President Jerrel: I'd like to call the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners to order. The first item on the agenda I would like to introduce to you the people that you see up front. On my far right is Tony Greubel, our Superintendent of Buildings; Joe Harrison, Jr., our County Attorney; Commissioner Pat Tuley; far left, Charlene Timmons, our Recording Secretary; the empty chair is for Suzanne Crouch, County Auditor; Commissioner Richard Mourdock; and my name is Bettye Lou Jerrel. I would like to ask you to join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
 

President Jerrel: The first item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes of the 5th and the 12th.

Commissioner Tuley: Let's figure out--

Commissioner Mourdock: The two of you need to do the 5th.

President Jerrel: Yeah, okay.

Commissioner Tuley: I'll move approval of the minutes of the 5th.

President Jerrel: I'll second and say so ordered.

Commissioner Mourdock: And I'll call on a motion for approval of the minutes of April 12th.

Commissioner Tuley: And I will so move.

President Jerrel: And I'll say so ordered.
 

President Jerrel: Item B, Kelly Culiver was unable to be here this evening and she did want to present this to us so we'll just postpone that until next week.
 

President Jerrel: Joe Coleman, award appraisal services for FEMA and SEMA flood mitigation.

Joe Coleman: Good evening. I know that you're familiar with the previous flood program we have been running under Vanderburgh County for the Indiana Housing Finance Authority. This program, to give a slight summary of this, is ran through the State Emergency Management Agency. There is some significant differences in the program. First, there is no income limits for participants in the program and second, the administrative paperwork involved is a much lighter amount of work. What we intend to do over the next 90 days is to secure the appraisals using the services of the two lowest bidders and make offers to those voluntary participants. Of the 26 properties we submitted for approval 15 were approved for acquisition. Of those 15 ten of the property owners has expressed a willingness to participate.

President Jerrel: And may I ask a question, Joe?

Joe Coleman: Sure.

President Jerrel: Who did you consider the low bidders on the--

Joe Coleman: On that it would be David...excuse me, Larry Farmer Appraisal Services and followed by David Matthews and Associates would be the two bidders. We're using two because we offer two. We do two appraisals.

President Jerrel: How did he get to be...what about Crane?

Commissioner Tuley: What happened to Crane?

Joe Coleman: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, your letter says Crane.

Joe Coleman: I'm sorry, I'm looking at the bid sheets here. I got them out of order, I'm sorry.

President Jerrel: Because we are expected to approve?

Joe Coleman: Right.

President Jerrel: Okay.

Joe Coleman: Yeah, I had two low bidders listed in the first and second columns. I'm sorry about the confusion on the name there.

President Jerrel: Okay, Farmer and Crane?

Joe Coleman: Yes. Yeah, Larry Farmer and Crane Appraisal Corporation. We've used them both and the prices they've set are roughly in line with what they charge us for other services like this.

Commissioner Tuley: You need a motion then to approve the use of Larry Farmer and Crane Appraisal for the work as outlined per this proposal.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll second.

President Jerrel: So ordered. I might say just for your information that we put in some limits in our contracts with certain attorneys and people that we work with so I don't know whether you all want to think about that or not.

Joe Coleman: Yeah, part of the thing that I was requested to do by Mr. Rader was to put a time limit for performance of the work and, of course, each of these properties will be enumerated separately with a fee to be charged for each one in the contract.

President Jerrel: Okay.

Joe Coleman: Does that answer your question?

President Jerrel: Yeah, it does. Thank you.

Joe Coleman: Thank you.
 

President Jerrel: Okay, the next item on the agenda we have some guests. Sorry you had to sit through part of it. You get enough of that on your own! Would you like to introduce yourselves for the record?

Dave Rector: We certainly will. My name is Dave Rector, Warrick County Commissioner.

Larry Barr: My name is Larry Barr, Warrick County Commissioner.

Steve Sherwood: Steve Sherwood, Warrick County Highway Engineer.

Dave Rector: Steve, if you want to give them...I think I have unofficially spoke to each of you about our request tonight.

President Jerrel: Right.

Dave Rector: This is an official request of that. Let me begin first though by thanking you for working with us and getting the signage on Old 57 as it turns into Blue Bell Road going into Warrick County. As you know Integrated Manufacturing Systems is constructing a new plant there. We intend this spring yet, by early summer at least, to probably put $100,000 into that road for improvements to accommodate their semi traffic and their employee traffic. You all put some signage on that road for the truck traffic going in and out during construction. What we would like to ask of you tonight is on that first page you see we have two very sharp 90 degree turns on Old 57 as it comes into Warrick County. The trucks, and especially the semi rigs with the 50 foot turn radius, have a very difficult time negotiating those without running off the edge of the road, destroying the road that you're going to be repairing at some point. We're suggesting and requesting that if we could just wedge in, as you see highlighted in pink on that first page, several inches of asphalt that is going to make it easier for those rigs to negotiate those turns. I think it would be safer and more convenient for all of us and that is our request. Steve has talked with John Stoll about it and we're here to answer any questions that you may have around that. You'll also find in here something else just for your information that Warrick County is looking at. Bernardin Lochmueller did a study of trying to improve access off of 64...off of I-64...I-164, I guess it is, into that area so that the trucks don't have to long-term negotiate this turn on Old 57. Thats a long-term project. Probably a tough putt here, but we'e seeing if we can't get some help for INDOT to do that. In the meantime, we've got this request before you to try to help us in those turn radiuses.

Commissioner Mourdock: If we do this and if you find a way to speed INDOT will you share the secret?

Dave Rector: I would be happy to, Richard.

President Jerrel: You know...did John give you any cost estimates on this?

Dave Rector: Steve?

Steve Sherwood: No, he hasn't.

President Jerrel: Okay.

Steve Sherwood: (Inaudible) last summer they have not pinpointed any exact figures.

President Jerrel: Can you tell me what kind of--

Steve Sherwood: I'm looking at the highlighted area that you see for the curve I am probably estimating somewhere between on several of these things between $7,000 and $9,000 worth of asphalt work. I know John has made some minor repairs to that road because of potholes and it has come apart in some other areas there where the state built that extension of Old 57 North at the I-164 cutoff, where it used to lay.

President Jerrel: We can...as long as we're dealing with numbers in that range--

Commissioner Tuley: I think we can handle that.

President Jerrel: --we can handle that. If you were going to go up to the 50's and 60's--

Dave Rector: Oh, my. No, I certainly can't see where it would be much in excess of that.

President Jerrel: No, we've got that in our budget.

Dave Rector: And it is your determination to what level of assistance you give us there.

President Jerrel: Yeah.

Dave Rector: What we've suggested is just a filling in of the radius to help them negotiate the turn.

Steve Sherwood: We have the right-of-way there. John and I looked at that. You can see that, Richard, on the page you're looking at, the right-of-way on the inside of each curve accommodates the widening.

Commissioner Mourdock: And you had that in advance anyway, right? It wasn't something you had to add or had to acquire?

Steve Sherwood: That was given to you as part of the joint (inaudible) with Highway 57.

Commissioner Tuley: Sounds like the first step to that spirit of cooperation among the counties.

Commissioner Mourdock: Exactly.

Dave Rector: Along that route, officially you know we did agree that we are willing to join the four county group in the economic development effort. I have notified Graham Toft, I think it was, so he is aware of that.

President Jerrel: And you got your minutes okay?

Larry Barr: Yes, I got the minutes and received a letter.

Dave Rector: So at least there are two of us.

President Jerrel: Okay.

Commissioner Mourdock: Did we notify Graham Toft officially, too?

President Jerrel: I don't know.

Tony Greubel: Yeah, the letter was sent last week.

President Jerrel: Yeah, that is the letter he is talking about. Well, I'll entertain a motion.

Commissioner Mourdock: I will move that we approve the request for the widening of Old State Route 57 per the request of the Warrick County Commissioners.

Commissioner Tuley: I'll second.

President Jerrel: I'll say so ordered. A little bit of info, John isn't here, but one of the local engineers was in Kentucky last weekend and...last week, and Governor Patton has made some decisions that may have some impact on I-69 as it relates to Indiana. He has requested, and apparently he can do it as governor, that the Pennyrile become I-69 or I-169 and then there is another exit, it's a horseshoe, coming out of Henderson on the west side that would be 69. In other words, they're going to have loop with two 69's.

Dave Rector: Really?

President Jerrel: Uh-huh. One coming on the east...that would hit the east side of Evansville and one that would hit the west side of Evansville. Well, he faxed me a copy of the map and I tried to call INDOT today and Im going to fax them that. Do you guys have a fax number?

Larry Barr: Yes, 897-6189.

President Jerrel: 897...?

Larry Barr: 6189.

President Jerrel: 6189, and the prefix on that is?

Larry Barr: 812.

President Jerrel: Just 812, okay. Well, I'll fax you all a copy.

Dave Rector: Okay, please.

Steve Sherwood: Does that mean a new bridge crossing?

President Jerrel: I don't know what it means, but their map shows...and he just did this.

Commissioner Mourdock: If there was going to be something on the west side of Henderson there has to be a new bridge out there somewhere.

President Jerrel: Yeah.

Commissioner Mourdock: Going back to some of the specifics of the federal law as far as even designating it I-69 the governor down there may say that it's all going to be part of a loop, but I think to be actually part of I-69 there is going to have to be new bridges, period. I mean, that's just the way the interstate--

Dave Rector: So we tentatively could have coming down two sides of Evansville...I mean, two sides of Henderson and back into--

President Jerrel: Right, that's the way the map looks and I wish I had it with me, but he faxed it to me at home. I'll get copies so you can--

Dave Rector: Thank you.

Steve Sherwood: There was some discussion of EUTS maybe two years ago about the potential of another bridge in that area so this maybe the same thing.

President Jerrel: Right, but I think he just arbitrarily made the decision over there.

Dave Rector: The way I understand it the federal government has turned it over to our governor to make the decision on I-69 also.

President Jerrel: That's also--

Dave Rector: So perhaps they can do that.

President Jerrel: Anyway, I'll get something to you all.

Dave Rector: Maybe theyll pass the decision down to us! Commissioners, thank you.

Commissioner Mourdock: Okay, thank you.

Larry Barr: I have one thing real quick. I wanted to let you all know that we have...on the Lynch Road we're meeting with the problem that we've got out there and working on that and, of course, we're hoping that you all...when you stop that you stop at the Old Boonville Highway instead of 164.

President Jerrel: Right, well keep us posted on what you...

Larry Barr: We really don't know how much ground we gained with them, but we did have a meeting so at least we're trying to do all we can to get that accomplished too.

President Jerrel: Good.

Commissioner Mourdock: The status on that from our side is that the acquisition has started as far as the right-of-way up from Burkhardt to I-164.

President Jerrel: Right, we're beginning the actual parcels. There are four and we are beginning our acquisition and we're still negotiating with the state, but we've got...one of our plans includes borrowing ahead, you know, and trying to come up with enough money to get started.

Larry Barr: That's the difficult part for all of us.

President Jerrel: Yes.

Commissioner Mourdock: Yeah, but in the spirit of doing this that we just did this evening we certainly look forward to working with you on the other because there is nothing magic about the line between Warrick and Vanderburgh County.

Larry Barr: Its fading fast.

Commissioner Mourdock: It is fading fast.

Larry Barr: Can't hardly see it any more!

Commissioner Tuley: That's about right.

Commissioner Mourdock: Next time we'll come to your place, how's that?

Dave Rector: We would be happy to have you.

President Jerrel: Thanks for coming.

Commissioner Mourdock: Thank you.

Commissioner Tuley: Thanks, gentleman.
 

Commissioner Tuley: Before we go on to the next item, Joe ever watchful, we did not certify our Executive Session.

Commissioner Mourdock: Oh.

President Jerrel: Oh, you're right. Is there a motion? We did have an Executive Session.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move approval of the summary minutes of tonight's Executive Session that dealt solely with personnel matters.

Commissioner Tuley: And I will second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.
 

President Jerrel: County Engineer, submit final road paving list.

Commissioner Tuley: If you didn't do but one thing tonight, I think you earned your pay.

President Jerrel: Yeah, you did.

Commissioner Mourdock: I just caught the tail end, but now I know. I figured it out.

John Stoll: What you have in front of you is the final list that we'e recommending for this year. As you can see from the total cost it already exceeds to amount of money we have available. According to the printouts we have the County Highway has $650,000 in their bituminous account and we've got half a million in our road and street contractual account, so we've got $1.15 million available to do over $1.4 million worth of work, so obviously we won't be able to get all this done, but this is what Erik's office and my office felt needed to be included this year.

President Jerrel: I have a question. At some point perhaps both of you could look at your line items and see if there is any funding that could be transferred or could be utilized. It couldn't be transferred into...this is from the road and street account.

John Stoll: Right.

President Jerrel: But you could use under...if you have a contractual line item of any kind, if you had money that you could transfer into that we could perhaps come up...I'e just given it a loose look, but you might be able to find some additional funding that you will not use between now and the end of the year that could go toward meeting this cost.

Commissioner Mourdock: Have you got a couple in mind?

President Jerrel: Yes.

Commissioner Mourdock: A couple of line items?

President Jerrel: Uh-huh, right, but I want...they really ought to look at them and see what is there, but there are some line items with rather large sums of money that we might be able to pave a little bit more.

Commissioner Tuley: John, what will you use to determine...given what you just said, assuming if you find some additional money how are you going to make a determination of what does or doesn't get done that is on this list until the money runs out? How are you guys going to work that out?

John Stoll: Typically the County Highway goes out and starts paving in a certain area so they would try and knock out the roads that are grouped in a specific area.

Commissioner Tuley: Grouped in that area.

John Stoll: And I would say that if there are outlying roads that aren't grouped with other ones that might be the ones that might not get paved. Likewise, we have typically done the longer stretches of road through contracts, so if there is a long stretch of road that Erik's crews aren't equipped to handle and we don't have enough contractual money it would get left off until next year.

Commissioner Tuley: Okay, so it is safe to assume and report that just because your road is listed on this page it may not get done this year?

John Stoll: Correct.

Commissioner Mourdock: But even as you review those, let's say you move out into an area of the county and they get started, if you have a road that is in absolutely...well, let me rephrase that. If youve got a road out there that needs to be done, it's on the list, but it's not real bad and you've got one that's a little further out in the county that is pure potholes are you going to put a quality judgement on that as well?

Erik Bentle: (Inaudible.)

John Stoll: We should. Yeah, I was going to say we would go get the one--

President Jerrel: You're going to sort these out before you begin laying any asphalt?

Erik Bentle: We're grouping them together.

President Jerrel: Good.

Erik Bentle: We'll probably take certain townships and try to stay so we dont have to take the paver back and forth all the time.

Commissioner Tuley: Right.

Commissioner Mourdock: Group them geographically and rank them in hierarchy based on the need.

Commissioner Tuley: There you go.

Erik Bentle: On the need, yeah.

John Stoll: And like we've got Mann Road listed on here. There is a substantial amount of excavation that has to be done out there to get some of those hills cut back to make the road drain properly and things like that, so there is a lot of preparation work that has to be done on that which that may not be done this year, so that might be a good candidate that would roll over into next year. We would have to do some patching on the road as it stands now, but as far as resurfacing the whole thing you might have to wait.

Commissioner Tuley: Candidly that was the basis of my question.

John Stoll: Mt. Pleasant is another one, too. We're talking about doing more significant upgrades to Mt. Pleasant which would--

President Jerrel: Take it off.

John Stoll: --take that off the list. We would just do patching out there as well, so roads like that, like you say, we'll make a judgement call on that basis.

President Jerrel: And John and I will be going to Council in a week.

Commissioner Tuley: Okay.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move approval of the 1999 paving list as submitted by the County Engineer and Highway Superintendent.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.

John Stoll: One thing I'll add, too, after just talking with Mr. Jones about Lyle Road he said if any extra money could be found keep his road in mind, so Ill pass that on to you.

President Jerrel: Okay, thank you.

Commissioner Tuley: Thank you, John.
 

President Jerrel: County Auditor.

Suzanne Crouch: Yes, we reviewed the bids for the title search services and recommend approval at this time.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move approval of the award for title search services to Mills Land Title.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.
 

President Jerrel: Is there anyone here that wishes to address?
 

President Jerrel: If not, I'm going to move to County Engineer.

John Stoll: I've got an agreement that weve prepared. It's between the county and the Evansville Water Sewer Utility. This is for the water line that is out on the Fulton Avenue Bridge. This water line has to be taken off the existing Fifth Avenue Bridge and then reconstructed when the new bridge is installed. The total estimated cost of this water line based on the bid prices is $48,774.41. We've written this agreement to basically have the Water Department reimburse us for the local share of that water line which would be 50 percent of the cost because 50 percent would be covered through federal aid. It has been reviewed by Joe. It has been reviewed by the Water and Sewer Department, so it is recommended that the agreement be signed.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move approval as requested.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.

John Stoll: It still has to be approved by the Utility Board, but it's a first step and we're finally getting that taken care of. The second item that I've got also pertains to the Fulton Avenue Bridge. This is the state LPA agreement for the construction of the bridge. This is the agreement that basically assigns what the local share of the project would be and what the federal aid share would be. It was originally signed off on by the Commissioners as being $2,564,000 in local funds being needed. Due to the way the bid prices came in it has now been revised to be a 50/50 split which means that we need to have $1,924,799 available for the project and then the federal share would be the same. They just want this initialed so that way they have record that we've acknowledged the change and approved the change.

Commissioner Mourdock: Did we just find the money for the highway paving list?

John Stoll: Pardon?

Commissioner Mourdock: Our share was original $2.5 million and now it's what?

President Jerrel: It's in Cum Bridge.

John Stoll: It's bridge money.

Commissioner Mourdock: Ah.

John Stoll: Otherwise we probably would have.

President Jerrel: Yeah, it's in the wrong fund.

Commissioner Mourdock: Okay.

John Stoll: I didnt know if you wanted me to initial these and send them back to the state or if you wanted to. Joe says you need to, okay.

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move approval of the request as submitted.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered. May I ask this question? Can you get these from Charlene tomorrow so they get on their--

John Stoll: Yes.

President Jerrel: Have we heard anything else? We didn't want to bother you all, but we got into a quagmire last Monday.

John Stoll: To say the least!

President Jerrel: John called me in Indianapolis and what had happened, the state forgot that this was not an 80/20 split, you know, which most of your bridges are, so they sent us an invoice for 20 percent instead of the 50 percent and we cut a check. You guys approved it and they cut a check and then they would not issue the contract to the contractor to proceed because they wanted the rest of the money. It's like...so John called me up there and I did a dance over to INDOT and got Rick Whitney to fax the corrected invoice down here and then John did everything he had to do. We got it to the Auditor and she did what she had to do and then we found out that everything was okay except there is two more steps that no one really knew that had to be taken and that is that there has to be not only Mr. Weddle had to come in and sign that there is a contract phase and then after that happens it has to go to the Attorney Generals office. We didn't really...were not aware that they looked at all contracts, so I am saying to you we're moving at the speed of a tortoise.

Commissioner Mourdock: By state standards that is pretty fast.

President Jerrel: But we are moving.

John Stoll: Yeah, when we checked on the status of the checks, the checks have been received by INDOT and when JP talked to the lady at the cashier's office she said she couldnt believe how fast we got the checks up there.

President Jerrel: I guarantee it we did. You talk about some cooperative work, we did it!

Commissioner Mourdock: I'm surprised they didn't accuse us of trying to pull something with the 20 percent instead of the 50.

Commissioner Tuley: Yeah.

John Stoll: We had hoped they would just issue the Notice to Proceed and resolve it later, but it didn't happen.

Commissioner Mourdock: Or forget about it!

President Jerrel: But we are monitoring them now. We didn't realize...John said he didn't realize that this was part of the process up there.

John Stoll: I didnt know it went back to the Attorney General's office. I thought the agreement that you have there, the state LPA agreement, is the only one that went back to the Attorney General, but the construction does too.

President Jerrel: Now we're looking for a name in the Attorney General's office. There is a name of an attorney that will look at all these and I want that name.

John Stoll: We'll find it.

President Jerrel: So we can keep it moving. Or else...the or else is the deadline date looms. Thank you.

John Stoll: That's all I have.
 

President Jerrel: County Garage. Erik, we didn't have a chance to discuss anything. We'll just do that next week.

Erik Bentle: Okay. The first thing I've got is I would like to request permission to rent a mower and bushhog to do our city lots this summer, to maintain them. In the past they have rented one from Stephen's to do those lots.

President Jerrel: Tony, have you given them the updated lots?

Erik Bentle: Yeah, I got a list of them.

President Jerrel: Good, because a lot of them we don't have any more.

Joe Harrison, Jr.: You mean county lots in the city?

Erik Bentle: Yes.

Joe Harrison, Jr.: Okay.

Erik Bentle: Yeah, thats what I meant.

Joe Harrison, Jr.: Surplus property lots in the city.

Commissioner Mourdock: Yeah.

Joe Harrison, Jr.: Okay.

Erik Bentle: Right now the price I got on it was the cheapest I could find right now was $90 a week for the mower and $50 for the bushhog. We figured approximately three month's usage which is $1,470.

Commissioner Mourdock: What size mower is it?

Erik Bentle: Uh, you would ask that.

Commissioner Mourdock: Well, I presume we're not paying $90 for a week for a push mower?

Erik Bentle: No, no. It's a large tractor. I cant think of the size.

Commissioner Mourdock: I don't recall that we've ever rented that in the past. Do you recall?

President Jerrel: No, I don't know.

Erik Bentle: We had it last year I know for sure.

Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, because--

Commissioner Mourdock: Did we? I didn't recall it.

Commissioner Tuley: --Big John that runs it.

Erik Bentle: Yeah. The ones we have to mow, most of them are too big to get in them city lots and do.

Commissioner Mourdock: Yeah, well we use them so periodically it makes sense.

Erik Bentle: Yeah.

Commissioner Mourdock: Ill move approval of the request.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.

Erik Bentle: You have my weekly worksheet.

President Jerrel: Yes.

Commissioner Mourdock: Yeah.

Erik Bentle: The other item is what you were talking about?

President Jerrel: Yeah, and we didn't have a chance to talk about it so we'll get it done between now and next week. We'll talk to you.

Erik Bentle: Okay, that's all I have.

Commissioner Mourdock: Several weeks ago I mentioned to you about getting the infrastructure group together to make sure were coordinating with the city departments and utilities and such. Have you done that?

Erik Bentle: Yeah, we've had one meeting so far. We're supposed to get another here shortly.

Commissioner Mourdock: Okay, very good.

Commissioner Tuley: I've got one question. Several...gosh it seems like it has been a couple of years ago when we discussed this, marking the vehicles. All of our vehicles should be clearly identified. I thought I saw your Blazer the other day and it didnt look like it had any kind of identification on it.

Erik Bentle: It' got the number one on it. It doesn't have the County Highway emblem on it.

President Jerrel: It's supposed to have the emblem on it.

Commissioner Tuley: Yeah, there should be some big emblems I think we use on the trucks or something. You have not been made aware of this, so don't take this in any way as a chastising, but I just noticed it the other day. We did adopt a policy a while back that all county vehicles have to be clearly identified as that, so if you can get somebody to put those stickers on there.

Erik Bentle: That would be no problem.

Commissioner Mourdock: That's right.

Commissioner Tuley: I think Milton was told that and I don't think...I guess he just never did do it.

Commissioner Mourdock: That's not surprising.

Erik Bentle: Sure, no problem.

Commissioner Tuley: Okay.

President Jerrel: Okay.

Commissioner Tuley: Thanks.

President Jerrel: Thank you.
 

President Jerrel: County Attorney.

Joe Harrison, Jr.: The tax surplus sale, the county surplus property sale, is May 11th at 10:00 a.m. here in this office. It's going to be an auction. Curran Miller will be conducting the auction. I believe I sent the legal to be advertised, I mean, it has already been approved by the Board, to Charlene so she will be putting that in the paper one of these days. Hopefully they won't have to mow as many properties if we sell most of those properties at the auction, so that number may be reduced substantially after May 11th. That's all I've got.

President Jerrel: Okay.
 

President Jerrel: Superintendent of County Buildings.

Tony Greubel: I don't have anything to report. On a personal level I get my cast off Friday.

Commissioner Tuley: You go there again and it will get broke again!

Commissioner Mourdock: I've noticed a lack of e-mail the last few weeks.

President Jerrel: The real challenge is to read my messages when a phone call comes in. I mean, because that is his writing hand.
 

President Jerrel: Okay, Burdette Park.

Gary Hohman: Gary Hohman, Assistant Manager. We have nothing to add other than we are here to answer any questions that you might have of us.

President Jerrel: I hope everybody found their...we completed the Lilly grant this week and it got sent in time to get in, so were hoping we can keep our options alive.

Commissioner Mourdock: Last year at about this time, Gary, we were sweating it with all the construction and painting work going on at the swimming pools to get open on time and obviously were not fully successful due to the weather. How does our opening schedule and everything look this year?

Gary Hohman: They started fiberglassing today, sir.

Commissioner Mourdock: Okay.

Gary Hohman: The products or material was delivered Friday in the pouring rain and they started fiberglassing this morning on the walls and so forth.

President Jerrel: How long will that take approximately?

Gary Hohman: Barring inclement weather I think you're looking at a possibly two week project under ideal conditions.

Commissioner Mourdock: We never find ideal conditions, so if you would either you or Steve please report the next two weeks and let us know how we are doing.

Gary Hohman: Yes.

Commissioner Tuley: Gary, do you know when your first, I don't want to say party, but whatever that is going to require the use of the pool because don't you have some things that are going to be coming up before actual Memorial Day weekend?

Gary Hohman: Yes, prior to opening we have the (inaudible) group incorrectly, but it's the unit that is sponsored by the Sheriff's Department/Police Department, boys--

President Jerrel: Patrol boys?

Gary Hohman: Patrol boys. They are scheduled in May the 20th for their picnic and swim activities. We have been assured by our contractor that is the deadline and we want to be available at least a week prior to in order to give our personnel time to make the adjustments that we'll need to make following their construction.

Commissioner Tuley: Okay.

President Jerrel: Thank you.

Commissioner Tuley: Thanks.
 

President Jerrel: You have Soil & Water and Ozone. Is there a motion to approve the Garage, Burdette, Soil & Water and Ozone Officer reports?

Commissioner Mourdock: I'll move we accept those reports into the record.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.
 

President Jerrel: Under the consent items there wasn't anything unusual. Is there a request...I mean, is there a motion to approve the consent items?

Commissioner Mourdock: So moved.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.
 

President Jerrel: You have your meetings attached.
 

President Jerrel: How about old business? Is there any old business?

Commissioner Mourdock: Just by way...actually, it could be under scheduled meetings, but the Jail Committee is meeting again on Wednesday night, so if you would like to join us feel free.

President Jerrel: What time?

Commissioner Mourdock: At 5:30.

President Jerrel: 5:30.
 

President Jerrel: Okay, under new business is there any new business to come before the Board? Entertain a motion to adjourn.

Commissioner Mourdock: So moved.

Commissioner Tuley: Second.

President Jerrel: So ordered.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:12 p.m.

Those in attendance:

Bettye Lou Jerrel

Richard E. Mourdock

Patrick Tuley

Joe Harrison, Jr.

Suzanne M. Crouch

Charlene Timmons

Tony Greubel

Joe Coleman

Dave Rector

Larry Barr

Steve Sherwood

John Stoll

Erik Bentle

Gary Hohman

Others unidentified

Members of the media
 
 

Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners

Bettye Lou Jerrel, President

Richard E. Mourdock, Vice President

Patrick Tuley, Member

Recorded and transcribed by Charlene Timmons.