WEBVTT 00:00:00.194 --> 00:00:09.188 - I'm going to call to order this meeting in Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It is Thursday, October 00:00:09.188 --> 00:00:18.609 - 9th and joined here by Commissioner Madeira. I'm Commissioner Thomas and we're waiting to see if Commissioner 00:00:18.609 --> 00:00:24.862 - Jones will join us via Teams. And we'll begin with our public statement. 00:00:25.186 --> 00:00:31.736 - We, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights 00:00:31.736 --> 00:00:37.832 - of all people, regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, 00:00:37.832 --> 00:00:44.577 - gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin. And we affirm the right of every 00:00:44.577 --> 00:00:51.192 - person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist at every step discrimination 00:00:51.192 --> 00:00:54.110 - and harmful policies, whatever their source. 00:00:54.306 --> 00:01:09.798 - We also stand in support of our public school systems, both RBB and MCCSC. And we will now move on to 00:01:09.798 --> 00:01:19.518 - our department updates. Ms. Kelly. Good morning, commissioners. 00:01:20.290 --> 00:01:27.747 - According to the Indiana Department of Health dashboard, emergency department visits for COVID-like 00:01:27.747 --> 00:01:35.279 - illness have decreased and wastewater concentrations are decreasing as well. Flu activity across the 00:01:35.279 --> 00:01:42.736 - state is minimal. The CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for all people six months and older. And 00:01:42.736 --> 00:01:48.478 - the community health clinic at 333 East Miller Drive has vaccines available. 00:01:48.834 --> 00:01:58.483 - You can call 812-353-3244 for more information or for an appointment. All right. Thank you so much. 00:01:58.483 --> 00:02:08.421 - Comments or questions, Commissioner Madeira? I have none. Thank you so much for the update. Thank you. 00:02:08.421 --> 00:02:13.342 - Okay. Any other departments have an update for us? 00:02:29.218 --> 00:02:38.562 - Having done, we'll move on to our next agenda item, which is public comment. This is for general public 00:02:38.562 --> 00:02:47.816 - comment for items not on our agenda. Commenters are asked to provide your name and county of residence 00:02:47.816 --> 00:02:55.902 - and to limit your commentary to three minutes. Does anybody wish to offer public comment? 00:02:57.602 --> 00:03:06.276 - raise your hand on teams or come to the podium please come to the podium. My name is Molly Radecki. 00:03:06.276 --> 00:03:15.383 - I just wanted to publicly thank Commissioner Medeiros for helping me with my stormwater issue and sewage 00:03:15.383 --> 00:03:23.710 - issue. We've come to agreement with South Central Sewage District in Binyam Fanyam. We have the 00:03:24.098 --> 00:03:30.776 - the tools that will work now, which is a backflow device and a backflow valve that will keep me from 00:03:30.776 --> 00:03:37.652 - flooding. With that said, Steinsville has a unique infrastructure and needs help. And so I have reached 00:03:37.652 --> 00:03:43.735 - out to the Center for Rural Engagement. I did put in a grant, it's not a grant application, 00:03:43.735 --> 00:03:49.950 - but an application for partnership for the sustainable Hoosier communities. I don't know what 00:03:50.114 --> 00:03:56.892 - if we'll get it or not, but it's a step in the right direction. They also have tremendous resources, 00:03:56.892 --> 00:04:03.670 - and one of the resources they recently gave me was the Regional Development Authority, and I will be 00:04:03.670 --> 00:04:04.542 - writing them 00:04:04.834 --> 00:04:10.780 - a letter of inquiry for a development plan. And the person we really need to get involved in this is 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:16.844 - Bruce Payton, who works for Hanson Professional Services. It's a civil engineering service. And I just 00:04:16.844 --> 00:04:22.849 - want to put that name in your head, Bruce Payton. He was born in Steinsville. He remembers when there 00:04:22.849 --> 00:04:28.795 - was a train coming through. And he can give us the right plan for Steinsville. Also, with that said, 00:04:28.795 --> 00:04:34.800 - if you haven't been out to Steinsville, it's the Hilly 100 on Saturday. And the mercantile is a great 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:45.466 - that's a great place to watch the hilly 100. Thank you. I'm glad things worked out. I know we did it. 00:04:45.466 --> 00:04:56.341 - Some ARPA funding related to the to the sewage issue, septic issue, and I know it is unique. Thank you. 00:04:56.341 --> 00:05:02.302 - Thank you. Anyone else have any public comment to offer? 00:05:04.354 --> 00:05:18.779 - You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. We have been joined by commissioner Jones. Welcome. 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:33.342 - Yay. Oh, nice to be here. Great to see you as always. Um, we are now on to the next agenda item, please. 00:05:33.762 --> 00:05:41.834 - I would like to move approval of the minutes for October 2nd, 2025. I will second that. Any comments, 00:05:41.834 --> 00:05:50.064 - corrections, edits? No, I already sent them in. Great. Thank you so much. Mr. Cockrell, will you please 00:05:50.064 --> 00:05:58.214 - call the roll on approval of the minutes for October 2nd, 2025? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner 00:05:58.214 --> 00:06:03.358 - Jones? Abstain. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved to 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:11.246 - to zero with one abstention. Thank you so much. Next item please. I would like to move approval of the 00:06:11.246 --> 00:06:19.077 - claims docket for accounts payable for October 9th 2025. I will second that. Good morning. Good morning 00:06:19.077 --> 00:06:25.854 - commissioners. The accounts payable claims docket for October 9th 2025 totals one million 00:06:26.050 --> 00:06:34.614 - $534,735.75. This includes all emergency claims and adjustments. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:06:34.614 --> 00:06:42.697 - Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Commissioner Rivera? No, I have none. Thank you. Thank you so much. 00:06:42.697 --> 00:06:50.941 - Let's see if there's, I don't either, so let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can 00:06:50.941 --> 00:06:53.022 - raise your hand on teams. 00:06:53.570 --> 00:07:02.970 - or come to the podium here in the NATU Hill Room. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the 00:07:02.970 --> 00:07:12.370 - roll on the approval of claim stock and accounts payable October 9th, 2025. Commissioner Thomas. Yes. 00:07:12.370 --> 00:07:22.046 - Commissioner Jones. Yes. Commissioner Madeira. Yes. Motion is approved three to zero. Thank you so much. 00:07:22.178 --> 00:07:30.812 - Uh, we did not receive reports, uh, this week. Um, but we will now move on to, um, new business, please. 00:07:30.812 --> 00:07:39.035 - I would like to move approval for Taylor concrete service incorporated to repair a damaged sidewalk 00:07:39.035 --> 00:07:47.752 - at the health building. Fund name 2021. Geo bond fund number 48 14 in the amount of $7,500. I will second 00:07:47.752 --> 00:07:49.150 - that Mr. Crider. 00:07:49.922 --> 00:07:55.770 - Good morning, commissioners, Richard Crider, Monroe County Building and Fleet. This request is to accept 00:07:55.770 --> 00:08:01.506 - the proposal submitted by Taylor Concrete Services, Inc. in the amount of $7,500 to remove and replace 00:08:01.506 --> 00:08:07.076 - the damaged sidewalk and curbs leading to the northeast accessible entrance at the health building. 00:08:07.076 --> 00:08:12.757 - All right. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Madeira? No, this sounds absolutely 00:08:12.757 --> 00:08:18.437 - critical. I know that we're doing a lot of work on the health building and this will no doubt help us 00:08:18.437 --> 00:08:19.774 - round out that project. 00:08:21.090 --> 00:08:31.682 - Commissioner Jones? Yeah, this stands needed. I know it is needed. I absolutely agree. Thank you for 00:08:31.682 --> 00:08:36.926 - working on this. Any public comment on this item? 00:08:46.370 --> 00:08:53.702 - Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the Taylor Concrete Service Inc. agreement 00:08:53.702 --> 00:09:01.105 - to repair a damaged sidewalk at the health building? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. 00:09:01.105 --> 00:09:08.437 - Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved, three to zero. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, 00:09:08.437 --> 00:09:09.790 - next item, please. 00:09:10.466 --> 00:09:18.578 - I would like to move approval for Eagle View Master Services Agreement for reassessment. I'm sorry, 00:09:18.578 --> 00:09:27.014 - fund name reassessment. Fund number 1224 in the amount of $450,000 and six cents over six years. I will 00:09:27.014 --> 00:09:34.558 - second that. Assessor Sharp, good morning. Good morning, commissioners. Thank you very much. 00:09:36.002 --> 00:09:43.318 - letting us come up tonight or today. This is our pictometry product, the Eagle View. If you've all been 00:09:43.318 --> 00:09:50.704 - on GIS in the last, Lisa and I were just talking, we can't really remember when we started this project, 00:09:50.704 --> 00:09:57.809 - probably a good 20 years ago. And it's the background, it's the background for everything that we do 00:09:57.809 --> 00:10:04.914 - in my office and a lot of other offices. I'm sure if John was here with the GIS, he would be saying, 00:10:04.914 --> 00:10:05.758 - it's great. 00:10:06.114 --> 00:10:12.659 - I'm so excited about this contract because Dave Askins just asked me, I don't think he believed when 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:19.269 - he read the contract that we're going to one inch pixels. We're going to go down to one inch. When we 00:10:19.269 --> 00:10:25.879 - first started this, I'm pretty sure they were three inches when we first started. You know, you could 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:32.618 - hardly see anything. It was out there. Then I think we went to two inches and now with the cost of this 00:10:32.618 --> 00:10:34.238 - kind of stuff, you know, 00:10:34.402 --> 00:10:40.492 - all of this you know the old Apple computer probably you know would fit in this room and it was a million 00:10:40.492 --> 00:10:46.352 - dollars and now look what you get them on your phone this happens to everything and this has happened 00:10:46.352 --> 00:10:52.500 - to this this product so we're going to go to the one inch pixel with your approval and it'll start they'll 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:53.534 - start flying over 00:10:53.890 --> 00:11:01.559 - next spring before the trees come up and come out. So that's the whole contract, and it did raise a 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:09.228 - little bit. Of course, now we're going to the one-inch pixels. The last contract that we signed, it 00:11:09.228 --> 00:11:17.280 - was at $63,519 a year, and now we're going up to $75,000, which for what we're going to be getting here, 00:11:17.280 --> 00:11:23.262 - I think it is well worth it, or I wouldn't have agreed to this. I've seen it. 00:11:23.490 --> 00:11:30.571 - It's been demonstrated, other people already have it. Lisa reminded me when we first got into this, 00:11:30.571 --> 00:11:38.078 - it's been a while, the city had their own, they were part of us, but they had a one-inch, was it one-inch 00:11:38.078 --> 00:11:45.371 - pixel for one year? And we only had the three because we're the county. But what's happened, and since 00:11:45.371 --> 00:11:52.382 - we started this, you know what's happened in this county as well as I do. Look at the development. 00:11:52.706 --> 00:12:00.148 - And this this pictometry is another tool and our toolbox and everybody else's that works in the county 00:12:00.148 --> 00:12:07.445 - And the public they use this tool like you cannot believe every appeal I have They've used the tools 00:12:07.445 --> 00:12:14.886 - that we have which is fine. That's why we do this But I think this one inch is going to be so exciting 00:12:14.886 --> 00:12:21.822 - when it finally comes in I said something to Dave and he thought it was kind of creepy but when 00:12:22.082 --> 00:12:28.494 - When we first started this, we always told people, don't go outside if you don't want your picture taken. 00:12:28.494 --> 00:12:34.786 - But some of the things that we've seen over the years, there was somebody playing tennis in some place. 00:12:34.786 --> 00:12:40.896 - And when they went over, they got the shot. And you saw the tennis ball. And there's been fun things 00:12:40.896 --> 00:12:47.550 - like that. So it's going to be one inch. So you're going to be seeing a lot more stuff. So stay in the house. 00:12:47.778 --> 00:12:54.576 - If you don't want to be seen, I'll try to tell people when it happens that they're going to fly over. 00:12:54.576 --> 00:13:01.375 - But I'm excited about this. I'm asking, I'm asking for your approval on this. And I know you probably 00:13:01.375 --> 00:13:08.040 - have questions. Thank you so much. Uh, comments or questions, commissioner Jones. Yeah, this sounds 00:13:08.040 --> 00:13:14.839 - very exciting. Uh, I know it'll make a big difference for a whole lot of people. Commissioner Madure. 00:13:14.839 --> 00:13:17.438 - Um, I was just curious in general, um, 00:13:17.698 --> 00:13:25.666 - You know, what does the flyovers help to accomplish for the assessor's office? Well, that's the whole 00:13:25.666 --> 00:13:33.556 - background of what we do. When you pull up a parcel, you can see everything. And this is part of our 00:13:33.556 --> 00:13:41.446 - GIS. This goes into the GIS. So this development, we're out in the field. I have people in the field 00:13:41.446 --> 00:13:44.414 - all the time. We're out in the field. 00:13:44.578 --> 00:13:52.372 - with development and not everybody gets permits maybe. And so when we're analyzing everything and we 00:13:52.372 --> 00:14:00.165 - do this continuously, we can completely go around the house and around the property. And you can see 00:14:00.165 --> 00:14:07.959 - so much in appeals where it really helps is, you're talking to the customer, the taxpayer, and we're 00:14:07.959 --> 00:14:10.814 - talking about everything in the yard 00:14:10.946 --> 00:14:17.155 - barns and all of this kind of stuff. It just makes it so much easier for everybody to see it. But just 00:14:17.155 --> 00:14:23.486 - as I was leaving, one of my field people were talking, was telling us that we just had a fire in a barn. 00:14:23.486 --> 00:14:29.695 - So we're going to take it off the rows. We go out and we look at this, but now we won't be able to see 00:14:29.695 --> 00:14:35.784 - it today, but we can see the barn that they're talking about. And we'll just take that off. And then 00:14:35.784 --> 00:14:39.582 - the next time we're in the field, then when I say we, it's me. 00:14:39.810 --> 00:14:45.309 - two of my staff, and we'll go out and make sure that it is destroyed. And that was a barn. Ungodly, 00:14:45.309 --> 00:14:51.138 - it's a house, but no one was hurt in the barn. But we do that for everything. So you can really pinpoint, 00:14:51.138 --> 00:14:56.802 - because when you're out in the field, things aren't marked real well sometimes. And so we look in, and 00:14:56.802 --> 00:15:02.301 - then we have everything on our phones, just like everybody else does. So we're out in the field, we 00:15:02.301 --> 00:15:04.830 - can pull up stuff, and we do it all the time. 00:15:05.730 --> 00:15:11.441 - This is the background and the basis for everything that we do. The tool in our toolbox is so important. 00:15:11.441 --> 00:15:16.989 - Yep. Yep. I thought it might be really important for the public just to know how critical it is. It's 00:15:16.989 --> 00:15:22.483 - really the backbone of the system. And it plays an important safety role, too, so that you guys know 00:15:22.483 --> 00:15:28.139 - what to expect when you go out in the field. Hopefully. Yeah. But it's the public uses it. Yes. I think 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:32.382 - everybody in Monroe County and out of Monroe County uses this. And it's free. 00:15:32.482 --> 00:15:39.116 - And that was the commitment we made to the public when we started this, that we wouldn't charge. And 00:15:39.116 --> 00:15:45.685 - some counties charge. Wow. Well, it's money. And as things get tight, but the public paid for this. 00:15:45.685 --> 00:15:52.385 - So we shouldn't be ever thinking that. Exactly. If Askin's involved, it's not going to be Eagle View, 00:15:52.385 --> 00:15:54.750 - though. It's going to be Hawk View. 00:15:54.914 --> 00:16:03.098 - Please note, I'm having enough trouble. I'm having enough trouble remembering eagle views sometimes. 00:16:03.098 --> 00:16:11.444 - But yeah, eagle view. I think I was most impressed with the penny a year additional, the 0.06, the six 00:16:11.444 --> 00:16:17.278 - cents over six years. That's kind of funny. No, just for clarification, 00:16:17.506 --> 00:16:24.596 - on our sheet, the third flight is spring of 2030. It says flight two, flight two, but it's flight three 00:16:24.596 --> 00:16:31.550 - is 2030. Every two years? Yeah. Yeah, they do it. That's the third flight. Now, the reason we're paid 00:16:31.550 --> 00:16:38.504 - per year, even though they don't fly every year, is because they house the data. Yes, and even though 00:16:38.504 --> 00:16:44.094 - they're not flying every year, it's completely, I don't know how to explain this, 00:16:44.674 --> 00:16:51.326 - So much new stuff is happening all the time, so they're having to go in and change things just like 00:16:51.326 --> 00:16:57.977 - we do. So it's an ongoing thing. I was talking to one of the counties, and it had to be a very rich 00:16:57.977 --> 00:17:04.762 - county. I don't know who that is in the state of Indiana, but it was someone that was, I think it was 00:17:04.762 --> 00:17:12.478 - Hamilton, that was, I think they're having to re-look at that because they're in the same crisis everybody else is. 00:17:12.578 --> 00:17:19.801 - they were gonna go to every year flyover. Because it's the development that's happening. And they have 00:17:19.801 --> 00:17:27.094 - tons of development up there, if you've ever been up there. We're doing the same thing here, and that's 00:17:27.094 --> 00:17:34.106 - why we went to more flights. It's the development out there. And I'm not gonna go, who knows, maybe 00:17:34.106 --> 00:17:39.646 - we'll get rich again, the state of Indiana, the world. It's not gonna ever be. 00:17:40.194 --> 00:17:46.683 - While I'm here, I don't think we can ever go. And we don't need it. The two years is working beautifully 00:17:46.683 --> 00:17:52.925 - for us. And so right now, let's just go to two. It's never going to get, I wouldn't think it's going 00:17:52.925 --> 00:17:56.510 - to get closer to one inch. Who knows? Technology changes. 00:17:56.866 --> 00:18:03.179 - I think the one thing that we're missing, and it's not your department, but I think the one thing we're 00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:09.675 - still missing are accurate property lines on the GIS and that it drives us nuts on the planning commission 00:18:09.675 --> 00:18:15.746 - as commissioners for the residents. It's really terrible because people don't know and they rely on 00:18:15.746 --> 00:18:21.998 - it. And I don't know if there's anything that could be done about that, but we're going to have to get 00:18:21.998 --> 00:18:26.430 - rich to fix that. Okay. It's cost. We've talked about this from day one. 00:18:26.626 --> 00:18:33.762 - And there is a thing down at the bottom when you're looking at this, and I'm not even going to say what 00:18:33.762 --> 00:18:40.692 - I really wanted to say down there, but people don't pay attention. And then they come in and yell at 00:18:40.692 --> 00:18:47.759 - us in hearings, well, look at this property line. And I'm like, guys, this is just for you to look at. 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.366 - This is not a legal document, period. 00:18:50.498 --> 00:18:58.358 - People wanted to act like a survey. I would love for it to act like a survey. When you guys come up 00:18:58.358 --> 00:19:06.690 - with that kind of money, then tell me about it, and I'll be the first to have my lines fixed on my house. 00:19:06.690 --> 00:19:14.786 - We have houses that aren't even on a way out there. It was the people that started our GIS, 39 Degrees 00:19:14.786 --> 00:19:17.694 - North. One of the owners, his house, 00:19:18.466 --> 00:19:26.336 - was way down here, two lots over, not in his lot. Those lines were so off. And we talked about and talked 00:19:26.336 --> 00:19:33.909 - about, there was no way of fixing it without major money, so much money. So that's why the taxpayers, 00:19:33.909 --> 00:19:39.774 - the customers out there need to understand this is a phenomenal tool, but it's 00:19:40.130 --> 00:19:47.159 - It's not perfect. It's not a, it is not a survey. It's not a survey and you and somebody that's on the 00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:54.188 - planning commission and all of that kind of stuff really understands that. Yeah. Yeah. Excellent. Wow. 00:19:54.188 --> 00:20:01.012 - Thank you. It's good to have that edification for the public. All right. Let's see if there are any 00:20:01.012 --> 00:20:08.382 - members of the public who wish to comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:20:17.282 --> 00:20:25.078 - Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the role in the Eagle View Master Service Agreement? 00:20:25.078 --> 00:20:33.106 - Commissioner Thomas. Yes. Commissioner Jones. Yes. Commissioner Madeira. Yes. Motion is approved, three 00:20:33.106 --> 00:20:40.902 - to zero. Thank you so much, commissioners. Thank you. All right, next item, please. I'd like to move 00:20:40.902 --> 00:20:46.846 - to approve the Cars Farm Park easements to Duke Energy. Second. Ms. Whitmer. 00:20:49.474 --> 00:20:56.538 - Hello. Duke Energy is requiring two easements on Carr's Farm parks so we can have electricity at our 00:20:56.538 --> 00:21:03.742 - new athletic complex lighting system. County legal has reviewed this and these easements will produce, 00:21:03.742 --> 00:21:10.945 - will be no problem for us. And oh yes, I need to have a, if you approve it, I need to have it assigned 00:21:10.945 --> 00:21:18.079 - as fast as possible because they will not schedule the work until they get their payment and they get 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:19.198 - their easement. 00:21:19.394 --> 00:21:30.423 - We know how the utility companies are. I'm very, very happy to oblige. Okay. Let's see if there are 00:21:30.423 --> 00:21:41.783 - any comments or questions. Commissioner Madeira? No, they're very sparky. Commissioner Jones, comments 00:21:41.783 --> 00:21:46.526 - or questions? No, I don't. I don't either. 00:21:47.426 --> 00:21:55.976 - And let's see what we can do about getting this signed ASAP. Any public comment on this? You can raise 00:21:55.976 --> 00:22:04.525 - your hand on Teams or come to the podium. So exciting getting close to the final days here. All right. 00:22:04.525 --> 00:22:13.407 - Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the Carson farm park easements to Duke energy? 00:22:13.407 --> 00:22:16.478 - Mr. Thomas. Yes. Commissioner Jones. 00:22:17.634 --> 00:22:25.961 - Yes. Commissioner Madeira. Yes. Motion is approved three to zero. Thank you. Thank you. All right next 00:22:25.961 --> 00:22:34.045 - item please. I would like to move to approve ordinance 2025-28 amend Monroe county code chapter 341 00:22:34.045 --> 00:22:41.886 - retail food establishment sanitation requirements. I will second that. Mr. Kazemka good morning. 00:22:42.242 --> 00:22:48.088 - Good morning, commissioners. In April, the Foods Indiana Administrative Code 410 IAC 7-26 was adopted. 00:22:48.088 --> 00:22:54.047 - We've been working with County Legal to update the retail food establishment ordinance. The major change 00:22:54.047 --> 00:23:00.063 - is the way we cite violations. It's no longer critical. Non-critical is now a core violation that regards 00:23:00.063 --> 00:23:05.795 - to general sanitation, and then a priority foundation, possible result of food safety, and then also 00:23:05.795 --> 00:23:11.584 - a priority violation directly linked to a food board illness. And also, we included language in there 00:23:11.584 --> 00:23:12.208 - to include 00:23:12.208 --> 00:23:20.524 - We're no longer pin-on-paper inspections. We're now digital. Fancy. All right. Comments or questions? 00:23:20.524 --> 00:23:28.759 - Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Commissioner Madeira? Sounds like this will be much more efficient. 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:37.076 - Really good. All right. I don't have any questions either. Let's see if there's any public comment on 00:23:37.076 --> 00:23:41.886 - this item. Raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:23:49.090 --> 00:23:57.956 - Seeing none, Mr. Cockerell, will you please call the roll on ordinance 2025-28? Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner 00:23:57.956 --> 00:24:06.096 - Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved, three to zero. Thank you. Thank you. Have 00:24:06.096 --> 00:24:13.834 - a good morning. You too. Next item, please. I would like to move to approve resolution 2025-43, 00:24:13.834 --> 00:24:18.750 - commissioner's authority to sign approved documents. Second. 00:24:19.042 --> 00:24:24.683 - Mr. Cockrell. Yes, from time to time. And I think the easement we just approved is one of those. We 00:24:24.683 --> 00:24:30.381 - have documents that are signed by one commissioner, but they reflect a decision by the entire board. 00:24:30.381 --> 00:24:36.249 - I know at least some of the, I think, NDOT in particular likes to have this documentation for when they 00:24:36.249 --> 00:24:42.229 - get their grant agreements. And so this is just saying that if something was approved at a public meeting 00:24:42.229 --> 00:24:47.870 - of the board of commissioners at a public vote, that any of the commissioners can sign the document 00:24:48.290 --> 00:24:56.523 - to demonstrate authority that it was approved. Right. Thank you. All right. Uh, comments or questions, 00:24:56.523 --> 00:25:05.236 - uh, commissioner Majira. No, this seems very efficient. We've already approved. Yeah. So it's been approved. 00:25:05.236 --> 00:25:12.830 - Absolutely. Yes. Commissioner Jones comments or questions. Yeah, this makes sense. It doesn't. 00:25:13.378 --> 00:25:23.918 - Let's see if there's any public comments on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:25:23.918 --> 00:25:34.557 - Seeing none, Mr. Copper, will you please call the roll on resolution 2025-43? Mr. Thomas? Yes. Commissioner 00:25:34.557 --> 00:25:40.862 - Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved, 3-0. 00:25:43.266 --> 00:25:51.677 - Thank you. Next item, please. I would like to move approval for the MOU with the Indiana Cave Survey 00:25:51.677 --> 00:26:00.422 - Incorporated. I will second that. Ms. Ridge. Good morning. So this was presented to the Stormwater Board 00:26:00.422 --> 00:26:09.166 - on October 1st and was approved. It's basically a database sharing with the Indiana Cave Survey. They're 00:26:09.166 --> 00:26:12.414 - going to be collecting, compiling, and 00:26:12.514 --> 00:26:20.367 - data for information concerning CAVE and CARS features in the state of Indiana. So it'll be up to our 00:26:20.367 --> 00:26:28.066 - staff when they come across the CARS feature, they'll have limited access to be able to add this to 00:26:28.066 --> 00:26:35.997 - that database. There's no cost. Excellent. All right. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? Yeah, 00:26:35.997 --> 00:26:41.694 - this is definitely a good thing. The more we know about CARS, the better. 00:26:43.906 --> 00:26:54.289 - Commissioner Majira, comments or questions? Nope, just critical for both, I think, bodies in protecting 00:26:54.289 --> 00:27:05.071 - these valuable resources. Yeah. And we did hear this at the stormwater meeting as well, and it was approved 00:27:05.071 --> 00:27:12.958 - there by unanimous vote. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. 00:27:13.634 --> 00:27:23.560 - can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call 00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:34.380 - the roll on the Memorandum of Understanding with the Indiana Caves Survey Inc. Mr. Thomas. Yes. Commissioner 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:42.718 - Jones. Yes. Commissioner Madeira. Yes. Motion is approved three to zero. Thank you. 00:27:43.266 --> 00:27:51.305 - Next item, like to move to approve loose own tree for tree removal for eagles and bridge 922 replacement 00:27:51.305 --> 00:27:59.038 - fund name cumulative bridge fund number 1135 in the amount of $15,300. I will second that this rich. 00:27:59.938 --> 00:28:07.461 - Um, so we reached out to, um, three tree removal services. We received a quote from bluestone tree service. 00:28:07.461 --> 00:28:14.566 - Um, the work is actually going to be performed tomorrow during IU fall break and the letting for this 00:28:14.566 --> 00:28:22.158 - bridge project, uh, goes to letting January 14th. Thank you so much. Um, comments or questions, commissioner 00:28:22.158 --> 00:28:29.054 - Madera. Nope. This sounds like an essential project done at an essential time. Commissioner Jones. 00:28:30.146 --> 00:28:40.615 - No, I don't. All right. I don't have any questions either. Any public comment on this item? You raise 00:28:40.615 --> 00:28:50.981 - your hand on Teams or come to the podium. All right. Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call 00:28:50.981 --> 00:28:59.294 - the roll on the Bluestone Tree contract for the Eagleton Bridge 922 replacement? 00:28:59.842 --> 00:29:08.310 - Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved, three 00:29:08.310 --> 00:29:17.021 - to zero. Thank you. Next item. I'd like to move approval for HNTB assignment number two, post-construction 00:29:17.021 --> 00:29:25.163 - attention basin maintenance assessment, fund name Stormwater, fund number 1197, in an amount not to 00:29:25.163 --> 00:29:28.990 - exceed $28,500. I will second that. Ms. Ridge? 00:29:29.090 --> 00:29:36.222 - So this was also taken to the stormwater board on October 1st, and it was approved. Basically, it's 00:29:36.222 --> 00:29:43.925 - coming up with a plan for maintenance for these two detention basins, which are located on county property. 00:29:43.925 --> 00:29:51.485 - We want to make sure that those are brought up to county standards, just as we have other property owners 00:29:51.485 --> 00:29:58.974 - do. Sounds good. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? Yeah, this certainly makes sense. Thank you. 00:29:59.778 --> 00:30:05.434 - Commissioner Redira. No, I remember discussing this at the stormwater management board. And again, it 00:30:05.434 --> 00:30:11.256 - made perfect sense. Thank you. Appreciate you bringing this forward. It's a good idea to have this done. 00:30:11.256 --> 00:30:16.857 - It does not involve any work or construction. It is just an assessment. Yes. All right. Let's see if 00:30:16.857 --> 00:30:22.014 - there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:30:31.458 --> 00:30:41.361 - Seeing none, Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the HNTB assignment number two, post-construction 00:30:41.361 --> 00:30:50.995 - detention base and maintenance assessment? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner 00:30:50.995 --> 00:31:01.438 - Madero? Yes. Motion is approved, three to zero. All right. Thank you so much. We don't have any appointments today. 00:31:01.666 --> 00:31:16.981 - I do want to make note that our next meeting is going to be on Thursday, October 23rd, so we are not 00:31:16.981 --> 00:31:29.566 - meeting next week. I am wearing my Hoosier Hills Hunger Action Month shirt because 00:31:30.018 --> 00:31:39.543 - The book sale is coming up and it's before we meet again. So at Monroe County Fairgrounds beginning 00:31:39.543 --> 00:31:49.164 - October 16th, over a hundred thousand items for sale, which is awesome. And it runs through Tuesday, 00:31:49.164 --> 00:31:54.974 - October 21st. So lots of folks in the community have donated 00:31:55.170 --> 00:32:03.340 - books and DVDs and collectibles and all kinds of cool things. And all of the proceeds will benefit the 00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:12.064 - Hoosier Hills Food Bank. And I'll just note that the first day of the event, which is always a hot commodity, 00:32:12.064 --> 00:32:20.155 - admission is $10. And the first day starts at 9 AM. But veterans will get in for free, which is nice. 00:32:20.155 --> 00:32:23.486 - Yeah. Awesome. So it'll be a great event. 00:32:23.874 --> 00:32:32.969 - probably will be there helping out. And really excited for Hoosier Hills Food Bank. This is a really 00:32:32.969 --> 00:32:42.154 - good time for the community to support the food bank. They really, really need it. So just a reminder 00:32:42.154 --> 00:32:51.339 - to residents, they can sign up for the resident alert system to be notified of health, weather, other 00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.510 - emergencies. 00:32:52.706 --> 00:33:01.268 - And this is available on our homepage, at our new homepage, at in.gov slash county slash Monroe. We 00:33:01.268 --> 00:33:09.916 - are also accepting applications for all boards and commissions. Go to that homepage and run a search 00:33:09.916 --> 00:33:18.563 - and you can find out more information. The boards and commission member list and expirations are not 00:33:18.563 --> 00:33:20.190 - quite updated yet. 00:33:20.354 --> 00:33:29.148 - They're in progress. So if you see a board or commission that interests you, you should just apply. 00:33:29.148 --> 00:33:37.942 - And if we don't have an opening for that, maybe there's something else we can suggest. We also host 00:33:37.942 --> 00:33:46.999 - office hours, six hours each month. Just go to the calendar on that home page. And a note as well that 00:33:46.999 --> 00:33:49.022 - we continue to support 00:33:49.122 --> 00:33:58.689 - co-sponsor the blood drive at IV Tech. Thanks IV Tech for all of your help on this. Today from 1 to 00:33:58.689 --> 00:34:09.596 - 6, Friday October 10th from 10 a.m. to 3 and that is at IV Tech room C130 130 A and B. You can go to RedCross.org 00:34:09.596 --> 00:34:18.302 - to make an appointment. If you just show up I'm sure they will find a way to help you out. 00:34:18.594 --> 00:34:33.795 - to help out our community. So it's a great thing. Any other announcements for good of the order? Commissioner 00:34:33.795 --> 00:34:47.614 - Jones, nothing? Okay. We do have a work session item. It is 1040. I wonder if we could come back at 00:34:48.674 --> 00:35:02.046 - 11 for that. If that's okay with everyone. Okay. All right. So our regular session is adjourned. Thanks, everyone.