WEBVTT 00:00:00.322 --> 00:00:08.459 - Good morning, I'm going to call to order this meeting Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It is Thursday, 00:00:08.459 --> 00:00:15.993 - June 4th already it's June, and like to note for the record that I'm the only commissioner here and 00:00:15.993 --> 00:00:23.678 - present in the net you know room. Therefore, we're going to take care of a few agenda items, and then 00:00:23.678 --> 00:00:29.630 - we're going to recess until Commissioner Madeira can join us she's at another. 00:00:29.858 --> 00:00:37.835 - and appointments and she cannot be here. So we'll get through what we can in the agenda to begin with 00:00:37.835 --> 00:00:45.811 - and then come back for the remainder. All right, so I'm going to start with our public statement. We, 00:00:45.811 --> 00:00:53.631 - the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights of 00:00:53.631 --> 00:00:58.558 - all people, regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, 00:00:59.202 --> 00:01:06.222 - sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin. And 00:01:06.222 --> 00:01:13.174 - we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist 00:01:13.174 --> 00:01:19.989 - at every step, discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity, 00:01:19.989 --> 00:01:27.486 - equity, inclusion, and belonging. And we also stand in support of our county public school systems, both RBB, 00:01:27.714 --> 00:01:42.455 - and MCCSC. And with that, we will move on to our department updates, as I do not need a quorum for that. 00:01:42.455 --> 00:01:49.054 - Is Lori Kelly here from the health department. 00:01:58.850 --> 00:02:07.248 - Good morning. Good morning. Sorry. I just have a few updates. According to the Indiana Department of 00:02:07.248 --> 00:02:15.812 - Health, we have not seen any changes in wastewater concentrations for COVID as of June 2nd. The Health 00:02:15.812 --> 00:02:24.543 - Department does still keep a free stock of flu and COVID tests for the public. Anyone can walk in Monday 00:02:24.543 --> 00:02:25.790 - through Friday 00:02:25.922 --> 00:02:34.430 - between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to receive free tests. The health department will be offering free walk-in 00:02:34.430 --> 00:02:42.854 - testing and treatment services for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis every Thursday beginning June 00:02:42.854 --> 00:02:51.530 - 25th from three to six p.m. Lastly, the department does have appointments available for free lactation 00:02:51.530 --> 00:02:55.742 - counseling services. Individuals can call 812-349 00:02:55.842 --> 00:03:06.359 - 2075 for an appointment. Great. Thank you so much. I do not have any questions for you today. Appreciate 00:03:06.359 --> 00:03:16.376 - you joining us. Thank you. Any other department updates for us? You can raise your hand on Teams or 00:03:16.376 --> 00:03:24.990 - come to the podium. All right. Seeing none, I'll go ahead and open up public comment. 00:03:25.122 --> 00:03:34.352 - This is time for items not on our agenda. We ask each speaker to limit their time to three minutes per 00:03:34.352 --> 00:03:43.312 - person and to provide your name and county of residence when you begin speaking. Raise your hand on 00:03:43.312 --> 00:03:52.363 - teams or come to the podium. Hi, Commissioner Thomas. My name is Jonathan Pierce and I live in Floyd 00:03:52.363 --> 00:03:53.886 - County, Indiana. 00:03:54.082 --> 00:04:01.019 - I am the newly appointed director of field operations for Congresswoman Erin Houchin's office, and I 00:04:01.019 --> 00:04:08.093 - was in the area today, and I hadn't met you yet, so I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself, and 00:04:08.093 --> 00:04:14.962 - I won't need the full three minutes today, but just wanted to say hello, and I just wanted to offer 00:04:14.962 --> 00:04:19.838 - to be a friend and a resource to the county, whatever that looks like. 00:04:20.482 --> 00:04:26.315 - And I was hoping to give you my card. Is it OK if I can? If you would. Yeah, I was just going to ask 00:04:26.315 --> 00:04:32.494 - for that. Thank you. Perfect. Perfect. Well, I really appreciate the work that you guys do. And if there's 00:04:32.494 --> 00:04:38.443 - anything that I can do to support you all, please let me know. Thank you, Mr. Pierce. I appreciate it. 00:04:38.443 --> 00:04:40.926 - It's my pleasure. Thank you for your time. 00:04:46.626 --> 00:04:59.680 - Thank you. Does anyone else have public comment for items not on our agenda? All right. Seeing none, 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:06.142 - I'm going to go ahead and read. Oh, we have bids. 00:05:06.434 --> 00:05:12.634 - Can we do the bids today? Yeah, I think we can open the bids. I don't think we're going to. Great. Let's 00:05:12.634 --> 00:05:18.656 - go ahead. These are the Monroe County Highway Parking Lot and Maintenance Yard bid opening. It's item 00:05:18.656 --> 00:05:24.679 - A under new business. Yes. And I just reiterate two weeks ago, we had a passive resolution because we 00:05:24.679 --> 00:05:30.701 - were going to open them last Thursday, but there wasn't a meeting. So we just said we would open them 00:05:30.701 --> 00:05:35.838 - today at 10 a.m. And so that's what we're doing. And the first bid is from EMB Paving. 00:05:36.578 --> 00:05:38.046 - out of Bloomington, Indiana. 00:06:08.194 --> 00:06:21.576 - I'm reading this correctly. The base bid from EMB Paving is $162,117.33. There is an alternative item 00:06:21.576 --> 00:06:26.430 - which they have a bid of $12,753.67. 00:06:42.786 --> 00:06:57.095 - Second bid is from Milestone Contractors of Bloomington, Indiana. They have a base bid of $180,841.25 00:06:57.095 --> 00:07:06.494 - and an alternative bid of $19,130. Next bid is from Lent's Paving. 00:07:29.090 --> 00:07:39.934 - have a base bid of $142,651. 00:08:12.258 --> 00:08:24.464 - first glance I do not see an alternate bid but on further study if we find it we will certainly take 00:08:24.464 --> 00:08:34.494 - that into account. Next bid is from All Star Paving, Inc. out of Seymour, Indiana. 00:08:46.786 --> 00:09:00.536 - They have a base bid of $178,152.40 and an alternate bid of $7,951.62. All the bids that we received. 00:09:00.536 --> 00:09:13.342 - Okay, so we've received four bids and with that we will go ahead and take it under advisement. 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:28.029 - recommendation hopefully at your next meeting. Okay, July. Okay. All right. Since I have not heard what 00:09:28.029 --> 00:09:40.567 - time we're going to be doing. Just go to 11. Okay, great. I'm going to go ahead and recess this meeting 00:09:40.567 --> 00:09:42.014 - until 11am. 00:09:42.178 --> 00:09:50.438 - Um, and if I need to extend that recess, I will come out and tell you at 11. Um, and I appreciate everyone 00:09:50.438 --> 00:09:58.312 - for being here and I apologize for the delay in continuing with our meeting. All right. We are resist 00:09:58.312 --> 00:10:06.649 - until 11 AM. Thanks everyone. Sorry. Thank you. Um, I'm going to bring this meeting back to order following 00:10:06.649 --> 00:10:11.358 - our recess. I appreciate everyone's patience. Thank you. Um, 00:10:11.746 --> 00:10:20.251 - and we are going to continue with our meeting beginning and I will note for the record that Commissioner 00:10:20.251 --> 00:10:28.757 - Madeira is here and present in the Natt U Hill Room and we will begin with item five please. Yes I would 00:10:28.757 --> 00:10:37.100 - like to move approval of the minutes for May 21st, 2026. I will second that. Any comments, corrections 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:41.150 - or edits? No I have sent mine in. Okay thank you. 00:10:42.818 --> 00:10:51.153 - All those in favor of approving the minutes for May 21st, 2026 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:10:51.153 --> 00:10:59.016 - to zero. Next item, please. I would like to move approval of the claims docket for accounts payable 00:10:59.016 --> 00:11:06.014 - for June 4th, 2026 and for payroll for May 29th, 2026. I will second that. Ms. Gallardo. 00:11:07.266 --> 00:11:16.902 - Good morning. The accounts payable claims docker for June 4, 2026 totals $12,055,453.99. This includes 00:11:16.902 --> 00:11:27.006 - all emergency claims and adjustments. The payroll docker for May 29 includes $1,618,040.85 in direct costs. 00:11:27.106 --> 00:11:34.876 - and the remaining $608,673.64 were for indirect costs for a grand total of $2,298,714.49. Thank you. 00:11:34.876 --> 00:11:42.723 - Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Medeo? I have none. Thank you. I don't either. 00:11:42.723 --> 00:11:50.878 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:11:58.562 --> 00:12:07.280 - All those in favor of approving the claims docket accounts payable June 4th, 2026 and payroll for May 00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:16.425 - 29th, 2026 signify by saying aye. Motion carries to zero. I will note for the record that we have received 00:12:16.425 --> 00:12:22.750 - reports from the clerk's office for April, 2026 and weights and measures. 00:12:22.978 --> 00:12:31.422 - One measure in lots of weights, weights and measures, May 2026. Sometimes you only notice something 00:12:31.422 --> 00:12:40.118 - when you read it out loud. All right. We will move on to new business. Now, we've already handled item 00:12:40.118 --> 00:12:49.237 - A, which was the bid opening. And for item B, I'm going to go ahead and open a public hearing for ordinance 00:12:49.237 --> 00:12:52.446 - 2026-21, the vacation of right-of-way 00:12:52.610 --> 00:13:01.405 - 5109 North State Road 37 Business. You want me to go ahead and kick this off and kind of explain what's 00:13:01.405 --> 00:13:09.862 - going on? The county received, the commissioners received on I believe it was the 18th of May and I 00:13:09.862 --> 00:13:18.487 - think it had been filed with planning or another entity in the county before that a request to vacate 00:13:18.487 --> 00:13:22.462 - 75 feet of right away along Old State Road 37. 00:13:22.914 --> 00:13:29.831 - According to Indiana code, we have 30 days from when we received that to have a public hearing on that 00:13:29.831 --> 00:13:36.747 - matter. And so that is what is being brought forth today. Commissioner should be able to reference it, 00:13:36.747 --> 00:13:43.664 - but I did speak with Mr. Ayers in highway. And my understanding, and they can correct me if I'm wrong, 00:13:43.664 --> 00:13:50.110 - is what is really being, is at the end, the end result of this is that they're asking to remove 00:13:50.306 --> 00:13:57.850 - 75 feet of right-of-way in order to give us 50 feet of right-of-way so we'd have a net 25 foot change 00:13:57.850 --> 00:14:05.468 - between what we have today and what we would have at the end of this whole process. I guess my opinion 00:14:05.468 --> 00:14:12.938 - is I don't know why we wouldn't just vacate the 25 feet, but I expect we may hear why that shouldn't 00:14:12.938 --> 00:14:19.742 - occur that way as we move forward. But that's kind of it. This is a long old State Road 37. 00:14:20.258 --> 00:14:31.352 - The resolution meets highways, that ultimate resolution meets highways thoughts on this, and that allows 00:14:31.352 --> 00:14:42.129 - them to do some of the interior construction work on the subdivision. We have a petitioner present to 00:14:42.129 --> 00:14:48.574 - discuss this. I'm Doug Graham, I'm with the Fire and Fan Yo. 00:14:48.770 --> 00:15:00.074 - Okay. Great. Can you spell your last name so that we make sure we get in on record? Okay. Thank you, 00:15:00.074 --> 00:15:11.266 - sir. So I agree with your statement, sir. It was kind of a convoluted process. The reason I got set 00:15:11.266 --> 00:15:17.086 - at 75 feet in the first place, we prepared a type E 00:15:17.282 --> 00:15:25.899 - subdivision for Kelly to kind of adjust a lot lines between her and another property they own to the 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:34.858 - north. And at the time, generally when we do that, we designate right away according to the thoroughfare 00:15:34.858 --> 00:15:41.598 - plan. At that time it said it should be 75 feet. So that's where we drew that. 00:15:43.778 --> 00:15:51.040 - We had that in, we had the mylar prepared, it was ready to go, and the county says, well, you know, 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:58.303 - you may not want to do that because you're not going to have any parking out front, you're going to 00:15:58.303 --> 00:16:04.766 - have any room for landscaping. And so you would have to have a variance if you did that. 00:16:06.818 --> 00:16:12.801 - They also wouldn't tell us if they would support a variance at that time. That was kind of their policy. 00:16:12.801 --> 00:16:18.613 - They just say, well, you have to ask, well, will we get it? They said, well, we can't tell you. So we 00:16:18.613 --> 00:16:24.425 - kind of had a burden at hand. That plot was already prepared. It was going to pass. Or the one in the 00:16:24.425 --> 00:16:30.237 - bush was, we don't know if we would get a variance or not. So we just proceeded with that at 75 feet. 00:16:30.237 --> 00:16:35.422 - And then it came up this, well, now you need to do a plot plan, site plan, showing parking 00:16:36.066 --> 00:16:44.329 - landscaping, which, of course, there's no room for. That's why we needed to change it. Now, make an 00:16:44.329 --> 00:16:52.757 - even longer story for that one. Ben Ayers looked into that. The state highway back in the 40s, maybe, 00:16:52.757 --> 00:17:01.103 - had designated the right of way as 50 feet, which is what we're asking for now and which is what Ben 00:17:01.103 --> 00:17:03.582 - thinks that we should go for. 00:17:04.226 --> 00:17:10.808 - The state highway at that time didn't really record legal documents that actually established free title 00:17:10.808 --> 00:17:17.076 - to the state. So we, it's kind of like a limbo. So we're just, we're to make panning bin errors and 00:17:17.076 --> 00:17:23.846 - everyone happy. We'll dedicate that 50 feet and then they'll have room for the parking and our landscaping. 00:17:23.846 --> 00:17:30.178 - And the right away will be where the state thought they were buying to back in the forties and where 00:17:30.178 --> 00:17:31.870 - Ben thinks is a good idea. 00:17:45.090 --> 00:17:59.504 - So what is going in here? What is it? It's an existing business. It's premium and exotic. They sell 00:17:59.504 --> 00:18:13.630 - and lease trucking equipment, high-end tractor trailers and RVs. So there's nothing changing? No. 00:18:13.762 --> 00:18:23.943 - No use changing. Okay. All right. That actually makes sense. Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. So let's 00:18:23.943 --> 00:18:33.926 - see if there's anyone here who wishes to speak in favor of the vacation of the right-of-way. Anybody 00:18:33.926 --> 00:18:41.438 - here who wishes to speak in opposition to the vacation of the right-of-way? 00:18:53.762 --> 00:19:00.862 - but it's down now. Anybody else have public comment to offer? I just want to say this is Tammy Beerman 00:19:00.862 --> 00:19:07.893 - in the planning department. Yes, we are in support of this and we're going to do more of a corrective 00:19:07.893 --> 00:19:15.131 - plat so that we can make the site plan work out here. Just wanted to put in that two cents that planning 00:19:15.131 --> 00:19:20.990 - is good with this as well. Thank you. Thank you for that information. Appreciate it. 00:19:24.162 --> 00:19:33.369 - I'm gonna go ahead and close the public hearing and move that we vacate right of way from a 5109 North 00:19:33.369 --> 00:19:42.308 - State Road 37 business and 5141 North State Road 37 business. I will second that motion. All right, 00:19:42.308 --> 00:19:51.336 - we have a motion and we have a second. This up for public comment again, even though we just had our 00:19:51.336 --> 00:19:52.766 - public hearing. 00:19:53.506 --> 00:20:04.604 - just to be sure. Some suspenders. All right, seeing no commenters. All those in favor of approving the 00:20:04.604 --> 00:20:15.380 - vacation of right of way on North State Road 37 business signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:19.582 - to zero. Next item, please. Thank you. 00:20:20.706 --> 00:20:27.831 - We'd like to move approval for Graber Post Buildings Incorporated Service Agreement, fund names 1,178 00:20:27.831 --> 00:20:34.817 - and 1,179, fund number county general, park non-reverting capital, and park non-reverting operating 00:20:34.817 --> 00:20:42.501 - in the amount not to exceed $27,770. Second, Ms. Whitmer. Yes, at the Will Dutmer Park, we have a 50-year-old 00:20:42.501 --> 00:20:45.086 - pole barn that we have probably done 00:20:45.698 --> 00:20:52.066 - almost nothing to. So hopefully the new roof and siding and doors will provide better security in another 00:20:52.066 --> 00:20:58.074 - 20 years of good life. Great. Thank you. And thank you again for your patience this morning waiting 00:20:58.074 --> 00:21:04.141 - for us to resume our meeting. Do you have any comments or questions? No. Thank you for the upkeep as 00:21:04.141 --> 00:21:10.329 - always. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on teams or come 00:21:10.329 --> 00:21:11.230 - to the podium. 00:21:18.562 --> 00:21:25.613 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Graver Post Buildings Inc. Service Agreement signify 00:21:25.613 --> 00:21:32.664 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. Yes, I would like to move approval for the 00:21:32.664 --> 00:21:39.784 - request for approval of the Monroe County Nature Reserve Recreational Use Certification. I will second 00:21:39.784 --> 00:21:44.830 - that. And once again, we have Parks and Recreation Director Ms. Whitmer. 00:21:45.634 --> 00:21:51.372 - Yes, County Legal wrote up the certification, and I believe it's very well written. It's to provide 00:21:51.372 --> 00:21:57.226 - written certification to the Huntington trustee verifying and describing how the real estate is being 00:21:57.226 --> 00:22:02.964 - used for recreational purposes. The Park Board approved it. We need your approval. We'll give it to 00:22:02.964 --> 00:22:08.875 - the trustee. And if she approves it, which there should be no problem. And at that point, there's some 00:22:08.875 --> 00:22:12.318 - mathematical calculation, which I don't know, that she will 00:22:12.930 --> 00:22:20.854 - give a donation back to the Parks Department to help maintain this property. And we do this every year. 00:22:20.854 --> 00:22:28.702 - We'll be doing this every year around this time. Okay, I get, yeah, all right. Is that a yearly thing? 00:22:28.702 --> 00:22:36.321 - Good, good. Yeah, makes sense to me. Even though it's not open to the public yet. Correct, it's not 00:22:36.321 --> 00:22:41.502 - open to the public. This certifies our intention. Our intention and 00:22:41.762 --> 00:22:48.146 - that we show them their plans and I think they'll be happy. They just wanna make sure we're going on 00:22:48.146 --> 00:22:54.340 - the right path. Got it, no pun intended, or pun intended. All right, comments or questions? Nope. 00:22:54.340 --> 00:23:01.103 - All right, thank you for bringing this to us and we look forward to the annual renewal. Any public comment 00:23:01.103 --> 00:23:05.022 - on this item? Raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:23:12.066 --> 00:23:20.134 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving Monroe County Nature Preserve Recreational Use Certification 00:23:20.134 --> 00:23:28.049 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Thank you. Thank you. Please. Yes, I'd like to move 00:23:28.049 --> 00:23:35.889 - approval of the contract amendment for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant. Fund name PHEP, 00:23:35.889 --> 00:23:39.390 - fund number 8104 and grant amount of $25,000. 00:23:40.098 --> 00:23:46.964 - I will second that. Miss Kelly, thank you for your patience as well. I know you were on earlier. Please 00:23:46.964 --> 00:23:54.094 - tell us all about this. This is standard grant funding that helps to support our public health preparedness 00:23:54.094 --> 00:24:01.158 - division. We have two full time employees who work in that. So this helps to provide funding for continued 00:24:01.158 --> 00:24:06.110 - training as well as supplies that we can use in public health emergencies. 00:24:06.242 --> 00:24:11.749 - and for ongoing education to the public and services such as vehicle maintenance and cell phones. 00:24:11.749 --> 00:24:17.425 - All right. Thank you so much. Uh, comments or questions. Commissioner Madeira, any public comment on 00:24:17.425 --> 00:24:23.157 - this item? You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium and thank the health department and 00:24:23.157 --> 00:24:25.630 - the health board for bringing this forward. 00:24:30.594 --> 00:24:37.883 - Seeing no public comment, all those in favor of approving the contract amendment for public health emergency 00:24:37.883 --> 00:24:44.704 - preparedness grant signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Thank you. Next item, please. Yes, 00:24:44.704 --> 00:24:51.592 - I'd like to move approval for the Cutters Soccer Club Memorandum of Understanding, the updated payment 00:24:51.592 --> 00:24:58.413 - schedule. I will second that. Ms. Whitmer. I hope not to confuse you. This is very simple. Let's keep 00:24:58.413 --> 00:24:59.550 - it simple, then. 00:24:59.778 --> 00:25:09.027 - Let's keep it simple. We signed an MOU with them in 2023 or so. Anywho, they missed their first payment. 00:25:09.027 --> 00:25:17.924 - So they requested the park board to take that first payment and move it to the last date on November 00:25:17.924 --> 00:25:27.614 - 15th, 2028, which means their first payment now will be June 15th, 2026. They just needed a little more time. 00:25:27.778 --> 00:25:34.974 - And the park board granted them that, and we hope that you grant them that also. Because the creation 00:25:34.974 --> 00:25:42.099 - of the athletic fields is not dependent on one organization providing payment, but it will help down 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:49.153 - the road when they do. Correct. And this is to go to replace the turf every 10 or 15 years. You may 00:25:49.153 --> 00:25:57.054 - need to replace it. This won't be all the money, but it's a good start. And they were gracious enough to donate 00:25:57.186 --> 00:26:05.066 - This money overall will be $60,000. And the park board has vowed to set aside $30,000 each year for 00:26:05.066 --> 00:26:13.104 - 20 years for this process also. So we'll have it in one of our non-reverting accounts. And we'll show 00:26:13.104 --> 00:26:21.142 - everybody, oh, why do you have all that money? It's not our money. It's for this purpose. It's a good 00:26:21.142 --> 00:26:26.974 - plan. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Madeira? No. 00:26:27.394 --> 00:26:33.897 - Yeah, it was interesting because when I read the synopsis first, I was very confused. Yeah. But then 00:26:33.897 --> 00:26:40.594 - when I read the MOU, it was very clear. They just need to move their payment. One payment. One payment. 00:26:40.594 --> 00:26:47.162 - One payment. Payments do not start on the 2028, November 15. That's how it reads. OK, thank you. Yes, 00:26:47.162 --> 00:26:53.086 - that's how I know. That's not my writing. No, that's OK. That's OK. We're good. We're good. 00:26:53.218 --> 00:27:00.088 - All right, so let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or 00:27:00.088 --> 00:27:07.027 - come to the podium. I think it's a really good, fair deal to split this because they are going to be 00:27:07.027 --> 00:27:13.966 - a predominant user of those fields and it's a good agreement. And I do want to emphasize this is not 00:27:13.966 --> 00:27:21.385 - a rental agreement. Right. Just for turf replacement. Right. It's just a contribution toward the inevitable 00:27:21.385 --> 00:27:22.622 - turf replacement. 00:27:22.786 --> 00:27:31.156 - Correct. Got it. Thank you. Other than I'm really happy just we have access to the synthetic turf because 00:27:31.156 --> 00:27:39.210 - it just extends the playability. Oh, they've been playing on it a lot. Yes. Any public comment? Raise 00:27:39.210 --> 00:27:42.526 - your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:27:47.682 --> 00:27:54.903 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Cutter's Soccer Club MOU updated payment schedule, 00:27:54.903 --> 00:28:02.340 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries zero. Thank you. Thank you so much. Next item, please. Yes, 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:09.633 - I would like to move approval for the kiosk agreement with Custom Control Systems Incorporated doing 00:28:09.633 --> 00:28:16.926 - business as precision kiosk technologies. Fund name court alcohol drug user fees, public safety lit. 00:28:17.058 --> 00:28:27.788 - fund number 2504-2508 in the amount of $19,800 per 12 months per kiosk. Excellent. I will second that. 00:28:27.788 --> 00:28:29.246 - Good morning. 00:28:29.378 --> 00:28:36.658 - I am here for approval of the MOU with precision kiosk technology for us to use an automated kiosk system 00:28:36.658 --> 00:28:43.731 - which includes a breathalyzer. So this MOU is allowing us to obtain and use up to two automated kiosks 00:28:43.731 --> 00:28:50.943 - with one anticipated in our community corrections office and the other placed out in the community where 00:28:50.943 --> 00:28:56.574 - our clients would have access to it 24-7. The kiosk can be used for breathalyzers 00:28:56.706 --> 00:29:01.694 - client check ins drug testing scheduling and data collection and it supports. 00:29:01.762 --> 00:29:07.721 - all the areas of our community supervision, including pretrial, our probation program, our court alcohol 00:29:07.721 --> 00:29:13.509 - and drug program, community corrections, and the problem solving courts. It's really just another way 00:29:13.509 --> 00:29:19.241 - that technology gives us a tool to help monitor compliance in a secure and consistent manner. And it 00:29:19.241 --> 00:29:25.029 - allows us to reduce some of that administrative workload so our officers can spend more time focusing 00:29:25.029 --> 00:29:29.342 - on case management interventions with our higher and moderate risk clients. 00:29:29.474 --> 00:29:37.091 - and there's no obligation for us to use the kiosk for every program or every client. We just plan on 00:29:37.091 --> 00:29:44.935 - implementing it kind of thoughtfully and where it makes operational sense. Really good. Thank you. This 00:29:44.935 --> 00:29:52.778 - is great. I don't know how they do it technology-wise, so I'm impressed and I'm glad that you all found 00:29:52.778 --> 00:29:59.038 - this because this is one of those questions about when we co-locate in the future, 00:29:59.202 --> 00:30:07.142 - wherever we do, where's that service going? And now it sounds like it's going nowhere. It's going to 00:30:07.142 --> 00:30:15.318 - be available, but Ms. Purdy. My concern is, is go on our network. I'm just doing that because Mr. Crown 00:30:15.318 --> 00:30:23.337 - is right here. He always writes me about things going on in the network. So I wanted to see. Have you 00:30:23.337 --> 00:30:27.582 - had that discussion? I believe Linda has, but if I'm, 00:30:28.002 --> 00:30:36.023 - I could be mistaken. We'll just make this contingent on TSD approval. Is that okay? Absolutely. 00:30:36.023 --> 00:30:44.879 - All right, perfect. I'm gonna go ahead and move to amend this. Thank you, Ms. Purdy, to amend this motion 00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:52.983 - to be contingent on TSD approval. I second. All those in favor of amending the motion? Aye. Aye. 00:30:52.983 --> 00:30:56.158 - All right, so we now have it amended. 00:30:57.506 --> 00:31:04.539 - motion. So I don't anticipate any issues because obviously other counties are using this, but we want 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:11.710 - to do things by the book. All right. Any questions? I really, again, I don't understand the technology. 00:31:11.710 --> 00:31:18.674 - I don't know how they can do this, but this is great. And thank you for finding it. And let's see if 00:31:18.674 --> 00:31:25.086 - there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:31:34.402 --> 00:31:43.513 - All those in favor of approving the amended motion for the kiosk agreement with custom control systems, 00:31:43.513 --> 00:31:52.712 - DBA, precision kiosk technologies, contingent on the approval of TSD, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion 00:31:52.712 --> 00:32:01.648 - carries 2-0. Thank you. Thank you. I'm glad you raised that. I just, you know, I think we need to add 00:32:01.648 --> 00:32:03.838 - that line to our agenda. 00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:10.361 - Yeah, please do that. Yeah, that would be great. All right. Thank you. Next item. Yes, I'd like to move 00:32:10.361 --> 00:32:16.753 - approval for the hoplite penetration testing agreement. Fund name cumulative capital fund number eleven 00:32:16.753 --> 00:32:23.082 - thirty eight in the amount of ninety thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. I will second that. Mr. 00:32:23.082 --> 00:32:24.926 - Krum. Good morning, everyone. 00:32:25.762 --> 00:32:32.415 - I have not been able to find any record other than a kind of cursory testing that our cyber insurance 00:32:32.415 --> 00:32:38.937 - carrier did where Monroe County's actually had a deep penetration testing done on all its networks. 00:32:38.937 --> 00:32:45.721 - For those who don't know what deep penetration is, basically you're contracting with a company as white 00:32:45.721 --> 00:32:52.504 - hackers to go after your systems just the same as any threat actor would do to try to discover revealed 00:32:52.504 --> 00:32:54.526 - vulnerabilities in your system 00:32:54.882 --> 00:33:01.098 - bring them up for remediation. I've been trying to find a company for about the last three years to 00:33:01.098 --> 00:33:07.563 - perform these services. Most of the companies I talked to, it was one-off testing for $50,000, followed 00:33:07.563 --> 00:33:13.903 - up by one follow-up testing included in that contract. So I've been working with the state IOT office 00:33:13.903 --> 00:33:20.430 - because this is a broader problem for the state, not just this county. They turned me on to this Hoplite 00:33:20.430 --> 00:33:24.222 - company who's willing to do, for $30,000 annually, they will 00:33:24.386 --> 00:33:30.833 - perform a deep penetration test, then they will follow up with us every 30 days to retest any remediations 00:33:30.833 --> 00:33:37.038 - we've done or test any changes we've made to our environment. I felt it best to go ahead and lock this 00:33:37.038 --> 00:33:43.183 - in on three-year terms, because as these services, more people on board, the price is going to go up, 00:33:43.183 --> 00:33:49.750 - not down. So they did agree to do a three-year contract with us on this, and testing would start immediately 00:33:49.750 --> 00:33:50.654 - upon approval. 00:33:51.586 --> 00:33:57.147 - Excellent negotiation skills, as always, sir. So are you going to be aware, or is your staff going to 00:33:57.147 --> 00:34:02.709 - be aware when they run these tests, or you just know that at some point they're going to throw a test 00:34:02.709 --> 00:34:08.216 - at you once a year? They're going to throw a test at us. I don't want to know when they're executing 00:34:08.216 --> 00:34:13.941 - it, because I want to test our monitoring ability to detect anomalies. And we see it all the time. We're 00:34:13.941 --> 00:34:19.830 - constantly seeing outside entities trying to get into our network. So, yeah. No, I want it to be a surprise 00:34:19.830 --> 00:34:20.702 - for us as well. 00:34:22.114 --> 00:34:28.261 - That's what it is. How will you know that's what it is when it when it starts. Well it won't. I'll have 00:34:28.261 --> 00:34:34.408 - to. We'll have to get the IP addresses everything we see coming in and then that's when I'll reach back 00:34:34.408 --> 00:34:40.378 - out to hop like hey is this you. OK. So perfect. I was just curious because it's just so fascinating 00:34:40.378 --> 00:34:43.038 - that there are good hackers and bad hackers. 00:34:43.874 --> 00:34:50.741 - Sometimes your bad hackers become good hackers. Usually after they've been arrested and spent some prison 00:34:50.741 --> 00:34:57.284 - time. But then they come out and make more money than I ever will. Got it. All right, thank you. No, 00:34:57.284 --> 00:35:03.956 - it's a good deal. Comments or questions? Sorry, I made a stupid mistake. No, I think this is excellent 00:35:03.956 --> 00:35:11.018 - because this is kind of where we're headed. And otherwise, we're just taking a chance. And so unfortunately, 00:35:11.018 --> 00:35:12.702 - it's also very expensive. 00:35:12.898 --> 00:35:20.914 - but it's less expensive by far than an actual hack is, so. That's exactly right. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 00:35:20.914 --> 00:35:28.774 - Summer time reminds me of that summer. I'll never forget it. You didn't sleep a whole month. To not 00:35:28.774 --> 00:35:36.790 - be repeated. No, to not be repeated. All right. If there's any public comment on this item, you raise 00:35:36.790 --> 00:35:39.934 - your hand on Teams or come to a podium. 00:35:47.202 --> 00:35:55.575 - none all those in favor of approving the hoplite penetration testing agreement signify by saying aye 00:35:55.575 --> 00:36:04.031 - aye motion carries to zero next item please i would like to move approval for shi corporation lucidia 00:36:04.031 --> 00:36:12.404 - it agreement uh fund name 2022 geobahn fund number 4815 in the amount of twenty thousand two hundred 00:36:12.404 --> 00:36:16.798 - forty one dollars and 32 cents second so the primary 00:36:17.026 --> 00:36:22.188 - core network switches, which are the ones responsible for doing the bulk of the lift of moving your 00:36:22.188 --> 00:36:27.608 - traffic around your network. They're end of life. Some of them are pushing 20 years old, so we've gotten 00:36:27.608 --> 00:36:32.873 - our money's well worth out of them. We've already secured the new core switches. Those are already in 00:36:32.873 --> 00:36:38.035 - our possession. To get this project done, we're going to have to do it on a weekend, and we need to 00:36:38.035 --> 00:36:42.526 - be fast, because when we take these core switches down, we take the whole county down. 00:36:43.074 --> 00:36:48.779 - There's such a dramatic difference in the architecture of this new hardware compared to the environment 00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:54.265 - we're working in that we thought it best to leverage professional services to make sure that we can 00:36:54.265 --> 00:36:59.806 - get this done over a weekend and not drag this out for a week or more, or if we run into issues, not 00:36:59.806 --> 00:37:01.726 - being able to correct them timely. 00:37:01.954 --> 00:37:07.528 - are working with SHI Corporation. They're playing the middle man on this, which you're familiar with 00:37:07.528 --> 00:37:13.158 - their name. We buy a lot of things off them. But they've partnered with Lucidia IT Corporation, who's 00:37:13.158 --> 00:37:18.732 - actually going to come on site and help us get those core switches replaced. Great. And you're going 00:37:18.732 --> 00:37:24.251 - to alert employees to when this is going to happen? Yes. I was waiting on approval of the agreement 00:37:24.251 --> 00:37:27.838 - and then scheduling a time with Lucidia that works for everyone. 00:37:27.938 --> 00:37:34.044 - big impact is going to be obviously on our sheriff jail and you shelter. So I was going to want to coordinate 00:37:34.044 --> 00:37:39.594 - with all three entities to try to find, try to find the best time. They're in a great time for your 00:37:39.594 --> 00:37:45.533 - jail, but the best time that we could apply this. Excellent. Excellent. Thank you. It's really thoughtful. 00:37:45.533 --> 00:37:46.366 - Um, questions? 00:37:47.618 --> 00:37:52.570 - done, I think we need to get these things out of here before they have 21st birthday parties. Yeah, 00:37:52.570 --> 00:37:57.521 - there you go. Because you never know how drunk they're going to get. Right. Absolutely. That's what 00:37:57.521 --> 00:38:02.473 - they were going to do. Are these going to have a 20, are these new switches going to have a 20-year 00:38:02.473 --> 00:38:07.424 - lifespan as well? Or it seems like it seems to get shorter, no longer. Yeah. And well, to be honest 00:38:07.424 --> 00:38:12.673 - with you, these never were intended to run this long. We're about double past, typically, five, depending 00:38:12.673 --> 00:38:17.278 - on what the use load is on it, five to 10 years is what's what considered industry standard. 00:38:17.570 --> 00:38:29.745 - So, you know, we've enjoyed a long period of not paying for things. So, yeah, it's time to start doing 00:38:29.745 --> 00:38:42.157 - some more work. Sounds like a good plan. Thank you. Comments from the public? You may come to the podium 00:38:42.157 --> 00:38:47.358 - or raise your hand on Teams. It's not ours. 00:38:47.522 --> 00:38:58.433 - Maybe it's on. All right, seeing no public comment, all those in favor of approving the agreement with 00:38:58.433 --> 00:39:09.556 - SHI Corporation and Lucidia IT, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Thank you very much. 00:39:09.556 --> 00:39:12.734 - Thank you. Next item, please. 00:39:13.122 --> 00:39:19.391 - Yes, I'd like to move approval of the TRAC funding request, fund name to be determined, fund number 00:39:19.391 --> 00:39:25.786 - to be determined in the amount of $5,399.25. I will second that. Ms. Kelly, welcome back. We're going 00:39:25.786 --> 00:39:32.180 - to have to adjust these agendas so people don't have to pop back on and off. Sorry about that. Thanks 00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.246 - for coming back. 00:39:33.442 --> 00:39:43.198 - No problem. We received an award for this funding that would support us to purchase 75 bleeding control kits. 00:39:43.650 --> 00:39:50.309 - So our two full-time public health preparedness employees that I mentioned previously, they provide 00:39:50.309 --> 00:39:57.167 - these trainings for free to the public and to staff within our Monroe County schools. And during those 00:39:57.167 --> 00:40:03.893 - classes, they distribute these kits for those who participate. We have used in the past some of that 00:40:03.893 --> 00:40:07.422 - grant funding for the purchase of these kits and the 00:40:07.522 --> 00:40:14.875 - The program has been so successful that we've run through all of those. So we actually found this council 00:40:14.875 --> 00:40:22.019 - who was agreeable to provide us with funding so that we could continue providing these classes. Great. 00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:28.955 - Thank you so much. Questions, Commissioner Madeira? No, this is one of those things where you don't 00:40:28.955 --> 00:40:34.782 - think you need them until you do. And then it's catastrophic. So this is very, very 00:40:34.946 --> 00:40:42.667 - essential and I'm glad that we can get these distributed. Thank you. Yeah, it's sad that we need them, 00:40:42.667 --> 00:40:50.462 - but it's gratifying that they're provided. So absolutely hope they never get used. Let's see if there's 00:40:50.462 --> 00:40:58.183 - any public comment on this item. It's another great service from our health department. Thank you. Um, 00:40:58.183 --> 00:41:01.406 - the public comment, you don't see any, um, 00:41:01.602 --> 00:41:09.729 - All those in favor of approving the track funding request, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:41:09.729 --> 00:41:18.176 - 2-0. Thank you. Thank you. Next item, please. I'd like to move approval for ratification of the 2026-2027 00:41:18.176 --> 00:41:26.383 - Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative grant contract, fund name JDAI coordination implementation, 00:41:26.383 --> 00:41:30.526 - JDAI programming, JDAI data analysis, and research. 00:41:30.914 --> 00:41:37.947 - fund number 9122, 9123, and 9175 in the amount of $80,000. I will second that. Mr. Williams, it looks 00:41:37.947 --> 00:41:45.118 - like you're going to present for us. Thank you. Hello, yeah. The understudy today for Christine McAfee, 00:41:45.118 --> 00:41:52.359 - who's the expert in this. But hopefully we're all accustomed to receiving this JDI grant over the years. 00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:59.323 - This is for the 2026, 2027. We're receiving $80,000. And I think the highlight I would like to point 00:41:59.323 --> 00:42:00.702 - out is that $60,000 00:42:00.834 --> 00:42:07.968 - $2,800 of that is going to support local programming within Monroe County. Really good. Really good. 00:42:07.968 --> 00:42:15.384 - Um, how does that amount compared to last year? It's about, I believe it's right around the same amount. 00:42:15.384 --> 00:42:22.447 - Yes. Seems like there's great programming. I mean, I, yeah, we're going to get the contracts coming 00:42:22.447 --> 00:42:29.086 - in next, but there's some really great programming. Uh, commissioner majority. Any questions? 00:42:29.186 --> 00:42:38.447 - I think in the last couple of weeks especially we've heard how important it is the community to have 00:42:38.447 --> 00:42:47.617 - these non-carceral alternatives and I think that now more than ever before both those plus anything 00:42:47.617 --> 00:42:54.494 - that keeps anybody especially at these core ages out of the system is just 00:42:54.882 --> 00:43:03.592 - and especially out of detention is just so important. And so I think for every dollar spent, you can't 00:43:03.592 --> 00:43:12.303 - even anticipate the amount of return you get. So I think this is just so precious. So appreciate this. 00:43:12.303 --> 00:43:21.182 - Getting to youth early in the process, and even in some cases, I know some of the counseling is just for 00:43:21.346 --> 00:43:27.594 - family conflict resolution, things like that, that will help prevent youth from going wayward. Huge, 00:43:27.594 --> 00:43:33.965 - huge benefit to the community. So thank you. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You 00:43:33.965 --> 00:43:37.182 - can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:43:46.594 --> 00:43:54.682 - All those in favor of ratifying the 2026-2027 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, JDAI grant 00:43:54.682 --> 00:44:03.011 - contract, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Thank you. All right. Next item, please. Yes, 00:44:03.011 --> 00:44:11.179 - I would like to move approval for resolution 2026-21 regarding resolution 2025-58, notice to homeless 00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:13.982 - encampments. Second. Mr. Cockrell. 00:44:15.042 --> 00:44:22.855 - Yes, and I think I'm going to start with what this is not. This is not a change in the county stance 00:44:22.855 --> 00:44:30.667 - that was stated in that previous resolution, which basically said two different things. One, it said 00:44:30.667 --> 00:44:38.402 - we are not going to do any of our encampment removals without giving 30 days notice to those in the 00:44:38.402 --> 00:44:43.198 - encampment. And the second is that the members of the council 00:44:43.522 --> 00:44:49.863 - county commissioners are going to encourage, and the meetings have been occurring, a kind of conversation 00:44:49.863 --> 00:44:55.905 - with the city's leadership, county council, county commissioners, kind of figure out the best way to 00:44:55.905 --> 00:45:02.007 - handle these kind of situations. And if it were up to, I believe, the commissioners, that's the route 00:45:02.007 --> 00:45:08.048 - we would go in addressing these types of issues. Unfortunately, or, you know, the world is as it is, 00:45:08.048 --> 00:45:11.518 - the state decided to pass some legislation that indicated 00:45:14.018 --> 00:45:21.379 - some requirements on our law enforcement if they find people sleeping on public property without approval. 00:45:21.379 --> 00:45:28.396 - And so in that legislation it includes that the counties aren't allowed to have any policies in place 00:45:28.396 --> 00:45:35.482 - that may be seen as changing or in any way hindering law enforcement's ability to deal with that. What 00:45:35.482 --> 00:45:42.430 - this resolution does is essentially it gives notice to the individuals who are affected by this that 00:45:42.562 --> 00:45:48.965 - That legislation did change and it does affect the county's ability to maintain that 30 day notice provision. 00:45:48.965 --> 00:45:54.785 - Now I would say that the commissioners are willing to, if it's a commissioner started process where 00:45:54.785 --> 00:46:00.780 - we're going to do that, that that 30 days notice will still have some power and carry some weight, but 00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:06.601 - we have to be able to react to situations that are the result of this new legislation by state law. 00:46:06.601 --> 00:46:09.278 - So this is kind of giving people notice that, 00:46:10.274 --> 00:46:17.310 - This occurred and it kind of makes everything we had said in the original resolution as far as the 30 00:46:17.310 --> 00:46:24.347 - days notice, it kind of overwrites that. It makes it something that we can't necessarily maintain. So 00:46:24.347 --> 00:46:31.452 - that's what this is. It is not saying that we are now going to be able to go out three days from today 00:46:31.452 --> 00:46:36.350 - and start issuing notices that you have to leave and things like that. 00:46:36.578 --> 00:46:46.337 - clearly does not overwrite 257. And it also does not go into effect until July 1st, which is when that 00:46:46.337 --> 00:46:55.907 - state legislation. All right. So we're essentially almost 30 days out from that. Questions? Nope. So 00:46:55.907 --> 00:47:03.582 - this frustrates me a lot. And I think it's a very emotional issue for me. Sorry. 00:47:04.290 --> 00:47:10.519 - I think this is an issue I spent a lot of time thinking about. I think we have an obligation to protect 00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:16.868 - public spaces and the quality of life for all residents. We also have an obligation to say really clearly 00:47:16.868 --> 00:47:23.157 - that homelessness isn't solved by pushing people from one place to another. And poverty shouldn't become 00:47:23.157 --> 00:47:29.386 - a pathway into the criminal legal system. So people don't have to sleep outside because it's easy. They 00:47:29.386 --> 00:47:34.238 - sleep outside because they run out of options. Because housing is too expensive, 00:47:34.402 --> 00:47:40.689 - Shelter is unavailable and unsuitable, and treatment is hard to access, and the safety net has failed 00:47:40.689 --> 00:47:46.853 - them. And so the law may require local governments and law enforcement to respond, but our county's 00:47:46.853 --> 00:47:53.202 - response shouldn't begin and end with enforcement. It has to include shelter. It has to include mental 00:47:53.202 --> 00:47:57.886 - health care. It has to include substance use treatment and case management. 00:47:57.986 --> 00:48:03.314 - and affordable housing and serious coordination among county government and city government and service 00:48:03.314 --> 00:48:08.642 - providers and courts and law enforcement in the state. And we can acknowledge legitimate concerns about 00:48:08.642 --> 00:48:12.382 - public health and safety without dehumanizing people who are in a house. 00:48:13.218 --> 00:48:18.922 - And so our goal should be fewer encampments because more people have housing and not because people 00:48:18.922 --> 00:48:24.682 - have citations or warrants for jail time. And Murrow County should approach this moment with urgency 00:48:24.682 --> 00:48:30.614 - and with compassion and with realism because criminal penalties are not housing policy. So if the state 00:48:30.614 --> 00:48:36.318 - of Indiana is going to impose new obligations on local communities, then it also should help people 00:48:36.450 --> 00:48:42.491 - to help provide the resources needed to meet people where they are and to move them towards stability. 00:48:42.491 --> 00:48:48.355 - And I don't see that happening here. And so especially around SB1, this is going to hit communities 00:48:48.355 --> 00:48:54.338 - hard. It's going to hit humans hard. And so that's why I think you hear the tone in my voice that you 00:48:54.338 --> 00:49:00.437 - hear, because we're all human. And these are our neighbors. And these are our brothers and our sisters. 00:49:00.437 --> 00:49:05.246 - And I don't want to have to put my brothers and sisters and my neighbors in jail. 00:49:05.666 --> 00:49:15.912 - This really is horrible. Yeah, I appreciate it. And thank you for your emotive and logical, at the same 00:49:15.912 --> 00:49:25.763 - time, statement. I think this is another, I mean, on the one hand, looking at the facts of it, it's 00:49:25.763 --> 00:49:34.334 - another unfunded mandate from the state of Indiana. Terrible, because there is nothing 00:49:35.138 --> 00:49:46.029 - to help prevent folks not having shelters, so basic. I know that there are a lot of good folks in the 00:49:46.029 --> 00:49:57.026 - community. I know that there are a lot of agencies, churches, and other really well-meaning people who 00:49:57.026 --> 00:50:03.326 - are involved. I hope they are able to fill the gap because 00:50:03.458 --> 00:50:18.074 - beyond being an unfunded mandate, this is a human tragedy. And it is horrible to imagine what will happen 00:50:18.074 --> 00:50:32.414 - here in Monroe County, but across the state especially, where they may have different kinds of leaders. 00:50:33.442 --> 00:50:42.371 - It's now erecting another barrier for someone getting employment or getting a place to live because 00:50:42.371 --> 00:50:51.479 - now they will potentially have a record that they may not have had before. It doesn't solve anything. 00:50:51.479 --> 00:51:00.766 - It solves nothing, the state law. But it makes sense for us to step back and to say, look, we intend to 00:51:01.026 --> 00:51:09.875 - provide as much notice as possible if there is a county-based encampment that we are trying to move, 00:51:09.875 --> 00:51:18.899 - disassemble, and hopefully get people into housing and shelter and safe places and dry places and warm 00:51:18.899 --> 00:51:27.923 - places and cool places in the summer that we will follow through with our intention, but we can't step 00:51:27.923 --> 00:51:29.150 - on state law. 00:51:29.602 --> 00:51:38.414 - And that's the unfortunate thing, so yeah. It's a double cruelty. It really is. It's a double life sword. 00:51:38.414 --> 00:51:47.475 - It really is. So it's so hard. And it's a nationwide problem, but it's a local problem. And it's a statewide 00:51:47.475 --> 00:51:56.702 - problem, but it's a local problem. And as much as it's a local problem, it's an individual problem too, right? 00:51:58.690 --> 00:52:06.269 - We could just do so much better. I don't know how we can do better, but I hope we can do better and 00:52:06.269 --> 00:52:14.152 - figure something out. And again, thank you for your impassioned speech. Let's see if there's any public 00:52:14.152 --> 00:52:22.110 - comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium here in the NatU Hill Room. 00:52:27.074 --> 00:52:34.062 - Good morning, commissioners. This is Christopher M.G. from the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, 00:52:34.062 --> 00:52:41.318 - and I understand the gravity of this situation. You are where you are. The state legislation is an unfunded 00:52:41.318 --> 00:52:48.105 - mandate in that we have to react to it accordingly. But it is an opportunity to sort of rethink some 00:52:48.105 --> 00:52:54.958 - of the things that we do in making sure we're tying coordination with the city, the service providers 00:52:54.958 --> 00:52:56.638 - in this, and making sure 00:52:57.090 --> 00:53:03.613 - These encampments don't grow to where they become unreasonably harder to deal with. I think encampments 00:53:03.613 --> 00:53:10.262 - are not safe places. These are not ideal places for people to live. They need housing. They need shelter. 00:53:10.262 --> 00:53:16.660 - We hear from our employers or property owners on the safety, the property damage caused, and the lack 00:53:16.660 --> 00:53:22.430 - of clarity of who's responsible when these issues arise from a public and private property. 00:53:23.714 --> 00:53:29.672 - When July 1 comes, and we encourage you just to coordinate some of this, business shouldn't be left 00:53:29.672 --> 00:53:35.213 - guessing on the processes. We should be hitting interventions early. As mentioned, shelters, 00:53:35.213 --> 00:53:41.410 - mental health, caseworkers, those are all important. And it's important we do this early in the process 00:53:41.410 --> 00:53:47.547 - before the encampments become larger and become more of a problem that we did see last December, where 00:53:47.547 --> 00:53:48.798 - it seemed to sort of 00:53:50.082 --> 00:53:56.206 - rather than it should have, because of a lack of clarification, because of a lack of streamlining and 00:53:56.206 --> 00:54:02.330 - planning. So as much as we're sort of put in this situation, it does give us a chance, July 1, to hit 00:54:02.330 --> 00:54:08.334 - the reset button on it. I thank you for your time today. Appreciate it. Thank you. Anyone else have 00:54:08.334 --> 00:54:13.918 - public comment on this item? You raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. I will note 00:54:13.918 --> 00:54:19.742 - that Commissioner Medeira has been working with city colleagues on this. It's an ongoing effort. 00:54:19.906 --> 00:54:24.272 - It's been going on for several months, really, and heading home is part of that as well. So we have 00:54:24.272 --> 00:54:28.681 - a member of County Council and we have Commissioner Madeira, and then we have a City Council member, 00:54:28.681 --> 00:54:33.221 - Mayor's Office, and heading home. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 00:54:33.221 --> 00:54:37.587 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 00:54:37.587 --> 00:54:41.953 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 00:54:41.953 --> 00:54:46.318 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. 00:54:46.318 --> 00:54:48.894 - Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes 00:54:49.026 --> 00:54:56.377 - And I think the suggestion is a good one to find a way to reach out to business owners specifically 00:54:56.377 --> 00:55:03.802 - before July 1st and maybe that's something I'm sure the Chamber could help with that. I'm just going 00:55:03.802 --> 00:55:11.520 - to put you on the spot and ask you to help with that. But I'm sure you could help with that. And that's, 00:55:11.520 --> 00:55:18.430 - you know, but you have to have getting that plan done has been a little bit more problematic. 00:55:18.722 --> 00:55:26.469 - Yes. And I've been reaching out to the faith community and I'll be happy to reach out to the chamber 00:55:26.469 --> 00:55:34.140 - as well. So all those in favor of approving resolution twenty twenty six dash twenty one signify by 00:55:34.140 --> 00:55:41.888 - saying aye. I motion carries two zero. Can I just say one more thing. So the city had a doesn't have 00:55:41.888 --> 00:55:48.638 - a resolution there. They actually just had a policy so they also will nix their policy. 00:55:48.802 --> 00:55:55.379 - July 1st, and so you won't see them repealing anything for the members of the public out there because 00:55:55.379 --> 00:56:02.019 - they don't have a resolution. We did have a resolution and so that's why we actually have to explicitly 00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:08.532 - repeal ours. But both will be null and void because of the state law. As Attorney Jeff Cockrell said, 00:56:08.532 --> 00:56:15.045 - that's why we have to. It's not a change in policy. But it's still our intention to provide notice if 00:56:15.045 --> 00:56:18.046 - it's a county-determined, county-based action. 00:56:18.178 --> 00:56:24.444 - Uh, we cannot control what the public does, residents, businesses, et cetera. So that's the unfortunate 00:56:24.444 --> 00:56:30.469 - part. We can only control what we do. Yes. And it does have that private enforcement component. And 00:56:30.469 --> 00:56:36.494 - I believe if we did not enforce, then we'd have that, you know, state hand come down as well. Yeah. 00:56:36.494 --> 00:56:42.037 - Yeah. Uh, so thank you. Next. Uh, yes. Um, I'd like to move approval for ordinance, uh, 20, 00:56:42.037 --> 00:56:46.014 - 26 dash 18, the revised building permit and license fee schedule. 00:56:46.754 --> 00:56:57.452 - I will second that. Schilling. Very much. Dave Schilling from the legal department here with Bobby LaRue, 00:56:57.452 --> 00:57:07.848 - the building commissioner. And this is an ordinance just to update the building permit fees. It hasn't 00:57:07.848 --> 00:57:15.518 - been done for probably 12 years, 14 years. Okay. And the recent legislation 00:57:16.834 --> 00:57:28.133 - been enacted that limits the county's ability to increase effective at the end of the year we can only 00:57:28.133 --> 00:57:39.213 - increase the fees one time per year according to tied to an index unless the council approves a hire 00:57:39.213 --> 00:57:45.246 - after a hearing so we're getting it done right now the 00:57:45.442 --> 00:57:56.525 - fees will not take effect, they cannot take effect for 180 days after publication. And last time we 00:57:56.525 --> 00:58:08.272 - were here, we spoke about possibly just having the start date for the new fees as January 1. So I propose 00:58:08.272 --> 00:58:11.486 - this amendment to section 3. 00:58:11.682 --> 00:58:21.599 - that that section would read the exhibit a fee shall become effective on the date 180 days after being 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:32.094 - published in accordance with Indiana code 36248 E as amended or on January 1, 2027, whichever date is later. 00:58:33.410 --> 00:58:43.876 - And then the second amendment is the Scrivener's area right underneath that. It says it's so resolved 00:58:43.876 --> 00:58:54.445 - before it should be so ordained. So with those two proposed amendments, we would request your approval 00:58:54.445 --> 00:58:59.678 - of this fee. So did you incorporate those into the 00:59:04.226 --> 00:59:15.392 - you incorporate those amendments in already in the packet no they are not in the packet so I will you 00:59:15.392 --> 00:59:26.887 - know what I did is I went back to the that's what got me off track yes perfect thank you thank you great 00:59:26.887 --> 00:59:32.798 - thank you so much I'm gonna go ahead and move that we 00:59:33.026 --> 00:59:42.594 - I would like to amend ordinance 2026 dash 18 to reflect section 3 exhibit a fee shall become effective 00:59:42.594 --> 00:59:51.883 - on the date 180 days after being published in accordance with Indiana code as amended or on January 00:59:51.883 --> 01:00:01.822 - 1st, 2027, whichever date is later. So ordained by the Board of Commissioners. Can I get a second on that? 01:00:05.186 --> 01:00:20.729 - And my name's Miss Beldens. My name is Miss Beldens. I already sent that one in. All right, so all those 01:00:20.729 --> 01:00:29.758 - in favor of amending the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. 01:00:31.362 --> 01:00:40.505 - The motion carries to amend Ordinance 2026-18. Anything else that we need to know? No. Yeah. Questions? 01:00:40.505 --> 01:00:49.385 - No, no questions. Okay. I don't have any either. Any public comment on this item? Can you raise your 01:00:49.385 --> 01:00:52.638 - hand on Teams or come to the podium? 01:01:00.226 --> 01:01:08.460 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the amended ordinance 2026-18 signify by saying aye. Aye. 01:01:08.460 --> 01:01:16.534 - Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. I would like to move approval for Ordinance 2026-19, amending 01:01:16.534 --> 01:01:24.528 - the Monroe County Code, Chapter 430, the Building Code. Second. Thank you very much. Dave Schelling 01:01:24.528 --> 01:01:27.166 - from the Legal Department again. 01:01:27.298 --> 01:01:35.948 - This ordinance just updates our what we call the building code, the Monroe County Building Code to reflect 01:01:35.948 --> 01:01:44.275 - recent amendments to state law, adding some definitions. There's a new procedure that applies to class 01:01:44.275 --> 01:01:52.441 - two structures which are your residential structures. The building department has to provide notices 01:01:52.441 --> 01:01:55.998 - and respond within certain amounts of time. 01:01:56.130 --> 01:02:04.628 - to applicants and there's an opportunity for applicants to employ a private inspector rather than using 01:02:04.628 --> 01:02:12.964 - the building department. So that this just the intent of this ordinance is to just update some of the 01:02:12.964 --> 01:02:20.318 - terms in our building code and to make it consistent with recent amendments to state law. 01:02:24.674 --> 01:02:34.528 - You presented this to us last time as well. Thank you for that. I don't have any questions either, but 01:02:34.528 --> 01:02:44.478 - once again, we're gonna have to amend 2026-19 to reflect the partners error on ordained versus resolved 01:02:44.478 --> 01:02:53.758 - at the very end, section two. Can I get a second for that? Yes, I'd like to second that and just 01:02:54.082 --> 01:03:02.545 - And what I'm trying to figure out, this is the one with the private inspector provision. Is that correct? 01:03:02.545 --> 01:03:10.609 - Private building inspector? Yes. Okay. Yeah. I think I just, I was looking through things. I think I 01:03:10.609 --> 01:03:18.593 - just answered my own question. Okay. I was trying to, yeah. You had me on tenterhooks. Okay. Sorry. 01:03:18.593 --> 01:03:19.870 - I was like, oh. 01:03:20.354 --> 01:03:29.682 - All right, let's see if there's any public comment on this item. Did you have anything you wanted to 01:03:29.682 --> 01:03:39.101 - add, Mr. Lueber? Okay. I was just going to answer the question if she, if Commissioner Madeira. Yeah, 01:03:39.101 --> 01:03:45.566 - no, I think I answered it. Okay. Thank you. Seeing no public comment. 01:03:47.170 --> 01:03:57.743 - All those in favor of approving the amended ordinance 2026-19 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 01:03:57.743 --> 01:04:07.813 - 2-0 and I will note that we have the same thing for the next item if you could just make it part of 01:04:07.813 --> 01:04:09.726 - your motion. Okay. 01:04:11.682 --> 01:04:17.340 - I think I may be confused on that. But that's right. I can make the motion. I'm going to go ahead and 01:04:17.340 --> 01:04:23.053 - move to approve ordinance twenty twenty six dash twenty to amend Monroe County code chapter four three 01:04:23.053 --> 01:04:28.600 - three with the note that the Scrivener's error needs to be addressed to at the very end, which is I 01:04:28.600 --> 01:04:34.202 - believe in section three on this one. That's yeah, I didn't know what section. So can I get a yes, I 01:04:34.202 --> 01:04:37.918 - would like to second that motion. Thank you. The motion is second. 01:04:41.122 --> 01:04:49.602 - Thank you very much. This ordinance amends chapter 433, which is our contractor registration ordinance 01:04:49.602 --> 01:04:57.835 - and licensing ordinance. So there's electrical contractors, which the county is still authorized to 01:04:57.835 --> 01:05:06.150 - license. So this sets forth the process for licensing of electrical contractors. The state regulates 01:05:06.150 --> 01:05:07.550 - the licensing of 01:05:07.746 --> 01:05:14.986 - plumbers. And so we just we just require licensed plumbers to register with the county. That's basically 01:05:14.986 --> 01:05:21.605 - it. We've just updated some of the procedures and the terms that are in this our old ordinance. 01:05:21.605 --> 01:05:28.499 - We've changed, make them consistent with current practice and some of the statutory language. Thank 01:05:28.499 --> 01:05:35.739 - you so much. Questions? No, I just think all of this is frustrating because it starts at the state level 01:05:35.739 --> 01:05:37.118 - and then we have to 01:05:38.178 --> 01:05:47.515 - amend. And this is sort of the frustration I still have on 2026-19. And again, I answered my own question 01:05:47.515 --> 01:05:56.500 - there. Do you ever think that they're going to also make the changes that we've seen with plumbing on 01:05:56.500 --> 01:06:05.309 - the electrical side as well and just take everything up to the state? Bobby LaRue with the building 01:06:05.309 --> 01:06:06.366 - department. 01:06:06.722 --> 01:06:16.741 - It's a really good question. I know that most surrounding states have state issued license for electricians. 01:06:16.741 --> 01:06:26.208 - Certainly there are some advantages to that for electricians and for our department to be quite frank. 01:06:26.208 --> 01:06:36.318 - Licensing electricians is a lot of work for the board. We have to, we talk to a lot of people and we have to, 01:06:36.450 --> 01:06:44.658 - verify test results and do a lot of maintenance with those license. I don't have a great answer. What 01:06:44.658 --> 01:06:52.704 - I understand the history of this was that there was a certain in the past there were certain groups 01:06:52.704 --> 01:07:01.073 - of people who felt like they were going to benefit from state issued license and as it turned out those 01:07:01.073 --> 01:07:06.142 - groups didn't benefit from the state issued license and so the 01:07:06.242 --> 01:07:13.238 - the motion or the momentum to continue different type of state issued licensing is just petered out. 01:07:13.238 --> 01:07:20.166 - So I don't know if they'll ever... Sorry, I don't have a better answer other than to talk a lot. So 01:07:20.166 --> 01:07:27.231 - I'll just leave it at that. No, that's great. That actually was very helpful because it fascinates me 01:07:27.231 --> 01:07:34.782 - sort of like how these are different from state to state because this is actually much harder than plumbing. 01:07:35.170 --> 01:07:43.313 - You think it would just be the opposite. And I've asked that question. And why did we start with plumbing? 01:07:43.313 --> 01:07:51.075 - And the answer, and it's somewhat true, is that plumbing errors and cross connections can contaminate 01:07:51.075 --> 01:07:59.142 - communities, not necessarily, you know, electrical issues generally affect the structure that they happen 01:07:59.142 --> 01:08:04.926 - in. And contamination of potable water can affect a large number of people. 01:08:05.346 --> 01:08:12.585 - Oh, gosh. OK, so it's not particularly shocking. Sorry. Pardon. Sorry. You're getting underwater with 01:08:12.585 --> 01:08:19.896 - your jokes. Stop it. Excellent. Thank you so much. That does help shed light on it. And with that, Mr. 01:08:19.896 --> 01:08:26.993 - MG is packing up. Sorry. We're driving him out with the jokes. So yes, thank you so much. That does 01:08:26.993 --> 01:08:33.310 - make sense from that vantage point. Thank you. And that actually concludes my questions. 01:08:33.730 --> 01:08:42.296 - Yes, and Mr. Schelling, thank you so much for doing all of the due diligence just to bring these up 01:08:42.296 --> 01:08:50.948 - to snuff with the state, so thanks. Yeah, and I do want to thank both of you for being patient today 01:08:50.948 --> 01:09:00.542 - with our recessed meeting. Yes, thank you. The other thing is I think what's worrisome for me is these kinds of 01:09:00.802 --> 01:09:08.912 - Changes in state law and I think it's still true that about a third of state legislators are builders 01:09:08.912 --> 01:09:17.181 - or developers So I think it's Interesting to see what happens Fox and hen house and all of that Anyway, 01:09:17.181 --> 01:09:24.894 - all right any public comment on this item you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium and 01:09:34.210 --> 01:09:46.169 - motion carries. All those in favor of approving ordinance 2026 dash 20 as amended signify by saying 01:09:46.169 --> 01:09:58.726 - aye. I motion carries 2, 0, thank you thank you. I just say one other thing. I just wanted to say thanks 01:09:58.726 --> 01:10:03.390 - to Kirk Sylvester and and the building 01:10:03.650 --> 01:10:09.411 - comments in it over the last Several months to try to make these the best that they can and they all 01:10:09.411 --> 01:10:15.171 - three of them have been extremely gracious with their time And I really appreciate it. So thank you. 01:10:15.171 --> 01:10:20.989 - Thank you, sir Thank you for asking the questions because that's how the sausage gets made. There you 01:10:20.989 --> 01:10:26.750 - go. So yeah Yeah, thanks for your hard work and I apologize for holding everything up and looking at 01:10:27.010 --> 01:10:33.382 - feeble minded because I had I had put questions in a version of the PDF packet and then I can't I couldn't 01:10:33.382 --> 01:10:39.457 - find that version. So I was trying to find the portions of the packet that I had the questions on and 01:10:39.457 --> 01:10:45.591 - like trying to and I was like just yeah. So sometimes best laid plans if you can't find the file ready 01:10:45.591 --> 01:10:51.666 - for the new ready for the next item. Thank you. I'd like to move approval for the ratification of the 01:10:51.666 --> 01:10:55.358 - agreement between the Monroe County commissioners and in dot. 01:10:55.554 --> 01:11:03.349 - Uh, for the baby Creek road bridge, number six, 29 replacement funding. Oh, I'm sorry. Fund name, baby 01:11:03.349 --> 01:11:11.069 - Creek road bridge, number six, 29 fund number 81 67 in the amount of 1,689,600. Who's doing this one? 01:11:11.069 --> 01:11:18.334 - I can do it. Or you can do it since I go ahead and get started. Cause I'm scrolling down to it. 01:11:18.562 --> 01:11:26.000 - OK. All right. So this was this is a ratification because the index fiscal year was ending and the time 01:11:26.000 --> 01:11:33.510 - that we were going to be able to get this on to your agenda was not in alignment. And if we waited until 01:11:33.510 --> 01:11:40.734 - we could get it on the agenda such as today it would it would end up becoming null and void by India 01:11:40.734 --> 01:11:43.166 - and they would have to resend it. 01:11:43.330 --> 01:11:50.861 - So what this is doing is you guys had, I've reached out to you individually and you've approved the 01:11:50.861 --> 01:11:58.467 - signature of this. And this is just making it a formal approval of this particular project and fund. 01:11:58.467 --> 01:12:06.675 - Thank you. Let's ask her some really tough questions. What about the right of way and the public engineering 01:12:06.675 --> 01:12:12.926 - project portion of the, anyway, okay, we'll do that. I think ultimately this is a, 01:12:13.762 --> 01:12:21.306 - project that needs to be done. We've gone through a very lengthy process to prioritize bridges and determine 01:12:21.306 --> 01:12:28.365 - which is the most appropriate to fund. And this one was the next one to be identified to be done. And 01:12:28.365 --> 01:12:35.494 - these processes take such a long time, too. Yep. All right. So let's see if there's any public comment 01:12:35.494 --> 01:12:40.062 - on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 01:12:46.882 --> 01:12:53.828 - Seeing none, all those in favor of ratifying the agreement between Monroe County Commissioners and INDOT 01:12:53.828 --> 01:13:00.642 - for Baby Creek Road Bridge 629 replacement, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Last item, 01:13:00.642 --> 01:13:07.588 - please. I would like to move to approve the change order number 6 with INDOT for the Vernal Pike Sunrise 01:13:07.588 --> 01:13:13.872 - Greetings Extension. Fund name, Vernal Pike Sunrise Greetings, fund number 8165 and the amount 01:13:13.872 --> 01:13:16.254 - of $148,481.69. I will second that. 01:13:17.026 --> 01:13:25.962 - I was not involved in this one. This is the final project tabulation on the Vernal Pike Sunrise Greetings 01:13:25.962 --> 01:13:34.981 - Extension. The project connects basically the back of Lowe's to Vernal Pike through the Sunrise Greetings. 01:13:34.981 --> 01:13:44.254 - I've always called it the bridge over the railroad because there's a railroad that hooks into the roundabout. 01:13:46.626 --> 01:13:55.735 - created when we extended Dan profile Parkway, sorry, profile. So this is, I think this is what is necessary 01:13:55.735 --> 01:14:04.422 - to close it out. Yeah. It looks like the final items, um, backfill additional asphalt grade conflicts, 01:14:04.422 --> 01:14:13.447 - the lineators sidewalk sections, uh, overruns were documented tickets and field calculations and justified 01:14:13.447 --> 01:14:15.134 - by each department. 01:14:16.066 --> 01:14:25.105 - So with that in mind, any public comment on this item? Thank goodness it's done. I just went through 01:14:25.105 --> 01:14:34.501 - that intersection yesterday. The other side of it goes to nowhere. Yes. Of that traffic light on Vernal. 01:14:34.501 --> 01:14:43.451 - If you're on Vernal, you can cross over the light. There's a light that goes both ways, but there's 01:14:43.451 --> 01:14:46.046 - nothing except a dirt patch. 01:14:46.658 --> 01:14:58.225 - I just had a question. What's a delineator? So in this case, the delineators west side of the bridge 01:14:58.225 --> 01:15:11.166 - and additional sidewalk sections, delineators typically are either railings or curbs or something, some physical 01:15:11.586 --> 01:15:25.586 - Sure, to separate. Yeah, it's a separation. And I wondered if all the overruns are going to pay those 01:15:25.586 --> 01:15:34.782 - tickets. We're losing our crowd. We're logging off left and right. 01:15:35.554 --> 01:15:44.371 - All those in favor of approving change or number six with end up for renal pike sunrise greetings extension 01:15:44.371 --> 01:15:52.616 - signify by saying aye. I motion carries zero all day three zero all day. Okay. Now that I've learned 01:15:52.616 --> 01:16:00.779 - to count. She is always now that I've learned to count. I do want to make a motion to appoint Becky 01:16:00.779 --> 01:16:04.126 - Hill to the Monroe County Library Board. 01:16:04.354 --> 01:16:11.920 - I second that motion. Her term, I think is completing one. She's aware it might not be a full four years, 01:16:11.920 --> 01:16:19.271 - but I think it's actually, I think I have to look at it. Yeah, we'll figure it out. But it was a real, 01:16:19.271 --> 01:16:26.480 - really great to talk to her and learned a lot. And she brings a lot of experience with her, which is 01:16:26.480 --> 01:16:34.046 - really great. So all those in favor of appointing Becky Hill to the library board, signify by saying aye. 01:16:34.146 --> 01:16:43.147 - I motion carries two zero. Um, so we've got a cray cray schedule for June. Um, first of all, um, Monero 01:16:43.147 --> 01:16:52.321 - County government will be closed on June 19th for Juneteenth. Um, and, um, our next meetings are a little 01:16:52.321 --> 01:17:01.063 - going to be a little strange, um, but in a good fun way and a good summertime kind of way. Um, so we 01:17:01.063 --> 01:17:03.486 - will only be hearing claims 01:17:04.674 --> 01:17:16.715 - We are not meeting next week at all, June 11th. We will be hearing claims only on June 18th, claims 01:17:16.715 --> 01:17:29.237 - and payroll by then, yeah. And June 25th will be claims only meeting. And then we're going to come back 01:17:29.237 --> 01:17:34.174 - to have our regular meeting on July 2nd. 01:17:35.586 --> 01:17:43.115 - those will be ratified. Yes, we'll have to ratify everything. So I appreciate everybody's willingness 01:17:43.115 --> 01:17:50.717 - to be flexible. We have, you know, the forum is difficult for us, and we're doing the best we can, but 01:17:50.717 --> 01:17:58.541 - we're also mindful of our need to take a vacation before we say something we shouldn't. Well, I'm talking 01:17:58.541 --> 01:18:05.406 - about myself again, but sorry anyway. I say lots of things I shouldn't. Apparently I do too. 01:18:05.570 --> 01:18:16.840 - So we are going to have an odd June schedule, but we'll figure it out. And if any department heads have 01:18:16.840 --> 01:18:27.676 - any questions, please contact Angie because she can manage it so well and keep us all in stride and 01:18:27.676 --> 01:18:35.262 - keep us all on point where we need to be in order to get things done. 01:18:36.290 --> 01:18:43.922 - your cockerel is also able to provide great legal advice about how the heck are we going to prove that? 01:18:43.922 --> 01:18:51.701 - Yes. So we'll figure it out. But if you have an issue, please contact Angie or Jeff. Don't ask me because 01:18:51.701 --> 01:18:59.113 - I do not know. And I will say something that probably isn't true. So we do remind folks that even if 01:18:59.113 --> 01:19:02.782 - we're not having our regular meetings, we do have 01:19:03.042 --> 01:19:11.326 - virtual office hours on teams each month for six hours. Go to the calendar at im.gov-counties slash 01:19:11.326 --> 01:19:20.274 - county slash Monroe slash and look at the calendar for dates and times. We are still accepting applications 01:19:20.274 --> 01:19:28.724 - for all boards and commissions. We still have some openings. So please go to our website and find out 01:19:28.724 --> 01:19:32.286 - more information, fill out an application. 01:19:32.450 --> 01:19:39.622 - We also, well, it's too late for today. There's going to be another blood drive in July. I don't have 01:19:39.622 --> 01:19:46.794 - the date here, but it'll be in conjunction with Ivy Tech. Thanks, Ivy Tech. But go to redcross.org to 01:19:46.794 --> 01:19:53.966 - make an appointment. They would appreciate it, although if you don't make an appointment, you will go 01:19:53.966 --> 01:20:01.982 - in. We also encourage folks to sign up for the alert notification system, the resident alert notification system. 01:20:02.114 --> 01:20:11.158 - And that sign up again is on our main website. Did you have anything you wanted to add at this point? 01:20:11.158 --> 01:20:20.379 - No, I would just say again, I'd emphasize your severe weather that I cannot overstate that because that 01:20:20.379 --> 01:20:24.990 - cannot it can come up very suddenly and just again, 01:20:26.754 --> 01:20:32.284 - you know, congratulations to Bloomington South and Bloomington North graduates this past week. 01:20:32.284 --> 01:20:38.163 - There you go. So we have a bunch of brilliant people going out there in our world, and they're going 01:20:38.163 --> 01:20:44.042 - to help make the world an even better place. And yeah. Awesome. It's awesome. Not there in Edgewood. 01:20:44.042 --> 01:20:50.038 - I know that we have. Did Edgewood graduate this past weekend as well? Yeah. I believe so. Oh, awesome. 01:20:50.038 --> 01:20:54.462 - OK. For some reason, I thought they graduated a week earlier, a week later. 01:20:57.154 --> 01:21:03.462 - I think their ceremony is a week before, but I think their school dates are probably about the same. 01:21:03.462 --> 01:21:09.708 - Okay, well then, absolutely. Congratulations, Edgewood is out. We have an Edgewood graduate. And to 01:21:09.708 --> 01:21:16.141 - all the private school graduates around here as well. All of those people leaving secondary education. 01:21:16.141 --> 01:21:22.449 - Yeah, moving on to something great. And thanks to those people who will be getting started on their, 01:21:22.449 --> 01:21:23.198 - I know most 01:21:23.522 --> 01:21:31.009 - if they're not getting started on life and they're, you know, they've got that one last hiatus of spring, 01:21:31.009 --> 01:21:38.567 - there are some who are going into the military and thank you there. And so, you know, just congratulations 01:21:38.567 --> 01:21:46.055 - and to all and be safe. Yeah. And I just want to remind folks that this weekend is the Bloomington Garden 01:21:46.055 --> 01:21:47.326 - Club garden walk. 01:21:47.522 --> 01:21:56.830 - And the ticket price is $10. You can go to BloomingtonGardenClub.org. There's four hours of viewing 01:21:56.830 --> 01:22:06.882 - time on Saturday and four hours on Sunday. And if you go to the New Hope Shelter, I will be there. Hosting, 01:22:06.882 --> 01:22:16.190 - co-hosting, I should say. So really, really spectacular gardens this year. Wow. So 10 bucks, cheap. 01:22:16.994 --> 01:22:31.436 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 01:22:31.436 --> 01:22:37.854 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.