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.