- I'm gonna call to order this meeting of, work session meeting in Monroe County Board of Commissioners.
- It is Thursday, January 22nd, and we have the first two items related to the health department, Ms.
- Turner-King.
- Commissioner Jones is here. Good morning. So these two items are related so I'm going to probably talk
- about them in tandem. So the first item is a settlement agreement with IU health and it is
- Probably the final step in closing out our public health clinic contract with IU Health. What the settlement
- agreement provides is how the health department will retain the records that IU Health has, as well
- as what equipment the health department will be retrieving and using on our new space from IU Health.
- And it also handles the disposition of a generator which IU Health will be buying.
- And the second part of it is a contract with Elite Electric to install a new generator for the health
- department's use in the health department. Let's see if there are, okay, Commissioner Jones isn't at
- her computer. Do you have any questions? Nope. Okay. Ah, Commissioner Jones has joined us. Excellent. So do we,
- Can we vote on this today? I think you can approve the MOU and then maybe ratify it at the next meeting.
- You can certainly approve it today and then ratification. Excellent. OK, so Commissioner Jones, we are
- discussing items one and two on the agreement with IU Health MOU and
- the generator relocation contract. Do we have a dollar amount on the generator? I wouldn't categorize
- it as a relocation because we will be purchasing a new generator and it will be installed at the health
- department. And I believe the quote from Elite Electric is for 19,500. Now there might be some additional
- cost for gas piping and things like that, but that was the base quote we received.
- 19,500. Okay. So IU is purchasing the generator. This is not a relocation. This is correct. Got it.
- Thank you. Um, I can't open the file. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Um, I don't remember the exact price, but it's
- roughly 8,000.
- $600 that IU will be paying us for the generator that will remain at Miller Drive location. All right.
- And Ms. Pretty, what fund are we paying this out of? Would we pay the new generator out of for the health
- department? Or do you not?
- And speaking with Miss Kelly, she's going to look at obtaining or using grant funds. So I believe she
- said the COAG school liaison grant could pay for the new generator. Okay. All right. Well, and if that
- changes, we can hit that next week on the road. If we have to, yes. I prefer that they find the funds.
- Yeah. So Commissioner Jones, any questions or comments?
- You are muted, but I can read lips and you said, no, you don't. I'm sorry. No, I don't. So I'm going
- to make the first motion, which is to approve the memorandum of understanding with IU health as a settlement
- agreement regarding the
- finalization of the return disposition of property. And this will need to be ratified January 29th.
- Can I get a second? I will second that motion. All right. Any public comment on this item? All right,
- seeing none.
- Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the memorandum of understanding settlement agreement
- with IU Health? Commissioner Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion
- is approved, three to zero. Thank you. And now I would like to make a motion to approve the contract
- agreement with Elite Electric
- for a generator, for the health building. The base price is 19,500, but there may be additional funds
- required. And this is going to come from the COAG school liaison grant fund as of this time. And this
- again will have to be ratified January 29th. Can I get a second? I will second that motion. All right,
- we have motion and a second. Let's see if there's any
- public comment on this item. All right. Seeing none, Mr. Copper, will you please call the roll on the
- elite electric contract. Mr. Thomas. Yes. Commissioner Jones. Yes. Commissioner Madeira. Yes. Motion
- is approved three to zero.
- Thank you so much. We now have the Safe Place Annual Campaign. And this is a renewal of a contract with
- AMC Theaters. We have you listed, Ms. Turner-King is the presenter. I don't know if you want to do that.
- OK, thank you. So this is an agreement with NCM Media, but what it allows for is
- The running of ads at AMC, so the National Cinemedia Contract is part of YSB's outreach strategy, which
- uses digital and in-theater advertising to educate and promote awareness about the Safe Place program.
- The ads run before PG movies and their duration of the ads would run from February 1st to January 1st
- of this year to January 30th of next year.
- And this goes into, it's part of the Safe Place Grant that YSB has. Excellent. All right. I'm going
- to go ahead and make a motion to approve the renewal of the contract with NCM Media for $5,000. And
- this will utilize the Safe Place Grant. And we don't need to ratify this since it's a renewal, correct?
- Correct. This is a program we've had for years. Yeah. Excellent. Thank you so much.
- Can I get a second? Yes, I will second that. Excellent. We have a motion and a second. Any comments
- or questions? Commissioner Jones? No, we've been supporting this for years and would never consider
- not doing it. Yeah. Commissioner Madeira? No, thank you. I don't either. Let's see if there's any public
- comment on this item. Seeing none.
- Mr. Cockrell, will you please call the roll on the agreement with NCM Media? Commissioner Thomas? Yes.
- Commissioner Jones? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. Motion is approved, three to zero. Great.
- Thank you. Thank you. Our next item is ordinance 2025-45. Now. I heard from anybody and I don't know how to.
- I don't see where this was. Yeah and that's what makes it tough for me because I feel like. So Mister
- Brown just for your
- That's just because it was through the planning commission and I heard it a number of times and so it's
- just me. So if you would go ahead and tell us about ordinance 2025-45, please. Thank you. So this is
- a rezone request for 405.48 acres located in the Bloomington township. The request is to convert it
- from conservation residential 2.5
- to institutional and public. The purpose of this is to establish the Monroe County Nature Preserve.
- So Nancy Huntington was originally the owner of the property, but she passed away in 2023, I believe.
- And upon her passing, she deeded this acreage to Monroe County for recreational purposes only. There
- was a determination by a hearing order
- to determine what exactly constituted recreational purposes, as you can see on the screen here, would
- the commission, would the board like me to go through them? I'm sorry, I couldn't quite hear that. Okay.
- Could you hear me? Yes, I can.
- So recreational purposes according to paragraph eight, page four of the hearing order is the participation
- in or viewing of activities including but not limited to any of the following or any combination thereof
- to be interpreted and enforced in the trustee's discretion. A, sports and athletics including but not
- limited to field sports, court sports, water sports, aerial sports, and recreational leads, practices,
- competitions, and training camps. B,
- nature-based activities, including but not limited to birding, hunting, camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking,
- community gardening, hobby farming, rock climbing, bicycling, kayaking, boating, swimming, shooting,
- pleasure driving, trail running or walking, sightseeing, photography, viewing or enjoying historic,
- archaeological, scenic or scientific sites.
- C, educational workshops and classes pertaining to any of the foregoing. D, community events promoting
- any of the foregoing. E, facilities and resources necessary to perform or offer any of the foregoing,
- including but not limited to buildings, warehouses, recreational centers, security and supervision,
- personnel and storage facilities. And F, the charging of a fee for certain programs, activities, events or events
- or facility rental shall not be a violation of the recreational purposes of this trust. So this was
- then changed from the Huntington property to the Monroe County Nature Preserve under resolution 25-32,
- which was approved by the Board of Commissioners on July 24th, 2025.
- There are existing structures on the property, including some that were previously used residentially.
- Discussion about the lease buildings was discussed by Commissioner Jody Medaria during the August 14th,
- 2025 Board of Commissioners meeting. Also, these leases did not meet the judge's order on the definition
- of what the property could be utilized for Monroe County. So they don't meet the definition of recreational
- purposes as outlined in the hearing order.
- So at this time, the Monroe County has limited plans to develop the nature preserved. It could include,
- but it's not limited to hiking trails, nature areas, possibly a dog park. We recommend that questions
- about the nature preserve be forwarded to the Parks and Recreation Departments. And I will take any
- questions. Great, thank you so much. Commissioner Madure.
- know every time I see this, hear of this, it's going to be a spectacular addition to the community.
- So I just am so excited and just can't wait to get this started. Yeah, absolutely. Commissioner Jones?
- Yeah, I pretty much feel like Commissioner Minner. All right. So can we hear this? Next week, we have another
- zoning item on our agenda for next week, which is the sliding scale, which includes an explanation of
- the various subdivision options, which is really essentially the only change to that piece. Can we hear
- that both of these next week? I have no issues with this ordinance being heard at the regular session
- next week.
- In fact, I would mention that the 90 day limits for this is going to be February 18th. Got it. Thank
- you so much. Commissioner Jones, are you good with next week? Yes, I am. All right, great.
- Let's do that. Book us in. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brown. All right. We have anything else?
- for the good of the order. Anything else we need to do? All right, excellent. With that, we are adjourned.
- Thank you, TSD. Thank you, Katz.