WEBVTT 00:00:00.450 --> 00:00:07.195 - Good morning. I'm going to call to order this meeting and Monroe County board of commissioners. It is 00:00:07.195 --> 00:00:13.808 - Thursday July 2nd already. Yeah. Um, I will note for the record that commissioner Madera and myself 00:00:13.808 --> 00:00:20.619 - are here and present in the net you Hill room. And we're going to begin with our public statement read 00:00:20.619 --> 00:00:22.206 - by commissioner Madera. 00:00:23.010 --> 00:00:28.845 - We, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights 00:00:28.845 --> 00:00:34.217 - of all people regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, 00:00:34.217 --> 00:00:40.225 - gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin. And we affirm the right of every 00:00:40.225 --> 00:00:46.118 - person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist at every step discrimination 00:00:46.118 --> 00:00:52.126 - and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. 00:00:52.578 --> 00:01:00.926 - We also stand in support of our county public school systems, both RBB and MCCSC. Thank you so much. 00:01:00.926 --> 00:01:09.191 - We'll now turn to our department updates. We'll begin with the health department. We have Ms. Kelly 00:01:09.191 --> 00:01:15.390 - joining us. Good morning. Good morning, commissioners. Just a few updates. 00:01:15.938 --> 00:01:24.439 - According to our data from the wastewater scan, we're seeing very low levels of COVID flu and RSV. The 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:32.939 - health department does have vaccines available. We are scheduling appointments. The number to call for 00:01:32.939 --> 00:01:41.440 - an appointment is 812-803-6364. And lastly, just a reminder, the health department offers free walk-in 00:01:41.440 --> 00:01:43.998 - testing and treatment services 00:01:44.098 --> 00:01:52.376 - for Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis every Thursday between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Great. Thank you so 00:01:52.376 --> 00:02:01.069 - much. Any comments or questions? No. Thank you. All right. I don't either. Thank you so much for joining 00:02:01.069 --> 00:02:07.774 - us again. All right. Next, we have Mr. Stephen Miller, Veterans Affairs Officer. 00:02:13.154 --> 00:02:19.867 - Good morning, commissioners. I wanted to tell you about two things this morning. The first is I wanted 00:02:19.867 --> 00:02:26.385 - to give you a little story about a veteran's situation that I've run across recently. Oftentimes in 00:02:26.385 --> 00:02:32.902 - our office, what we do are VA disability claims for injuries, illnesses, or diseases that a veteran 00:02:32.902 --> 00:02:39.485 - incurred while in active military service. In order to do that, we will order their military records 00:02:39.485 --> 00:02:41.310 - from the National Archives. 00:02:41.826 --> 00:02:48.409 - In February, I helped this one veteran. They've been out for a very long time, and we ordered their 00:02:48.409 --> 00:02:55.190 - medical records, their personnel files, and their DD-214s from the National Archives. It usually takes 00:02:55.190 --> 00:03:01.970 - a month or two to get those records in the mail to the veteran. And after a couple, it was about three 00:03:01.970 --> 00:03:05.854 - months, we realized that we weren't getting those records. 00:03:06.370 --> 00:03:13.730 - We contacted an Indiana senator who was able to put in an inquiry and got those records in two days. 00:03:13.730 --> 00:03:21.017 - So what we found, though, was not necessarily what we were hoping for. We found that the records of 00:03:21.017 --> 00:03:28.450 - that veteran had been destroyed in the fire of 1973 in the National Archives. Back in 1973, there was 00:03:28.450 --> 00:03:35.518 - a fire that destroyed between 16 and 18 million veterans' files from the Air Force and the Army. 00:03:35.746 --> 00:03:43.358 - from starting in World War II all the way up through Vietnam. So that sounds like it's a 00:03:43.650 --> 00:03:50.201 - and no deal then, but we are going to work on getting additional records, unit level records, anything 00:03:50.201 --> 00:03:56.624 - that we can get to try to help identify the injuries that this individual had and get them a good VA 00:03:56.624 --> 00:04:03.175 - disability claim. So we're not done, but this is part of what we have to go through on occasion to try 00:04:03.175 --> 00:04:09.598 - to help get veterans connected to the benefits that they deserve. Additionally, I wanted to tell you 00:04:09.954 --> 00:04:19.530 - kind of very quickly about the new property tax credit in the state of Indiana for disabled veterans. 00:04:19.530 --> 00:04:28.542 - Beginning, veterans are able to apply for the new property tax credit for the state of Indiana. 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:38.354 - Everyone who is receiving that benefit should needs to actually refile for that benefit, according to 00:04:38.354 --> 00:04:45.982 - the state. We're here to help. We're going to be doing walk in clinics from July 10th. 00:04:46.274 --> 00:04:53.248 - 17th, 24th, and 31st from 8 to noon to have folks come in to work on those packages. We've got a real 00:04:53.248 --> 00:05:00.153 - good system with the auditor's office. We're making it really simple. The veteran comes to us, we'll 00:05:00.153 --> 00:05:07.058 - do our part of the paperwork, get it to the auditor. They don't have to deal with any of the running 00:05:07.058 --> 00:05:12.254 - around. So again, we're going to be doing those walk-in clinics on the 10th 00:05:12.674 --> 00:05:19.577 - the 17th, the 24th, and the 31st from 8 to noon. The veteran will need to make sure that they bring 00:05:19.577 --> 00:05:26.755 - two different documents with them so that we can process the benefit. They need to bring their VA award 00:05:26.755 --> 00:05:34.072 - letter or the annual VA tax letter. That's the letter that comes out every November that tells the basics 00:05:34.072 --> 00:05:36.350 - of the benefit that you receive. 00:05:36.546 --> 00:05:43.155 - And they also need to bring their DD-214. So once we have those things, we'll be able to complete the 00:05:43.155 --> 00:05:49.700 - package for them and get them going in the right direction. So that's all I had for you folks today. 00:05:49.700 --> 00:05:56.309 - Is there anything that I can help with or any questions that you have? I don't have any questions. As 00:05:56.309 --> 00:06:02.854 - someone who's personally been burned by that fire that destroyed those records, I so appreciate your 00:06:02.854 --> 00:06:04.798 - efforts to work through that. 00:06:04.898 --> 00:06:10.984 - Thank you so very much. That has had a devastating effect on my family in particular, and I think on 00:06:10.984 --> 00:06:17.009 - millions of veterans. So thank you so much for fighting for our veterans. You're very welcome. It's 00:06:17.009 --> 00:06:21.950 - my pleasure. So thank you so much, and you all have a wonderful rest of your day. 00:06:22.082 --> 00:06:29.182 - All right, thank you so much. Yeah, it's an amazing story. And we do encourage folks in the community 00:06:29.182 --> 00:06:36.213 - who are veterans to contact your office if they have questions about anything. And if you could give 00:06:36.213 --> 00:06:43.383 - your phone number again, that would be great. Absolutely. Yes, my phone number is 812-349-2537. Please 00:06:43.383 --> 00:06:50.553 - call early and often. Great. Thank you so much. We appreciate you. Next, we have our recorder, Ms. Amy 00:06:50.553 --> 00:06:51.806 - Swain joining us. 00:06:52.098 --> 00:06:59.879 - Good morning. Good morning. I love being able to follow up Stephen because the recorder's office and 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:07.660 - the veteran service office work closely together to serve our veterans. And one of the things that I 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:15.518 - wanted to talk about today knowing Steve was right before me is that you see how diligently our local 00:07:16.066 --> 00:07:23.678 - veteran service officers work to help the veteran get the records that they need. There is a company 00:07:23.678 --> 00:07:31.818 - out there that is charging more than $100 to expedite the process with the National Archives. And normally, 00:07:31.818 --> 00:07:39.807 - it's going to take that one to two months, as Stephen said, and there's really no expediting to it unless 00:07:39.807 --> 00:07:40.862 - you work with 00:07:40.962 --> 00:07:48.078 - the veteran service officer. And so if someone comes into our office to get a copy of their DD 214, 00:07:48.078 --> 00:07:55.407 - which they can do, we always encourage them to visit the VSO so that they learn about updates like the 00:07:55.407 --> 00:08:02.665 - new tax credit that Stephen was talking about. I also got a call yesterday from a local woman who had 00:08:02.665 --> 00:08:08.286 - just had property transferred into her name, and she got a letter in the mail. 00:08:08.610 --> 00:08:15.956 - And they said, for $285, we will give you a service that will alert you if anything is recorded against 00:08:15.956 --> 00:08:23.090 - your property. And I was able to happily tell her that the recorder's office in conjunction with one 00:08:23.090 --> 00:08:30.295 - of our business partners offers that service for free. It's called Property Watch. There is a link to 00:08:30.295 --> 00:08:38.206 - it on the recorder page of the county website. And I would encourage everyone to sign up for that free service. 00:08:38.338 --> 00:08:46.357 - Again, it's called Property Watch. It will give you either text or email alerts, your choice, when anything 00:08:46.357 --> 00:08:53.857 - is recorded that matches your legal description or your name. I will say if you live outside of city 00:08:53.857 --> 00:09:01.951 - limits and you have what's called a meets and bounds, that's M-E-T-E-S, meets and bounds, legal description, 00:09:01.951 --> 00:09:05.886 - you may get an alert when it is someone in a similar 00:09:06.018 --> 00:09:13.586 - Township range and section so it might be your neighbor But it's a really easy and again free way to 00:09:13.586 --> 00:09:21.155 - know when something is recorded that matches your information Let everyone know that we're trying to 00:09:21.155 --> 00:09:29.023 - use all methods possible to get the words out about these questionable business practices that are going 00:09:29.023 --> 00:09:34.718 - on when you can get them from your local recorder's office at no charge and 00:09:35.170 --> 00:09:42.154 - Thank you very much. Do you have any questions? I don't, but this is very helpful information. And there's 00:09:42.154 --> 00:09:48.681 - always a service that's out there that costs exponentially more than the services we provide in our 00:09:48.681 --> 00:09:55.077 - county government to taxpayers, many of which are free, the rest of which are at much lower cost. 00:09:55.077 --> 00:10:01.799 - But again, so few taxpayers know about them. So thank you so very much. Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.606 - you for bringing this to public attention. 00:10:06.786 --> 00:10:16.910 - Great, excellent, excellent. All right. We also have Ms. Purdy is going to introduce our get up to that 00:10:16.910 --> 00:10:27.423 - podium. You're the next contestant. Come on down. Come on down. So I want to introduce to you guys formally 00:10:27.423 --> 00:10:31.998 - and to any of the other departments who may be 00:10:32.194 --> 00:10:39.539 - watching this on cats or teams, but this is our new HR director. This is Melissa Stinson Waddell, and 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:46.741 - she's coming to us with a lot of background that's going to be very beneficial to the Monroe County 00:10:46.741 --> 00:10:52.862 - government. So do you want to share anything, tell them a little bit about yourself? 00:10:53.218 --> 00:10:59.200 - I do come from county government. I have worked in county government for over 17 years in the Brown 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:05.183 - County government. Prior to that, I worked for the Brown County School Corporation for 16 years. So 00:11:05.183 --> 00:11:11.345 - very familiar with the public sector and working for the citizens of the counties. And I was in HR and 00:11:11.345 --> 00:11:17.506 - worked as a commissioner's assistant for 12 years. So I do have background in benefits and in employer 00:11:17.506 --> 00:11:21.694 - services, worked in payroll in the auditor's office, so rail rounded. 00:11:22.242 --> 00:11:29.789 - So and I appreciate the opportunity to work here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for joining us. And 00:11:29.789 --> 00:11:37.262 - thank you for being here today. We're really excited. And we I've heard only incredible things about 00:11:37.262 --> 00:11:43.995 - you so far. Well, thank you. That new HR person. Oh, my gosh. She's lots of reading. Yeah. 00:11:43.995 --> 00:11:49.470 - So thank you. You hit the ground running and it's almost budget time. So. 00:11:49.922 --> 00:11:57.878 - I'm very delighted with that. Yeah, you made it want to time that differently. I'm just saying. 00:11:57.878 --> 00:12:06.496 - But thank you. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Thank you very much. Yes, I'd like to echo everything 00:12:06.496 --> 00:12:14.784 - Commissioner Thomas said and welcome. Any other department updates? You raise your hand on Teams or 00:12:14.784 --> 00:12:18.430 - come to the podium. All right, seeing none. 00:12:18.882 --> 00:12:26.563 - We're gonna open the floor to public comment. Public comment is reserved for items that are not on the 00:12:26.563 --> 00:12:34.244 - agenda. You may raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. We ask each person to limit their time 00:12:34.244 --> 00:12:41.999 - to three minutes and to provide your name and county of residence before you begin speaking. All right, 00:12:41.999 --> 00:12:46.846 - I do not see anyone for public comment. So I do want to make it, 00:12:47.650 --> 00:12:56.235 - In addition to our very short agenda today, I would like to move that we add item AB at the end of our 00:12:56.235 --> 00:13:04.569 - agenda, which is a ratification of the emergency declaration for June 18th. I will second that. All 00:13:04.569 --> 00:13:12.820 - of those in favor of approving the agenda change, say aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Excellent. 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:14.654 - All right. With that, 00:13:15.234 --> 00:13:22.947 - We'll now move on to the next item and you can make one motion. That would be great. Yes, I would like 00:13:22.947 --> 00:13:30.435 - to approve the minutes for move to approve the minutes for June 18th, 2026 and for June 25th, 2026. 00:13:30.435 --> 00:13:38.447 - I will second that. Any comments, corrections or edits? I have none. Okay. All those in favor of approving 00:13:38.447 --> 00:13:43.614 - the minutes for June 18th and June 25th, 2026 signify by saying aye. 00:13:43.906 --> 00:13:51.720 - I motion carries two zero next item please all one motion again please yes I would like to move to ratify 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:59.314 - the claims dockets for accounts payable for June 18th 2026 for accounts payable for June 25th 2026 for 00:13:59.314 --> 00:14:06.981 - payroll for June 12th 2026 and for payroll for June 26th 2026 and I did that in one breath you did that 00:14:06.981 --> 00:14:12.510 - was awesome I will second that and I won't make you repeat it good morning 00:14:13.026 --> 00:14:19.489 - this guy or those joining us I wasn't sure who was presenting today good morning hi good morning the 00:14:19.489 --> 00:14:26.015 - accounts payable claims docket for July 2nd 2026 totals two million one hundred seventy nine thousand 00:14:26.015 --> 00:14:33.118 - forty and two cents this includes all emergency claims and adjustments thank you so much comments or questions 00:14:33.666 --> 00:14:42.218 - I don't have any, these were approved at various junctures. She just read for today, which was not part 00:14:42.218 --> 00:14:50.442 - of the vote. Can you review the previous, because we're ratifying what we did. The numbers? I would 00:14:50.442 --> 00:14:58.665 - have to go get those doc ups. Let's not do that then. I think these were presented at that meeting. 00:14:58.665 --> 00:15:01.790 - They were presented at past meetings. 00:15:03.074 --> 00:15:13.324 - So one moment, we'll be back with you. Okay. Do you have any comments on any of the ratifications? Nope. 00:15:13.324 --> 00:15:23.769 - Okay. Let's see if there's any public comment on the ratifications of the June 18th and June 25th packets. 00:15:23.769 --> 00:15:31.774 - All right. So have I sufficiently covered that for ratification? I think so, yes. 00:15:31.874 --> 00:15:39.160 - All those in favor of ratifying the accounts payable for June 18th and 25th and payroll for June 12th 00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:46.589 - and June 26 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Now we'll have another motion and I'm gonna 00:15:46.589 --> 00:15:54.233 - have you read that again. Okay. Yes. I would like to move to approve the claim socket for accounts payable 00:15:54.233 --> 00:15:58.590 - for July 2nd, 2026. I will second that now. Okay. Thank you. 00:15:58.786 --> 00:16:06.057 - The accounts people claims doctor for July 2nd, 2026 totals 2,179,040 and two cents. This includes all 00:16:06.057 --> 00:16:13.187 - emergency claims and adjustments. There you go. Thank you so much. Uh, comments or questions on July 00:16:13.187 --> 00:16:20.740 - 2nd. Nope. All right. Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:23.070 - Thank you so much, Ms. Gallardo. 00:16:23.522 --> 00:16:32.472 - um all those in favor of approving the claims docket for accounts payable july 2nd 2026 signify by saying 00:16:32.472 --> 00:16:41.000 - aye aye motion carries two zero um now uh we will move on to i will note for the record that we have 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:49.528 - received reports from the treasurer's office that both april and may of 2026 waits and measures june 00:16:49.528 --> 00:16:52.990 - 2026 and the clerk's office for may 2026 00:16:53.090 --> 00:17:00.755 - And we will now move on to new business. So I would like to move approval for the for the record software 00:17:00.755 --> 00:17:08.058 - agreement funding cumulative capital funds number 1138 in the amount of $24,000. I will second that. 00:17:08.058 --> 00:17:15.651 - Good morning, Mr. Crone. He's the director of technical services department. Can you tell us about this? 00:17:15.651 --> 00:17:16.446 - All right. 00:17:16.578 --> 00:17:22.993 - So we've been using FTR for well over a decade now, and that stands for For the Record. That's our judicial 00:17:22.993 --> 00:17:29.171 - recording software. The version that we're on is discontinued by the manufacturer, no longer supported. 00:17:29.171 --> 00:17:35.170 - With architecture changes in Windows 11 that Microsoft's made, it's caused compatibility issues with 00:17:35.170 --> 00:17:41.170 - the old version we have. So our tech services group has done very well to keep spitting Band-Aid and 00:17:41.170 --> 00:17:44.734 - this thing back together to keep it running for the courts. 00:17:45.090 --> 00:17:52.365 - So it's time to upgrade the cloud version that we are looking at to go with here offers functionality 00:17:52.365 --> 00:17:59.498 - that we've not had previously that the courts could use One prime example is we have no way of if a 00:17:59.498 --> 00:18:07.058 - case is locked There's no way other than annotating that that they can put that there was no block there. 00:18:07.058 --> 00:18:10.910 - So it was kind of relied on people being honest about 00:18:11.074 --> 00:18:16.709 - In the system so this gives them permissions gives them tighter controls to be able to control who can 00:18:16.709 --> 00:18:22.289 - see what between the courts and any confidential documents. But also gives them the ability to redact 00:18:22.289 --> 00:18:27.869 - annotate in real time things options we didn't have before it's cloud based, so it is accessible from 00:18:27.869 --> 00:18:30.878 - anywhere by any of the staff, it would make it easier. 00:18:30.978 --> 00:18:36.547 - for the process to share documents with attorneys and things like that because it can be done through 00:18:36.547 --> 00:18:42.060 - the cloud and not through flash drives and things like that the way we do now. One advantage to this 00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:47.847 - system, it does put all the data storage in the cloud on FTR. Right now we have four and a half terabytes 00:18:47.847 --> 00:18:48.830 - of recorded data. 00:18:48.930 --> 00:18:54.419 - So moving forward, we need to look at other solutions for that storage and backup, which FTR would then 00:18:54.419 --> 00:19:00.120 - take care of that. I am in discussions with them about whether they will take this four and a half terabyte 00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:05.662 - we currently have and move it into the cloud under this price tag, whether there be an additional charge 00:19:05.662 --> 00:19:10.993 - or whether we need to just maintain that old archive data ourselves. So that's still moving forward. 00:19:10.993 --> 00:19:16.325 - But the terms of this agreement are for one year. We wanted to run it at least once and then talk to 00:19:16.325 --> 00:19:16.958 - them later. 00:19:17.154 --> 00:19:23.660 - If everyone agrees with the courts that it's working well, then look at longer term contracts. There 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:30.617 - is a training period with this contract that FTR would come on site, train all the court services employees 00:19:30.617 --> 00:19:37.316 - to get us through the system. Excellent. Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Madera? 00:19:37.316 --> 00:19:44.144 - None. This is actually a really super critical function. And this is a, I can't say how much I appreciate 00:19:44.144 --> 00:19:46.334 - the careful research you've done. 00:19:46.466 --> 00:19:52.709 - on this software option. And thank you. I definitely want to give a lot of credit to Court Services 00:19:52.709 --> 00:19:59.202 - and the court offices. We actually had FTR come on site and give us a quick demo. They got to ask their 00:19:59.202 --> 00:20:05.570 - questions. Jamie Chandler, head of Court Services, has been very involved in the process. So a lot of 00:20:05.570 --> 00:20:08.254 - the credit goes to those folks. Excellent. 00:20:09.826 --> 00:20:16.980 - The question I have for you, if you get out your crystal ball, do you think it's going to be approximately 00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:23.667 - this much per year to maintain this if we decided to stick with them? Because this is really you're 00:20:23.667 --> 00:20:28.414 - renting cloud storage and not really buying software, is that correct? 00:20:28.962 --> 00:20:34.878 - No, you're doing both. You're buying software. This is all cloud based software as a service. What's 00:20:34.878 --> 00:20:41.204 - known as a SAS. OK, so you're getting that FTR recorder. The data components say it's all bundled together, 00:20:41.204 --> 00:20:47.296 - but it is a separate component of that. So going forward, all cloud based services, all software's take 00:20:47.296 --> 00:20:53.329 - an annual increase, depending on what kind of terms you can work with and dictates what your increases 00:20:53.329 --> 00:20:58.718 - are going to look like. And along with obviously longer term contracts offer some benefits. 00:20:58.978 --> 00:21:04.684 - we just wanted to make sure this was a good fit for us based on the price tag before we committed. Yeah, 00:21:04.684 --> 00:21:10.226 - it's a prudent way to move forward. So thank you for that. So we would have to be buying the software 00:21:10.226 --> 00:21:15.769 - again in the future. Correct. Along with the cloud storage space management. That is correct. Got it. 00:21:15.769 --> 00:21:21.420 - The data is always ours. So obviously if we decided not to stay with the cloud base, want to go on prem 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:26.908 - or go with another manufacturer, we have all that data. They will help us download back into our own 00:21:26.908 --> 00:21:28.158 - repositories. Awesome. 00:21:28.354 --> 00:21:37.023 - Thank you so much. Thanks for answering all the questions. Let's see if there's any public comment on 00:21:37.023 --> 00:21:45.608 - this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. None. All those in favor of approving 00:21:45.608 --> 00:21:54.107 - the for the record software agreement signify by saying aye. Motion carries to zero. Thank you very 00:21:54.107 --> 00:21:56.062 - much. All right. Next. 00:21:57.474 --> 00:22:04.913 - I would like to move approval for the proposal for valuation services between Integra Realty Resources 00:22:04.913 --> 00:22:12.424 - and Monroe County Assessor. Assessor. Fund name reassessment, fund number 1224 in the amount of $6,900. 00:22:12.424 --> 00:22:19.791 - I will second that. Ms. Sharp is not. The assessor's office asked if I could cover this for them. Oh, 00:22:19.791 --> 00:22:22.174 - thank you so much, Mr. Cockrell. 00:22:22.498 --> 00:22:29.437 - While not routine, not extraordinary in that there is an appeal from an assessment for the property 00:22:29.437 --> 00:22:36.376 - located at 1700 North Washington Street. This is the appraisal that the county needs to justify the 00:22:36.376 --> 00:22:43.453 - number they have on that appraisal. So this is, again, this is site-specific, but in the grand scheme 00:22:43.453 --> 00:22:51.294 - of things, we do this quite often. Pretty typical, yeah. Thank you. Comments or questions, Commissioner Medeira? 00:22:51.650 --> 00:22:58.838 - No, this looks like a routine item. It does. Let's see if there's any public comment. Thank you, Mr. 00:22:58.838 --> 00:23:06.169 - Cockrell, for providing the information. Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand in teams 00:23:06.169 --> 00:23:13.641 - or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the proposal for evaluation services 00:23:13.641 --> 00:23:21.470 - between Integra Realty Resources and Monroe County Assessors signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. 2-0. 00:23:22.210 --> 00:23:30.278 - Next item please. Yes I would like to move approval for the KS contract for disaster debris. Fund name 00:23:30.278 --> 00:23:38.502 - county general EM response and recovery. Fund number one thousand in the amount of ten thousand dollars. 00:23:38.502 --> 00:23:46.492 - I will second that we have Mr. Baker joining us. Good morning. Good morning commissioners. So this is 00:23:46.492 --> 00:23:50.878 - a contract for the dumpsters that we have out currently 00:23:50.978 --> 00:24:00.103 - at three different locations within the tornado path. One dumpster is located at the Liberty church. 00:24:00.103 --> 00:24:09.680 - And another one is located at Mount Pleasant church. And the last one is at the entrance of Morgan Monroe 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:18.805 - State Forest. These dumpsters are available for those impacted residents to dispose of household and 00:24:18.805 --> 00:24:20.702 - construction debris. 00:24:20.834 --> 00:24:27.437 - Um, thank you so much. Um, I'm wondering if, uh, first of all, TSD, can you remove that calendar from 00:24:27.437 --> 00:24:33.911 - our screen? Because I cannot read the captions. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. All right. Um, so 00:24:33.911 --> 00:24:40.449 - I'm wondering if you could give us, uh, and give the residents an update on this cleanup process and 00:24:40.449 --> 00:24:46.923 - how long those dumpsters will, will, they're not there anymore, I believe. Um, can you give us some 00:24:46.923 --> 00:24:48.606 - more information, please? 00:24:49.474 --> 00:24:57.316 - Yes, so the dumpsters will be there until July 8th. So they got almost a whole week left. And I checked 00:24:57.316 --> 00:25:04.931 - them yesterday, went out, drove around the area. They haven't been used yet, so we'll try and spread 00:25:04.931 --> 00:25:12.622 - the word about them being available to the residents. But the Indian Department of Transportation has 00:25:12.622 --> 00:25:17.598 - been out and about the impacted area, cleaning up the light away. 00:25:18.338 --> 00:25:26.557 - within like two feet of the load and stuff. So that's been going on and we'll continue for the next 00:25:26.557 --> 00:25:34.940 - few days until it's completed. They're helping the County Highway Department with that. And totes and 00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:43.158 - some other supplies are available if residents need them, they can contact our office. Thank you so 00:25:43.158 --> 00:25:48.254 - much. Can you provide some information about how this cleanup 00:25:48.418 --> 00:25:57.732 - process is going in general? Are we in good shape? Do we need to think about extending the time on the 00:25:57.732 --> 00:26:06.955 - dumpsters? At this time, I think we are in good shape. But yeah, the trees have been picked up a lot. 00:26:06.955 --> 00:26:15.998 - And that helped out a lot. And people are happy with the dumpsters and stuff, it seems like. Great. 00:26:16.226 --> 00:26:26.549 - Thank you so much. Do you have any comments or questions? No, I'm very glad we can provide the service. 00:26:26.549 --> 00:26:36.971 - And again, an essential service I think we can do. I would like to provide more, but at minimum, I think 00:26:36.971 --> 00:26:41.438 - this is incredibly useful. So I just wish we 00:26:41.634 --> 00:26:48.967 - would get out of the path of these darn storms. I don't think that's going to happen as much as I wish. 00:26:48.967 --> 00:26:56.019 - And I do want to say that the governor's office reached out early on. And at that point, we had had 00:26:56.019 --> 00:27:03.070 - some discussion about tree debris. And I drove through the area about a week after it happened. And 00:27:03.070 --> 00:27:10.192 - you could smell the green. You could smell that that had been decimated. And you could obviously see 00:27:10.192 --> 00:27:11.038 - it as well. 00:27:11.266 --> 00:27:19.809 - And we're just grateful everybody's OK. We really appreciate the work at emergency management. So thank 00:27:19.809 --> 00:27:28.023 - you to you and Jamie for all your hard work. I know it's been a lot. And hopefully, as Commissioner 00:27:28.023 --> 00:27:36.238 - Medeira says, we won't be doing this again this year. But that's a wish. It's a good wish. But this 00:27:36.238 --> 00:27:39.934 - is why we all need to take it seriously when 00:27:40.258 --> 00:27:47.679 - there's a warning. It's important that we do the right things in order to save our lives. Property can 00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:55.028 - be replaced, people can't. And just a quick question, either for Angie or Jeff, this is coming out of 00:27:55.028 --> 00:28:02.233 - rainy day, is that correct? Okay, thank you. I appreciate that the council set aside the funding in 00:28:02.233 --> 00:28:09.150 - rainy day so that they could act quickly and get this done. Yes, thank you, that was wonderful. 00:28:09.730 --> 00:28:20.365 - All right, with that, any public comment on this item? Raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:28:20.365 --> 00:28:30.793 - All right, seeing none, all those in favor of approving the K&S contract for disaster debris signify 00:28:30.793 --> 00:28:38.846 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries two zero. I do have one question actually. 00:28:39.042 --> 00:28:44.574 - Do we have the addresses of these dumpsters published anywhere? Are they online on the website, by chance? 00:28:44.574 --> 00:28:49.900 - They're on the emergency management website, I believe. Okay, perfect. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Perfect. Okay. 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:55.381 - Yes, they are on our press releases that we've been sending out, which can be found on the county website 00:28:55.381 --> 00:29:00.913 - and our Facebook page. Wonderful. Wonderful. Great. Thank you so much. Good question. So just if anybody's 00:29:00.913 --> 00:29:04.222 - watching and they want to know where they are. Yeah. Excellent. 00:29:04.354 --> 00:29:11.689 - Mount Pleasant Church, Liberty Church, and the entrance to the Morgan Monroe Forest. Excellent. 00:29:11.689 --> 00:29:19.711 - There we go. Yes. All right. Next item, please. Excellent. I would like to move approval for the digital 00:29:19.711 --> 00:29:28.039 - scanning project of historical documents by U.S. Imaging and fund phase two fund name recorders perpetuation 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:32.318 - fund for fund number 1189 in the amount of $178,023.66. 00:29:32.514 --> 00:29:39.566 - I will second that recorder swing. Thank you for joining us again. Yes, it's nice to be here and talk 00:29:39.566 --> 00:29:46.617 - with you guys about this project. It's phase two of a project to protect and preserve the contents of 00:29:46.617 --> 00:29:54.084 - the physical books that are in the recorder's office that have yet to be digitized. There are approximately 00:29:54.084 --> 00:30:01.758 - 300 books in the office. Phase one of this project was last year. This is to take care of the remaining books. 00:30:02.370 --> 00:30:10.007 - It's to protect them from water and fire damage and deterioration. Most of our records are over in the 00:30:10.007 --> 00:30:17.495 - archives, which has a dry fire suppression system. The one in the recorder's office is water. And so 00:30:17.495 --> 00:30:25.057 - I think it's critical to get these digitized. The other thing is the purpose of the perpetuation fund 00:30:25.057 --> 00:30:31.582 - is to protect and preserve those records as well as make them more publicly accessible. 00:30:31.810 --> 00:30:39.163 - which this does. And so I think it's right in line with the purpose of the fund. And so, like I said, 00:30:39.163 --> 00:30:45.940 - this is phase two of this project. Makes sense. We also went with US Imaging. We've had prior 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:53.148 - good relationships with them and worked on projects. Plus, they will actually scan the books in our 00:30:53.148 --> 00:31:00.862 - office. They don't leave the premises. So I think that's another big point in their favor. Yeah, for sure. 00:31:01.602 --> 00:31:09.806 - I think this is an essential project I think this places us ahead of many counties in Indiana. I frequently 00:31:09.806 --> 00:31:16.414 - have students and I know of other people who do research in rural Indiana particularly 00:31:16.546 --> 00:31:23.183 - And they can't, you know, people go in records or loss and real legal outcomes hinge on this availability 00:31:23.183 --> 00:31:29.819 - of this information, unfortunately. And so this can be catastrophic. So I really appreciate these efforts 00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:36.268 - and they can save everybody a lot of time and money. And again, I think this is wonderful. So I really 00:31:36.268 --> 00:31:41.214 - appreciate this. This is great. I'm so glad we can do this. Yeah, this is what 00:31:41.666 --> 00:31:48.523 - perpetuation funds are for, and it's great transparency for the public, and preserving those records 00:31:48.523 --> 00:31:55.855 - is part of our history, so I appreciate that. And you noted here that you have had TSD review this contract 00:31:55.855 --> 00:32:02.644 - as well, so I appreciate that. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You 00:32:02.644 --> 00:32:06.174 - can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:32:11.586 --> 00:32:18.452 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the digital scanning project of historical documents by U.S. 00:32:18.452 --> 00:32:25.188 - Imaging, and this is phase two, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. Yes, 00:32:25.188 --> 00:32:31.990 - I'd like to move approval for Eastern financing rental agreement for a large format scanner and printer. 00:32:31.990 --> 00:32:38.532 - Fund name Recorders Perpetuation Fund, fund number 1189, an amount of $529 for installation and $359 00:32:38.532 --> 00:32:40.734 - per month plus printing coverage. 00:32:41.538 --> 00:32:51.809 - I will second that, Ms. Wayne. Yes, I really want to thank you for your cooperation during June to go 00:32:51.809 --> 00:33:02.584 - ahead and authorize Angie Purdy to sign this contract while you were not looking at new things. It allowed 00:33:02.584 --> 00:33:10.942 - us to take advantage of a unique situation where we got a gently used large format 00:33:11.394 --> 00:33:19.975 - printer at last year's prices. And that was locked in for five years at that previous year's price. 00:33:19.975 --> 00:33:28.727 - So it really is a big help to our office when we're scanning plats and surveys and other large format 00:33:28.727 --> 00:33:35.678 - documents. The current one that we have now resides in the surveyor's office. So 00:33:35.778 --> 00:33:42.207 - They will continue the service contract on that piece and it provides service over there. But it's an 00:33:42.207 --> 00:33:48.699 - internal thing where they don't have customers waiting at the counter for us to take care of them. And 00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:55.443 - so I think this is a win-win for both offices. It's a good plan. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:33:55.443 --> 00:34:00.990 - Commissioner Medeira? Only that we save taxpayers money, which is always a great thing. 00:34:01.602 --> 00:34:10.582 - I always try to do that when I can. Yes. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this 00:34:10.582 --> 00:34:19.831 - item. You raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving 00:34:19.831 --> 00:34:28.542 - the Eastern financing rental agreement for a large format scanner printer signify by saying aye. 00:34:29.186 --> 00:34:39.881 - I motion carries to zero. Thank you so much. Thank you all. All right. Next we have the presentation 00:34:39.881 --> 00:34:47.294 - of county form number 144. Good morning. Morning. I'm here to present 00:34:50.082 --> 00:34:57.797 - I'm here to present the counties 144 is for 2027. This is a form that outlines the anticipated expenditures 00:34:57.797 --> 00:35:05.012 - for payroll in 2027. The forms are rather large so they're included in the packet on the agenda as a 00:35:05.012 --> 00:35:07.870 - link. And again, these are just used to 00:35:08.098 --> 00:35:20.087 - to the council for what the 2027 wages should be. Excellent. Thank you so much. And we have to do that 00:35:20.087 --> 00:35:31.959 - by August 20th. Comments or questions? Nope. Everything looks to be in order. Thank you. I appreciate 00:35:31.959 --> 00:35:36.382 - that it was done as a link this time. 00:35:36.578 --> 00:35:47.650 - instead of a packet of paper. Thank you for that. Yep, this is an annual review that we do prior to 00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:58.943 - council budgets being set. So thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand 00:35:58.943 --> 00:36:05.918 - on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, I guess we accept 00:36:06.114 --> 00:36:14.689 - the presentation of the Form 144s. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to 00:36:14.689 --> 00:36:23.520 - zero. Next item, please. I would like to move approval for the 2026 covered bridge certification. Yes. 00:36:23.520 --> 00:36:29.694 - I will second that. And you're here to present that as well. Thank you. 00:36:29.986 --> 00:36:36.891 - Yes. So each year we are required by code to certify the amount of covered bridges in the county. That 00:36:36.891 --> 00:36:43.862 - amount still remains at one. So we're here today to request the commissioners certification. Yeah. One, 00:36:43.862 --> 00:36:51.102 - one cool one. Yes. One. It's funny that we have to do this. All right. Uh, thank you. Nothing controversial 00:36:51.102 --> 00:36:57.470 - here. Um, any public comment on this item? You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:37:05.346 --> 00:37:13.080 - Seeing none, all those in favor of certifying our 2026 covered bridge, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion 00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:20.668 - carries, 2-0. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Next item, please. Yes, I'd like to move approval for change 00:37:20.668 --> 00:37:28.037 - order number two with Strouser Construction Fund named County General Park Non-Reverting Capital and 00:37:28.037 --> 00:37:34.750 - Park Non-Reverting Operating Fund number 1000, 1178, 1179, an amount not to exceed $19,374. 00:37:35.426 --> 00:37:44.837 - I will second that Ms. Purdy is going to be presenting for parks today. Yes and thankfully Ms. Whitmer 00:37:44.837 --> 00:37:54.157 - has provided a very concise and easily understood explanation for this request. These have sufficient 00:37:54.157 --> 00:38:03.294 - funds to cover this change order and this change order is the result of the Flatwood Park restroom. 00:38:03.778 --> 00:38:10.778 - having an issue with the underground holding tanks that were leaking. And so this is going to remove 00:38:10.778 --> 00:38:17.779 - those and replace them and ensure that everything is appropriately tested and cleared before opening 00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:24.710 - the actual restroom. Great. Thank you so much. Let's ask, let's ask Ms. Purdy a tough question. You 00:38:24.710 --> 00:38:31.641 - got one for him? Any comments, questions? I'll skip all the puns that go with this. I'll keep a lid 00:38:31.641 --> 00:38:32.542 - on them. So, 00:38:32.802 --> 00:38:45.406 - Yes, this is essential, obviously, for many obvious reasons. And so this is a... So the restroom was 00:38:45.406 --> 00:38:58.510 - never opened at all, is that correct? Okay, yes. Yep, yep, good. I have no further questions. All right, 00:38:58.510 --> 00:39:00.382 - yeah, let's... 00:39:01.730 --> 00:39:09.111 - bad puns, the potty jokes. A hundred percent, yes. All right, let's see if there's any public comment 00:39:09.111 --> 00:39:16.420 - on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of 00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:23.945 - approving change order number two of Strausser construction signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries, 00:39:23.945 --> 00:39:29.662 - two zero. And next item, please. Yes, I'd like to move approval for the blood. 00:39:29.858 --> 00:39:36.285 - uh, Riggett, Cooper, James service agreement, second addendum. I will second that Ms. Birdie. Okay. 00:39:36.285 --> 00:39:42.905 - And this is, um, an addendum to extend the, uh, the contract. So it now extends from June 30th of 2026 00:39:42.905 --> 00:39:49.589 - to 12, 31, 26. And this is for, um, services of the survey survey of the Monroe County nature preserve. 00:39:49.589 --> 00:39:56.080 - Yep. Excellent. Thank you. Uh, comments or questions? Nope. Uh, again, I look forward to moving this 00:39:56.080 --> 00:39:59.358 - project along and this is an important part of it. 00:39:59.490 --> 00:40:07.394 - Yeah, absolutely. Great. Thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? You raise your hand in 00:40:07.394 --> 00:40:15.376 - teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the second addendum to the 00:40:15.376 --> 00:40:23.517 - Bledsoe Rieger Cooper James Service Agreement for the Monroe County Nature Preserve, signify by saying 00:40:23.517 --> 00:40:27.390 - aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. 00:40:27.746 --> 00:40:35.526 - I would like to move approval for Ordinance 2026-22 to amend Chapter 258-1 of the Monroe County Code. 00:40:35.526 --> 00:40:43.458 - I will second that. Ms. Purdy? Yep. This is a housekeeping issue because the Parks Department has moved 00:40:43.458 --> 00:40:51.314 - from their original spot, which is now, I believe, voter registration, to another spot in showers. And 00:40:51.314 --> 00:40:56.958 - so this is just updating that address within our code. Yeah. Makes sense. 00:40:57.538 --> 00:41:06.617 - not lost on this one. Got anything? No, I just don't want lost and found to be lost and found. We got 00:41:06.617 --> 00:41:15.606 - to find the lost and found. All right. Thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? You raise 00:41:15.606 --> 00:41:25.130 - your hand on teams or come to the podium. None. All those in favor of approving ordinance 2026-22, signify 00:41:25.130 --> 00:41:26.910 - by saying aye. Aye. 00:41:27.010 --> 00:41:33.554 - Motion carries 2-0. Thank you so much, Ms. Curry. Thank you. And Ms. Whitmer says thank you. She's having 00:41:33.554 --> 00:41:40.037 - problems with her computer. She can hear, but she can't talk. We're all good. All good. Thank you. We'll 00:41:40.037 --> 00:41:46.643 - center tough questions later. All right. Item K, please. Yes. I'd like to move approval for the memorandum 00:41:46.643 --> 00:41:51.582 - of understanding between Monroe County Circuit Court and Centerstone. Fund name 00:41:52.034 --> 00:41:59.173 - JDAI programming fund number 9123 in the amount of $1,500. I will second that and we have Ms. McAfee 00:41:59.173 --> 00:42:06.453 - joining us and if you could give an overview first because we have so many of these contracts and then 00:42:06.453 --> 00:42:10.270 - we can just go through the individual contracts then. 00:42:10.786 --> 00:42:19.592 - would be spectacular the other day to someone you're the commissioners meeting I said I am the commissioners 00:42:19.592 --> 00:42:28.075 - meeting juvenile detention alternatives initiative it's been in Monroe County since 2014 and we received 00:42:28.075 --> 00:42:34.942 - grant from funds from the State Department of Correction and they filtered down to a 00:42:35.074 --> 00:42:41.553 - the counties that are part of this initiative. For the 26-27 fiscal year, we were awarded $80,000. The 00:42:41.553 --> 00:42:47.969 - exciting thing about this award, I think in the past, they put our money in buckets for us. So we had 00:42:47.969 --> 00:42:54.511 - money that was kind of for coordination. It was office supplies and meals and travel training. And they 00:42:54.511 --> 00:43:00.990 - gave us an amount that if we didn't use all of it, we couldn't move it. This year, they gave us a pot. 00:43:01.250 --> 00:43:07.794 - And they said, you can't go over this. But the good news is we are able to put just over 60,000 of this 00:43:07.794 --> 00:43:14.276 - into programming for our community. And that will be the majority of the MOUs that we're going to talk 00:43:14.276 --> 00:43:20.757 - about today. The other MOUs are for data. So we do a lot of data-driven decisions. We do a lot of data 00:43:20.757 --> 00:43:27.050 - visualization, a lot of data collection. I'm good at a few things, and I'm not really good at a lot 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:29.630 - of things. And data, I'm getting better. 00:43:29.826 --> 00:43:35.141 - I need a lot of help. So we've partnered with a couple entities to help us with that. We're also working 00:43:35.141 --> 00:43:40.405 - with Indiana University. We do a survey for youth and families who leave our probation department. It's 00:43:40.405 --> 00:43:45.518 - after court, after appointments, after intake. Just to get some feedback on how did this appointment 00:43:45.518 --> 00:43:50.681 - feel? Did you feel respected? Did someone listen to you? Was our location easy to find? How awful was 00:43:50.681 --> 00:43:56.046 - parking on the day that you arrived? Just some of those kinds of things so that we can continue to inform 00:43:56.046 --> 00:43:59.792 - the county as well as our leaders in the department about things that are 00:43:59.792 --> 00:44:06.558 - really well and maybe things we might consider looking at. Great. Thank you so much. Yes. 00:44:07.778 --> 00:44:13.710 - Oh, Centerstone, sorry. Yes, we will go with Centerstone first. For the last few years, we have partnered 00:44:13.710 --> 00:44:19.530 - with Centerstone for a specific program called Teen Intervene, and it is an evidence based intervention 00:44:19.530 --> 00:44:24.790 - for low to moderate youth experiencing substance use. The reason this funding is so important 00:44:24.790 --> 00:44:30.554 - is historically, if we wanted to send a young person to Centerstone for services, they had to go, they 00:44:30.554 --> 00:44:36.094 - had to do an intake, they had to open a chart. It was a two or three step process and regrettably, 00:44:36.162 --> 00:44:42.664 - Sometimes families got lost in that stretch. And so what we're able to do is make a direct referral 00:44:42.664 --> 00:44:49.686 - to Centerstone, and then Centerstone bills us directly so we don't have to worry about, is there insurance? 00:44:49.686 --> 00:44:55.668 - Is there not insurance? How much is the copay? Those kinds of things. So it's a maximum six 00:44:55.668 --> 00:45:02.234 - week intervention. It is typically done on a weekly basis. It can be done individually or in a group 00:45:02.234 --> 00:45:04.510 - setting. Great. Thank you so much. 00:45:05.314 --> 00:45:13.197 - comments or questions on the centerstone? I'm a big fan of this and there are, this is an area that 00:45:13.197 --> 00:45:21.316 - I've done research in and this is an excellent way to reduce so many of the barriers of youth starting 00:45:21.316 --> 00:45:30.302 - this type of program. Is there a way that individuals can transition to other care after these sessions are over? 00:45:30.434 --> 00:45:36.429 - Yes, so Centerstone will also do an intake with that family, not as formalized as it would be if we 00:45:36.429 --> 00:45:39.966 - didn't make the direct referral, but we have had instances 00:45:40.034 --> 00:45:44.999 - where the young person's need was determined to be higher than this. This wasn't really a good fit, 00:45:44.999 --> 00:45:50.014 - and so they were able to shift them into something a little bit more intensive. They've been able to 00:45:50.014 --> 00:45:55.178 - shift families into their wraparound services because, yes, this young person was having this behavior, 00:45:55.178 --> 00:46:00.292 - but looking at the totality of it, you know, if we don't address the whole package, we're probably not 00:46:00.292 --> 00:46:02.526 - going to have much success in this one area. 00:46:03.106 --> 00:46:08.663 - So yes, absolutely. Given center stones diversity of services that they offer. They're really good at 00:46:08.663 --> 00:46:14.492 - kind of keeping an eye out for what else is missing. Awesome. Yes, and I can't think of a better provider. 00:46:14.492 --> 00:46:19.939 - So thank you so much. Good work. One additional thing and this will again be kind of an overview of 00:46:19.939 --> 00:46:20.702 - all of these. 00:46:21.314 --> 00:46:27.030 - Monroe County has spent the last five or six years focusing on how do we keep kids out of the system. 00:46:27.030 --> 00:46:32.634 - So not just serving kids in the system and we still do that and we do that very well. But there are 00:46:32.634 --> 00:46:38.910 - a lot of resources that are available through Department of Child Services to pay for system involved families. 00:46:39.074 --> 00:46:45.453 - The services, a lot of the things we're going to be talking about today are intended for either non-system 00:46:45.453 --> 00:46:51.474 - as a prevention intervention or like a soft touch. You came into the system. We don't really want to 00:46:51.474 --> 00:46:57.555 - keep you. So here's a resource that you can access. Again, reducing those barriers and trying to keep 00:46:57.555 --> 00:47:03.695 - kids and families out of the system. Because like so many other systems, once we get a hold of people, 00:47:03.695 --> 00:47:06.974 - sometimes it can be hard to get out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 00:47:07.234 --> 00:47:13.095 - I've had friends who felt obligated to get their kids into the system in order to get access to certain 00:47:13.095 --> 00:47:18.788 - services, and a family should never feel that type of pressure. Regrettably, that has not been fixed 00:47:18.788 --> 00:47:24.649 - yet, but I think that is really starting to be verbalized very loudly. And again, with so much research 00:47:24.649 --> 00:47:29.214 - talking about the dangers of being in the system, we're really trying to explore 00:47:29.890 --> 00:47:36.380 - Why can't that funding be available? Why can't that door be open? What is the magic that my office can 00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:42.681 - make a phone call and access, but your office can't? So we're getting there. Thank you. And so much 00:47:42.681 --> 00:47:49.046 - of this targets prevention, interventions, and the evidence shows it works. Yeah, absolutely. Really 00:47:49.046 --> 00:47:55.473 - grateful for all the hard work that's gone into this, all these programs, your staff, you, of course. 00:47:55.473 --> 00:47:56.670 - Thank you so much. 00:47:56.770 --> 00:48:05.536 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:48:05.536 --> 00:48:13.806 - All right. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court 00:48:13.806 --> 00:48:20.670 - and Centerstone signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Next item, please. 00:48:21.154 --> 00:48:28.149 - I would like to move approval for the memorandum of understanding between the Monroe County Circuit 00:48:28.149 --> 00:48:35.143 - Court and impact solutions funded name JDAI data analysis fund number 9175 in the amount of $3,150. 00:48:35.143 --> 00:48:36.542 - I will second that. 00:48:37.026 --> 00:48:43.966 - Ms. McAfee? Yeah, this is part of that data package where most of our reports come out in Excel format, 00:48:43.966 --> 00:48:50.640 - which is really boring and not super engaging. And so what we do with Impact is they use a software 00:48:50.640 --> 00:48:57.447 - tableau and they insert our data, they work their magic, and it comes back looking really impressive. 00:48:57.447 --> 00:49:04.254 - And we can have really good conversations about what's happening now, what's happening trending-wise. 00:49:04.418 --> 00:49:10.711 - Two years ago, we noticed an increase in female referrals and so we're able to do some real life analysis 00:49:10.711 --> 00:49:17.122 - with the data that they provide to us. And again, it's interesting. That's part of the evidence of evidence 00:49:17.122 --> 00:49:20.862 - based right. Questions. Nope, in a world where people are are. 00:49:21.122 --> 00:49:27.333 - wanting to make so many decisions without that evidence base, evidence is incredibly important. And 00:49:27.333 --> 00:49:33.669 - we have so many resources in our own backyard here. And we have so many wonderful tools with which to 00:49:33.669 --> 00:49:40.253 - do this with. So it doesn't seem logical to do it any other way. And it's our best use of dollars because 00:49:40.253 --> 00:49:46.650 - we can target exactly those interventions that are most called for. And we're getting to track program 00:49:46.650 --> 00:49:49.694 - outcomes and recidivism and all of those things. 00:49:50.434 --> 00:49:57.103 - You know, talk about so often. And for years, all we could say was, my gut. Well, I think it's working. 00:49:57.103 --> 00:50:03.773 - I don't know if it is. So yeah, this has been wonderful. And increasingly, grants are demanding. Grants 00:50:03.773 --> 00:50:10.507 - should demand that type of proof. So we need to prove that there is efficacy, right? And put our dollars 00:50:10.507 --> 00:50:17.048 - where those outcomes are. Thank you. And I would say, the other thing I noticed about the contract is 00:50:17.048 --> 00:50:20.126 - it's scaffolding previous data collection. Yes. 00:50:20.386 --> 00:50:29.468 - bringing in older historical information and really helping make a more informed decision. So good work 00:50:29.468 --> 00:50:38.551 - on that. All right. Any public comment on this? You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:50:38.551 --> 00:50:47.283 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court and M-PACT 00:50:47.283 --> 00:50:50.078 - solution signify by saying aye. 00:50:50.946 --> 00:50:57.572 - Aye. Motion carries two zero. Next item please. Yes, I'd like to move approval for the memorandum of 00:50:57.572 --> 00:51:04.329 - understanding between the Monroe County Circuit Court and Family Solutions Fund named JDAI programming 00:51:04.329 --> 00:51:09.118 - fund number 9123 in the amount of $5,500. I will second that Ms. McAfee. 00:51:10.274 --> 00:51:16.234 - Parenting project we've been here a couple of times to talk about this specifically again another one 00:51:16.234 --> 00:51:22.193 - of those wonderful intervention programs. This is designed specifically for parents and caregivers of 00:51:22.193 --> 00:51:28.270 - strong willed children. If any of you have had one you know exactly who i'm talking about they are bold 00:51:28.270 --> 00:51:34.814 - they are brilliant and they are really challenging and sometimes they're hard so this program has direct parent 00:51:35.170 --> 00:51:41.689 - recommendations and tools to be able to address some of those challenges. It is done this this bundle 00:51:41.689 --> 00:51:48.207 - of money will be for an in person class. Well, one of the items is also for some virtual programming. 00:51:48.207 --> 00:51:54.662 - But this is for specifically the in person class, you do not have to be a system involved family. We 00:51:54.662 --> 00:51:59.966 - asked that for the in program that you can be a Monroe County resident, the out of 00:52:00.098 --> 00:52:07.385 - the virtual, we can broaden that certainly. So if we have anybody that's watching that wants to learn 00:52:07.385 --> 00:52:14.601 - more about this, I would love to share information. Christine McAfee at the Probation Department. So 00:52:14.601 --> 00:52:22.245 - give us a phone number. Yeah, absolutely. 812-349-2649. All right. Thank you so much. Comments, questions? 00:52:22.245 --> 00:52:28.318 - No, again, I think this is one of those pre-involvement programs that's so critical. 00:52:28.482 --> 00:52:36.424 - and give skills to people who may be at their wits end. So thank you. Yeah. Turning the stubborn child 00:52:36.424 --> 00:52:44.289 - into a tenacious child. I was one of them. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this 00:52:44.289 --> 00:52:52.462 - item. You raise your hand in teams or come to the podium. All those in favor of approving the MOU between 00:52:52.462 --> 00:52:58.014 - Monroe County Circuit Court and Family Solutions signify by saying aye. 00:52:58.882 --> 00:53:05.731 - motion carries to zero next item please yes I'd like to move approval for the memorandum of understanding 00:53:05.731 --> 00:53:12.258 - between the Monroe County Circuit Court and Justin site LLC fund named JDI data analysis fund number 00:53:12.258 --> 00:53:18.720 - 9175 in the amount of four thousand three hundred dollars I will second that tell us about this one 00:53:18.720 --> 00:53:25.246 - yeah it's another data request I thank you all are familiar if you remember we are moving from quest 00:53:25.570 --> 00:53:31.512 - into SRS, which is an entirely different beast. These dollars are specifically to help us start exploring 00:53:31.512 --> 00:53:37.285 - what can we get out of SRS and how can we use that. So we're going to continue with the tableau. We're 00:53:37.285 --> 00:53:42.947 - going to continue with the other things. Those things are going to merge, but we're suspecting there 00:53:42.947 --> 00:53:48.665 - might be some ad hoc reports that we didn't previously have that we might want to add to our menu. So 00:53:48.665 --> 00:53:54.270 - that's what this funding is for. Good idea. Comments, questions? No. This is again, wonderful tool. 00:53:55.426 --> 00:54:04.452 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:54:04.452 --> 00:54:13.222 - None. All those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court and Just Insight LLC 00:54:13.222 --> 00:54:22.078 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. We only have three more items for this. Yes. Great. 00:54:22.498 --> 00:54:28.664 - So I'd like to move approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Monroe County Circuit Court 00:54:28.664 --> 00:54:34.536 - and People and Animal Learning Services, or PALS, fund named JDAI Programming, fund number 9123, in 00:54:34.536 --> 00:54:40.467 - the amount of $6,400. I will second that. Tell us about this lovely program. I love this program. It 00:54:40.467 --> 00:54:46.456 - started just a few years ago. And what this pays for are eight one and a half hour sessions, an adult 00:54:46.456 --> 00:54:52.446 - caretaker and a young person. And in the midst of having fun and working with those beautiful horses, 00:54:53.090 --> 00:54:58.951 - Angie is smiling because she probably knows this but apparently horses are pretty intuitive. And they 00:54:58.951 --> 00:55:04.984 - really help you kind of identify the energy that you're bringing into the space and sometimes our adults 00:55:04.984 --> 00:55:10.959 - and young people have a lot of difficulty with self regulation. And these this animal interaction helps 00:55:10.959 --> 00:55:12.798 - them identify what am I adding. 00:55:13.538 --> 00:55:18.437 - to maybe the part of this story. And the horses are wonderful and some of them are huge and some of 00:55:18.437 --> 00:55:23.435 - them are little. But we have had a wonderful, wonderful time with this program. We have increased the 00:55:23.435 --> 00:55:28.530 - length of the sessions. We were doing one hour sessions. They decided that really wasn't enough because 00:55:28.530 --> 00:55:33.478 - by the time they got in, they got introduced, it was time to leave. So there are fewer sessions, but 00:55:33.478 --> 00:55:38.476 - they're a little bit longer. For this grant, we're also adding an end of session celebration. So that 00:55:38.476 --> 00:55:43.326 - will be open to friends and family, to the community, to come and see what work these young people 00:55:43.426 --> 00:55:49.699 - families have been doing during these eight weeks will provide some horse time. And then there'll be 00:55:49.699 --> 00:55:55.910 - refreshments and things like that. So again, if you're interested in learning more about pals, more 00:55:55.910 --> 00:56:02.182 - about this horse interaction, contact me. I would love to share the information with you. Excellent. 00:56:02.182 --> 00:56:07.710 - Comments or questions? Yep. We're not horsing around with this major. It's fun Thursday. 00:56:08.098 --> 00:56:16.356 - I think that's a really good point. I think that's a really good point. I think that's a really good 00:56:16.356 --> 00:56:24.778 - point. I think that's a really good point. I think that's a really good point. I think that's a really 00:56:24.778 --> 00:56:33.037 - good point. I think that's a really good point. I think that's a really good point. I think that's a 00:56:33.037 --> 00:56:37.534 - really good point. I think that's a really good point. 00:56:37.794 --> 00:56:44.989 - All right, seeing none, all those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court 00:56:44.989 --> 00:56:52.400 - and People and Animal Learning Services signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Next item, 00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:59.667 - please. Yes, I'd like to move approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between the Monroe County 00:56:59.667 --> 00:57:07.582 - Circuit Court and Parenting Solutions. Fund name JD-AI Programming, fund number 9123 in the amount of $9,000. 00:57:07.938 --> 00:57:14.059 - I will second that. Tell us about this one, please. So Rob Evans is a former probation officer from 00:57:14.059 --> 00:57:20.180 - Hamilton County. He started his business parenting solutions because he really feels that homes and 00:57:20.180 --> 00:57:26.484 - families are where the magic happens. And too often entities kind of swoop in and we want to work with 00:57:26.484 --> 00:57:33.278 - this person or that person individually. And he believes that the family really is a unit and working together 00:57:33.602 --> 00:57:39.474 - is where that magic is going to happen so what he is offering to Monroe County are those parenting solution 00:57:39.474 --> 00:57:45.074 - or the parent project classes that I spoke about earlier there they are virtual so he will offer those 00:57:45.074 --> 00:57:47.358 - multiple times during the year the parent 00:57:47.458 --> 00:57:53.938 - project is for kids 11 to 17 there's a loving solutions that's actually available for 5 to 10 year olds 00:57:53.938 --> 00:58:00.168 - so again those strong will kids don't wake up the age of 12 and suddenly have this energy sometimes 00:58:00.168 --> 00:58:06.461 - we can see it coming so this is something to help parents support those young people as they develop 00:58:06.461 --> 00:58:08.766 - they also have a variety of one hour 00:58:09.058 --> 00:58:15.695 - he's doing one on school success so kids that are school resistant. How can parents kind of get ahead 00:58:15.695 --> 00:58:22.331 - of that before the trancy courts coming before the trancy officer before the trancy letters. He's got 00:58:22.331 --> 00:58:28.903 - a really nice webinar on technology and safety and how parents can be as responsible and acknowledge 00:58:28.903 --> 00:58:35.800 - and knowledgeable about technology are young people are using. If you've ever looked at any young persons 00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:38.142 - phone they could. Probably launch a 00:58:38.466 --> 00:58:44.989 - missile with it. They can do so many things with it. I just want to call people. So he does a really 00:58:44.989 --> 00:58:51.512 - nice job of supporting parents and learning more about those things as well. Excellent. Thank you so 00:58:51.512 --> 00:58:58.164 - much. Comments or questions? No, it sounds like it's the type of information that instead of searching 00:58:58.164 --> 00:59:04.945 - a bazillion YouTube videos with conflicting information, this could be very helpful and perhaps directly 00:59:04.945 --> 00:59:06.430 - speak to our families. 00:59:07.202 --> 00:59:12.788 - That is the hope. And I will tell you also, I didn't say, but this is also at no cost. Yeah. Pal's is 00:59:12.788 --> 00:59:18.429 - at no cost. The family solutions is at no cost. So all of these things are available to the community. 00:59:18.429 --> 00:59:23.906 - That's wonderful. Exactly. All right. Thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? You raise 00:59:23.906 --> 00:59:26.206 - your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:59:33.666 --> 00:59:40.679 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court and Parenting 00:59:40.679 --> 00:59:47.487 - Solutions signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Last one for you, anyway. I would like to 00:59:47.487 --> 00:59:54.908 - move approval for the memorandum of understanding between the Monroe County Circuit Court and the warehouse. 00:59:54.908 --> 01:00:01.989 - Fund name GDI programming, fund number 9123 in the amount of $13,500. I will second that. Tell us about 01:00:01.989 --> 01:00:02.942 - this, please. 01:00:03.074 --> 01:00:08.419 - Yeah, again, this is a long term relationship that we have had with the warehouse. It morphed out of 01:00:08.419 --> 01:00:13.764 - a conversation with Dave while who is the executive director, insurance requires kids 12 and younger 01:00:13.764 --> 01:00:15.934 - have to be present with an adult to take 01:00:16.738 --> 01:00:22.696 - to engage in activities. So he was having to turn kids away. So what we have done is develop a partnership 01:00:22.696 --> 01:00:28.487 - with a couple of their staff whom we pay their hourly wage. They pick them up at the Dorothy Apartments 01:00:28.487 --> 01:00:34.056 - and at Country View on specific days and specific times. They bring the kids back to the warehouse. 01:00:34.056 --> 01:00:39.680 - They engage in activities. They have a short life lesson kind of curriculum. There's obviously gonna 01:00:39.680 --> 01:00:44.190 - be food involved. And then they take the kids back. And the goal is really that, 01:00:44.994 --> 01:00:52.591 - kind of selling it under structured activities, but it's really about relationships and mentorships. 01:00:52.591 --> 01:01:00.640 - If you look at the research about keeping kids out of the system, the number one predictor is a committed, 01:01:00.640 --> 01:01:08.162 - caring, consistent adult. And we're trying to help our community provide that to these kids in this 01:01:08.162 --> 01:01:11.998 - program. So important, thank you. Yeah. Questions? 01:01:12.162 --> 01:01:17.291 - No, this is the warehouse is one of those wonderful community spaces that's very unique. I think every 01:01:17.291 --> 01:01:22.420 - community should have one of those and it provides an ideal site for this type of programming. And I'm 01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:27.548 - really glad that we can provide what the resources we need to most effectively use that space. And I'm 01:01:27.548 --> 01:01:32.030 - grateful to the owners of the warehouse for making that space available in this capacity. 01:01:32.706 --> 01:01:37.604 - and they made the space available for the program that you did this spring. I was only there a short 01:01:37.604 --> 01:01:42.502 - time, but I learned so much. So thank you again for extending that invitation. We'll keep you on the 01:01:42.502 --> 01:01:47.546 - invitation list. Show up when you can. We love it. I learned a lot in a very compressed amount of time. 01:01:47.546 --> 01:01:52.444 - It's impressive. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your 01:01:52.444 --> 01:01:54.238 - hand on teams or come to the podium. 01:02:01.762 --> 01:02:07.711 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the MOU between Monroe County Circuit Court and the warehouse 01:02:07.711 --> 01:02:13.326 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Thank you so much for being here and for all the information you gave to 01:02:13.326 --> 01:02:19.218 - everyone. And thank you to the county, to you all, to the probation, the judicial branch, or the judicial 01:02:19.218 --> 01:02:24.833 - officers. The community really steps up. I can't tell you, we would not be able to do this if all of 01:02:24.833 --> 01:02:30.782 - these partners didn't say yes when we reached out. So thank you to all of you. Awesome. Thank you so much. 01:02:32.002 --> 01:02:40.128 - Right, do you need a break or should we just go? Okay, next item, please. Yes, I would like to move 01:02:40.128 --> 01:02:48.416 - approval for ordinance 2026-24, adding chapter 385 to the Monroe County code. I will second that. Mr. 01:02:48.416 --> 01:02:56.541 - Cockrell. Yes, and TSC at some point in time, I may ask to be able to share my screen. So just kind 01:02:56.541 --> 01:02:58.654 - of giving you a heads up. 01:02:59.010 --> 01:03:05.174 - First, I'd like to say this is an expansion of what can be used on county roads. This is no way, if 01:03:05.174 --> 01:03:11.400 - you are allowed to drive this vehicle on a county road today, this does not change that. I've gotten 01:03:11.400 --> 01:03:17.750 - quite a few questions about that. So what we have here is a co-provision that allows certain new types 01:03:17.750 --> 01:03:22.558 - of vehicles on the roadway. There's a really long definition in the ordinance 01:03:22.786 --> 01:03:29.071 - Please look at that if you have a vehicle that meets that, that is great. But I'm gonna go through some 01:03:29.071 --> 01:03:35.174 - of the highlights of what we expect these vehicles to be able to do. One, they have to have at least 01:03:35.174 --> 01:03:41.579 - four wheels. Two, they have to be able to operate at at least 35 miles per hour. They have to be insured. 01:03:41.579 --> 01:03:47.622 - The driver has to have a driver's license. They have to have seat belts for everyone that is riding 01:03:47.622 --> 01:03:50.462 - in the vehicle. They have to have a roll cage. 01:03:50.754 --> 01:03:56.474 - has to have at least one brake light, has to have turn signals, have to have headlights, and it has 01:03:56.474 --> 01:04:02.195 - to have a traditional steering wheel, and it's got to have rear view mirrors, side view mirrors. So 01:04:02.195 --> 01:04:07.915 - that encompasses a lot, and I think the speed is necessary to make sure that they can travel safely 01:04:07.915 --> 01:04:13.750 - on the roads without impeding traffic too much. And then the roll cage and all those other things are 01:04:13.750 --> 01:04:17.182 - safety equipments to make sure they can be operated safely. 01:04:17.378 --> 01:04:25.128 - So those are the types of vehicles that we are looking at. What's not included in that definition are 01:04:25.128 --> 01:04:32.878 - your traditional ATV four-wheelers, three-wheelers, golf carts, those are not. And actually, what I'm 01:04:32.878 --> 01:04:40.932 - asking you to look at is slightly changed from what was submitted before. It excludes golf carts. Outside 01:04:40.932 --> 01:04:46.782 - the definitions, it always included that you weren't allowed to, but it just 01:04:46.882 --> 01:04:53.991 - clarifies it, and it reworks the roadways where you're not allowed to. So if TSD would allow, I would 01:04:53.991 --> 01:04:57.406 - like to share my screen to go over the roadways. 01:05:16.962 --> 01:05:23.693 - So I had our friends at the surveyor's office, Dr. Baten, put this together. I don't know if you could 01:05:23.693 --> 01:05:30.293 - see it very well. We expect this to be placed on our website in our GIS. But the red roads indicated 01:05:30.293 --> 01:05:37.090 - on this are the roads where it's, and the areas of the roads where it's prohibited. And it's prohibited 01:05:37.090 --> 01:05:43.755 - on roads where we have higher traffic counts. So if it's a really busy road, and those roads are part 01:05:43.755 --> 01:05:44.670 - of Arlington, 01:05:45.122 --> 01:05:54.063 - Drive, part of Business 37 North, all of Curry Pike, all of Fairfax Road, a portion of Fullerton Pike, 01:05:54.063 --> 01:06:02.744 - I think a portion of Gordon Pike, all of Hunter Valley Road, Industrial Park Drive, portions of Old 01:06:02.744 --> 01:06:07.518 - 37 South, I think all of Profile Parkway, Rogers Road, 01:06:08.226 --> 01:06:14.614 - uh roger street and rora road those are the names of the road that are at least partially if not totally 01:06:14.614 --> 01:06:21.062 - prohibited from using these types of vehicles so and i think as you can see from the map it's it's really 01:06:21.062 --> 01:06:27.145 - the heavy roads around the city of bloomington in between the city of bloomington ellisville that's 01:06:27.145 --> 01:06:33.350 - really used for people to get to and from work and really highly congested this also does not include 01:06:33.350 --> 01:06:35.358 - any state highway um in addition 01:06:35.650 --> 01:06:41.699 - we're only talking about use of these vehicles on a public roadway or a public place. If you could not 01:06:41.699 --> 01:06:47.748 - drive an automobile on it right now, these vehicles still aren't allowed. So you can't ride it through 01:06:47.748 --> 01:06:53.680 - our parks. You can't ride it through the trails, walking trails, those kinds of things. So there's a 01:06:53.680 --> 01:06:59.847 - lot of no's in there, which is why I started off with, this is really expanding quite a bit where you're 01:06:59.847 --> 01:07:01.726 - able to utilize these vehicles. 01:07:03.650 --> 01:07:10.535 - And then finally, the penalties have changed since what was put on the website. We're not doing an ordinance 01:07:10.535 --> 01:07:16.852 - violation for these. State law covers what the penalties are for these, and state law will continue 01:07:16.852 --> 01:07:23.358 - to cover the penalties for these. I think internally, we kind of had a conversation about it. We don't 01:07:23.358 --> 01:07:29.991 - want any incentive for a local government to collect fines and fees based upon regulation of state code. 01:07:29.991 --> 01:07:33.086 - So if it's a penalty, it's a state code penalty. 01:07:33.858 --> 01:07:40.058 - Really this this allows a whole new set of vehicles and I guess maybe a little bit of the history is 01:07:40.058 --> 01:07:46.443 - we've had these conversations off and on for a long time. I think what really got it traction this time 01:07:46.443 --> 01:07:49.758 - is that when we had the gigantic snowstorm last year. 01:07:50.274 --> 01:07:56.589 - individuals were wanting to use these vehicles to help out their neighbors to plow their drives and 01:07:56.589 --> 01:08:03.030 - do things like that. And they were running into resistance from law enforcement who were like, you're 01:08:03.030 --> 01:08:09.408 - not allowed to use these here. And that really jump started that conversation. So that's kind of how 01:08:09.408 --> 01:08:15.723 - it got to where it is today. Yeah. All right. Yeah. And I will add that all of this came from folks 01:08:15.723 --> 01:08:19.070 - who attended office hours. This is where it started. 01:08:19.202 --> 01:08:26.513 - Um, and this is why it's important for us to have them and continue them. Sometimes nobody shows up. 01:08:26.513 --> 01:08:34.258 - I was on three hours the other day and nobody showed up. Um, but it's, it's important to have that conduit 01:08:34.258 --> 01:08:40.990 - with, with our community. And, you know, and I talked through, I was initially, I initially. 01:08:41.346 --> 01:08:47.639 - threw up a lot of objections. But they answered a lot of the questions that I had. They're 01:08:47.639 --> 01:08:55.177 - very knowledgeable. I really appreciated that they took the time to do that. They send us similar ordinances 01:08:55.177 --> 01:09:02.162 - from local counties, which saved us some time. I also want to give a huge shout out to Ms. Ridge and 01:09:02.162 --> 01:09:07.902 - her department for helping out with creating this list. I mean, the roads that are 01:09:08.002 --> 01:09:17.355 - are selected in red. And again, a reminder, this does not include State Road 45. This does not include 01:09:17.355 --> 01:09:26.617 - State Road 46, right? Any state road or obviously I-69 is prohibited for utility vehicles. These are, 01:09:26.617 --> 01:09:35.788 - so it's interesting. So my nephew has one of these up in Michigan and he's driven me a few times. My 01:09:35.788 --> 01:09:37.150 - knuckles just, 01:09:37.282 --> 01:09:46.227 - just turned back to their usual color, but he's a good driver. But I really have a better understanding 01:09:46.227 --> 01:09:54.913 - of them thanks to my nephew, inadvertently, but that these, I mean, his goes 55. So he, you know, it 01:09:54.913 --> 01:10:03.772 - is a safe way to get around. You know, yes, you still, if you're on a four wheeler that's intended for 01:10:03.772 --> 01:10:05.406 - off-road use only, 01:10:05.506 --> 01:10:13.316 - you should not be on county roads. If you are in a golf cart, you should not be on county roads. That's 01:10:13.316 --> 01:10:20.900 - not changing, right? But these utility vehicles are really safe. Um, and, um, and it's, I think it's 01:10:20.900 --> 01:10:28.559 - important to kind of continue to add onto what folks can do in our community ways that will help them 01:10:28.559 --> 01:10:34.942 - get around easier, especially in inclement weather. But, um, it's, it's, um, fairly, 01:10:35.138 --> 01:10:44.450 - really good gas mileage, too. But I'm really grateful to Mr. Cockrell for working through this. I had 01:10:44.450 --> 01:10:53.579 - a number of questions that he even addressed this week, so thank you for that. And also, Dr. Baten, 01:10:53.579 --> 01:10:56.318 - with GIS services, the map, I 01:10:56.706 --> 01:11:02.828 - I saw the email that said, Hey, can you make a map? And then I saw the email that said, here's the map. 01:11:02.828 --> 01:11:08.833 - Um, that was great. Uh, so really do appreciate all of that. Um, and I want to thank everybody in the 01:11:08.833 --> 01:11:14.837 - community for helping out, um, and within county government for making this happen pretty quickly. My 01:11:14.837 --> 01:11:20.724 - understanding though, is that pretty much all along only conservation officers have been, have been 01:11:20.724 --> 01:11:22.078 - the ones who have been 01:11:22.530 --> 01:11:28.638 - focused on ticketing and addressing this. So I just want to make sure that we do send this out and get 01:11:28.638 --> 01:11:34.984 - a copy of this with some information to not only our sheriff's department, I think the city of Bloomington 01:11:34.984 --> 01:11:41.270 - and town of Elisle should have this information because they may want to look at their ordinances because 01:11:41.270 --> 01:11:47.379 - this does not cover either of those, right? It's only the unincorporated parts of the county, but also 01:11:47.379 --> 01:11:48.446 - to send it to our 01:11:48.546 --> 01:11:55.437 - friends in the conservation office and Indiana State Police so that they know what our new law is. And 01:11:55.437 --> 01:12:02.061 - I'm really grateful to have a map because reading a list of streets is, yeah, makes your eyes run. 01:12:02.061 --> 01:12:09.220 - So anyway, a lot of info, but again, thank you to the community. And do you have any comments or questions 01:12:09.220 --> 01:12:15.710 - for Mr. Crockrell? Yes, I just want to second a lot of what you said. And in Torts, I teach how, 01:12:15.810 --> 01:12:21.823 - one case where, you know, you had the Model T's and they started, courts started to impose a duty on 01:12:21.823 --> 01:12:27.716 - counties to build wooden guardrails, you know, and they said, now that we have these technologies, 01:12:27.716 --> 01:12:33.967 - communities have to basically regulate accordingly. And then we had to go to metal guardrails, you know, 01:12:33.967 --> 01:12:40.396 - once cars got faster. But as technology gets safer, communities have to sort of ease up on some regulations 01:12:40.396 --> 01:12:45.694 - as well. And consumers do pay a premium for these safety features as well. These are not 01:12:45.890 --> 01:12:52.162 - the four-wheelers that just come with handlebars and that pose a rollover risk. These are very expensive 01:12:52.162 --> 01:12:58.255 - pieces of equipment. They have a lot of safety features. They're very expensive. And this is a pretty 01:12:58.255 --> 01:13:04.408 - restrictive ordinance as well. But they can engage in these activities in adjacent counties. And there 01:13:04.408 --> 01:13:10.500 - are many, as you said, good examples of ordinances that people have presented. And so I think this is 01:13:10.500 --> 01:13:11.934 - a very reasonable, very 01:13:12.034 --> 01:13:20.210 - a good, moderate step forward. And so I think it's also a very great example of county departments working 01:13:20.210 --> 01:13:27.928 - together to allow this activity. So I think this is everything that you said. And thank you to those 01:13:27.928 --> 01:13:36.257 - who came forward and merged this. Yeah. It's really good. I do want to note that we'd also had conversations 01:13:36.257 --> 01:13:39.390 - with the Sheriff's Department about this 01:13:39.778 --> 01:13:47.889 - before hand because obviously we want to make sure that they're okay with what we're doing and they 01:13:47.889 --> 01:13:56.161 - were so grateful for that input as well so thank you to them. The first contacts once we thought this 01:13:56.161 --> 01:13:58.270 - was maybe on the horizon. 01:13:58.434 --> 01:14:05.938 - So folks, look out for UTVs. And I just want to also state that if the sheriff's department or highway 01:14:05.938 --> 01:14:13.296 - sees any issues or concerns and we need to change this map, just let us know. And we can easily make 01:14:13.296 --> 01:14:21.018 - those accommodations if something comes up that's a safety issue. Am I thinking about going to buy myself 01:14:21.018 --> 01:14:28.158 - one now? I hope they all get snow plows. Yeah, that'd be awesome, wouldn't it? Yes, they are fun. 01:14:28.578 --> 01:14:34.457 - If citizens have questions about these individual roads, and I know it's very clear once you look, you 01:14:34.457 --> 01:14:40.564 - know where exactly they're allowed and permitted, but if they have questions about why should they contact 01:14:40.564 --> 01:14:46.442 - should they contact County legal should they contact highway. I think you can reach out to either Jeff 01:14:46.442 --> 01:14:47.070 - or myself. 01:14:47.234 --> 01:14:53.460 - It's something that a list that we put together just trying to get the ordinance to, um, to you guys 01:14:53.460 --> 01:14:59.747 - to get passed. Um, I know I have had a lot of questions, uh, when's it going to take effect and a lot 01:14:59.747 --> 01:15:06.158 - of support for it. It's not anything that a list can't be modified. If there's reason that we say maybe 01:15:06.158 --> 01:15:12.507 - there needs to be a change or a road eliminated or maybe an additional road added. Again, we just, uh, 01:15:12.507 --> 01:15:14.110 - briefly went through, um, 01:15:14.594 --> 01:15:20.181 - roads that were classified at a higher level than a local road to recharge list. Just like you said, 01:15:20.181 --> 01:15:25.713 - it's just the congested areas. Maybe as the public gets more comfortable with these vehicles on the 01:15:25.713 --> 01:15:31.245 - roadway, we can modify the list. But if they have any questions, I'm sure they can reach to Jeff or 01:15:31.245 --> 01:15:36.943 - the highway department. That's awesome. Thank you. And I know one of our options was, and I appreciate 01:15:36.943 --> 01:15:37.662 - the way that 01:15:37.890 --> 01:15:44.834 - we've done this without adding more fees or fines or things because we already know golf carts are not 01:15:44.834 --> 01:15:51.979 - allowed on public roads, et cetera. Um, that w I was also told that, uh, some counties will sell a permit 01:15:51.979 --> 01:15:58.451 - so that you can actually, and I was just like, I don't want to go down that road. First of all, 01:15:58.451 --> 01:16:04.990 - it's just, yeah, it's not, um, it's not worthwhile. And I certainly, if somebody is using a UTV, 01:16:05.090 --> 01:16:11.099 - It may be because they don't have a car car. And if they don't, then why would I add another, right? 01:16:11.099 --> 01:16:17.286 - Why should we do that? It should not be an excuse to build taxis out of more money. Exactly. It doesn't 01:16:17.286 --> 01:16:23.116 - cost us anything to do this. Exactly. Right. Time. But thank you. All right. Don't go down there. 01:16:23.116 --> 01:16:29.125 - All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or 01:16:29.125 --> 01:16:31.326 - come to the podium. Oh, looky there. 01:16:33.506 --> 01:16:41.039 - Now, fees for public comment now. Yeah. That's free, too. OK. Today, Monroe County government makes 01:16:41.039 --> 01:16:48.647 - me proud. Thank you for all those comments. And I've kind of been a little bit behind a lot of this. 01:16:48.647 --> 01:16:52.414 - Can you give us your name, please? Tom. Or M-A-N. 01:16:52.962 --> 01:16:59.574 - 91 counties in the state of Indiana today if you guys vote yes 88 of those 92 counties will have ordinances 01:16:59.574 --> 01:17:06.186 - it was the right it was the right move these things are safe they do i worked with the sheriff's department 01:17:06.186 --> 01:17:12.308 - to answer the question you're right no police officers ever pulled any of us over no city no county 01:17:12.308 --> 01:17:18.491 - no state it's just one department and Monroe county is beautiful and it gives us a chance to get out 01:17:18.491 --> 01:17:21.246 - and explore Monroe county in a different way 01:17:21.602 --> 01:17:26.686 - so i appreciate all your help and you guys might be proud today thank you all right thank you and thank 01:17:26.686 --> 01:17:31.574 - you again for joining us during the office hours that was awesome and if it wasn't for that i don't 01:17:31.574 --> 01:17:36.463 - know where i've been in this process so thank you for that service i learned so much from you thank 01:17:36.463 --> 01:17:41.547 - you yes thanks for your help yeah great all right any other public comment you raise your hand on teams 01:17:41.547 --> 01:17:42.622 - or come to the podium 01:17:48.610 --> 01:17:56.156 - and just to clarify this will take effect immediately upon passage yes um we need to get it out to the 01:17:56.156 --> 01:18:03.995 - uh to the so have a little patience with them yeah but but i mean but it does become effective immediately 01:18:03.995 --> 01:18:11.102 - it's it's just that we're going to get this information out over a holiday weekend and hope that 01:18:11.298 --> 01:18:19.089 - that they have it, so if somebody out there wants to drive a utility vehicle, I recommend you kind of 01:18:19.089 --> 01:18:26.880 - fold up a copy of this and put it in your pocket, including the map. Yeah, and then, yeah, we can get 01:18:26.880 --> 01:18:34.900 - you a copy. We can get you a copy. It's on the website. Once it gets signed, we'll put it in the updated 01:18:34.900 --> 01:18:40.094 - news area of our website, so you can just pull it and print it off. 01:18:40.258 --> 01:18:47.118 - probably need it signed before it'll be done. Yeah, we need it signed first, yeah. Okay, so seeing no 01:18:47.118 --> 01:18:53.844 - other public comment, all those in favor of approving Ordinance 2026-24 signify by saying aye. Aye. 01:18:53.844 --> 01:19:01.040 - Motion carries to zero. Thank you so much. All right, next item please. Yes, I would like to move approval 01:19:01.040 --> 01:19:07.900 - for the assignment and assumption agreement for the convention center management and the modification 01:19:07.900 --> 01:19:09.918 - of various management duties. 01:19:10.466 --> 01:19:18.541 - I will second that Mr. Cockrell. Yes, this is a an agreement and it's it's kind of based off of our 01:19:18.541 --> 01:19:26.697 - transfer of the property to the properties south of the Convention Center to the Capital Improvement 01:19:26.697 --> 01:19:35.014 - Board. Those properties as well as the Convention Center. And maybe this is how I connect the dots all 01:19:35.014 --> 01:19:39.294 - went into a fund to pay for the management contract. 01:19:39.426 --> 01:19:46.300 - So the revenues from those rental agreements as well as the revenues from the Convention Center itself 01:19:46.300 --> 01:19:53.308 - went into the management contract. Our plan all along was to make sure that when the Capital Improvement 01:19:53.308 --> 01:20:00.315 - Board got on its feet and was ready to take over the management of the Convention Center that they would 01:20:00.315 --> 01:20:02.718 - get the contract for the management 01:20:03.650 --> 01:20:10.690 - address to them, assigned to them. It's in the agreement that we can assign it to the Capital Improvement 01:20:10.690 --> 01:20:17.531 - Board. This is just a document that does that assignment. It also includes turning over the funds that 01:20:17.531 --> 01:20:23.841 - we have collected through the rentals and all that to them. I think it's $190,000 that we have 01:20:23.841 --> 01:20:30.482 - an appropriation for because all that money was going to go back to the management company as well. 01:20:30.482 --> 01:20:31.678 - I guess just as a 01:20:32.418 --> 01:20:39.519 - bring everything around together. Part of that when we transfer the property, we also have an agreement 01:20:39.519 --> 01:20:46.825 - that is included in the transfer approval for you to sign off on transferring some of the damage deposits. 01:20:46.825 --> 01:20:53.789 - So we'll do that as well. But that's kind of just bringing this all the authority that the county has 01:20:53.789 --> 01:21:00.958 - for the area is going and under that contract is going from the county to the capital improvement floor. 01:21:02.274 --> 01:21:09.693 - That's the gist and the kind of the long story behind the long document. Excellent. Thank you so much. 01:21:09.693 --> 01:21:17.184 - Do you have any questions? No, that was incredibly clear. And I think, yeah, no questions. We knew this 01:21:17.184 --> 01:21:24.676 - day was coming and it's bittersweet for me because it's been fabulous working with the management group 01:21:24.676 --> 01:21:30.366 - and Ms. Copping. And I don't know if you wanted to say anything today. Please. 01:21:33.154 --> 01:21:40.929 - Hi, Talisha Coppett, Convention Center Management Company. And the same for me is we've loved working 01:21:40.929 --> 01:21:46.494 - with commissioners, the council, your leadership, your support, but also 01:21:46.594 --> 01:21:53.875 - the depth that the county has with the various departments and from the office folks with Angie and 01:21:53.875 --> 01:22:01.446 - Jeff was legal, but the IT and maintenance and auditor's office and treasurer's office and even getting 01:22:01.446 --> 01:22:08.800 - to know the health department more during COVID when we did the vaccine clinic and IT department. So 01:22:08.800 --> 01:22:15.134 - there's maintenance, there's just a lot of depth there. And we found that everybody is 01:22:15.458 --> 01:22:26.507 - helpful and friendly and professional and have provided a lot of advice over the years, which has allowed 01:22:26.507 --> 01:22:34.846 - us to continue to work with you and do it correctly. We've started working with 01:22:35.842 --> 01:22:43.245 - the capital improvement board, and that transition is going well. We continue to work very closely with 01:22:43.245 --> 01:22:50.363 - Visit Bloomington, already starting to do tours of the site that should be open in January, getting 01:22:50.363 --> 01:22:57.695 - a lot of enthusiasm. So it's really interesting that they really are, if you build it, they will come. 01:22:57.695 --> 01:23:00.542 - It's starting, so it's pretty exciting. 01:23:01.378 --> 01:23:11.998 - So anyway, we just wanted to say excited for those next steps and thank you all and love Fullerton Pike. 01:23:12.834 --> 01:23:19.915 - So, and the Fourth of July parade is Saturday so downtown Bloomington continues to co sponsor that with 01:23:19.915 --> 01:23:26.791 - the parks and rec but I mean I think you can be very proud of the county's investment over all these 01:23:26.791 --> 01:23:32.510 - years have been 14,000 events over a million people through local community events. 01:23:32.610 --> 01:23:40.403 - as well as out of town visitors and generating that economic impact. So I just see more of the same 01:23:40.403 --> 01:23:48.430 - coming along and being able to go to that next step. So onward, upward. Thank you. We will miss seeing 01:23:48.430 --> 01:23:56.534 - you here, at least annually, to do the contracts and to discuss things. But it's been wonderful working 01:23:56.534 --> 01:23:59.262 - with you. And don't be a stranger. 01:23:59.522 --> 01:24:07.533 - Be sure to let us know if there's anything you need. Getting through COVID, you all were amazing. It 01:24:07.533 --> 01:24:14.830 - helped so much. You've helped in elections in the past. And really, this whole project, oh, 01:24:14.830 --> 01:24:23.079 - and the ARPA, the ARPA renovations, I'm so glad those got done. Yeah, right. I think it's really helped 01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:27.838 - be able to keep the doors open, actually, during this whole 01:24:27.970 --> 01:24:34.193 - part of it, because all those things were really overdue. So they've really been and we haven't had 01:24:34.193 --> 01:24:40.478 - any issues with all of them. And we haven't had the bills that come with, you know, having to repair 01:24:40.478 --> 01:24:46.825 - something last minute. Yeah. So that's really good. And, you know, just you've been wonderful to work 01:24:46.825 --> 01:24:53.048 - with you and your staff and cannot thank you enough for all you've done to welcome people, but also 01:24:53.048 --> 01:24:57.342 - to encourage them to visit Bloomington and Monroe County. Yes. Yeah. 01:24:57.474 --> 01:25:03.695 - And we've got a great team. Our staff, you know, loves the business and it's a fun business and it's 01:25:03.695 --> 01:25:09.853 - really interesting to see all the different interests people have. Yeah, for sure. Anything to add? 01:25:09.853 --> 01:25:16.012 - Yeah, so my late night reading for the past, you know, approximately two years has been the history 01:25:16.012 --> 01:25:22.171 - of what has gone on in much of the county. And so there have been certain heroes in those sagas and 01:25:22.171 --> 01:25:25.374 - you've been one of them. So, you know, I think that 01:25:25.538 --> 01:25:31.601 - I marvel at all you've done and how you've done it not only in the convention center space but also 01:25:31.601 --> 01:25:37.664 - in visit Bloomington and to invoke you know Commissioner Thomas is field of dreams analogy. I would 01:25:37.664 --> 01:25:43.727 - say field of beams. But it's just been marvelous you know how quickly it's risen, and you know, all 01:25:43.727 --> 01:25:46.334 - of all of the things you've managed to do. 01:25:46.434 --> 01:25:53.212 - while that project has been ongoing. And I think everything just has operated smoothly over there. You 01:25:53.212 --> 01:26:00.122 - wouldn't even know that there's this major construction project across the street. And all of the things 01:26:00.122 --> 01:26:06.900 - you've helped us negotiate, all of the many, many difficult situations you've helped us negotiate this 01:26:06.900 --> 01:26:13.546 - year alone. So even from the moment I've been here forward, thank you very much for all of that. Oh, 01:26:13.546 --> 01:26:14.270 - thank you. 01:26:14.690 --> 01:26:21.356 - just a spectacular professional, as well as a spectacular human being. Thank you. But I think those 01:26:21.356 --> 01:26:28.288 - personal remarks are warranted even in this professional context. We've come a long way since the train 01:26:28.288 --> 01:26:35.020 - used to go by five times a day and rattle the whole building. And that West parking lot was a field. 01:26:35.020 --> 01:26:39.486 - And so there have been a lot of things up and down over the years. 01:26:39.650 --> 01:26:45.987 - A lot of changes and it takes a lot of changes in downtown. Yeah, and it takes a special person and 01:26:45.987 --> 01:26:52.387 - a special organization to to weather those changes and to keep making it better and more interesting 01:26:52.387 --> 01:26:59.105 - and more alluring for folks. So absolutely. Yeah, really. You've just done amazing. Such a bright future, 01:26:59.105 --> 01:27:05.822 - too. So so, you know, set up to succeed. So thank you so much. OK, great. Thank you for everything. Yeah. 01:27:05.922 --> 01:27:14.916 - Thanks. Let's see if there's any public comments on this item. Raise your hand on teams or come to the 01:27:14.916 --> 01:27:24.085 - podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of the assignment and assumption agreement for Convention Center 01:27:24.085 --> 01:27:32.817 - management and modification of various management duties signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 01:27:32.817 --> 01:27:35.262 - to zero. Next item, please. 01:27:35.842 --> 01:27:44.445 - like to move approval for the letter of representation for Clark Johnson and night LTD. I will second 01:27:44.445 --> 01:27:53.048 - that. Yes, this is a letter of representation that would have that would give the commissioners their 01:27:53.048 --> 01:28:02.494 - own legal counsel for the anticipated ACLU jail constitutionality case. I think from the legal of the this firm 01:28:02.658 --> 01:28:10.214 - Members of this firm were part of the firm that originally represented the county when the Richardson 01:28:10.214 --> 01:28:17.623 - case was filed in 2008-2009 Pam Schneeman is the person who will be the primary and she was part of 01:28:17.623 --> 01:28:25.105 - that litigation as well We had Angie pretty and I had been discussing with our insurance carrier and 01:28:25.105 --> 01:28:26.142 - our insurance 01:28:26.370 --> 01:28:33.376 - in our insurance agent, whether the insurance carrier would cover the cost of this defense. They don't 01:28:33.376 --> 01:28:40.382 - want to, and I don't blame them, make any kind of decision until they actually see what claim has been 01:28:40.382 --> 01:28:47.321 - filed. But they indicated that if they would, that this firm would be, who would they would recommend 01:28:47.321 --> 01:28:51.742 - us using, so we would have some continuing. And the, I guess the 01:28:51.970 --> 01:28:59.746 - other part that's probably not on the cover sheet is that the rate is $225 an hour for the principal 01:28:59.746 --> 01:29:07.600 - and 195 for and below for others in the firm. So I guess capped off I know that the sheriff's has has 01:29:07.600 --> 01:29:15.684 - gotten their counsel this would be the commissioners getting their counsel and I guess from our office's 01:29:15.684 --> 01:29:18.302 - perspective we don't believe that 01:29:18.434 --> 01:29:24.813 - we could represent any of the parties because there is a conflict between the three. I don't think we 01:29:24.813 --> 01:29:31.254 - could represent you and have the council feel that we are adequately representing them and vice versa. 01:29:31.254 --> 01:29:37.508 - And the sheriff could be vice versa between all three of you as well, right? There's ways this case 01:29:37.508 --> 01:29:43.949 - could go that could cause all kinds of conflicts between all the parties. So we ethically are not able 01:29:43.949 --> 01:29:47.326 - to do that. What fund is going to be used to pay this 01:29:50.370 --> 01:29:58.543 - we're going to be using is county general professional services. Okay. And at the last council meeting 01:29:58.543 --> 01:30:06.636 - when the sheriff requested an additional he was initially advised to use funds that he currently had. 01:30:06.636 --> 01:30:14.650 - We're going to do that and I'll send an email to the council letting them know that we're not coming 01:30:14.650 --> 01:30:19.966 - for an additional at this point in time however this is displacing 01:30:20.098 --> 01:30:30.728 - um our ability to pay those professional services we had planned on paying for 2026 so we will more 01:30:30.728 --> 01:30:41.784 - than have to come back for an additional but we will do that later um and um i i want to say two things 01:30:41.784 --> 01:30:49.438 - um and neither's controversial but this is an example of a cost for not 01:30:50.306 --> 01:30:57.311 - completing what should have been done by Mr. Falk's deadline on time. Um, and it's unfortunate because 01:30:57.311 --> 01:31:04.180 - taxpayers are paying the price. Um, the other thing I will say is that right now, even though we, we 01:31:04.180 --> 01:31:11.117 - should have separate council that we're aligned with the sheriff's department on, on this project and 01:31:11.117 --> 01:31:17.374 - where it should go and what it should entail and how quickly it should have been done. But, 01:31:17.794 --> 01:31:24.601 - I do want to say that because I don't want anybody to come away thinking that we've not been in alignment 01:31:24.601 --> 01:31:31.279 - with the sheriff's department. I think it's important to note that. Any comments? Just a clarification. 01:31:31.279 --> 01:31:38.215 - So it says in the agenda that this is the commissioner's attorney. So this does not cover counsel. Correct. 01:31:38.215 --> 01:31:45.086 - Correct. Okay. And I guess when you speak with them, you may ask them if they see the same conflict we do. 01:31:47.042 --> 01:31:53.815 - And if they don't, then that's a conversation you guys can have with them. If they talk to me, I would 01:31:53.815 --> 01:32:00.654 - indicate that we found that there was a conflict. And I also think, to your point about representation, 01:32:00.654 --> 01:32:07.229 - with my knowledge, this is a very specialized body of litigation, as well, that a certain subset of 01:32:07.229 --> 01:32:13.871 - lawyers specialize in. Yes. OK. Great. Thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? You raise 01:32:13.871 --> 01:32:16.830 - your hand, and teams are come to the podium. 01:32:24.098 --> 01:32:33.333 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the letter of representation for Clark Johnson and Knight 01:32:33.333 --> 01:32:42.747 - LTD signify by saying aye. Motion carries to zero. And thank you for helping vets the best firm possible 01:32:42.747 --> 01:32:48.126 - for this. Appreciate the work. Can I ask one more question? 01:32:48.322 --> 01:32:54.668 - So there is a determination that is possible by insurance after the lawsuit gets filed. They then they 01:32:54.668 --> 01:33:01.260 - will determine whether or not this is covered by insurance. But that this one is on their list. So another 01:33:01.260 --> 01:33:07.421 - is for not going out of balance. Right. Right. Right. Right. So it's vetted. But a determination is 01:33:07.421 --> 01:33:10.686 - yet to come. Right. Right. Yeah. Exactly. Yes. Okay. 01:33:10.786 --> 01:33:17.285 - Thank you. All right. Next item, please. Yes, I'd like to move approval from Monroe County and city 01:33:17.285 --> 01:33:24.044 - of Bloomington memorandum of understanding. Second, I don't Mr. Cockrell, I guess or Ms. Ridge, I don't 01:33:24.044 --> 01:33:30.543 - know tag team, whatever. The city of Bloomington is doing a project and that project includes every 01:33:30.543 --> 01:33:37.236 - is going to include work that we requested they do on one of our bridges. And so this agreement is for 01:33:37.236 --> 01:33:39.966 - them to do go ahead and oversee the work. 01:33:40.354 --> 01:33:47.443 - and that we will pay them an amount associated with I think it's like $38,000. It's approximately in 01:33:47.443 --> 01:33:54.743 - the MOU I believe it's $34,000. EMB is the awarded contractor. We've made a little bit of modifications 01:33:54.743 --> 01:34:02.042 - to it already. It's just for the longevity of the bridge for removing the sidewalk that's on the bridge 01:34:02.042 --> 01:34:04.990 - increasing what we call a membrane layer. 01:34:05.314 --> 01:34:13.027 - The 34,000, it is an MOU that as long as we approve a change order that we've seen, it pertains to our 01:34:13.027 --> 01:34:20.891 - bridge, then we have the right to approve that. We have let EMB know we do support that additional cost. 01:34:20.891 --> 01:34:28.454 - Again, it's all just for the longevity of the bridge, and the work is just for what is on the bridge 01:34:28.454 --> 01:34:32.798 - that's in this MOU. And the bridge is our responsibility. 01:34:32.930 --> 01:34:41.702 - And is this being paid for out of Kew Bridge? Correct. All of this makes sense. I guess I'm just trying 01:34:41.702 --> 01:34:50.558 - to ensure that I understand what's going to be done. So they're actually going to put the membrane down, 01:34:50.558 --> 01:34:59.076 - repair the sidewalks, but they're also then putting asphalt down on top of the bridge deck? No. Yes, 01:34:59.076 --> 01:35:00.510 - that is correct. 01:35:01.218 --> 01:35:07.207 - The membrane was actually going to stop at the edge of the bridge where the sidewalk was. They were 01:35:07.207 --> 01:35:13.614 - not going to remove the sidewalk. So we had reached out to our bridge inspector. We feel for the longevity 01:35:13.614 --> 01:35:19.783 - of the bridge, the sidewalk does need to be removed so we can extend that membrane. And then the extra 01:35:19.783 --> 01:35:26.011 - cost is putting back that sidewalk. So that's why the cost has increased over the last week or so after 01:35:26.011 --> 01:35:30.622 - we made those modifications and worked it all out. So yeah, and then they'll 01:35:30.818 --> 01:35:39.372 - I was a little confused when I read it. I'm sure it's something you're like, yeah, of course, 01:35:39.372 --> 01:35:48.562 - but I was, can we pay? All right. Any questions? I'm perfectly fine. My mic's not working. Let's see 01:35:48.562 --> 01:35:57.662 - if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 01:36:03.170 --> 01:36:09.348 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Monroe County City of Bloomington Memorandum 01:36:09.348 --> 01:36:16.182 - of Understanding signified by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0 and thank you, Ms. Ridge, for working 01:36:16.182 --> 01:36:23.017 - on this. This is a good example of when collaboration works. We don't always have that. So next we have 01:36:23.017 --> 01:36:30.049 - our road salt bid opening. If you would like to proceed with that, it looks, I can't believe we're talking 01:36:30.049 --> 01:36:31.166 - about road salt. 01:36:31.842 --> 01:36:41.031 - be prepared. I know you're so smart to talk about it now. Makes me feel salty. Yeah. So bids were due 01:36:41.031 --> 01:36:50.401 - this morning by 10 a.m. The first one that I am gonna open is from Morton Salt. This tells me that they 01:36:50.401 --> 01:36:59.230 - provide road salt too. They do yeah. If you go to if you go to Manistee Michigan on the shores of 01:36:59.394 --> 01:37:08.324 - Lake Michigan, you can see their settlements. They're still there. That's amazing. They're still there. 01:37:08.324 --> 01:37:17.255 - That's so fascinating. Yeah. Sodium chloride delivered is $100.65 a ton. And untreated sodium chloride, 01:37:17.255 --> 01:37:24.382 - if we picked it up, would be $97 a ton. The next one that we have is from Cargill. 01:37:31.138 --> 01:37:49.907 - stuff and it really knows how to clear out a room, don't they? A drum roll, but I think it would get 01:37:49.907 --> 01:37:53.438 - old after a while. 01:37:55.074 --> 01:38:13.311 - Okay, so Cargill is regrets. They will be unable to submit a bid for the salt according to their letter. 01:38:13.311 --> 01:38:24.254 - And then we have one from Compass. Your jokes are going south. 01:38:24.642 --> 01:38:33.866 - That looks like another we're not bidding letter. Oh, no. And we received that Compass will not be providing 01:38:33.866 --> 01:38:42.329 - a bid on SALT either. Is there still a shortage? I mean, this was last year. I don't know if that's 01:38:42.329 --> 01:38:51.045 - what's anticipated or if you just have to call at the time for quotes for materials. But you can still 01:38:51.045 --> 01:38:54.430 - do that, right? We can still get quotes 01:38:54.882 --> 01:39:01.613 - if even if we i think some of the things we ran into last year when we had the shortage i believe that 01:39:01.613 --> 01:39:08.214 - compass was one of the companies um when we reached out to them having a hard time getting salt they 01:39:08.214 --> 01:39:14.749 - were only committed to their um right awarded clients right so they wouldn't right so um we'll look 01:39:14.749 --> 01:39:21.611 - at this maybe contact the companies talk to legal department and see how we want to move forward i would 01:39:21.611 --> 01:39:22.526 - check and see 01:39:23.426 --> 01:39:30.012 - that price compares to what we've currently been paying. Yeah, it seems like it's in line with what 01:39:30.012 --> 01:39:36.664 - we're paying now per ton. So it might be that that's that's who we go with. But we'll just take them 01:39:36.664 --> 01:39:43.250 - under advisement at this point. Yeah. Take this under advisement. Yeah, I'm just curious. I mean, I 01:39:43.250 --> 01:39:47.070 - do feel like we should have a contract with somebody. But 01:39:47.618 --> 01:39:54.452 - Again, our barn is pretty full. So we've been ordering salt and up until the last month or two. 01:39:54.452 --> 01:40:01.642 - So we are, we were prepared for. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we've got what's been called the super El Nino on 01:40:01.642 --> 01:40:09.046 - its way. And it's actually started now. Right. Right. Right. I mean, weather agencies are like, there's 01:40:09.046 --> 01:40:16.094 - a hundred percent chance we're going to have a strong El Nino. Okay. Yeah. So I think, I think it, 01:40:16.322 --> 01:40:26.113 - We may be okay, weather-wise, but you had to be prepared, and it could be ice versus snow, and that's 01:40:26.113 --> 01:40:35.999 - just a salt, another salt lick. All right, great, yeah, let us know what you wanna do, think about it, 01:40:35.999 --> 01:40:45.406 - and appreciate you opening bids and being a contestant today. All right, we'll move on to item W. 01:40:45.922 --> 01:40:53.316 - Yes, I'd like to move approval for the change order number four for Sunrise Greetings Vernal Pike Connector 01:40:53.316 --> 01:41:00.300 - Road. Funding Vernal Pike Sunrise Greetings, fund number 8165 in the amount of $10,165. I will second 01:41:00.300 --> 01:41:07.215 - that. I thought we were done with this. We're getting there. I believe this is our last change order 01:41:07.215 --> 01:41:12.350 - for this project. At the time when we put the ends on the bridge railings, 01:41:13.474 --> 01:41:20.289 - This felt like that there needed to be a different type or additional attenuators on the ends, basically 01:41:20.289 --> 01:41:26.909 - for pedestrian traffic. So we wanted to make sure that we had the best finished product. So we wanted 01:41:26.909 --> 01:41:33.529 - to take on this extra cost of putting in that extra protection for the pedestrian traffic at the ends 01:41:33.529 --> 01:41:38.526 - where you're entering the bridge, kind of where you see the guard rail ends. 01:41:38.658 --> 01:41:45.707 - Um, so that's what this change order is for. Uh, again, I believe this is the last change order, um, 01:41:45.707 --> 01:41:52.826 - for this project. So awesome. Good work. Uh, comments, questions. Uh, no, good to know. There will be 01:41:52.826 --> 01:41:59.875 - no additional attenuators for the project at the ends of the bridge. Right. Exactly. The road. Yeah. 01:41:59.875 --> 01:42:07.134 - Um, any public comment on this site? Any raise your hand in teams or Mr. Askins can come to the podium. 01:42:09.186 --> 01:42:16.297 - All right, seeing none, all those in favor of change order number four for Sunrise Greetings Vernal 01:42:16.297 --> 01:42:23.408 - Pike Connector Road signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries two zero. Next item please. Yes, I'd 01:42:23.408 --> 01:42:30.519 - like to move approval for supplemental number two with Clark Dietz Engineering for that road bridge 01:42:30.519 --> 01:42:36.350 - number 79. Fund name cumulative bridge fund number 1135 in the amount of $75,450. 01:42:36.674 --> 01:42:43.416 - I will second that. Ms. Ridge, tell us all about it. So when we designed this project, it was all going 01:42:43.416 --> 01:42:49.899 - to be locally funded from design right of way through construction. As we've gone forward, the cost 01:42:49.899 --> 01:42:56.576 - of the replacement increased. So we submitted this project to be a federal aid project. It was awarded 01:42:56.576 --> 01:43:03.123 - for construction of fiscal year 2031. So 80% of the construction and construction inspection will be 01:43:03.123 --> 01:43:06.494 - covered as a federal aid project. But to lead up to 01:43:07.394 --> 01:43:15.285 - satisfying all the federal aid requirements, there'll be additional documents required like NEPA, things 01:43:15.285 --> 01:43:22.875 - like that to show that we have our right of way certified. So these are the extra steps. So the cost 01:43:22.875 --> 01:43:30.465 - of 75,000 upfront to the county is better than paying the 100% of, I believe the current estimate is 01:43:30.465 --> 01:43:36.702 - about 1.8 million for the bridge replacement. Questions? You know, it makes sense, 01:43:37.410 --> 01:43:45.124 - No questions. What is the time frame on this again? I believe that's a construction season of 2031. 01:43:45.124 --> 01:43:53.301 - So far in the future. Oh my gosh. I mean, that's the last we did not get a call. We did not put a project 01:43:53.301 --> 01:44:01.323 - in in November of 2025 just because we are so far out. Um, but we put this in into the call on November 01:44:01.323 --> 01:44:05.566 - of 2024 and that's how far out it is for construction. 01:44:06.210 --> 01:44:14.362 - And it takes you five years, basically, to get to construction. Sure. Yeah. That's amazing. Awesome 01:44:14.362 --> 01:44:22.758 - work planning ahead for that. Really, really good. Do you have any? No. OK. Yeah. Let's see if there's 01:44:22.758 --> 01:44:30.910 - any public comment on this item. You raise your hand in teams. If you're asking, this is even left. 01:44:30.910 --> 01:44:35.230 - And there's nobody to come to the podium. All right. 01:44:36.610 --> 01:44:44.253 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving supplemental number two with Clark Dates Engineering for 01:44:44.253 --> 01:44:51.821 - that road bridge number 79 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Next please. Yes, I'd 01:44:51.821 --> 01:44:59.389 - like to move approval for awarding the highway garage parking lot paving project to Lutz Paving LLC, 01:44:59.389 --> 01:45:05.758 - fund name 2025 Geobahn Capital Projects, fund number 4820 in the amount of $142,651. 01:45:06.466 --> 01:45:13.699 - not euros, dollars. I will second that, Ms. Ridge. So we had four sealed bids that we opened on June 01:45:13.699 --> 01:45:22.078 - 4th at the Monroe County Commissioners meeting. Lent Asphalt was the lowest, most responsive and responsible bidder. 01:45:22.242 --> 01:45:31.069 - The engineer estimate was $173,623.77. So yeah, we're excited for this project. We want to thank the 01:45:31.069 --> 01:45:39.984 - commissioners for putting it into their GeoBond capital projects and the council supporting that. The 01:45:39.984 --> 01:45:49.598 - parking lot was built in 1995, so it's definitely overdue, but we wouldn't have been able to do this project. 01:45:49.890 --> 01:45:57.246 - without your support. We've done all the drainage work, replaced some pipes in-house with our crews 01:45:57.246 --> 01:46:04.971 - to get it ready. So we're ready to go once Lentz is ready to go. Great. Questions, comments? Absolutely. 01:46:04.971 --> 01:46:12.842 - This is a project that has, as you said, been long overdue, and I'm so glad we could come in under budget. 01:46:12.842 --> 01:46:17.918 - I have a question for you that came up for me, and it's not directly 01:46:18.178 --> 01:46:27.270 - to this, if you don't mind. So the governor put a leave of the gas tax. He's rescinded the 01:46:27.270 --> 01:46:37.361 - gas tax temporarily. It's both the get and the gut, which is the excise tax, but then also the sales 01:46:37.361 --> 01:46:45.854 - tax of 7%. I've been seeing things coming from Association of Indiana Counties about 01:46:46.082 --> 01:46:52.946 - how much this because that means we're getting no funding when we don't know if it's going to be continued 01:46:52.946 --> 01:46:59.426 - or not but what what is going to be the impact of this so that residents understand that and i think 01:46:59.426 --> 01:47:05.841 - maybe putting something on our website would be useful too but okay yeah um so yes we have followed 01:47:05.841 --> 01:47:11.102 - this close um governor did announce i believe it was on tuesday of this week that 01:47:11.394 --> 01:47:19.862 - He has directed the state comptroller to make the local government's hole on this suspension by November 01:47:19.862 --> 01:47:28.169 - 1st. So how much we're going to, our distribution comes in monthly from the gasoline tax. We won't see 01:47:28.169 --> 01:47:36.798 - that deduction until we probably receive our July, August, September, because it kind of runs in the rear. 01:47:36.898 --> 01:47:45.300 - when it calculates out. So I believe it was suspended for three months at this point. So we expect to 01:47:45.300 --> 01:47:53.949 - see those deductions, reductions in August, September, October, July, August, September. Again, however, 01:47:53.949 --> 01:48:02.515 - the governor has issued a press release statement this week that he will make the local county entities 01:48:02.515 --> 01:48:03.998 - and cities whole. 01:48:04.194 --> 01:48:10.707 - It will affect probably moving forward county community crossing matching grant program right paving 01:48:10.707 --> 01:48:17.350 - projects that we've submit always have submitted to for the last ten years. We did not anticipate that 01:48:17.350 --> 01:48:23.863 - the governor would come back and make us whole but we also we have a cash balance we were we did not 01:48:23.863 --> 01:48:29.022 - go in for an additional this year like we do usually do in the past for paving. 01:48:29.154 --> 01:48:36.681 - in case we needed to go into those reserve cash funds. We wanna maintain what we're doing. We're just, 01:48:36.681 --> 01:48:44.354 - we're still moving forward with what we're doing. And I think we're gonna be okay because they are gonna 01:48:44.354 --> 01:48:51.735 - make us whole by the end of the year, so. Okay, so even the delay is not necessarily a negative. The 01:48:51.735 --> 01:48:58.750 - delay should be fine because again, we get it in monthly. We have our projects appropriated for 01:48:58.882 --> 01:49:05.818 - We can cover our lines right now. If we did say that we needed to go in for an additional to the council, 01:49:05.818 --> 01:49:12.557 - we would. We have a great staff that's watching our lines to make sure that we're not depleting a line 01:49:12.557 --> 01:49:19.231 - and don't have something to cover that. But we're watching it closely. There's kind of a mixed, mixed 01:49:19.231 --> 01:49:25.185 - number out there. What, how much we're going to lose in a month. Mr. Garitas with FSG set, 01:49:25.185 --> 01:49:26.494 - believes 15 to 20%. 01:49:26.818 --> 01:49:33.052 - Um, I believe our county auditor believes it's going to be 50%. So for those monthly distributions. 01:49:33.052 --> 01:49:39.287 - So again, the governor has said that, that, um, that we will get those funds back by the end of the 01:49:39.287 --> 01:49:45.521 - year. So, okay. I was just curious about that. Thank you for all the information. I, I think people 01:49:45.521 --> 01:49:47.454 - need to understand that. Yeah. 01:49:47.554 --> 01:49:55.969 - I was up in Michigan, gas was $4.40 a gallon. Oh, yes. Colorado, $4.79, $4.95. Yeah, sure. Very expensive. 01:49:55.969 --> 01:50:03.911 - So there's a price to pay for that. And we're going to pay for it somewhere or another. And I didn't 01:50:03.911 --> 01:50:12.798 - ask for this war. Did you ask for this war? I didn't ask for this war. No, but Congress has determined to. Yeah. 01:50:13.186 --> 01:50:20.510 - All right. So anyway, thank you for that additional information. I think it's important. And, you know, 01:50:20.510 --> 01:50:27.623 - keep us posted. If if something is going to be shorted, you know, let us know how you want to manage 01:50:27.623 --> 01:50:35.017 - it and we'll we'll work. We'll work with you as always. All right. So back to the highway garage parking 01:50:35.017 --> 01:50:39.102 - lot, the jumble of stones and debris and dirt that it is. 01:50:39.234 --> 01:50:46.708 - that is going to get done. Let's see if there's any public comment on this. All right. Seeing none, 01:50:46.708 --> 01:50:54.182 - all those in favor of awarding the highway garage parking lot paving project to lens paving signify 01:50:54.182 --> 01:50:57.470 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. 01:50:57.634 --> 01:51:03.058 - It's amazing the connection between these national dents and the local. It all filters down. If people 01:51:03.058 --> 01:51:08.534 - weren't already worried because they've gone to the Urushi store and things are way more expensive than 01:51:08.534 --> 01:51:14.273 - they used to be for no apparent reason, this is a good example of how it could really impact us. Absolutely. 01:51:14.273 --> 01:51:19.644 - Next item, please. I would like to move approval for the agreement between the Monroe County Board of 01:51:19.644 --> 01:51:23.646 - Commissioners and Aegis BLN USA Incorporated for the right of way services. 01:51:23.746 --> 01:51:31.448 - fund named Dillman Road Bridge number 83, fund number 8170 in the amount of $62,227. I will second that, 01:51:31.448 --> 01:51:38.784 - Ms. Ridge. This is basically to start the right of way process. This is a federal aid project. When 01:51:38.784 --> 01:51:46.192 - we begin the right of way process, it'll be 80% reimbursed from NDOT. So this is just the next phase 01:51:46.192 --> 01:51:52.574 - of replacing Dillman Road Bridge 83. Right. Thank you so much. And when is the project 01:51:54.210 --> 01:52:00.276 - The letting for this project is in 2027. I want to say the fall of 2027. So it gives us about a year 01:52:00.276 --> 01:52:06.642 - for right-of-way acquisition. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Do you have any questions? Nope. Again, 01:52:06.642 --> 01:52:12.708 - another critical project that has waited quite a while. Yeah. This is going to be a really good one. 01:52:12.708 --> 01:52:18.174 - Absolutely. Appreciate you working on this. Huge safety issue. So thank you for working on 01:52:18.174 --> 01:52:22.558 - this so diligently. Let's see if there's any public comment or on Teams. 01:52:26.722 --> 01:52:34.503 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the agreement between Monroe County Board of Commissioners 01:52:34.503 --> 01:52:42.135 - and EGISPL and USA Inc. for right-of-way services signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. Ms. 01:52:42.135 --> 01:52:49.617 - Ridge, thank you for being patient and sitting with us today for so long and for all your hard work 01:52:49.617 --> 01:52:50.814 - and your staff. 01:52:51.394 --> 01:52:58.211 - Go on to the next item please. Yes, I'd like to move approval for the 2026 Sophia Travis Community Service 01:52:58.211 --> 01:53:04.709 - grant agreements fund name county general fund number 1000 the amount of $190,000. I will second that 01:53:04.709 --> 01:53:06.238 - Mr. King. Good morning. 01:53:06.402 --> 01:53:13.590 - On June 23rd of this year, the council approved the distribution of $190,000 of appropriations for the 01:53:13.590 --> 01:53:20.917 - Sophia Travis grants program. The funds were awarded to 41 agencies, all of which submitted applications 01:53:20.917 --> 01:53:25.662 - or projects for one of the eight categories for which Sophia Travis 01:53:25.826 --> 01:53:31.562 - grants cover, which include food, nutrition, security, shelter and health, transportation assistance, 01:53:31.562 --> 01:53:37.241 - climate change, emergency shortages, first responders, veterans assistance, excellence in government 01:53:37.241 --> 01:53:42.864 - and or youth enrichment. The council is requesting that the board of commissioners approve and sign 01:53:42.864 --> 01:53:48.712 - the twenty twenty six agreements in your packet. There's a template agreement. And then I just prepared 01:53:48.712 --> 01:53:54.110 - an agreement for each of the agencies by filling in their project, their name and their amount. 01:53:55.970 --> 01:54:02.022 - I'm happy to read the list of awardees if you'd like, but it's also included in the packet. Yeah, I 01:54:02.022 --> 01:54:08.377 - think it would be really useful if you don't mind doing so. Thank you. So Amethyst House received $5,300 01:54:08.377 --> 01:54:14.611 - for residential food. Artist Adjacent received $2,100 for Rover's kickoff shows. Auxiliary to Boys and 01:54:14.611 --> 01:54:20.785 - Girls Club received $2,000 for the Crestmont Special Snack Program. Big Brothers Big Sisters received 01:54:20.785 --> 01:54:25.566 - $4,900 for the Big and Little Adventure Connected Print and App Tools Program. 01:54:25.954 --> 01:54:32.560 - Blooming Arts received $2,800 for a scholarship fund for young actors. Bloomington Cooperative Living 01:54:32.560 --> 01:54:39.231 - received $1,000 for their digital outreach program. Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington received $8,600 01:54:39.231 --> 01:54:45.966 - for summer field trips. Cancer Support Community received $4,020 for food and transportation assistance 01:54:45.966 --> 01:54:47.326 - for cancer patients. 01:54:47.394 --> 01:54:54.875 - Monroe Kayane Casa received $2,500 for the Project Stop It Now program. Catholic Charities received 01:54:54.875 --> 01:55:02.880 - $3,400 for the Affordable Therapy program. Center for Sustainable Living received $3,140 for environmental 01:55:02.880 --> 01:55:10.809 - remediation and safety improvements for the community greenhouse. The Chamber of Commerce received $2,200 01:55:10.809 --> 01:55:13.278 - for their Career Cruise program. 01:55:13.506 --> 01:55:19.799 - C jam received two thousand three hundred and forty for expanding volunteer led eviction mediation services 01:55:19.799 --> 01:55:25.626 - community culture inc received three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars for their bobs garden 01:55:25.626 --> 01:55:31.512 - program community kitchen received nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars which is for food for 01:55:31.512 --> 01:55:37.455 - all essential food for funding um first to change sober leaving received two thousand six hundred and 01:55:37.455 --> 01:55:41.534 - sixty dollars for welcome home kits and drug tests el centro communal 01:55:41.634 --> 01:55:48.949 - Latino received $5,000 for rent and utility assistance for Latino community members. First Christian 01:55:48.949 --> 01:55:56.336 - Church received $5,600 for Welcome Table Breakfast and Sunday Meal program. First Presbyterian Church 01:55:56.336 --> 01:56:01.406 - received $10,060 for the Bloomington Severe Winter Emergency Shelter. 01:56:01.698 --> 01:56:08.756 - Bloomington received $4,900 for summer camp. Harmony School received $2,200 for the Harmony 01:56:08.756 --> 01:56:16.887 - School Performance Tech Upgrade. Healing Hands received $3,800, which is for Nourishing Neighbors Produce 01:56:16.887 --> 01:56:24.789 - Project. The Hoosier Trails Council received $2,600 for their Growing Scouts in Monroe County program. 01:56:24.789 --> 01:56:27.934 - I will note, in the packet, I do believe 01:56:28.130 --> 01:56:33.611 - The next award was listed as going to Monroe County for age, but the appropriate agency is Hoosiers 01:56:33.611 --> 01:56:39.311 - feeding the hungry Hoosiers feeding the hungry is going to work with Monroe County for age, but they're 01:56:39.311 --> 01:56:44.792 - the receiving agency. So Hoosiers feeding the hungry received 11,400 and that was for Monroe County 01:56:44.792 --> 01:56:48.574 - for each livestock sale for meat processing for local hunger relief. 01:56:48.802 --> 01:56:54.147 - Limestone Media received nine hundred and eighty dollars for climate change. What's the atmosphere like 01:56:54.147 --> 01:56:59.493 - here program? Lotus received two thousand two hundred and fifty for the Lotus Blossoms Artist Residency 01:56:59.493 --> 01:57:04.684 - and World Bazaar. Middle Way House received two grants. One was an individual grant and one is for a 01:57:04.684 --> 01:57:10.081 - collaborative project. So for the first one, they received one thousand five hundred next for decreasing 01:57:10.081 --> 01:57:12.702 - transportation barriers for survivors of violence. 01:57:12.802 --> 01:57:20.145 - And then the collaborative project received $5,120 and that's to provide CPR trainings. Mother Hubbard's 01:57:20.145 --> 01:57:24.062 - cupboard received $5,500 for the MHC education program. 01:57:24.802 --> 01:57:31.601 - My sister's closet received $2,080 for providing a secure resource for women. New Hope families received 01:57:31.601 --> 01:57:38.077 - $7,400 for the New Hope family shelter summer camp. New Leaf New Life received $5,860 for stability 01:57:38.077 --> 01:57:44.811 - and motion rent assistance for sober living and transportation. PALS received $5,100 for stable futures 01:57:44.811 --> 01:57:51.934 - after school program. Pantry 279 received $13,000 and that's for nutritional food for food insecure families. 01:57:52.098 --> 01:57:59.656 - Pathways received 2,400 for their My First Library program. Pathways to Cross-Cultural Understanding 01:57:59.656 --> 01:58:07.364 - received 2,460 for Bridging Borders of Visual Dialogue on Global Youth Perspectives. Reimagining Opera 01:58:07.364 --> 01:58:15.072 - for Kids received 1,300 for their 26-27 season of Reimagining Opera for Kids. Ana Isu Sombra, I'm sure 01:58:15.072 --> 01:58:18.814 - I mispronounced that. Sombra Mesa received 6,400. 01:58:19.554 --> 01:58:25.945 - for increasing local grown nutritious food. Stone Belt received $5,240 for CPR and first aid training. 01:58:25.945 --> 01:58:32.150 - Suzy's Place received $4,100 for Suzy's Place internship opportunities. Tandem received $11,090 for 01:58:32.150 --> 01:58:37.797 - Tandem Essentials. And the Wonder Lab received $3,040 for the Wonder Lab lab room facility 01:58:37.797 --> 01:58:44.002 - tech up improvement. Sorry. Thank you. Thank you for reading all that. That saved us. I mean, we've 01:58:44.002 --> 01:58:49.214 - been here a couple hours, so it was a nice relief for us. Do you have any comments? 01:58:49.506 --> 01:58:56.136 - No, I just wanted to say thank you to the committee for their diligence and looking at all the applications. 01:58:56.136 --> 01:59:02.340 - I know this takes so much time. And thank you to the committee community organizations for putting in 01:59:02.340 --> 01:59:08.422 - these applications and for the tremendous work they do. Yeah, it's it's so important I mean there's 01:59:08.422 --> 01:59:13.470 - a lot here with food, food insecurity and but shelter and transitional housing and 01:59:13.602 --> 01:59:22.403 - people in recovery. It's a good wide range of programming. So, yep, certainly do appreciate this getting 01:59:22.403 --> 01:59:30.785 - done. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on Teams or come to 01:59:30.785 --> 01:59:39.251 - the podium. All right, seeing none, all those in favor of approving the 2026 Sophia Travis Community 01:59:39.251 --> 01:59:43.358 - Service Grant Agreement signified by saying aye. 01:59:44.674 --> 01:59:52.665 - motion carries to zero. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. And I'm going to go ahead and make a motion for 01:59:52.665 --> 02:00:00.576 - item A B. I'm going to move that we ratify the emergency declaration that was posted for June 18th, 02:00:00.576 --> 02:00:08.250 - 2026 regarding the tornado damage. I will second that. All right. We have a motion and a second. 02:00:08.250 --> 02:00:13.630 - I don't know. Uh, Bernie, if you want to address this or Mr. Baker, 02:00:13.858 --> 02:00:24.120 - looks like he's still on but I have it. There it is. We were impacted by excessive rain tornado damage 02:00:24.120 --> 02:00:34.780 - and wind damage down power lines and trees and public structure damage and life safety issues. We declared 02:00:34.780 --> 02:00:41.854 - the local disaster emergency exists in the county and that we declared 02:00:42.306 --> 02:00:49.248 - uh invoked and declared those portions of the Indiana code which are applicable to conditions and have 02:00:49.248 --> 02:00:56.190 - caused the issuance of this proclamation to be in full force and effect in the county and this was for 02:00:56.190 --> 02:01:03.402 - seven days um so uh this idea is of course that it may make us eligible for some funding um either through 02:01:03.402 --> 02:01:10.209 - the state or even potentially the federal government we shall see but if anybody has suffered damage 02:01:10.209 --> 02:01:11.422 - and needs funding 02:01:11.746 --> 02:01:20.407 - or funding assistance, they should go to the emergency management webpage or call them and they can 02:01:20.407 --> 02:01:29.155 - give you information based on the kinds of situation that you're dealing with. And I know we've also 02:01:29.155 --> 02:01:37.902 - had, we had a lot of money spent out of highway and in overtime and equipment. So I don't know if we 02:01:37.902 --> 02:01:40.414 - can recoup any of that with, 02:01:40.930 --> 02:01:47.855 - FEMA, who knows? I mean, the money is there at the beginning of the year, and then it goes. And once 02:01:47.855 --> 02:01:54.779 - it's gone, it's gone. They don't really portion out for various seasons, unfortunately. So we'll see 02:01:54.779 --> 02:02:01.636 - what happens with all of that. But we did have to have this in place in order to do that. Ms. Purdy 02:02:01.636 --> 02:02:08.286 - signed for me because I did not have a printer where I was. So I appreciate that. Anything else? 02:02:09.858 --> 02:02:17.643 - Thanks to our sheriff's department. Thank you to our highway department. Thank you to emergency management, 02:02:17.643 --> 02:02:24.706 - Red Cross, everybody that helped out. We got through it. Let's hope we don't have to do it again. 02:02:24.706 --> 02:02:32.275 - All right. Any public comment on this item? Raise your hand on teams. Oh, Mr. Baker. Thank you. Anything 02:02:32.275 --> 02:02:35.230 - else you need to add? Thank you so much. 02:02:35.746 --> 02:02:44.522 - The state disaster relief fund is open for applications from people who are impacted by the tornado 02:02:44.522 --> 02:02:54.000 - if they are underinsured or uninsured. So that application process is going on. It is a bunch of applicants 02:02:54.000 --> 02:03:03.390 - from all the disasters that happen within the whole state from January 1st, but applications are open. And 02:03:04.290 --> 02:03:13.011 - They can go to the application. It's posted on the county website on the plus releases that we sent 02:03:13.011 --> 02:03:21.820 - out or also our social media page, Facebook. So that's one big thing that's going on. And I did talk 02:03:21.820 --> 02:03:30.542 - to Jamie and if needed we can extend the dumpsters beyond the eighth if needed. I'm gonna drive out 02:03:30.542 --> 02:03:32.286 - today and check out 02:03:33.218 --> 02:03:40.415 - you see at the green news and stuff. So that's, so we'll keep you updated if that's needed. Great. So 02:03:40.415 --> 02:03:47.964 - if you do decide to extend, just make sure to post it and we'll get it on our homepage as well. Especially 02:03:47.964 --> 02:03:55.302 - if it could be done before the weekend, that would be even better because we're off tomorrow. But yeah, 02:03:55.302 --> 02:04:00.382 - thank you so much. So folks can go to the emergency management webpage. 02:04:00.482 --> 02:04:10.045 - or call the office for further information about those applications for assistance. Thank you. All right. 02:04:10.045 --> 02:04:19.156 - All right. Seeing no other public comment, all those in favor of ratifying our emergency declaration 02:04:19.156 --> 02:04:28.629 - of June 18th, 2026 signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. And one of the things that became 02:04:28.629 --> 02:04:29.982 - apparent to me 02:04:31.458 --> 02:04:39.247 - was when I first started as a commissioner back in December 2012, uh, emergency declarations were rare. 02:04:39.247 --> 02:04:47.185 - Rare. And now I feel like a couple of years normal. It's, it's, it's, I mean, this is what climate change 02:04:47.185 --> 02:04:54.824 - is. It doesn't come on all of a sudden. It, it, it creeps up on you, but it's expensive. I think this 02:04:54.824 --> 02:04:58.718 - is the third since I took office. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 02:04:58.978 --> 02:05:05.904 - COVID, well, that was a whole year and a half. I know, yeah. It would say typically it was snow, too. 02:05:05.904 --> 02:05:12.761 - Right. Yeah. I mean, now it's not. It was not. Yeah. Oh, maybe this was the fourth. Yeah, because we 02:05:12.761 --> 02:05:19.551 - had that. Yeah, we had two tornadoes of snow in the. Yeah, and this. Yeah. Crazy. All right. I just 02:05:19.551 --> 02:05:25.662 - wanted to add that in there. It's a little anecdotal evidence of how things have changed. 02:05:26.178 --> 02:05:32.884 - I do want to remind folks that we do have office hours and look what can happen. You can get utility 02:05:32.884 --> 02:05:39.988 - vehicles allowed on some county roads as a result. So join us, go to the calendar on our homepage, iam.gov 02:05:39.988 --> 02:05:46.627 - slash county slash Monroe, and check out the calendar and join us if you have comments, if you have 02:05:46.627 --> 02:05:53.333 - questions, if there's anything we can help you with, we will do so. It's been amazing to me how much 02:05:53.333 --> 02:05:54.462 - this has helped. 02:05:54.978 --> 02:06:02.935 - Sometimes I'm just explaining code for zoning, or sometimes it's really something where we can make 02:06:02.935 --> 02:06:11.051 - a substantive change to our code to help people out. I do also want to remind folks that we are under 02:06:11.051 --> 02:06:19.008 - an extreme heat warning, and that will continue. But if you want to receive information from Monroe 02:06:19.008 --> 02:06:22.270 - County government about any emergencies, 02:06:22.594 --> 02:06:29.918 - you can sign up for our resident alert system right on our homepage. I also do want to encourage people 02:06:29.918 --> 02:06:37.101 - to go ahead and think about, especially if you have a little time this summer, think about boards and 02:06:37.101 --> 02:06:44.354 - commissions. And if you would like to become part of Monroe County government and lend your expertise. 02:06:44.354 --> 02:06:50.974 - I know our traffic commission was part of that utility vehicle discussion as well. So we are, 02:06:51.362 --> 02:07:00.654 - We are on holiday tomorrow for the 4th of July celebration. I do want to wish everyone a happy 4th of 02:07:00.654 --> 02:07:09.854 - July from all of us at Monroe County government. There is a parade Saturday morning at 10 a.m. where 02:07:09.854 --> 02:07:19.328 - it's only supposed to be like 86. Yeah, 10 a.m. Yeah, it's going to be hot. So just bring more watering 02:07:19.328 --> 02:07:21.150 - you think you need. 02:07:21.474 --> 02:07:30.169 - It'll be a great parade. A reminder that the Monroe County Fair continues through July 5th. The fireworks 02:07:30.169 --> 02:07:38.535 - for the community are postponed. They're postponed until September. September? Yes. Okay. Just making 02:07:38.535 --> 02:07:46.902 - sure I understand. That's correct. Yeah. It was, no, it was, it was, we had storms that night. It was 02:07:46.902 --> 02:07:48.542 - a week ago, Friday. 02:07:50.114 --> 02:07:57.371 - Yeah, we had storms. Yeah, it was raining. But you can look around on Visit Bloomington's website to 02:07:57.371 --> 02:08:04.988 - see other, I know Lake Lemmon's doing theirs, and there are some other folks that charge or don't charge. 02:08:04.988 --> 02:08:12.030 - Ellisville's doing one. Yeah, so if you really got to go see fireworks, do it. My dog and I will. 02:08:12.578 --> 02:08:21.783 - to be hiding from fireworks, per usual. He gets very scared. Yeah, not good. Not good for wildlife. 02:08:21.783 --> 02:08:31.081 - I'm just going to say it. Anyway, I also want to mention that I had a really amazing experience last 02:08:31.081 --> 02:08:40.286 - week at Pantry 279. They'd received a grant for two of my truckloads of food, 40 tons of food each. 02:08:40.482 --> 02:08:48.150 - They had a little ceremony, and it's really nice. This came out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 02:08:48.150 --> 02:08:55.463 - Saints across the nation. They did some fasting and put their money together and made this happen. And 02:08:55.463 --> 02:09:02.563 - there were 250 places that got food. Each 40-ton semi is 33,000 meals. They are going to be through 02:09:02.563 --> 02:09:08.030 - it quick, though. They have been struggling. Pantry 279 has been struggling. 02:09:08.162 --> 02:09:14.452 - Who's your host food bank? Everybody's been struggling because food insecurity is really high right 02:09:14.452 --> 02:09:20.743 - now. We've got kids home from school who aren't on their lunch programs. We've got, you know, we've 02:09:20.743 --> 02:09:27.348 - got all kinds of situations where the cost of food, gas, all of those things are just putting the basics 02:09:27.348 --> 02:09:34.142 - out of reach for people. So if you have anything to spare, please remember all of these food organizations. 02:09:34.142 --> 02:09:35.966 - I know we're doing something 02:09:36.386 --> 02:09:44.430 - through the Sophia Travis grant, but boy, it's not enough. It's not enough. And then again, a reminder 02:09:44.430 --> 02:09:52.474 - that the roll off containers are up and out at Liberty Church, Mount Pleasant Church, and the entrance 02:09:52.474 --> 02:09:58.878 - to Morgan Monroe Forest. This is the area directly impacted by the tornado. Those 02:09:59.202 --> 02:10:06.641 - will be there at least until the eighth of July and maybe longer, but check back with emergency management. 02:10:06.641 --> 02:10:13.598 - If you have any questions, we do not have a work session today. Oh my God. How crazy is that? We are 02:10:13.598 --> 02:10:20.830 - meeting next week. Yes. Uh, that will be July 9th at 10 AM. Uh, anything else for the good of the order? 02:10:21.314 --> 02:10:29.450 - Uh, I have nothing. I just wanted to wish people a safe and happy 4th of July holiday. Absolutely. Um, 02:10:29.450 --> 02:10:37.507 - I want to thank, um, uh, Mr. Crider, um, Alex, everyone who has helped, um, spiffify Monroe counties, 02:10:37.507 --> 02:10:45.406 - uh, historic courthouse. It is a, uh, there's beautiful bunting up and it's, it's really beautiful. 02:10:45.406 --> 02:10:47.934 - Did a great job. That was just. 02:10:48.450 --> 02:10:57.591 - Richard and I walking around in the spring going, what are we going to do for the fourth of July? So 02:10:57.591 --> 02:11:07.546 - that was good. He did a great job, really brought it to life. And we are going to be on July 11th, dedicating 02:11:07.546 --> 02:11:17.502 - a revised plaque for the Monroe County families, dedicated Monroe County families who were active in hearing. 02:11:18.050 --> 02:11:25.007 - our independence, taking part in the American Revolution, who are from Indiana, and that will be on 02:11:25.007 --> 02:11:32.173 - July 11th. So keep an eye out for that. I'll talk about that again next week, but just it's a Saturday 02:11:32.173 --> 02:11:39.199 - morning. So very exciting. All right, everyone happy say forth. Be well and we'll be back in a week. 02:11:39.199 --> 02:11:40.382 - We're adjourned.