- Good morning. I'm going to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It
- is Thursday, February 5th. And I will note for the record that Commissioner Madeira and myself are here
- and present in the NatU Hill Room. And Commissioner Jones is absent today. We're going to begin with
- our public statement read by Commissioner Madeira.
- 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.
- school systems. We also stand in support of our county public school systems, both RBD and MCC SC. Thank
- you very much. Um. I would like to go ahead and make a motion to continue item G. Um to the February
- 12th meeting. I second that
- Motion carries to zero. Okay. Next, we have department updates. Ms. Kelly is joining us. Good morning.
- Good morning, commissioners. According to the Indiana Department of Health, as of February 3rd, emergency
- department visits for COVID-like illness have not increased and wastewater concentrations are trending down.
- February is American Heart Month and National Wear Right Day is Friday, February 6. Heart disease remains
- a leading cause of death, fueled by high blood pressure, obesity, and limited physical activity. The
- Health Department does offer free walk-in blood pressure screenings for the public. And lastly, we are
- still transitioning our vaccination services. The Morgan County Health Department does have vaccines
- available. You can call 765.
- 3-4-2-6-6-2-1 for an appointment. All right, thank you so much. Any comments or questions? No,
- thank you. No, thank you so much. All right, next we have an update from the clerk's office. Good morning.
- Good morning, commissioners. Kylie Farris, Monroe County Election Supervisor. Tomorrow is the last day
- for candidate filing. It will close at noon. So our office will open at 8 AM, closes up for today. We'll
- be happy to help you if you have any questions on those. February 13th by noon is also the deadline
- to withdraw from the primary election. And then February 13th at noon is also the last day to file a
- challenge against any of the candidates.
- Also, I just want to give a public update as well that we are moving to the temporary location on Monday,
- so we will be stationed there. And then the only other update is that we have an election board meeting
- today at 1 30. Alright, thank you guys. Thank you so much. Alright, Ms Ridge. Good morning. So I want
- to acknowledge our
- Retiring County Highway Engineer Paul Satterly. He's been with the county for 10 years. He's brought
- a lot of knowledge, a lot of experience to the county. He's done a lot for us and a lot of
- our big infrastructure projects that were completed while he was here. So I just wanted to wish him
- well and thank him for everything that he's done for Monroe County, especially helping me. Thank you,
- Mr. Satterly.
- I appreciate it. Congratulations on your retirement. Excellent. Anything else on any storm updates or
- anything or? So we're still working on most of the roads. I think we have widened over the last week.
- There's still a lot of snow out there. It's gonna be almost 50 next week. So we hope we're gonna have
- some melting. But then again, we go into potholes and flooding and everything else that goes with that.
- So we appreciate everybody's patience through this storm. I know there's been a lot of frustration.
- It's been a lot. So I know the city is working hard too to get their streets cleared. It's just hard
- to push that much snow and
- get it out of the way for the traveling public. But that's our number one goal. And I think our guys
- succeeded in doing that. I think they did a great job over the last week, and especially the long hours
- that they worked during the storm event. Great. Thank you so much. And thanks again to yourself, Mr.
- Turner, and the crews that really got a lot done in really unenviable circumstances. So really appreciate
- that. Does any other department have an update for us today?
- Seeing none, we'll move on to our next agenda item. This is public comment. It's for items that are
- not on the agenda. We ask each commenter to limit their time to three minutes per person. And we ask
- that you provide your name and county of residence when you begin speaking. You raise your hand on teams
- or come to the podium.
- see none, we'll move on to our next agenda item, please. I would like to approve the minutes from January
- 29th, 2026. I will second that motion. And any comments, corrections or edits? No, I'm sorry. I would
- like to amend my motion to say I would like to move to approve. I would like to approve. Goodness. That's
- good. All right. All in favor of approving the minutes signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero.
- Next item please. I would like to move to approve the claims docket for accounts payable for February
- 5th, 2026 and for payroll for February 6th, 2026. I will second that. Good morning. Good morning. The
- accounts payable claims docket for February 5th, 2026 totals $1,344,231.96. This includes all emergency
- claims and adjustments.
- The payroll docket for February 6, 2026, includes $1,690,402.48 in direct costs. And the remaining
- $716,740.30 were for indirect costs for a grand total of $2,407,142.78. Thank you so much. Comments
- or questions?
- Thank you. I don't either. Let's see if there's any public comments on this item. You can raise your
- hand on teams or come to the podium. Being none, all those in favor of approving the claim stock and
- accounts payable February 5th, 2026 and payroll February 6, 2026 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries.
- twenty twenty five twenty two zero. I'll note for the record we've received reports from the clerk of
- the circuit court for December twenty twenty five. From the treasurer for December twenty twenty five
- and weights and measures for January twenty twenty six and we'll move on to new business next. I would
- like to move to approve the Indiana office of court services court reform grant program agreement funds
- name court reform grant funds
- I will second that. Good morning. Good morning. How are you today? My name is Jama Chandler. I'm the
- deputy court administrator with the Monroe County Circuit Courts and the circuit court have applied
- for and were awarded a court reform grant in the amount of $12,453. This is a statement for a three
- year maintenance agreement for our digital signage in the justice building. The display
- allows for our hearing times and our courtroom assignments to be displayed for parties that come in
- to know where they need to go. So the maintenance agreement includes our annual software license and
- support services for the years 26, 27, and 28. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? No,
- this is awesome. And so without these types of technology, I think people entering the courtroom would
- be a lot more confused. And it just helps make things more efficient. Thank you.
- I'm glad you got this. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. Raise your hand on teams
- or come to the podium. Being done, all those in favor of approving the Indiana Office of Court Services
- Court Reform Grant Program Agreement signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Thank you.
- Thank you, Ms. Chandler. Next item, please.
- I would like to move to approve Cultivate Geospatial Solutions LLC Enterprise Service Plan Renewal.
- Fund name, cumulative capital, fund number 1138 in the amount of $10,000. I will second that, Dr. Baden.
- Good morning. Hello, commissioners. Yeah, so today I'm just here to seek a renewal of our contract with
- Cultivate Geospatial. We've been working with them for this to be going on three years. They've been
- doing some tremendous
- assistance with us to get different departments databases integrated into our GIS. A lot of this is
- kind of converting languages. And so we, the last year, a big push we had was trying to get the health
- departments access database integrated into our SQL Server environment. And it's kind of like taking
- German and converting it to Mandarin, essentially. So they're
- assisting us with that and then also with just kind of deploying new software updates and things of
- that nature. It's a great relationship. They're Indiana based and yeah, that's essentially it. It's
- all French to me. Yeah. Comments or questions? No, this makes perfect sense. I appreciate the analogy.
- And again, it's just getting these programs to talk to each other. Thank you. Yeah. Excellent. Thank
- you so much.
- Mr. Crone, did you have anything you wanted to add? No, you're good. Okay, excellent. All right,
- thank you. Great, let's see if there's any public comment on this item. Raise your hand on teams or
- come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Cultivate GeoSpace Solutions LLC
- Enterprise Service Plan Renewal signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries.
- Thank you. Thanks, commissioners. Thank you. Next item, please. I would like to move to approve Financial
- Solutions Group annual TIF reports, fund names, Bloomington Township Corridor, Curry Profile, Fullerton
- Pike, and Westside. Fund numbers 4921, 4934, 4922, and 4923 in an amount not to exceed $22,000. I will
- second that. Mr. Cockrell. Yeah, yeah, first of all,
- The 4923 is a debt service fund for the West Side TIF. It really should be 4920, which is the general
- fund for the West Side TIF. But these are five different agreements. Four of them are for annual reports
- for our four TIF districts, which are the West Side Economic Development Area, the 46th Corridor, Economic
- Development Corridor, the Curry Profile TIF, and the Fullerton Pike TIF. These are required to be done
- annually and we submit it to the
- The redevelopment commission will then submit it to the county council and then get it also in the state's
- gateway system. And the fifth contract is for continuing disclosures because we have privately sold
- bonds in our west side economic development area. We have to do a continuing disclosures as long as
- they're out and those should be in place until about 2040. Thank you so much. Comments or questions?
- No, this makes sense. Yeah.
- Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand in teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all
- those in favor of approving the financial solutions group annual TIF reports, signify by saying aye.
- Aye. Motion carries to zero. Thank you. And our next item please.
- I would like to move to approve Leso Ryker Cooper James on call service agreement fund name motor vehicle
- highway fund number 1176 in an amount not to exceed $10,000. I will second that. Ms. Ridge. Oh, yeah,
- we wanted to enter this on call hourly agreement just for engineering assistance as needed. The agreement
- is through June 30th, 2027. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Madera.
- We need these contracts for when the need is unforeseen. And so I think it's inevitable that we're going
- to have those moments. Any public comment on this? You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium.
- None. All those in favor of approving the on-call service agreement with Bledsoe Rigger Cooper James,
- signify by saying aye.
- I. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. I would like to move to approve ordinance 2026-04 to amend
- traffic ordinance 86-06. I will second that. Ms. Ridge. This is more kind of a little cleanup work.
- Clear Creek Street for Roger Street. That's been eliminated because that is a private drive. Constitution
- Avenue for Curry Pike and Liberty Drive.
- those are traffic signals at this time. Thank you. Comments or questions? Commissioner Medura? None.
- Any public comments on this item? You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none. All
- those in favor of approving ordinance 2026-04 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero.
- Next we have the bid opening for Curry Pike reconstruction phase one and the long drum roll begins.
- Okay, so we have received five bids. The first one is milestone.
- Milestone bid is $799,770. The next bid that we have is Morphy Construction. The bid from Morphy is
- $1,290,000. Next we have is DC Construction. Construction is
- didn't bring my readers. $679,428.75. The next one we have is EMB paving. EMB paving is $683,560.
- And the last bid we have is Crider and Crider. And that bid from Crider and Crider is $923,733.
- The engineer estimate for this project was $609,993.75. We will take these under advisement. We will
- present the bids to our RDC board on February 18th and then hopefully award it at the February 26th
- meeting of the Monroe County Commissioners. Thank you so much. So we'll take this under advisement. Yes, OK.
- Thank you very much. All right. I don't see any other items on our agenda. So we'll move on to appointments.
- We have one. Yes, we would like to reappoint Kurt Zorn to the Property DAX Tax Board of Appeals. And
- his appointment will, reappointment will start now and run through December 31st of 2027. I will second
- that. That's not a reappointment. Angie will say, although I thought it was,
- So, all right. And gratitude for the service in advance. All those in favor of making this appointment
- signify by saying I. Motion carries to zero. And I just want to.
- note in our announcements this week. Just a reminder that February is Black History Month, so keep your
- eyes open for great programs and events all across this community and at IU. And I would like to also
- remind folks that it's a great idea to sign up for our resident alert system. You can do so at
- our county website, in.gov slash county slash Monroe. And you will be informed of weather and health
- related emergencies by phone, text, and or email. We're all of the above. We continue to accept applications
- for boards and commissions. I will note again that we have openings on animal management.
- and the library board and the health board, and those kind of are probably the ones that hopefully we
- can get appointments for soon. So please apply at our county website. We do offer virtual office hours
- six times each month. Just check out that calendar on our website, on our homepage at the bottom, and
- a reminder that the Bloomington Foundation is managing the real housing repair program that we started
- with ARPA funds managed through county government. And if you would like some assistance in making necessary
- repairs to your home, owner occupied home outside the city of Bloomington or Ellitsville, please contact
- your Township Trustee for further information or you can call our office. Just a reminder again that
- the next blood drive that we are co-sponsoring with Red Cross and Ivy Tech will be held at Ivy Tech
- room C130A and B. The next dates are Wednesday, February 11th, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday,
- February 12th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. And I don't have anything else. Do you have anything else? Okay. Anything
- else? Okay, great. We do have a work session item, so we can come back at 1045. Does that work for you?
- Great. All right. We will be back at 1045 for our work session. Thank you, TSD. Thank you, Katz.
- Our next meeting is February 12th. We're adjourned.