includes spaces designed separately for female inmates, for detox bullpen, video
- arraignment waiting, which is great, medical and mental health, holding cells and housing
- units, and an inmate worker dormitory. Alongside the plan, that plan also includes designated
- special housing units in both male and female medical and mental health areas for marginalized
- genders. And we want to make notice of these plans, of those plans, and point them out
- to the public and the board of commissioners so that you can also keep an eye on these
- designated spaces to ensure they remain in place for the safety and dignity of all people.
- So the plan also identifies general population by housing number or rooms, I had to check
- my time there, number of rooms and beds, but does not make note of any separation or designated
- areas for female inmates or other marginalized gender inmates. So this is, that is 384 out
- of the 500 total beds planned for this facility. So bottom line is, is that we would encourage
- more details to be made available to ensure that people incarcerated, unfortunately in
- our jail, in our county jail who are women and other marginalized genders are insured
- the human dignity of being safe in who they are and not further punished for how they
- present themselves to the world. Thank you so much.
- Thank you so much. And we would really appreciate seeing this report via email if that's possible
- we really appreciate the thought that's gone into this. There, there aren't a lot of details
- in a pre-design and that's, that's part of the pre-design process. So, but I, but it's,
- it's great information to keep in mind. We appreciate that, that this has been studied
- and considered. Thank you. All right. Any other public comment today? Please, please
- give us your name and county of residence and you'll have three minutes.
- I'm Molly Radecki. I'm a Monroe County residence of the town of Steinsville. I'm relatively
- new to Steinsville of two years, which still makes me a newbie there and I love it. And
- I, well, there's a couple of issues that I wanted to address is that there's a historic
- distrust between the town of Steinsville and the Monroe County government. And I would
- like to say that along with the older residents, there's also younger residents that are moving
- in that need some kind of form of communication that's clear and direct with the county to
- get needs met. And I particularly have some needs that need to be met and I don't know
- who to turn to. My house flooded during the April 2nd and 3rd flooding event and it was
- an anomaly. I have water coming in from the street because of poor drainage, as well as
- we are part on septic and in our public sewer system. And my septic tank didn't have a backflow.
- So I had black water coming from my shower drain. I talked to Vanyam-Fanyam, I talked
- to the town of Steinsville, but I'm in this feedback loop where I can't get help because
- Steinsville doesn't give their storm water tax to the county so I can't get help. But
- I hope that someone could help me to tell me who do I direct my needs to that they get
- met and I'm not constantly chasing my own tail. The second thing is I wanted to ask
- who should I direct my questions to. I'm interested in applying for a sustainable partnership
- with the center of rural engagement at IU, which would be due in October. It's a collaborative
- project but I would like to know who can I engage in the county that would be interested
- in helping me to help Steinsville and other entities of rural Owen County to apply for
- this. Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Radecki. I hope I pronounced it right. Okay,
- thank you. I'm wondering, Angie, if you could, if you could at least get a phone number or
- an email and then be in contact and see what what could be done to direct, direct her questions
- as best as possible. I'll do that. Okay, I think I want to hear to me this is a town
- of Steinsville issue, a much of it may be and or maybe a trustee issue. But yeah, and
- I don't know if Ms. Ridge has anything she wanted to. I do know that they collect their
- own stormwater fee. So they they should have I don't know what they use their fee and that
- fund for but it is collected for stormwater issues and drainage issues. So we usually
- when we get requests that fall within the town of Steinsville because we have a MS for
- program also, we refer them to Steinsville because within the city limits, they do collect
- their own fee there. Yeah. If you wouldn't mind, this pretty thank you so much. Thank
- you for coming in. We'll we'll help you direct your questions. All right. Any other public
- comment for items not on our agenda? Let's see. Then we'll come back to our next item,
- please. The approval of the minutes for May 15 2025. Second. Any comments, corrections
- or edits? Okay. All right. We'll go ahead and Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the
- roll on the approval of the minutes for May 15 2025? And just a reminder to Commissioner
- Medeiros, you will have to be visible on camera in order to vote. Commissioner Thomas? Yes.
- Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Medeiros? Yes. Root three to zero. Thank you, Mr. Cockrell.
- Next item, please. Move approval of the claims docket accounts payable May 29 2025 and payroll
- May 30 2025. We have our auditor Miss Gregory joining us. Good morning. Good morning, commissioners.
- The accounts payable claims docket for today, May 29 2025, total $16,792,063.71. This includes
- all emergency claims and adjustments. Additionally, the payroll docket for tomorrow May 30 2025
- equals $2,266,853.98. That includes direct and indirect costs. Thank you so much. Comments
- or corrections, Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Any comments or questions, Commissioner Medeiros?
- I have none. Thank you. I don't have any either. Well, I had one and it got answered very quickly.
- I appreciate that. So let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise
- your hand on Teams or come to the podium. Seeing none. Mr. Cockrell, will you please
- call the roll on approval of the claim stock and accounts payable May 29 2025 and payroll
- May 30 2025? Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Medeira? Yes. Approved
- three to zero. Thank you so much. I will note for the record that we have received a report
- from the treasurer for April of 2025. We will now move on to new business, please. Move approval
- of ratification of a local disaster emergency declaration? I'll second that. And Ms. Purdy
- just sat down and it's her item. Sorry. No, you're fine. I get you going this morning.
- Yes. It's good to get me moving. This is the ratification of the declaration of a weather
- emergency that was signed by Commissioner Thomas on the 19th of May. It turned out on May 23rd.
- So this is just the official approval of that because we had to do it in the event of a
- joint emergency and the commissioners were not meeting. Right. Exactly. And if there's
- funding available, this is something we have to have in place in order to be eligible for
- that funding, for example, the information that the governor has regarding our interest
- in receiving some assistance. So comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? No, I don't.
- Commissioner Madeira? No, I have none. Thank you. Any public comment on this item? You
- raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please
- call the roll on the ratification of local disaster emergency declaration? Commissioner
- Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion. All right. Thank you
- so much. Next item, please. Move approval of an MOU with Wagner, Erwin, Shealy and Associates
- or WIS, fund name, county general, fund number 1,000, in an amount not to exceed $28,000.
- Second that. And Mr. Cockrell, I think you're standing in for Ms. Turner King today on this
- one. Yes, this is essentially an extension of the agreement that the council has with
- Wagner, Erwin and Shealy. They've been using this firm for well over a decade to help them
- do job description reviews, classification of those job descriptions and salary recommendations.
- This is a two-year agreement not to exceed $28,000. Thank you so much. Comments or questions?
- Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Commissioner Madeira, comments or questions? No. I don't
- either. I just, well, I don't have a question, but my comment is that I encourage the council
- to use this judiciously as it seems like this money could be used towards salaries for our
- county employees and especially if they're sort of standard job descriptions and things,
- it feels like we have such a catalog of them that we should really only be using this in
- unusual circumstances. That's just my take on it. I'm not a member of council anymore.
- So I'll leave it at that. Is there any public comment on this item? You can raise your hand
- on Teams or come to the podium. See none. Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll
- on the MOU with Wagner, Irwin, Shealy and Associates? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner
- Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved. Three to zero. Thank you so much.
- Next item, please. Move approval of the Indiana Health Care Information Exchange Agreement
- fund name, local public health fund number 1161 in the amount of $1,800. Second. And
- Ms. Kelly is joining us again to tell us all about it. Yes. So the Indiana Department of
- Health is offering at this time all local health departments free access for one year
- to this platform. They would also be covering the startup fees for this service. So it's
- essentially a platform that gives us access to patient information. So our disease intervention
- specialists would be using this to be able to more quickly verify medication, past medical
- history to kind of reduce some of the time that they are currently spending having to
- find that information by calling various doctors' offices. So the data is collected from over
- 140 Indiana hospitals and health systems. So really a lot of information. We'd only
- be searching for patient information. We would not be using the system for any other purpose.
- All right. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Jones? No, I don't.
- Commissioner Madera? No, it just sounds incredibly valuable. Thank you. I don't have any questions
- either. 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, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll
- on the Indiana Healthcare Information Exchange Agreement? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner
- Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madera? Yes. Motion approved, three to zero. Thank you so much.
- Next item, please. Move approval of a surveyor review board new appointment. Nope, it's item
- D. Oh, sorry. You're good. I'm fogging the pen. Oh, sorry. Move approval of the Indiana
- Department of Health MOU for the use of SCI-APSXRF, paint analyzer. I'll second that. Ms. Kelly,
- tell us all about it. So this equipment we originally received with a grant back in 2022.
- The grant has ended, but the Indiana Department of Health has essentially sent out these MOUs
- to allow health departments who have this equipment continued use of it at no charge.
- This agreement would go until December 31st of 2026. We don't use it a whole lot, but
- it does give us access to be able to go test lead paint levels for homeowners.
- Great. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones?
- Yes, even if this isn't used a lot, it's very valuable for the homeowners who do ask
- for it. So thank you for making it happen. Yeah, this is a great piece of equipment,
- right? And especially if somebody is trying to restore or repair an old home. Commissioner
- Medeira, comments or questions? I agree. It's an essential service and I have
- no other comments. Thank you. Any public comment on this item?
- You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium.
- Seeing none, Mr. Cockerill, will you please call the roll on the Indiana Department of
- Health MOU for use of the SCIAPS XRF paint analyzer? Commissioner Thomas. Yes. Commissioner
- Jones. Yes. Commissioner Medeira. Yes. Motion approved 3-0. Thank you so much. We'll now
- move on. Thank you, Ms. Kelly. We'll now move on to the next item, please.
- Now the Surveyor Review Board new appointment. I'll second that. And Mr. Tron Enright-Randolph,
- if you could tell us about it, please. Yes. Good morning. I was here kind of earlier in
- the year to appoint our core members. The max is five members on the board. This would
- move us to four members. So I won't go into lengthy presentation. This helps me with my
- statutory duties of perpetuating the county. And this is the board that approves those
- monument records. Mr. Gwynne is a resident of the county. One good contribution he'll
- be providing to the board is he works more in the rural area. So we have a nice group
- of folks that work kind of more in like a dense city environment. And then now this
- will add another one kind of into our rural environment. And it's fun. That gives us four
- professional licensed surveyors that get to make quadrijudicial decisions. And I need to
- bring consensus and get them to approve monuments. So also one other notable point is this is
- paid out of our corner fund. So that's a non-reverting dedicated fund. So it will be sustainable
- to add that new member. And that would be it. And I'm asking for your approval today.
- Thank you. Thank you. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? No, I'm just glad that
- the board is getting closer to full. Yeah. Commissioner Madeira, comments or questions?
- I have none. I don't have any either. Let's see if there's 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 the survey review board new appointment signify by saying aye. Aye. Oh, I'm sorry.
- Sorry. It's been a long day, not enough campaign. Mr. Cocker, will you please call the roll?
- Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved
- three to zero. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. All right. Next item please. Move
- approval of shy rubric MS 365 backup agreement. Fund name cumulative capital fund number 1138
- in the amount of $13,796.44. Second. And Mr. Cron, tell us all about it please. Good morning.
- So our Microsoft 365 environment is cloud based, which requires a separate set of licensing
- from our on-premise backup. The licensing that we currently have in place is about to
- expire at the end of June, so we were looking for different solutions that gave us better
- manageability of the data than what we were currently seeing under the software solution
- we had in place. After searching through a couple different options, we've looked at
- the rubric option to backup that 365. It gives us much improved manageability. We're able
- to sort out through the individual backup staff to pull files in mass as we were doing
- with our current solution. And this also comes in at $2,000 less than what we were quoted
- to renew our current solution. So it's a mass improvement and gives us a little bit of money
- back to our coffers. So this request is to approve the quote provided by Shy for 820
- rubric licenses, good for a period of one year for $13,796.44.
- >> All right. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones?
- >> No, I don't. >> Commissioner Madeira?
- >> No. >> My question was already answered. Appreciate
- that. And let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams
- or come to the podium. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the SHI rubric
- MS365 back up agreement? >> Commissioner Thomas?
- >> Yes. >> Commissioner Jones?
- >> Yes. >> Commissioner Madeira?
- >> Yes. >> Most approved, 3-0.
- >> Thank you so much. Next item, please. >> Move approval of the Fort Service Agreement
- for Courtroom 212 audio system retooling. Fund name, 2023 geobond. Fund number, 4817.
- In the amount of $39,892.12. >> I'll second that. Mr. Crone?
- >> So this would be the third courtroom that we've started working on as I've come up here
- and stated before, many of our courtrooms, the audio systems are in various states of
- age and deterioration. So this courtroom has been identified as the next issue that we're
- going to have. TSD staff has been working over and over again to keep this equipment
- going. So it's time to replace it before it does fail. So this is through the same company,
- Forte was AVI. They've just recently changed their name. So that's why you see the difference
- in what's put on the summary versus what's on the quote there. Same company. So this
- is the same group that we've been working with, who's currently completing courtroom
- 313 this morning.
- Excellent. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones?
- Yes. Every time we seem to ask, is this equipment that can move to the new location?
- Absolutely, yes. And just so everyone's aware, we're going to hit the pause button. We're
- at a stable point right now once we complete this courtroom. The pricing for these components
- has changed, obviously, since we originally allocated funds for that. And since we are
- in that stable position, I don't want to do any more until we have some glaring problems
- that we need to address for fear of coming up short on funds.
- Absolutely, that makes sense. Commissioner Madeira, comments or questions?
- None. I shared Commissioner Jones' question, and thank you for answering that.
- I don't have any other questions. Any public comment on this item? You can raise your hand
- on teams or come to the podium.
- Seeing none, Mr. Cocker, will you please call the roll on the Forte Service Agreement for
- Courtroom 212 Audio System Retooling?
- Commissioner Thomas?
- Yes.
- Commissioner Jones?
- Yes.
- Commissioner Madeira?
- Yes.
- Motion is approved, three to zero.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you very much.
- Next item, please. Move to approve Ordinance 2025-15, an amendment to the Monroe County
- Code in Health.
- Second.
- Mr. Cocker?
- Yes. This has got some changes from our current, namely we've removed the future family health
- clinic language. There are three new categories for sewage disposals. Sewage holding tank
- construction initial operation permit is 250. Sewage holding tank biannual operation permit
- is 350. And certified soil test or minimum specification certifications is 50. It reduced
- the amount for the septic installer test and company registration from 150 to 75. The remaining
- of it is just kind of clarifications, changing things from less, from five months to less
- than six months and things like that. So it's really just cleaning it up.
- Yes. I agree. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones?
- No, I don't.
- Commissioner Maduro?
- No.
- This is something we saw discussed at a health board meeting and it really is going to help
- make things clear. All right. Appreciate the work on this. Let's see if there's any public
- comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium.
- Seeing none, Mr. Copper, will you please call the roll on ordinance 2025-15?
- Commissioner Thomas?
- Yes.
- Commissioner Jones?
- Yes.
- Commissioner Maduro? Yes. Approved 3-0.
- Thank you so much. Next item, please.
- Move approval of resolution 2025-26 authorizing the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation
- to submit a variance request for their Thompson Trail project.
- I'll second that. Mr. Copper?
- Yes, we have provided an easement that coincided with the Duke easement on the south side of
- the Thompson property. They are going through the city planning process, asking for a variance
- from having to look at the entire parcel to see if there's any other easements or things
- like that that would be necessary. This says that we support their going through that process.
- We support it to the extent that it doesn't cost us anything and that we are not committing
- to any additional easements. That's kind of what they've requested. I think the other
- part is they want to file this tomorrow. If we could get this approved today, I think
- it would meet their timeline. Sounds good. Comments or questions, Commissioner
- Jones? No, I don't.
- Commissioner Madera? No. I don't either. Makes sense. And 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, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on
- Resolution 2025-26? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner
- Madera? Yes. 3-0. Thank you so much. Next item, please.
- Move to approve the amendment of 3/2024 Opioid Settlement Community Service Grants. Fund
- Names, Opioid Restricted and Opioid Unrestricted, Fund Numbers 1237 and 1238. I'll second that.
- And there's no amount because there's no amount of money involved. It's just a matter of time.
- Mr. Cockrell, will you address this? Yes. There's no amount because there's no
- change in amount, right? So these are already approved MOUs. There are three changes that
- are being made to them to involve the extension of a timeline until May 31, 2026. And the
- third was just clarifying what the Monroe County courts could use their grant funding for.
- That was a question that went back to the committee that reviews these on their recommendations.
- Thank you so much. Comments, questions, Commissioner Jones? No, I'm just pleased to have this
- cleared
- up. Commissioner Medeira? None. Thank you. I appreciate the work of the Opioid Settlement
- Review Board and all of these agencies that do this great work in our community. Let's
- see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to
- the podium. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on amending three
- 2024 opioid settlement community service grants? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones?
- Yes. Commissioner Medeira? Yes. Motion approved at three to zero. Thank you so much. Next
- item please. Move approval of the USDA disbursements under the Emergency Commodity Assistance
- Program
- regarding the Huntington property. I'll second that. Mr. Cockrell, you're doing some heavy
- lifting today, if you wouldn't mind. I've been prepared very well. Okay. Except for
- this. Just kidding. This involves the generous donated property for the Huntington. The current
- kind of, it's currently being farmed, it's currently being farmed with kind of a 50/50
- split with the property owner and the farmer. And the USDA, it plays a role in that. And
- so this is just to fill out the documentation the USDA found necessary in order to continue
- that program. I believe that the court said that we could continue these leases for up
- to two years. I think the one, there's one decision point I think that we need in that
- is a contact person from the USDA. They want an actual person or several. I guess, I talked
- to Justin this morning, he would recommend either himself or Kelly Whitmer or both. But
- if you would include that in your decision, that would be great.
- Okay, great. Thank you. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones, this is your pun intended
- field of work. What can you tell us?
- Well, I'm just very excited about this property and certainly agree to either Kelly or Justin
- being the contact person for the USDA. I don't think this is really what the long term plans
- are. So, you know, it's just going to get us through the stage to where we will start
- actually developing it.
- Excellent point. I agree. I think I would put both names down, both Ms. Whitmer and
- Mr. Roddy on that as a contact. That way if one is not available the other hopefully is.
- Commissioner Madeira, any questions or any thoughts on the contact name?
- None. I just echo this is a very generous gift and I'm glad to see this move forward.
- Thank you. Yeah. And yeah, it's really generous. Generous gift to everyone in Monroe County.
- It's not a gift to county government. It's a gift to all the residents of Monroe County.
- So it sounds like our motion is we have consensus on amending the motion. So Mr. Cocker will
- we please call the roll on the USDA disbursements under emergency commodity assistance program
- regarding the hunting property noting that Ms. Whitmer and Mr. Roddy should both be listed
- as contact names. Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion
- approved three to zero. Thank you so much. Move on to item L please. Move approval of
- the InDOT inspection agreement for 2026 through 2029 countywide bridge inspections. Fund name
- countywide bridge inspections 2026 through 2029. Fund number to be decided in the 2026
- budget in the amount of $647,669.17. I will second that. Ms. Ridge? Good morning. So
- we are required to do a four-year cycle for our bridge inspections. The next cycle begins
- in 2026. March is our compliance month that we're assigned from InDOT. This is a reimbursable
- grant program with 80% being reimbursed and 20% being the local match. The funding's based
- on the contract that was approved with EGIS/BLN on May 8th, 2025 and included in your packet
- as a breakdown of funding by year. All right. Thank you so much. Comments or questions,
- Commissioner Jones? I don't. Commissioner Maduro? No, just very important stuff. Really important
- program. All right. Thank you so much, Ms. Ridge for organizing all of this. Let's see
- if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand in teams or come to
- the podium. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on InDOT agreement
- for 2026 through 2029 county wide bridge inspections? Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes.
- Commissioner Maduro? Yes. Motion is approved. Three to zero. Thank you so much. Thank you.
- All right. We'll now move on to the next item, please. Move approval of ordinance 2025-13
- North Park PUD outline amendment number seven. I'll second that. Ms. Cresselius is joining
- us. Good morning. Good morning. Okay, if all's going well, I am sharing screen. So this is
- a proposed amendment number seven to North Park planned unit development. The petition
- site is 46 parcels for a total of 470 acres. This is spread across Bloomington and Richland
- townships, and they are all currently zoned North Park PUD. Here on the screen is just
- the zoning map of the area. Everywhere in gray is shown is currently zoned North Park
- or another adjacent PUD. So some of the roadways are also zoned PUD, et cetera. So on screen
- is a map showing the ownership of the properties that are included within this request. The
- petitioner is Logan Land Development LLC. They are proposing to significantly alter
- the current North Park PUD ordinance. The petitioner's representative is Trevor Trapagan
- of MKSK Studios, which is a planning urban design and architectural firm. There are 11
- landowners included within the petition site. That includes the petitioner, Logan Land Development,
- and also Monroe County Board of Commissioners and the Quarry Park property. So a couple
- of overview points. So the impetus for this petition is that there is a contractual agreement
- between the petitioner and the County Board of Commissioners to purchase a portion of
- this property. It is one small portion of the total petition site, and that would be
- a potential future location for the Monroe County Justice Center. Additionally, planning
- staff has met with the property owner multiple times over the last couple of years, acknowledging
- and strategizing about a desire to revamp the North Park PUD. It was created 21 years
- ago and has not necessarily developed as they had expected. So they've been wanting to revamp
- the ordinance to reflect more current development patterns. The North Park PUD, Amendment 7
- before you, would amend the PUD, and as we know, a PUD is kind of a create your own zone.
- That dictates certain things. It dictates land use, what can be permitted in this area,
- and design standards like landscaping, parking, and sign structures. There's language within
- this PUD that states any development plan, so any property that proposes to develop for
- the first time or add new structures to an existing property, if triggered, would have
- to submit a development plan. And there is language in the PUD that states all development
- plan has to require approval through the plan commission. So for a development plan, it
- has to go before the plan commission and have a public hearing, which does include public
- notice and neighbor notice. So any adjacent property owners for any new development, you
- will hear about that in the future. So a review of some of the changes. So this is an overhaul
- of the existing PUD. We're going from about a 140-page document down to a 40-page document.
- So they've really consolidated the information. There were a lot of very specific standards
- within the current North Park PUD that through the properties that have developed, they know
- through experience now that, you know, what worked, what didn't, and what can be condensed.
- So on screen are a current couple of screen clips of the current ordinance. So on the
- right is an image of the zoning map that North Park currently has. We are currently operating
- with kind of five main use areas that have 19 different sub-use districts and different
- acronyms and associated acreages shown on the left. They're proposing to condense that
- to five development sub-districts with no further breakdown in those districts. So we're
- just going from 19 to five. The proposed sub-districts are regional services shown in purple,
- neighborhood
- shown in orange, government center shown in blue, conservation development shown in yellow,
- and then a zone called open space and parks shown in green. There's one area of overlap
- on the map where neighborhood orange and regional services kind of pink purple do overlap on
- the eastern side of 46. On the left side of the screen, they have kind of a breakdown
- as to what the primary uses of these zones are, how much areas in that, and then they
- have a column for allowed residential units. So some of these are not, don't allow residential
- units like open space and parks and government center or regional services. So the PROS-PUD
- has 65 uses listed within a single consolidated use table. The use titles and definitions
- are consistent with the Monroe County consolidated county development ordinance, so the CDO.
- The categories of the uses are the same as within our CDO, from like residential, public
- and semi-public, to retail, automotive, industrial, etc. The consistency between these uses are
- going to allow us to have a little bit maneuverability between the two documents as it gets
- proposed
- to be developed. On the table, as we flip through it, we have the standard P for permitted,
- PS for permitted with standards, and then blank would be not permitted. There are also
- just a couple of conditional uses throughout the use, throughout the use table. Those acronyms
- tie right back to our county development ordinance, so if you're looking at permitted with
- standards
- in the north part of PUD, for an example, an entertainment center, we could then reference
- the standards listed within the county development ordinance. One of the ways that we are keeping
- they were able to keep this document a little bit smaller. So on screen, we do have some
- design standards for how those residential and non-residential zones are going to get
- developed. So this is similar to the county development ordinance where we have setbacks
- for structures. We have a minimum lot area, a lot width, and maximum height for structures.
- And then we also have a maximum impervious cover. That's something that was added in
- by the petitioner after some discussion. Staff's very appreciative. It's been a long journey
- of working through and editing this document. And it has been, you know, it's gone very
- well and we're very happy with how this document has turned out so far. So just a couple of
- zones that I'm going to highlight for, you know, just more importance or I have notes
- about them. Two areas. One is the Conservation Development Zoning District. This is unique
- because it's a sub-district. It's intended for single-family residential homes, but it
- is kind of specifically allowed to be developed in what's referred to as a conservation subdivision
- design. So it has a very small minimum lot size and that is because there are standards
- with this that allows, that states that with the first proposed development within this
- region that they have to provide an open space plan that would be upon submittal of the first
- development plan for the Conservation Development Sub-District, a comprehensive open space plan
- encompassing at minimum all the open space that would be located for the entire news district
- shall be submitted with the development plan for review and approval by the Monroe County
- Planning Commission. So basically the subdivision or the neighborhood that could be proposed within
- this development would be a more compact cluster design and would require conservation areas to be
- platted at the same time. So you would not necessarily be able to take the whole conservation
- development area, divide it evenly 10 times and have 10 lots. You would have to do smaller clusters
- of lots because this area contains a lot of different terrain. There's a creek from Stout's
- Creek, a branch of it that goes through this area. There's some hilly terrain that just wouldn't be
- very conducive for development. So this is one way that they could have residential development
- in the area but also kind of conserve the areas that where wouldn't be appropriate.
- On screen is the open space and parks zone. So within every PUD there is a requirement to
- conserve or open space. They are they've created a district that includes this open space
- requirement
- and also includes the board of commissioner owned property the quarry property that may become a
- park
- one day and could have developed on it. So they've offered some flexibility between this district
- and the conservation development district that they will meet their threshold required PUD open
- space between these two. So that's where that first comprehensive open space plan that they'd
- be required to submit comes in. Staff went through this quite a bit with the petitioner
- and you know with that requirement of the comprehensive open space plan for the first
- submission of development we have you know full confidence that they will be able to maintain
- the required 25 percent currently between the two zones they they exceed that amount.
- So it's really about just working with the developer at the time as to what specific areas
- what are the sensitive areas that they plan to preserve.
- So one aspect that the PUD will be changing is the transportation infrastructure they'll
- be also including alternative transportation which I'll get to in a moment. Currently on
- screen is on the left side we have our existing map from the North Park PUD that shows us
- the roads that were to be built and their classifications is an an image that has not
- been updated. We even actually amended the PUD in 2023 and removed three of these roads.
- And I've got a better map that I will show and help here in a moment. And then on the right
- is the proposed transportation map that they are that they've included with the amendment.
- So on screen to help make it a little bit more clear, you know, it's been 21 years. Some roads
- have been developed. Some are currently in progress and then some have been removed. So
- on screen the roads that have been built out are shown in blue. The roads that are in progress
- are in yellow. That would be part of the the West Hunter Valley connection. And there's also a
- connection from South Lentil to Woodyard Road that is kind of currently in progress.
- The roads that they are proposing to remove from within this amendment seven are shown in red.
- I would also like to note that road number eight shown in green has been removed from the plan.
- This was a Planning Commission condition of recommending having a positive recommendation.
- So the property owner of IU Health did attend the Planning Commission meeting and they had had some
- kind of last-minute talks as to where you know they really didn't want to they didn't foresee
- planning out that section labeled as road eight. The petitioner was fine with that.
- We discussed planning staff discussed with the highway department. They
- see no huge need to have that road connection eight. So number eight that requirement has
- been stricken from the the proposed amendment ordinance before you. And then I did just want
- to point out number road number 14 to be removed. This is the same area as the Conservation
- Development
- Zone that I discussed where it has a lot of variable terrain. So this map just kind of
- highlights where this road was supposed to go and then you could see two different branches of
- Stouts Creek and kind of that variable terrain that we were mentioning that they would have to
- really have to have a civil engineer design around in the future. So overall you know staff is
- supportive of this road being removed from the plan. It would be simply a connection from North
- Stone Branch Drive up to a an existing road stub off of West Eight Road 46.
- Regarding alternative transportation, the plan does include an update to that. So on the left
- side of the screen is the existing alternative transportation plan. There were you know
- requirements
- for multi-use path sidewalks. There was a requirement for a bicycle pedestrian overpass
- or underpass across 046. The petitioner representative has reviewed this and they
- have removed the requirement for an overpass underpass simply because of feasibility and
- changing of uses. On the right side of the screen they are showing a future connection. So they're
- showing mainly that pedestrian crossing would be at the intersection of Hunter Valley Road and
- State Road 440, State Road 46. There are already built out sidewalks along all along North Lentil,
- Hunter Valley Road, Stone Branch, South Lentil and North Lentil. So they are keeping the
- requirement
- that every new site plant new development plan would be required to add a multi-use path along
- any public road frontage. So that's still included there and it's shown in a dark green.
- So the Monroe County stormwater program under the highway department you know they took this
- for review at the drainage board in April. One of the changes to the infrastructure within the PUD
- is to the stormwater infrastructure. The original existing PUD requires that stormwater is
- addressed
- sometimes on site but also regionally. Since a lot of the areas of North Park have not fully
- developed we only have a few areas where there is a regional detention. So the petitioner has
- proposed
- that stormwater infrastructure is designed and constructed on a singular lot basis as it gets
- proposed to be developed. The stormwater program is in support of this and they stated that you
- know
- that there would be proper consideration will be given to higher intensity use changes.
- They state that the full drainage area of the area being developed you know includes off-site
- adjacent pipe upgrades or additions and that they will be considering off-site drainage and
- downstream drainage as they review. This is somewhat standard for stormwater programs so
- pretty standard comments from from stormwater. They are supportive of these changes and they
- will continue to maintain the areas that already have regional infrastructure will be
- they will continue on that way. There won't be any changes to it.
- So plan commission voted to send a positive recommendation. They did include the following
- change that it was at the time section 621B which was that road number eight be removed and that
- was done that was has been removed from the ordinance and they they forwarded that with
- by a vote of seven to zero to one. So planning staff does recommend approval of ordinance 2025-13
- the North Park PUD outline plan amendment number seven and can I answer any questions?
- Thank you so much Ms. Krasilias really informative.
- Comments or questions for planning staff? Commissioner Jones?
- Well I would like to comment that I believe it's been about 18 years that I've been hearing that
- this PUD needed to be revisited and I'm glad that that's finally happened. This is actually quite
- important for us to be able to continue on with our plans for building a new justice center and a
- new jail. So I am very supportive of it. And I will note that the simplification is really
- a result of the CDO as well because that's given us the ability to be clear and less verbose.
- Comments or questions for staff? Commissioner Madera?
- No I really appreciate the detailed explanation. I do have one and that's more for the edification
- of the public. So I really think conservation districts are amazing and I'm excited about this
- and I just wondered I run into a lot of people who don't seem to know what that term really
- means and so I wondered if you know someone could provide a general overview so we can kind of get
- that out there for people who might be asking questions. Also you know these presentations
- are always so detailed and I'm very appreciative just of how much work and how much effort has
- gone into this and my little lawyer heart is just so happy anytime we can go from 140 pages down to
- 40 pages. So this is great thank you. Ms. Cresilius would you talk through what it means to be in a
- conservation development area? Sure so the term you know is similar to one of our current CDO
- zoning districts. We have conservation so this term is conservation development. They're both
- generally rural areas or have areas of sensitive environmental concern that are generally intended
- to be residential in nature. The design standards are often smaller or more flexible and but there
- are greater requirements for preservation of those environmentally sensitive areas. So in the
- example
- of this ordinance it's that flexibility to have a pretty small lot size and be able to subdivide
- with pretty small lot while also having that requirement that you have to maintain a large
- percentage of the original property being subdivided to conserve those areas that are
- are more sensitive. Thank you so much. We do have the petitioners representative here I believe
- from
- MKSK. You have up to 15 minutes but you don't need to use all that I'm sure because we've got
- we've received a very good review. Absolutely. Good morning everyone. Thank you for your time
- commissioners. My name is Trevor Tropagan. I'm with MKSK. We were representing Logan Land Company
- for this application. With Ann's very detailed explanation I'll keep this short. We entered into
- this process really with three goals. One to obviously change the land use and designations
- to allow the county to do what they intend to do with the justice center and then additionally make
- it easier for the county staff to implement and understand the document as Ann pointed out it was
- very complex. There were a lot of sub-districts things like that just that just kind of muddied
- the waters when reviews occurred. And the last one was to increase the marketability for
- for Logan Land Company. As it's been pointed out you know this PD's been in place for almost 20
- years now and I think that everyone involved would like to see more development occur out there and
- so that that was the last goal with this. With that I just want to add a little bit about the
- conservation subdivision design standards. Mr. Elias was correct the goal is to allow for
- smaller lot sizes in exchange for preserving at least 50% of the total area of that conservation
- development. So with the topography and other natural features that are out there we felt that
- that was a good way to allow for some development to occur while at the same time requiring that
- a significant portion would remain undisturbed basically. And so with that I'm happy to answer
- any additional questions but just wanted to provide a little additional oversight. Thank you.
- Thank you so much we appreciate you being here. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones?
- No I don't at this time. Commissioner Madeira?
- I don't have any thank you so much. Yeah we really appreciate you being here today. I don't have
- any
- further questions. It's all gone along very well I believe and I agree with the roadway changes and
- all the other aspects that have been proposed here. All right let's see if there's any public
- comment on this item. First we'll hear from people who support this petition.
- You can come up to the podium and raise your hand in teams.
- Does anyone wish to speak in opposition to this petition?
- You'll have three minutes at the podium please give your name and county of residence.
- And there'll be a timer clock visible to you on the screen. It looks like we have somebody coming.
- There will be TSD. Can you make sure that the timer clock is visible on the screen?
- Thank you.
- Good morning my name is Seth Mutchler. I am a resident of Monroe County.
- So I understand that this PUD revision contains many components and reaches far beyond its
- utility for the criminal legal system. I'm not going to be commenting today on the other
- components of this revision just to that that pertains to the proposed new jail.
- I did want to give a brief content warning. At the beginning of my comment I will be reading
- from a New York Times article that does discuss the death of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
- This is from the New York Times article that was released on May 12th. When getting out of
- jail means a deadly walk home. Rebecca Yamarillo stepped out of the Santa Fe jail and into the
- cold one night in January 2021. After two days in a cell she was free but no one was there to pick
- her up. So with a snowstorm coming she began the long walk towards town. The jail in Santa Fe
- surrounded by barbed wire and tumbleweed sits on a remote stretch of highway far from the city's
- bustling plaza and historic churches. It is nearly two miles down the highway to the closest gas
- station, three miles to where a sidewalk starts and eight miles to the nearest homeless shelter.
- Ms. Yamarillo, 33, made it only about a mile from the jail that night before she was hit by a
- sheriff's
- deputy driving a police pickup truck at 57 miles per hour. Her body was thrown more than 100 feet
- and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Ms. Yamarillo is one of several people who have died
- trying to make it home from the Santa Fe jail on foot in recent years. It is a walk that has been
- far more deadly than previously reported. Five people have been struck fatally struck shortly
- after being released over the past decade, four of them since March 2020. So the article continues
- and I will send each of you a full copy for you to review on your own time. I know that our
- situation
- and that in Santa Fe are not identical. I'm not trying to compare apples to oranges and I recognize
- that the Santa Fe case is a more egregious one than the proposed site for the Monroe County's new
- jail
- but that said there are similarities. The North Park site sits 3.6 miles from where we are today
- in the heart of downtown. My Maps app claims that is a one hour and 21 minute walk and if you
- wanted
- to avoid walking on State Road 46 that would extend that to an hour and 51 minutes which
- would still include a lengthy walk on West Vernal Pike, heavily trafficked road. I recognize that
- this board has stated your plan to include public transit as part of this plan but we have to admit
- the reality that you cannot compel people to use public transit and the reality is people simply
- will be walking home from this site often in the dark. It's worth noting that the Santa Fe
- jail is not co-located with their courts and their related offices so this would only be
- exacerbated by the fact that we're not just talking about people going to and from jail
- but from court, from daily reporting, from meeting with their prosecutor or public defender
- and even if we have a satellite office for things like daily reporting which largely defeats the
- purpose of co-location our facility will have a much higher number. I know I'm out of time I'll
- wrap up really quickly. We need to keep in mind the undue burden for those who might be able to
- not safely travel to and from but also might need to go to and from work even if they have
- transportation. The North Park location is simply put not an acceptable location for a jail or
- courts in their related offices. I ask you to please vote no on amending the North Park PUD
- and reconsider other locations for the Monroe County Justice Center including giving serious
- consideration to renovation of the existing facility. Thank you for your service and for
- your time. Thank you. Does anyone else have a comment on this item in opposition to this petition?
- Does anyone have any general public comment?
- Any final thoughts Commissioner Jones?
- No as I said I do support this I think it's important in several different ways.
- Commissioner Madeira any final comments? No no final comments thank you.
- All right thank you so much. With that I'm going to ask Mr. Cockrell if he would please
- go ahead and call the roll on ordinance 2025-13. Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones?
- Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion approved three to zero. All right thank you so much.
- We're gonna have time. Thank you. All right we don't have any appointments today. I will
- run through the announcements really quickly again a big thank you to everyone in our community who
- stepped up to volunteer to help. I do want to take a second to thank John Baten our GIS coordinator
- because he put together an amazing storm damage GIS map. You can go to our website and see it.
- Very cool and I appreciate that innovation. Again for those of you who are experiencing
- storm damage or someone close to you is storm damage can be reported at 211. If you need
- assistance call 1-800-RED-CROSS. Furniture needs St. Vincent de Paul 812-961-1510 extension 3.
- Salvation Army for Clothing Hoosier Hills Food Bank will help with food needs and veterans are
- encouraged to call the veteran service office for Monroe County here at 812-349-2658 and again we
- thank everyone for all their hard work. The commissioners have office hours six different
- times a month and go to co.monroe.in.us. Note that the next Monroe County Commissioner's Blood
- Drive
- will be at Ivy Tech on Thursday, June 5th from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. That is in room C-130A and B.
- You can make an appointment at redcross.org. The Rural Housing Repair Program has been moved
- over to Bloomington Foundation for ongoing sustenance and maintenance and so if you need
- assistance as a homeowner with necessary repairs to your property and you are income restricted,
- we encourage you to contact your Township Trustee for assistance. Please remember,
- especially after the storms, to sign up for our Resident Alert System. Again, co.monroe.in.us.
- Click on the megaphone on the home screen and sign up so that you receive weather notifications,
- emergency notifications in a timely manner. Our next meeting is Thursday, June 5th,
- right here in the NatU Hill Room at 10 a.m. We do have two items for our work session,
- so I wonder if we can come back at 11.35. To do that, I will just let Ms. Cresilius in Planning
- know that we're under a bit of a time crunch, so anything she can do to abbreviate the presentation
- would be greatly appreciated for item one on our work session agenda. All right, anything else for
- the good of the order? Thank you all. Be safe, and we will be back at 11.35 for our work session.
- Thanks, everyone. We're adjourned.
- (upbeat orchestral music)
- ("Pomp and Circumstance")