WEBVTT 00:00:00.546 --> 00:00:07.639 - Good morning. I'm going to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:14.732 - is Thursday, July 16th. I will note for the record that both Commissioner Madeira and myself are here 00:00:14.732 --> 00:00:21.964 - and present in the Natu Hill Room. We will begin with our public statement. We, the Monroe County Board 00:00:21.964 --> 00:00:29.057 - of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect the rights of all people, regardless of 00:00:29.057 --> 00:00:29.822 - age, race, 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:37.459 - color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, economic status, 00:00:37.459 --> 00:00:44.725 - and national origin. And we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear. And 00:00:44.725 --> 00:00:51.991 - we will fight and resist at every step discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We 00:00:51.991 --> 00:00:58.046 - believe in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. And we also stand in support 00:00:58.306 --> 00:01:16.131 - of our public school systems, both RBD and MCCSC. And with that, I would like to make a motion to amend 00:01:16.131 --> 00:01:27.614 - our, gosh, how does this happen? To amend our agenda, I would like 00:01:27.746 --> 00:01:50.835 - to. Move that we. Consider approval of. The retention letter from Clark. Johnson and Knight law firm. 00:01:50.835 --> 00:01:54.910 - I also Move that. 00:01:55.458 --> 00:02:09.237 - items on our work session agenda into our regular agenda. Um, so the letter will become item F and, 00:02:09.237 --> 00:02:23.154 - um, uh, Ian be paving change order, uh, becomes item G and item H is the change order for the Karst, 00:02:23.154 --> 00:02:24.670 - um, trade. 00:02:26.626 --> 00:02:37.531 - I second that. All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor of approving the amended agenda, 00:02:37.531 --> 00:02:48.648 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Now we'll move on to department updates. We'll begin 00:02:48.648 --> 00:02:55.742 - with the health department. Ah, there we go. Good morning, Linnea. 00:03:02.242 --> 00:03:08.947 - Good morning, commissioners. Can you hear me okay? Wonderful. We're continuing to monitor the outbreak 00:03:08.947 --> 00:03:15.717 - of the intestinal parasite cyclospora, cases of which have been reported in Indiana as well as in other 00:03:15.717 --> 00:03:22.226 - states. The CDC is still working to identify the source, though previous outbreaks have been linked 00:03:22.226 --> 00:03:26.718 - to raw herbs, fruits, and vegetables, including bagged salad greens. 00:03:27.618 --> 00:03:35.527 - Our public health clinic has back to school and routine vaccines available for all ages. You can call 00:03:35.527 --> 00:03:44.211 - 812-803-6364 for more information or to schedule an appointment. This coming Sunday, July 19th from 1 to 3 p.m. 00:03:44.211 --> 00:03:52.352 - is the Carnival of Care Back to School Health Fair. It will be at the IU School of Public Health located 00:03:52.352 --> 00:03:55.454 - at 1025 East 7th Street in Bloomington. 00:03:58.914 --> 00:04:13.251 - Great. Thank you so much for questions. No, thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Um, next we have 00:04:13.251 --> 00:04:27.166 - Ms Garrett house from, um, rural transit. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Welcome. Welcome. 00:04:34.466 --> 00:04:45.400 - to start by thanking you for your continued support of rural transit. I wanted to give a mid-year update. 00:04:45.400 --> 00:04:55.922 - So I have figures from January through May. Total trips for rural transit, 15,875. For Monroe County, 00:04:55.922 --> 00:05:00.254 - 5,329. And for the urbanized area, 2,587. 00:05:03.138 --> 00:05:11.998 - Thank you so much. Thank you. Do you have questions or comments? No, thank you. Can you give us a sense 00:05:11.998 --> 00:05:20.688 - of where ridership is over last year, for example? Yes, we're actually down for the same time period. 00:05:20.688 --> 00:05:29.378 - Last year, the total trips were 17,636. But then Monroe County itself is up. Last year, for that same 00:05:29.378 --> 00:05:31.678 - time period, it was 6,514. 00:05:34.850 --> 00:05:43.712 - Thank you so much. Thank you. Have a great day. Thanks for being here. Any other departments have updates 00:05:43.712 --> 00:05:52.155 - for us? You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, we'll move on to public 00:05:52.155 --> 00:06:00.516 - comment. Time is set aside for items that are not on our agenda. We ask each speaker to limit their 00:06:00.516 --> 00:06:03.358 - time to three minutes per person. 00:06:03.490 --> 00:06:11.708 - and we ask that you provide your name and county residents when you begin speaking. You may come up 00:06:11.708 --> 00:06:20.174 - to the podium here in the NatU Hill Room, or you may raise your hand on Teams. All right, seeing none, 00:06:20.174 --> 00:06:28.474 - we'll move on to the next agenda item, please. I would like to move approval of the minutes for July 00:06:28.474 --> 00:06:32.830 - 9th, 2026. Second. Any comments, corrections, edits? 00:06:36.642 --> 00:06:45.680 - I already sent mine in, they were pretty minor. All right. All those in favor of approving the minutes 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:54.805 - for July 9th, 2026, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Next item. I would like to move 00:06:54.805 --> 00:07:02.878 - approval of the claims docket for accounts payable for July 16th, 2026. I will second that. 00:07:03.682 --> 00:07:10.951 - Good morning. Good morning. The accounts payable claims docker for July 16, 2026 totals 1,454,380 and 00:07:10.951 --> 00:07:18.362 - 35 cents. This includes all emergency claims and adjustments. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? 00:07:18.362 --> 00:07:25.559 - I have none. Thank you. I don't either any public comment on this item. You raise your hand on teams 00:07:25.559 --> 00:07:27.198 - or come to the podium. 00:07:34.018 --> 00:07:41.753 - seeing none. All those in favor of approving the claims docket accounts payable for July 16th, 2026, 00:07:41.753 --> 00:07:49.641 - signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries to zero. Thank you. I will note for the record that we have 00:07:49.641 --> 00:07:58.142 - received a report from the Treasurer's Office for June of 2026. Um, we'll now move on to new business, please. 00:07:58.754 --> 00:08:08.236 - Yes, I would like to move approval for Midwest priesthood agreement. Fund name, Clark election fund 00:08:08.236 --> 00:08:18.287 - number 1215 in the amount of $191,872 and 59 cents. All right, I will second that. Welcome to the podium. 00:08:18.287 --> 00:08:19.614 - Good morning. 00:08:19.714 --> 00:08:26.822 - commissioners. So yes, we're requesting the approval of a contract with Midwest for election mail services. 00:08:26.822 --> 00:08:33.536 - This contract was drafted by Molly Turner King. Typically, we pay these services through other lines, 00:08:33.536 --> 00:08:40.381 - but Molly suggested that this would be the most effective way to get these bills paid. This is to cover 00:08:40.381 --> 00:08:47.028 - expenses from the primary in the spring, as well as expenses coming this fall. Go ahead. Do you have 00:08:47.028 --> 00:08:48.542 - comments or questions? 00:08:49.666 --> 00:08:56.179 - You mentioned typically. Why typically is this just because of the extraordinary amount or because it 00:08:56.179 --> 00:09:02.627 - was a primary? Yes, so. So this this budget lines typically fall under the edit fund, and we did not 00:09:02.627 --> 00:09:09.012 - have enough in that fund to pay these bills. So initially we were going to request to increase that 00:09:09.012 --> 00:09:15.525 - fund, but Molly suggested that we should pay these out of our contractual line rather than that fund. 00:09:15.525 --> 00:09:18.270 - So that is why we're pursuing it this way. 00:09:20.802 --> 00:09:29.433 - Is this related to postage for mail-in ballots, but also the postcards that were sent? Is this separate? 00:09:29.433 --> 00:09:37.735 - This is primarily the postcards that were sent. So this is postcards notifying people of an upcoming 00:09:37.735 --> 00:09:46.119 - election, as well as the postcards. Kelly, can you answer? Kelly can give you more specific answer of 00:09:46.119 --> 00:09:49.982 - which services they provided. Yeah, thank you. 00:09:50.178 --> 00:09:55.989 - For these, we had two separate postcards that went out this year. The first one was going to be the 00:09:55.989 --> 00:10:01.859 - yellow postcard that every registered voter received due to some of the updates to polling locations 00:10:01.859 --> 00:10:07.728 - changing. And then there was the additional postcard which gave the information of early voting, the 00:10:07.728 --> 00:10:08.542 - new location. 00:10:08.674 --> 00:10:14.796 - we really had to push the new location, making sure everybody was aware of where we were. That increased 00:10:14.796 --> 00:10:20.859 - the cost on that as well. But then this is also covering the cost of the mail-in ballots getting picked 00:10:20.859 --> 00:10:26.864 - up and the postage on those, as well as all the postcards. OK. Yeah, because it says daily pickup. And 00:10:26.864 --> 00:10:32.869 - I was like, wait, what is that? OK. That makes sense. Isn't it unusual to have this kind of a contract 00:10:32.869 --> 00:10:36.542 - after the election? Because you've already incurred an expense 00:10:36.930 --> 00:10:43.600 - Yeah, so generally this would come out of our office supply line to cover the cost of those postcards. 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:50.076 - And we did not have enough in that line. That's why we ended up. We were going to come back and ask 00:10:50.076 --> 00:10:56.681 - for appropriation in that line to cover the cost. And then Molly Turner King suggested that we create 00:10:56.681 --> 00:11:03.156 - a contract for this to cover primary and general. All right, it is unusual and it's a lot of money. 00:11:03.156 --> 00:11:06.718 - So I'm just asking. Thank you. Yep. Thank you so much. 00:11:07.298 --> 00:11:12.086 - Let's see if there's any public comment on this item. And I think the postcards were great. Are you 00:11:12.086 --> 00:11:17.018 - going to do that in the general as well? Postcards? Yes. So there'll be another postcard that goes out 00:11:17.018 --> 00:11:21.901 - in the general. It'll just be one. And it's going to, again, notify people where early voting is, how 00:11:21.901 --> 00:11:26.737 - to register to vote, check your registration, where your polling location is, and the hours and days 00:11:26.737 --> 00:11:31.525 - of early voting. Perfect. Thank you. So looking for any public comment on Teams. You can raise your 00:11:31.525 --> 00:11:34.302 - hand or come up to the podium here in the NatU Hill Room. 00:11:40.834 --> 00:11:47.581 - Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the Midwest pre-sort agreement signify by saying aye. Aye. 00:11:47.581 --> 00:11:54.068 - Motion carries 2-0. Thank you. Thank you. And I will add on those postcards, they're going to every 00:11:54.068 --> 00:12:00.880 - residential address, not just registered voters so that they're aware as well. Yeah, that's really good. 00:12:00.880 --> 00:12:07.432 - Yep. Thank you. Thank you very much. Maybe we can find a more efficient way to pay after and quicker 00:12:07.432 --> 00:12:09.054 - than general. Yeah. Yes. 00:12:09.890 --> 00:12:19.128 - to approve the ratification of resolution 2026-28 regarding the Scientea tax abatement. That's not the 00:12:19.128 --> 00:12:28.186 - right one. We're on item B. Oh, I'm sorry. Wrong ratification. I'd like to move to ratify resolution 00:12:28.186 --> 00:12:37.155 - 2026-27, acknowledging the Monroe County jail overcrowding. I will second that. I'm going to make a 00:12:37.155 --> 00:12:38.590 - motion to amend 00:12:38.914 --> 00:12:53.256 - the text in the second bullet point. I'm going back and forth here, so I apologize. Give me a moment 00:12:53.256 --> 00:12:59.646 - and I will get there so that I can be exact. 00:13:09.314 --> 00:13:20.024 - So under the now therefore section, we've changed this to be more general because it's not, we're not 00:13:20.024 --> 00:13:30.838 - the experts in determining functional capacity, bed counts, all of that. That's not our business. What 00:13:30.838 --> 00:13:38.398 - we are saying is instead of what's in point two, the board acknowledges 00:13:38.530 --> 00:13:48.383 - the sheriff's office's determination that the current population of the Monroe County Jail exceeds its 00:13:48.383 --> 00:13:58.331 - functional capacity. I am forwarding this to Ms. DeLotter Myers once we approve it. So that's my motion 00:13:58.331 --> 00:14:06.558 - to amend. I second that. All right. Any discussion on the motion? No. Do I need to re 00:14:06.946 --> 00:14:17.466 - Do I need to move to approve the amended resolution? We'll get there in a moment. We're good right now. 00:14:17.466 --> 00:14:27.885 - But anything on the amendment itself? No. Any public comment on the amendment to the resolution? Raise 00:14:27.885 --> 00:14:33.246 - your hand in teams or come to the podium. All right. 00:14:33.602 --> 00:14:42.083 - none all those in favor of amending the resolution uh signified by saying aye aye motion carries uh 00:14:42.083 --> 00:14:50.564 - two zero uh now we'll continue with um a discussion of the remainder of the resolution mr coprol do 00:14:50.564 --> 00:15:00.062 - you have anything you'd like to say i was just going to answer the question you don't you do not have to remove 00:15:00.578 --> 00:15:06.947 - to approve something if you've amended it. It's already still on the floor. Thank you. Anything you 00:15:06.947 --> 00:15:13.443 - want to say about this? It's just my understanding is that you guys had a nice discussion about it at 00:15:13.443 --> 00:15:20.003 - your last meeting. And so if the public wants to know kind of the impetus behind it, they should watch 00:15:20.003 --> 00:15:26.690 - that meeting. Yes, this was at the work session last week on July 9th. That is a great suggestion. Thank 00:15:26.690 --> 00:15:27.518 - you so much. 00:15:28.194 --> 00:15:35.206 - Do you have anything you want to add about the resolution in general? Thanks to Justin for stepping 00:15:35.206 --> 00:15:42.287 - in and fielding that. I think that was a quick turnaround for him, and so I just wanted to thank him 00:15:42.287 --> 00:15:49.369 - for that. We did not have a great deal of time with this at all, so it's not surprising that we want 00:15:49.369 --> 00:15:56.030 - to make a small amendment to it at this juncture because we are at that point of ratification. 00:15:56.130 --> 00:16:03.521 - I just wanted to say that it's largely a technical and rather general vote of confidence in our sheriff. 00:16:03.521 --> 00:16:10.208 - It's not really necessary as we understand it, and it's scarcely controversial to say the jail 00:16:10.208 --> 00:16:17.881 - is overcrowded. So what we intend to say is that we know the jail is overcrowded. We support that principle, 00:16:17.881 --> 00:16:25.694 - and we know this is going on to others who will vet it more closely, like the board of judges and the council. 00:16:26.018 --> 00:16:32.971 - and we are not the experts in vetting it in those in that capacity. Yeah, exactly, exactly. 00:16:32.971 --> 00:16:40.831 - We can acknowledge that we're beyond functional capacity, but to what extent is not. It's not something 00:16:40.831 --> 00:16:48.540 - you're. So sheriff chief deputy jail commander. Have that managed and they yes, they're going to have 00:16:48.540 --> 00:16:53.982 - to talk to the Board of Judges and then the Council. In the future, so. 00:16:54.338 --> 00:17:05.979 - any public comment on this item, you raise your hand on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none, all 00:17:05.979 --> 00:17:17.849 - those in favor of ratifying the amended resolution, 2026-27, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:17:17.849 --> 00:17:24.126 - to zero. All right, now we'll move on to number three. 00:17:24.290 --> 00:17:31.387 - now my favorite ratification that I wanted to do beforehand. I know. Ratification resolution 2026-28 00:17:31.387 --> 00:17:38.554 - regarding the Cientia tax abatement. I will second that, Mr. Cockerill. I hate to steal your thunder, 00:17:38.554 --> 00:17:45.721 - but this is not a ratification. You guys have not seen this before. No, it's a mistake on the agenda. 00:17:45.721 --> 00:17:52.958 - I apologize about that. So what we have is we have a local company who is currently in a TIF district. 00:17:53.154 --> 00:18:00.939 - The Westside Tiff District, they want to expand their building, but basically make it twice as big. 00:18:00.939 --> 00:18:09.347 - So add another 6,000 square feet. They want to increase their employment in that building from 40 full-time 00:18:09.347 --> 00:18:16.899 - employees making about $4.2 million to add 30 more employees that would make about $2.3 million. 00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:21.726 - The average, the total tax evasion savings is about $100,000. 00:18:22.210 --> 00:18:28.335 - which is about 10,000 a year. This has been approved by the council. This comes to you because it is 00:18:28.335 --> 00:18:34.459 - in the TIF district, so you have an obligation to review the statement of benefits. For that, we did 00:18:34.459 --> 00:18:40.645 - have a redevelopment commission meeting last night where we discussed it, and they were made aware of 00:18:40.645 --> 00:18:46.770 - it, and they did not indicate that it would affect any of their abilities to pay for anything in the 00:18:46.770 --> 00:18:50.590 - future. So all in all, I think, particularly with the shift of 00:18:51.202 --> 00:18:57.954 - from property tax to income tax, that the wages being paid here are I think significantly higher than 00:18:57.954 --> 00:19:05.169 - our average wage in the county. And this group indicated that they have about 75% of their current employees 00:19:05.169 --> 00:19:11.854 - live in Monroe County. Typically when we look at a tax abatement, it's a 50-50. Half of them live in 00:19:11.854 --> 00:19:17.150 - the county, half are out. So that's a little bit higher for this group as well. 00:19:18.274 --> 00:19:27.095 - Yeah, so typically with a tax payment, it doesn't come to us. But being in a TIF, it does. But it's 00:19:27.095 --> 00:19:36.180 - almost like a double abatement, in a sense, because that TIF is supposed to be collecting those excess 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:45.353 - dollars. And in a sense, what we're saying is you can divert that from the TIF. And so sometimes that's 00:19:45.353 --> 00:19:47.294 - difficult to approve. 00:19:47.426 --> 00:19:55.625 - I agree we're moving into a different world now, and with the way taxes are going to be assessed and 00:19:55.625 --> 00:20:04.149 - carried forward. So I don't have an issue with this. Do you have any questions? No, no. And in the issue 00:20:04.149 --> 00:20:12.267 - of, in terms of issues of this versus unconstitutional jail, it's still my favorite. People getting 00:20:12.267 --> 00:20:16.894 - employed, growth, absolutely. So I have no issue at all. 00:20:17.250 --> 00:20:32.508 - Okay. All right. Um so let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand 00:20:32.508 --> 00:20:46.558 - on teams or come to the podium. Seeing none. All those in favor of, um. Approving resolution 00:20:47.266 --> 00:20:54.901 - Thank you, Mr. Cockrell. Thank you to the Development Commission. And we'll move on to item D, please. 00:20:54.901 --> 00:21:02.313 - Yes, I'd like to unward the untreated salt to Morton Salt Fund, a local road and street fund number 00:21:02.313 --> 00:21:09.947 - 1169 in an amount as needed of $100 and 65 cents per ton delivered. I will second that. This is making 00:21:09.947 --> 00:21:13.950 - me salty. That was coming anyway. I don't mind. Yeah. 00:21:15.074 --> 00:21:22.849 - Good morning. So we open sealed bits on July 2nd at the regular commissioners meeting and the low bid 00:21:22.849 --> 00:21:30.624 - was provided by Morton Salt. So we are requesting to accept that low bid for the upcoming season with 00:21:30.624 --> 00:21:38.323 - those materials. And they will have enough supply. They aren't guaranteeing supply though, are they? 00:21:38.323 --> 00:21:39.390 - Probably not. 00:21:39.554 --> 00:21:47.877 - So I think it's more of the issue of the treated salt that nobody's really providing bids for. I think 00:21:47.877 --> 00:21:56.038 - we did get a place out of Chicago that is around $150 a ton. So significantly higher. But we do have 00:21:56.038 --> 00:22:04.441 - our barn pretty well stocked full. So we just, everybody's in the same boat. NDOT does annual bid every 00:22:04.441 --> 00:22:08.158 - year and I don't think they've received bids. 00:22:08.354 --> 00:22:16.738 - also for all the materials. So what would we do? So you can still use the untreated. We prefer the treated 00:22:16.738 --> 00:22:24.574 - because you can use it in colder temperatures. Right. So and also we can change our mixture. We mix 00:22:24.574 --> 00:22:32.566 - some of our salt with sand. We would have to modify maybe the quantity of that mix also. OK. So there 00:22:32.566 --> 00:22:35.230 - are adjustments that we can make. 00:22:35.362 --> 00:22:43.155 - But we can make our own sand anyway, but not with the other treatment. OK, gotcha. And obviously, this 00:22:43.155 --> 00:22:50.721 - works with the brine system. Yes, it will still work with our brine. OK, questions? No, but I would 00:22:50.721 --> 00:22:57.758 - think that it guarantees kind of in the name. After all, it does save more time, right? Yes. 00:22:58.178 --> 00:23:04.828 - So yeah, I'll drop the puns there. But seriously, it's good to know that we're stocked and ready to 00:23:04.828 --> 00:23:11.279 - go. So I have a question, too. I believe this is the set of bids that we opened where were they, 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:17.996 - in effect, the only bidder? Yes, the other ones submitted no bids. Yes. So if we run out and we come 00:23:17.996 --> 00:23:22.718 - to them and they say, we can't help you, we would have to call around. 00:23:23.010 --> 00:23:33.467 - Yes, okay, so we are not limited at that point. We can then revisit the issue and yeah. Gotcha. Question. 00:23:33.467 --> 00:23:43.431 - So let's see if there's any public comment on this item. You raise your hand in teams or come to the 00:23:43.431 --> 00:23:52.606 - podium. All right, seeing none. All those in favor of awarding the untreated salt production 00:23:52.770 --> 00:24:02.176 - manufacturer delivery to Morton Salt, signified by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 2-0. It's hard to 00:24:02.176 --> 00:24:11.862 - talk about winner when it's so bloody hot out. I understand that. Item E, please. Yes, I'd like to move 00:24:11.862 --> 00:24:15.774 - to approve the award crack ceiling bid to 00:24:16.450 --> 00:24:24.617 - I'd like to move to award the crack ceiling bid to RLH Seal Coating, Incorporated. I will get that right. 00:24:24.617 --> 00:24:32.706 - Fund name, NVH restricted, fund number 1173 in the amount of $145,955.60. I will second that. Ms. Ridge? 00:24:32.706 --> 00:24:37.406 - So we also open bids on July 9th here at the public meeting. 00:24:37.634 --> 00:24:44.082 - There were three bids that were read aloud, and RLH was the lowest most responsible responsive bidder. 00:24:44.082 --> 00:24:50.343 - We've done work with RLH, and they've done a good job with us. So we'd like to have that awarded to 00:24:50.343 --> 00:24:56.478 - them. Great. Thank you so much. Comments or questions? None. This came in higher than we thought. 00:24:57.026 --> 00:25:04.058 - Now, actually, we thought it would be around 159,000, so it came in a little bit less. I think the highest 00:25:04.058 --> 00:25:10.630 - bid was 319,000. Yes, that was an outlier. Pretty broad. I think the middle bid was around 237,000. 00:25:10.630 --> 00:25:17.334 - Oh, good. Thank you so much. All right, so let's see if there's any public comment on this. You raise 00:25:17.334 --> 00:25:20.094 - your hand on teams or come to the podium. 00:25:26.434 --> 00:25:35.035 - All those in favor of awarding the bid to RLH CL coding Inc. Signified by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries 00:25:35.035 --> 00:25:43.312 - to zero. Now we have our amended items. You feel comfortable making a motion on item F? Yes. I'd like 00:25:43.312 --> 00:25:51.102 - to move to approve the representation letter from Clark Johnson and Knight. I will second that. 00:25:51.842 --> 00:25:58.981 - Mr. Cockrell is going to need to share his screen. Can I raise my hand so you could find me easier? 00:25:58.981 --> 00:26:00.766 - There you go. Thank you. 00:26:30.562 --> 00:26:40.117 - this morning we received a letter from the law firm of Clark Johnson and Knight. This is the same firm 00:26:40.117 --> 00:26:49.580 - I believe the Commissioner has approved last week for representation in the ACLU lawsuit. This letter 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:53.662 - is for the same work for the same price and 00:26:53.762 --> 00:27:02.345 - But it also adds the sheriff as someone that she will represent in this case. The bulk of this letter 00:27:02.345 --> 00:27:05.374 - discusses the conflict of interest. 00:27:05.538 --> 00:27:11.944 - assessment that was done by the the law firm and they came to the conclusion that they could represent 00:27:11.944 --> 00:27:18.287 - both the sheriff and commissioners and not have a ethical violation or a conflict violation as as you 00:27:18.287 --> 00:27:24.755 - guys are aware and I told you a while ago if this did become part of a litigation that our office would 00:27:24.755 --> 00:27:31.037 - be conflicted out and that we represent the entire county and we have three different members of the 00:27:31.037 --> 00:27:35.390 - county who have been named in this lawsuit and we don't think we were 00:27:35.522 --> 00:27:43.781 - positive, we couldn't ethically represent each party to their satisfaction or basically without creating 00:27:43.781 --> 00:27:51.803 - a conflict with us between those two parties. So we are unable to handle it for anyone, and we do not 00:27:51.803 --> 00:28:00.062 - believe that this conflict is a waivable one, but it is one where we have to step out. So this letter is 00:28:00.354 --> 00:28:07.680 - kind of continuing the thought that they would represent the county commissioners. But it also adds 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:15.298 - the sheriff and the bulk of this letter, it's a four page letter and pages two and two and half of page 00:28:15.298 --> 00:28:22.624 - three talk about that conflict analysis that they had done. And so same price, same representation, 00:28:22.624 --> 00:28:27.166 - it still holds. We have reached out to the insurance with the 00:28:27.554 --> 00:28:33.569 - And we expect an answer from them within the next week or two as to whether they will pay for 00:28:33.569 --> 00:28:40.032 - this representation. But they had indicated that this was a group that they would recommend and that 00:28:40.032 --> 00:28:46.686 - they would appoint if they do pay for it. Excellent. And also in the letters and outline of how we will 00:28:46.686 --> 00:28:47.774 - be billed if the 00:28:48.258 --> 00:28:58.022 - attorney works with just us. They bill us for those hours. If they work for just the sheriff, same thing. 00:28:58.022 --> 00:29:07.325 - If they work, are doing work for both of us, that they will then divide the time and bill both of us 00:29:07.325 --> 00:29:16.628 - half. Comments? No, I think we're very happy with that representation and very happy with that firm. 00:29:16.628 --> 00:29:17.918 - And so, yeah. 00:29:18.338 --> 00:29:25.663 - Yeah, I feel like we have really good representation and I've learned a lot already. All right, let's 00:29:25.663 --> 00:29:33.131 - see if there's any public comment on this item. You can raise your hand on Teams or come to the podium. 00:29:33.131 --> 00:29:40.312 - And I want to note too that it says in the letter that we do get discounted rates per insurance, so 00:29:40.312 --> 00:29:44.190 - I think that's very important for the public to know. 00:29:50.882 --> 00:30:03.895 - I don't see any public comments. So all those in favor of approving the representation letter signified 00:30:03.895 --> 00:30:16.407 - by saying aye. Aye. Carries two zero. We're now going to move on a new item G. If you could. Yes, I 00:30:16.407 --> 00:30:20.286 - would like to move to approve. 00:30:20.706 --> 00:30:30.540 - the E and B paving LLC change order number three for the showers building hardscape project. I'm sorry. 00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:40.186 - Go bond funds number 40 15 in the amount of 14 million for 14,410 dollars and 281,590. And I have now 00:30:40.186 --> 00:30:48.318 - advertised to the county that I perhaps need reading glasses. Zoom in on your screen. 00:30:48.834 --> 00:30:55.666 - technology. Mr. Crider, good morning. Thank you for hearing this. Good morning, commissioners. 00:30:55.666 --> 00:31:03.073 - Richard Crider, Monroe County Building and Fleet. This request is to approve change order number three 00:31:03.073 --> 00:31:10.479 - for the showers building hardscape project. The original contract amount for the project was $296,000. 00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:18.174 - The change order returns $14,410 in unused allowance funds, resulting in a new contract total of $281,590. 00:31:19.522 --> 00:31:29.529 - that. Excellent Thank you so much. Um. Comments. No, I always like when it comes in under budget. Yeah, 00:31:29.529 --> 00:31:39.439 - it's a good thing. Really great. Yeah the, uh, lot in our showers looks great. Yeah Yes, it feels like 00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:45.790 - to Yeah, I'm. Eager to hear how it goes after the first big gully 00:31:45.954 --> 00:31:55.053 - we won't be saying, oh, golly. Oh, golly. But that's amazing. And I think with the new stormwater management 00:31:55.053 --> 00:32:03.568 - plan for that lot, which slopes right to the building, we'll be in good shape. So yeah, I'll be eager 00:32:03.568 --> 00:32:11.582 - to hear how the first, you know, the one inch and half an hour rainfall goes and see how we do. 00:32:11.714 --> 00:32:21.693 - But really, thank you for taking the leadership role in this project and making sure that everything 00:32:21.693 --> 00:32:31.573 - got done right. So thank you. You're welcome. All right. Let's see if there's any public comment on 00:32:31.573 --> 00:32:39.774 - this item. You raise your hand in teams or come to the podium. None. All those in. 00:32:40.066 --> 00:32:48.181 - favor of approving the EMB paving LLC change order number three for the showers building hardscape project 00:32:48.181 --> 00:32:56.068 - signify by saying aye aye motion carries to zero and our next item please yes I'd like to move approval 00:32:56.068 --> 00:33:04.183 - for change order number three and number four for the karst trail extension fun name karst trail extension 00:33:04.183 --> 00:33:06.686 - fun number 8172 in the amount of 00:33:07.074 --> 00:33:14.642 - I will say $105,604.55. All right. I will second that. Ms. Ridge, thank you for staying. Yeah. So change 00:33:14.642 --> 00:33:22.066 - order number three is actually for the result of when they finish a project to go over the quantities, 00:33:22.066 --> 00:33:29.489 - what was overrun, what was under run. There was some minor liquidated damages assessed in this project 00:33:29.489 --> 00:33:33.886 - due to delay of some materials, but overall it is a negative 00:33:34.050 --> 00:33:41.533 - decrease in the construction contract, which is always good. In the end, we would possibly see about 00:33:41.533 --> 00:33:49.016 - 20% of that back to the county because our match is 20%. And then the other change order number four 00:33:49.016 --> 00:33:56.573 - is a $0 change. It was just basically for the time allowance, but there was no money involved in that 00:33:56.573 --> 00:33:59.166 - request. Great. Thank you so much. 00:34:00.258 --> 00:34:07.916 - I don't have any questions either, but thank you for all your work, and it is nice to have contracts 00:34:07.916 --> 00:34:15.878 - come in under budget. Doesn't happen much, but it happened twice today, so lightning struck twice. Let's 00:34:15.878 --> 00:34:23.006 - see if there's any public comment on this item. Raise your hand in teams, come to the podium. 00:34:30.306 --> 00:34:42.061 - All those in favor of approving change orders number three and number four for the cars trail extension 00:34:42.061 --> 00:34:54.494 - signified by saying aye. Motion carries to zero. And I do want to remind folks that we do have a blood drive. 00:34:56.034 --> 00:35:06.051 - that is held with obviously the Red Cross, but also Ivy Tech. Thank you, Ivy Tech. There are a couple 00:35:06.051 --> 00:35:16.166 - more dates in July. Friday, July 17th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, July 29th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 00:35:16.166 --> 00:35:25.790 - blood drive takes place at Ivy Tech in rooms C, 130A and B. And we thank everybody who chooses to 00:35:26.178 --> 00:35:35.052 - give blood. We're always in short supply. And you can make an appointment at redcross.org. I want to 00:35:35.052 --> 00:35:44.102 - encourage residents to sign up for the resident alert notification system, or you'll be advised of any 00:35:44.102 --> 00:35:53.328 - emergencies, including weather emergencies. And you can be advised of those emergencies via text, phone, 00:35:53.328 --> 00:35:54.558 - and or email. 00:35:55.170 --> 00:36:04.719 - and this is a free service we offered every Monroe County resident where they live in Bloomington, Alexville 00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:13.567 - or neither. So we encourage folks to sign up. It is a freeze free to residents service. We did have, 00:36:13.567 --> 00:36:22.414 - you have continue to have office hours six times each month, go to the county calendar, in.gov slash 00:36:22.414 --> 00:36:24.254 - county slash Monroe. 00:36:24.354 --> 00:36:34.393 - and look at the calendar, and you will see the dates and times. Just sign in on Teams, and away we go. 00:36:34.393 --> 00:36:45.017 - Also, we just to review some of the things that have happened recently. Last Saturday, we had the dedication 00:36:45.017 --> 00:36:53.886 - of the new plaque downstairs for the local Patriots who fought in the American Revolution. 00:36:54.114 --> 00:37:02.403 - which is really cool. And it was a great ceremony. Um, and a lot of community members came out. Um, 00:37:02.403 --> 00:37:10.858 - so that plaque is downstairs. We encourage folks to stop by. There are some pamphlets that, um, offer 00:37:10.858 --> 00:37:19.562 - a little biographical sketch of those, of those Patriots. Um, yesterday, um, at, was it yesterday? Gosh, 00:37:19.562 --> 00:37:21.054 - I believe it was. 00:37:22.402 --> 00:37:31.015 - No, it was Tuesday at Karst. Oh my gosh, the days are flying by. Tuesday, we had the ribbon cutting 00:37:31.015 --> 00:37:39.714 - at the Karst Farm Athletic Fields. We're on field nine. It's beautiful. One of the things that I had 00:37:39.714 --> 00:37:45.054 - forgotten was that constant breeze out there, which is great. 00:37:46.146 --> 00:37:56.797 - it was super, super hot, so. But anyway, it was a really fun event. Um. We had a great time and thanks 00:37:56.797 --> 00:38:07.448 - to, um. His Whitmer, who's are, um. Director Parks and Recreation for the county, the board her staff, 00:38:07.448 --> 00:38:14.686 - which is amazing. For all their hard work to make that happen, and it 00:38:15.138 --> 00:38:24.470 - the parking lot. It involved a lot, but it was. It's really a beautiful project. They did a great job. 00:38:24.470 --> 00:38:33.530 - Um so next we have to do the parking lot because I can attest it's. It's kind of. Um so we're on to 00:38:33.530 --> 00:38:42.591 - that next. All right. Um. Any other. Announcements have none. Okay I don't either. So now we do not 00:38:42.591 --> 00:38:43.678 - have a work 00:38:43.938 --> 00:38:54.721 - With that, our next meeting is July 23rd, right here in the NETU Hill Room at 10 a.m. Thank you, everyone, 00:38:54.721 --> 00:39:00.062 - and thank you, TSD, and with that, we are adjourned.