White County Board met Aug. 9.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
A special meeting of the White County Board begun and holden in the Courtroom of the White County Courthouse in the City of Carmi.
Chairman Spencer called the meeting to order. Clerk Sell took roll call with Usery, McAnulty, Carter and Spencer present. Pigg was counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer then led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chairman Spencer stated the first item on the agenda was to approve the minutes of the July meeting. Mr. McAnulty made the motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mr. Usery. Motion
carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg was counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to approve the payments of all County bills. Mr. Usery made the motion to approve payment of County bills, seconded by Mr. Carter. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer asked if any County Officers had anything to report. Highway Engineer Brain Ray reported he had been in contact with E.T. Simonds, whose has been in contact with D.E. Shaw. They are going through and doing inventory on the roads that need repaired from the solar farms being constructed. Ray said he they have an extensive list and several residents have been inquiring about the roads needing repaired. Ray finished by stating the company plans on getting the work done this year. Sheriff Randy Graves submitted his report in writing. Graves did update the Board that Trey Simmons was sworn in as new deputy and will report to training and should be done the first of December. Graves stated he will have 2 dispatchers retiring so he will need to replace them and it takes approximately 2 months for them to get trained. Coroner Chris Marsh submitted his report in writing but also went on to state that the Sheriff Graves and Ambulance Director Adam Allen and himself have been talking about the dangers of Fentanyl coming into the area. Marsh says he has had 2 deaths related to Fentanyl this year and he only sees the problem getting worse. Ambulance Director Adam Allen stated they did get the second ambulance purchased an inspected and that everything went good. Allen stated they are still looking for a newer ambulance. Allen stated he was still waiting to hear what the insurance company is planning to do on the new ambulance that was wrecked. He stated the insurance company was talking about fixing the ambulance up for a cost that was more than the ambulance cost new and he did not think that was feasible. EMA Director Patrick Scates stated the grant money for the Hazard Mitigation 5 year plan has came in. He thanked County Clerk Beth Sell for getting on the GATA portal and completing the information needed for the funds. The grant was around the $43,000 range according to Scates. He went on to state that American Environmental who done the study will get paid out of the grant money. Scates ended by stating he has turned in his resignation letter effective September 1st to Chairman Spencer. Scates added that keeping up with his family business and the EMA position is too much. Springfield keeps adding more paperwork that he can keep up with and he does not have the time. He thanked the Board for allowing him to serve in the position. Scates noted he came on in 2020 right before COVID started and it was a great learning experience on how IEMA worked. Mark Becker, a representative from the Assessor's Office stated everything was going well.
Communications: Chairman Spencer wanted to publicly thank Macy McKenzie, the Community Service Coordinator, for having all the old books removed from the 3rd story of the Courthouse.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to approve moving Mill Shoals 1 voting location and Carmi 12,14, and 16 voting locations. Clerk Sell stated the current polling place in Mill Shoals was in the old township building which had no hot water and was not kept up at all and that she had spoke with the Fire Chief in Mill Shoals and he had no issue with the polling place being in their new building. As for Carmi 12,14 and 16 polling place, it is now in the New Beginnings Church. Sell stated she will moved them to the Floral Hall and all Carmi polling places will now be in one location. Mr. McAnulty made the motion to approve the polling place moves, seconded by Mr. Usery. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to approve the Resolution declaring surplus equipment for the White County Circuit Clerk's Office. Mr. McAnulty made the motion to approve the resolution, seconded by Mr. Usery. Motion carried 4-0. Pigg was counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider the Resolution for payment to Exela Technologies for the scanning of the White County Circuit Clerk flat case files out of the ARPA Funds. Mr. Carter made the motion to approved the resolution, seconded by Mr. McAnulty. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to approved the Proposed Assessment Districts for White County Multi Township Assessments. Mr. Usery made the motion, seconded by Mr. McAnulty. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider the approval of a Resolution of Support and commitment of Funds to the Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission. Board members Carter and McAnulty stated that the GWRPC has more that paid for itself. Mr. Usery made the motion to approve the resolution, seconded by Mr. Carter. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pige counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider the resolution to declare excess equipment for the White County Ambulance service which was tabled last meeting. Mr. Usery made a motion to approve the resolution, seconded by Mr. McAnulty. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider estimates on a generator for the Courthouse which was tabled from last meeting. Mr. McAnulty made a motion to remove it from the agenda since some of the offices will be moving into the former Carmi Times building, seconded by Mr. Usery. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider the reappointment of Jim Taylor to the Board of Review for a term ending November 20, 2022. Mr. McAnulty made the motion to reappoint Taylor, seconded by Mr. Usery. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer stated the next item on the agenda was to consider the reappointment of Ron Wooten to the Board of Review for a term ending November 20, 2022. Mr. Usery made the motion
to reappoint Wooten, Mr. Usery made the motion, seconded by Mr. McAnulty Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mr. McAnulty made a motion to go into executive session for personnel and legal issues, seconded by Mr. Carter. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Mr. Mcnulty made a motion to come out of executive session, seconded by Mr. Carter. Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg counted as absent.
Chairman Spencer asked for a motion to adjourn.
Mr. Usery made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Carter .Motion carried 4-0 on roll call. Pigg recorded as absent.
Other business: Next meeting will be September 13, 2022 at 9:00 A.M.
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