Council Meeting, February 10 -- Notes

Boone County Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 2009
8:30 a.m.

Note: These are my personal notes from the council meeting. They are NOT the official minutes, nor should they be construed as an official record of any kind.

Attendance: All Council Members, Council Secretary Heather Barton.

Approved corrected minutes from January.

President Steve Jacob noted that due to an error in advertising, no additional appropriations can be approved today.

REAPPROPRIATIONS: all approved

Auditor Melody Price:
Reappropriation from office supplies to training ($600) and consulting ($500). Consulting to
cover overrun for GUTS contract correcting end-of-year error.

Surveyor (Kathy Clawson):
Needs vote on approval of transferring money from vehicle to equipment to cover 2008 expenditure when vehicle was available early.

Community Clinic (Bambi McQuade-Jones):
$3110 from office manager to medical assistant
$12000 from medical director to consulting (does contract require commissioner approval?)
$10000 from malpractice & $6000 from prescription to repairs to cover leaking roof
Witham (which owns building) unable to repair in foreseeable future. State grant will
also help cover cost. State grants also funding computerization of Medicaid records.
Clinic's Medicaid load has doubled in past 6 months.

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS:
Sherriff Ken Campbell:
$100 for postage, to reimburse EMA for $ spent.
$71.69 for fuel, from prosecutor’s extradition fund
These are essentially re-appropriations, but moving from fund-to-fund instead of line-to-line.
Community Corrections:
Sherriff Campbell would like to alter CC line from current status requiring additional appropriation for any expenditures to a regular user-fee type line which he could spend as
needed. Council advised to speak with Attorney Eileen Sims to clarify next step in doing so.
$529.90 for gloves, $271 for . . ., $1925.19 for corrections & communications officers uniforms &
stenciling “jail” on prisoner uniforms, $2195 for training.
Vendors having to wait another month for payment might be a problem. Council could approve
reappropriation today, or hold additional meeting. Can Sherriff write check from commissary fund and be reimbursed next month?
Council will hold special meeting Tuesday morning, February 17, 7:00 a.m., to approve all additional appropriations.

Drainage Board (Kathy Clawson): withdrawn

EMA: $1792.73 from state grant money to cover future projects.

Community Corrections (Kari Ragsdale):
$15000 grant money for part-time employee that was approved in budget hearings, but appears to have been cut inadvertently in transcription to new budget.

Juvenile Probation: Council previously approved probation officer salary from user fee money, but needs additional for OASI (benefits) contribution. Have not figured exact total, but requesting $2000 for now, then will return later for additional. Likely to need another $400-$700.

Health Dept (Sharon Adams): $977.5 from fees to budget line for mosquito control.

All additionals tabled until special meeting on the 17th.


NEW BUSINESS:
ARC Rehab (Brent Cardin):
Mid-year report. County (121,000) accounts for 10% of budget, roughly $1.09 per service hour.
Supported employment & work skill training opportunities dropped dramatically since September, while WIC services increased proportionally.

Community corrections (Kari Ragsdale):
State review advises CC needs three separate funds for revenues instead of the current one
(boone co community corrections grant, bccc project income, bccc CTP). Ordinance to create
the two new funds, then will re-appropriate next month to populate new funds.

Clerk (Penny Bogan):
Wishes to create line-item for part-time payroll (from state grant money) for scanning old order
books, then destroying books to create space and improve accessibility of records. Council
discussed options for other storage (limited at best), as well as efficacy of spending money to
create limited amount of space. No action was taken.

Health Dept (Sharon Adams):
Pool (public & semi-public) inspection ordinance fee proposal. County has 42 pools (7 year-
round), which cost approximately $10,000/year to inspect under state & local regulations. New
fee schedule would recoup roughly half of that cost ($5500). Schools would be exempted from
fees, as they are for other health department inspection fees. Adams will return next month
with amended ordinance to include proposed fees.

PUBLIC COMMENT:
President Jacob said clarification was needed for PTBOA appointment. Council may need to make additional appointment.

Highway Supervisor Tom Kouns informed council of his list for possible spending of Boone’s share of potential federal stimulus package money.
Kouns updated council on snow removal costs thus far: $133k vs. $83k last year.

Meeting adjourned.

COUNCIL AGENDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009

BOONE COUNTY COUNCIL
BUSINESS AGENDA FOR February 10, 2009
LOCATION: CONNIE LAMAR MEETING ROOM, ROOM 105
116 W Washington St
Lebanon, IN 46052

Call regular meeting to order – 8:30 a.m.

Approval of January 2009 minutes

Re-Appropriations:
Auditor, Surveyor, Boone County Clinic

Additional Appropriations:
Sheriff, Drainage Board, EMA, Probation I, County Corrections, Community Corrections, Environmental Health

New Business:
Brent Cardin from ARC Rehab – Update
Kari Ragsdale – Request for 2 new funds
Penny Bogan/Clerk – Request amendment to salary ordinance

Old Business:
Sharon Adams/Environmental Health – Fee for pool ordinance, adding pool fees to fee ordinance

Public Comment

Adjournment

This agenda is subject to change.