VANDERBURGH COUNTY

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

MARCH 1, 2011

The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners met in session this 1^st day of March, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. in room 301 of the Civic Center Complex with President Lloyd Winnecke presiding.

President Winnecke: Good evening. I would like to call to order the March 1, 2011 meeting of the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners. We’ll begin with attendance roll call please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Here.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Here.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Here.

President Winnecke: Would you please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance?

(The Pledge of Allegiance was given.)

President Winnecke: Okay, we’ll begin with permission to open bids for VC11-01-01, this is the Evergreen Acres Phase II, Holly Berry Reconstruction.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion? Roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Okay, action items, we have just a couple of items on this part of our agenda. First, from the Prosecutor, the amended equitable sharing agreements and certification for the County Prosecutor’s office and Drug Task Force. I would entertain a motion to approve as presented.

Commissioner Abell: So moved.

Commissioner Melcher: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Next, the Xerox copier lease agreement. Do we have any information on that?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Yes. This came in just yesterday, and I have sent an e-mail on it, but I don’t think you’ve seen it yet. We currently have our lease agreement with the Lang Company for a copying machine. We would like to switch to the Xerox copier under the master Xerox lease agreement that was approved by the county, I think it was in June. So, the first thing we have to do is give notice to Lang, their lease provides that it will automatically roll over if we don’t give them notice within 60 days prior to May 23^rd. So, the only action we would like today is the approval of the Commissioners for me to give to notice to Lang that we are terminating their copy lease, effective as of May 23, 2011. In the meantime, it’s the desire of the office that we enter into a new lease agreement with Xerox that would take effect when the Lang lease terminates. So, really, today, if you would just approve my giving notice to Lang to terminate their lease, I will do that.

President Winnecke: Then we would circle back at a later date to approve the Xerox lease agreement–

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Yes, yes.

President Winnecke: –to take effect from May 23^rd on?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Yes.

President Winnecke: Okay, at this time I would entertain a motion to direct the County Attorney to serve notice to Lang to end the agreement with that organization effective May 23^rd.

Commissioner Abell: So moved.

Commissioner Melcher: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion?

Commissioner Abell: I have a question. Are we saving money? I mean, why are we doing this?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Yes, we are.

Commissioner Abell: Okay.

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Yeah, it’s considerably less expensive, and it’s a much better copying machine.

Commissioner Abell: Okay.

Commissioner Melcher: So, we’re upgrading?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: We are, and we’re doing the same upgrade that the Auditor’s office has done, the Assessor’s office has done that, and now the Commissioners office will be doing it.

President Winnecke: Other questions? Roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Next, under the Old Courthouse, a lease agreement with Gary Hobdy. This is lease of suite 300 in the Old Courthouse for him to use as an artists studio. The lease is for one year from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, and the annual rent is $2,640, payable at the rate of $220 per month. I would entertain a motion to approve.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Next, we have a lease with Whole Truth Ministries, lease of suite 114 in the Old Courthouse for three years, with two options to renew for additional terms of three years. The rent is $7,800 per year, payable at the rate of $650 per month, and it’s subject to the standard language regarding increases. The effective date of the lease is May 1, 2011. I would entertain a motion to approve.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Before we get to the department head reports, just a couple of announcements. One, our annual road hearing will be scheduled, is scheduled now for March 16^th, 5:30 p.m. at the Career and Technical Center. Mr. Duckworth and Mr. Stoll will be coordinating that. Again, that’s March 16^th, 5:30 p.m. at the Career and Technical Center. Also, I know there have been, there’s been a lot of discussion about when our joint meetings with the City Council will occur relative to the government reorganization report. We do, I’m happy to report, we do have two dates that are now firm. Our first joint meeting with the City Council will be on Monday, March 14^th, that will be at the conclusion of their regular weekly City Council meeting. At that time I anticipate that our body, along with the City Council will have questions, ask questions of the government reorganization committee of the plan that they have presented to us. That is, I see as an open forum for us to ask questions of them. The other meeting will be on January, excuse me, on March 30^th. That will be, again, a joint meeting, and that will be a public hearing at which time any members from the public will be welcome to come to this room and state their opinion about the pros and cons of the reorganization plan that has been presented. The times for each meeting, Mr. Ziemer and the City Council attorney, Mr. Hamilton are working out the start times, the proper way to advertise it. Their first, their regular meeting is at 5:00 p.m. that night, so, I suspect it will be around 5:45 or 6:00, but we’ll get that and make sure that everyone knows that. But, the 14^th and the 30^th for joint meetings with the City Council on the proposed government reorganization plan.

Commissioner Abell: (Inaudible. Mic not on.)

President Winnecke: The 30^th is not a Monday night. It’s a Wednesday night.

President Winnecke: Department head reports. John, I see you first.

John Stoll: (Inaudible. Podium mic not working.)

Madelyn Grayson: It was working a few minutes ago.

(Microphone was disconnected from base and reconnected.)

President Winnecke: Thank you, Madelyn.

John Stoll: Okay, I didn’t know that little trick. The only item I have is a street plan approval request for sections four and five of Wynnfield Subdivision. This is located at the southeast corner of Kansas Road and Green River Road. This will be a continuation of the roads that have been constructed in the previous phases of this, in sections one through three. They’re all asphalt streets with curb and gutter. We have reviewed the plans and would recommend approval.

President Winnecke: I would entertain a motion to that effect.

Commissioner Abell: So moved.

Commissioner Melcher: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion of John? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

John Stoll: That’s all I have. Thanks.

President Winnecke: Thanks, John.

John Stoll: One other thing, while we were talking about public meetings, we did get the Green River Road public meeting set for March 15^th at 5:30 at Christian Fellowship Church.

President Winnecke: That’s for the next leg of the Green River Road widening project, correct?

John Stoll: Right, from Millersburg to Kansas.

Commissioner Abell: What time, John?

John Stoll: 5:30. It’s a similar format to the Millersburg meeting. There will be some informal displays and discussion prior to a formal presentation. The formal presentation will begin at 6:30, based on the current schedule the consultant’s have provided.

President Winnecke: The consultants have notified, or are in the process of notifying the affected neighbors?

John Stoll: They will, yes.

President Winnecke: Thanks, John.

John Stoll: Thanks.

Commissioner Melcher: Thank you.

President Winnecke: Steve?

Steve Craig: Steve Craig, Manager of Burdette Park. Commissioners, Ted Ziemer. I’ve been working with Ted, John Stoll and Bill Jeffers on clarifying property as owned by Vanderburgh County Commissioners. This is pertaining to a tree planting that has been offered to Vanderburgh County through the Resource Specialist Division of Soil and Conservation, ISDA. Through the excellent work of Ted, John and Bill Jeffers’ office, I think we have in order what property is owned by the Vanderburgh County Commissioners on Nurrenbern, and that the planting could take place with no problem. I would like to thank Ted and them, we had to figure a few things out before we got to find out which property was actually the Commissioners. Living Lands and Waters barge is coming to Evansville on April 27^th through April 29^th for several programs in the Evansville area. On Thursday the 28^th they would like to arrange with Burdette Park and Vanderburgh County to partner for a tree planting on a county owned property. Requested bottom land tree seedlings have been promised about 700 white oak seedlings and 300 bur oak seedlings to plant. The targeted area would be a space on Red Bank and Nurrenbern Road curve to the northeast of the road. The trees are two to three year old seedlings and not large. We also hope to be able to partner with some of the students from the Service and Leadership Club at USI for this activity. We will ensure that the trees be spaced properly and not to be a future problem in this area. Bottom land tree plantings is one of the management practices that the NRCS promotes to reduce sediment and nutrient loading in waterways. So, it’s a very desirable practice to implement for the water quality improvement of Vanderburgh County. I was wanting to inform you of this and see if you have any problems with it or if you had any questions about it.

President Winnecke: That begins the 28^th of April?

Steve Craig: Yes, sir.

President Winnecke: How long will it take to plant those 1,000 trees?

Steve Craig: They told me we could do it in a day.

Commissioner Melcher: One day?

Steve Craig: That’s what I was told. They’re going to get some volunteers. That is our object....the way I look at it, I don’t know if the area’s quite that large to get that many trees in, but we’ll plant as many as we’ve got. They’ve made an offer to USI and some other entities in Vanderburgh County about planting these trees. I think it’s a program that’s a win-win situation. It’s going to clean up a lot of the pollutants that are, you know, in the farm soils and that, and it also makes everything a little bit cooler with the trees and that. I just think it’s a good project.

President Winnecke: I agree with you. What students from USI will be involved?

Steve Craig: They are the Service Leadership Club at USI. She’s talked to them about them bringing the kids. They worked with us on a project, we had the YMCA come out to Burdette last fall and we planted ten trees on our new trail. The younger children from the YMCA came out, and then the kids from USI, the older kids, they came out and we had a tree planting session. It was a pretty interesting project to say the least. Marsha, you’ve seen some of our trees that we plant out there. We plant them anywhere and everywhere. You know, if anybody’s interested, we do have a tree memorial at Burdette, if you would like to plant trees in memory of someone, we do plant them. I guess, if you need a tree planted, we can do it.

President Winnecke: Okay, any other questions of Steve?

Commissioner Abell: This is at no cost to the county, is that correct?

Steve Craig: That’s my understanding.

Commissioner Abell: Good.

President Winnecke: Okay, good luck.

Steve Craig: Thank you. Thank you, Ted.

President Winnecke: Mike?

Mike Duckworth: Good evening, President Winnecke, members of the Commission. Mike Duckworth, Superintendent of Vanderburgh County Highway Department. I only have one thing this evening, and that is, as in past practice over the last few years, it’s this time of the year that we notify our union employees and their organization if there is an intention for us to go to a four day work week, working ten hour days. My past experience shows that during that time period we are able to stay on task during the daylight hours and be more efficient with our time and realize some savings on fuel and utilities and those kinds of things. Today I went back and looked through the records and we’ll be compiling those on previous years to show you how those years stacked up. Since I’ve not been there the last couple of years I can’t tell you how that’s worked out to this point, but I will get a report to you to indicate to you if that’s the case. I would tell you that during those daylight hours when we’re mowing and we are paving and we are ditching and those kinds of things, to give us a couple extra daylight hours that we’re not staging and re-staging equipment, my personal thinking is that it enables us to do more work in that time period. So, I’ll get that information back to you, but my request this evening, I have notified the union that our intention is that we proceed with four ten hour days commencing April 1^st, upon your approval. So, I would ask for your indulgence in that at this time.

President Winnecke: I mean, I think it makes, I mean, in the past, and I’ll have to, just anecdotally, I know that we feel like we have, get more productivity in the longer daylight hours. So, I think it’s probably a good measure to repeat. Any other comments, suggestions by anyone else?

Commissioner Melcher: No, we’ve done it in the past, and other counties that we have spoke to, they’ve done the same thing, and there’s some kind of a formula out there, I can’t remember what it is now, but you actually pick up like four extra days a month or something like that, by doing it that way. By the time you figure your down time, driving back and everything.

Mike Duckworth: Right, and, you know, I am having them, as they have in the past, they’ve monitored the information provided to them by citizens in regards to their complaints and their work orders, but they’ve not really compiled them. So, I am going to have them compile those and I’ll get that information to you to give you kind of a bird’s-eye view of how it’s happened in the past and the efficiencies that we hope to gain in the future. So, I don’t know if you need to vote on that, but I’m just asking–

President Winnecke: Yeah, Mr. Ziemer advised us that we do. So, at this point I would entertain a motion.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and second to instruct the County Superintendent of Highways to go to four ten hour workdays and direct the union, effective April 1.

Mike Duckworth: April 1, and it runs through–

President Winnecke: The time change.

Mike Duckworth: –the first Monday of November.

President Winnecke: Further questions or discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

Mike Duckworth: Thank you.

President Winnecke: Thanks, Mike.

Joe Gries: President Winnecke? If I could just real quick, Mike, one thing that we might want to do is just make sure that we do that at the start of a pay period.

Mike Duckworth: April 1^st is a Friday.

Joe Gries: Thank you very much.

President Winnecke: Gary, did you have anything? Okay.

President Winnecke: Any new business?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: I have the bids.

President Winnecke: Okay.

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: If the Commissioners are ready, for the Evergreen Acres Phase II, Holly Berry Reconstruction we have six bids. First is from Koberstein Construction, $144,927; second is from Deig Brothers, $214,233; next is from JBI Construction, $178,588.70; the next is from Ragle, Inc. Construction, $197,986.50; the next is from M. Bowling, Inc., $174,256.90; and the last is from J.H. Rudolph and Company, $343,995.

President Winnecke: At this time I would entertain a motion to take those bids under advisement.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Questions or discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: Next we’ll move on to public comment. I believe there are some folks from CAJE that would like to say something.

Linda Henzman: Good evening. I’m Linda Henzman. I’m a Vanderburgh County resident, a member of CAJE. I’ve been on the transportation team, and I know many of us have met with each of you. You probably see some familiar faces here from the transportation team members. We do appreciate the time that you’ve taken to meet with us. We know that you already understand our mission to make a new bus route up north 41 a reality for those hard working individuals who can’t get to the jobs up there, and for students, parents and workers at the new North High School, and I think there’s going to be a Junior High also. Last week after our presentation, the County Council recommended that we work with the County Commissioners to look for funding in the budget. So, that brings us to the purpose for our being here this evening. We don’t have access to delve into the budget to identify unappropriated funds, or identify funds from groups that are not being put to good use. We are asking you to find those funds, but we want to stress that those funds should not come from other areas that are helping the working poor, like child care vouchers. Further, we do not, we do understand and we do truly appreciate the dire situation with the county budget. We heard about it prior to our County Council presentation, during the County Council meeting, and we all read the in-depth article in the Courier and Press yesterday. It is a little confusing, some of the things that we read in that article, because there was mention of a Rainy Day Fund, and unappropriated Riverboat money, and Jail Set Aside Funds that all totaled around six million dollars. So, again, that’s why we’re asking you to find the funds. Also, we’ve heard about the repayment to the state. If that is to start in 2012, we feel like this is the year that we need to identify those funds before that repayment process starts. So, based on these budget blues, to borrow from yesterday’s headline, we propose shortening the pilot run of the bus route from one year to six months. Even though, Mr. Winnecke, you mentioned at one of our meetings that a one year pilot would give us a better picture of the route through all of the seasons of the year, we still believe that a six month pilot will provide real data and real ridership numbers that the county can use when approaching the city, the north side businesses, and maybe even the EVSC about partnering in the cost of this bus route. We are not asking for millions from the budget. The latest figure that was provided to you from METS, for one year, was $179,000. Now, as Mr. Melcher pointed out to us, we can’t assume that six months would be exactly one half of that amount, there might be some start up costs, but even so, we are talking about less than $100,000. Mr. Kiefer mentioned last week that County Councilmembers will be meeting with METS, and Mr. Lloyd suggested that METS could re-evaluate their current routes, and we assume that would be to identify maybe some underutilized routes and redirect those funds to the north 41 route. But, we fear that this would be a very long, involved process for METS, and we suggested that if they want to do that, fine, but the six month pilot should be running as soon as possible, and then that data from the pilot could be incorporated into any re-evaluation that METS might do. Just as you, Mr. Winnecke, championed the dental clinic, we need a champion from the Commissioners to take leadership and be proactive in making the bus route a reality. Stephanie Terry is working with us as a champion from the County Council. She used that term, she called herself a champion. We’ll be working with her to secure the four necessary votes from the Council to successfully fund the pilot. Speaking of votes, we’ll also need our Commission champion to make an appropriation request so that the funding can come to a vote at the April 6^th County Council meeting. So, to recap, funds needs to be found for a six month pilot now, a County Commissioner needs to take leadership, and an appropriation request is needed. Also, we want to invite you to our April 11^th action, that’s a Monday. We’re going to be at Crossroads Christian Church this year, we’ve outgrown St. Ben’s Cathedral, and it will be at 6:30 p.m. We are hoping that this action will be a celebration of a yes vote on the route of the County Council. Please don’t wait, ask us to wait and be patient. Those who work on north 41 have been patient, but waiting patiently at a bus stop for a bus that isn’t coming is not an option for workers who want and need to get to work but don’t have vehicles, or for workers who have a car but can’t afford the soon to be four dollar a gallon gas. Let’s truly make this about jobs and economic development and help those willing workers get to the jobs. Thank you.

President Winnecke: Thank you.

(Applause)

Commissioner Abell: I can tell you that after I met with you, I called Mr. Duckworth, who is on the School Board and we have begun the process of meeting with the EVSC.

Commissioner Melcher: I met with them, and when we talked about the budget and that, I did bring up that, you know, start up money is going to cost something. So, just because it’s a six month and they scale it back don’t mean it’s going to be half, and she mentioned that. So, basically, I guess, you’re asking for us to try to find something in there, and I think we can try to look for it, I can’t promise we’ll find it. As far as who the champion’s going to be, we’ll probably have to figure that out. I don’t know if we could give you an answer tonight or not.

Linda Henzman: (Inaudible. Not at mic.)

Commissioner Melcher: I know that. I know you won’t lose my e-mail neither, so.

President Winnecke: They’ve got our numbers, Steve.

Commissioner Melcher: I know that.

President Winnecke: Anyone else that would like to speak under public comment? Gary?

Gary Heck: Gary Heck with the Vanderburgh County Health Department. I’m glad you mentioned that you didn’t want to hurt the other working poor. The Dental Clinic was cut from the original appropriations the Commissioners made last year, by the County Council, and asked to go back and check with the hospitals to see if they would reconsider additional funding for the Dental Clinic. That hasn’t happened. They haven’t come forward with funds. I know that we will be looking to ask for that additional $50,000 that was cut by the County Council when they made the request that we go back to look at the hospitals. So, when you’re looking through your....and that was also a CAJE sponsored project, so as we’re looking forward for funds, I would hope that you would also remember that and consider that as well, because people need to have good teeth when they’re working out on the north side as well. Thank you.

Commissioner Melcher: I’ve got a question.

Gary Heck: Yes, sir?

Commissioner Melcher: You confused me a little bit. Did you say you have approached the hospitals and they haven’t, or nothing has happened yet? Or, where do we stand with the hospitals?

Gary Heck: We made the request of the hospitals, as the County Council asked us to.

Commissioner Melcher: Okay.

Gary Heck: We haven’t received a response–

Commissioner Melcher: From–

Gary Heck: –from either of the hospitals. Or, at least I haven’t received a response, somebody may have received a response, but I haven’t.

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: I mean, do we know that they were officially asked, or was it just talked about at the–

Gary Heck: No, I know that I asked, I made an e-mail and sent some extensive documentation on the time line of everything that transpired; the history of the Dental Clinic, the number of clinics that have been served. I believe former Commissioner Tornatta had offered to speak with the Deaconess folks. I don’t know what his outcome, or whatever he found from that was either, so. I know they’ve been approached, I just know that we haven’t received an answer. I know we’re going to need the money before the end of the year, if that’s an opportunity, to go back and revisit that with the County Council.

President Winnecke: I’ll follow up and see where that stands.

Gary Heck: Thank you.

Commissioner Melcher: Can you copy me an e-mail of what you sent them?

Gary Heck: I’ll be happy to. It will be in three separate packets, and it’s quite large. So, hopefully, as long as your computer will handle ten meg or more–

Commissioner Melcher: Well, can you get me something?

Gary Heck: I’ll be happy to.

Commissioner Melcher: Or a brief summary of what, I mean, something so that I have something to look at.

Gary Heck: Yes, sir. I will.

Commissioner Melcher: Okay. Maybe you overwhelmed them.

President Winnecke: Any other comments under public comment?

President Winnecke: At this time I would consider a motion to approve the consent agenda items.

Commissioner Abell: So moved.

Commissioner Melcher: Second.

President Winnecke: A motion and a second. Madelyn, your dramatic reading please.

Madelyn Grayson: The consent items for the March 1^st meeting are as follows; approval of the February 22, 2011 Commission meeting minutes; employment changes for the Commissioners approval this evening, there’s one for the County Highway and one for the Co-Op Extension; the County Engineer has pay request number 123 for TIF projects in the amount of $62,464.05; the County Auditor has the February 2011 A/P vouchers; the County Assessor has a request to surplus various office equipment; the EMA has a request for use of credit card; the Evansville ARC has the January 2011 report of activities; there are late redemption requests, one for 737 East Blackford extended until March 31, 2011 and one for 2109 Hercules Avenue extended until March 1, 2011; there are department head reports from the County Engineer and Burdette Park.

Commissioner Abell: Mr. Ziemer? On the late redemption requests on the properties, how long does an adjoining owner have to be able to purchase one of these properties?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: They, after the notice is given to them, they have five days is what we have been asking them to respond whether they are interested in that or not.

Commissioner Abell: So, five days from March 31^st?

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: No, March 31^st is the last date we think the Commissioners should consider ever approving this.

Commissioner Abell: So, if we know someone, there is someone interested in one of these properties. You’ll have to tell me what to tell him to do, because he doesn’t know.

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: I wish you would tell him to call me.

Commissioner Abell: Okay.

Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.: Then, we’ll instruct him what he needs to do.

Commissioner Abell: That’s easy enough. I’ll do that. Thank you.

President Winnecke: Roll call vote on the consent agenda please.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Abell?

Commissioner Abell: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: Commissioner Melcher?

Commissioner Melcher: Yes.

Madelyn Grayson: President Winnecke?

President Winnecke: Yes.

(Motion approved 3-0)

President Winnecke: I would entertain a motion to adjourn.

Commissioner Melcher: So moved.

Commissioner Abell: Second.

President Winnecke: We are adjourned.

(The meeting was adjourned at 5:32 p.m.)

CONSENT ITEMS:

Commissioners:

Approval of the February 22, 2011 Commission Meeting Minutes.

Approval of Use of Credit Card for EMA.

Evansville ARC: January 2011 Report of Activities.

Late Redemption: 2109 Hercules & 737 E. Blackford.

Employment Changes:

Sheriff (3)                                  VCCC (1)                        County Highway (1)

Co-Op Extension (1)                 Prosecutor (1)

County Engineer: Pay Request No. 123: Green River-Burkhardt TIF Projects.

County Auditor: February 2011 A/P Vouchers.

County Assessor: Surplus Request Letter: Various Office Equipment.

Department Head Reports:   County Engineer             Burdette Park

Those in Attendance:

Lloyd Winnecke                        Marsha Abell                  Stephen Melcher

Joe Gries                                  Ted C. Ziemer, Jr.          Marissa Nichoalds

Madelyn Grayson                     John Stoll                        Steve Craig

Mike Duckworth                        Linda Henzman              Gary Heck

Others Unidentified                   Members of Media

VANDERBURGH COUNTY

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Lloyd Winnecke, President

Marsha Abell, Vice President

Stephen Melcher, Member

(Recorded and transcribed by Madelyn Grayson.)