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Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners April 5, 1999
President Jerrel: I'd like to call the meeting to order and the first item on the agenda, I'm going to wait until they all get in the room so I can introduce them to you. On my far right is Tony Greubel, the Superintendent of County Buildings; and next to him will be Joe Harrison, Jr.; Pat Tuley, County Commissioner, to my right. Bill Fluty: Teri Lukeman. President Jerrel: No, wait a minute here. Bill Fluty: Oh, you're going this way. President Jerrel: Joe Harrison, Jr.
On my far left the Recording Secretary this evening, Teri Lukeman; and
Bill Fluty, the Deputy Auditor. Commissioner Mourdock is ill. I would like
to ask you now to join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
President Jerrel: The first order of business is the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. Commissioner Tuley: I'll move approval of the minutes from the March 29th meeting. President Jerrel: And I'll second and
say so ordered.
President Jerrel: We did not have an
Executive Session, so that item should not be on the agenda.
President Jerrel: The next item on the agenda is the opening of bids and I would like to have a motion to permit the attorney to open the bids. Commissioner Tuley: So moved. President Jerrel: Second and so ordered.
President Jerrel: Purchasing. Jerry Bryan: Okay, the first item of business is the reawarding of APA013-99, tires and tubes. I want to explain this, Mr. Tuley. When we originally put this bid package together for an award we made a mistake in tabulation of the original bid tab in that we included the performance bond in the bid and that was an error. Kevin Winternheimer corrected that error. He said that must be pulled out and refigured. I went to the Board of Public Works on April 1st and they canceled the award with Reis Tire and reawarded it to Raben Tire. This is about a 70/30 split, Bettye. Seventy percent to the BPW and 30 percent to yourself. President Jerrel: Right. Jerry Bryan: If you're in agreement with my figures and what the BPW has done, I recommend that this award be reawarded. President Jerrel: Is there...do you have any questions, Pat? Commissioner Tuley: No, you discussed it with Kevin Winternheimer and the BPW already approved it? Jerry Bryan: Yes, sir. Commissioner Tuley: I'll move approval. President Jerrel: And I'll second and say so ordered. Jerry Bryan: Okay. Joe Harrison, Jr.: Again, the motion would be rescinding the previous award to Reis Tire Company and then awarding that bid which is-- Jerry Bryan: APA013-99. Joe Harrison, Jr.: --APA013-99 to Raben Tire. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, then I'll change my motion to include the words as suggested by the attorney. President Jerrel: Second, so ordered. Jerry Bryan: Okay, the second item is the award of APA014-99, traffic paint and glass spheres. I have a bid summary in front of you. Jerry Hayes, the Traffic Superintendent, has made his recommendation. I went through and rechecked his multiplication, etc., and we got the lowest most responsible bid and that includes Centerline Industries for $26,859 and then the glass spheres with Flex-o-Lite for $7,696 and this pretty well mirrors last year's award. These are qualified people in the paint business. Commissioner Tuley: Okay. In reference to APA014-99 I would follow the recommendation that Centerline Industries be awarded the bid at $26,859.40 and in the glass spheres bid tabulation Flex-o-Lite be awarded the bid at $7,096. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. Jerry Bryan: Okay, the next item on the agenda is the award of traffic signs, APA015-99. Jerry Hayes again went through this award. He made his recommendation based on who is qualified and who can meet specifications. You'll notice the first line in Vulcan, their Section I, is a very low bid however they forgot, Bettye, to bid 1,000 feet of the pipe which is a critical item which would have thrown them in that plus $10,000 award. President Jerrel: Range. Jerry Bryan: Right. So we recommend that Rocal, Hall and Vulcan be given this award. We had to split it three ways to get the people that were most qualified and could meet specifications. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, with regard to APA015-99 as recommended Rocal for $20,052.02; Hall Signs at $15,604.47 and Vulcan at $2,917.60. President Jerrel: And they will share? Jerry Bryan: Yes, ma'am. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. Joe Harrison, Jr.: And that went to Board of Public Works? Jerry Bryan: Yes, sir. Joe Harrison, Jr.: On what day was that? Jerry Bryan: April 1. Joe Harrison, Jr.: And that was approved in the same fashion? Jerry Bryan: Yes, 14 and 15 were both approved on 4/1. Same fashion, right. Joe Harrison, Jr.: That's fine, thank you. Jerry Bryan: Okay, the last item on the agenda is the Park's concession, Vanderburgh County bid 99-03. Rather than go through eight pages, and I don't mean to be funny, of hotdogs and hamburgers this has already been approved by the Advisory Board for Burdette Park. We, in the Purchasing Department, have gone through and made sure that we have the lowest most responsible bid and also the people that meet specifications. Bettye, there were a couple of people that we had to go with because they have the franchise here like Schwans and a couple of those people, but this has been thoroughly checked out by the Controller's Office and myself and we recommend the award as listed on the colored sheets here. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, I would follow the recommendation and just ask that the bid tabulation be included with the record. Jerry Bryan: Yes, sir. Commissioner Tuley: As opposed of going through it individually. Jerry Bryan: That's fine. Commissioner Tuley: So I'll move for approval. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. Jerry Bryan: Thank you. President Jerrel: Thank you.
President Jerrel: The next item on the agenda is the Evansville Industrial Foundation. Here with us is Ron Keeping and if you don't mind coming up to the mike and we'll put it up here so we can... Ron Keeping: I'm Ron Keeping appearing on behalf of the Evansville Industrial Foundation. I'm here to discuss briefly a proposal that the Foundation would like to make to Vanderburgh County to jointly develop the parcel of ground formally known as the Phoenix Commerce Center. The Industrial Foundation has been around in Evansville for over 40 years and has been responsible for much of the development that...for creation of the infrastructure underlying much of the development that has gone on in our city and county. This represents a quantum leap in the kind of development that the foundation has been involved in. We propose...the Foundation proposes to acquire approximately 60 percent of the land formally known as the Phoenix Commerce Center and to develop that property to meet a need in the market that we have perceived exists namely for rail served industrial sites approximately five to 20 acres in size. This is a market that does not appear to be served currently in the market and if you would allow me just to very quickly go through these boards and show you what we, the Foundation, propose to do. This is State Route 57. Off the map is Interstate 164. Old Petersburg Highway. Ruston Lane. Kingsman Club. The property that...the most identifiable landmark of the old Phoenix property is the temple that was located off the site right here. The Foundation has optioned the property to the east...I'm sorry, to the west of 57 so the boundary runs kind of like that. It's important to note that there are several parcels, out parcels, along here not owned by the Foundation. Here, here, here and here. Those represent residences. I bring that up simply because the map that was in the paper showed this entire area being developed and these pieces of land aren't controlled. We propose to divide it up into lots as shown. These are all approximately 10 acres. There are provisions made for division of these lots into smaller parcels of around seven acres. Just because it's 10 acres doesn't mean we can't combine these together and make larger parcels. The Foundation, after we optioned the property, examined the possibility of the Foundation developing this property by themselves and discovered that to sell the lots at what the kind of price we would be required to we, the Foundation, couldn't make a go of it at industrial prices. Commercial property commands a lot more money, but industries are used...can't afford to pay commercial type prices. Therefore, we seek support from the county for up to $1.6 million to cover the cost of public infrastructure for the park. Funny, this is what happened last time. The infrastructure depicted here constitutes in green a lift station, a sewer lift station, which would...then a force main sewer down to this point. The county is already building a sewer up to this point off the map about 600 feet. There is a lift station about 1,000 feet south of this intersection. This has already been engineered in connection with the Phoenix development. Interior gravity sewers flowing to the lift station. Water is at this point. Water inside the park and then an interior road that runs like this. I'm sorry, one more item is storm water retention being concrete storm sewers and several storm water retention or detention basins located around the site. This investment of $1.6 million could be contrasted with the Foundation's investment of a little over $2 million for the land plus a significant amount for engineering and an awful lot of money that we're reserving for dirt work. While this is not a hilly site it does have a low part and an high part and we kind of have to take from the one and fix the other with it. That's an engineering concept! This is just one man's idea about how it might develop, but the County Council is going to hear from their financial advisors on Wednesday which theorizes on how the park will develop. The information I provided to those advisors is reflected on this map. Very simply stated, we think...and these are years into the future, we think this will develop first and then this and we hope in the year 2001 we'll have a big slug of interest which is how industrial parks usually develop, and then in 2002 hopefully that will be developing, frontage will go in 2004 and then these last lots develop in 2005. The only thing I can assure you is it won't develop just like I've said, but this is one way it could develop and logically it would. This bears on the issue because the county's investment in this infrastructure would be funded by TIF and how quickly the taxes are increased in this TIF district to pay for this investment, how quickly that rises depends on how long...how quickly you will have enough money to pay for that TIF. The significance of the TIF is going to be considered by the Council on Wednesday and it concerns the fact that during the early couple of years it will require a COIT backup to the...County Option Income Tax backup to the TIF bonds. The faster this develops the less COIT will be required to back those bonds up. It's reasonable to assume that this thing can very well be making the county some monies in terms of difference between the property taxes received and the money spent for funding the TIF bond. That's an abbreviated version of my...of the Foundation's presentation. The Council, as I said, will be considering this a formal resolution on Wednesday. Every one I have spoken to feels very, very good about this. Feels the prospects are very positive for creating more jobs and assessed value for Vanderburgh County. President Jerrel: Did you have any questions, Pat? Commissioner Tuley: My assumption since we're going to do this with TIF is that the money that we've allocated for infrastructure improvements from the gaming is already earmarked for other roads like Burkhardt and what have you. President Jerrel: Right. We wouldn't use...and Mt. Pleasant. You know I'm going to go ask for the additional funding for that. Commissioner Tuley: Right. President Jerrel: I think what we're looking at is an opportunity to have people that we know and work with every day do a development for us rather than...and not that people from somewhere else don't do a fine job, but I think we can count on the individuals in the Industrial Foundation to follow through on this and see that it is done correctly. From my perspective, I think Vanderburgh County needs an industrial park. Commissioner Tuley: The only other question, Ron, at one time and I don't even remember if I read it in the paper or read it in a report that Vision 2000 had given us that one of the things that was hurting us here in terms of development was not having a spec building or something like that. Are you at liberty to say are you guys looking at the possibility of developing or building one in conjunction with someone else or can you even say at this point? Ron Keeping: No, there is no secrets between us all. This will pretty much tap out the Foundation's resources. Commissioner Tuley: Okay. Ron Keeping. Now, if we sell these faster than we think and if our expenses are not as high and we get any money in the bank we would probably jump on the opportunity. The Foundation has not...I mean, it's a not-for-profit. We hope to break even on this. Commissioner Tuley: Okay. Ron Keeping: We won't get all our money back until the last lot sells if it goes according to my projections. Commissioner Tuley: But there were high hopes for that and everybody that we talked to earlier just thinks that definitely will work. President Jerrel: Now from the standpoint of the spec building I'm just conservative enough to say...think in my own mind that you would be hard pressed to build a building that someone you don't know would find just what they wanted. They might come out there and be more inclined to locate, but I think they might look at that building and you might have that building sitting there a while. It may not. Commissioner Tuley: You could be right, too. I mean, I know when we just moved two years ago we went through and completely repainted the house to make it nice and neat. What did the couple do that bought it? Came back and repainted it the way they wanted it. President Jerrel: That's right. And that's a little bit...that's a good analogy. I did go to the Council meeting and they had a very good presentation, three or four people spoke. The Councilmen asked good questions, but they were very positive so I suspect the ground work is all done for the TIF so it's a matter now of it moving forward with the Council. Commissioner Tuley: The financial consultants is who he is talking about will be there Wednesday? President Jerrel: Yes, right. Commissioner Tuley: And that is Umbaugh? Joe Harrison, Jr.: Management Consultants out of Indianapolis and then Rick Hall. Commissioner Tuley: Oh, Rick from Barnes & Thornburg? Joe Harrison, Jr.: Is coming down from Barnes & Thornburg. President Jerrel: And see he is the one that worked-- Commissioner Tuley: Oh, yeah. President Jerrel: --getting it ready, so a lot of it had already been done. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, okay. What do you need from us? President Jerrel: Well, I just...I've already made a little speech for them and if you feel the same way we'll just send you on your way. Commissioner Tuley: What we need to do...whatever we need to do is fine with me because I think it's a good plan, it was a good idea. President Jerrel: We've all had an opportunity to speak individually to members of the Foundation and we are supporting you and do you think I need to come again tomorrow or do you think they were...? Ron Keeping: I don't have any sense. President Jerrel: Okay, well I'll make a couple of calls and see. Ron Keeping: Okay, alright. President Jerrel: Thank you very much. Ron Keeping: Thank you.
President Jerrel: Next on the agenda we have some guests. Bob, would you like to come up and introduce? Bob Ossenberg: Thank you, Madam President and the County Commissioners. I'm Bob Ossenberg and I'm here today to introduce a couple of people. One I will introduce more importantly than the other. The other is Mr. Gary Jossa of Media Mix who will be representing in the advertising field for Insight Communications. Gary is quite well known. The other gentleman I'll introduce is the new manager. He is actually the district manager for Insight Communications and he can explain a little bit, Mr. Patrick Eltzroth. Pat is originally from Marion, Indiana. He came out of Marion and went to work for Cox and then most recently has been with Comcast Communications, both two very excellent cable companies. I would just like to welcome Pat. I hope that you all will welcome Pat to Evansville because he has a tremendous job in front of him. Thank you. President Jerrel: Thank you. Pat, welcome. Pat Eltzroth: Thank you. Again, my name is Pat Eltzroth from Insight Communications and thank you for just a few moments of your time. As Mr. Ossenberg said I am the manager of the Evansville system. I have a few other outlying areas, Henderson, Jasper and areas such as that, and really what I want to do today or this evening is just give you all an opportunity to put a face to the name and to the company of Insight. Really, what we're trying to do is try to accomplish... is open up some communications and see what we can do to move things along in a good direction and also to address any immediate concerns or questions that you guys may have. Honestly, I would like to turn it over and see if there are any questions or concerns or franchising questions. Anything that may be...as being new to the system and also new to Insight and as you may or may not be aware...obviously, you are aware as of November 1st is when it became Insight from TCI and so we're working to see what we need to do to get this moving in the right direction. President Jerrel: I'm going to ask you a question that may be out of the realm of possibility. It may be required by law, but if you can do it you'll make this office very happy. Pat Eltzroth: Okay. President Jerrel: When your bills come out they have the franchise fee telephone number of the Commissioners' Office. Our phone rings all day long. One day Tony wasn't here, I was here and all I did was answer the phone and they were angry with me because I couldn't, you know, tell them any information about their bill or tell them how to get hold of service, so now we have those numbers up there, but we run through...well, I know I took over 20 calls. Pat Eltzroth: Yeah, that is something that actually he has spoke to me about before and I've spoken to Rebecca Dixon about this. I believe, if I am not mistaken, I guess TCI-- President Jerrel: They have the city on there? Pat Eltzroth: Right, TCI had theirs moved to the back but now when Insight came over they moved it back to the front for that also and I think it's just possibly a generic bill that was sent forward or whatever, the boiler plate that they had used. That's something that we have already brought up. We just went over, in fact, this past not this weekend but the weekend previous to Easter. We did a billing conversion where we changed all of the billing to the same and when we're doing that, standardizing it, we're also going to go through and look at that also to see if we can't get it moved because it is a major inconvenience. President Jerrel: We have a lot of-- Pat Eltzroth: First of all, every time they call you they're not calling us. President Jerrel: And that's the question that they ask most often. Where can we find this number in the phone book? It's very difficult to locate. You ought to put your phone number on your bill. Pat Eltzroth: Yeah, there are a few things, but that is one of the things that we were aware of. President Jerrel: Okay, that's my only...the only issue I have. Commissioner Tuley: Apparently they are addressing it though because I noticed it on I think it was Cable 18 over the weekend little scrolls through there that if you're having a problem do not call the Civic Center. I think the number is on-- Pat Eltzroth: Were aware of it, it's just that unfortunately it does take a little time to get the addresses and phone numbers corrected. President Jerrel: And so many people aren't looking at that. Commissioner Tuley: No, I just happened-- Pat Eltzroth: Apparently it is also the first number they see. Commissioner Tuley: Right. President Jerrel: Sure. Pat Eltzroth: They're looking at that number, they call it and theyre in overdrive. They're calling up and they think, okay, and then they're frustrated when they get there and not only dont they get the cable company they, you know. President Jerrel: Well, they got me and I wasn't-- Pat Eltzroth: I know. Believe me it is one of the first things, we're aware of that. President Jerrel: Well, that's good. Are you settled into the community yet? Pat Eltzroth: Not at all. My wife...I have two young children and my wife they're still in Ft. Wayne. We sold our house about a week and a half ago and we're actually going to be moving in three weeks I'm hoping, four weeks. You know, we're trying. President Jerrel: I imagine she is hoping too! Pat Eltzroth: Yeah, as much as I am she is. President Jerrel: Well, we would like to welcome you to Evansville. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, that's right. Pat Eltzroth: Thank you. Any other questions or anything? Joe Harrison, Jr.: The only question I had is are you considering upgrades in the future to your system not only channels, but just your optics and if so what are you planning on doing and when? Pat Eltzroth: Yes, we are. Exactly what we're going to do, we're going to actually have a little announcement probably later this week, but I can give you the...we are upgrading our system. We're going to have it upgraded to where it will be two way capable. Cable modems will be available. The digital boxes will be here. It's going to be...it started...really, the ground work has started as we speak, but actual where the rubber meets the road and everyone can see that, that's in the process in the next couple of weeks or so where you'll probably be noticing some crews and things, but as we speak we're still getting started on that, but yes we are. We're very much interested in making this obviously the choice of providing...you know, providing this choice for service in this area. President Jerrel: These new services will have additional add-on costs? Pat Eltzroth: Well, yeah, they will actually be different areas. I mean, you know, it will be...the modem business obviously doesn't appeal to everybody. Some people who would do the digital services and the upgrades, it will all be reflective of sort of a menu, ala carte menu, where you can choose or choose not to have such things depending on your tastes and desires. President Jerrel: Okay. Pat Eltzroth: Questions? President Jerrel: Any others? We have all of our questions answered concerning our contract? Joe Harrison, Jr.: If I have any further questions I'll give you a call. Pat Eltzroth: What I would like to do is give everybody a business card. Joe Harrison, Jr.: Sure. Pat Eltzroth: That way it would also give us a chance to meet one-on-one or address anything specifically. Okay? President Jerrel: Thank you. Joe Harrison, Jr.: That would be good. Pat Eltzroth: Thank you. President Jerrel: Thank you, Bob, for
bringing them. Good to see you, Gary.
President Jerrel: Okay, Voters Registration. We don't have anyone here, but we approved one change last week and we went through the polling places and there were a few errors and this is the corrected copy, so we need to have a motion. Commissioner Tuley: What are the corrections? President Jerrel: These were old, they had old places down. These are all that were used last year with the exception of the 4-8 and the 4-11, yeah. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, and they still have this listed as the National Guard Armory. We're they going to change it to Old National Guard? President Jerrel: Change it to Old National Guard, alright. Joe Harrison, Jr.: Why don't you make that...why don't you write that on there. President Jerrel: There are two different places. Commissioner Tuley: 4-18. Where was the other one at? Joe Harrison, Jr.: I think it was in 2. President Jerrel: It's corrected in 2. Commissioner Tuley: It's corrected in 2-13, yeah. They just keep forgetting this one in 4. President Jerrel: It needs to be in 4-18, it needs to be changed to Old National Guard Armory. Commissioner Tuley: With that change then I'll move approval of the 1999 primary election polling places. President Jerrel: I'll second and say
so ordered.
President Jerrel: The next item is
reserved for anyone that has any business to bring before this group.
President Jerrel: Seeing none or hearing none I'll move on to County Engineer. Is John Stoll not with us? Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, he is here. President Jerrel: Okay, County Garage. Oh, John is here! Where were you, behind him? Commissioner Tuley: Speak up, John! John Stoll: I was right behind the podium. President Jerrel: I couldn't see you, I'm sorry. John Stoll: I've got two items. First I've got a Notice to Bidders for contract number VC99-04-01, repair and repaving of various roads. This contract would be for resurfacing Petersburg Road between the airport and Boonville-New Harmony and Old State between Campground and Mt. Pleasant and I would like approval to go ahead and advertise this. Commissioner Tuley: So moved. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. John Stoll: The second item I've got is a request from the YMCA to use some county roads as part of a 5K and 15K walk and run. They plan to use Nurrenbern, Graff, Bayou Creek, Seminary, Duesner, Happe and Cypress Dale roads for their race. This race would be on October 9th. They submitted a Certificate of Insurance already with this request and it's comparable to the request we receive every year on this, so it needs Commissioners' approval. Commissioner Tuley: I'll move approval as requested. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. John Stoll: That's all I have. President Jerrel: I have two items here. They're in writing, you can just take a look at them. I may have sent you the one, but the other one is that Ridgeway that had the paving last year. You might...that might be something you want to talk to Erik about. You know, where the asphalt covered the drain. John Stoll: Okay, right. President Jerrel: They went back in and dug it out. Erik Bentle: (Inaudible.) President Jerrel: You think, is it fixed? Did you do it at that address? John Stoll: 7541. Erik Bentle: I don't know if that is the address or not, but we just had the bridge crew out there last week. They cleaned out where the asphalt had fell down in there and plugged it up. President Jerrel: Well, take that and see if that's where they went, okay? John Stoll: On this other request typically the county highway crews would have installed the culvert, but in this case it would be better if the pipe was bored underneath the road as opposed to installed by Erik's crews, so we did some checking and it would cost about $6,500 to have this pipe installed. I guess we just need the Commissioners' approval to proceed with that. President Jerrel: Can you use Bridge Fund money for that? John Stoll: Right. President Jerrel: And you've got some? John Stoll: Right, in our contractual account. President Jerrel: Let Pat look at this. Commissioner Tuley: Was that on Old Henderson Road? John Stoll: Yeah. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, I am aware of what he has. President Jerrel: I think we ought to do that. John Stoll: Yeah, I dont see any problem with it at all. If it's an area that doesn't drain it needs a culvert in. Commissioner Tuley: Then I'll move the Engineer's Office be allowed to proceed with putting the bid...or is it-- John Stoll: We'll just do it on a price quote basis. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, okay, on a price quote basis. President Jerrel: And I'll second and say so ordered. Commissioner Tuley: John keyed me in on that about a week or so ago. Commissioner Tuley: There was a message on my answering machine today. I can't imagine you would know who it might be seeing how it rained all weekend. John Stoll: Oh, Bob Bell. Commissioner Tuley: What is the status? April 30th was the completion date. John Stoll: Correct. They were holding off until Valerie got back in the office. She was on vacation last week and they're planning on getting started. The only issue that is really a problem is there is that 12 inch water main that runs that water pump station that the Water & Sewer Department installed a few years ago on the west side of Ward Road. We can either go over the top of it or underneath that and that will dictate how much flow goes to that pipe whether we lay it at a flatter grade or steeper grade. Valerie wanted to be available when that went on, so that's really the reason why they've held off until now. President Jerrel: But they're ready to go? John Stoll: Right. President Jerrel: If the weather permits? John Stoll: Correct. Commissioner Tuley: Do we have a start date? John Stoll: I don't have a specific date, but they don't seem to think it is going to take them too long and I don't think it will either once they get started. I mean, they still have three and a half weeks that they can get it done. Commissioner Tuley: The only thing that concerns me is we have one good day and then we have two bad days and I'm just real concerned that this may take just because of weather delays longer than April 30th and I don't want to keep getting these phone calls. John Stoll: I guess if they don't get started we can always assess penalties because there was a penalty provision in the contract. Did Bell have some problems? Commissioner Tuley: He just left a message and I didn't get a chance to call him today. He just said call him and any time it rains and he calls I know what he wants to know is when are they coming out and when are they going to get started. I'll call him in the morning though. If there is something specific other than when are they going to get started I'll call you. John Stoll: Okay. I was going to say I know we got quite a bit of rain, but I wouldn't have thought it would have been enough to cause him problems since the last time they really had problems was back in `96. Commissioner Tuley: `96. Probably not. He's probably just getting a little nervous. President Jerrel: Yeah, it was pretty steady there for a while. I imagine he is absolutely correct, he just got nervous. Okay, well thank you. John Stoll: Thanks. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, John, thanks.
President Jerrel: Erik. Erik Bentle: To add a little bit more to that Ward Road job out there, what we've got is just one drain down at the far end that we're going to have to lower down approximately two inches, maybe three. That should only take us two days at the most to get that back in and everything put back together and then it is going to take us probably about the rest of the week to pull them shoulders back. Commissioner Tuley: Okay. Erik Bentle: We're going to have to go I think we said approximately two to three foot back off the roads to get the gravel so the water will flow where it is standing in their front yards now, so we're talking about a week out there for us. I talked to John and he is going to let me know so we can get out there and get started prior to them and get out of their way so we won't hold them up. Commissioner Tuley: John, then what you might want to do then you're going to have to give him some kind of advanced notice you're going to have to get a start date from them. I don't remember who was awarded the contract, but you're going to have to get a start date from them so you can project to Erik's crew. John Stoll: As soon as I get a start date I'll let you know so you can pass that on to Bell. Commissioner Tuley: Okay, thanks. Erik Bentle: That's basically all I have. You've got my weekly worksheet this week. President Jerrel: We've got your reports. And we'll accept yours when we do all the rest of them. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah. Erik Bentle: Okay. President Jerrel: Alright. Erik Bentle: Thanks.
President Jerrel: County Attorney. Joe Harrison, Jr.: The only information
I wanted to provide was that the Ogden contract will be before the Board
for consideration next Monday. It is signed and it will be able to be considered
by this Board the 12th, which is Monday. I also had...I'm sorry, I had
one other item. All the bids on the No. 3 School Road. I think it is VC99-04-02.
There were six bids that came in.
I would ask that the Commissioners take these bids under advisement. Commissioner Tuley: So moved. President Jerrel: Second and so ordered.
President Jerrel: Okay, Superintendent of County Buildings. Tony Greubel: Last week we declared...we issued a destruction order for about eight different shotguns that the Sheriff's Department had and then they called, there was one they forgot to put on that list and I just said I would mention it verbally. It' a Ithaca 12 gauge shotgun serial number 371714322 and they would just like permission to destruct that weapon. Commissioner Tuley: So moved. President Jerrel: Second and so ordered. Tony Greubel: That's all...and then
this morning Bennie's truck, we took that into Meineke Muffler and had
a new muffler put on it and that was $148. That's all I have.
President Jerrel: We have the Burdette, Soil & Water, Ozone Officer and Garage reports. Is there a motion to accept? Commissioner Tuley: So moved. President Jerrel: I'll second and say
so ordered.
President Jerrel: The consent items, are there any questions about any of those? Commissioner Tuley: I'll move approval of the consent items as submitted. President Jerrel: And I'll second and
say so ordered.
President Jerrel: Any old business to come before the Board? Commissioner Tuley: Are we on for Thursday night? President Jerrel: Yeah, I was just going to say we are meeting on Thursday evening and Tony do you want to give a little overview? We think we'll have a pretty good crowd. Tony Greubel: Yeah, I have received a...the other Commissioners that I have talked to in the other three counties sound enthusiastic about this, about the meeting. The President...Graham Toft, the President of the Indiana Economic Development Council, is going to fly down to Evansville Regional Airport at about ten after 4:00, the meeting is at 5:00 and then he can fly back at 6:40 so it is perfect timing for him. President Jerrel: That's good. Tony Greubel: I made arrangements with Air Host to have some coffee and ice tea, soft drinks and some snacks so that we can munch on. President Jerrel: I'll be coming...now Dave Rector and I will be coming from the EUTS meeting here so we'll-- Commissioner Tuley: Get there as soon as you can? President Jerrel: Yeah, well if we don't get in a long presentation. Tony Greubel: I'll probably head out there...get there about 4:30 and get prepared for it. Commissioner Tuley: I'll leave school over here at 4:00 so I'll head straight out there. President Jerrel: Do we have some name tags too? Tony Greubel: Yeah, we have those. I'll bring those. President Jerrel: Yeah, I would take some of those along, too, so that we can...is there anything else we ought to have on hand? I thought maybe you could bring those lists of everybody's names. Of all the...you know, I thought that would be helpful. Is there anything else we ought to take that would give us some discussion starters? I had someone call me today and I don't recall his name, but he was from...for some reason I thought it was Indianapolis. It wasn't Mike Chambers, but it was somebody. I told him that while this was economic development it was in our best interest to try to develop some coalition because southwest Indiana often doesn't speak with one voice and I think that would help us a great deal and, you know, that would be a wonderful outcome of this effort. And then we also share the road issues that are important to all of us. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, and it's not just economic development, it's all things. President Jerrel: Well, it's all types.
Well, anyway that is Thursday and I don't have any other old business.
President Jerrel: Is there any new business? Commissioner Tuley: We'll have to postpone that. President Jerrel: I was just going to remind you I will not be here Monday. Commissioner Tuley: Right, I know that. President Jerrel: Okay, so you've got that Solid Waste meeting. Commissioner Tuley: Yeah. President Jerrel: Alright, is there any other business? Commissioner Tuley: I will move adjournment. President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered. The meeting was adjourned at 6:13 p.m. Those in attendance:
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Recorded by Teri Lukeman and transcribed by Charlene Timmons. |
