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.