WEBVTT 00:00:00.258 --> 00:00:08.595 - I'm going to call this meeting to order of Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It is Thursday, 00:00:08.595 --> 00:00:17.275 - May 14th, and we are here in the NETU Hill Room and all three commissioners are here and present. We 00:00:17.275 --> 00:00:25.182 - do have a change to our agenda. I'm going to move that we add resolution 2026-19 as item O. 00:00:27.938 --> 00:00:36.442 - motion and a second all in favor of amending the agenda signify by saying aye aye motion carries uh 00:00:36.442 --> 00:00:45.371 - next we have our public statement read by commissioner jones we the munroe county board of commissioners 00:00:45.371 --> 00:00:54.215 - renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights of all people regardless of age race color creed 00:00:54.215 --> 00:00:56.766 - disability sexual orientation 00:00:56.866 --> 00:01:05.229 - gender, gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin. And we affirm the right 00:01:05.229 --> 00:01:12.619 - of every person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist at every 00:01:12.619 --> 00:01:21.469 - step discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity, equity, inclusion, 00:01:21.469 --> 00:01:25.854 - and belonging. We also stand in support of our county 00:01:26.018 --> 00:01:34.741 - public school systems, both our BB and MCC SC. Thank you so much. Next we have department updates looks 00:01:34.741 --> 00:01:43.547 - like we have miss Kelly joining us from the health department. Good morning. Good morning commissioners. 00:01:43.547 --> 00:01:51.935 - According to the Indiana Department of Health wastewater concentrations for covid remain stable and 00:01:51.935 --> 00:01:55.038 - no increases are noted as of May 12. 00:01:55.778 --> 00:02:03.645 - Flu activity is currently at minimal levels. The health department is still scheduling appointments 00:02:03.645 --> 00:02:11.749 - for vaccines. The number to call to schedule an appointment is 812-803-6364. Great. Thank you so much. 00:02:11.749 --> 00:02:19.931 - Any comments or questions from my colleagues? No, I don't. All right. Thank you so much for being here. 00:02:19.931 --> 00:02:25.438 - We appreciate you. Any other departments have an update for us today? 00:02:31.554 --> 00:02:39.843 - Seeing none, we'll move on to an unscheduled proclamation. Yes, I would like to read our proclamation, 00:02:39.843 --> 00:02:44.510 - Police Week Peace Officers Memorial Day in Monroe County. 00:02:44.642 --> 00:02:50.444 - Whereas Congressional Joint Resolution 730, signed into law on October 1st, 1962, authorizes a national 00:02:50.444 --> 00:02:56.023 - proclamation of May 14th as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week of May 11th as Police Week, and 00:02:56.023 --> 00:03:01.714 - whereas Police Week commemorates the more than 800,000 peace officers who are called upon each day to 00:03:01.714 --> 00:03:07.460 - serve and protect American citizens, including the peace officers across Monroe County who demonstrate 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:11.198 - daily the highest ideals of public service and personal sacrifice, 00:03:11.330 --> 00:03:17.783 - and whereas May 14th is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and as such, flags are flown at half-mast 00:03:17.783 --> 00:03:23.763 - in deference to federal, state, and local officers who sacrifice their lives or suffer disability in 00:03:23.763 --> 00:03:29.861 - the line of duty, and whereas Monroe County, Indiana, its residents and families have mourned the loss 00:03:29.861 --> 00:03:36.255 - of three deaths, Sergeant Bill Brand, Deputy Sarah Jones, and Reserve Deputy James Driver, and 111 off-duty 00:03:36.255 --> 00:03:37.854 - deaths nationally in 2025, 00:03:38.338 --> 00:03:43.416 - and whereas the selflessness, dedication, service, and sacrifice that those officers demonstrating to 00:03:43.416 --> 00:03:48.544 - the people of Monroe County will be forever remembered. The residents of Monroe County wish to express 00:03:48.544 --> 00:03:53.821 - their deep reverence and appreciation to those officers, their families, and their communities who grieve 00:03:53.821 --> 00:03:58.998 - their loss and to all peace officers who bravely and proudly serve Monroe County today. Now, therefore, 00:03:58.998 --> 00:04:03.977 - be it resolved, we, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, hereby proclaim the week of May 11th, 00:04:03.977 --> 00:04:05.022 - 2026 as Police Week, 00:04:05.218 --> 00:04:15.779 - and Thursday, May 14th, 2026, as Peace Officers Memorial Day in Monroe County. Proclaim this 14th day 00:04:15.779 --> 00:04:26.443 - of May, 2026, from the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. Thank you. Some of the officers who serve 00:04:26.443 --> 00:04:34.622 - Monroe County residents every day and demonstrate courage and value every day. 00:04:36.258 --> 00:04:43.838 - It's not sometimes it's not the most obvious dangerous situation that they face. And we do appreciate 00:04:43.838 --> 00:04:51.566 - their sacrifice on behalf of our community to benefit peace. All right. With that, let's see if there's 00:04:51.566 --> 00:04:59.294 - any public comment for items not on our agenda. You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:05:08.002 --> 00:05:17.458 - Seeing none, we'll move on to our next agenda item, please. Yes, I would like to move approval of the 00:05:17.458 --> 00:05:27.007 - minutes for May 7th, 2026. We have a motion and we have a second. Comments, corrections, or edits? All 00:05:27.007 --> 00:05:36.926 - those in favor of approving the minutes for May 7th, 2026, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. 00:05:37.122 --> 00:05:44.577 - Next item, please. I would like to move approval of the claims docket for accounts payable for May 14th, 00:05:44.577 --> 00:05:51.890 - 2026, and for payroll for May 15th, 2026. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. Ms. Gallardo, 00:05:51.890 --> 00:05:59.203 - would you tell us all about it, please? Good morning. The accounts payable claims docket for May 14th, 00:05:59.203 --> 00:06:04.670 - 2026 totals $554,409.14. This includes all emergency claims and adjustments. 00:06:04.930 --> 00:06:17.718 - The payroll document for May 15, 2026 includes $1,714,928 in direct costs and the remaining $704,956.97 00:06:17.718 --> 00:06:30.259 - were for indirect costs for a grand total of $2,419,857.25. Thank you. Thank you so much. Comments or 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:34.686 - questions for the auditor's office? 00:06:36.322 --> 00:06:45.447 - Any public comment on this item? You raised your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all 00:06:45.447 --> 00:06:54.483 - those in favor of approving the claim stock and accounts payable May 14th, 2026 and payroll May 15th, 00:06:54.483 --> 00:06:57.406 - 2026 signify by saying aye. Aye. 00:06:57.666 --> 00:07:05.451 - Motion carries three zero. I will note for the record that we have received the highways annual report 00:07:05.451 --> 00:07:13.161 - and thank you for that, Ms. Ridge. And we will now move on to new business, please. Yes, I would like 00:07:13.161 --> 00:07:20.946 - to move approval for Duke Energy Foundation grant for water safety fund name emergency management Duke 00:07:20.946 --> 00:07:24.574 - grant fund number 4938 in the amount of $5,500. 00:07:24.994 --> 00:07:34.492 - We have a motion and we have a second. Mr. Baker is joining us online. Good morning from the Emergency 00:07:34.492 --> 00:07:43.805 - Management Department. Good morning, commissioners. Yes, this is a great grant opportunity from Duke 00:07:43.805 --> 00:07:53.118 - Energy Foundation. We get this about each year, around this time of year. This year, it'll go toward 00:07:54.466 --> 00:08:02.815 - uh, helping them know fire protection district, uh, increase their, uh, water safety and boating safety, 00:08:02.815 --> 00:08:11.562 - uh, program to help, uh, keep people safe on the water. Um, so with this glance, they will be, uh, designated 00:08:11.562 --> 00:08:19.593 - for, uh, PD, uh, life jacket owner stations where people can pick up a life jacket before they go on 00:08:19.593 --> 00:08:23.966 - a boat and or anything on the county. This is awesome. 00:08:24.194 --> 00:08:32.574 - Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Maduro? This is going to be sort of a nerdy comment, 00:08:32.574 --> 00:08:40.334 - but I'm a huge swimmer and drowning is the number two cause of death, I believe, for children right 00:08:40.334 --> 00:08:41.886 - after gun violence. 00:08:42.018 --> 00:08:48.300 - And this is a massively important development. I know it sounds so simple, but just the opportunity 00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:54.833 - to put on a life jacket can save so many lives, not only for children, but for adults as well. And this 00:08:54.833 --> 00:09:01.115 - is a very preventable form of death. And I'm so grateful to the Duke Energy Foundation for stepping 00:09:01.115 --> 00:09:08.025 - up and doing this. And this is going to help our community immensely. So thank you so very much. Commissioner 00:09:08.025 --> 00:09:11.166 - Jones? I'll echo Commissioner Madeira's comments. 00:09:11.682 --> 00:09:18.089 - Thank you. This is certainly a very valuable thing for the county. Yeah, absolutely. People plan to 00:09:18.089 --> 00:09:24.687 - go out on a boat or don't plan to go on a boat and decide to go on a boat at the last minute and there 00:09:24.687 --> 00:09:31.222 - aren't enough life jackets. It's a huge, huge deal. Mr. Baker, do you happen to know where these life 00:09:31.222 --> 00:09:37.949 - jackets will be made available? Or has that not been decided? I am not sure at this time. I think that's 00:09:37.949 --> 00:09:39.230 - still in the plans. 00:09:41.090 --> 00:09:49.789 - Thank you. All right. So hopefully the Fire Protection District will give us an update in the future. 00:09:49.789 --> 00:09:58.488 - Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all 00:09:58.488 --> 00:10:07.102 - those in favor of approving the Duke Energy Foundation grant for water safety signify by saying aye. 00:10:07.714 --> 00:10:18.305 - Aye. Motion carries 3-0. Next item, please. I would like to move approval for the Indiana Department 00:10:18.305 --> 00:10:29.210 - of Health approval of grant amendment for sexually, well, SCI prevention, fund name, SCD strengthening, 00:10:29.210 --> 00:10:34.558 - fund number 8112 in the amount of $48,318. Second. 00:10:34.850 --> 00:10:41.850 - We have a motion and we have a second. Ms. Kelly. Good morning again. This is an amendment just for 00:10:41.850 --> 00:10:49.060 - additional funding that supports our three disease intervention specialists. Our understanding is that 00:10:49.060 --> 00:10:56.480 - additional funding is going to continue to be awarded under this same contract as the funding is received 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.070 - to the Indiana Department of Health. 00:11:01.602 --> 00:11:08.728 - All right. Thank you so much. Important funding, um, comments or questions, commissioner Jones. No, 00:11:08.728 --> 00:11:15.997 - just please that you're getting the money. None. Just very happy. I'll echo, um, commissioner Jones's 00:11:15.997 --> 00:11:22.767 - comments. And again, um, these, um, conditions are on the rise. So it comes at a pivotal time. 00:11:22.767 --> 00:11:29.965 - Thank you. Um, let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand in teams or 00:11:29.965 --> 00:11:31.390 - come to the podium. 00:11:37.218 --> 00:11:45.161 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the IDOH grant amendment for STI prevention signify by 00:11:45.161 --> 00:11:53.421 - saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Next item, please. 00:11:53.421 --> 00:12:01.444 - I would like to move approval for financial solutions group consulting agreement. Fund name auditors 00:12:01.444 --> 00:12:06.686 - ineligible deductions, funds number 1216 in the amount of 10,000. 00:12:07.042 --> 00:12:13.154 - and not to exceed per year. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. Mr. Cockrell, will you be 00:12:13.154 --> 00:12:19.751 - managing this one? Yes. Thank you. TIF neutralization essentially is every year we look at our TIF districts 00:12:19.751 --> 00:12:25.924 - and every year our tax rate and our assessed value changes. And so the neutralization is to make sure 00:12:25.924 --> 00:12:32.097 - that what is associated with the increment remains with the increment and what is associated with the 00:12:32.097 --> 00:12:35.486 - base remains with the base. So the base actually grows. 00:12:35.618 --> 00:12:42.350 - because inflation and those kind of things. This is the calculation that determines that. I would just 00:12:42.350 --> 00:12:49.147 - note that this is for all the TIF districts in the county, not just the county's TIF districts. So this 00:12:49.147 --> 00:12:55.682 - includes the city's TIF districts as well. And this is a required item that the state requires. And 00:12:55.682 --> 00:12:58.558 - so FSD had done this for a number of years. 00:12:58.818 --> 00:13:05.106 - And then the auditor's office has kind of tried to take it on. And I think they're kind of backing off 00:13:05.106 --> 00:13:11.212 - of it because of the amount of work it takes. Yeah. And the reason that we're paying for every, the 00:13:11.212 --> 00:13:17.622 - resolution of every TIF in the county is because the auditor's office manages the money, the tax dollars 00:13:17.622 --> 00:13:23.789 - for every part of the county, every political subdivision. It's a state requirement that the auditor 00:13:23.789 --> 00:13:28.734 - performs this function. Okay. Thank you. Answer questions. Commissioner Madeira. 00:13:28.898 --> 00:13:39.433 - Um, no, thank you. Mr. Jones. I don't see if there's any public comments on this item. You raise your 00:13:39.433 --> 00:13:49.761 - hand on teams or podium. Being none. Um, all of those in favor of approving the financial solutions 00:13:49.761 --> 00:13:58.334 - group, consulting agreement signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:06.059 - Next item, please. I would like to move approval for resolution 2026-17, declaration of items for surplus. 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:13.359 - Second. We have a motion and we have a second. Mr. Kreider is with us today. Good morning, commissioners. 00:14:13.359 --> 00:14:20.591 - Richard Kreider, Building and Fleet Department. This request is to approve resolution 2026-17, declaring 00:14:20.591 --> 00:14:26.238 - multiple vehicles, wheels, and tires from the highway garage as surplus property. 00:14:26.370 --> 00:14:33.821 - and authorize their disposal through public auction. These items are beyond their useful service life, 00:14:33.821 --> 00:14:41.272 - have been replaced with new equipment or are no longer usable for their intended purpose. The vehicles 00:14:41.272 --> 00:14:48.868 - are to include, I'm gonna read their highway inventory item number first and then the year making model. 00:14:48.868 --> 00:14:56.030 - 22, that's a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado. 23, 2016 Ford Escape. 52, 2005 Kenworth. 54, 2003 Kenworth. 00:14:56.322 --> 00:15:08.598 - 57, 2005, Kenworth. 91, 1993, Pro Sproom. 92, 1986, Ford Tractor. 112, 2011, Falcon Hotbox. 114, 2002, 00:15:08.598 --> 00:15:21.231 - Chevy Malibu. 114, whoa, I have 114 twice there. Okay, I need to fix that, but 2018, Chevrolet Silverado. 00:15:21.231 --> 00:15:24.926 - SW02, 2008, Ford Ranger. SW04, 00:15:25.378 --> 00:15:32.985 - 2013 international street sweeper. Thank you so much. Uh, comments or questions, commissioner Jones. 00:15:32.985 --> 00:15:40.744 - Yeah. Most of those sound like they're off the old. They're well maintained though. That's good. Yeah, 00:15:40.744 --> 00:15:48.276 - but this is, this is what we do. We use them until the wheels essentially fall off. Uh, comments or 00:15:48.276 --> 00:15:50.686 - questions, commissioner Madera. 00:15:50.978 --> 00:16:00.330 - You know how I love these with the mug shots of the offending piece of the property. Yes. Wanted by 00:16:00.330 --> 00:16:10.336 - no one in Monroe County government. So, yeah, 1986 Ford tractor. I wonder if that would even go as vintage 00:16:10.336 --> 00:16:17.630 - at this point. Almost. Almost. Okay, let's see if there's any public comment. 00:16:24.482 --> 00:16:35.139 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving resolution 2026-17 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:45.995 - 3-0. Next item, please. I would like to move approval for Think Roberts and Petrie Incorporated Professional 00:16:45.995 --> 00:16:50.078 - Design Services Solar Carport, fund name 00:16:50.722 --> 00:16:57.594 - ARPA fund number 8950 in the amount of $15,000. We have a motion. We have a second. Mr. Crider. Hey, 00:16:57.594 --> 00:17:04.602 - commissioners. We need an engineer stamp on this one. This request is to accept the proposal submitted 00:17:04.602 --> 00:17:11.611 - by structural engineers Fink Roberts and Petri Ink in the amount of $15,000 for structural engineering 00:17:11.611 --> 00:17:17.054 - services related to the proposed solar carport addition at the employee garage. 00:17:17.186 --> 00:17:23.112 - The scope of services includes building structural review, structural frame design, preparation of stamp 00:17:23.112 --> 00:17:28.755 - design drawings, and two-side inspections as required for the project. These services are necessary 00:17:28.755 --> 00:17:34.568 - to support project design permitting and construction review requirements. Thank you so much. Comments 00:17:34.568 --> 00:17:40.269 - or questions? Commissioner Medeiro? I have none. I think it's kind of cool, by the way, that it is a 00:17:40.269 --> 00:17:45.630 - solar carport. Yeah. Commissioner Jones? Yeah, I'm just glad to see this project moving along. 00:17:46.050 --> 00:17:55.376 - Yeah, this is part of the larger ARPA investment in our solar infrastructure. And with the existing 00:17:55.376 --> 00:18:05.167 - plug-in chargers so heavily utilized in our parking garage by our employees, this will add more outlets. 00:18:05.167 --> 00:18:13.374 - But importantly, it will do so with solar rather than using standard energy production. 00:18:13.730 --> 00:18:19.818 - Correct. We appreciate your work on this. And are we still on target to get this finished before? We're 00:18:19.818 --> 00:18:25.906 - on target. Okay. Great. Just, you know, just sweating out that deadline. So as we all are, I appreciate 00:18:25.906 --> 00:18:31.936 - that you're staying on top of it. I know you've got other projects going. So thank you for that. Let's 00:18:31.936 --> 00:18:37.790 - see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:18:43.746 --> 00:18:51.457 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the FRP Professional Design Services Agreement for the 00:18:51.457 --> 00:18:59.322 - solar carport signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. And our next item, please. I would like 00:18:59.322 --> 00:19:07.495 - to move approval for Steve's roofing and sheet change order number one, health building roof replacement, 00:19:07.495 --> 00:19:13.278 - fund name 2024 geobond, fund number 4819 in the amount of 201,800. Second. 00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:21.252 - We have a motion and we have a second. I think the amount is a little, um, deceiving here. So, uh, cause 00:19:21.252 --> 00:19:28.558 - it's really, we're not, that's not the change order amount. So we're putting, we're moving some money 00:19:28.558 --> 00:19:36.510 - around as well. We're doing and, um, and it requires a signature. Uh, this request is to approve change order. 00:19:36.610 --> 00:19:43.486 - 001 associated with the health building roof replacement project reflecting use of the project's $15,000 00:19:43.486 --> 00:19:50.230 - cash allowance for necessary scope modifications discovered during construction. A total of $11,584.26 00:19:50.230 --> 00:19:56.844 - of the allowance was utilized for the installation of two new roof drains and associated repair work 00:19:56.844 --> 00:20:01.886 - as well as additional plywood and flashing required to complete the project. 00:20:02.050 --> 00:20:11.457 - The remaining unused allowance balance of $3,415.74 will be deducted from the original contract sum 00:20:11.457 --> 00:20:20.958 - of $201,800 resulting in a revised final contract sum of $198,384.26. Thank you so much. Comments or 00:20:20.958 --> 00:20:30.459 - questions? Commissioner Madeira? I have none. Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Thank you for working 00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:31.870 - on this and on 00:20:32.290 --> 00:20:39.632 - Are they done? They're done. Yes. OK. That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure. All right. 00:20:39.632 --> 00:20:47.415 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:20:47.415 --> 00:20:54.757 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving change order number one with Steve's roofing and sheet 00:20:54.757 --> 00:21:01.438 - metal for the health building roof replacement signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. 00:21:01.538 --> 00:21:10.007 - And then we have item G, which has some new fund number information in it. Yep. So I'd like to move 00:21:10.007 --> 00:21:18.646 - approval for building associates incorporated change order request number two and number 12 fund name 00:21:18.646 --> 00:21:27.200 - 2016. Geo bond fund number 4808 in the amount of $8,673 and 27 cents. We have a motion and we have a 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.894 - second. Mr. Crider. 00:21:29.218 --> 00:21:35.705 - Okay, this request is to approve change orders two and 12 and the combined amount of $8,673.27, associated 00:21:35.705 --> 00:21:41.767 - with the employee clinic project for the addition of electrical receptacles to support wall-mounted 00:21:41.767 --> 00:21:47.829 - television monitors throughout the suite, the replacement of 15 existing exam room receptacles with 00:21:47.829 --> 00:21:54.134 - hospital-grade receptacles as required by code, and relocating electrical boxes due to cabinetry design 00:21:54.134 --> 00:21:58.014 - change. This request is to formally ratify the completed change 00:21:58.306 --> 00:22:05.516 - order work necessary due to scheduling on operational time constraints associated with the opening of 00:22:05.516 --> 00:22:12.796 - the employee health clinic. Thank you so much. Comments or questions. Commissioner Jones. No, I don't. 00:22:12.796 --> 00:22:19.865 - Commissioner Madeira. I don't either. Thank you so much. Let's see if there's any public comment on 00:22:19.865 --> 00:22:24.318 - this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:22:30.338 --> 00:22:39.363 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving change order request number 2 and 12 for building Associates 00:22:39.363 --> 00:22:48.132 - Inc. signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. Next slide, please. I'd like to move approval for 00:22:48.132 --> 00:22:50.686 - VET Environmental Engineering 00:22:50.850 --> 00:22:58.356 - LLC, Professional Environmental Services, Fund Name 2021 Geobond, Fund Number 4814, in the amount of 00:22:58.356 --> 00:23:05.861 - $11,186.85. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. Mr. Crier. This request is to approve the 00:23:05.861 --> 00:23:13.292 - proposal submitted by VET Environmental in the amount of $11,186.85 to perform lead-safe renovation 00:23:13.292 --> 00:23:20.798 - and abatement activities associated with removal of the loading dock ceiling at the health building. 00:23:20.930 --> 00:23:28.289 - due to the existing conditions, the project requires specialized abatement procedures and handling in 00:23:28.289 --> 00:23:35.793 - accordance with applicable environmental and safety regulations. Work is scheduled to be completed over 00:23:35.793 --> 00:23:43.080 - a weekend to minimize operational impacts to the facility. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:49.790 - Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Commissioner Madero? Nope. Any public comment on this item? 00:23:53.890 --> 00:24:03.259 - this is to get the lead out. Seeing no public comment all those in favor of approving the vet environmental 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:12.369 - engineering LLC professional environmental services agreement signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:24:12.369 --> 00:24:16.446 - zero. We have yet another item for Mr. Crider. 00:24:17.570 --> 00:24:24.269 - I'd like to move approval for B&L sheet metal and roofing highway garage roof repairs and downspout 00:24:24.269 --> 00:24:31.169 - guards. Fund name, key load of cap, fund number 1138 in the amount of $8,500. Second. We have a motion 00:24:31.169 --> 00:24:38.204 - and we have a second. Mr. Crider. This request is to approve a roof maintenance and drainage improvement 00:24:38.204 --> 00:24:42.558 - project proposal for the highway garage in the amount of $8,500. 00:24:43.042 --> 00:24:49.627 - The project includes preparation and application of an industrial grade roof coating system to approximately 00:24:49.627 --> 00:24:55.668 - 20 roof penetrations, that's your vents and that type of thing. These penetrations require periodic 00:24:55.668 --> 00:25:01.709 - coatings. In addition, the project includes fabrication and installation of custom downspout guards 00:25:01.709 --> 00:25:07.810 - to address reoccurring drainage issues caused by migratory birds briefly nesting in roof gutters and 00:25:07.810 --> 00:25:09.502 - obstructing the downspouts. 00:25:09.666 --> 00:25:15.933 - Custom fabricated guards were determined to be the most feasible solution for the size and scale of 00:25:15.933 --> 00:25:22.199 - the facility's roof drainage system. The total project cost includes safety protocol setup, surface 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:28.905 - preparation, coating application, custom fabricated downspout guards, a man lift, and a two-year warranty. 00:25:28.905 --> 00:25:32.414 - Excellent. Comments or questions? Commissioner Medeiro? 00:25:32.642 --> 00:25:39.994 - out. This is really necessary. The puns are so prevalent here. I don't know where to start, so I'm not 00:25:39.994 --> 00:25:47.132 - even going to try. It's draining, isn't it? Yes. I don't know where to spout off. Yeah. Gotcha. Mr. 00:25:47.132 --> 00:25:54.342 - Schultz? Yeah, I'm curious. If there are currently bird nests there, what will happen? Well, they do 00:25:54.342 --> 00:26:01.694 - what they do every year. They nest briefly, and then they're gone. But it's always during the heaviest 00:26:01.694 --> 00:26:02.622 - rains. Yeah. 00:26:03.490 --> 00:26:13.666 - So yeah. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment or perhaps somebody wishes to offer their 00:26:13.666 --> 00:26:24.141 - own pun for the for the collection. I really thought you guys would open up on this one. Richard, you're 00:26:24.141 --> 00:26:25.438 - in the game. 00:26:25.890 --> 00:26:34.465 - All right, seeing no public comments. All those in favor of approving the BNL sheet metal and roofing 00:26:34.465 --> 00:26:42.788 - highway garage roof repairs and downspout guards signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three. 00:26:42.788 --> 00:26:51.195 - Thank you, sir. All right, thank you. I would like to move approval for resolution 2026-18, city of 00:26:51.195 --> 00:26:55.230 - Bloomington bridges number 316 and 317. Second. 00:26:55.586 --> 00:27:03.971 - Motion and we have a second. I don't know which one of you wishes to speak about this, but it appears 00:27:03.971 --> 00:27:12.439 - in stochastic toys to pounce I'm wrong I think the county is in a little bit of a sticky situation and 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:20.824 - a couple years ago state passed legislation that that indicates what what bridges are the city or the 00:27:20.824 --> 00:27:24.030 - counties and they are bridges that are 00:27:24.898 --> 00:27:32.239 - located within the county have a span of 20 feet or more not part of the state highway system and that 00:27:32.239 --> 00:27:39.366 - we that we either inspected the bridge prior to January 1, 2024 or the county executive has brought 00:27:39.366 --> 00:27:46.493 - that into our county inventory. There are two bridges within the city of limits of Bloomington that 00:27:46.493 --> 00:27:50.270 - are over 20 feet not part of the highway system that 00:27:50.466 --> 00:27:58.016 - We had not inspected before January 1, 2024, and we have not accepted into our inventory after the day. 00:27:58.016 --> 00:28:05.783 - And so one of those is one that we went ahead because our Cume Bridge allows us to use Cume Bridge dollars 00:28:05.783 --> 00:28:13.115 - to inspect any bridge in the county, whether it's our responsibility or not, to go ahead and inspect 00:28:13.115 --> 00:28:17.470 - two bridges, bridges 316 and 317. The inspection came back. 00:28:17.570 --> 00:28:24.994 - that indicated that one of the bridges, I think it was bridge 317, and please correct me if I'm wrong, 00:28:24.994 --> 00:28:32.490 - but this is off old 37 kind of going up into the city's, by the city's golf course, so by Cascades Park 00:28:32.490 --> 00:28:39.914 - and all that. And so we don't have the authority or the responsibility under state code to do anything 00:28:39.914 --> 00:28:43.230 - with it. So we wanna make sure the city knows 00:28:43.842 --> 00:28:51.018 - at least for the one that we have a lot of issues. They are the underlying property owner. They own 00:28:51.018 --> 00:28:58.266 - everything around this bridge. Our understanding is that they had done the inspections up until 2024 00:28:58.266 --> 00:29:05.513 - due to their small bridge or small structure inspection process. And for some reason, it went from a 00:29:05.513 --> 00:29:11.326 - small structure to a bridge. Someone determined that around that period of time. 00:29:12.130 --> 00:29:20.253 - But we don't have it in our inventory So we really don't have any authority to get on the road to do 00:29:20.253 --> 00:29:28.537 - anything with it But we want to make sure the city knows about this inspection with with the hope that 00:29:28.537 --> 00:29:35.454 - Something is worked out for You have any questions Nope, mr. Jones. No, I don't um, I 00:29:35.586 --> 00:29:45.306 - Okay, so a lot of our focus here is on Bridge 317, which has a weight limit change that has been recommended 00:29:45.306 --> 00:29:54.402 - after inspection. We're not doing any more inspections with cumulative bridge funds on this bridge or 00:29:54.402 --> 00:30:03.230 - the other, correct? We are required to do our bridge inspections that's in our inventory. In 2024, 00:30:04.610 --> 00:30:14.141 - brought to our attention that it had become a bridge over the 20 foot span. At that time, it needed 00:30:14.141 --> 00:30:23.958 - posted nine ton weight limit. We went ahead as a county and necessary to go ahead and post that bridge 00:30:23.958 --> 00:30:31.774 - because of the inspection. The city did not want to post the bridge at that time. 00:30:31.938 --> 00:30:38.786 - We reached out again, because it was two years later for the cycle of the bridge inspections. We asked 00:30:38.786 --> 00:30:45.435 - the city of Bloomington to maybe do an MOU with the county. We would still go ahead and inspect it. 00:30:45.435 --> 00:30:52.150 - It's very normal with counties to have a cum bridge to go ahead and do the inspection, but then bill 00:30:52.150 --> 00:30:58.798 - the owner for the city of Bloomington for that inspection. And we just didn't want to take the risk 00:30:58.798 --> 00:31:00.926 - of ever losing federal dollars. 00:31:01.218 --> 00:31:08.778 - with our bridge program. So we went ahead and incurred the cost. The city of Bloomington denied that 00:31:08.778 --> 00:31:16.263 - offer. So we got the inspection back. It showed that the bridge does need to be reposted at a lower 00:31:16.263 --> 00:31:23.822 - weight limit. Probably the next option would be closing that road. So we sent the bridge inspections 00:31:23.822 --> 00:31:25.918 - to the city of Bloomington. 00:31:27.170 --> 00:31:33.481 - Bridge technically needs to be posted with the new weight limit within a 30 day time period is the end 00:31:33.481 --> 00:31:39.852 - of May. Yeah. So this is in essence, almost like a legal notice, but we don't want the city to construe 00:31:39.852 --> 00:31:40.894 - the fact that we 00:31:41.186 --> 00:31:48.386 - did the bridge inspections as we're taking the bridge. It's not our bridge. It's not in our inventory. 00:31:48.386 --> 00:31:55.517 - It's listed in ITAMS, which is the National Database for Federal Highway, where we have to put all of 00:31:55.517 --> 00:32:02.996 - our bridges. And it is noted in there that Monroe County does not own either one of these bridges. Because 00:32:02.996 --> 00:32:10.686 - it's not really mentioned in here except by number, where is bridge? 316. 316 Renwick. It is over on Renwick. 00:32:10.850 --> 00:32:17.506 - I do believe that it needs repairs on that bridge also. I believe the estimate for that was around a 00:32:17.506 --> 00:32:24.623 - half a million dollars. We forwarded that information two years ago or last year to the city of Bloomington 00:32:24.623 --> 00:32:31.213 - at their request of what those repairs are. We just again just forwarded on just because we did the 00:32:31.213 --> 00:32:38.396 - inspections just because we felt that's what we needed to do at the time because there was such an ownership 00:32:38.396 --> 00:32:40.702 - question and we didn't want to not 00:32:40.834 --> 00:32:47.207 - And again, we didn't want to jeopardize any federal in the future for our existing bridges in our. Makes 00:32:47.207 --> 00:32:53.338 - total sense. It's bureaucratic, but it makes total sense. Now we will not have to inspect it because 00:32:53.338 --> 00:32:59.529 - we have this resolution. If we pass this resolution, we're not going to have to inspect these bridges 00:32:59.529 --> 00:33:02.078 - at all. And it's not going to impact our. 00:33:04.834 --> 00:33:10.511 - I guess the intent of this resolution doesn't deal with who's going to do inspections in the future. 00:33:10.511 --> 00:33:16.244 - I think we have a funding mechanism that we can use it. I mean, it would be nice if we, with the city 00:33:16.244 --> 00:33:21.865 - of Bloomington figured out who is actually gonna do that in the future and things like this is much 00:33:21.865 --> 00:33:27.655 - more of a, we know there's a problem with this bridge. We don't have really the authority to go in and 00:33:27.655 --> 00:33:33.332 - do anything. We wanna make sure the city knows about it because it's a problem with a bridge and the 00:33:33.332 --> 00:33:33.950 - other one. 00:33:34.242 --> 00:33:40.603 - So this is much more of a we want to make sure the city's aware they have our report and that they are 00:33:40.603 --> 00:33:46.903 - And that they understand our position On it is I mean because when lisa was talking about inspections 00:33:46.903 --> 00:33:53.388 - and things like that We didn't inspect this bridge prior to january 1 2024. I think the when the Correct 00:33:53.388 --> 00:33:59.564 - me where i'm wrong here because i'm not i'm a little out on a limb here When it was reposted for it 00:33:59.564 --> 00:34:01.726 - was based upon a city's inspection 00:34:02.338 --> 00:34:08.802 - not the county's inspection. That is correct. Somebody has to figure out who's responsible for this 00:34:08.802 --> 00:34:15.331 - bridge. Somebody has to figure out, because it's getting, while it's not there yet, it's not hard to 00:34:15.331 --> 00:34:21.925 - imagine in the next three or four years or longer, I'm not an engineer, I'm not a bridge person, that 00:34:21.925 --> 00:34:28.454 - at some point this is going to have to be closed or fixed. Yeah, correct. And it'll move to now that 00:34:28.454 --> 00:34:30.846 - it's reached the point that it's at. 00:34:32.290 --> 00:34:42.185 - it'll be required to be inspected every year. But Jeff is correct. We had never done an inspection on 00:34:42.185 --> 00:34:52.177 - either one of these bridges prior to 2024. Back to bridge, you don't know it exists. And it was always 00:34:52.177 --> 00:34:59.550 - listed according to my knowledge. Wow. Okay. Okay. I think along with that, 00:35:00.258 --> 00:35:08.442 - My understanding is these are the only two bridges that we are aware of that exist at our meet the 20 00:35:08.442 --> 00:35:16.866 - which isn't to say city doesn't have more in their inventory don't know about right. I'm sorry, I didn't 00:35:16.866 --> 00:35:20.958 - catch why we didn't know that this existed before. 00:35:22.018 --> 00:35:28.042 - knowledge it was in their small structure inventory so we have a small structure inventory too so we 00:35:28.042 --> 00:35:34.126 - have our bridges that are over a 20-foot span then we have a small structure of anything that's under 00:35:34.126 --> 00:35:40.150 - 20 foot and those are just inspected with our local inventory has nothing to do with the federal aid 00:35:40.150 --> 00:35:46.354 - project or a bridge replacement and we so they were never listed in our bridge inspections ever because 00:35:46.354 --> 00:35:51.006 - it went over a 20-foot span and we were never notified that it ever was until 00:35:52.194 --> 00:36:01.716 - February or so of 2024 when they were doing their small structure inventory and inspector and said, 00:36:01.716 --> 00:36:11.238 - hey, these are bridges. But that's the first that we ever knew. Thank you so much. Yeah, thank you. 00:36:11.238 --> 00:36:16.094 - I was just gonna say there may be a backstory with 00:36:16.354 --> 00:36:23.264 - Johnson County and things they did that kind of brought this issue up to the light so that people will 00:36:23.264 --> 00:36:30.509 - see it because there's a long-served vacuum bridge and all that. I appreciate all the thorough information. 00:36:30.509 --> 00:36:37.218 - I just think it's important for you to understand why we're doing this. It's why the inspection was 00:36:37.218 --> 00:36:43.390 - done and why we're doing this. And these bridge inspections are not particularly expensive. 00:36:43.490 --> 00:36:52.841 - individually per per bridge right but it is the fact that we have to do all the bridges and so yeah 00:36:52.841 --> 00:37:02.659 - all right so much let's see if there's any uh public comments on this item or questions because somebody 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:12.478 - questions all right seeing none all those in favor of approving resolution 2026-18 signify by saying aye 00:37:13.282 --> 00:37:21.531 - Motion carries 3-0. Next item. I would like to move approval for Bledsoe, Rigert, Cooper, and James 00:37:21.531 --> 00:37:29.862 - change order number two, Redbud Drainage Improvement Project, fund name Stormwater, fund number 1197 00:37:29.862 --> 00:37:38.193 - in the amount of $19,488.69. We have a motion and we have a second. Are you going to do this for Ms. 00:37:38.193 --> 00:37:39.678 - Pena? Yeah. Okay. 00:37:39.810 --> 00:37:45.971 - Thank you. So we're requesting the approval of the change order number two. It's an increase on the 00:37:45.971 --> 00:37:52.256 - project. The increase includes additional stabilization to the road subgrade, slight expansion to the 00:37:52.256 --> 00:37:58.787 - original design alignment that required additional backfill grading and stabilization, a tree replacement 00:37:58.787 --> 00:38:05.134 - and additional seed and straw. It does also include a deduction of $2,210 for utilizing seed and straw 00:38:05.134 --> 00:38:06.366 - in lieu of the sod. 00:38:06.562 --> 00:38:13.431 - we were wanting to process the change order so we can get the project closed out. It is completed and 00:38:13.431 --> 00:38:20.435 - issued the final payment to the contract. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Jones? 00:38:20.435 --> 00:38:26.900 - Commissioner Madeira? No, thank you. This makes a ton of sense. So thank you. And thanks to Ms. 00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:34.105 - Penna as well, the Director of Stormwater. Any public comment on this item? Oh, she's got her hand raised. 00:38:34.105 --> 00:38:34.846 - Ms. Penna? 00:38:35.714 --> 00:38:42.952 - Hi, thank you Lisa for presenting for me. I did just want to make a note that the blood so rigor Cooper 00:38:42.952 --> 00:38:50.120 - James is doing project management and inspection for us So they are putting together the change order, 00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:57.218 - but the change order itself is for the milestone Contract as the milestone performed the work, right? 00:38:57.218 --> 00:39:04.734 - Yeah, that makes sense. Thank you Thank you any other comments Here's your hand on teams come to the podium 00:39:08.738 --> 00:39:16.680 - Seeing none all those in favor of approving the bullets of rigor Cooper and James change order number 00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:24.699 - two for the red bud drainage improvement project signified by saying aye aye motion carries three zero 00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:28.670 - next item please yes I'd like to move approval for 00:39:29.698 --> 00:39:38.792 - awarding ENB paving, LLC various paving projects, fund name, motor vehicle highway, local road and street, 00:39:38.792 --> 00:39:47.292 - fund number 1176-1169 in the amount of $519,400. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. Ms. 00:39:47.292 --> 00:39:56.046 - Ridge. So sealed bids were opened on May 7th for the paving projects of Night Ridge Road, which is the 00:39:56.046 --> 00:39:57.406 - east portion of 00:39:57.922 --> 00:40:06.787 - east of State Road 446, Duke Road and Gross Road. EMB paving was the lowest most responsive and responsible 00:40:06.787 --> 00:40:15.324 - bidder, and we'd like to award those paving projects to them. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:40:15.324 --> 00:40:23.614 - Commissioner Madeira? I have none. Thank you. Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. Well, I do. So we had 00:40:24.098 --> 00:40:33.322 - the bids open and it is kind of goes into the next item too. So we had bids open and it exceeded what 00:40:33.322 --> 00:40:42.726 - we thought the engineer estimate was. Well, we knew the engineering estimate was these totals that came 00:40:42.726 --> 00:40:52.040 - in and exceeded it. So what was, how did you manage that? When we do our estimates of inflation costs, 00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:53.758 - fuel costs, so we, 00:40:54.050 --> 00:41:02.153 - do them a little bit higher. The prices for the tonnage were higher than what we anticipated. But again, 00:41:02.153 --> 00:41:09.948 - in our paving program, we kind of allow for that and those issues to come up. So we have figured out 00:41:09.948 --> 00:41:17.975 - where we can move some funds around within our budgets and continue to include these roads for a paving 00:41:17.975 --> 00:41:22.142 - need. And you did not cut any projects. There you go. 00:41:25.218 --> 00:41:32.347 - not to I know we got some calls yesterday for a new request for another road but that's it's on south 00:41:32.347 --> 00:41:39.336 - shore drive it's on our radar I think that's what we'll put in for the community crossings for this 00:41:39.336 --> 00:41:46.465 - fall so we're always looking ahead we've already got our list started for 2027 but as of right now we 00:41:46.465 --> 00:41:53.524 - think we can still do what we have anticipated we're still waiting for final numbers I know with the 00:41:53.524 --> 00:41:54.782 - gas tax there was 00:41:55.234 --> 00:42:02.918 - some suspension of the gas tax for the month of, I think, April, May. So we will wait and see what that 00:42:02.918 --> 00:42:10.380 - will cost us. I know our monthly distribution, we expect that to go down a little bit. We usually go 00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:17.989 - in for an additional for paving in our MVH every year. We haven't had to do that yet. So if we see our 00:42:17.989 --> 00:42:23.678 - distribution has gone down some, the last calculation that we saw for local, 00:42:24.002 --> 00:42:33.500 - communities such as the counties and the cities, we saw that maybe it would be a $3 million hit across 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:42.906 - the state for the gas tax or reduction. And that's across the state. It was more hit at the community 00:42:42.906 --> 00:42:51.390 - crossing program is hit pretty hard with that. And then in dot take the largest hit of that 00:42:51.618 --> 00:43:00.263 - So we stay in constant communication with LTAP, which is a great resource for us that helps us counties 00:43:00.263 --> 00:43:08.825 - know if we're going to see a deduction, what to expect so we can anticipate that. And the tax has been 00:43:08.825 --> 00:43:09.822 - reinstated. 00:43:10.658 --> 00:43:17.420 - I think it has I know for that one month we run in the rear and then also I think the will tax and everything 00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:23.690 - that goes through B and B kind of runs a few months behind too so we might not see that deduction for 00:43:23.690 --> 00:43:30.022 - a couple months so we're just moving forward as is we haven't cut anything from our paving program and 00:43:30.022 --> 00:43:34.878 - if we have to go in for an additional from our cash that's what we anticipate. 00:43:35.170 --> 00:43:44.837 - or something has to get postponed potentially. And these contracts allow you to do that if it comes 00:43:44.837 --> 00:43:54.601 - down to it. Okay, perfect. Thank you so much. Your thorough answers. These are questions that plague 00:43:54.601 --> 00:44:02.142 - many people. So let's see if there's any public comment on item L. All right. 00:44:02.562 --> 00:44:12.169 - Seeing none, all those in favor of awarding ENB paving LLC, various paving projects signify by saying 00:44:12.169 --> 00:44:21.587 - aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. Please. I'd like to move to approve awarding milestone contractors LP 00:44:21.587 --> 00:44:24.318 - subdivision paving projects. 00:44:24.738 --> 00:44:33.250 - fund named Motor Vehicle Highway and Local Road and Street, fund number 1176 and 1169 in the amount 00:44:33.250 --> 00:44:41.932 - of $241,363. I second. We have a motion and we have a second. So sealed bids again, we're open on May 00:44:41.932 --> 00:44:50.529 - 7th for these three subdivisions, which is Amber Ridge, Plateau Place and Bristol Manor, which those 00:44:50.529 --> 00:44:51.806 - roads in there 00:44:52.002 --> 00:44:59.200 - consist of, which I want to read, because sometimes subdivisions join together and you might live in 00:44:59.200 --> 00:45:06.541 - a different part of a subdivision. It's really not the same subdivision. But this would include Sienna 00:45:06.541 --> 00:45:13.739 - Court, Livia Drive, Samantha Drive, Plateau Place, Cordova Place, Nottingham Court, and Amber Drive. 00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:18.942 - Those we would like to award to the lowest bidder on that was Milestone. 00:45:19.234 --> 00:45:26.314 - move forward with getting those subdivisions paved. Great, thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:45:26.314 --> 00:45:33.814 - Commissioner Jones? No, we don't. Commissioner Medeira? No, thank you. My question relates to the previous 00:45:33.814 --> 00:45:41.104 - item and this item again, but together. So as needed, stormwater goes in and does drainage work as well 00:45:41.104 --> 00:45:45.310 - to kind of prolong the lifespan of these roadways, correct? 00:45:50.818 --> 00:45:59.023 - We get with our crews of what we can do in-house. We replace any pipes that need replaced. We look at 00:45:59.023 --> 00:46:07.228 - sidewalks. We look at curb. The stormwater crews will do what they need to do beforehand. Our highway 00:46:07.228 --> 00:46:15.353 - crews will mow and cut brush and do the ditching. What they need to do, our Cume Bridge crew will go 00:46:15.353 --> 00:46:16.318 - and replace 00:46:16.642 --> 00:46:24.399 - the pipes that go under the roadway that are needed. We do all of this before releasing the roads to 00:46:24.399 --> 00:46:32.618 - the contractor and just try and stay at least, you know, months. But that's, that's made a huge difference 00:46:32.618 --> 00:46:40.298 - over the last several years and really just want to thank you and Ms. Pena Stormwater for foresight 00:46:40.298 --> 00:46:45.214 - to integrate that the stormwater projects and drainage projects 00:46:45.346 --> 00:46:52.080 - before even the road works begin. So it's made a big difference, I think. Has and I can't think the 00:46:52.080 --> 00:46:58.815 - highway crews, stormwater crew, bridge crews at the garage, they all work and the management there. 00:46:58.815 --> 00:47:04.943 - They work great to bring this all together. It takes a lot of coordination. It takes a lot 00:47:04.943 --> 00:47:11.947 - of time commitment, but they work well together. And it's just worked out really well for us to be able 00:47:11.947 --> 00:47:14.910 - to fix the drainage issues and do it right. 00:47:15.330 --> 00:47:23.507 - Um, I did, I do. Yeah, go ahead. No, I was going to say we do have a construction reconstruct. Mike, 00:47:23.507 --> 00:47:31.765 - it's a big project. We're only doing one segment of that. We have done this. We're doing this through 00:47:31.765 --> 00:47:36.542 - the help of our RDC and TIF district. So we will be doing. 00:47:36.930 --> 00:47:43.302 - Basically, State Road 48 to Bloomington City limits, which is around Beasley Drive. DC Construction 00:47:43.302 --> 00:47:49.738 - will start that. They were awarded that project. They will begin curb work, concrete work next week, 00:47:49.738 --> 00:47:56.173 - and then the whole road will be milled and then repaved. So that'll all be over probably the next 30 00:47:56.173 --> 00:48:02.673 - days starting next week. There's a lot of traffic on that road, so I just want to get that out there. 00:48:02.673 --> 00:48:06.878 - Expect delays, no road closures, we don't anticipate, but delays. 00:48:06.978 --> 00:48:16.881 - Yeah. So it's from the intersection of Curry and 48, which is third street going south. Okay. Yeah. 00:48:16.881 --> 00:48:26.884 - City of Bloomington limits. Yeah. Okay. Boy. Yeah. That alignment issue. So many near miss accidents 00:48:26.884 --> 00:48:36.094 - with that. So I hope that that gets addressed in the next bet. I know this is a big project. 00:48:36.194 --> 00:48:45.651 - It's a big project. Thank you for that. So everybody, yeah. I mean, just as we kind of feel the newfound 00:48:45.651 --> 00:48:54.928 - freedom of having less traffic with IU out for summer break, well, mostly, please be careful and watch 00:48:54.928 --> 00:49:03.934 - for crews. I mean, I know the patching crew was in my neighborhood yesterday. They did a great job. 00:49:04.034 --> 00:49:11.250 - There's going to be construction everywhere, not just county, but city and state. So, you know, just 00:49:11.250 --> 00:49:18.680 - keep an eye open, slow down. Let's make sure we protect the lives of those workers. Good time to remind 00:49:18.680 --> 00:49:25.182 - everybody about that. All right. So let's see if there's any public comments on this item. 00:49:33.090 --> 00:49:41.781 - Seeing none, all those in favor of awarding milestone contractors, the subdivision paving project signify 00:49:41.781 --> 00:49:50.227 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. Thank you so much. All right. Item N is our next item, please. 00:49:50.227 --> 00:49:58.590 - Yes, I'd like to move approval for ordinance 2025-15 amendments to the development ordinance. We have 00:49:58.590 --> 00:50:01.214 - a motion. Second. And a second. 00:50:03.714 --> 00:50:12.490 - Here Ben is here and she is serving as the acting director of the planning department while Ms. 00:50:12.490 --> 00:50:21.814 - Bellin is off. Good morning. Can you hear me all right? We sure can. Great. I'm going to go ahead and 00:50:21.814 --> 00:50:31.230 - share my screen for this one. And I'm not going to bother you with the little scrivener. You're muted. 00:50:33.410 --> 00:50:45.001 - You muted. I did. I didn't share screen. I can't see the screen yet, but it'll show up. There. I think 00:50:45.001 --> 00:50:56.255 - I got it this time. There it is. Thank you. Good. Okay. So what I'm presenting is amendments to the 00:50:56.255 --> 00:51:02.782 - county development ordinance to fix some Scribner errors. 00:51:03.042 --> 00:51:11.600 - to have our code align with state code provisions and then to modify some sidewalk requirements and 00:51:11.600 --> 00:51:20.415 - address some energy production technologies. So I'm gonna just sort of skip through here a little bit. 00:51:20.415 --> 00:51:27.518 - And the first page, is it gonna let me do it? I'm really hoping it doesn't make me 00:51:32.706 --> 00:51:42.361 - The plan commission heard this on April 21st, 2026 under the petition ZOA-26-1. They forwarded a positive 00:51:42.361 --> 00:51:51.470 - recommendation with a vote of six to zero. In our CDO, we always have a list of revisions that just 00:51:51.470 --> 00:52:00.670 - documents every text amendment that we've ever done. This is the amount that we're doing here today. 00:52:00.770 --> 00:52:10.253 - And I'm going to skip over the Scrivener errors. They're kind of insignificant, but we'll stick to the 00:52:10.253 --> 00:52:16.606 - meat and potatoes of this one. So I first want to start off with 40. 00:52:18.114 --> 00:52:25.401 - So we have in our ordinance these two pagers, we will be updating throughout the ordinance our two pagers 00:52:25.401 --> 00:52:32.276 - to any use changes that you're going to see. And then we also have a few Scrivener type errors such 00:52:32.276 --> 00:52:39.220 - as this was a one, we needed it to be 10. And then throughout we're going to be referencing footnote 00:52:39.220 --> 00:52:41.214 - number three and adding this 00:52:41.538 --> 00:52:48.167 - to each one of our two pagers. I am not going to flip through all of those two pagers though, but just 00:52:48.167 --> 00:52:54.668 - letting you know this is kind of a wide sweeping, a lot of little changes throughout. So this is our 00:52:54.668 --> 00:53:01.233 - permitted land use table. And one thing that we're doing to align with state code is allowing schools 00:53:01.233 --> 00:53:07.734 - to be permitted in every single zone, which will include the industrial zones and mineral extraction 00:53:07.734 --> 00:53:09.150 - now. And then we have 00:53:10.210 --> 00:53:17.736 - was pretty large things that are going on here. I want to point out that in 2024, when we passed the 00:53:17.736 --> 00:53:25.263 - CDO, we made data centers not permitted in Monroe County. Then the state has now allowed for nuclear 00:53:25.263 --> 00:53:32.938 - energy to start coming in. We are going to go ahead and make small modular nuclear reactors, which are 00:53:32.938 --> 00:53:38.974 - often the source that powers data centers, not a permitted use in Monroe County. 00:53:39.586 --> 00:53:46.789 - And then we are looking at battery energy storage systems. And these will all have definitions. And 00:53:46.789 --> 00:53:54.064 - those are going to be permitted in the IP zone, the institutional public zone and mineral extraction 00:53:54.064 --> 00:54:01.267 - zone and airport zone. And they are conditional. So they have to go to the board of zoning appeals. 00:54:01.267 --> 00:54:07.966 - The next thing to focus on is with the battery energy storage systems, they are conditional. 00:54:08.258 --> 00:54:14.121 - And so we have several items that we want to kind of make sure that these facilities are safe. They 00:54:14.121 --> 00:54:20.218 - fit within our community and they aren't going to bother neighbors too much. We definitely want to make 00:54:20.218 --> 00:54:26.667 - sure that we know how the transportation plan works, what their drainage plan is going to be, some screening, 00:54:26.667 --> 00:54:31.006 - have a statement of compliance regarding noise. We don't want these to be 00:54:31.362 --> 00:54:39.259 - too noisy like those bells I can hear in the background. And then setbacks and a decommissioning plan 00:54:39.259 --> 00:54:47.310 - we found would be important if we were going to be allowing these in the community. And then our staff, 00:54:47.310 --> 00:54:55.130 - we sat and debated this table for a while. We're making some clarifications to add decks to the list 00:54:55.130 --> 00:54:56.446 - of developments. 00:54:56.770 --> 00:55:05.503 - that's able to encroach into a setback and we clarified horizontal projections for detached garages, 00:55:05.503 --> 00:55:14.841 - carports, storage sheds that are no higher than 15 feet. Jumping down. So with this text amendment portion, 00:55:14.841 --> 00:55:24.958 - we removed the requirement for sidewalks within subdivisions located on a moderate priority road improvement segment 00:55:25.346 --> 00:55:32.528 - of the alternative transportation map to be removed. We were finding that most of these were requiring 00:55:32.528 --> 00:55:39.641 - waivers or in the case of commercial development variances. And so the map is a little outdated. What 00:55:39.641 --> 00:55:46.614 - we wanna do is eventually update our alternative transportation maps where sidewalks and bike lanes 00:55:46.614 --> 00:55:49.822 - would be going and then maybe bring this back 00:55:49.922 --> 00:55:58.085 - into the ordinance to bring the moderate priority back in, but right now they just don't align with 00:55:58.085 --> 00:56:06.492 - our planning. And so we're just going to remove it to keep people from having to go through a planning 00:56:06.492 --> 00:56:14.736 - process that's timely and a little expensive. And then we are clarifying under expenses how the plan 00:56:14.736 --> 00:56:17.022 - commission expenses section 00:56:17.250 --> 00:56:28.005 - how we pay board members for which meetings per month that they are eligible for. And then I'm gonna 00:56:28.005 --> 00:56:39.079 - skip down to our definitions section. We have, hold on, look for home occupation. There it is, oh, it's 00:56:39.079 --> 00:56:44.510 - just a little one. This is a conflict we actually, 00:56:44.674 --> 00:56:51.222 - require a permit for a home occupation. And then yet it was stating permitted by right. And I think 00:56:51.222 --> 00:56:57.901 - that was just leftover language from the old ordinance. So we're cleaning that up so that we can make 00:56:57.901 --> 00:57:04.514 - sure that people on their properties and their residences comply with certain standards and meet the 00:57:04.514 --> 00:57:11.062 - home occupation requirement. And then we have a couple more definitions to cover. At the beginning, 00:57:11.062 --> 00:57:14.270 - you saw in our two pagers that we had added some 00:57:15.106 --> 00:57:22.074 - language to our front yard setbacks. And so here we're just kind of clarifying lot line slash front 00:57:22.074 --> 00:57:29.111 - yard and giving this more clarity to planners. And we've also included an image, especially for when 00:57:29.111 --> 00:57:36.079 - there's an easement that runs through a property and how we would determine the front yard setbacks 00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:43.326 - for how much a structure would need to be from that. And then I'm going to scroll down to our next one. 00:57:44.034 --> 00:57:50.911 - We currently have a use called major utility. And, you know, it's just for like gas generation plants, 00:57:50.911 --> 00:57:58.055 - electrical substations. What we wanna make sure is that this definition excludes the small modular nuclear 00:57:58.055 --> 00:58:04.932 - energy reactors and battery energy storage systems, because we're going to treat them differently than 00:58:04.932 --> 00:58:11.742 - what we would treat a major utility. And they are gonna have their own set of standards. I'm so fine. 00:58:12.930 --> 00:58:20.076 - And so, with that, we have the small modular nuclear reactors. We're clarifying what this is. 00:58:20.076 --> 00:58:27.982 - These are, you know, these are reactors that have the power capacity to do 300, I want to say megawatts 00:58:27.982 --> 00:58:35.585 - of energy per unit, whatever. But anyways, this is to clearly state that these are not permitted in 00:58:35.585 --> 00:58:40.222 - Monroe County. And then finally, we have, I'll touch on the, 00:58:40.322 --> 00:58:47.917 - battery energy storage system. So this is the definition here, not included in the major utilities, 00:58:47.917 --> 00:58:55.817 - but it will have its own definition and we've run over those standards that are applicable to that one. 00:58:55.817 --> 00:59:03.564 - So yeah, does anyone have any questions? See if my colleagues have any questions, Commissioner Medeo. 00:59:03.564 --> 00:59:07.134 - We do not. No, this is pretty straightforward. 00:59:07.522 --> 00:59:22.907 - Yeah, and we were under the state had asked us to ensure that we did a moratorium on hearing cases relating 00:59:22.907 --> 00:59:35.870 - to small nuclear reactors and that we did complete this part of our requirement before our 00:59:36.066 --> 00:59:44.159 - one-year moratorium lapses. And I believe that all of the state law requirements, obviously small nuclear 00:59:44.159 --> 00:59:52.405 - reactors are pretty frightening things, especially when you take into account not just waste and accidents, 00:59:52.405 --> 01:00:00.422 - but also decommissioning and what happens if the company goes up and who pays for it and how is it done. 01:00:00.422 --> 01:00:03.934 - There's a lot to it. And so those are banned. 01:00:04.098 --> 01:00:13.102 - or not permitted. And then the data center part that Ms. Bierman raised is really important because 01:00:13.102 --> 01:00:22.736 - just this week, I've read two more articles about how a small city lost about half of their water pressure 01:00:22.736 --> 01:00:32.190 - because they added a data center in their vicinity. And another one, which is tracking the amount of PFA 01:00:32.322 --> 01:00:42.453 - PFOAs, or forever chemicals, as they're often called, and how these data centers are leaching the stuff 01:00:42.453 --> 01:00:52.487 - into the environment, which no one really thought about before. They're also supposedly one of the new 01:00:52.487 --> 01:01:00.670 - sources of nuisance lawsuits based on mass toxic tort claims. Ah, there you go. OK. 01:01:00.866 --> 01:01:07.202 - Um, so there's, there's a lot there and I do, I do appreciate the work that was done on the, um, battery 01:01:07.202 --> 01:01:13.477 - storage systems, because this is something that power companies are moving toward and sometimes they're 01:01:13.477 --> 01:01:19.512 - in close sometimes they're not and. But we do want to make sure that the impact on the community is 01:01:19.512 --> 01:01:24.158 - not negative in terms of noise or run off for drainage or anything else. So. 01:01:26.082 --> 01:01:33.228 - And I would like to add a thank you to our SPIA fellow who researched that and presented reports to 01:01:33.228 --> 01:01:40.731 - the ordinance review committee. They did a really great job of helping us formulate standards to review. 01:01:40.731 --> 01:01:47.877 - Yeah, absolutely. And that's been great work. Just we've learned a lot. So it's been really helpful 01:01:47.877 --> 01:01:53.022 - for the whole planning commission. All right. So let's see if there are 01:01:53.410 --> 01:02:05.129 - If there's anyone who wishes to speak in favor of this petition, raise your hand on teams or come to 01:02:05.129 --> 01:02:16.733 - the podium. Is there anyone who wishes to speak in opposition or make general public comment? None, 01:02:16.733 --> 01:02:21.374 - and I do want to take a moment to thank 01:02:21.698 --> 01:02:30.228 - the planning staff for all of their hard work and getting through all of this stuff. Some of it minutiae, 01:02:30.228 --> 01:02:38.435 - some of it big, but all of it important. So thank you so much. All right. Any further comments? Okay. 01:02:38.435 --> 01:02:46.482 - I'll go ahead and bring the questions to the floor. All those in favor of ordinance 2026-15 signify 01:02:46.482 --> 01:02:51.230 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. Thank you so much. 01:02:52.450 --> 01:03:00.249 - All right, we do have the new item, oh, please. Yes, I would like to move approval for resolution 2026 01:03:00.249 --> 01:03:08.502 - dash 19. We have a motion and we have a second. This is a resolution in Manure County Board of Commissioners 01:03:08.502 --> 01:03:16.225 - authorizing the Manure County Sheriff to appoint up to three deputies under the emergency appointment 01:03:16.225 --> 01:03:19.102 - statute. Please tell us all about it. 01:03:19.650 --> 01:03:26.753 - I will start with the goal and what we're intending to do with this and then we can back out into questions 01:03:26.753 --> 01:03:33.329 - or things like that. And it's a little ironic to me because I've worked here for so long that we're 01:03:33.329 --> 01:03:39.972 - actually to the point now where we have more confidence in our ability to attract jail staff than we 01:03:39.972 --> 01:03:43.326 - are sheriff's deputies. So that's just a shift in. 01:03:43.522 --> 01:03:51.133 - and how we are, but what this is, the goal of this is to allow us to train three of our correctional 01:03:51.133 --> 01:03:58.744 - staff members to go to the police academy so that they can fill in for the merit deputies when there 01:03:58.744 --> 01:04:06.431 - is an emergency. So it took a while to get around it. If you read the statute, it isn't exactly clear 01:04:06.431 --> 01:04:07.486 - on this goal. 01:04:07.586 --> 01:04:13.369 - But that's the goal. I think the important thing that I want to point out with this is that including 01:04:13.369 --> 01:04:19.378 - the statute, it allows you to set a compensation for those deputies. This says they have to remain within 01:04:19.378 --> 01:04:25.105 - the budget. That's what approved by the county council. So this does not have a budgetary impact. It 01:04:25.105 --> 01:04:30.887 - is purely a way to get to allow the sheriff to send up to three of their correctional officers to the 01:04:30.887 --> 01:04:34.686 - police academy, the law enforcement academy to get those training. 01:04:34.882 --> 01:04:41.784 - And that's important for a lot of variety of reasons, most particularly is that they're seeing a lot 01:04:41.784 --> 01:04:49.027 - more overtime and kind of expenses coming out of the sheriff, the mayor, deputy side of the organization. 01:04:49.027 --> 01:04:55.929 - So that's the intent of this. The statue is admittedly much more designed for what I considered like 01:04:55.929 --> 01:04:58.526 - the Wild West and the Old West posse. 01:04:58.626 --> 01:05:06.238 - you know, special deputy and those kind of things, which is not the intent of what we're using this 01:05:06.238 --> 01:05:13.318 - for. We are using this for the ability to get our correctional staff trained better. Even if 01:05:13.318 --> 01:05:20.930 - these correctional staff never utilize it as an emerit deputy, there is a value to the jail to have 01:05:20.930 --> 01:05:28.542 - members of the jail trained through the Law Enforcement Academy. Help the conversations between EPD 01:05:29.122 --> 01:05:38.453 - IUPD merit deputies and the jail staff to help understand what's going on and what some of the concerns 01:05:38.453 --> 01:05:47.605 - are. And so that's a benefit, even if this emergency situation where they need to be actually used as 01:05:47.605 --> 01:05:56.577 - merit deputies does not exist. So there is benefit no matter what. Yeah. Uh, comments or questions, 01:05:56.577 --> 01:05:58.910 - commissioner Jones. Yeah. 01:05:59.234 --> 01:06:08.400 - Yeah, the old posse statute. Which actually goes back to Alfred the Great. It's really kind of got a 01:06:08.400 --> 01:06:17.748 - storied history. But it's alive and well. Yeah. 100%. Yeah, yeah. So we're not declaring an emergency. 01:06:17.748 --> 01:06:26.823 - There isn't an emergency. But there is an emergency, as far as the sheriff is concerned, because he 01:06:26.823 --> 01:06:28.094 - does not have 01:06:28.322 --> 01:06:35.206 - He wants to make sure he has sufficient deputies on the road if someone is out sick or anything else. 01:06:35.206 --> 01:06:41.955 - And he is at that point where he needs to make sure he can call people in. So there's no emergency. 01:06:41.955 --> 01:06:48.771 - The downtown bank hasn't been robbed by stagecoach robbers and whatever. I don't know. Anyway, go in 01:06:48.771 --> 01:06:53.630 - at the train station, find out. I would say there's no emergency event. 01:06:53.858 --> 01:07:03.695 - Yes, there's no event. We're not declaring an emergency, but this is an emergency appointment statute 01:07:03.695 --> 01:07:13.339 - that we are considering. Okay, thank you. Thank you for clarifying that. Yes. All right. Any public 01:07:13.339 --> 01:07:21.150 - comments on the world of law? Nerdy legal point. Yeah, there you go. I see none. 01:07:21.570 --> 01:07:29.947 - All those in favor of approving resolution 2020-19 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 3-0. I 01:07:29.947 --> 01:07:38.822 - just say I am so grateful for our county attorneys and their depth of experience and how well they explain 01:07:38.822 --> 01:07:47.614 - things. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, 100%. I'm grateful for all of our county employees to speak of it, but yes. 01:07:48.578 --> 01:07:57.856 - No, that's very true. And the sheriff was eager to get this done quickly. So I appreciate that as well, 01:07:57.856 --> 01:08:07.222 - because the Academy season start waiting lists and whatnot. So it's a timing issue as well. So I'm happy 01:08:07.222 --> 01:08:11.326 - to do this to support the sheriff. All right. 01:08:11.522 --> 01:08:21.332 - We do want to remind folks that there are virtual office hours via teams available and there are 6 hours 01:08:21.332 --> 01:08:30.302 - per month. Just go to our calendar on our homepage. I am dot gov slash county slash Monroe and. 01:08:30.402 --> 01:08:39.356 - We are still looking for some members for some boards and commissions, especially the library board 01:08:39.356 --> 01:08:48.311 - and animal management. So if you are interested, please out boards and commissions and you can fill 01:08:48.311 --> 01:08:57.086 - out an application online. So I believe there are June blood drive dates, but I do not have them. 01:08:57.346 --> 01:09:06.202 - Sorry and um, but go to redcross.org and they'll have the info. Um, so we usually have two days each 01:09:06.202 --> 01:09:15.234 - month that we work with ivy tech to provide um Jeff is having an identity crisis All right, um, so um, 01:09:15.234 --> 01:09:20.670 - and the other thing we do want to do is remind folks that the 01:09:21.730 --> 01:09:29.296 - Monroe County alert notification system is great thing for you to sign up for some people charge for 01:09:29.296 --> 01:09:37.011 - this, by the way, we don't it's it's included for all county residents, no matter where they live. And 01:09:37.011 --> 01:09:44.802 - you will receive updates on weather related traffic related other emergencies in the community, so that 01:09:44.802 --> 01:09:46.974 - you can stay safe. And that. 01:09:47.490 --> 01:09:57.113 - is available from our homepage, iand.gov slash county slash Monroe. And I do want to remind folks that 01:09:57.113 --> 01:10:06.922 - again, this is police week. We had our proclamation. We will be at the peace officer's memorial ceremony 01:10:06.922 --> 01:10:16.638 - tomorrow. It is 11 a.m. at the Showers Plaza as it was last year. There's only a slight chance of rain. 01:10:17.474 --> 01:10:31.208 - Anything else for the good of the order? Anything? Okay. All right. We do not have a work session, correct? 01:10:31.208 --> 01:10:37.694 - All right. No working today. All right. With that, 01:10:38.562 --> 01:10:45.836 - We are going to adjourn this meeting. Our next meeting is the 21st of May, 10 a.m., right here in the 01:10:45.836 --> 01:10:53.038 - NatU Hill Room. And with that, we are adjourned. Thanks, everyone. Thanks, Katz, and thank you, TSD, 01:10:53.038 --> 01:10:54.750 - for all your hard work.