Commissioner’s Meeting Minutes
March 16, 2021
Prayer
Pledge
Present: Kelly Gaskill, Darlene Likens, & John Richwine
Also Present: County Administrator Dan Dykes, County Attorney Jeff Graham, County Auditor Rick Gardner, & Deputy Auditor Kendra Gardner
Play >> Approval of Minutes: March 2nd, 2021
Motion: to approve minutes
Moved: Darlene Likens
Motion Withdrawn
Motion: to approve minutes with line being added to the second page under dispatch
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Play >> Approval of Claims: March 16th, 2021
Motion: to approve claim 188462-188682, Auditor Discretionary claims, and payroll claims
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Play >> Appointments: CJC Nominee Jeff Ash
Motion: to accept their recommendation for this appointment
Moved: Darlene Likens
Seconded: John Richwine
Roll Call Vote:
Commissioner Gaskill: Abstained
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed
John Lavine, COG, presents the Madison County Comprehensive Plan.
Motion: to approve Resolution 2021-BC-R-7
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Roll Call Vote
Commissioner Gaskill: Yes
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed, unanimously
Brent Jensen, Dispatch Director, approaches the Board of Commissioners with a proposed Ordinance Amendment for the establishment of the Board.
Motion: to accept the amended ordinance for the board
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Scott Harless, Highway Director, approaches the Board of Commissioners for the second reading of the Mailbox Ordinance.
Motion: under second reading to adopt Ordinance 2021-BC-O-3 by title only
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Roll Call Vote
Commissioner Gaskill: Yes
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed, unanimously
Scott Harless presents a Trash Ordinance.
Motion: to approve under the first reading Ordinance 2021-BC-O-5
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Play >> New Business
Jeff Graham, County Attorney, presents a weight limit ordinance for 800 S to 650 S. There have been a bunch of heavy trucks and they are destroying the roads. President Richwine signed an emergency order last week and it expires this week. There will be a weight limit of 30 tons.
Motion: to accept Ordinance 2021-BC-O-6 by title only and Ordinance establishing weight limits near 800 S and unincorporated Madison County
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: John Richwine
Roll Call Vote
Commissioner Gaskill: Yes
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed, unanimously
Motion: to pass this with unanimous consent to go in order today
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Kelly Gaskill
Motion Passed, unanimously
Motion: to approve the Ordinance
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Kelly Gaskill
Motion Passed, unanimously
Gary Simmons, Purdue Extension, presents a contractual services agreement. This is a contract between the county and Purdue for the extension of services. The amount is $149,275.
Motion: to have President Richwine sign the contractual services agreement between Purdue University and Madison County
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Dan Dykes, presents a report for Tram. It is a report of operations.
Motion: to accept the Tram report as presented by Dan
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Olivia Pratt, County Clerk, presents the contract for 150 express vote machines.
Motion: to accept the sales order agreement with ES&S for the purchase of an additional 150 voting machines, carrying cases, equipment installation, shipping and holding in the amount of $546,000
Amended to include maintenance and firmware included with ES&S
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Kelly Gaskill
Motion Passed, unanimously
Dan Dykes speaks on equipment from the Health Department that need to be recycled.
Motion: that the property presented be declared excess property and be disposed of properly
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Motion Passed, unanimously
Brad Newman, Planning Department, presents a major subdivision plat for Alexandria.
Motion: approval based on the recommendation from the planning commission
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Darlene Likens
Roll Call Vote
Commissioner Gaskill: Yes
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed, unanimously
Brad Newman presents a zoning ordinance.
Motion: to introduce Ordinance 2021-BC-O-7 and pass it
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Kelly Gaskill
Roll Call Vote
Commissioner Gaskill: Yes
Commissioner Likens: Yes
President Richwine: Yes
Motion Passed, unanimously
President Richwine and Jeff Graham talk about the RFP for the Jail Study. Jeff Graham recommends hiring a project manager to help draft the RFP for the study.
Motion: to work with Dan and Jeff to put a list of folks together to do that type of work
Moved: John Richwine
Seconded: Kelly Gaskill
Motion Passed, unanimously
David Herbert, Veterans Affairs, tells the Commissioners that Mecca Andrews-Hill is now accredited as the new VSO. He also says they have gotten flags for Memorial Day.
Motion: to adjourn
Moved: Kelly Gaskill
Seconded: John Richwine
Motion Passed, unanimously