WEBVTT 00:00:00.738 --> 00:00:07.381 - Good morning. I'm going to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It 00:00:07.381 --> 00:00:14.025 - is Thursday, September 24th. And I will note for the record that all three commissioners are here and 00:00:14.025 --> 00:00:20.798 - present in the NETU Hill Room. Woohoo! Love it. So exciting. And we'll begin with our public statement. 00:00:20.798 --> 00:00:27.377 - We, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights 00:00:27.377 --> 00:00:29.982 - of all people, regardless of age, race, 00:00:30.146 --> 00:00:35.870 - color creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity. 00:00:36.034 --> 00:00:46.038 - the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear, and we will fight and resist at every 00:00:46.038 --> 00:00:56.834 - step. Discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity, equity, inclusion 00:00:56.834 --> 00:01:03.966 - and belonging, and we also stand in support of our county public school 00:01:04.994 --> 00:01:25.847 - commissioners. We will begin with our department updates. Um health department. Good morning, commissioners. 00:01:25.847 --> 00:01:32.734 - Good morning. It's a delight to see 00:01:32.898 --> 00:01:43.101 - the lovely county of Monroe here in the state of Indiana. And I'm just here to tell you that there has 00:01:43.101 --> 00:01:53.503 - been a turnover in the health department. And as such, we now have an interim administration team. We've 00:01:53.503 --> 00:01:58.654 - been given permission by the council to indeed post 00:01:58.754 --> 00:02:06.904 - the position of administrator, as well as replacing our maternal child health coordinator, who is so 00:02:06.904 --> 00:02:15.538 - involved in making sure that we are minimizing the number of premature and neonatal deaths in this county, 00:02:15.538 --> 00:02:23.849 - as well as across the state. I have with me one of the members of the interim administration team, Mr. 00:02:23.849 --> 00:02:28.126 - Gauss, who will be addressing you, the other members 00:02:28.258 --> 00:02:39.467 - so that it is notified to the public, our vital records director, Kathy Hertz, as well as our preparations 00:02:39.467 --> 00:02:50.047 - emergency preparation manager, Linnea Amy. So thank you for your time. I look forward to coming back 00:02:50.047 --> 00:02:57.694 - and talking to you more. Thank you. I was hoping you could put a face to 00:02:57.890 --> 00:03:05.187 - part of the department now. So I am there for any questions and all that. Great. Thank you. Thank you. 00:03:05.187 --> 00:03:12.483 - Thank you for taking on this added responsibility. Appreciate it. All right. We also have a department 00:03:12.483 --> 00:03:15.742 - update from Veterans Affairs. Stephen Miller. 00:03:20.482 --> 00:03:26.426 - Good morning, commissioners, Angie. Today we've got with us Ron Higgins, my district service officer 00:03:26.426 --> 00:03:32.605 - from the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs. He's going to give us kind of a little update, a little 00:03:32.605 --> 00:03:38.666 - report card on our office from the state's perspective. So I'm going to pass those out. And then after 00:03:38.666 --> 00:03:44.786 - that, I've just got a quick story I wanted to give to let you know a little bit about our walk-ins that 00:03:44.786 --> 00:03:48.670 - we've got. So I'm going to turn it over to Ron. Thank you, Steve. 00:03:49.378 --> 00:03:57.117 - Again, Ron Higgins, Southeast District Service Officer for the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs. 00:03:57.117 --> 00:04:04.631 - And I train and support county veteran service officers to be in the role that they're in. And I am 00:04:04.631 --> 00:04:12.671 - here in regard to the state statute, IC code 10-17-9-1, which is in relationship to county veteran service 00:04:12.671 --> 00:04:14.174 - officer compliance. 00:04:14.306 --> 00:04:23.494 - And so Stephen Miller, we're all very blessed to have his experience in this office, and we truly appreciate 00:04:23.494 --> 00:04:32.260 - all that Monroe County does for our veterans. He receives the highest report card possible. As of 2024, 00:04:32.260 --> 00:04:36.222 - distribution of VA expenditures, there is over 00:04:36.706 --> 00:04:44.860 - $53 million going to veterans in Monroe County. And that's divided almost in half by medical care and 00:04:44.860 --> 00:04:53.095 - by VA compensation and low income pensions. And again, that was as of the fiscal year of 2024. Stephen 00:04:53.095 --> 00:05:01.809 - and his very fabulous Andrew Blake, they're both accredited. They've attended the spring and fall conference 00:05:01.809 --> 00:05:06.206 - as well as the annual conference and makeup trainings. 00:05:06.626 --> 00:05:14.724 - The hours of availability, they're always open, eight to four, Monday through Friday, so kudos for that. 00:05:14.724 --> 00:05:22.668 - Technology needs, I assess no technology that they do not have that they're in need of. Just look down 00:05:22.668 --> 00:05:30.535 - through here. Some of the long-term concerns that I might see is that because of his great reputation 00:05:30.535 --> 00:05:32.926 - and their hard work that they, 00:05:33.090 --> 00:05:39.582 - are always super busy and can frequently become overwhelmed, and considering the possibility of adding 00:05:39.582 --> 00:05:46.201 - an administrative assistant or a fully accredited national service officer to help us drive the caseload 00:05:46.201 --> 00:05:53.134 - down. And Stephen exceeds all expectations and training for competency in his abilities, and he is excellent. 00:05:53.134 --> 00:05:59.564 - We're all very, very proud to be a part of this work with him, and thank you again for all you do for 00:05:59.564 --> 00:06:00.446 - our veterans. 00:06:00.802 --> 00:06:07.083 - Thank you so much. Thank you. We'll take the surprise look off our faces because you know how excellent 00:06:07.083 --> 00:06:13.363 - he is. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I wanted to give a quick little update about our walk 00:06:13.363 --> 00:06:19.463 - in hours that we've been having for property tax credits. This has been incredible. First, I want to 00:06:19.463 --> 00:06:25.502 - take a moment to just shine a spotlight on the auditor's office and for TSD as well. I think I saw. 00:06:25.954 --> 00:06:33.227 - TST in here. People really came together to help put together an incredible process flow where we've 00:06:33.227 --> 00:06:40.573 - been able to really simplify and make efficient this property tax credit paper flow. So I just really 00:06:40.573 --> 00:06:46.046 - want to thank the auditor and TST for making that happen. Really fantastic. 00:06:46.114 --> 00:06:53.597 - team work we've had. So we started off on July 10th with our first walk in, and we didn't know what 00:06:53.597 --> 00:07:01.229 - to expect, but we had four people waiting outside of the Curry building at 730 when I strolled in. We 00:07:01.229 --> 00:07:09.310 - ended up having 30 people that day. The next Friday we had 30 more. The Friday after that we had 40 people. 00:07:09.378 --> 00:07:16.225 - And that was all between the hours of 8 and noon. So we were definitely moving really quickly to get 00:07:16.225 --> 00:07:23.208 - those taken care of. Soon after that, the flow has slowed down to less than 10. Last week we had five, 00:07:23.208 --> 00:07:30.124 - the week before that we had seven. This is kind of normal whenever a new program comes out that early 00:07:30.124 --> 00:07:36.971 - birds really jump in and get the worm, and then everybody else kind of slowly makes their way in. So 00:07:36.971 --> 00:07:39.344 - the auditor has sent out a letter. 00:07:39.344 --> 00:07:45.924 - been putting out newspaper articles and through social media and all of our avenues of conversation, 00:07:45.924 --> 00:07:52.439 - we've been telling folks about this program. So we're just really excited for two things. One, this 00:07:52.439 --> 00:08:00.062 - is an incredible benefit to the veterans of our community, and we're getting to meet dozens of new veterans that are 00:08:00.194 --> 00:08:06.432 - kind of coming out of the woodwork, and we've scheduled 20, 30, 40 new appointments with just new people 00:08:06.432 --> 00:08:12.373 - we've never seen before. So I really, this is a great experience, and I just wanted to let you guys 00:08:12.373 --> 00:08:18.433 - know about that. All right, thank you so much. I think it's great because so many, seeing so many new 00:08:18.433 --> 00:08:24.493 - faces, now they know who you are, what you do, what your office does, and hopefully they will turn to 00:08:24.493 --> 00:08:28.830 - you when they need help in the future. That's a great thing, absolutely. 00:08:29.026 --> 00:08:36.526 - Thank you so much. Any other comments or questions? This is a wonderful program, and thank you for working 00:08:36.526 --> 00:08:43.254 - on putting it together. You're very welcome. Thank you so much for your kind words and support. 00:08:43.254 --> 00:08:50.263 - Thank you. Thanks. Thanks. I was just going to add, we have people who excel in competency, but not 00:08:50.263 --> 00:08:57.272 - so much in pleasantness. And Mr. Miller does both. Yeah, there you go. Thank you. That's very kind. 00:08:57.272 --> 00:08:58.814 - Excellent. All right. 00:09:00.098 --> 00:09:12.149 - any other department updates? Can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. All right. Um now 00:09:12.149 --> 00:09:24.320 - we will open up the floor to public comments for items that are not on the agenda. We invite members 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:29.502 - of the community. To speak for up to three 00:09:31.650 --> 00:09:40.741 - to the podium or raise your hand on teams. Seeing none, we'll move on to agenda item five, please. Yes, 00:09:40.741 --> 00:09:49.833 - I would like to move approval of minutes for September 17th, 2026. Second. We have a motion and we have 00:09:49.833 --> 00:09:53.854 - a second. Any comments, corrections or edits? 00:09:58.562 --> 00:10:05.382 - Okay, seeing none, all those in favor of approving the minutes for September 17th, 2026, signify by 00:10:05.382 --> 00:10:12.748 - saying aye. Aye. Motion carries two zero. I'm sorry, three zero. I'm so used to saying two. Oh my goodness. 00:10:12.748 --> 00:10:19.705 - I wasn't counting me. That's the thing. I'm not really here this morning, as you can tell. All right, 00:10:19.705 --> 00:10:26.594 - now move on to item six. I would like to move approval of the claims docket for accounts payable for 00:10:26.594 --> 00:10:28.094 - September 24th, 2026. 00:10:28.482 --> 00:10:38.382 - We have a motion, and we have a second. Ms Guyardo. Good morning. The Council Payable Claims Docket 00:10:38.382 --> 00:10:48.281 - for September 24th, 2026, totals $1,462,453.10. This includes all emergency claims and adjustments. 00:10:48.281 --> 00:10:56.894 - Thank you so much. Any comments or questions? Commissioner Jones, Commissioner Madera. 00:10:57.026 --> 00:11:05.053 - I don't either. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on teams 00:11:05.053 --> 00:11:13.157 - or come to the podium. Being none, all those in favor of approving the claim stock and accounts payable 00:11:13.157 --> 00:11:20.638 - September 24th, 2026, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. Thank you so much. 00:11:21.570 --> 00:11:27.865 - I will note for the record, we've received two reports, the first from the clerk's office for August 00:11:27.865 --> 00:11:34.284 - of twenty twenty six and the second is from the treasurer's office. Also August twenty twenty six. And 00:11:34.284 --> 00:11:40.579 - with that, we will move on to new business, please. Oh, yeah, that's right. We are going to add that 00:11:40.579 --> 00:11:46.874 - item. Thank you. Yes, I'd like to make a motion to add an item to the agenda in as as eight of each. 00:11:46.874 --> 00:11:51.486 - And that's the streets disability program funding and services agreement. 00:11:52.194 --> 00:11:59.384 - We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor of amending our agenda with item H signify 00:11:59.384 --> 00:12:06.502 - by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Three zero. And once again, I'm not really all here. All right. 00:12:06.502 --> 00:12:13.905 - Now we'll move on to item A, please. Thank you so much. All right. I love adding H by saying aye. Yeah. 00:12:13.905 --> 00:12:16.254 - So I'd like to move approval for 00:12:16.866 --> 00:12:23.776 - The Forte Service Agreement, fund name 2023 Geobond, fund number 4817 in the amount of $6,435. Second. 00:12:23.776 --> 00:12:30.619 - We have a motion and we have a second. Mr. Crone. Good morning, everyone. For the last several years, 00:12:30.619 --> 00:12:37.463 - we've been replacing courtroom audio systems as they've failed. All of them are on legacy status, but 00:12:37.463 --> 00:12:44.306 - some of them are worse than others. So we've been working with the company. It's now called Forte. It 00:12:44.306 --> 00:12:46.654 - was previously AVI when we started 00:12:46.818 --> 00:12:53.501 - working with them. Anyway, we have done these over the last several years, so now we have varying degrees 00:12:53.501 --> 00:12:59.933 - of service status. Some have already fallen out of their first-year service. Others are getting ready 00:12:59.933 --> 00:13:04.094 - to expire. So what we are trying to do is work with the vendor to 00:13:04.738 --> 00:13:10.187 - level all that up, get all of them underneath one service agreement so we can continue the coverage. 00:13:10.187 --> 00:13:15.851 - So this agreement would get us into 27 would level all that up and then going forward after that service 00:13:15.851 --> 00:13:21.461 - agreements would be for one year period covering all of them. So this is to help keep tracking for both 00:13:21.461 --> 00:13:26.856 - of us, us and the vendor and know where we're at with our support. That's really good. Uh, comments 00:13:26.856 --> 00:13:28.798 - or questions? Commissioner Madeira. 00:13:29.058 --> 00:13:36.072 - Uh, no. So do we need to change the title of that to AVI or is it okay? No, it's forte. Now is there, 00:13:36.072 --> 00:13:42.948 - that's who it paid to. Okay. Thank you. Any comments or questions? Okay. I don't either, uh, except 00:13:42.948 --> 00:13:49.961 - to say thank you for organizing all of this. Um, it's not easy to do. Um, we appreciate that. Um, any 00:13:49.961 --> 00:13:55.806 - public comment on this item? You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:14:01.634 --> 00:14:08.371 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Forte Service Agreement signify by saying aye. Aye. 00:14:08.371 --> 00:14:15.108 - Motion carries three zero. Thank you very much. Next item, please. I'd like to move approval for STI 00:14:15.108 --> 00:14:21.911 - Prevention Grant Amendment Fund name STD Strengthening Fund number eighty one twelve in the amount of 00:14:21.911 --> 00:14:24.446 - one hundred and ten thousand. Second. 00:14:24.834 --> 00:14:39.128 - All right, we have a motion and we have a second and we have Mr. Gauss training us again from the health 00:14:39.128 --> 00:14:53.150 - department to talk about this important item. Balance. There we go. So yes, we've been awarded 110,000 00:14:53.282 --> 00:15:02.243 - by the state for the STI testing. The services are across 16 counties for STI testing and treatment, 00:15:02.243 --> 00:15:11.204 - HIV testing and treatment referrals on the HIV testing. And this award will go to support three full 00:15:11.204 --> 00:15:20.254 - time positions. Excellent. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? No, I don't. 00:15:20.254 --> 00:15:22.206 - Commissioner Madeira? 00:15:22.626 --> 00:15:29.607 - No, maybe we can turn the fund name from SCD strengthening into SCD weakening. What type of positions 00:15:29.607 --> 00:15:36.519 - will these fund? That's a program coordinator and then two specialists. Great. Awesome. Thank you so 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:43.774 - much. Yes, we all know that these things are on the rise, too, so it's coming right at the critical time. 00:15:45.634 --> 00:15:53.479 - All right, thank you for bringing this forward. And let's see if there's any public comment on this 00:15:53.479 --> 00:16:01.874 - item. You can raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving 00:16:01.874 --> 00:16:09.876 - the STI prevention grant amendment, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. Thank you, 00:16:09.876 --> 00:16:13.406 - sir. Thank you. All right, next item please. 00:16:14.210 --> 00:16:21.034 - Yes, I'd like to move approval for the addendum to the nature's way agreement incorporated for count 00:16:21.034 --> 00:16:28.195 - for the courthouse count house, um, irrigation system replacement. Well, it is budget season. Um, funding 00:16:28.195 --> 00:16:35.087 - in 2025 Geobond fund number 48 20 in the amount of $26,172 and 56 cents. All right, we have a motion. 00:16:35.087 --> 00:16:42.046 - I will second it and we have Mr Crider joining us. Good morning, commissioners. Richard Crider, Monroe 00:16:42.046 --> 00:16:43.870 - County building and fleet. 00:16:43.970 --> 00:16:51.605 - This request is to accept the proposal submitted by Nature's Way in the amount of $26,172.56 to replace 00:16:51.605 --> 00:16:59.167 - the irrigation system serving the planting bed areas at the courthouse. The new installation is a drip 00:16:59.167 --> 00:17:06.802 - line system that will improve efficiency and is less susceptible to accidental damage or vandalism than 00:17:06.802 --> 00:17:13.630 - traditional sprinkler heads. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Medeira? 00:17:14.018 --> 00:17:24.308 - Commissioner Jones. Is this an above ground system or buried? It's above ground. The drip irrigation 00:17:24.308 --> 00:17:34.293 - is so much more efficient as well as less susceptible to damage. You were excited about it. Yeah. 00:17:34.293 --> 00:17:39.998 - So which, so I understand it would be the planting beds 00:17:40.546 --> 00:17:46.560 - surrounding the building right next to the building. Are there any other beds that this would also? 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:52.635 - It's all the flower beds at the courthouse. All of them, even the ones on the farm. Okay. Excellent. 00:17:52.635 --> 00:17:58.950 - Great. Thank you. So much more efficient. It is. I don't want to be a drip about it, but, um, all right. 00:17:58.950 --> 00:18:05.566 - Um, let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:18:13.538 --> 00:18:21.154 - seeing none. All those in favor of approving the addendum to nature's way agreement for courthouse irrigation 00:18:21.154 --> 00:18:28.216 - system replacement signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. Next item, please. Yes, I'd 00:18:28.216 --> 00:18:35.347 - like to move approval for the bio one Thompson property encampment cleanup extension fund named county 00:18:35.347 --> 00:18:38.878 - general fund number 1000 in the amount of $35,000. 00:18:40.610 --> 00:18:47.129 - I have a motion. I will second it. That's OK, Mr. Crider. OK, this request is to approve the proposal 00:18:47.129 --> 00:18:53.521 - submitted by bio one to extend the existing agreement for an additional 10 days to continue cleanup 00:18:53.521 --> 00:18:59.913 - of hazardous material, cleanup and hazardous material removal at the Thompson property at a rate of 00:18:59.913 --> 00:19:06.816 - three thousand five hundred per day for a total additional cost not to exceed thirty five thousand dollars. 00:19:06.816 --> 00:19:08.030 - Thank you so much. 00:19:08.930 --> 00:19:17.142 - Um, any comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? Yeah, I'm fortunate that this is necessary, 00:19:17.142 --> 00:19:25.960 - but it's very, it is necessary. Nope. I just echoing what, uh, commissioner Jones has said. Yeah. Um, 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:35.123 - yeah. And, and I agree, we have to do this. And, um, this is an additional contract to the one we already 00:19:35.123 --> 00:19:38.494 - had because it's obviously pretty bad. 00:19:38.754 --> 00:19:46.840 - So thank you for making sure this gets done right. I appreciate that. Not an easy job. All right, let's 00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:54.616 - see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:19:54.616 --> 00:20:02.780 - All right, seeing none, all those in favor of approving the bio one Thompson property encampment cleanup 00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:07.134 - extension signified by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. 00:20:08.162 --> 00:20:16.556 - And our next item is. I'd like to move approval for Marshall Security LLC Security Patrol Service Agreement. 00:20:16.556 --> 00:20:24.641 - Funded name County General Fund number 1000 in an amount not to exceed $50,000. Second, we have a motion 00:20:24.641 --> 00:20:32.958 - and we have a second Mr Crider. OK, I do want to mention that I did find a typo on the agenda request form. 00:20:33.090 --> 00:20:45.726 - It should run through December 31st, not December 21st. 00:20:45.954 --> 00:20:52.123 - All right. This request is to approve an agreement with Marshall Security LLC, who are referred to as 00:20:52.123 --> 00:20:58.170 - MSI, to provide security services at two county-owned properties Monday through Sunday at a rate of 00:20:58.170 --> 00:21:04.460 - $35 per patrol with a time and a half increase on the noted Federal holidays. The term of the agreement 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.246 - is effective 00:21:05.474 --> 00:21:12.013 - upon execution and will run through December 31st, 2027. Under the proposed agreement, MSI will provide 00:21:12.013 --> 00:21:18.677 - two security patrols per day at the Thompson property and one security patrol per day on the commissioner 00:21:18.677 --> 00:21:25.405 - owned seven acre parcel known as the at home site. The agreement will provide the county with a consistent 00:21:25.405 --> 00:21:32.195 - security presence at both properties and allow patrol frequency to be adjusted if conditions or operational 00:21:32.195 --> 00:21:34.270 - needs change. Thank you so much. 00:21:34.466 --> 00:21:46.014 - questions. Commissioner Jones. Yeah, this is unfortunately a very good idea. Yeah. Commissioner Redira. 00:21:46.014 --> 00:21:57.118 - Um. I am just I was had a question of the tip of my tongue and. Um. No doubt. When they patrol that 00:21:57.118 --> 00:22:04.446 - includes not just the perimeter, but inside the property. Is that 00:22:05.026 --> 00:22:14.839 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:24.940 - podium. Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the agreement with Marshall Security LLC for Patrol 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:33.598 - Service, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries, 3-0. I want to add to your question. 00:22:34.018 --> 00:22:39.783 - So we do have the perimeter available, but I want to note that the Parks Department brought in their 00:22:39.783 --> 00:22:45.605 - equipment and blaze new trails throughout the thick forest. Excellent. So you can drive through there 00:22:45.605 --> 00:22:51.427 - now. They really did a huge amount of work. I just wanted to mention that. Yeah, thank you. Big kudos 00:22:51.427 --> 00:22:57.306 - to the Parks Department, because they were out there quite a few days doing that work. Yes. And that's 00:22:57.306 --> 00:23:02.957 - critical, I think, for maintaining the consistency of being able to secure those properties. Yeah, 00:23:02.957 --> 00:23:03.870 - for sure. Yeah. 00:23:04.674 --> 00:23:12.754 - Thank you. All right. Thank you. Not to get in the weeds or anything. Um, all right. Um, yes, 00:23:12.754 --> 00:23:21.435 - I'd like to, um, move to approve ordinance 2026-33 and interlocal agreement regarding animal shelter 00:23:21.435 --> 00:23:30.546 - control and control fund name county general fund number 1000 in the amount of $566,547. We have a motion 00:23:30.546 --> 00:23:33.726 - and we have a second. Yeah. And, uh, 00:23:33.922 --> 00:23:39.575 - I'm going to explain it and then I'm going to ask you to make an amendment to it. Um, basically we, 00:23:39.575 --> 00:23:45.398 - and this is an annual agreement. We've, we've used the same calculation for probably two decades where 00:23:45.398 --> 00:23:51.221 - the total number of animals that go into the animal shelter is, uh, are assigned where they came from, 00:23:51.221 --> 00:23:56.875 - whether it's the town of Elksville, whether it's Monroe County, whether it's out of County, whether 00:23:56.875 --> 00:23:58.910 - it's city of Bloomington, and then, 00:23:59.042 --> 00:24:05.175 - Monroe County then is responsible. The cost is based on the cost of the percentage that are Monroe County 00:24:05.175 --> 00:24:11.366 - animals versus the presenters that are Ellisville and the city of Bloomington gets the city of Bloomington 00:24:11.366 --> 00:24:17.268 - animals and the surrounding county animals. They charge a fee to kind of help offset that expense. So 00:24:17.268 --> 00:24:19.582 - this is based upon that calculation and 00:24:20.354 --> 00:24:26.641 - based upon the number of animals. I think this time it's about $380 per animal that's brought into the 00:24:26.641 --> 00:24:32.746 - shelter just for the public's consumption. So that is routine. That is how we've typically done it. 00:24:32.746 --> 00:24:39.277 - I typically bring this ordinance after the budget gets approved. So since the budget hasn't been approved, 00:24:39.277 --> 00:24:44.222 - I'm going to ask that you amend the now therefore to read, be it ordained by the 00:24:44.578 --> 00:24:52.662 - of commissioners of Monroe County Indiana. The agreement as attached to this exhibit today is approved 00:24:52.662 --> 00:25:00.745 - contingent upon county council appropriations of funds for the animal shelter interlocal. That way the 00:25:00.745 --> 00:25:08.829 - council gets to do their job and this is approved contingent upon their decision on that. So I'm going 00:25:08.829 --> 00:25:14.558 - to go ahead and make a motion to amend this item to include the language 00:25:15.106 --> 00:25:24.422 - That disagreement is contingent upon county council appropriation of funds for the animal shelter and 00:25:24.422 --> 00:25:34.287 - animal control. Second. All right, we have a motion. We have a second. Any public comment on the amendment? 00:25:34.287 --> 00:25:42.142 - Seeing none, all those in favor of amending the contract as noted signify, I'm sorry, 00:25:42.370 --> 00:25:49.877 - amend the ordinance as noted signified by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. It is now an amended 00:25:49.877 --> 00:25:57.244 - ordinance. Um, all right. Anything else for us or can we do comments, questions, comments and questions? 00:25:57.244 --> 00:26:04.401 - Great. Thank you. Commissioner Jones. Uh, no, I don't have any. No, I always hear that $380 figure or 00:26:04.401 --> 00:26:11.838 - something close though. And I just, it just reaffirms the value of public donations to the shelter. Yeah. 00:26:12.034 --> 00:26:19.061 - for sure. So a couple of just sort of procedural questions. So they take the expenses for the year, 00:26:19.061 --> 00:26:26.087 - and this is over the past year, they take the shelter expenses for the past year and they divide it 00:26:26.087 --> 00:26:33.114 - by the total number of animals. They come up with a per animal price and then they assess, right? I 00:26:33.114 --> 00:26:40.211 - want to note, because questions came up at the council meeting, that you had also reached out in the 00:26:40.211 --> 00:26:41.054 - recent past 00:26:41.186 --> 00:26:47.968 - Um, we talked about reaching out to the humane society to see if this is something they could take on. 00:26:47.968 --> 00:26:54.553 - Yeah. Once, once we knew the, once I learned that they had a facility on the west side of town, uh, 00:26:54.553 --> 00:27:01.203 - we reached out to them to see what their capacity was and things like that. Uh, they are a primarily 00:27:01.203 --> 00:27:07.854 - a medical facility and that their primary purpose is to provide treatment for, for animals. Um, they 00:27:07.854 --> 00:27:09.566 - do have a small area, uh, 00:27:09.762 --> 00:27:15.532 - emphasize small, uh, they could not take on the volume that is, that is identified in this contract. 00:27:15.532 --> 00:27:21.302 - They just don't have the space capacity and they, what they, what their purpose of their area is, is 00:27:21.302 --> 00:27:27.244 - for people who are, have experienced a change in housing or something like that, that they have a place 00:27:27.244 --> 00:27:33.185 - to store their animals temporarily where they know they'll be cared for while they are trying to figure 00:27:33.185 --> 00:27:37.470 - out all the issues associated with that. Yeah, absolutely. Um, and so, um, 00:27:38.146 --> 00:27:44.441 - Who does Alexville pay their own share directly to the city? Okay. All right. I just want to make sure, 00:27:44.441 --> 00:27:50.736 - because there's a portion of this contract that always bothers me. And this is, I don't, I've read this 00:27:50.736 --> 00:27:56.788 - contract so many times over the years, but it's the part that says that we're taking responsibility 00:27:56.788 --> 00:28:02.901 - for the town. We're really not. At one point we did, right? Yeah. I mean, I, and I can't remember. I 00:28:02.901 --> 00:28:06.654 - want to say it was 2010 ish area. I think that's about right. 00:28:07.490 --> 00:28:15.267 - Before that, we had paid for the town of Ellisville's portion. And so, and clearly, Ellisville had grown 00:28:15.267 --> 00:28:22.674 - since that, even that agreement, that probably agreement had been around since probably the shelter 00:28:22.674 --> 00:28:30.228 - was formed. And so, clearly the town had grown since then. We do cover Steinsville's animals because, 00:28:30.228 --> 00:28:34.302 - and the justification for that is that Steinsville is, 00:28:34.498 --> 00:28:40.963 - not large enough where an animal that is loose in Steinsville, the expectation is it would eventually 00:28:40.963 --> 00:28:47.302 - make it to the county within a couple of minutes, right? So it would become the county's problem in 00:28:47.302 --> 00:28:53.640 - trying to just deal with that. Okay. Good deal. Okay. Thank you. Thanks for answering my questions. 00:28:53.640 --> 00:29:00.042 - All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. Can you raise your hand on teams or 00:29:00.042 --> 00:29:01.310 - come to the podium? 00:29:06.850 --> 00:29:14.266 - none all those in favor of approving the amended ordinance 2026-33 signify by saying aye aye motion 00:29:14.266 --> 00:29:21.830 - carries three zero next item please yes i'd like to move approval for ordinance 2026-34 amending code 00:29:21.830 --> 00:29:29.468 - section 253-3 regarding private property unlawfully stored on county land we have a motion and we have 00:29:29.468 --> 00:29:35.326 - a second mr cockrell yeah and this was kind of getting back to a theme we just 00:29:35.618 --> 00:29:41.637 - pulled away from in that when we're dealing with the cleanups of these properties, we have a code in 00:29:41.637 --> 00:29:47.834 - place that requires us to give three days notice before we move things and go through an entire process 00:29:47.834 --> 00:29:53.912 - with that. Well, we're in the middle of doing a cleanup and we're getting new stuff placed on, and so 00:29:53.912 --> 00:29:59.454 - technically by our code, we should give a three-day notice and move on. This is just saying, 00:29:59.618 --> 00:30:05.410 - No, we don't have to give a three day notice. We've got to put a notice if we remove people's property. 00:30:05.410 --> 00:30:11.091 - We have to store it somewhere for seven days. You know, all those kinds of things are still in place. 00:30:11.091 --> 00:30:17.051 - I think that we would still have the option to put a three day, hey, get this out by day X, but it doesn't 00:30:17.051 --> 00:30:22.620 - require it. And it's written particularly for right now because of what we're going through and the 00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:28.190 - fact that we need to get these properties cleaned up and we need to do these things and our code is 00:30:29.282 --> 00:30:35.690 - having a hindrance for us to be able to do this efficiently. Right, which adds to the cost. 00:30:35.690 --> 00:30:42.864 - And this is a, I think the estimate that I received was $100,000 cleanup. Yeah. And that might've been 00:30:42.864 --> 00:30:50.038 - before the extensions of today. And it certainly does not include the security monitoring that we just 00:30:50.038 --> 00:30:56.446 - approved as well. Thank you. Commissioner Medeira, comments or questions? So going forward, 00:30:57.282 --> 00:31:03.961 - Uh, how would this be implemented outside of an encampment? I think, I think what would happen is, is 00:31:03.961 --> 00:31:10.574 - if we found a piece of property on our own County property, we would, and we want to, and we thought 00:31:10.574 --> 00:31:17.449 - we needed to remove it immediately for again, I'm going to use the cleanup as a reason, or it's valuable 00:31:17.449 --> 00:31:24.128 - and we're afraid it's going to get stolen. We would leave a notice there that says, Hey, we picked up 00:31:24.128 --> 00:31:26.878 - this piece of property. Please contact X. 00:31:26.978 --> 00:31:33.638 - within seven days. If you don't contact them within seven days, we're gonna deem it abandoned. Which 00:31:33.638 --> 00:31:40.496 - is really similar to what we currently do, except right now we give a 72 hour notice before we actually 00:31:40.496 --> 00:31:47.223 - remove it. Our current code does not require us to keep it seven days though, right? It just requires 00:31:47.223 --> 00:31:53.949 - us to store it for a period of time, but it's not defined as seven days. So the notice would still be 00:31:53.949 --> 00:31:55.070 - given the person 00:31:55.426 --> 00:32:02.391 - going back to look for their things will have the ability to look at a notice and say, oh, I need to 00:32:02.391 --> 00:32:09.357 - call this person. Basically, here's our lost and found. Here's who you go to call. And so that'll be 00:32:09.357 --> 00:32:16.598 - the same. And I would presume that if we had another situation where we had an encampment, that we would 00:32:16.598 --> 00:32:21.150 - have a conversation about what kind of notice do we want to give? 00:32:22.274 --> 00:32:29.105 - I'm speaking for Richard a little bit here, it's a whole lot easier when they remove their property 00:32:29.105 --> 00:32:36.209 - that they wanna keep as opposed to us having to do anything with it. So this is much more, I think this 00:32:36.209 --> 00:32:43.176 - will end up being working better for kind of the non-encampment stuff, because if there's a wallet on 00:32:43.176 --> 00:32:50.622 - the ground, we're gonna pick it up and bring it in anyway, and technically our code would require us not to. 00:32:50.946 --> 00:32:58.447 - But that's just, and then we'll look at the ID, we'll call them and all those kind of things. So this 00:32:58.447 --> 00:33:06.315 - kind of allows that process to occur in a much more reasonable manner for the non encampment stuff anyway. 00:33:06.315 --> 00:33:14.110 - And I like the seven day. I think that's a big help. Commissioner. Yes, it's unfortunate that the highway 00:33:14.110 --> 00:33:17.566 - garage is the best place to take these things. 00:33:18.082 --> 00:33:26.459 - A lot of people really can't get to the garage, but they take up a lot of room and that's where the 00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:34.835 - storage space is. Yes, we have no way to store, yeah. I would presume this obviously does not apply 00:33:34.835 --> 00:33:41.118 - to things like bicycles that are on bike racks or something like that too. 00:33:43.618 --> 00:33:49.854 - A car parked in the parking lot would not. Yeah, exactly. Now, if it's parked there, if the bike's left 00:33:49.854 --> 00:33:55.970 - there for a month, then we'd have to have a presumption of abandonment for those kind of things. It's 00:33:55.970 --> 00:34:02.026 - common sense. Or a bike placed on the lawn, not on a bike rack, no lock on it. Yeah, we're going to. 00:34:02.026 --> 00:34:07.902 - And I would just note that this does not require any property being stored at the highway garage. 00:34:08.642 --> 00:34:13.930 - The big, the bulk stuff we don't have anywhere else for, but like if something small was found on the 00:34:13.930 --> 00:34:19.270 - courthouse grounds, I'm assuming we're going to bring it and bring it to the commissioner's office and 00:34:19.270 --> 00:34:24.455 - leave a note and say, Hey, if you lost this. Absolutely. Absolutely. I was going to say small items 00:34:24.455 --> 00:34:29.950 - are going to end up in the commissioner's office. Yeah. Yeah. And I imagine if it's a small item minutes. 00:34:30.978 --> 00:34:37.628 - not outside our building. It may end up at the sheriff's office or something like that too. It depends 00:34:37.628 --> 00:34:44.148 - on what kind of, I don't know. What is it? Yeah, it's a wallet. Is it a, yeah, got it. But they will 00:34:44.148 --> 00:34:50.669 - know because they'll see it on the notice where to find it. Now this is an interesting point because 00:34:50.669 --> 00:34:57.318 - if we find a wallet, say downstairs on the, in the rotunda, I'm not sure we're going to leave a notice 00:34:57.318 --> 00:35:00.030 - on the floor saying we found your wallet. 00:35:00.642 --> 00:35:06.981 - I believe that what we would do is look at the wallet and see if we could contact the person if there 00:35:06.981 --> 00:35:13.506 - was identifying information. Yeah. So I do think that, yeah, it's just common sense that we're not going 00:35:13.506 --> 00:35:19.844 - to leave notes on the ground. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. So just, but if somebody needed to pick 00:35:19.844 --> 00:35:26.059 - something up, there would be information somehow given to them about where to do it. Yeah. They all 00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.550 - know all the buildings. 00:35:29.218 --> 00:35:39.491 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on teams. Come to the 00:35:39.491 --> 00:35:49.765 - podium. All right, seeing none, all those in favor of approving ordinance 2026-34 signify by saying 00:35:49.765 --> 00:35:53.566 - aye. Aye. Motion carries three zero. 00:35:58.210 --> 00:36:10.697 - That's the one I read. No, that's okay. All right. So we have item H that was added to our agenda, please. 00:36:10.697 --> 00:36:22.718 - Yes. I'd like to move to approve item H, the streets disability program funding and services agreement 00:36:22.946 --> 00:36:32.523 - Fund name LATCF, fund number 8953 in the amount of $162,378.82. Second. We have a motion and we have 00:36:32.523 --> 00:36:42.290 - a second. Mr. Capra. Yes, and I'll go over the contract, but I think Mary Morgan can describe what the 00:36:42.290 --> 00:36:51.582 - work is going to be. This is an agreement with Community Foundation to support heading homes work 00:36:51.682 --> 00:36:59.866 - for the Streets to Stability program. I think Community Foundation has been working with Heading Home 00:36:59.866 --> 00:37:08.210 - to help manage some of their fundings and a lot of things. And since this is federal dollars, we wanted 00:37:08.210 --> 00:37:16.313 - to utilize Community Foundation so that we have an easier compliance with our federal guidelines. So 00:37:16.313 --> 00:37:18.078 - this agreement is for 00:37:18.658 --> 00:37:24.900 - them to use $162,378.82 for the purpose of the streets to stability program, which again, hopefully 00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:31.330 - Mary can describe in a second. And Community Foundation is then going to oversee the use of the funds, 00:37:31.330 --> 00:37:37.759 - you know, make sure it's used for the appropriate purposes and all the things we like to see done with 00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:44.251 - federal grant money, well, all money, but particularly federal grant money. And so they'll help us with 00:37:44.251 --> 00:37:47.934 - the documentation of all those expenses. So that's kind of 00:37:48.450 --> 00:37:56.860 - why it's with the Community Foundation. And I know Mary can answer any questions about the program 10 00:37:56.860 --> 00:38:05.683 - times better than I can. Please, if you'd come to the podium, Ms. Morgan. Thank you so much. Good morning, 00:38:05.683 --> 00:38:13.598 - everyone. Mary Morgan, Executive Director with Heading Home of South Central Indiana. And I can 00:38:13.698 --> 00:38:18.425 - Talk a little bit about streets to stability, about what the funds are going to be used for, or whatever 00:38:18.425 --> 00:38:19.550 - you would like me to do. 00:38:19.906 --> 00:38:27.345 - I think that would be great if you could do both. Okay, sure. Well, first of all, thank you very much 00:38:27.345 --> 00:38:34.857 - for supporting this initiative. You are the first government entity to provide some financial support, 00:38:34.857 --> 00:38:42.296 - and so we're very, very appreciative of that. Streets to Stability started earlier this year. It's an 00:38:42.296 --> 00:38:49.662 - effort to address unsheltered homelessness in Monroe County. We are basically moving zone to zone to 00:38:49.762 --> 00:38:56.307 - house everyone in a particular zone, provide a 12-month rental subsidy, which is what the funds will 00:38:56.307 --> 00:38:59.742 - primarily be used for from the county appropriation. 00:39:00.450 --> 00:39:07.371 - and then provide intensive case management support for those 12 months so that the individuals will 00:39:07.371 --> 00:39:14.360 - have a plan to a better life in month 13 when the subsidy ends and when the program ends. There will 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:21.142 - be some overlap. Everyone won't be moving on in the same pace, but that is our goal is to achieve 00:39:21.142 --> 00:39:28.409 - independence or additional support from other sources. So our goal is to, over the next couple of years, 00:39:28.409 --> 00:39:30.416 - really make a big difference 00:39:30.416 --> 00:39:37.156 - and the estimated 150 or so people that we estimate are sleeping outside in Monroe County. So that's 00:39:37.156 --> 00:39:43.963 - sleeping on the streets, sleeping in encampments, sleeping in their cars, or in other places that are 00:39:43.963 --> 00:39:50.636 - unfit for humans to live. So we think that that will address a lot of problems and challenges, both 00:39:50.636 --> 00:39:57.376 - for the individuals, but also for the community as a whole. And we really appreciate your support in 00:39:57.376 --> 00:39:58.110 - this work. 00:39:59.042 --> 00:40:07.059 - Happy to answer any questions. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? Commissioner Jones? This sounds 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:14.848 - like a wonderful program and I'm happy we're able to support it. Yes, I agree with Commissioner Jones 00:40:14.848 --> 00:40:22.636 - and two questions. First of all, during that intensive 12 months of case therapy, what does that look 00:40:22.636 --> 00:40:27.294 - like? If you can just give some general ideas and the second 00:40:27.394 --> 00:40:36.422 - So how much more funding do you need? And where do you anticipate that funding will come from? So we 00:40:36.422 --> 00:40:45.539 - estimate that we probably need about 4 million total for the entire program. And that will be, again, 00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:47.774 - a multi-year initiative. 00:40:47.938 --> 00:40:54.633 - We have significant funding from a partner called Community Solutions, which is a national nonprofit 00:40:54.633 --> 00:41:01.461 - that has been supporting our work for several years through the Built for Zero program. They supported 00:41:01.461 --> 00:41:08.421 - us for the streets to stability in a couple of ways. They are providing free consulting services through 00:41:08.421 --> 00:41:12.862 - a group called Clutch Consulting, which is done direct to housing. 00:41:13.026 --> 00:41:20.561 - initiatives in other communities, including Indianapolis, which has a program called Streets to Home. 00:41:20.561 --> 00:41:28.169 - So we're getting free consulting work from them and the various stages of implementation. And then for 00:41:28.169 --> 00:41:36.147 - the first phase that we just completed, they provided about 350,000 to house the people that we encountered 00:41:36.147 --> 00:41:40.062 - in this first zone. We were able to house 13 people. 00:41:40.450 --> 00:41:47.186 - We have two more that are still applying that have more significant barriers to housing, but 00:41:47.186 --> 00:41:54.575 - we're optimistic. We have some good landlord partners. We have one person who decided to be reunified 00:41:54.575 --> 00:42:02.253 - with family in a different state, so providing the bus ticket for that person. And then we have, I think, 00:42:02.253 --> 00:42:05.150 - three or four people who are what we're 00:42:05.346 --> 00:42:13.749 - characterizing as complex needs cases. So these are folks that probably are not gonna be able to be 00:42:13.749 --> 00:42:22.741 - successfully housed. And we are convening a complex case conferencing group that's multi-sector, including 00:42:22.741 --> 00:42:31.229 - Heading Home and some other service providers, but also IU Health, Centerstone, Health Net, and some 00:42:31.229 --> 00:42:34.590 - folks from the criminal justice system. 00:42:34.754 --> 00:42:43.772 - because there's often overlapping engagement with criminal justice as well as behavioral health. So 00:42:43.772 --> 00:42:53.241 - working to find alternative solutions and a path forward for those folks. I feel like I am not answering 00:42:53.241 --> 00:43:02.078 - your question. No, you are. OK. So we expect to have additional funding from Community Solutions. 00:43:02.242 --> 00:43:10.348 - But we are also working with the city of Bloomington. They have a program called Tenant Based Rental 00:43:10.348 --> 00:43:19.095 - Assistance and they are planning to fund us through that program. I think that's now in the legal department 00:43:19.095 --> 00:43:21.182 - to look over the details. 00:43:21.378 --> 00:43:28.724 - We are also pursuing private foundation funding. The community foundation has been a huge supporter. 00:43:28.724 --> 00:43:35.997 - You may remember that they received a grant from the Lilly Endowment that has supported much of our 00:43:35.997 --> 00:43:43.561 - outreach and diversion and prevention staff as well as landlord engagement work that is being leveraged 00:43:43.561 --> 00:43:45.598 - for this project. So we are 00:43:45.730 --> 00:43:54.820 - basically seeing that as in-kind support for the other financial support that we're needing for rental 00:43:54.820 --> 00:44:03.823 - assistance. And then we're talking with the business community and exploring some of the support that 00:44:03.823 --> 00:44:13.001 - we believe can come from there. Good. Thank you. So $350,000 for about 15 people. So that's about under 00:44:13.001 --> 00:44:14.590 - $25,000 a person. 00:44:14.786 --> 00:44:21.723 - That's right. And I think that we're estimating. So we've estimated rent and utilities at about thirteen 00:44:21.723 --> 00:44:28.395 - hundred dollars a month per person. We're trying to come under that, but that's what we're budgeting 00:44:28.395 --> 00:44:35.134 - for. So that works out to a little over fifteen thousand per person for rent. And then in addition to 00:44:35.134 --> 00:44:42.203 - that, we're providing other supports, the case management support being the biggest one. And we're keeping 00:44:42.203 --> 00:44:43.326 - caseloads really 00:44:43.426 --> 00:44:52.625 - small, so 15 or less, just because the needs can vary. And I'm remembering that's one of your questions 00:44:52.625 --> 00:45:01.647 - about case management. The work there will vary pretty widely depending on each individual. Some will 00:45:01.647 --> 00:45:09.342 - need intensive support. Some haven't lived in housing for over a decade. Everyone gets 00:45:09.954 --> 00:45:17.888 - furnished, we furnish the units and we provide initial household items and then work to figure out the 00:45:17.888 --> 00:45:25.667 - food situation. So making sure that we have a fully stocked pantry out of the gate, but also working 00:45:25.667 --> 00:45:33.447 - with the individual to, if they don't have any income, access some of the resources in the community 00:45:33.447 --> 00:45:34.910 - that provide food. 00:45:35.522 --> 00:45:43.117 - and other services making sure that they are, so this case manager would make sure that they are connected 00:45:43.117 --> 00:45:50.498 - with all of the benefits that they are eligible to receive. Some people are working, so looking at what 00:45:50.498 --> 00:45:54.686 - they need in terms of transportation support or if they're 00:45:54.850 --> 00:46:02.150 - we can work with them to get a higher paying job perhaps. So it might look something like that. If they 00:46:02.150 --> 00:46:09.520 - need to be connected to treatment of some sort, whether that's substance use or mental behavioral health 00:46:09.520 --> 00:46:16.539 - treatment, connecting them with that. We'll also be looking at every month, even though for this 12 00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:19.838 - month period, they'll be subsidized with their 00:46:19.970 --> 00:46:27.083 - for their utilities and rent, sitting down and talking about that budget because just preparing people 00:46:27.083 --> 00:46:33.989 - for like, these are some of the things that you're gonna need to think about in the future. So it's 00:46:33.989 --> 00:46:41.033 - a combination of things depending on the needs. Is there a, what is the track record? Because this is 00:46:41.033 --> 00:46:46.558 - a national organization that does this. What is their success rate in terms of, 00:46:46.754 --> 00:46:54.478 - keeping people housed. Yeah, they're telling us 85 to 90 percent success rate. So it's not going to 00:46:54.478 --> 00:47:02.356 - be 100 percent ever will be. Yeah. And and that's about in line with what we're seeing in many of the 00:47:02.356 --> 00:47:10.774 - permits, supportive housing units where that's kind of an expectation that not everybody will be successful. 00:47:10.774 --> 00:47:13.246 - We feel like that stabilization 00:47:13.826 --> 00:47:23.046 - after care is gonna be crucial to that success. So we're in the process of hiring additional case managers 00:47:23.046 --> 00:47:32.008 - before we move into the next phase, but we do expect to start the process again in October. Good, good. 00:47:32.008 --> 00:47:40.970 - Yeah. So if you think there's 150 people who need help in our community, then you're talking about $3.5 00:47:40.970 --> 00:47:43.038 - million. Roughly, yeah. 00:47:43.362 --> 00:47:50.286 - we're estimating closer to four, but yeah. That's a lot of money to raise. That is a lot of money to 00:47:50.286 --> 00:47:57.348 - raise. I'm sorry. Yeah. How much is the city proposing to potentially offer maybe? So the tenant based 00:47:57.348 --> 00:48:04.478 - rental assistance, I think is a $300,000 program. So that would get us a little bit further towards the 00:48:04.610 --> 00:48:12.137 - rental assistance piece. We will likely be applying for a grant from the community foundation, which 00:48:12.137 --> 00:48:19.888 - has a tier two session of grants that are going to be opening up either later this month or in October. 00:48:19.888 --> 00:48:27.638 - And we're just, we're looking, we're turning over rocks. And we can only do, we can only roll out this, 00:48:27.638 --> 00:48:29.278 - I mean, it's a phased 00:48:29.570 --> 00:48:36.767 - program. So it's not as though we need all of that funding up front. So we feel like what we've done 00:48:36.767 --> 00:48:44.464 - so far is really and what we will continue to do is going to be proof point for making a case, for example, 00:48:44.464 --> 00:48:52.018 - to the business community, to business foundations, to private foundations. So and especially government, 00:48:52.018 --> 00:48:56.222 - local government is helping. Then that sends a signal that 00:48:56.674 --> 00:49:04.050 - This is a good thing to invest in. That's right. And in communities where this has been deployed in 00:49:04.050 --> 00:49:11.426 - other communities, government buy-in is really a critical marker for other funders to say, OK, this 00:49:11.426 --> 00:49:18.802 - is a serious initiative, and it truly is collaborative. But the government is not expected to carry 00:49:18.802 --> 00:49:25.662 - the full burden. OK, because we couldn't. Thank you so much for answering all the questions. 00:49:25.890 --> 00:49:34.662 - it's these are the kinds of questions we hear from the community. You know, how much is this all gonna 00:49:34.662 --> 00:49:43.178 - cost? And you know, and nobody could do 100%. There's no way to ever do that, unfortunately. But it 00:49:43.178 --> 00:49:51.694 - certainly alleviates some of the questions from the business community and the chamber, whoever is, 00:49:51.694 --> 00:49:54.334 - you know, railing about people 00:49:54.466 --> 00:50:02.957 - in the city or in the county without housing and, oh, it's causing problems, et cetera. You know, okay, 00:50:02.957 --> 00:50:11.285 - pony up. This is a program that works. Yeah. Yeah. And hopefully they will. And we're also making the 00:50:11.285 --> 00:50:12.510 - case that, um, 00:50:13.058 --> 00:50:21.827 - I'm just wondering if you know that homelessness is going to be an impact on the community in some way. 00:50:21.827 --> 00:50:30.681 - So just your agenda items today to pay for, um. Some items that are related so that we feel like housing 00:50:30.681 --> 00:50:39.281 - is a better investment possible. Yeah Amen. Um we couldn't agree more. I know that that's where we're 00:50:39.281 --> 00:50:42.654 - all at. So yeah. Um and we just went to 00:50:42.882 --> 00:50:51.243 - and a capital to build out the rest of the space that they have planned. So we're doing a lot. We can't 00:50:51.243 --> 00:50:59.282 - do it all. And hopefully it makes a difference. And so we appreciate your work and everyone on your 00:50:59.282 --> 00:51:07.723 - staff, everyone that works in the community on this project. I appreciate you. Great. Thank you so much. 00:51:07.723 --> 00:51:11.742 - Thanks. I just think there's this temptation when 00:51:11.874 --> 00:51:18.365 - we get these SB1 types of things to tighten the belt, and it becomes this politics of attrition and 00:51:18.365 --> 00:51:24.855 - starvation. And we take away those services to humans that matter most. And that's the time when we 00:51:24.855 --> 00:51:31.475 - want to lean in. Because it's going to be either item CG on the agenda where we clean up encampments, 00:51:31.475 --> 00:51:38.161 - or it's going to be internalized medical expenses somehow, or it's going to be giving that's much more 00:51:38.161 --> 00:51:41.406 - visible, and it's going to be much more tangible. 00:51:41.826 --> 00:51:48.644 - Yeah, we're gonna pay those costs upfront and I'd rather do that. Yeah, it's much more humane, absolutely. 00:51:48.644 --> 00:51:55.143 - I'd rather invest in humans than pay it on the back end when you make the investment but don't invest 00:51:55.143 --> 00:52:01.642 - in humans. You invest in healthcare services or clean up or something else. Yeah, yeah. I'd rather be 00:52:01.642 --> 00:52:08.014 - proactive than reactive. Yeah, let's just help humans instead of helping, let's help prevent rather 00:52:08.014 --> 00:52:11.646 - than help everything else that happens catastrophically. 00:52:11.746 --> 00:52:19.575 - Yeah, for sure. And there is a dearth of federal funding. I know that section eight housing vouchers 00:52:19.575 --> 00:52:27.947 - are no new ones are being issued at this point by the federal government. And I thought all of the existing 00:52:27.947 --> 00:52:35.776 - ones were being renewed, but that's apparently not true either. So I think the community needs to be 00:52:35.776 --> 00:52:38.334 - really aware that we're fighting 00:52:40.194 --> 00:52:49.251 - state and federal policies that don't help the people, you know? It's really sad. Where they force you 00:52:49.251 --> 00:52:58.309 - to make choices that are inhumane in order to get money to make things humane. Yeah, yeah. It's really 00:52:58.309 --> 00:53:07.454 - terrible. And, you know, a lot of this started in the 80s when mental health facilities were closed and 00:53:07.586 --> 00:53:14.086 - Um, we've been, we've been feeling the fallout ever since. It's, it's terrible. Just feel free to reject 00:53:14.086 --> 00:53:20.525 - those choices. And I think so far we're in a position where we can do that. And I count ourselves lucky 00:53:20.525 --> 00:53:27.149 - because of that. Yeah. I hope we continue to be, I'm not sure we will be. And that scares me a lot because 00:53:27.149 --> 00:53:33.463 - you know, we can, we can feel a bit better today doing this. And I'm grateful that the council agreed 00:53:33.463 --> 00:53:34.206 - to use the, 00:53:34.306 --> 00:53:42.153 - um latcf funding I think I got the letters in the right order this time oh my god it's like I'm gonna 00:53:42.153 --> 00:53:49.846 - have a bowl of uh bowl of alphabet soup and uh try to see if I can figure all this out uh no so i'm 00:53:49.846 --> 00:53:57.770 - grateful that the council did that and they're also appears supporting um the beacon initiative um and 00:53:57.770 --> 00:54:02.078 - that's really great because both things are things that 00:54:02.402 --> 00:54:11.118 - are not just temporary, but are programmatic or capital, which will make changes lasting, hopefully, 00:54:11.118 --> 00:54:19.920 - in the future. So we appreciate that. Let's take public comment. You raise your hand on teams or come 00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:21.214 - to the podium. 00:54:27.330 --> 00:54:36.754 - All those in favor of approving the streets to stability program. Funding and services agreement signify 00:54:36.754 --> 00:54:45.999 - by saying I I motion carries 30 very proud that we. Took that vote today. That's good. I think I think 00:54:45.999 --> 00:54:54.526 - that's great. We can all be here too. Yeah, you know, take it together. For sure. Alright, so. 00:54:54.754 --> 00:55:05.314 - um we don't have any appointments today um and I do want to note a few things um so last Friday was 00:55:05.314 --> 00:55:16.190 - paint the town purple I didn't make it this like first time in a long time I didn't make it how was it 00:55:16.354 --> 00:55:22.525 - Oh, it was great. And there was just a spirit of vivaciousness despite the rain. We did not get blown 00:55:22.525 --> 00:55:28.939 - away. We were fortunate we could open up the courthouse, and we read our proclamation, and it was lovely. 00:55:28.939 --> 00:55:35.352 - We had a great crowd. Excellent. And thank you to everybody who helped. Jackie Daniels, and Kathy Hewitt, 00:55:35.352 --> 00:55:41.342 - and so many. Councilor Iverson put so much time and effort into making that event a success. Yeah. 00:55:41.474 --> 00:55:48.995 - I'm glad I figured it would have to be moved indoors. I was like, oh, they're moving it, right? Yes, 00:55:48.995 --> 00:55:56.442 - yes, yes. I haven't missed in a long time, so that was kind of odd. It felt weird to miss that one, 00:55:56.442 --> 00:56:04.261 - but by the end we were all purple because. Yeah, there you go. So I will also note that. The Steinsville 00:56:04.261 --> 00:56:10.814 - Quarry Festival is. This weekend starts tonight, I think, but we will be in the parade. 00:56:10.946 --> 00:56:20.354 - to be there. Um Saturday at two PM. Can't miss it. It's on Main Street. Shortest parade ever. But one 00:56:20.354 --> 00:56:29.762 - of my favorites so far to every year. Yeah, it's good. So we'll be there. Um. I just wanted to remind 00:56:29.762 --> 00:56:37.694 - folks that we do continue to, um, accept applications for all boards and commissions, 00:56:37.858 --> 00:56:56.963 - you can go to our calendar on that same home page and look for dates and times. I think I'm on tonight 00:56:56.963 --> 00:57:05.310 - for three hours. Yes, it is tonight. Um and. 00:57:05.634 --> 00:57:12.719 - residents can sign up for the alert notification system I have lots of people asking about the boil 00:57:12.719 --> 00:57:19.803 - order advisory and things like that why didn't I know why didn't I know and I keep telling him sign 00:57:19.803 --> 00:57:27.171 - up for this because you would have received it on your phone on your email or a phone call or all three 00:57:27.171 --> 00:57:30.430 - whichever you prefer so that is a significant 00:57:31.042 --> 00:57:38.186 - And we know we talk about traffic and we talk about weather, but yeah, boiled water orders are one of 00:57:38.186 --> 00:57:45.400 - those things. It was really an unfortunate time in our community and people were pretty mystified. And 00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:52.543 - then I learned Tuesday that there were actually two things that happened at the water plant, not one. 00:57:52.543 --> 00:57:54.014 - So that's, you know, 00:57:54.850 --> 00:58:03.148 - I hate to say it, but the information is trickling out, but it is. And so I hope we get better communication 00:58:03.148 --> 00:58:10.913 - with full disclosure of everything that's going on. The watermark. Yeah, new watermark. There you go. 00:58:10.913 --> 00:58:18.830 - I love it. So I do want to remind everybody too that we continue to support the blood drive and I don't 00:58:18.830 --> 00:58:21.342 - have any of the dates coming up, 00:58:21.602 --> 00:58:29.808 - you can go to redcross.org and find information. The blood drives are at Ivy Tech. Also, I encourage 00:58:29.808 --> 00:58:38.014 - all county residents to go to indianabotors.com or indianabotors.in.gov and check your registration. 00:58:38.014 --> 00:58:46.626 - Check your voter registration. It's a midterm election, but it's an election and it matters. Just because 00:58:46.626 --> 00:58:51.582 - it's midterm doesn't mean it's not important. Make sure that 00:58:51.714 --> 00:59:00.266 - you're an actively registered voter. If you're not, or you find out that you don't have a registration 00:59:00.266 --> 00:59:09.067 - at all, or you want to activate your registration, go to the voter registration office, 501 North Martin, 00:59:09.067 --> 00:59:17.702 - suite 101. You have to register by noon on October 5th, or you can register online while you're at that 00:59:17.702 --> 00:59:21.438 - website from the state. Early voting begins. 00:59:21.698 --> 00:59:30.940 - October 6th. Um, and it is open. Um, 8 to 6. Um, is that the right time? Yes, it is. 8 to 6, Monday 00:59:30.940 --> 00:59:40.182 - through Friday. Um, and, um, so it begins October 6th. There are two Saturdays as well, which are 9 00:59:40.182 --> 00:59:49.517 - to 4, which is October 24th and October 31st. Voting on Halloween sounds interesting. I haven't done 00:59:49.517 --> 00:59:50.718 - that before. 00:59:50.882 --> 01:00:01.137 - And Monday, November 2nd is early voting interest in the morning. Election day is November 3rd. So we 01:00:01.137 --> 01:00:11.191 - encourage people to get informed and make sure you're registered and to vote this year. And I don't 01:00:11.191 --> 01:00:19.838 - think I had anything else except our next, we don't have a work session today, right? 01:00:20.002 --> 01:00:27.014 - Uh, our next meeting is Thursday, October 1st. I can't believe it's getting to the October. Uh, the 01:00:27.014 --> 01:00:34.026 - year is spinning by quickly. Yes. Uh, so our next meeting is October 1st, 10 a.m. right here in the 01:00:34.026 --> 01:00:41.318 - NatU Hill Road. Do you have anything for the good of the order? No, I don't. Anything to add? Um, Lotus 01:00:41.318 --> 01:00:48.190 - Festival this weekend. Ah. So it's going to be another busy weekend here on the courthouse alone. 01:00:48.930 --> 01:00:58.760 - that. Do you want to do you want to? Is it this weekend? I think so. Is it? No, it's not. But they are 01:00:58.760 --> 01:01:08.590 - doing the IU lighting. Yeah, OK. Yeah, you want to talk about that? Yeah, well, this is not this week. 01:01:08.590 --> 01:01:16.702 - Is it? They're going to be doing this really cool projection on the courthouse dome. 01:01:18.210 --> 01:01:25.334 - or pictures regarding our championship football Hoosiers. Yeah and that's Friday night of the time that 01:01:25.334 --> 01:01:32.320 - this is beginning and I don't remember when it is. I know they've set their stuff up but I think it's 01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:39.307 - next weekend for some reason. I thought it was this Friday. That's tomorrow. Yeah. But we have a home 01:01:39.307 --> 01:01:46.910 - game so I'm pretty sure it's not on a home game. I don't know why it wouldn't be because it's the the national 01:01:47.618 --> 01:01:55.960 - we're going to be here. Yeah. Network will be here. Yeah. This is the first find it. We'll wait. Let 01:01:55.960 --> 01:02:03.888 - us is the first through the fourth to clear up confusion. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mr Askins. So cool. 01:02:03.888 --> 01:02:12.312 - Good morning. Um they've asked to be square bulletin. The Lotus Festival is weekend after this coming 01:02:12.312 --> 01:02:17.598 - one. Yes and they actually were testing out the light show last 01:02:17.890 --> 01:02:24.437 - Angie pretty just described there. So there's going to be lights on the dome this weekend, starting 01:02:24.437 --> 01:02:31.312 - probably tomorrow when it gets dark. Uh, and then also next weekend. Thanks. Thank you so much. I can't, 01:02:31.312 --> 01:02:38.318 - I can't open my email right now. Can, can you verify that the Hoosier thing is this? I think it's tonight. 01:02:38.318 --> 01:02:44.734 - I mean tomorrow night. I think it's the Friday night that they're doing the IU stuff on the dome. 01:02:46.978 --> 01:02:54.134 - He said they were and I don't have that information. I do know that email. I can't open my email. I 01:02:54.134 --> 01:03:01.504 - can't either. We'll put pictures online. We'll, we'll get some people notice. People will notice. Keep 01:03:01.504 --> 01:03:09.662 - an eye on the dome. There you go. But it's definitely for a night game. And I know there's a night game tomorrow. 01:03:10.658 --> 01:03:18.269 - I did not know that it was specific to. I didn't know they were doing it in connection to a game, 01:03:18.269 --> 01:03:26.346 - but yeah. In other words, things are looking up in Monroe County. Yeah, yeah, but there's a who's yours 01:03:26.346 --> 01:03:34.268 - on that on one of which is cool. So cool. Yeah, alright. So anyway. Seeing nothing else with that, we 01:03:34.268 --> 01:03:39.006 - are adjourned. Everybody stay safe and we're back next week.