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| 2 great grand kids into that allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:00:00 | |
| To the Republic for which it stands. | 00:00:06 | |
| One nation under God. | 00:00:08 | |
| Indivisible with liberty and justice overall. | 00:00:10 | |
| Thank you everyone for being here tonight. | 00:00:22 | |
| For those of you have cell phones, if you would just make sure that they're on silent. | 00:00:24 | |
| And if we could just take a minute for a little bit of self reflection or prayer. | 00:00:27 | |
| All right. Thank you everyone. | 00:00:59 | |
| So we got a couple changes we're going to be making to the agenda. We're going to be adding and removing an item. | 00:01:02 | |
| The first. | 00:01:09 | |
| Item to be added as the bid openings for the 2026 through 2020. I'm sorry, 2030 cyclical reassessment. | 00:01:10 | |
| And the removal of. | 00:01:16 | |
| Item number 4, which is the IT Director, Mr. Biermann, who will not be here tonight. | 00:01:18 | |
| If I get a motion to approve. | 00:01:24 | |
| Make a motion to approve and I'll second. | 00:01:25 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:01:28 | |
| Passes. | 00:01:31 | |
| All right, we'll start with Mr. Watson. | 00:01:33 | |
| Or are you here? Yeah. | 00:01:35 | |
| Thanks Sir. | 00:01:38 | |
| You want to call for any other bids? Yeah. | 00:01:44 | |
| This is going to be the bid openings for the 2026 through 2030. | 00:01:48 | |
| Cyclical reassessment? Are there any other bids? | 00:01:52 | |
| In the audience, they need to be delivered. | 00:01:55 | |
| I'm seeing that. Go ahead. | 00:01:59 | |
| OK, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. This is my first time. You could just hang tight and we'll just open the bids and I'll | 00:02:01 | |
| just stand up here and look important. There you go. You are important. There you go. | 00:02:06 | |
| The first one was the Nexus group. | 00:02:28 | |
| I have to find a page. | 00:02:34 | |
| Oh, here it is. | 00:02:58 | |
| $750,000. | 00:03:01 | |
| Yes. | 00:03:03 | |
| OK, gotcha. | 00:03:04 | |
| I think everyone needs to know that the bids are for a four year period. | 00:03:27 | |
| It's not per year. | 00:03:30 | |
| Just. | 00:03:33 | |
| That what they always are some four year period, yeah. | 00:03:38 | |
| Yeah, yeah. We assessing force. | 00:03:41 | |
| Yeah. | 00:03:46 | |
| Come on. | 00:03:59 | |
| This ones from Tyler Technology. | 00:04:07 | |
| OK. | 00:04:09 | |
| You can. | 00:05:11 | |
| I'm having a. | 00:05:12 | |
| Try to find that. | 00:05:13 | |
| Bottom dollar page. | 00:05:16 | |
| Of course, he turned out to. | 00:05:21 | |
| $690,360.00. | 00:05:25 | |
| Hey Tyler Technologies 690,360 dollars. | 00:05:31 | |
| It's from the Nexus. | 00:06:05 | |
| Ltd. | 00:06:08 | |
| 985,000. | 00:06:23 | |
| Next Ltd is 985,000. | 00:06:27 | |
| Yes, all right. | 00:06:30 | |
| All right. So I'll be looking for a motion to take these bids under advisement. | 00:06:32 | |
| Make a motion. | 00:06:36 | |
| Take these three bids under advisement. | 00:06:37 | |
| And I'll second. | 00:06:40 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:06:41 | |
| Aye, passes. | 00:06:44 | |
| Thank you, Mr. | 00:06:48 | |
| Did a great job Terry. | 00:06:50 | |
| That was easy. There you go. Just all of them, all three here, all three are there. OK. | 00:06:52 | |
| We'll take a look at. | 00:07:00 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:02 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:03 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:04 | |
| Next up we have Floyd County Superior Court #1 Judge Stiller, I think he took my packet. | 00:07:05 | |
| All right, so I'm here tonight on as chair of Floyd County Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council, Floyd County Jac. | 00:07:15 | |
| And there was a recommendation at the full board meeting July 14th. | 00:07:22 | |
| As you know per the e-mail packet that I sent to the commissioners. | 00:07:26 | |
| For the funding for fiscal year 2026, which runs I believe October. | 00:07:30 | |
| 25 October 26th For System of Care. This is the continued funding. | 00:07:36 | |
| And the details are out were outlined in the e-mail here today I brought with me and Carruthers, who's the director. | 00:07:41 | |
| Of a system of Clark Floyd system of care for any questions you may have for me or her. | 00:07:47 | |
| I don't have any questions at this time. | 00:07:54 | |
| This is. | 00:07:57 | |
| To clarify from the restricted opioid funds and it is in supplement. | 00:07:58 | |
| To the programming within the criminal justice system that we. | 00:08:02 | |
| Are currently already funding through the opioid restricted funds. Absolutely. | 00:08:07 | |
| And what you're looking for today is? | 00:08:12 | |
| Our approval, your approval, because it is the Commissioner's directive as to the expenditures from the restricted opioid funds. | 00:08:14 | |
| Make a motion to approve. | 00:08:21 | |
| Well, second. | 00:08:23 | |
| I'm not questioning these two women. | 00:08:25 | |
| So we got a motion to second. All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:08:29 | |
| Motion passes. | 00:08:33 | |
| Thank you for your time and your. | 00:08:34 | |
| Trusting the J rack to do this work. | 00:08:37 | |
| Thank you so much, you all do great work. | 00:08:40 | |
| Thank you. | 00:08:42 | |
| OK, Next up is paranormal investigator Vincent. | 00:08:45 | |
| I'm gonna mess this nice thing. | 00:08:49 | |
| All right. | 00:08:51 | |
| Come on up. | 00:08:52 | |
| How can we help you today, Sir So. | 00:08:57 | |
| My name is Vince. I'm a paranormal investigator. | 00:08:59 | |
| I've worked at Waverly Hill Sanatorium on and off since 2010. | 00:09:02 | |
| I care deeply about preservation and restoration. | 00:09:07 | |
| Your site. | 00:09:11 | |
| From what I understand, what I've researched, you are the commissioners are the owner of the Floyd County Asylum. | 00:09:12 | |
| And where? Also there's a recycling center on the back. | 00:09:19 | |
| There's a whole lot of different things that. | 00:09:24 | |
| Could bring into. | 00:09:28 | |
| The community. | 00:09:30 | |
| By preserving and restoring. | 00:09:32 | |
| Now I understand there's been a lot of. | 00:09:34 | |
| Things said like that it was an eyesore or that, you know, people wanted it gone or whatever the case. | 00:09:37 | |
| But with preservation and restoration, it brings a new eye. | 00:09:43 | |
| And a new. | 00:09:47 | |
| Focus to the community into the surrounding areas. | 00:09:49 | |
| So I was going to read off a couple different things to kind of give you. | 00:09:53 | |
| My thoughts on it, my opinions on it and would possibly look if willing by the board to. | 00:09:57 | |
| Sell for preservation and restoration. | 00:10:04 | |
| As it. | 00:10:06 | |
| Everything's in my phone, so I apologize. It's going to be just a second. | 00:10:11 | |
| The Floyd County Asylum, also known as the Poor Farm, dates back to 1838 when the county acquired 135 acres to provide shelter for | 00:10:16 | |
| the poor, elderly, mentally ill. | 00:10:22 | |
| And others in need. | 00:10:27 | |
| Over the decades, it has served as a poor farm and Infirmary, juvenile detention center and a mental health facility. | 00:10:29 | |
| This isn't just a building. It's a physical. It's a physical story of how Floyd County cared for its most vulnerable citizens for | 00:10:36 | |
| nearly two centuries. Preserving the site means honoring those stories from. | 00:10:42 | |
| Unwed mothers to Civil War veterans to individuals who lived out their final days. | 00:10:47 | |
| It also provides a rare opportunity to give public access. | 00:10:53 | |
| To a piece of history that's still intact, still standing, and still meaningful. | 00:10:57 | |
| Paranormal tourism offers a financial sustainability. | 00:11:03 | |
| To preserve historic sites while engaging a wide audience. | 00:11:08 | |
| We've seen this model succeed at. | 00:11:13 | |
| Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which was. | 00:11:15 | |
| Once Weston State Hospital. | 00:11:18 | |
| The historic site turned cultural landmark with regular tours and overnight stays. | 00:11:21 | |
| It flourishes today. | 00:11:27 | |
| And has every single person in this room knows Waverly Hill Citatorium? | 00:11:29 | |
| Is probably one of the most successful and, from what you've heard, one of the most haunted places in the US. | 00:11:33 | |
| A national destination for ghost hunters. | 00:11:41 | |
| And history buffs alike. | 00:11:44 | |
| Having Waverly in the same vicinity will likely encourage teams. | 00:11:45 | |
| To make 4 weekends. | 00:11:49 | |
| To see both locations. | 00:11:53 | |
| Indiana State Sanatorium is now a. | 00:11:55 | |
| Mixed-use paranormal and historic venue that draws. | 00:11:58 | |
| Consistent traffic. | 00:12:02 | |
| Like those sites? | 00:12:04 | |
| Floyd County Asylum has documented activity. | 00:12:06 | |
| National attention from investigators. | 00:12:09 | |
| And a layered history that makes these locations compel. | 00:12:12 | |
| A multi use plan for the space. | 00:12:16 | |
| Our team proposes A respectful multi-purpose use of the building that includes daytime historical tours. | 00:12:19 | |
| Covering the poor, farms history, mental health. | 00:12:26 | |
| An evolution of public welfare. | 00:12:29 | |
| Paranormal investigations for both the public and private groups. | 00:12:31 | |
| These are low impact, high return events that often fund a major preservation efforts. | 00:12:36 | |
| Conventions and community events. | 00:12:44 | |
| Now I have something written underneath here what I mean by community events. | 00:12:47 | |
| Is fun things during Halloween like having a haunted hayride? | 00:12:51 | |
| Or giving or having. | 00:12:56 | |
| Possibly Indiana's biggest. | 00:12:59 | |
| Easter icon during Easter. | 00:13:02 | |
| Or being able to go visit Santa Claus. | 00:13:03 | |
| Right here in Floyd Knobs. | 00:13:06 | |
| Educational partnerships with schools. | 00:13:12 | |
| I use SE and heritage organizations. | 00:13:15 | |
| The recycling center that sits on the property, as is at the moment. | 00:13:19 | |
| Will not interfere with the location. | 00:13:23 | |
| So what I mean by that? | 00:13:26 | |
| If you choose to move forward with such. | 00:13:28 | |
| Offer that. | 00:13:32 | |
| Whatever contract can be drawn up without payment. | 00:13:34 | |
| They're able to stay. | 00:13:38 | |
| Citizens of Lloyd Knobs does not have to find somewhere else to go to recycle. | 00:13:39 | |
| Plan restoration and infrastructure improvements. | 00:13:46 | |
| To ensure long term and safety, we plan to restore structural integrity, address key safety issues and begin phased. | 00:13:50 | |
| Modernization. | 00:13:57 | |
| This includes running electricity, air conditioning to parts of the building, or all. | 00:13:59 | |
| Enabling us to have year round access and additional comfort, especially for. | 00:14:05 | |
| Public facing towards and events. | 00:14:10 | |
| While paranormal investigators aren't. | 00:14:12 | |
| Deteriorated by lack of power or climate control? | 00:14:14 | |
| Having these upgrades makes the space more versatile and appealing for a broader public use. | 00:14:17 | |
| All upgrades with will be done with preservation in mind. | 00:14:24 | |
| We are not modernizing the site beyond recognition. | 00:14:28 | |
| But preserving what makes? | 00:14:31 | |
| In historic while making it accessible. | 00:14:33 | |
| The community and economic benefits. Unlike many historic asylums of Floyd County site is ideally located. | 00:14:37 | |
| Walmart is right next door. | 00:14:45 | |
| Restaurants, hotels, main roadways. | 00:14:47 | |
| Where other locations in the US I've been to a little. | 00:14:50 | |
| Under 400 in the last four years. | 00:14:54 | |
| 90% of those places are in the middle of nowhere. | 00:14:57 | |
| No cell service. | 00:15:01 | |
| Nothing for the people to go find, nothing for the people to check out the local community. | 00:15:03 | |
| Where you guys have comic book stores you guys have? | 00:15:08 | |
| Different sites you have the. | 00:15:11 | |
| Ohio River, right here. You have the auditorium down on the riverfront, things like that. | 00:15:13 | |
| The Community and economic benefit. | 00:15:22 | |
| Most ghost hunting sites are isolated. | 00:15:24 | |
| With nearby amenities. | 00:15:27 | |
| This location offers built-in infrastructure for tourism, which will attract. | 00:15:29 | |
| Increased. | 00:15:34 | |
| Increased visitation by benefit local businesses, gas stations, restaurants, lodging. | 00:15:35 | |
| And provide more job opportunities for tour guides and maintenance, event staff and more. | 00:15:40 | |
| It also gives Floyd County a destination attraction that supports both heritage and commerce. | 00:15:46 | |
| With your support, we can preserve a site of major historical importance, open it to the public, and give it a new. | 00:15:52 | |
| Life as a cultural and educational asset. | 00:15:59 | |
| This isn't a haunted house attraction. | 00:16:02 | |
| It's a meaningful space with deep roots in Floyd County history. | 00:16:05 | |
| Ready to serve a new generation? | 00:16:08 | |
| We have a team ready to handle restoration programming. | 00:16:11 | |
| And in the most respectful stewardship. | 00:16:15 | |
| Required to make it a success. | 00:16:18 | |
| For the county, for the community, and for the legacy of the building itself. | 00:16:20 | |
| Any questions? I have no questions, no. | 00:16:27 | |
| Thank you for your time. | 00:16:30 | |
| All right, Sheriff Bush. | 00:16:36 | |
| Sheriff Steve Bush on the agenda is 2 agreements, contracts. First ones accurate. | 00:16:42 | |
| We'll just do that one first. That's basically a program. You've already proved the monies to our unrestricted funds partnering | 00:16:47 | |
| with New Albany Police Department in terms of an investigative tool that we can use. So that's the agreement that Mister Fox | 00:16:52 | |
| looked over, I believe and should have any questions for what we fixed on. | 00:16:57 | |
| No, I'm familiar with it. That's fine. | 00:17:03 | |
| Yeah, I'll look for a. | 00:17:06 | |
| Motion to make a motion to approve the accurate contract. | 00:17:09 | |
| OK, now second favor signify by saying aye aye aye. | 00:17:12 | |
| Next next one is a conveyance of equipment and fingerprint. | 00:17:17 | |
| Just conveying that equipment. | 00:17:21 | |
| I think the photo. | 00:17:25 | |
| Also. | 00:17:26 | |
| And the FBI approved hardware. | 00:17:27 | |
| Yeah, I believe so. The language in that as well, yeah. | 00:17:31 | |
| Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve conveyance of the equipment. | 00:17:34 | |
| I'll second. | 00:17:38 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:17:39 | |
| Passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. | 00:17:42 | |
| Next. Next. | 00:17:44 | |
| Good evening. The first item I have is Ecosystems connections. | 00:17:50 | |
| Change order in the amount of $10,000. This was for the dam removal project at Bridge 51. The additional funds are for material | 00:17:55 | |
| that was needed to shore up the. | 00:18:01 | |
| The short line. | 00:18:09 | |
| More more material washed down Creek. | 00:18:12 | |
| First was. | 00:18:15 | |
| Understood and additional. | 00:18:17 | |
| Material was needed. | 00:18:19 | |
| The original contract was for $50,000, so it is within. | 00:18:20 | |
| Change order parameters, right? Well I just I want to say that. | 00:18:25 | |
| I don't think we should have got this done. | 00:18:29 | |
| Without them doing this at the level they were doing. So I'll look for a motion. Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve and I'll | 00:18:31 | |
| second. | 00:18:35 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:18:39 | |
| It passes. | 00:18:42 | |
| The next item is quotes for a lift at the road department. | 00:18:44 | |
| New Superintendent Sydney Maine obtained 3 quotes for the new lift. | 00:18:50 | |
| The lowest was from Midwest Automotive Equipment in the amount of 38,900. | 00:18:57 | |
| We also received one from Challenger Lifts for 43,048. | 00:19:04 | |
| Dollars and 3rd from bumper to bumper for 39,414. | 00:19:10 | |
| So we're requesting. | 00:19:17 | |
| Approval of the low quote there to move forward with that. | 00:19:19 | |
| So moved. | 00:19:24 | |
| All right, I'll second. | 00:19:25 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:19:27 | |
| Aye. | 00:19:29 | |
| Next up, we have the development agreement for the subdivision known as Cottonwood Commons. | 00:19:31 | |
| We met with the developer of that subdivision last week. He's. | 00:19:38 | |
| Preparing to. | 00:19:44 | |
| Obtain secondary approval and move forward with recording the quote. He's already done some work out there. Usually we'd like to | 00:19:47 | |
| have these ahead of that. | 00:19:51 | |
| We were a little behind on this one. | 00:19:56 | |
| But you need to have this in place prior to. | 00:19:58 | |
| Signing that final plan and making sure we have bonding on any infrastructure items. | 00:20:01 | |
| This is our standard agreement we have. | 00:20:08 | |
| I'll look for a motion to approve the. | 00:20:12 | |
| This umm. | 00:20:15 | |
| Was this one on? | 00:20:18 | |
| Cordon Ridge, Yes, off Courtney. | 00:20:20 | |
| I'm familiar with them. | 00:20:22 | |
| Make a motion to approve, all right. | 00:20:24 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:20:27 | |
| Aye. | 00:20:29 | |
| The next item I have is the North Annex asbestos mitigation quotes. | 00:20:31 | |
| We requested quotes from four companies. | 00:20:38 | |
| We received quotes from two the first asbest tech. | 00:20:42 | |
| For 39,500. | 00:20:46 | |
| And then we receive a quote from Bloom Environmental for. | 00:20:49 | |
| For 78,850. | 00:20:53 | |
| A Specialty contractors did not provide a response. | 00:20:56 | |
| Nor did Midwest Environmental Services, and this will be removing the. | 00:20:59 | |
| Ducts pipe work in the basement that has asbestos. | 00:21:05 | |
| No matter what. | 00:21:10 | |
| Happens with that building. We are going to have to deal with this issue so absolutely. | 00:21:11 | |
| Umm, maybe we had the previous speaker ask if he's got $39,000. | 00:21:16 | |
| I make a motion to approve. | 00:21:26 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:21:29 | |
| And then finally, I wanted to provide an update to the Charlestown Rd. Trail project. | 00:21:33 | |
| We've been getting a lot of questions about that. There has not been work going on over the past few weeks. | 00:21:39 | |
| About 5 weeks ago. | 00:21:46 | |
| Contractors. | 00:21:49 | |
| Discovered a conflict with the gas line. | 00:21:51 | |
| That was. | 00:21:54 | |
| Not where it was in the plans, which is not. | 00:21:55 | |
| All unheard of. You know these are underground facilities sometimes. | 00:21:59 | |
| They're off a foot or two and that makes a big difference when you're working in a narrow area. | 00:22:04 | |
| So they stopped work for that reason. There is. We also had some. | 00:22:09 | |
| After that discovered conflicts with the Lumos. | 00:22:14 | |
| Utilities. | 00:22:18 | |
| They're pulling out. | 00:22:20 | |
| Their staff, they were great to work with in terms of resolving that conflict. I do want to. | 00:22:22 | |
| Give them their accolades for that. | 00:22:28 | |
| They get a lot of negative. | 00:22:30 | |
| The contractor milestone does plan to resume work next week. | 00:22:33 | |
| The schedule for completion, they plan on having permanent striping go down the week of November 24th, so that should be around | 00:22:40 | |
| the wind. Project completion will occur. | 00:22:46 | |
| They want to have it done before. That's what plants close in December. | 00:22:53 | |
| Is there any way we can get some of that information? Maybe out on? | 00:22:59 | |
| Social media. | 00:23:02 | |
| Do it here first. Yeah, we will disseminate that on some of our public media. | 00:23:05 | |
| And if we have further updates with that project, I know the. | 00:23:12 | |
| Traffic barrels are. | 00:23:15 | |
| A problem for everyone. Nobody likes to deal with them. | 00:23:18 | |
| Because we're vetted and approved by. | 00:23:22 | |
| The consultants, our engineers and in dot. | 00:23:25 | |
| Nevertheless, we want to get those out as soon as we can. | 00:23:28 | |
| Can you give us a couple seconds and let us know what? | 00:23:32 | |
| Where we stand on old Vincennes. | 00:23:36 | |
| Both the hill and in front of Highlander Point. | 00:23:39 | |
| Yes, in front of Highlander Point. | 00:23:43 | |
| That should also be wrapping up next week. | 00:23:46 | |
| I spoke with the contractors last week, they said. | 00:23:50 | |
| They were about two weeks behind our their initial schedule, which was to be done at the end of July. | 00:23:54 | |
| So we anticipate that they'll be done. | 00:24:00 | |
| In the end of next week. | 00:24:01 | |
| You know. | 00:24:03 | |
| Unforeseen thing coming up in the last week. | 00:24:06 | |
| The slide is on schedule. | 00:24:09 | |
| The initial timeline was to be done in October, by the end of October and that still remains. We do have a community crossings to | 00:24:12 | |
| repave that road right after they finish. | 00:24:18 | |
| So there'll still be a little bit of work after that, but that's the schedules work. | 00:24:25 | |
| OK. Thank you. | 00:24:30 | |
| Deal. Thank you. | 00:24:31 | |
| Diana Topping couldn't be here. | 00:24:35 | |
| Oh, OK, as am I presenting for her? No, I told her we'd do. | 00:24:37 | |
| Take a look at Take care of it. | 00:24:40 | |
| Both of these agreements that she. | 00:24:44 | |
| Was presenting our renewals. | 00:24:46 | |
| So. | 00:24:50 | |
| I'll make a motion to accept the renewal and write stuff. | 00:24:52 | |
| OK, I'll second that. | 00:24:56 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:24:57 | |
| That passes. | 00:25:00 | |
| And the Peterson Consulting Services and that is a renewal as well. | 00:25:01 | |
| So I'll make a motion to accept the. | 00:25:05 | |
| Peterson Consulting services contract, I'll second that as well. | 00:25:08 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:25:12 | |
| Aye, passes. | 00:25:14 | |
| Mr. Fox. | 00:25:17 | |
| Alrighty, we have three items #1 FCL. | 00:25:18 | |
| 2025 Dash 21 Establishment. | 00:25:22 | |
| Of the retail food. | 00:25:25 | |
| Are establishing the retail food establishment ordinance. You've already approved that. The purpose it's on here is. | 00:25:27 | |
| To change the. | 00:25:35 | |
| FCL 2 Thousand, 2521. | 00:25:40 | |
| Designation so that. | 00:25:43 | |
| It works with regards to the ordinance itself. | 00:25:46 | |
| Right. | 00:25:49 | |
| To make a motion to ratify Floyd County Ordinance 20/25/21. | 00:25:50 | |
| The establishing retail food establishment. | 00:25:55 | |
| That unanimous consent. | 00:25:58 | |
| By unanimous consent. | 00:26:00 | |
| And I'll second that. | 00:26:02 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:26:03 | |
| Unanimous. | 00:26:06 | |
| 2nd is. | 00:26:09 | |
| Floyd County Resolution. | 00:26:11 | |
| 2025. | 00:26:14 | |
| Dash 18. The 2026. | 00:26:16 | |
| Observed holidays. | 00:26:20 | |
| And so those observed holidays are on. | 00:26:22 | |
| That resolution. | 00:26:27 | |
| New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday, Primary Election Day. | 00:26:29 | |
| Memorial Day. | 00:26:34 | |
| Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Election Day. | 00:26:35 | |
| Veteran's day. Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day. | 00:26:39 | |
| Get the extra day Thursday and Friday. | 00:26:43 | |
| Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. | 00:26:46 | |
| Those are your. | 00:26:47 | |
| 2026 Holidays. | 00:26:48 | |
| So for those wondering why we're looking at holidays next year, the courts have asked us to. | 00:26:50 | |
| Ratify those. | 00:26:56 | |
| So that they can get their court schedules. | 00:26:57 | |
| On the docket. | 00:27:00 | |
| Earlier. | 00:27:02 | |
| That helps with scheduling. | 00:27:03 | |
| So. | 00:27:05 | |
| The only thing I see another. | 00:27:06 | |
| It's New Year's Eve. | 00:27:09 | |
| There is never New Year's Eve. | 00:27:13 | |
| Huh. There's never a New Year's Eve. | 00:27:15 | |
| There's 1412345678. | 00:27:18 | |
| There's 14 on their standard. | 00:27:23 | |
| I won't be here that evening. | 00:27:28 | |
| So I'll make a motion to approve. | 00:27:32 | |
| The Floyd County Resolution 2020, 5/18/20. | 00:27:35 | |
| For the 26th. | 00:27:39 | |
| Observed holidays. | 00:27:40 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:27:43 | |
| That passes. Lastly, I like New Year's Eve. I'm sorry. Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. | 00:27:46 | |
| Next we have Floyd County Resolution 2025, Dash 19. | 00:27:53 | |
| For the 2026 Commissioners meeting dates. | 00:27:58 | |
| And again, all the meetings are scheduled for. | 00:28:02 | |
| The 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 6:00. | 00:28:06 | |
| However. | 00:28:09 | |
| For primary Election Day, which is the first? | 00:28:11 | |
| Tuesday of May. | 00:28:15 | |
| And the first Tuesday of November 2nd. | 00:28:16 | |
| Those Tuesdays are moved to Monday. | 00:28:24 | |
| Because of Primary day and Election Day, but other than that they're all on Tuesday at 6:00. | 00:28:27 | |
| OK, I'll make a motion to accept. | 00:28:33 | |
| Floyd County Resolution 20/25/19 which establishes the 2026 Commissioner meeting dates. And I'll second that All in favor signify | 00:28:36 | |
| by saying aye aye. | 00:28:41 | |
| Passes. | 00:28:47 | |
| All right. Next up, is there Ben Ashcraft here? | 00:28:49 | |
| How can I help you today, Mr. Ashcraft? | 00:28:56 | |
| Good evening. | 00:28:59 | |
| We are applying for solicitation permit. | 00:29:01 | |
| Miss Susanna helped us fill out the help me fill out the form and then she said you all might have some questions. We help new | 00:29:04 | |
| customers get scheduled for their Internet installs, OK. | 00:29:09 | |
| It's everything in order, Suzanne. | 00:29:14 | |
| Yeah, I got the. | 00:29:16 | |
| Background checks clear. | 00:29:17 | |
| Well, approve it tonight. They should be able to pick up their permits on Thursday. | 00:29:19 | |
| Any questions? | 00:29:25 | |
| I have no questions. | 00:29:25 | |
| I'll look for a motion to approve. | 00:29:27 | |
| Make a motion to approve the solicitor permit. | 00:29:29 | |
| I'll second. | 00:29:32 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:29:33 | |
| Good luck. Thank you, gentlemen. Thanks. Have a great day. | 00:29:35 | |
| Board committee reports. | 00:29:39 | |
| Now I don't have anything. | 00:29:41 | |
| Approval of the Commissioners meeting minutes for July 15th of 2025. | 00:29:44 | |
| I'll make a motion to approve the minutes as written for July 15. | 00:29:48 | |
| I'll second all in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:29:52 | |
| Approval, payroll and claims. | 00:29:56 | |
| All right. | 00:29:58 | |
| A motion to approve payroll and claims, and I'll second. | 00:30:02 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye aye. | 00:30:06 | |
| Passes. | 00:30:09 | |
| Our next Commissioners meeting is going to be held Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 6:00 PM. | 00:30:10 | |
| Do we have anybody signed up for? | 00:30:15 | |
| Public speaking. | 00:30:17 | |
| Any elected officials? | 00:30:19 | |
| Like to say anything? | 00:30:21 | |
| Thank you for being here, Mr. Bagshaw. | 00:30:27 | |
| Their Bagshaw County Council. I just want to say it again. | 00:30:28 | |
| I want commanding everybody involved for getting black milk. | 00:30:31 | |
| Bridge Bridge 51 open in a timely fashion. | 00:30:35 | |
| I know all of us have been through it. | 00:30:38 | |
| But I guess the public just don't understand the permit processes and the land acquisition processes, but. | 00:30:40 | |
| Once everything was in order. | 00:30:47 | |
| It didn't take long to fix that bridge. In fact, I've driven on twice. It's nice. | 00:30:49 | |
| And then I'll. | 00:30:54 | |
| I was going to mention what Mr. Green we just. | 00:30:55 | |
| Addressed, but I don't need to because he addressed it. | 00:30:57 | |
| Because obviously getting questions about. | 00:31:00 | |
| No way after working. | 00:31:03 | |
| Now, thank you, Nate. | 00:31:05 | |
| Anyone else? | 00:31:08 | |
| Any further public comment? | 00:31:09 | |
| I was, I was wondering when you were going to stand up. | 00:31:18 | |
| Dale Man, Georgetown. | 00:31:21 | |
| No, I was that paranormal thing on the old folks home I was. | 00:31:23 | |
| Started interested, there was no money talked. | 00:31:26 | |
| Did they offer y'all money or? | 00:31:29 | |
| You heard what we heard. OK, but I figured it. | 00:31:32 | |
| There's something there. I mean, you give a pretty good presentation. | 00:31:34 | |
| I'm pretty sure he wanted us to give him the building. | 00:31:38 | |
| Oh well, we wouldn't want to give to him. | 00:31:40 | |
| But anyway, I would like to hurt the money they were talking about. They pretend to me. I thought maybe they presented to you | 00:31:43 | |
| guys. | 00:31:46 | |
| No. | 00:31:49 | |
| Anyone else? | 00:31:55 | |
| A motion to adjourn. | 00:31:59 | |
| Have a good meeting. | 00:32:01 | |
| Oh. | 00:32:04 |
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| 2 great grand kids into that allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:00:00 | |
| To the Republic for which it stands. | 00:00:06 | |
| One nation under God. | 00:00:08 | |
| Indivisible with liberty and justice overall. | 00:00:10 | |
| Thank you everyone for being here tonight. | 00:00:22 | |
| For those of you have cell phones, if you would just make sure that they're on silent. | 00:00:24 | |
| And if we could just take a minute for a little bit of self reflection or prayer. | 00:00:27 | |
| All right. Thank you everyone. | 00:00:59 | |
| So we got a couple changes we're going to be making to the agenda. We're going to be adding and removing an item. | 00:01:02 | |
| The first. | 00:01:09 | |
| Item to be added as the bid openings for the 2026 through 2020. I'm sorry, 2030 cyclical reassessment. | 00:01:10 | |
| And the removal of. | 00:01:16 | |
| Item number 4, which is the IT Director, Mr. Biermann, who will not be here tonight. | 00:01:18 | |
| If I get a motion to approve. | 00:01:24 | |
| Make a motion to approve and I'll second. | 00:01:25 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:01:28 | |
| Passes. | 00:01:31 | |
| All right, we'll start with Mr. Watson. | 00:01:33 | |
| Or are you here? Yeah. | 00:01:35 | |
| Thanks Sir. | 00:01:38 | |
| You want to call for any other bids? Yeah. | 00:01:44 | |
| This is going to be the bid openings for the 2026 through 2030. | 00:01:48 | |
| Cyclical reassessment? Are there any other bids? | 00:01:52 | |
| In the audience, they need to be delivered. | 00:01:55 | |
| I'm seeing that. Go ahead. | 00:01:59 | |
| OK, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. This is my first time. You could just hang tight and we'll just open the bids and I'll | 00:02:01 | |
| just stand up here and look important. There you go. You are important. There you go. | 00:02:06 | |
| The first one was the Nexus group. | 00:02:28 | |
| I have to find a page. | 00:02:34 | |
| Oh, here it is. | 00:02:58 | |
| $750,000. | 00:03:01 | |
| Yes. | 00:03:03 | |
| OK, gotcha. | 00:03:04 | |
| I think everyone needs to know that the bids are for a four year period. | 00:03:27 | |
| It's not per year. | 00:03:30 | |
| Just. | 00:03:33 | |
| That what they always are some four year period, yeah. | 00:03:38 | |
| Yeah, yeah. We assessing force. | 00:03:41 | |
| Yeah. | 00:03:46 | |
| Come on. | 00:03:59 | |
| This ones from Tyler Technology. | 00:04:07 | |
| OK. | 00:04:09 | |
| You can. | 00:05:11 | |
| I'm having a. | 00:05:12 | |
| Try to find that. | 00:05:13 | |
| Bottom dollar page. | 00:05:16 | |
| Of course, he turned out to. | 00:05:21 | |
| $690,360.00. | 00:05:25 | |
| Hey Tyler Technologies 690,360 dollars. | 00:05:31 | |
| It's from the Nexus. | 00:06:05 | |
| Ltd. | 00:06:08 | |
| 985,000. | 00:06:23 | |
| Next Ltd is 985,000. | 00:06:27 | |
| Yes, all right. | 00:06:30 | |
| All right. So I'll be looking for a motion to take these bids under advisement. | 00:06:32 | |
| Make a motion. | 00:06:36 | |
| Take these three bids under advisement. | 00:06:37 | |
| And I'll second. | 00:06:40 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:06:41 | |
| Aye, passes. | 00:06:44 | |
| Thank you, Mr. | 00:06:48 | |
| Did a great job Terry. | 00:06:50 | |
| That was easy. There you go. Just all of them, all three here, all three are there. OK. | 00:06:52 | |
| We'll take a look at. | 00:07:00 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:02 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:03 | |
| Thank you. | 00:07:04 | |
| Next up we have Floyd County Superior Court #1 Judge Stiller, I think he took my packet. | 00:07:05 | |
| All right, so I'm here tonight on as chair of Floyd County Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council, Floyd County Jac. | 00:07:15 | |
| And there was a recommendation at the full board meeting July 14th. | 00:07:22 | |
| As you know per the e-mail packet that I sent to the commissioners. | 00:07:26 | |
| For the funding for fiscal year 2026, which runs I believe October. | 00:07:30 | |
| 25 October 26th For System of Care. This is the continued funding. | 00:07:36 | |
| And the details are out were outlined in the e-mail here today I brought with me and Carruthers, who's the director. | 00:07:41 | |
| Of a system of Clark Floyd system of care for any questions you may have for me or her. | 00:07:47 | |
| I don't have any questions at this time. | 00:07:54 | |
| This is. | 00:07:57 | |
| To clarify from the restricted opioid funds and it is in supplement. | 00:07:58 | |
| To the programming within the criminal justice system that we. | 00:08:02 | |
| Are currently already funding through the opioid restricted funds. Absolutely. | 00:08:07 | |
| And what you're looking for today is? | 00:08:12 | |
| Our approval, your approval, because it is the Commissioner's directive as to the expenditures from the restricted opioid funds. | 00:08:14 | |
| Make a motion to approve. | 00:08:21 | |
| Well, second. | 00:08:23 | |
| I'm not questioning these two women. | 00:08:25 | |
| So we got a motion to second. All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:08:29 | |
| Motion passes. | 00:08:33 | |
| Thank you for your time and your. | 00:08:34 | |
| Trusting the J rack to do this work. | 00:08:37 | |
| Thank you so much, you all do great work. | 00:08:40 | |
| Thank you. | 00:08:42 | |
| OK, Next up is paranormal investigator Vincent. | 00:08:45 | |
| I'm gonna mess this nice thing. | 00:08:49 | |
| All right. | 00:08:51 | |
| Come on up. | 00:08:52 | |
| How can we help you today, Sir So. | 00:08:57 | |
| My name is Vince. I'm a paranormal investigator. | 00:08:59 | |
| I've worked at Waverly Hill Sanatorium on and off since 2010. | 00:09:02 | |
| I care deeply about preservation and restoration. | 00:09:07 | |
| Your site. | 00:09:11 | |
| From what I understand, what I've researched, you are the commissioners are the owner of the Floyd County Asylum. | 00:09:12 | |
| And where? Also there's a recycling center on the back. | 00:09:19 | |
| There's a whole lot of different things that. | 00:09:24 | |
| Could bring into. | 00:09:28 | |
| The community. | 00:09:30 | |
| By preserving and restoring. | 00:09:32 | |
| Now I understand there's been a lot of. | 00:09:34 | |
| Things said like that it was an eyesore or that, you know, people wanted it gone or whatever the case. | 00:09:37 | |
| But with preservation and restoration, it brings a new eye. | 00:09:43 | |
| And a new. | 00:09:47 | |
| Focus to the community into the surrounding areas. | 00:09:49 | |
| So I was going to read off a couple different things to kind of give you. | 00:09:53 | |
| My thoughts on it, my opinions on it and would possibly look if willing by the board to. | 00:09:57 | |
| Sell for preservation and restoration. | 00:10:04 | |
| As it. | 00:10:06 | |
| Everything's in my phone, so I apologize. It's going to be just a second. | 00:10:11 | |
| The Floyd County Asylum, also known as the Poor Farm, dates back to 1838 when the county acquired 135 acres to provide shelter for | 00:10:16 | |
| the poor, elderly, mentally ill. | 00:10:22 | |
| And others in need. | 00:10:27 | |
| Over the decades, it has served as a poor farm and Infirmary, juvenile detention center and a mental health facility. | 00:10:29 | |
| This isn't just a building. It's a physical. It's a physical story of how Floyd County cared for its most vulnerable citizens for | 00:10:36 | |
| nearly two centuries. Preserving the site means honoring those stories from. | 00:10:42 | |
| Unwed mothers to Civil War veterans to individuals who lived out their final days. | 00:10:47 | |
| It also provides a rare opportunity to give public access. | 00:10:53 | |
| To a piece of history that's still intact, still standing, and still meaningful. | 00:10:57 | |
| Paranormal tourism offers a financial sustainability. | 00:11:03 | |
| To preserve historic sites while engaging a wide audience. | 00:11:08 | |
| We've seen this model succeed at. | 00:11:13 | |
| Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which was. | 00:11:15 | |
| Once Weston State Hospital. | 00:11:18 | |
| The historic site turned cultural landmark with regular tours and overnight stays. | 00:11:21 | |
| It flourishes today. | 00:11:27 | |
| And has every single person in this room knows Waverly Hill Citatorium? | 00:11:29 | |
| Is probably one of the most successful and, from what you've heard, one of the most haunted places in the US. | 00:11:33 | |
| A national destination for ghost hunters. | 00:11:41 | |
| And history buffs alike. | 00:11:44 | |
| Having Waverly in the same vicinity will likely encourage teams. | 00:11:45 | |
| To make 4 weekends. | 00:11:49 | |
| To see both locations. | 00:11:53 | |
| Indiana State Sanatorium is now a. | 00:11:55 | |
| Mixed-use paranormal and historic venue that draws. | 00:11:58 | |
| Consistent traffic. | 00:12:02 | |
| Like those sites? | 00:12:04 | |
| Floyd County Asylum has documented activity. | 00:12:06 | |
| National attention from investigators. | 00:12:09 | |
| And a layered history that makes these locations compel. | 00:12:12 | |
| A multi use plan for the space. | 00:12:16 | |
| Our team proposes A respectful multi-purpose use of the building that includes daytime historical tours. | 00:12:19 | |
| Covering the poor, farms history, mental health. | 00:12:26 | |
| An evolution of public welfare. | 00:12:29 | |
| Paranormal investigations for both the public and private groups. | 00:12:31 | |
| These are low impact, high return events that often fund a major preservation efforts. | 00:12:36 | |
| Conventions and community events. | 00:12:44 | |
| Now I have something written underneath here what I mean by community events. | 00:12:47 | |
| Is fun things during Halloween like having a haunted hayride? | 00:12:51 | |
| Or giving or having. | 00:12:56 | |
| Possibly Indiana's biggest. | 00:12:59 | |
| Easter icon during Easter. | 00:13:02 | |
| Or being able to go visit Santa Claus. | 00:13:03 | |
| Right here in Floyd Knobs. | 00:13:06 | |
| Educational partnerships with schools. | 00:13:12 | |
| I use SE and heritage organizations. | 00:13:15 | |
| The recycling center that sits on the property, as is at the moment. | 00:13:19 | |
| Will not interfere with the location. | 00:13:23 | |
| So what I mean by that? | 00:13:26 | |
| If you choose to move forward with such. | 00:13:28 | |
| Offer that. | 00:13:32 | |
| Whatever contract can be drawn up without payment. | 00:13:34 | |
| They're able to stay. | 00:13:38 | |
| Citizens of Lloyd Knobs does not have to find somewhere else to go to recycle. | 00:13:39 | |
| Plan restoration and infrastructure improvements. | 00:13:46 | |
| To ensure long term and safety, we plan to restore structural integrity, address key safety issues and begin phased. | 00:13:50 | |
| Modernization. | 00:13:57 | |
| This includes running electricity, air conditioning to parts of the building, or all. | 00:13:59 | |
| Enabling us to have year round access and additional comfort, especially for. | 00:14:05 | |
| Public facing towards and events. | 00:14:10 | |
| While paranormal investigators aren't. | 00:14:12 | |
| Deteriorated by lack of power or climate control? | 00:14:14 | |
| Having these upgrades makes the space more versatile and appealing for a broader public use. | 00:14:17 | |
| All upgrades with will be done with preservation in mind. | 00:14:24 | |
| We are not modernizing the site beyond recognition. | 00:14:28 | |
| But preserving what makes? | 00:14:31 | |
| In historic while making it accessible. | 00:14:33 | |
| The community and economic benefits. Unlike many historic asylums of Floyd County site is ideally located. | 00:14:37 | |
| Walmart is right next door. | 00:14:45 | |
| Restaurants, hotels, main roadways. | 00:14:47 | |
| Where other locations in the US I've been to a little. | 00:14:50 | |
| Under 400 in the last four years. | 00:14:54 | |
| 90% of those places are in the middle of nowhere. | 00:14:57 | |
| No cell service. | 00:15:01 | |
| Nothing for the people to go find, nothing for the people to check out the local community. | 00:15:03 | |
| Where you guys have comic book stores you guys have? | 00:15:08 | |
| Different sites you have the. | 00:15:11 | |
| Ohio River, right here. You have the auditorium down on the riverfront, things like that. | 00:15:13 | |
| The Community and economic benefit. | 00:15:22 | |
| Most ghost hunting sites are isolated. | 00:15:24 | |
| With nearby amenities. | 00:15:27 | |
| This location offers built-in infrastructure for tourism, which will attract. | 00:15:29 | |
| Increased. | 00:15:34 | |
| Increased visitation by benefit local businesses, gas stations, restaurants, lodging. | 00:15:35 | |
| And provide more job opportunities for tour guides and maintenance, event staff and more. | 00:15:40 | |
| It also gives Floyd County a destination attraction that supports both heritage and commerce. | 00:15:46 | |
| With your support, we can preserve a site of major historical importance, open it to the public, and give it a new. | 00:15:52 | |
| Life as a cultural and educational asset. | 00:15:59 | |
| This isn't a haunted house attraction. | 00:16:02 | |
| It's a meaningful space with deep roots in Floyd County history. | 00:16:05 | |
| Ready to serve a new generation? | 00:16:08 | |
| We have a team ready to handle restoration programming. | 00:16:11 | |
| And in the most respectful stewardship. | 00:16:15 | |
| Required to make it a success. | 00:16:18 | |
| For the county, for the community, and for the legacy of the building itself. | 00:16:20 | |
| Any questions? I have no questions, no. | 00:16:27 | |
| Thank you for your time. | 00:16:30 | |
| All right, Sheriff Bush. | 00:16:36 | |
| Sheriff Steve Bush on the agenda is 2 agreements, contracts. First ones accurate. | 00:16:42 | |
| We'll just do that one first. That's basically a program. You've already proved the monies to our unrestricted funds partnering | 00:16:47 | |
| with New Albany Police Department in terms of an investigative tool that we can use. So that's the agreement that Mister Fox | 00:16:52 | |
| looked over, I believe and should have any questions for what we fixed on. | 00:16:57 | |
| No, I'm familiar with it. That's fine. | 00:17:03 | |
| Yeah, I'll look for a. | 00:17:06 | |
| Motion to make a motion to approve the accurate contract. | 00:17:09 | |
| OK, now second favor signify by saying aye aye aye. | 00:17:12 | |
| Next next one is a conveyance of equipment and fingerprint. | 00:17:17 | |
| Just conveying that equipment. | 00:17:21 | |
| I think the photo. | 00:17:25 | |
| Also. | 00:17:26 | |
| And the FBI approved hardware. | 00:17:27 | |
| Yeah, I believe so. The language in that as well, yeah. | 00:17:31 | |
| Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve conveyance of the equipment. | 00:17:34 | |
| I'll second. | 00:17:38 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:17:39 | |
| Passes. Thank you very much. Thank you. | 00:17:42 | |
| Next. Next. | 00:17:44 | |
| Good evening. The first item I have is Ecosystems connections. | 00:17:50 | |
| Change order in the amount of $10,000. This was for the dam removal project at Bridge 51. The additional funds are for material | 00:17:55 | |
| that was needed to shore up the. | 00:18:01 | |
| The short line. | 00:18:09 | |
| More more material washed down Creek. | 00:18:12 | |
| First was. | 00:18:15 | |
| Understood and additional. | 00:18:17 | |
| Material was needed. | 00:18:19 | |
| The original contract was for $50,000, so it is within. | 00:18:20 | |
| Change order parameters, right? Well I just I want to say that. | 00:18:25 | |
| I don't think we should have got this done. | 00:18:29 | |
| Without them doing this at the level they were doing. So I'll look for a motion. Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve and I'll | 00:18:31 | |
| second. | 00:18:35 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:18:39 | |
| It passes. | 00:18:42 | |
| The next item is quotes for a lift at the road department. | 00:18:44 | |
| New Superintendent Sydney Maine obtained 3 quotes for the new lift. | 00:18:50 | |
| The lowest was from Midwest Automotive Equipment in the amount of 38,900. | 00:18:57 | |
| We also received one from Challenger Lifts for 43,048. | 00:19:04 | |
| Dollars and 3rd from bumper to bumper for 39,414. | 00:19:10 | |
| So we're requesting. | 00:19:17 | |
| Approval of the low quote there to move forward with that. | 00:19:19 | |
| So moved. | 00:19:24 | |
| All right, I'll second. | 00:19:25 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:19:27 | |
| Aye. | 00:19:29 | |
| Next up, we have the development agreement for the subdivision known as Cottonwood Commons. | 00:19:31 | |
| We met with the developer of that subdivision last week. He's. | 00:19:38 | |
| Preparing to. | 00:19:44 | |
| Obtain secondary approval and move forward with recording the quote. He's already done some work out there. Usually we'd like to | 00:19:47 | |
| have these ahead of that. | 00:19:51 | |
| We were a little behind on this one. | 00:19:56 | |
| But you need to have this in place prior to. | 00:19:58 | |
| Signing that final plan and making sure we have bonding on any infrastructure items. | 00:20:01 | |
| This is our standard agreement we have. | 00:20:08 | |
| I'll look for a motion to approve the. | 00:20:12 | |
| This umm. | 00:20:15 | |
| Was this one on? | 00:20:18 | |
| Cordon Ridge, Yes, off Courtney. | 00:20:20 | |
| I'm familiar with them. | 00:20:22 | |
| Make a motion to approve, all right. | 00:20:24 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye. | 00:20:27 | |
| Aye. | 00:20:29 | |
| The next item I have is the North Annex asbestos mitigation quotes. | 00:20:31 | |
| We requested quotes from four companies. | 00:20:38 | |
| We received quotes from two the first asbest tech. | 00:20:42 | |
| For 39,500. | 00:20:46 | |
| And then we receive a quote from Bloom Environmental for. | 00:20:49 | |
| For 78,850. | 00:20:53 | |
| A Specialty contractors did not provide a response. | 00:20:56 | |
| Nor did Midwest Environmental Services, and this will be removing the. | 00:20:59 | |
| Ducts pipe work in the basement that has asbestos. | 00:21:05 | |
| No matter what. | 00:21:10 | |
| Happens with that building. We are going to have to deal with this issue so absolutely. | 00:21:11 | |
| Umm, maybe we had the previous speaker ask if he's got $39,000. | 00:21:16 | |
| I make a motion to approve. | 00:21:26 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:21:29 | |
| And then finally, I wanted to provide an update to the Charlestown Rd. Trail project. | 00:21:33 | |
| We've been getting a lot of questions about that. There has not been work going on over the past few weeks. | 00:21:39 | |
| About 5 weeks ago. | 00:21:46 | |
| Contractors. | 00:21:49 | |
| Discovered a conflict with the gas line. | 00:21:51 | |
| That was. | 00:21:54 | |
| Not where it was in the plans, which is not. | 00:21:55 | |
| All unheard of. You know these are underground facilities sometimes. | 00:21:59 | |
| They're off a foot or two and that makes a big difference when you're working in a narrow area. | 00:22:04 | |
| So they stopped work for that reason. There is. We also had some. | 00:22:09 | |
| After that discovered conflicts with the Lumos. | 00:22:14 | |
| Utilities. | 00:22:18 | |
| They're pulling out. | 00:22:20 | |
| Their staff, they were great to work with in terms of resolving that conflict. I do want to. | 00:22:22 | |
| Give them their accolades for that. | 00:22:28 | |
| They get a lot of negative. | 00:22:30 | |
| The contractor milestone does plan to resume work next week. | 00:22:33 | |
| The schedule for completion, they plan on having permanent striping go down the week of November 24th, so that should be around | 00:22:40 | |
| the wind. Project completion will occur. | 00:22:46 | |
| They want to have it done before. That's what plants close in December. | 00:22:53 | |
| Is there any way we can get some of that information? Maybe out on? | 00:22:59 | |
| Social media. | 00:23:02 | |
| Do it here first. Yeah, we will disseminate that on some of our public media. | 00:23:05 | |
| And if we have further updates with that project, I know the. | 00:23:12 | |
| Traffic barrels are. | 00:23:15 | |
| A problem for everyone. Nobody likes to deal with them. | 00:23:18 | |
| Because we're vetted and approved by. | 00:23:22 | |
| The consultants, our engineers and in dot. | 00:23:25 | |
| Nevertheless, we want to get those out as soon as we can. | 00:23:28 | |
| Can you give us a couple seconds and let us know what? | 00:23:32 | |
| Where we stand on old Vincennes. | 00:23:36 | |
| Both the hill and in front of Highlander Point. | 00:23:39 | |
| Yes, in front of Highlander Point. | 00:23:43 | |
| That should also be wrapping up next week. | 00:23:46 | |
| I spoke with the contractors last week, they said. | 00:23:50 | |
| They were about two weeks behind our their initial schedule, which was to be done at the end of July. | 00:23:54 | |
| So we anticipate that they'll be done. | 00:24:00 | |
| In the end of next week. | 00:24:01 | |
| You know. | 00:24:03 | |
| Unforeseen thing coming up in the last week. | 00:24:06 | |
| The slide is on schedule. | 00:24:09 | |
| The initial timeline was to be done in October, by the end of October and that still remains. We do have a community crossings to | 00:24:12 | |
| repave that road right after they finish. | 00:24:18 | |
| So there'll still be a little bit of work after that, but that's the schedules work. | 00:24:25 | |
| OK. Thank you. | 00:24:30 | |
| Deal. Thank you. | 00:24:31 | |
| Diana Topping couldn't be here. | 00:24:35 | |
| Oh, OK, as am I presenting for her? No, I told her we'd do. | 00:24:37 | |
| Take a look at Take care of it. | 00:24:40 | |
| Both of these agreements that she. | 00:24:44 | |
| Was presenting our renewals. | 00:24:46 | |
| So. | 00:24:50 | |
| I'll make a motion to accept the renewal and write stuff. | 00:24:52 | |
| OK, I'll second that. | 00:24:56 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:24:57 | |
| That passes. | 00:25:00 | |
| And the Peterson Consulting Services and that is a renewal as well. | 00:25:01 | |
| So I'll make a motion to accept the. | 00:25:05 | |
| Peterson Consulting services contract, I'll second that as well. | 00:25:08 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:25:12 | |
| Aye, passes. | 00:25:14 | |
| Mr. Fox. | 00:25:17 | |
| Alrighty, we have three items #1 FCL. | 00:25:18 | |
| 2025 Dash 21 Establishment. | 00:25:22 | |
| Of the retail food. | 00:25:25 | |
| Are establishing the retail food establishment ordinance. You've already approved that. The purpose it's on here is. | 00:25:27 | |
| To change the. | 00:25:35 | |
| FCL 2 Thousand, 2521. | 00:25:40 | |
| Designation so that. | 00:25:43 | |
| It works with regards to the ordinance itself. | 00:25:46 | |
| Right. | 00:25:49 | |
| To make a motion to ratify Floyd County Ordinance 20/25/21. | 00:25:50 | |
| The establishing retail food establishment. | 00:25:55 | |
| That unanimous consent. | 00:25:58 | |
| By unanimous consent. | 00:26:00 | |
| And I'll second that. | 00:26:02 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:26:03 | |
| Unanimous. | 00:26:06 | |
| 2nd is. | 00:26:09 | |
| Floyd County Resolution. | 00:26:11 | |
| 2025. | 00:26:14 | |
| Dash 18. The 2026. | 00:26:16 | |
| Observed holidays. | 00:26:20 | |
| And so those observed holidays are on. | 00:26:22 | |
| That resolution. | 00:26:27 | |
| New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday, Primary Election Day. | 00:26:29 | |
| Memorial Day. | 00:26:34 | |
| Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Election Day. | 00:26:35 | |
| Veteran's day. Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day. | 00:26:39 | |
| Get the extra day Thursday and Friday. | 00:26:43 | |
| Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. | 00:26:46 | |
| Those are your. | 00:26:47 | |
| 2026 Holidays. | 00:26:48 | |
| So for those wondering why we're looking at holidays next year, the courts have asked us to. | 00:26:50 | |
| Ratify those. | 00:26:56 | |
| So that they can get their court schedules. | 00:26:57 | |
| On the docket. | 00:27:00 | |
| Earlier. | 00:27:02 | |
| That helps with scheduling. | 00:27:03 | |
| So. | 00:27:05 | |
| The only thing I see another. | 00:27:06 | |
| It's New Year's Eve. | 00:27:09 | |
| There is never New Year's Eve. | 00:27:13 | |
| Huh. There's never a New Year's Eve. | 00:27:15 | |
| There's 1412345678. | 00:27:18 | |
| There's 14 on their standard. | 00:27:23 | |
| I won't be here that evening. | 00:27:28 | |
| So I'll make a motion to approve. | 00:27:32 | |
| The Floyd County Resolution 2020, 5/18/20. | 00:27:35 | |
| For the 26th. | 00:27:39 | |
| Observed holidays. | 00:27:40 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:27:43 | |
| That passes. Lastly, I like New Year's Eve. I'm sorry. Yeah. Sorry. Yeah. | 00:27:46 | |
| Next we have Floyd County Resolution 2025, Dash 19. | 00:27:53 | |
| For the 2026 Commissioners meeting dates. | 00:27:58 | |
| And again, all the meetings are scheduled for. | 00:28:02 | |
| The 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 6:00. | 00:28:06 | |
| However. | 00:28:09 | |
| For primary Election Day, which is the first? | 00:28:11 | |
| Tuesday of May. | 00:28:15 | |
| And the first Tuesday of November 2nd. | 00:28:16 | |
| Those Tuesdays are moved to Monday. | 00:28:24 | |
| Because of Primary day and Election Day, but other than that they're all on Tuesday at 6:00. | 00:28:27 | |
| OK, I'll make a motion to accept. | 00:28:33 | |
| Floyd County Resolution 20/25/19 which establishes the 2026 Commissioner meeting dates. And I'll second that All in favor signify | 00:28:36 | |
| by saying aye aye. | 00:28:41 | |
| Passes. | 00:28:47 | |
| All right. Next up, is there Ben Ashcraft here? | 00:28:49 | |
| How can I help you today, Mr. Ashcraft? | 00:28:56 | |
| Good evening. | 00:28:59 | |
| We are applying for solicitation permit. | 00:29:01 | |
| Miss Susanna helped us fill out the help me fill out the form and then she said you all might have some questions. We help new | 00:29:04 | |
| customers get scheduled for their Internet installs, OK. | 00:29:09 | |
| It's everything in order, Suzanne. | 00:29:14 | |
| Yeah, I got the. | 00:29:16 | |
| Background checks clear. | 00:29:17 | |
| Well, approve it tonight. They should be able to pick up their permits on Thursday. | 00:29:19 | |
| Any questions? | 00:29:25 | |
| I have no questions. | 00:29:25 | |
| I'll look for a motion to approve. | 00:29:27 | |
| Make a motion to approve the solicitor permit. | 00:29:29 | |
| I'll second. | 00:29:32 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:29:33 | |
| Good luck. Thank you, gentlemen. Thanks. Have a great day. | 00:29:35 | |
| Board committee reports. | 00:29:39 | |
| Now I don't have anything. | 00:29:41 | |
| Approval of the Commissioners meeting minutes for July 15th of 2025. | 00:29:44 | |
| I'll make a motion to approve the minutes as written for July 15. | 00:29:48 | |
| I'll second all in favor signify by saying aye aye. | 00:29:52 | |
| Approval, payroll and claims. | 00:29:56 | |
| All right. | 00:29:58 | |
| A motion to approve payroll and claims, and I'll second. | 00:30:02 | |
| All in favor signify by saying aye aye aye. | 00:30:06 | |
| Passes. | 00:30:09 | |
| Our next Commissioners meeting is going to be held Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 6:00 PM. | 00:30:10 | |
| Do we have anybody signed up for? | 00:30:15 | |
| Public speaking. | 00:30:17 | |
| Any elected officials? | 00:30:19 | |
| Like to say anything? | 00:30:21 | |
| Thank you for being here, Mr. Bagshaw. | 00:30:27 | |
| Their Bagshaw County Council. I just want to say it again. | 00:30:28 | |
| I want commanding everybody involved for getting black milk. | 00:30:31 | |
| Bridge Bridge 51 open in a timely fashion. | 00:30:35 | |
| I know all of us have been through it. | 00:30:38 | |
| But I guess the public just don't understand the permit processes and the land acquisition processes, but. | 00:30:40 | |
| Once everything was in order. | 00:30:47 | |
| It didn't take long to fix that bridge. In fact, I've driven on twice. It's nice. | 00:30:49 | |
| And then I'll. | 00:30:54 | |
| I was going to mention what Mr. Green we just. | 00:30:55 | |
| Addressed, but I don't need to because he addressed it. | 00:30:57 | |
| Because obviously getting questions about. | 00:31:00 | |
| No way after working. | 00:31:03 | |
| Now, thank you, Nate. | 00:31:05 | |
| Anyone else? | 00:31:08 | |
| Any further public comment? | 00:31:09 | |
| I was, I was wondering when you were going to stand up. | 00:31:18 | |
| Dale Man, Georgetown. | 00:31:21 | |
| No, I was that paranormal thing on the old folks home I was. | 00:31:23 | |
| Started interested, there was no money talked. | 00:31:26 | |
| Did they offer y'all money or? | 00:31:29 | |
| You heard what we heard. OK, but I figured it. | 00:31:32 | |
| There's something there. I mean, you give a pretty good presentation. | 00:31:34 | |
| I'm pretty sure he wanted us to give him the building. | 00:31:38 | |
| Oh well, we wouldn't want to give to him. | 00:31:40 | |
| But anyway, I would like to hurt the money they were talking about. They pretend to me. I thought maybe they presented to you | 00:31:43 | |
| guys. | 00:31:46 | |
| No. | 00:31:49 | |
| Anyone else? | 00:31:55 | |
| A motion to adjourn. | 00:31:59 | |
| Have a good meeting. | 00:32:01 | |
| Oh. | 00:32:04 |