WEBVTT 00:00:00.226 --> 00:00:07.755 - Good morning. I'm going to call to order this meeting. Monroe County Board of Commissioners is Thursday, 00:00:07.755 --> 00:00:15.212 - August 28th. We will begin with our public statement read by Commissioner Madera. We, the Monroe County 00:00:15.212 --> 00:00:22.740 - Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights of all people, regardless 00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:29.982 - of age, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, 00:00:30.082 --> 00:00:36.491 - economic status, and national origin. And we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and 00:00:36.491 --> 00:00:42.456 - without fear. And we will fight and resist at every step discrimination and harmful policies, 00:00:42.456 --> 00:00:49.246 - whatever their source. We believe in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We also stand in support 00:00:49.246 --> 00:00:52.926 - of our county public school systems, both RBB and MCC SC. 00:00:53.986 --> 00:01:01.749 - Thank you so much. We will now move on to our department updates. First, we'll hear from the health 00:01:01.749 --> 00:01:09.977 - department. Ms. Kelly, good morning. Good morning, commissioners. As of August 19th, emergency department 00:01:09.977 --> 00:01:17.662 - visits for COVID-like illness have increased as well as wastewater concentrations. On August 27th, 00:01:18.018 --> 00:01:26.818 - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Food and Drug Administration 00:01:26.818 --> 00:01:35.451 - has approved this year's COVID vaccines for those at higher risk. The formulas for the 2025-2026 season 00:01:35.451 --> 00:01:43.919 - target the JN.1 lineage of the Omicron variant. It is still unclear at this time who will be eligible 00:01:43.919 --> 00:01:45.662 - for shots this fall. 00:01:46.082 --> 00:01:53.410 - official guidelines should be published soon. The health department still has free COVID tests available. 00:01:53.410 --> 00:02:00.392 - Individuals can walk in Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to receive tests. And our public 00:02:00.392 --> 00:02:07.581 - health clinic has vaccines available. You can call 812-353-3244 for an appointment or more information. 00:02:07.581 --> 00:02:12.766 - All right, thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Medeira? 00:02:13.026 --> 00:02:22.625 - I have none, thank you. I don't either, thank you so much. Okay, so next we have an update from Vet 00:02:22.625 --> 00:02:32.991 - Environmental Engineering, Sarah Hemidovich, who has been working all the hours that the gods and goddesses 00:02:32.991 --> 00:02:40.574 - can send. Thank you for being here. Happy to be here. What do we need to know? 00:02:40.674 --> 00:02:48.379 - I guess I'll just start with the first couple steps where we did a couple rounds of targeted investigation 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:56.084 - and targeted treatment in a couple of areas that we found to be problematic initially, which then prompted 00:02:56.084 --> 00:03:03.501 - us to go into the justice center and test on every level. We received those results back and use those 00:03:03.501 --> 00:03:09.406 - results to guide treatment of the entire building. To this point, we have treated 00:03:10.082 --> 00:03:16.879 - two-thirds of the fifth floor, which is the entirety of the Monroe County jail on the fifth floor. 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:23.883 - The entirety of the fourth floor, we did that yesterday, two-thirds of five and the entirety of four. 00:03:23.883 --> 00:03:30.611 - We basically evacuated the entire jail. And when I say we, I had nothing to do with that portion. 00:03:30.611 --> 00:03:37.821 - The powers that be evacuated the jail. We were up there for three hours treating, got every single cell, 00:03:37.821 --> 00:03:38.782 - every office, 00:03:39.042 --> 00:03:46.424 - the entire fourth floor and two-thirds of the fifth done. Then we inspected, cleaned all the horizontal 00:03:46.424 --> 00:03:53.522 - surfaces, and then started bringing the inmates back into the facility. I was very pleased with the 00:03:53.522 --> 00:04:00.620 - way the treatment went. There was no residue or weirdness left behind, which is great. Smelled much 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:04.382 - better up there. Air felt better, so I'm encouraged. 00:04:04.546 --> 00:04:11.421 - that that will be good test results. This morning we tested in the areas that we treated that were areas, 00:04:11.421 --> 00:04:17.777 - all of the areas were acceptable, but the areas that had some molds that we were concerned about, 00:04:17.777 --> 00:04:24.393 - we retested those this morning. We'll have results in 24 hours on those. So then we have also treated 00:04:24.393 --> 00:04:28.414 - the entire sheriff's department, all of two and all of three. 00:04:28.610 --> 00:04:35.034 - This evening, after close of business, we're going in and treating the remainder of one. So that'll 00:04:35.034 --> 00:04:41.394 - be the in-processing portion of the jail and the holding cells that are down there. At that point, 00:04:41.394 --> 00:04:48.203 - we will have treated the entire building, the areas that needed to be treated. And then tomorrow morning, 00:04:48.203 --> 00:04:53.342 - we will go back in and confirmation test the in-processing portion of the jail. 00:04:53.538 --> 00:05:01.290 - we're going to work on our reporting because it's a fairly comprehensive report. Get that done, we intend 00:05:01.290 --> 00:05:08.750 - to have that out by the end of next week, mid hopefully and definitely. And then we're going to start 00:05:08.750 --> 00:05:16.721 - working on a plan moving forward to target areas of the building that we feel need to have ongoing attention 00:05:16.721 --> 00:05:22.206 - and see if there's not a way that we can keep this at bay into the future. 00:05:23.266 --> 00:05:29.764 - So that's where we are. Wow. OK. Commissioner Madeira, comments or questions? Yes. I just had a question. 00:05:29.764 --> 00:05:36.507 - What impact do you think as temperatures cool that will have on the facility? It will have a positive impact, 00:05:36.507 --> 00:05:43.250 - for sure. You can already tell in the building just with the reduction. So we did the first round of testing. 00:05:43.250 --> 00:05:50.238 - The big test was during the really, really hot times, very humid. And then we had that dramatic temperature drop. 00:05:50.338 --> 00:05:56.274 - the ambient humidity in the building went down by 10% across the board. So that in and of itself is 00:05:56.274 --> 00:06:02.567 - going to help. And so I think what we need to do going forward is we have to plan for June, July, August, 00:06:02.567 --> 00:06:08.504 - September of next year, and just try and stay out in front of it so we don't find ourselves back in 00:06:08.504 --> 00:06:14.499 - the same position next year that we were this year. I had one more question to you. And while we may 00:06:14.499 --> 00:06:19.486 - appreciate their presence for mental health reasons, for other reasons, I know that 00:06:19.586 --> 00:06:25.707 - for example, around several workplaces, we can have large potted plants, large trees. What effect do 00:06:25.707 --> 00:06:31.950 - you think those have on a building that is already humid like the Justice Department, like the Justice 00:06:31.950 --> 00:06:38.192 - Building? I'm sorry. That one's tough for me because I'm a houseplant person. I love plants and I have 00:06:38.192 --> 00:06:44.798 - 100 or so in my home. And so I am definitely a plant advocate. But what we were seeing in the Justice Center 00:06:44.898 --> 00:06:52.204 - is because the humidity is so high, we had detections of a number of molds that are either considered 00:06:52.204 --> 00:06:59.869 - outdoor-only molds, that are not molds common indoors, or molds that are considered to be plant pathogens. 00:06:59.869 --> 00:07:07.247 - And some of the plant pathogen molds will also selectively target humans. And so some of the bad molds 00:07:07.247 --> 00:07:13.694 - that we're targeting unfortunately live in plants. And just the, I scrubbed the planters, 00:07:14.018 --> 00:07:20.944 - along the third floor hallway. And there was some buildup in there that I considered to be problematic. 00:07:20.944 --> 00:07:27.802 - There's some spaces within the Justice Building that have fungus gnat infestations, which just signals 00:07:27.802 --> 00:07:34.528 - overwatering, high humidity, and mold lives in soil on plants. So unfortunately, just because of the 00:07:34.528 --> 00:07:41.387 - humidity and the structure, it's just not a great fit to have the plants in there. So the basic lesson 00:07:41.387 --> 00:07:43.518 - seems to be if it can be moist, 00:07:43.682 --> 00:07:49.583 - try to keep it out of there in the future? Yes. And I mean, it's definitely an abnormal situation because 00:07:49.583 --> 00:07:55.317 - we're just struggling so much to keep the humidity at bay that anything that adds to it, anything that 00:07:55.317 --> 00:08:00.773 - introduces mold into that environment is problematic. That may not be the case in every building, 00:08:00.773 --> 00:08:04.670 - but in this building at this moment, that is the case, in my opinion. 00:08:04.930 --> 00:08:12.806 - Well, we're dealing with some very unusual constraints because that building is beyond its natural lifespan 00:08:12.806 --> 00:08:20.464 - already. I think I compared it before to a work uniform that's been worn and we just need a new uniform. 00:08:20.464 --> 00:08:27.975 - Thank you very much. You're welcome. Part of this has to do with changes in the climate because it was 00:08:27.975 --> 00:08:31.038 - one of the most humid summers in decades. 00:08:31.202 --> 00:08:40.907 - in the Midwest overall. It's certainly people have been talking about it, how they felt it. But we also 00:08:40.907 --> 00:08:50.239 - have a building that's poorly designed. I mean, we're trying to overcome so many things at one time 00:08:50.239 --> 00:08:56.958 - that are going on. But I just want to thank you for your communication. 00:08:57.122 --> 00:09:04.799 - your transparency, your willingness to meet with employees and address their questions. That was a long 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:12.475 - meeting. There are a lot of things that you've done to go above and beyond to help us, but also to help 00:09:12.475 --> 00:09:20.078 - our employees understand what's going on. Because obviously, their health, the health of people in our 00:09:20.078 --> 00:09:22.366 - care and custody is paramount. 00:09:23.202 --> 00:09:32.365 - and you know that you recognize that and and you helped us with that communication because that's not 00:09:32.365 --> 00:09:41.617 - my expertise. Clearly um and I really appreciated um you know we had a conversation earlier this week. 00:09:41.617 --> 00:09:50.600 - He talked about long term planning and that's that is the next step after this report is out. So we 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:51.678 - do um we do 00:09:51.938 --> 00:10:04.850 - the design issues that we face in that building. So, um, I just can't thank you enough. Um you know, 00:10:04.850 --> 00:10:17.122 - you've you've made us a priority clearly. And we are grateful. Absolutely very grateful to you. 00:10:17.122 --> 00:10:20.702 - It's our pleasure to do it. 00:10:21.122 --> 00:10:29.052 - she hasn't yet anything okay great thank you so much thanks again for your time appreciate you all right 00:10:29.052 --> 00:10:37.359 - uh next we have an update from uh richard krider fleet and facilities good morning good morning commissioners 00:10:37.359 --> 00:10:45.288 - richard krider building fleet manager um i'm here regarding roof replacement at the monroe county health 00:10:45.288 --> 00:10:46.270 - building 119 00:10:46.434 --> 00:10:53.487 - West 7th Street. Recently, the commissioner's office contracted with STR Specialty Engineering Group 00:10:53.487 --> 00:11:00.679 - to create the project manual and bid documents. The notice to bidders was advertised on August 2nd and 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:07.732 - August 14th, 2025. We hosted a pre-bid meeting for contractors on August 18th at 10 a.m. I believe 8 00:11:07.732 --> 00:11:12.830 - roofing companies attended. Contractors were asked to provide a base bid 00:11:13.282 --> 00:11:20.944 - and two alternates outlined in the project manual. The base bid is to replace the upper, lower and loading 00:11:20.944 --> 00:11:28.319 - dock roofs. The first alternate is for using 60 mil thick membrane in lieu of 90. The second alternate 00:11:28.319 --> 00:11:36.339 - is to include replacement of the sheet metal panels and gutter liner on the upper roof. Bids were due by 9 a.m. 00:11:36.339 --> 00:11:43.070 - this morning in the legal department. There were five bids submitted. Mr. Cockrell has those. 00:11:43.170 --> 00:11:53.630 - And after he opens, the goal is to have a recommendation to you, I think by the 11th of September. Thank you. 00:11:53.630 --> 00:12:03.804 - Mr. Cockrell, we need a very long sustained drum roll here, please. Yeah. Hopefully not. No pressure, sir. 00:12:03.804 --> 00:12:10.270 - Sometimes it takes a while to open this. And this first one is from 00:12:10.562 --> 00:12:21.196 - Our Roofing Services out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Our Quality Roofing Services, Inc. out of Indianapolis, 00:12:21.196 --> 00:12:33.022 - Indiana. Their base bid is $207,600. The next bid is from Steve's Roofing and Sheet Metal out of Bloomington, Indiana. 00:12:44.098 --> 00:12:55.198 - And their base bid is $131,300. Next is from Danico Roofing Services, Inc. out of Indianapolis, Indiana. 00:13:19.586 --> 00:13:48.222 - And their base bid is $198,800. The next one is from B&L Sheet Metal and Roofing out of Bloomington, Indiana. 00:13:48.994 --> 00:14:05.211 - And their base bid is $214,000. And the final bid is from R. Adams Roofing out of Indianapolis, Indiana. 00:14:05.211 --> 00:14:17.566 - And their base bid is $352,224. And that is all the bids that we have received. 00:14:18.882 --> 00:14:27.749 - Thank you so much. We will take this under advisement. Obviously, we need to find the most responsive 00:14:27.749 --> 00:14:36.442 - responsible bidder and look through all the rest of the documentation that's there. So we will take 00:14:36.442 --> 00:14:45.918 - this under advisement. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much. Any other departments have an update for us? 00:14:48.066 --> 00:14:58.028 - raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. All right with that we will move on to our next item 00:14:58.028 --> 00:15:07.398 - which is public comment. This is time reserved for public comment for items not on our agenda. 00:15:07.398 --> 00:15:16.670 - We ask each commenter to limit their time to three minutes per person. Please state your name 00:15:16.994 --> 00:15:30.934 - and county of residence. Raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Okay, seeing none, we'll move 00:15:30.934 --> 00:15:44.062 - on to the next item, please. I would like to move approval of the minutes for August 21st, 2025. 00:15:44.610 --> 00:15:52.516 - Any edits or corrections? I have none. All right. I did have some and I've already given them to Ms. Freeman. 00:15:52.516 --> 00:15:59.775 - They're going to be part of our packet. All in favor of approving the minutes for August 21st, 2025, 00:15:59.775 --> 00:16:06.962 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. I would like to move approval of 00:16:06.962 --> 00:16:13.790 - the claims docket for accounts payable for August 28th, 2025. Second. Ms. Moser. Good morning. 00:16:14.562 --> 00:16:22.777 - Good morning, commissioners. The accounts payable claims docket for August 28th, 2025, totals $3,357,712.04. 00:16:22.777 --> 00:16:30.842 - This includes all emergency claims and adjustments. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner 00:16:30.842 --> 00:16:38.680 - Madeira? I have none. I don't either. Any public comment on this item? You can raise your hand on Teams 00:16:38.680 --> 00:16:40.414 - or come to the podium. 00:16:47.778 --> 00:16:55.388 - seeing none all those in favor of approving the claims docket for counts payable August twenty eight 00:16:55.388 --> 00:17:03.148 - twenty twenty five signify by saying aye aye motion carries two zero I will not for the record we have 00:17:03.148 --> 00:17:10.758 - received a report from the treasurer covering the period of July twenty twenty five and with that we 00:17:10.758 --> 00:17:13.470 - will move on to new business place. 00:17:14.146 --> 00:17:22.354 - I would like to move approval of the AT&T multi-service agreement, fund name County General, fund number 1,000 00:17:22.354 --> 00:17:29.749 - in the amount of $88,547.40. Second. Mr. Crone, good morning. Good morning, everyone. So everyone's 00:17:29.749 --> 00:17:37.292 - known for a while that AT&T and the other phone carriers are trying to get away from their old copper 00:17:37.292 --> 00:17:39.806 - lines and get everybody on board. 00:17:39.938 --> 00:17:46.047 - For two years now, we've been working with AT&T trying to identify all the copper lines we still have 00:17:46.047 --> 00:17:52.396 - remaining. Obviously, the county has a very vast phone system, so with multiple locations, so it's taking 00:17:52.396 --> 00:17:58.685 - some time to get sorted out. What's currently in your package, what AT&T has identified is our remaining 00:17:58.685 --> 00:18:04.734 - copper Centrix lines that need to be replaced. They do this, part of this process is they bring in a 00:18:04.866 --> 00:18:11.197 - signal converter, which is laid out in your packet there. It shows you what the device is that converts 00:18:11.197 --> 00:18:17.710 - that from an analog to digital signal. Doing this process with all this transition will bring us a savings 00:18:17.710 --> 00:18:24.345 - right now of about $750 a month. If we don't get off that copper in the next year when our contract expires, 00:18:24.345 --> 00:18:30.554 - that we'll end up spending about $10,000 more a month because the way AT&T will change their charges. 00:18:30.554 --> 00:18:33.598 - So it's a prudent that we get this taken care of. 00:18:34.050 --> 00:18:42.266 - Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Madeira? I have none. Yeah, I mean, in the short term, 00:18:42.266 --> 00:18:50.033 - $750 a month versus $88,000, that's it, you know, is it worth doing? But now, you know, if we know that 00:18:50.033 --> 00:18:57.278 - within a year that our monthly costs are going to increase so much, yes, it's worth doing. Yeah. 00:18:57.378 --> 00:19:03.098 - Right now, we're paying about $3,000 a month on those copper lines. So you see where that dropped that 00:19:03.098 --> 00:19:08.706 - down to. But that's why I say later on, those numbers will shift. Right. Right. Right. That's, yeah. 00:19:08.706 --> 00:19:14.870 - So the 88 would be well worth it now. Got it. Thank you. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. 00:19:14.870 --> 00:19:17.758 - You raise your hand in teams or come to the podium. 00:19:25.442 --> 00:19:33.547 - none all those in favor of approving the AT&T multi-service agreement signify by saying aye aye aye 00:19:33.547 --> 00:19:41.653 - motion carries to zero thank you very much thank you next item please i would like to move approval 00:19:41.653 --> 00:19:50.001 - of resolution 2025-35 approving the statement of benefits for SEMTRA US LLC second mr cockrell yes and 00:19:50.001 --> 00:19:50.974 - i i'll just 00:19:51.234 --> 00:19:59.623 - for the record is resolution 36. There's a typographical error on the cover sheet and so I just wanted 00:19:59.623 --> 00:20:07.769 - to note that. This item as a tax payment went through the county council meeting on Tuesday and was 00:20:07.769 --> 00:20:15.995 - unanimously approved. The site we're looking at was declared an economic revitalization area in 2017 00:20:15.995 --> 00:20:17.054 - beginning on 00:20:17.282 --> 00:20:23.853 - I think it was January 1, 2018 for 15 years. So it's already gone through that process. A state code 00:20:23.853 --> 00:20:29.838 - does require that, but it isn't in the Curry profile TIF district. This is the old GE plan. 00:20:29.838 --> 00:20:36.864 - I think we've been referring to it as we've been working with the company as the park project. And so this, 00:20:36.864 --> 00:20:43.955 - since it's in a TIF district in order for the tax abatement to be finally approved, the county commissioners 00:20:43.955 --> 00:20:46.622 - or the legislative body of the group who 00:20:46.850 --> 00:20:53.509 - first started the TIF has to approve any tax abatement in that area. I would tell you that I've talked 00:20:53.509 --> 00:21:00.297 - with the Redevelopment Commission who oversees our TIF district and our conversation was the whole point 00:21:00.297 --> 00:21:06.826 - of that TIF district is to get this building in operation and productive again. That TIF district is 00:21:06.826 --> 00:21:11.998 - a very small TIF district that only includes this building and the parking lot. 00:21:12.290 --> 00:21:19.921 - the lot to the left that has a gigantic parking lot on it. So from a redevelopment commission perspective, 00:21:19.921 --> 00:21:27.053 - what is promised in this whole agreement, and I think the company is here to talk about it as well, 00:21:27.053 --> 00:21:34.399 - is they're gonna do some rehabilitation to the property and they're going to add in the next 10 years, 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:37.822 - three production lines, which would be all told 00:21:38.050 --> 00:21:45.690 - well north of 300 employees, well north of $300 million investment in the property. So I've got the 00:21:45.690 --> 00:21:53.406 - company here who kind of share more of the details of what they're planning to do there, but this is 00:21:53.406 --> 00:22:01.886 - coming to you because of that state code. Thank you so much. Would somebody from Central or BDC like to speak? 00:22:01.886 --> 00:22:05.630 - Good morning. I need to sign in here. Please do. 00:22:15.586 --> 00:22:22.939 - Good morning. Yeah, so my name is Pat Adams. I'm the general manager at the Bloomington site. I've spent 00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:30.012 - about the last 20 years at the site. And as Jeff said, we've recently purchased the old GE building, 00:22:30.012 --> 00:22:36.665 - as we've dubbed Project Park, with the intention of expanding the type of manufacturing we do, 00:22:36.665 --> 00:22:44.158 - which is contract manufacturing work in perennial or sterile injectable products, both syringes and vials. 00:22:44.834 --> 00:22:52.130 - The uniqueness of this property gives us the ability to step into kind of a new field of the same type 00:22:52.130 --> 00:22:59.497 - of manufacturing, highly potent. It's something that our site in Halle, Germany does. It's very popular 00:22:59.497 --> 00:23:06.014 - or relevant in the oncology therapy. So a lot of cancer products are moving this direction. 00:23:06.114 --> 00:23:12.095 - more targeted products, more targeted therapies. And it allows us to become the only North American 00:23:12.095 --> 00:23:18.315 - commercial manufacturer for these types of products. So it really helps our clientele in terms of their 00:23:18.315 --> 00:23:24.356 - supply chain and domestic supply chain. And this property is quite large. It gives us the ability to 00:23:24.356 --> 00:23:30.397 - continue to expand in Monroe County. So as Jeff said, the abatement has those commitments from us to 00:23:30.397 --> 00:23:32.670 - add one line in the first three years 00:23:32.898 --> 00:23:40.185 - And then in each of the subsequent three years, another line that equates to close, I think we put 90 people. 00:23:40.185 --> 00:23:46.810 - It's probably a little conservative with each of those manufacturing lines. The building itself and 00:23:46.810 --> 00:23:53.567 - the property does allow us to go beyond that if we have the opportunity. A lot of that will be driven 00:23:53.567 --> 00:24:00.126 - by our client interest and demand, of course, but on our current property on 927 South Curry Pike, 00:24:00.258 --> 00:24:07.562 - We are essentially landlocked there. We're out of space. It's about a 29-acre parcel. We also lease 00:24:07.562 --> 00:24:14.867 - space near the Cook headquarters on Daniels Way. So this gives us, you know, this is a 65-acre lot. 00:24:14.867 --> 00:24:22.171 - The building itself's probably got close to 800,000 square feet. We intend to keep and continue the 00:24:22.171 --> 00:24:26.846 - outfit that Cook started about 300,000 to 400,000 feet of that. 00:24:27.010 --> 00:24:34.392 - And then to the east, kind of some of the older blue area, we intend to demo and that will be a grass field. 00:24:34.392 --> 00:24:41.231 - So we showed a rendering of that Tuesday. So very exciting to be part of that, having lived here for 00:24:41.231 --> 00:24:47.529 - 20 plus years. So yeah, that's our intent. It allows us to both expand our current offerings 00:24:47.529 --> 00:24:54.708 - and manufacturing, really cater to custom solutions for our clients, as well as step into that new highly 00:24:54.708 --> 00:24:56.062 - potent field, which 00:24:56.194 --> 00:25:02.994 - is a very strategic decision for the company so. Great comments or questions for Mr. Adams? No I think 00:25:02.994 --> 00:25:09.793 - that people think that tax abatements are basically corporate giveaways and they're not they're really 00:25:09.793 --> 00:25:16.857 - community partnerships and you guys are going to take and invest a lot of money in our community's future. 00:25:16.857 --> 00:25:20.158 - You've already taken a facility that was blighted 00:25:20.322 --> 00:25:28.139 - And you're going to do more to turn it into a productive asset. You're going to give us good living wage jobs. 00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:35.252 - And the abatement is structured to incentivize further investment. And we look forward to partnering 00:25:35.252 --> 00:25:42.788 - with you in our community's future. So thank you very much. Yeah, I'm typically not a big fan of corporate 00:25:42.788 --> 00:25:44.830 - welfare, because in a sense, 00:25:44.930 --> 00:25:51.834 - every taxpayer in Monroe County has to pick up what's not coming in. But obviously this is in a TIF 00:25:51.834 --> 00:25:58.807 - and so things are a little different. And which is also to benefit businesses but businesses have to 00:25:58.807 --> 00:26:05.918 - benefit the community and I really I want to take a second to thank Mr. Cockrell for crafting a really 00:26:06.242 --> 00:26:15.451 - And it's a great product. Which will which very clearly defines obligations on both sides. As a good 00:26:15.451 --> 00:26:25.208 - contract should so kudos to Mr Cockrell for that. And but it is exciting and you know we thought something 00:26:25.208 --> 00:26:34.782 - was going to happen with this property. Just a year or two ago and that fell through and it's just been. 00:26:34.882 --> 00:26:44.960 - I think we're all very excited to see something come out of this property and couldn't think of a better 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:54.655 - way to use it. And I just want to, again, compliment your company on the expansion on Curry south of 00:26:54.655 --> 00:27:00.222 - this site that we're talking about, but really good work. 00:27:00.482 --> 00:27:09.815 - And people are really excited about it. I mean, we even helped invest in a bus line to ensure that people 00:27:09.815 --> 00:27:19.587 - can get there. So it's all coming together finally. And that's a really positive thing. So thank you for that. 00:27:19.587 --> 00:27:25.310 - All right. Did you also want to make a comment, Ms. Pearl? Sure. 00:27:30.242 --> 00:27:36.083 - Thank you. I'm Jen Pearl. I'm president of the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation, and mainly 00:27:36.083 --> 00:27:42.093 - just came to say thank you. The county team, Jeff, everyone has put a ton of work into this in structuring 00:27:42.093 --> 00:27:48.215 - to make sure it's a great partnership with the company. We've been really pleased to work alongside you all. 00:27:48.215 --> 00:27:54.113 - We're very excited about what this could bring for the community and the site, in addition to the wages, 00:27:54.113 --> 00:27:58.494 - which are above the median household wages for both the county and the state. 00:27:58.658 --> 00:28:07.569 - So mainly came to say thank you for your consideration today. And we're excited about this. Great. 00:28:07.569 --> 00:28:17.109 - Thank you so much. Thanks. I will sign in. Yes, please sign. Appreciate it. All right. Any public comment 00:28:17.109 --> 00:28:26.110 - on this item? You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium here in the net you will room. 00:28:34.658 --> 00:28:42.511 - I do have one. That's interesting. I cannot see the name, but we do have Ms. Purdy, can you see the 00:28:42.511 --> 00:28:50.442 - name there? It's like a CE. There we go. Oh, I know who that is. Mr. MG. Good morning. Good morning, 00:28:50.442 --> 00:28:58.451 - Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Madeira. I just want to echo a lot of the statements I heard at the 00:28:58.451 --> 00:29:01.278 - County Council earlier in the week. 00:29:01.698 --> 00:29:08.053 - and today about what a good investment this is for our community. Simtra is an excellent community partner. 00:29:08.053 --> 00:29:14.467 - I just booked one of their fine employees for an Edgewood Junior High Career Panel. They're very accessible. 00:29:14.467 --> 00:29:20.998 - This is a great way to reinvest in a reused property. Great work by Jen Pearl at the BEDC, Jeff Pearl as well. 00:29:20.998 --> 00:29:27.117 - So I just want to give kudos to everybody involved. This is an exciting moment for economic development 00:29:27.117 --> 00:29:29.118 - here in Monroe County. Thank you. 00:29:30.402 --> 00:29:40.860 - Thank you so much, Mr. MG. Any other public comment on this item? You can raise your hand in teams or 00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:51.831 - come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving resolution 2025-36 signify by saying aye. 00:29:51.831 --> 00:29:57.470 - Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Thank you all for being here. 00:30:00.450 --> 00:30:09.590 - Next item, please. Just one question. It is 36 and not 35. Yes. Okay. I would like to move approval 00:30:09.590 --> 00:30:19.279 - of subdivision participation forms for two opioid lawsuits, Sandoz and Purdue. Second. Mr. Cockrell. Yes, 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:28.785 - and I got an email yesterday that says there may be more on their way. So just, but these are two that, 00:30:28.785 --> 00:30:29.790 - one is the 00:30:30.210 --> 00:30:38.858 - Purdue agreement, and it is one that we have looked at, and it went to the back to the banker or the 00:30:38.858 --> 00:30:47.934 - court and the court said, not good enough and so they renegotiated it and this is the end result of that. 00:30:48.162 --> 00:30:56.544 - We have outside counsel, Cohen and Malad, who specializes in these class action lawsuits. They've reviewed 00:30:56.544 --> 00:31:04.457 - this. They've recommended approval of both. The Purdue one is extremely complicated because issue in 00:31:04.457 --> 00:31:12.291 - it involves Purdue. And it involves bankruptcy court and a whole lot of different areas. The second 00:31:12.291 --> 00:31:16.286 - one is from what they termed one of the more minor 00:31:16.706 --> 00:31:22.828 - people in this realm in this opioid litigation, and the settlement is for just under $100 billion if 00:31:22.828 --> 00:31:29.072 - that gives you a an idea of what what what all these in the public an idea of what all these has done. 00:31:29.072 --> 00:31:35.134 - I actually think for our purposes the sand dose maybe a little bit more important because the first 00:31:35.298 --> 00:31:41.409 - The Purdue one and the reason I didn't go into a lot of detail is because that's really what the state 00:31:41.409 --> 00:31:47.638 - legislation was about. And the state was part of that. Because of the history with how it's gone through 00:31:47.638 --> 00:31:53.630 - the court and back and forth, they are wanting us to sign off on it as well because of that history. 00:31:53.630 --> 00:31:59.563 - But ultimately, at the end of the day, I'm not sure there's really any requirement that hasn't been 00:31:59.563 --> 00:32:04.606 - taken care of by the statute. The second one may fall into that category or may not. 00:32:04.770 --> 00:32:12.113 - I'm not sure the state has really picked up on that litigation as well, but we had included them in 00:32:12.113 --> 00:32:19.530 - our initial complaints. And so that one is for just under $100 million. That's total. That's not us. 00:32:19.530 --> 00:32:27.387 - There is a percentage associated with us. I think it's between $100,000 and $200,000 that would ultimately 00:32:27.387 --> 00:32:31.646 - come to us, which is like 0.0137% or something like that. 00:32:31.842 --> 00:32:39.234 - But we want to get these back to our council so that they can file with the court. And they have to 00:32:39.234 --> 00:32:46.403 - do that sometime in September, so we wanted to get it back to them in August. Thank you so much. 00:32:46.403 --> 00:32:54.312 - Comments or questions? Commissioner Madeira? No, it's just amazing how long all of these opioid litigation 00:32:54.312 --> 00:33:01.630 - processes have taken. It's good to see that they're trickling down to this level. Thank you. Yeah. 00:33:02.370 --> 00:33:12.053 - I'm not casting aspersions against the legal industry, but I think those are the folks who are doing 00:33:12.053 --> 00:33:22.119 - the best in all of this. And that's not the intention. We really need to get this money in for treatment 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:29.022 - and investments and try to help the folks who are suffering. So anyway. 00:33:29.218 --> 00:33:40.129 - public comment on this item. Raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those 00:33:40.129 --> 00:33:51.150 - in favor of approving the subdivision participation forms for two opioid lawsuits. Misspelled there. 00:33:51.150 --> 00:33:59.006 - Sandoz and Purdue signify by saying aye. Motion carries 2-0. All right. 00:33:59.234 --> 00:34:07.937 - Next item, please. I would like to move approval for N-dot change order number three for Vernal Pike 00:34:07.937 --> 00:34:17.243 - Sunrise Greetings Extension, fund named Vernal Pike Sunrise Greetings, fund number 8165. Second. Ms. Ridge. 00:34:17.243 --> 00:34:23.102 - Good morning. I want to clarify this is a zero dollar change order. 00:34:23.202 --> 00:34:31.113 - That's why there was no funding attached to this. It was just basically changing to use an E5 as an 00:34:31.113 --> 00:34:39.894 - alternate internal curing method for the structural concrete. It's an in-dot approved mixed design. And again, 00:34:39.894 --> 00:34:47.330 - there was no cost change and it basically helps the concrete absorb better and set up better, 00:34:47.330 --> 00:34:50.494 - making it for a longer lasting product. 00:34:54.658 --> 00:35:05.895 - comments or questions commissioner Madeira. I know I think this is really cool actually thank you so much. 00:35:05.895 --> 00:35:16.501 - I appreciate the work on this it's it's interesting to see. You know the details of this kind of how 00:35:16.501 --> 00:35:24.062 - much it involves. Because it it doesn't a lot. So yeah. Really grateful 00:35:24.386 --> 00:35:33.724 - for your efforts on this and hopefully it will last longer, which would be nice. All right. Let's see 00:35:33.724 --> 00:35:42.878 - if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:35:51.522 --> 00:36:06.451 - see none. All those in favor of approving in that change order number 3 for vernal pike sunrise greetings 00:36:06.451 --> 00:36:20.254 - extension signify by saying aye. Motion carries to 0. All right. Before we get to the next thing. 00:36:20.418 --> 00:36:29.021 - my colleague to consider a request to the Monroe County Planning Commission to change the zoning of 00:36:29.021 --> 00:36:38.312 - the Monroe County Nature Preserve Park, which is currently zoned as CVR, which is conservation residential, 00:36:38.312 --> 00:36:46.398 - and rezone it to institutional public. Would you be willing to support that request? Yes. OK. 00:36:46.498 --> 00:37:01.850 - great. I will forward that information to the planning commission and they will begin their work. 00:37:01.850 --> 00:37:15.166 - It's not urgent so they know that. All right and with that so do you have just a few 00:37:15.362 --> 00:37:22.881 - Announcements today, first and foremost, we are going to be closed. County government will be closed 00:37:22.881 --> 00:37:30.475 - on Labor Day, which is September 1st. All of our offices are closed. We're grateful for all the labor 00:37:30.475 --> 00:37:38.068 - of all of our good folks here in Monroe County government who work every day to serve this community. 00:37:38.068 --> 00:37:42.014 - A reminder to sign up for the Resident Alert System. 00:37:42.338 --> 00:37:51.760 - for whether health related emergencies and other updates. You can receive information by phone, text, 00:37:51.760 --> 00:38:01.367 - and or email. We do continue to hold office hours via Teams each month. It's on the calendar at iam.gov 00:38:01.367 --> 00:38:10.974 - slash county slash Monroe. And just as an FYI, the next blood drive at Ivy Tech 200 Daniels Way will be 00:38:11.330 --> 00:38:22.201 - Wednesday, September 3rd and Thursday, September 4th. Both of these blood drives are running from noon to 6 p.m. 00:38:22.201 --> 00:38:31.917 - in room C-130A and B, and that's at IB Tech 200 Daniels Way. And a reminder that for those folks who 00:38:31.917 --> 00:38:40.190 - live outside the city and the town of Valsville, that there are still some funds left 00:38:40.354 --> 00:38:50.870 - for rural housing repair and that is now being managed by originally ARPA funded. That is now being 00:38:50.870 --> 00:39:01.387 - managed by Bloomington Foundation and so you please work through your Township Trustee. This is for 00:39:01.387 --> 00:39:07.486 - necessary repairs for owner occupied homes in the county. 00:39:08.386 --> 00:39:16.481 - anything else for the good of the order? No, I just think it's really neat to drive down past the convention 00:39:16.481 --> 00:39:24.577 - center expansion site and see that while underway. And I think kind of we're in the swing of fall, so. Yeah, 00:39:24.577 --> 00:39:32.004 - really, it is good news. And just as a note of record, tomorrow at 1130, here in the NATU room, the 00:39:32.004 --> 00:39:33.118 - county council 00:39:33.314 --> 00:39:42.129 - is holding a special work session where they're going to receive updated information from DLZ on the 00:39:42.129 --> 00:39:51.381 - proposed basic floor plan for the new justice building. So we're looking forward to getting the council's 00:39:51.381 --> 00:39:59.934 - input on that. All right. We do not have a work session today, correct? All right. Anything else? 00:40:00.322 --> 00:40:09.202 - I do not. All right. Have a great, safe, fun Labor Day weekend. And our next meeting will be Thursday, 00:40:09.202 --> 00:40:18.686 - September 4th. My gosh, it's going to be September. All right. With that, we are adjourned. Thanks, everyone.