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	Room will come to order.	00:00:03
	I'm gonna give everybody another minute or two to sign in.	00:00:05
	We're a little bit beyond our start time.	00:00:08
	Susanna here.	00:00:11
	OK, good. So once these folks have chances to sign in, just dragging the collections sheets and we'll begin.	00:00:14
	All right, as soon as she signed in, we're good to go.	00:00:45
	Yeah.	00:01:04
	All right, welcome to our.	00:01:05
	May 20th, 2025 Floyd County Commissioners meeting.	00:01:08
	I'll have.	00:01:12
	Again, please join me. Pledge allegiance.	00:01:14
	I pledge allegiance to the flag.	00:01:18
	United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.	00:01:21
	One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.	00:01:26
	If you have a cell phone, please.	00:01:34
	Put it on.	00:01:36
	If you need to use it during the meeting, the hallway is.	00:01:38
	Open for your use.	00:01:41
	Now if you please join me in a.	00:01:44
	Moment of silence for individual prayer, meditation, reflection. We prepare for tonight's meeting.	00:01:46
	All right. Thank you.	00:02:13
	We have a relatively busy agenda tonight and we're going to make a little bit.	00:02:16
	Busier.	00:02:20
	I'm going to ask for.	00:02:22
	Adding a few.	00:02:25
	Few items by unanimous consent.	00:02:26
	To tonight's agenda, namely.	00:02:29
	New business item 2C Bridge 51 repair quote New business item 3D tower Pinkster ASR number.	00:02:33
	03.	00:02:40
	You look business #5A and B.	00:02:43
	So we can't address strike strike there, just B.	00:02:47
	Floyd County Resolution 2025-12 Termination of United Consulting for Bridge 38 agreement.	00:02:50
	Item 5D Intern contracts for prosecutor's office.	00:02:56
	Item 6A Convenience of equipment agreement to the Floyd County Sheriff's Department.	00:02:59
	Promotion to add those by unanimous.	00:03:05
	Make the motion. I'll second.	00:03:07
	All in favor, aye?	00:03:09
	And.	00:03:11
	For those keeping score at home, Item 3, the IUS change order for Building 5 at Nova Park, has been removed from the agenda this	00:03:13
	evening.	00:03:17
	All right, a couple of house rules when we get to the item that.	00:03:23
	Most, if not everyone, signed up to speak for.	00:03:28
	Probably have some opening comments.	00:03:31
	And with the number of people we have.	00:03:33
	Decided to speak.	00:03:35
	A 2 minute time limit on that just so you can prepare your thoughts.	00:03:37
	And we'll have a timer on that.	00:03:41
	And that is it for now. Old business #1 county engineer ratio. Your ETA with the pacer quote.	00:03:44
	For those not familiar with me, you can explain what a pacer is.	00:04:00
	Good evening.	00:04:04
	Erasure can engineer.	00:04:05
	You should have 3.	00:04:07
	Quote that they submit for.	00:04:09
	For completing the basis that is needed to be done.	00:04:12
	By the end of this.	00:04:15
	Coming on Monday, June.	00:04:17
	One is from HW.	00:04:20
	See Engineering. The other is from Beacon St. Consultants.	00:04:22
	And the other one is for SME engineering.	00:04:26
	It's up to you which one you decide to choose.	00:04:30
	I need a motion to take those under advisement.	00:04:37
	Yeah, and again, just for.	00:04:40
	We get a lot of calls on paving, so this is.	00:04:42
	The system that we use basically to rate the roads.	00:04:45
	In order of priority of paving.	00:04:48
	Any further word on that, Nick?	00:04:52
	Oh yeah, yeah.	00:04:57
	We cannot do that at this point in time.	00:04:58
	What could take under advisement again?	00:05:02
	I believe that we were going to go with the low bid on that.	00:05:04
	OK, OK.	00:05:07
	We'll need to take and have a motion to do so, I think.	00:05:10
	So yeah.	00:05:16
	Well, I make a motion that we move forward.	00:05:18
	With the Lowe's bid.	00:05:21
	OK, Motion.	00:05:23
	2nd.	00:05:24
	All in favor, aye?	00:05:25
	Anything else?	00:05:30
	No, Sir. Let's see.	00:05:32
	New business with all.	00:05:35
	Yes, we have the FBA contract.	00:05:38
	For four years.	00:05:40
	Bridge inspection.	00:05:42
	Is required by Federal Highway Administration and.	00:05:43
	In dot in.	00:05:50
	After doing all the grading and.	00:05:56
	For the.	00:05:59
	Different consultant that.	00:06:00
	Their proposals? The highest score was given to American Structure Point.	00:06:02
	Dealt with them.	00:06:09
	Trying to.	00:06:10
	Rearrange the cost.	00:06:12
	Of the project they did a little bit lowering that down.	00:06:13
	It's an 8020.	00:06:19
	So this the Federal Highway and indoor they pay 80%.	00:06:20
	In the county.	00:06:25
	20%.	00:06:27
	If we look at.	00:06:28
	For cost per bridge.	00:06:31
	It went up a little bit, but there are more requirements this year that.	00:06:33
	This for coming here.	00:06:38
	In that is requesting.	00:06:41
	And then?	00:06:43
	Often think that it's going to take more time for them to produce.	00:06:44
	A final inspections.	00:06:48
	Every year.	00:06:50
	OK, I recommend to.	00:06:52
	To accept the.	00:06:56
	The proposal they submitted.	00:06:58
	And it is for.	00:07:00
	200 and.	00:07:03
	OK, my glasses.	00:07:05
	291,475.	00:07:07
	.93.	00:07:12
	Is this the first time we're utilizing this company?	00:07:17
	Is this the first time we're utilizing this company?	00:07:22
	No, The county has worked with them and other projects. One of them that.	00:07:24
	We did it with.	00:07:29
	Then was that?	00:07:31
	Replacing which 23 on John Pector road and button.	00:07:33
	Down the road.	00:07:37
	They required a lot of work with.	00:07:40
	Analyzing.	00:07:45
	All stuff from the past and.	00:07:47
	But yeah, you have done some we were fortunate to get a lot of.	00:07:50
	And I think the scoring was very, very close, right?	00:07:55
	Yes, yes, yes, yes.	00:07:57
	But yeah, we don't work with them and then they're.	00:07:59
	All right, So we'll need a motion to accept that contractor for approval.	00:08:04
	I'll make a motion to approve Contract American Structure Point.	00:08:08
	A second.	00:08:12
	All in favor.	00:08:13
	Aye.	00:08:15
	The other item I have is the.	00:08:19
	The failing bits.	00:08:22
	For, you know, Noah Park.	00:08:24
	There were 4.	00:08:27
	Folks that we get the Redevelopment Commission.	00:08:29
	Review them this morning.	00:08:33
	And they?	00:08:35
	They choose beliefs, baby.	00:08:37
	Which was the lowest bid?	00:08:40
	It was for 80 thousand 84,610.	00:08:42
	And that's the one they pick.	00:08:47
	Any further discussion question?	00:08:53
	Need a motion to approach?	00:08:56
	Nova Park paving.	00:09:00
	No.	00:09:03
	OK, I just didn't get it.	00:09:06
	That's fine.	00:09:08
	Yeah, I'll make the motion to approve.	00:09:09
	All right, I have a motion to approve. I have a second, second.	00:09:12
	All right. All in favor, aye.	00:09:16
	Are you getting the next slide on my half?	00:09:21
	Is the quotes.	00:09:24
	Requested for.	00:09:27
	Repairing bridge 51. The foundation repair for Bridge 51.	00:09:30
	There were two quotes, one from Dan Cristiani.	00:09:35
	Estimated and then the other one was for Mac construction.	00:09:40
	Mac turned out to be the low.	00:09:45
	Be there 119.	00:09:48
	445 and.	00:09:51
	I would recommend.	00:09:54
	To accept.	00:09:56
	The matte bed because the other one pretty much double that quantity.	00:09:57
	What did you say Matt was? I thought it was 119.	00:10:01
	Just one 19945.	00:10:05
	Yes. And the reason we're doing 2 quotes rather than three because this is considered still an emergency situation, correctly	00:10:07
	complaining and development and the engineering standpoint on this.	00:10:12
	Yes.	00:10:18
	And I just talked to Jerry Switton today.	00:10:20
	I thought I clearly told him that nothing is going to be done on the bridge until.	00:10:25
	He complete the removal of the dam.	00:10:30
	And stabilize the bank.	00:10:33
	Then we want to be able to work on the Bridge Foundation and he said that he's waiting on.	00:10:36
	The information so he can work on the amendment.	00:10:42
	Or DNR.	00:10:45
	Correct and.	00:10:46
	I'm going to close this out first and I'll give it that another update on that, OK?	00:10:48
	So I'll look for a formal.	00:10:52
	Motion to accept the Bridge 51 repair quote from Matt Construction.	00:10:55
	Declare an emergency app.	00:11:00
	OK. Yeah, OK. You want it formally declared as an emergency as well?	00:11:02
	And I just asked him.	00:11:06
	He reiterated that I'll make a motion that we formally declare it as an emergency.	00:11:08
	We've been working to try to get that bridge open, and I think that nobody in Floyd or Clark County is going to argue with us.	00:11:13
	That needs to be opened right away.	00:11:20
	OK.	00:11:23
	I'll second all in favor aye, and then I'll need a motion to accept Max bid.	00:11:25
	I'll make a motion to approve the bid for Mac.	00:11:31
	Now second that motion.	00:11:34
	So.	00:11:37
	We had a successful hearing on our grounds yesterday in Clark County that.	00:11:39
	Did convey property of the dam to Floyd County. So now the entire.	00:11:45
	Dam and the property it sits on or the property of Floyd County?	00:11:52
	And we have amended the applications as such, which means that.	00:11:55
	We hope to get word back next week from Indianapolis, and we have.	00:12:00
	Who you mentioned is our.	00:12:06
	Demolition expert who's.	00:12:08
	On standby and ready to go.	00:12:10
	Yes. So now we've got our engineers on standby ready to go after the dam is removed, so.	00:12:12
	And I think that's what I have.	00:12:18
	All right. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you.	00:12:21
	Building Development Services director Nick Creeby.	00:12:24
	Thank you.	00:12:31
	The first item I have for tonight.	00:12:39
	Is the HVAC maintenance?	00:12:43
	Agreement.	00:12:45
	We requested quotes for this. We received quotes from Lutz HMC. We did not receive.	00:12:46
	We requested a quote from Summers forming heating report is a maintenance agreements for the rights building.	00:12:52
	Garage in this building.	00:13:00
	The annual amount.	00:13:01
	For the three combined is 11,100 and.	00:13:03
	Make a motion to accept those bids.	00:13:08
	I'll say motion a second for acceptance. All in favor.	00:13:11
	Aye.	00:13:16
	The next item is the Blue River Services 5311 grant.	00:13:20
	You may recall we had this.	00:13:26
	Last month.	00:13:29
	As well.	00:13:31
	Mr. Rowland Lenas from Blue River Services presented that we have a resolution.	00:13:34
	To.	00:13:40
	Authorized.	00:13:42
	Their services for the remainder of 2025.	00:13:45
	The issue at hand last time we had this was the.	00:13:50
	Local match contribution.	00:13:55
	New member services will.	00:13:57
	Be making that contribution on our behalf.	00:14:00
	So it will cost the county.	00:14:04
	No money to approve this resolution.	00:14:06
	And this does fulfill our interrelated agreement.	00:14:10
	With Harrison County, who was the lead applicant on that grant?	00:14:13
	That we entered into that agreement.	00:14:17
	Last year.	00:14:20
	April 24th.	00:14:22
	OK. So passing this resolution obligates us to know funding this year nor any obligation to participate in 2026, correct?	00:14:24
	Correct.	00:14:33
	And I look for a motion to approve.	00:14:34
	I'll make that motion.	00:14:37
	I'll say all in favor, aye.	00:14:39
	Thank you.	00:14:41
	Next up I have the tower piece.	00:14:44
	Stir additional service request.	00:14:47
	This is for the red wire building.	00:14:50
	Lieutenant requested some reconfiguration of equipment layout.	00:14:53
	There's an additional $500.	00:14:58
	Architectural services which will be.	00:15:00
	Paid for by the tenant the contract.	00:15:03
	What is that? Very good. So they're requesting a change and they're paying for the change. It's not damaging our building,	00:15:08
	correct? Look for a motion to approve. So moved.	00:15:13
	Second all in favor, aye.	00:15:18
	All right, we have two other items that we're going to move from.	00:15:21
	County attorneys a new business to yours tonight as well, or.	00:15:26
	1st which is going to be Floyd County Resolution 2025-12 termination of United Consulting for Bridge 38. Are you be handling both	00:15:30
	of those termination?	00:15:35
	Yeah, resolution, OK.	00:15:40
	So the Floyd County Resolution 2025, national level.	00:15:43
	As well as.	00:15:46
	Dash 12.	00:15:48
	11.	00:15:50
	For JTL contract for the bridge inspection services for the bridge replacement project at Roxanne Millbridge.	00:15:52
	They are the designer.	00:16:00
	Record.	00:16:02
	Customary, uh.	00:16:06
	Now have.	00:16:08
	Another firm do that work so that you don't have the same firm inspecting as designing. That's in dots preference.	00:16:09
	We have issued an RFP to.	00:16:16
	Replace them on the project.	00:16:19
	So we do need to formally.	00:16:22
	Remove them from the existing contractor.	00:16:25
	That's what that one is.	00:16:27
	Set on 11.	00:16:31
	Yeah, yes. So I'll make a motion to.	00:16:33
	Approved Floyd County Resolution 2025-11 termination of the JTL contract for Bridge 51.	00:16:36
	2nd.	00:16:42
	OK, a motion a second.	00:16:43
	All in favor, aye aye.	00:16:45
	And then FCR 2025 Twelve is for the bridge 38.	00:16:48
	Contract with United Consultant.	00:16:54
	Consulting.	00:16:56
	We have them under contract as a local contract for design work on that bridge.	00:16:58
	We were able to obtain federal funding for that project.	00:17:03
	Had to do a new RFP we.	00:17:08
	Selected another consultant to do that design.	00:17:10
	We have the files that we have already paid for from United.	00:17:14
	But we can no longer.	00:17:18
	Move forward with them.	00:17:19
	Move forward with the procured firm.	00:17:21
	So we will need to.	00:17:24
	That contract.	00:17:26
	I'll make a motion to.	00:17:29
	Approve Floyd County Resolution 20/25/12.	00:17:32
	I'll second.	00:17:36
	OK, Motion. Second. All in favor. Aye, aye.	00:17:37
	Thank you.	00:17:41
	Next is county Auditor Diana Topping.	00:17:43
	Opioid Oversight Committee approval.	00:17:47
	Good evening.	00:17:51
	The process that you all had put in place for.	00:17:52
	The unrestricted opioid funds.	00:17:56
	That were distributed to the Floyd County and are continuing.	00:17:58
	To be distributed required that.	00:18:01
	The oversight committee you put in place here requests Vote and approve those requests.	00:18:03
	Bring those across that we have approved to you for approval and then move forward to the Council for appropriation.	00:18:08
	So I'm.	00:18:15
	Actually this originally.	00:18:16
	Came from the Floyd County Prosecutor.	00:18:18
	Were they requested to send up to 7 individuals?	00:18:20
	To gang school.	00:18:24
	Chicago, IL.	00:18:25
	Due to the fact that.	00:18:26
	As most of us know, especially.	00:18:29
	You Mr. Loop.	00:18:31
	Gangs bring drugs.	00:18:33
	Typically you can't find one without the other most of the time.	00:18:35
	And since this board and those funds were put in place.	00:18:38
	To help with interdiction and prevention to the community.	00:18:41
	While the larger amount is used for treatment and recovery.	00:18:44
	We as a board thought this was.	00:18:49
	And optimal use. So we are requesting that you approve that we go forward with an appropriation with the Council for $13,500 to	00:18:51
	cover all of the cost of training for seven individuals.	00:18:57
	Across multiple departments within the county.	00:19:02
	Oh, so not just the prosecutor, he.	00:19:07
	Speaking for prosecutors.	00:19:09
	Two from the Sheriff's Department.	00:19:12
	A probation officer and an APD detective gun.	00:19:15
	Yeah, so it is a.	00:19:18
	I'm familiar with that training. It's pretty good training. I'll make a motion to accept.	00:19:20
	I'll second that.	00:19:25
	All right, I have a motion a second. All in favor, aye.	00:19:27
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:19:31
	Our Floyd County.	00:19:33
	Rick Fox, you have two items left and I'm going to go with the intern contracts for prosecutors office 1st That's okay.	00:19:36
	Yes.	00:19:44
	I have two contracts.	00:19:47
	For interns.	00:19:49
	For the Floyd County Prosecutor's Office.	00:19:52
	The agreement begins on May 19th of 2025.	00:19:55
	Through September 1 of 2025, they're paying $15.00 an hour.	00:20:00
	For the interns work.	00:20:06
	And that is a contract with Finn Rayleigh.	00:20:09
	And a contract with.	00:20:15
	Alec Elrod.	00:20:17
	And asking for your approval.	00:20:18
	Make the motion to accept.	00:20:21
	I'll second.	00:20:23
	Motion in a second all in favor?	00:20:24
	Aye, aye.	00:20:27
	All right. And then.	00:20:29
	Unless everybody's here to see the conveyance of equipment agreement.	00:20:32
	Now point on the agenda.	00:20:35
	Most of the folks are here night before.	00:20:37
	So, umm.	00:20:39
	Floyd County Resolution 2025, Dash 13.	00:20:41
	Termination of interlocal agreement with Floyd County Youth Services Bureau.	00:20:44
	So.	00:20:48
	If you'd like to.	00:20:50
	A little bit and then we'll see if the commissioners have a statement before we go to public comment and come back for further	00:20:51
	discussion on that.	00:20:54
	What might?	00:20:58
	Be beneficial if I just read the resolution.	00:21:00
	That we have.	00:21:03
	Because that lays out.	00:21:05
	Where we're at in terms of what we're doing.	00:21:07
	And gives the audience.	00:21:10
	An exact flavor of.	00:21:13
	What floor is yours?	00:21:15
	Very good.	00:21:17
	This is resolution.	00:21:19
	The Floyd County Board of Commissioners regarding termination of the interlocal agreement.	00:21:21
	Lie in between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County, Indiana.	00:21:26
	WHEREAS, Floyd County Board of Commissioners has determined that there exists a need for the termination of the interlocal	00:21:32
	agreement by and between.	00:21:35
	Floyd County.	00:21:39
	He speak of what? I'm sorry.	00:21:41
	The need for the termination of the Interlocal agreement by in between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County,	00:21:45
	Indiana.	00:21:49
	Whereas it is the intent of the Floyd County Board of Commissioners to sell the Pine View.	00:21:54
	Government building.	00:22:00
	Whereas it is unknown as to whether.	00:22:02
	The Floyd County Youth Services Bureau board of Directors approved and executed the interlocal agreement.	00:22:05
	Or a lease agreement, however.	00:22:11
	The Commissioners are following the provisions of the interlocal agreement as the Commissioners had passed.	00:22:13
	The agreement.	00:22:20
	Whereas.	00:22:21
	It is the commissioners understanding that the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau will reimburse Floyd County damage caused by.	00:22:23
	A resident of the youth shelter pursuant to the agreement.	00:22:30
	Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Floyd County Board of Commissioners of Floyd County, Indiana.	00:22:34
	One that the intent.	00:22:40
	To terminate the interlocal agreement by and between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County, Indiana.	00:22:42
	Is effective June 1, 2025.	00:22:49
	That Floyd County will give 90 days written notification via certified mail to the respective presidents of the Floyd County	00:22:53
	Council.	00:22:57
	And the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau Board of Directors, with copies to the executive director of the Bureau.	00:23:02
	And the judge of the Floyd Circuit Court regarding the intent to terminate the lease agreement for the Pine View facility.	00:23:08
	The county and Bureau shall conduct a joint.	00:23:16
	County Council, County commissioners public hearing on the matter within 30 days.	00:23:19
	Our receipt of written occasion.	00:23:25
	Notification uh.	00:23:27
	Of intent to terminate the lease pursuant to the interlocutor.	00:23:29
	The hearing is hereby scheduled for.	00:23:33
	June 24th.	00:23:36
	20 of 2025.	00:23:38
	In the Pine View Government Center Assembly Room, which is where we are today.	00:23:41
	Unless the Floyd County.	00:23:46
	Youth Services Bureau waves the hearing.	00:23:48
	The Bureau shall have possession of the least premises for 180 days from the date of the final decision by the Commissioners.	00:23:52
	And the County Council joint meeting for the purpose of obtaining an attorney.	00:24:02
	Alternate facility otherwise.	00:24:07
	Or unless otherwise agreed by the parties.	00:24:10
	The Floyd County Youth Bureau vacates the premises.	00:24:13
	The terms of the interlocal agreement shall remain in effect until the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau vacates the premises.	00:24:17
	And so that's the essence of the resolution.	00:24:27
	Rick, we need to stipulate a time for that meeting on Item 4.	00:24:32
	We have a joint meeting at 4:00 PM that day.	00:24:36
	I don't know whether it be wise to.	00:24:39
	Have that meeting immediately following the joint meeting at 5:00.	00:24:42
	Or should.	00:24:46
	We need to post that though, correct?	00:24:48
	Yes, so.	00:24:50
	Should we do that?	00:24:51
	At this point in time, so that people know when that will be.	00:24:53
	Is there a council meeting?	00:24:56
	We have a joint.	00:24:57
	Do you have a meeting immediately following the joint meeting?	00:25:01
	And when we can truncate the joint meeting and.	00:25:05
	Make it from 4:00 to 4:30.	00:25:09
	We won't have any more pressing business than that in all likelihood.	00:25:11
	You do not.	00:25:15
	Yeah, so we.	00:25:18
	Probably good at 5:00.	00:25:19
	Yeah, so.	00:25:22
	I would like to have a motion to formally amend the resolution.	00:25:24
	To stipulate 5:00 PM.	00:25:29
	Underwriting 4.	00:25:31
	I'll make a motion to stipulate the time on the.	00:25:33
	June 24th meeting.	00:25:37
	At Pineview Government Center here in this room is at 5:00 PM.	00:25:39
	I'll second. OK, all in favor, aye.	00:25:43
	All right, and I may or may not have other comments after.	00:25:47
	After we've heard from the public on this, and I'm glad we have a lot of people out here.	00:25:52
	I actually enjoy.	00:25:56
	Large meetings like this.	00:25:58
	But you know, I read.	00:26:00
	Headlines and I see headlines and.	00:26:02
	You know, I think that there are some very inaccurate statements going.	00:26:05
	Right now.	00:26:09
	When I see the word.	00:26:10
	Threatened to evict.	00:26:12
	And under an eviction notice, that is totally misleading.	00:26:14
	No one is under the threat of an eviction at this point in time.	00:26:18
	We are simply following the stipulations.	00:26:24
	That we entered into with this interlocal agreement, which was to give ample notice.	00:26:28
	If and when we were ever to sell this building.	00:26:32
	Built into that interlocal agreement is a 90 day.	00:26:37
	Notice period which we intend to follow up plus.	00:26:40
	At least a 180 day period to follow the end of that, which takes us to February of 2025.	00:26:43
	We're going to have multiple meetings to discuss this.	00:26:49
	26 Thank you.	00:26:53
	And in all likelihood.	00:26:55
	We're open to extending that as well.	00:26:58
	But the county is going to be leaving the Pineview Center.	00:27:01
	We are going to be.	00:27:06
	Streamlining our real estate portfolio.	00:27:07
	And getting rid of some very expensive properties.	00:27:10
	That's going to be to the benefit of the taxpayers of the county.	00:27:13
	This is one of them.	00:27:16
	We have no problem with trying to help.	00:27:18
	The youth shelter.	00:27:21
	Find a new home.	00:27:23
	But the word is hell.	00:27:24
	Primary task is indeed on them to do that.	00:27:26
	With as a preference.	00:27:32
	US again.	00:27:33
	I didn't get much beyond the headlines today because I had a very, very busy day.	00:27:35
	But to say that somebody's going to be evicted?	00:27:39
	Is a little inflammatory.	00:27:43
	We're looking at least till February of 2026.	00:27:46
	And possibly beyond that with the parts of these discussions.	00:27:50
	So with that.	00:27:53
	We're going to have roughly 2 minutes, I said. We're going to have.	00:27:55
	Public hearing on this and.	00:27:59
	Any commissioners meeting between now and February 2026.	00:28:01
	Talk about this.	00:28:04
	So, Mr. Tim Harbison, when you come up.	00:28:07
	Please state your name.	00:28:10
	And your address.	00:28:12
	And.	00:28:14
	Jason's gonna watch the clock and he can give you kind of a 15 second.	00:28:16
	Hi son, what are your timers?	00:28:20
	3820 over to Phil Colleen Rd.	00:28:23
	I'm a 43 year.	00:28:26
	Veteran teacher.	00:28:29
	Lived in Point County all my life. Paid taxes here for 50 years.	00:28:30
	I'm gonna ask you gentlemen to focus your camera.	00:28:34
	Just a little bit.	00:28:37
	When my wife and I first got married.	00:28:38
	We bought a house, my grandparents home, 1702 Cordon Pike.	00:28:41
	And there's a little neighbor girl. I'm a color, Ashley.	00:28:45
	Who was at our?	00:28:49
	She jumped on the trampoline with my kids.	00:28:52
	Perform plays on our front porch.	00:28:56
	Everybody knew in the neighborhood that actually family was pretty rough.	00:29:00
	If you know what I'm talking about.	00:29:04
	New Albany police officers were at their house frequently for domestic abuse.	00:29:06
	And finally the.	00:29:12
	When mom and dad were both arrested.	00:29:14
	For drug related charges.	00:29:16
	No extended family in the community.	00:29:18
	What happened to Ashley?	00:29:21
	And her little brother Joe.	00:29:23
	What can you shut up?	00:29:25
	They were there for.	00:29:27
	Actually turned out OK. She made it through high school.	00:29:30
	Little brother Joe.	00:29:33
	Not so much.	00:29:34
	Lots of arrests, even as a minor.	00:29:36
	Again, periodically attempted to make it a Detroit County youth shelter.	00:29:39
	And could not.	00:29:44
	The point being that these two kids were just as smart as my kids.	00:29:46
	But their family did not give them.	00:29:51
	The fair shot at life that they needed.	00:29:54
	Now I understand your need for fiscal responsibility.	00:29:56
	Especially considering the bills passed by the Indiana legislature recently, I know that our.	00:30:01
	Local governments aren't being given as much money.	00:30:07
	But as a taxpayer.	00:30:10
	I personally would rather have my money. 15 helping kids.	00:30:12
	And not spent on a building.	00:30:16
	Has a new courthouse so we can try them as adults.	00:30:18
	It's been my opinion.	00:30:23
	That intervention, your times up, Sir.	00:30:27
	Is always preferable to incarceration.	00:30:30
	Ellen, Morris and Kelly.	00:30:38
	Good evening. I'm Ellen Morrison Kelly. I live at 35 Bellwood Court in New Albany.	00:30:40
	I am a 30 year veteran social worker.	00:30:47
	Have worked with many of the kids and that have been through the youth shelter.	00:30:51
	The youth shelter helps kids who are in a desperate time in their lives. It helps them stay in school. It gives them counseling.	00:30:56
	It gives them sexual abuse prevention.	00:31:02
	And kids.	00:31:09
	Don't vote and kids don't make campaign contributions.	00:31:11
	And kids can't give your brother a job.	00:31:16
	So we need to speak out for them because they don't have a voice.	00:31:19
	It's very fiscally responsible to take care of these kids because as Tim was saying.	00:31:25
	If we don't, it will cost our government 10 times the amount of money to take care of them as adults.	00:31:32
	These kids have no one to lookout for them.	00:31:40
	And so we have an obligation.	00:31:43
	To take care of these kids.	00:31:47
	The biggest problem has been that there's been no communication between the commissioners and the staff at the youth shelter.	00:31:50
	And so I contend that the sale of this building should be contingent.	00:31:58
	On the shelter finding a new location.	00:32:05
	Just desire. If I were selling my house, I could make it contingent on my finding a new place to live.	00:32:07
	Thank you.	00:32:14
	Thank you.	00:32:15
	I wish it Collette.	00:32:18
	My outlook is a little bit.	00:32:20
	You heard your name right. Sorry. Yes, it's OK.	00:32:24
	Hi, my name is Alicia Collette. I'm with Open Door Youth Services. I'm speaking on behalf of all of the New Directions kids and	00:32:27
	students that have participated in Think 1st and Stay Safe as I promised them that I would do so their voices could be heard too.	00:32:35
	Sorry.	00:32:44
	These are direct quotes from my babies that are at the program.	00:32:45
	So New Directions is a safe place.	00:32:51
	I made a new friend too.	00:32:54
	I've learned a lot about safety.	00:32:56
	It is my safe place because Miss Alicia makes it.	00:32:59
	This child has been going through her family being torn apart by divorce.	00:33:03
	She goes to middle school next year and asked me to go with her.	00:33:07
	She barely speaks up, but this was important to her.	00:33:11
	Another child said this is the only club I can be weird.	00:33:15
	Me and everyone has become friends even when we weren't friends in school.	00:33:18
	This child wouldn't talk when she first came to the group.	00:33:23
	She told me she didn't really have any friends.	00:33:26
	She has incarcerated family members and is being raised by an amazing single mom.	00:33:29
	Please don't do this. This club has changed my life for the better. This child had trouble interacting with others even though she	00:33:34
	tried to advocate for everyone.	00:33:39
	She doesn't let her differences with others stop her for speaking up for them.	00:33:43
	And coming to their defense.	00:33:48
	Another child said shutting down new directions would be Dumber than not knowing how to breathe.	00:33:50
	This is his first time.	00:33:57
	This is his first time truly participating in the program. He's on the autism spectrum this year. He made friends. He was able.	00:33:59
	To be himself without worry, making people laugh.	00:34:06
	And teaching everyone really cool facts.	00:34:09
	And lastly.	00:34:12
	A child said. What do they want?	00:34:13
	People to die.	00:34:16
	They 1st and stay safe.	00:34:18
	You save life, you save kids lives. They know kids are safe and they can get away from bad people being hurt.	00:34:20
	This is a third grade boy.	00:34:27
	That has witnessed domestic violence and because of the program, spoke up and is now safe.	00:34:29
	Very fine.	00:34:38
	I'm Mary Klein.	00:34:49
	I live at 3004 Pine Creek Circle.	00:34:51
	This is heartbreaking.	00:34:55
	Too many, too many people.	00:34:57
	What is happening here?	00:35:00
	My husband, Vince Klein, started this youth shelter.	00:35:02
	Because the need was so great.	00:35:06
	It was so.	00:35:10
	When you've dealt with children.	00:35:11
	That have no one in this world to advocate for them.	00:35:14
	No place.	00:35:18
	And foster care is good to a point.	00:35:20
	But it doesn't really prepare them for.	00:35:23
	The youth shelter here has exceeded. I mean, it's not just keeping children.	00:35:27
	Just holding and giving a place to live.	00:35:33
	They have provided services.	00:35:35
	That just above and beyond.	00:35:38
	And they do it for no they.	00:35:41
	Brace their own funds other than the building.	00:35:44
	They provide for the salaries, they provide for everything for these children and they do a lot of fundraising, a lot of grant.	00:35:47
	But I will tell you.	00:35:56
	Please do a tad bit of research.	00:35:58
	To figure out.	00:36:01
	How costly? Not dealing with children when they are young.	00:36:02
	It's being Pennywise and dollar foolish.	00:36:07
	We don't have any trouble adding new courts.	00:36:10
	New prosecutors to the millions of dollars.	00:36:13
	To deal with these children that have not had the care they need.	00:36:17
	And they deserve so badly.	00:36:22
	We tried the best we possibly can and Leah and her crew.	00:36:25
	Are just they excel anything that I could ever expect?	00:36:31
	They work tirelessly. They work at getting volunteers at fundraising. 15 seconds, ma'am.	00:36:36
	Is but this is really very difficult.	00:36:43
	And to.	00:36:47
	To do it in a very kind of.	00:36:48
	We didn't know about this.	00:36:52
	And remember when we move.	00:36:53
	We have to have a house or a place. Your time's up, man.	00:36:55
	State requirements.	00:36:59
	Thank you, Sam Rosenthal.	00:37:01
	Hello everyone.	00:37:11
	My name is Sam Rosenthal.	00:37:12
	I live at 1736 Deerwood Ave.	00:37:14
	In Louisville, KY.	00:37:17
	And I worked for up indoors.	00:37:18
	Youth Services for about 7 1/2 years.	00:37:20
	Really unforgettable, wonderful 7 1/2 years.	00:37:24
	I couldn't.	00:37:27
	Bother to tell you 2 minutes everything I learned from it other than the fact that.	00:37:28
	It is nothing but a positive resource.	00:37:32
	In a positive part of this community.	00:37:35
	Literally only positive.	00:37:37
	Much like a library.	00:37:39
	People come there to read. You come there in the outreach.	00:37:40
	Except the shelter deals with the heartbreak.	00:37:44
	That so many kids deal with.	00:37:47
	It is the frontline that combats with that.	00:37:48
	As you consider moving this place.	00:37:52
	Or just.	00:37:54
	Terminating the lease.	00:37:57
	This is not like just a 10.	00:37:58
	A an apartment.	00:38:02
	I mean, this is a lot of labs, a lot of people.	00:38:04
	And how they grow up and how they deal with the trauma.	00:38:08
	That they've had to go through.	00:38:12
	So as we move, as you all move forward.	00:38:14
	Consider.	00:38:17
	That their lives are.	00:38:18
	In your all S hands.	00:38:21
	We're here for them.	00:38:23
	Every way.	00:38:25
	Training, Leah. I mean, everyone has given everything.	00:38:26
	At an advanced level.	00:38:31
	Trauma informed care and.	00:38:33
	Evidence based. I mean, these are.	00:38:35
	Statistics with kids.	00:38:38
	Dealing with.	00:38:41
	So much complicated trauma.	00:38:41
	We're the frontline of that.	00:38:44
	You have to consider us.	00:38:46
	When moving forward.	00:38:48
	Otherwise you'll be dealing with.	00:38:50
	I don't know, more expensive issues probably.	00:38:52
	Did you work at the?	00:38:55
	Shelter here.	00:38:57
	I no longer.	00:38:58
	That what you did, your seven years were here.	00:38:59
	Thank you for your comments.	00:39:02
	Sherry Cockle.	00:39:06
	If I get a name wrong, please let me know.	00:39:10
	It's Sherry Cockrell, 3024 Julian Dr. New Albany, IN.	00:39:13
	I had written something.	00:39:19
	For Leah.	00:39:22
	I'm gonna try to read it myself.	00:39:24
	The level of care that's required for the children place with resident residential care, shelters and foster homes.	00:39:28
	Now, umm.	00:39:34
	Is exponentially higher than it was even just a couple decades ago, you know, at the level 12345. So we have now fours and fives	00:39:35
	and it's off the charts.	00:39:40
	The the number of children's residential temporary shelters, though in foster homes are drastically declining.	00:39:45
	Part of that is because they want to do the family preservation more and they try to do Tanith and those kind of things, but a big	00:39:52
	part of it is funding.	00:39:56
	In foster homes can't take care of level fours and fives. I had a friend that tried to do that.	00:40:00
	And the agency didn't quite tell her how much.	00:40:06
	You know care was needed and she couldn't keep the little girl.	00:40:08
	I mean, I've been to training on.	00:40:11
	Food hoarding and fecal smearing and all the things that these kids go through.	00:40:13
	That people don't even know it exists.	00:40:17
	So the behavioral and mental health concerns and the children are skyrocketing, and it's not just because they're not being taken	00:40:21
	care of.	00:40:24
	Some of them, like my son who went to Open Door Youth Services, it's behavioral issues that they were born with.	00:40:28
	He had to go there for a little while and he told me to tell you all.	00:40:34
	But what this place does for them, you can't see.	00:40:39
	But it does so much good for the reason you ask any of the kids, he said. If you want him to come here, he'll speak to you.	00:40:43
	You can't see what it's doing.	00:40:49
	But it helps them so much.	00:40:51
	But anyway.	00:40:53
	The care that Open Door Youth Services gives and that Leah and her crew are so immensely dedicated to these vulnerable children.	00:40:56
	It is so critical and they are so dedicated and we all ought to be too.	00:41:03
	Thank you.	00:41:13
	I have Linda Russell but.	00:41:18
	Miss Russell.	00:41:20
	Are you going to be speaking on this issue tonight or another?	00:41:22
	OK, then we'll have you at the.	00:41:31
	The end of the meeting.	00:41:33
	Well that's where we put people who speak on non agenda items.	00:41:37
	It's not personal.	00:41:40
	Valerie Neil Holland.	00:41:42
	Hi, I'm Valerie Mulholland, 7114 Crystal Springs Dr. Sellersburg, IN.	00:41:49
	I'm here today as a citizen of Southern Indiana and an employee of Open Door Youth Services for the past 12 years.	00:41:54
	We're asking that you work with us to find an adequate timeline to allow our services to exist in the same capacity that our local	00:42:01
	leaders intended in 1982.	00:42:06
	When they believed in our mission over 40 years ago and opened our doors.	00:42:11
	Since our opening, we've continued the original services of a residential facility while expanding on our programs to support the	00:42:15
	youth in our community.	00:42:19
	With evidence based programming.	00:42:23
	We are not here today to ask you to carry the financial burden of relocating. We are only asking for more adequate time and for	00:42:25
	relocation than a little grace while we do so.	00:42:29
	I ask you, as community leaders, to find a way to understand the reason for our existence.	00:42:34
	I ask you today to not be one more person that gives up on our youth.	00:42:40
	I ask you to realize that we have a responsibility to a youth.	00:42:44
	Especially in these most vulnerable situations.	00:42:48
	And I ask that you understand our import and support our services we provide in the community.	00:42:50
	And the impact of the community of work on.	00:42:56
	You have been elected and entrusted by your community to make decisions to lead with ethics and morals.	00:42:59
	And to make this a better community for all.	00:43:05
	Your decision today is one more opportunity to do so.	00:43:08
	I leave you with the quote today by Maya Angelou.	00:43:11
	Develop enough courage that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for someone else. We are standing up for the youth of	00:43:14
	our community.	00:43:18
	Are you? You're here, obviously.	00:43:28
	With your own.	00:43:31
	Expressions a little bit, are you speaking on those official capacity for the?	00:43:32
	Use shelter as well tonight, yes?	00:43:36
	OK. And what's your title?	00:43:38
	I'm the art therapist.	00:43:40
	We could have used a little bit more.	00:43:43
	Notice about this meeting tonight. We found out with really short notice.	00:43:47
	That this was happening.	00:43:51
	And I think it says a lot about the community that this people, this many people showed up in this short. When did you find out	00:43:52
	about it?	00:43:55
	Didn't find out about it.	00:43:58
	Yesterday.	00:44:00
	And he was conveyed to members of Open Door last week.	00:44:01
	Last week. OK. So we're just looking to collaborate.	00:44:05
	And cooperate. This is their these children's homes. I just wanted for the record, what day was that? It was on the 9th of May.	00:44:09
	OK, OK. Yeah. So there was a communication to.	00:44:16
	In person, Yeah. Yeah. And I'll speak to that more here in just a few minutes. OK. OK. All right. Thank you. Thank you.	00:44:20
	Abigail Russell.	00:44:28
	Yes, sure.	00:44:35
	Samantha Escobar.	00:44:37
	Samantha Escobar, 5103 Everett Ave. Employees Knobs.	00:44:50
	I just wanted to talk about adverse childhood experiences.	00:44:57
	Which are a collection of potentially traumatic events such as violence, abuse or neglect that occur in childhood.	00:45:00
	It is a questionnaire with 10 adverse childhood experiences that.	00:45:06
	For everyone that you experience as a.	00:45:11
	Child.	00:45:14
	Predisposed to experience things like.	00:45:15
	Opiate addiction, which is a problem.	00:45:18
	Here in the community that we just talked about earlier when somebody else mentioned.	00:45:20
	But.	00:45:25
	Places like Open door Youth Services they have.	00:45:27
	The sexual abuse education and prevention.	00:45:32
	In 2023 they reached 2925 youth.	00:45:35
	In 2024, they reached 4935 youth. They provide diagnostic and evaluation services.	00:45:39
	86 hours of psychological evaluations.	00:45:47
	Provided over the past two years.	00:45:50
	Like they.	00:45:53
	Previously mentioned, New Directions has prevention education in Floyd County Schools.	00:45:54
	And they service 75 students in 202367 students.	00:45:59
	In 2024.	00:46:04
	What's important to?	00:46:06
	As a taxpayer, is that if we do not do our part today?	00:46:08
	It will.	00:46:13
	The cost of helping the youth today is much less than if we let it roll into.	00:46:14
	Physical abuse of other.	00:46:23
	Just crime, crime in general and.	00:46:26
	Opiate and other substance abuse issues.	00:46:30
	If we don't take care of the youth.	00:46:33
	Now than who?	00:46:35
	Else is going to do it in a trauma informed way.	00:46:36
	And so that's my challenge to all of you.	00:46:39
	15 seconds.	00:46:42
	That you provide people with advanced notice in the community so that you can actually hear from taxpayers that this is an	00:46:43
	important service is being provided.	00:46:47
	And there are many people who would happily pay.	00:46:51
	Taxes to.	00:46:54
	Support organizations.	00:46:55
	Thank you.	00:46:58
	Kimberly, I can't read all of this last name Gesford or.	00:47:01
	Hi, I'm Kimberly Gesford. I reside at 601 E Oak St. New Albany, IN. Ma'am, I want to spell this out for our record keeper. So how	00:47:09
	do you spell your last name? We won't count this as your project. It's GESS.	00:47:16
	OK, Thank you. And I'm a resident of New Albany and I've been a social worker for over 15 years as a previous DCS caseworker and a	00:47:25
	therapist for teens and adolescents.	00:47:30
	I've seen the benefits importance of having programs like Open Door Youth Shelter. In fact, I have personally had clients benefit	00:47:35
	from this agency.	00:47:39
	I know the kids that are supported by this agency. I've sat with kids as they have cried.	00:47:43
	I've heard the most devastating stories of trauma and hurt.	00:47:49
	I know what energy has to be given to provide this type of support.	00:47:52
	These are some of the most vulnerable children at some of the hardest times of their lives.	00:47:56
	As a Christian, the Jesus I know and I follow tells us to care for the least of these.	00:48:01
	And if these youth are not who this verse is referring to?	00:48:07
	I'm not sure who else it would be.	00:48:10
	I know you mentioned that you plan to help and consider extensions, but that's not what the resolution said that you all just read	00:48:13
	in. In my job, if it's not written, it didn't happen. It's not required to be followed.	00:48:18
	Although I understand fiscal responsibility and trying to consolidate real estate by the county, there's a much more effective way	00:48:24
	to do it. This isn't it.	00:48:28
	Instead, ensure contingency on the sale of the building that allows the shelter to find another space before it is sold.	00:48:32
	Assist the shelter in getting a buyer.	00:48:39
	That will let them stay until they raise their match to Metro United Way and can purchase their own building.	00:48:41
	It seems you're excluding them in the conversation instead of partnering them.	00:48:47
	With them.	00:48:51
	The expectation needs to be realistic for what a nonprofit can do. I would expect better from leaders to more appropriately	00:48:52
	protect and take care of the least of these.	00:48:56
	They deserve better.	00:49:01
	Sarah Glass.	00:49:05
	I'm currently Sarah Glass. Most of you know me as Sarah Dickman Glass. I've been around longer for that.	00:49:15
	I reside at 3822 Dale Brook Drive.	00:49:20
	I'm a retired teacher.	00:49:23
	I'm a former foster parent for 10 years. My former husband and I had foster children both in the system and out of the system. He	00:49:25
	was a high school teacher. There were many 18 year olds that fell outside the boundaries that lived with us for a period of their	00:49:29
	life while they went forward.	00:49:34
	In retirement, I have served as the educational surrogate.	00:49:39
	For children within the school, most of them open door who have no one to advocate for their educational needs.	00:49:43
	Health issues have caused me to not do that the last year.	00:49:49
	I also want to bring up that how unique.	00:49:53
	Open door is.	00:49:55
	I have a granddaughter who is currently a foster care or a social worker in northern Tennessee.	00:49:57
	When a child.	00:50:04
	Needs to be housed overnight. They have no open door.	00:50:05
	They sit on the other side of the two way of a one way window.	00:50:09
	Physically watching that child.	00:50:13
	Constantly they are required by their job to serve 12 to 15 hour shifts while they keep eyes on the child.	00:50:16
	The open Door staff does that for us and make sure they're safe.	00:50:23
	Please do not regress.	00:50:27
	We were ahead of the game when this happened.	00:50:29
	My mother was working with Vince Klein. I physically erected some of the walls in the old county home to help make those	00:50:32
	partitions work.	00:50:36
	This has been such a blessing to the unfortunate children in our community.	00:50:40
	And I agree we need time to find an adequate location. Many of the children served here.	00:50:44
	You would not want living in your neighborhood without 24 hour supervision. Open Door provides that.	00:50:50
	Unless everyone in this room is willing to take one of their children into their own home.	00:50:56
	I think we need to stand behind open door and help them relax. 15 seconds.	00:51:01
	Thank you for your time. Thank you.	00:51:05
	Melinda.	00:51:10
	For Yahoo Brie, is that correct?	00:51:12
	Is that hey friends?	00:51:16
	OK. Thank you.	00:51:18
	My name is Melinda Bori. I live at 8:07 E Main St. in New Albany.	00:51:20
	There's a quote commonly misattributed to Gandhi.	00:51:26
	That a civilization can be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable.	00:51:29
	I think.	00:51:34
	By any metric I can think of, children who do not have a safe place to go are the most vulnerable members of our civilization.	00:51:36
	I think we can see from the number of people who showed up here tonight, that's a priority to the taxpayers in our community.	00:51:44
	To make sure that there is a place for those children to go.	00:51:50
	And I'm proud of the people in the blue shirts.	00:51:53
	Who do that work every day?	00:51:57
	I don't think.	00:52:02
	That we in good conscience.	00:52:03
	Can profit off of.	00:52:06
	The termination of Elise.	00:52:09
	I don't know how any of us would sleep at night.	00:52:12
	If we did not insure.	00:52:14
	That the specific needs of this shelter were met in their new location.	00:52:16
	Before we closed up the doors here.	00:52:21
	Thank you.	00:52:23
	Thank you.	00:52:24
	Hello, Wayne Stommer, 1905 Coatman Dr. New Albany and Lopez Land.	00:52:35
	I'll start. I go before I can.	00:52:41
	I volunteer at various homeless courts here in the Empire.	00:52:43
	And have met many homeless persons.	00:52:47
	In the last few years.	00:52:50
	One thing I've learned that growing up in a dysfunctional, chaotic, violent household.	00:52:52
	Is a big contributor to homelessness.	00:52:59
	I think that we as a society have a responsibility.	00:53:03
	To save our children.	00:53:07
	If you.	00:53:09
	I asked that I say that if you don't give full consideration to helping the open door service.	00:53:10
	And keep this keep out this good work.	00:53:17
	Then you could actually be contributing.	00:53:19
	To increase.	00:53:22
	I I'm sure that you're not cold hearted people.	00:53:25
	Many of you.	00:53:30
	Call and I just want to say that.	00:53:34
	90 days, another 180.	00:53:36
	Just isn't adequate for these folks to to find a place and move into in my opinion.	00:53:39
	And I think it's true.	00:53:45
	So what what I'd like to ask is that the county commissioners.	00:53:46
	In your decision making process.	00:53:52
	Give the highest priority.	00:53:55
	In your heart.	00:53:58
	To these most vulnerable children.	00:54:00
	And please give them time and sincerely help them.	00:54:03
	How you came? Thank you.	00:54:08
	Thank you.	00:54:09
	Stop clock.	00:54:12
	Good evening. My name is Scott Clark. I live at 1003 E Market St. in Albany, IN apartment number one.	00:54:20
	I'm here today to talk to you guys about this.	00:54:26
	This interlocal agreement and.	00:54:28
	Building that we're in.	00:54:31
	This is a culmination, not leave, just another.	00:54:33
	On the road that.	00:54:36
	Floyd County has shown in their long standing tradition.	00:54:38
	Not recognizing a homeless population.	00:54:41
	And I really think that this is part.	00:54:44
	The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2024 Point in Time Cap report on December 27th, 2024.	00:54:48
	It shows that in Clark County, they reported 143 homeless individuals.	00:54:57
	With a Jeffersonville homeless shelter.	00:55:03
	Saying that they have an additional 200 in the past year that they serve.	00:55:06
	While Floyd County only recognizes 68 homeless.	00:55:10
	Individuals.	00:55:15
	Now I see more than that in Saint Paul's, across the street from my house, eating dinner on Wednesday night that's provided by a	00:55:17
	local organization.	00:55:21
	So I know there's more homeless here, and unfortunately, gentlemen, this is going to get worse.	00:55:25
	I really think you need to reconsider even getting rid of this building simply because.	00:55:30
	The administrators in our federal administration.	00:55:36
	Is cutting and slashing programs to the point where we don't have any work for these people to go, We don't have any money for	00:55:39
	them to use.	00:55:43
	They're cutting billions on mental health and addiction services, which is going to increase the homeless population within our	00:55:46
	children because their parents aren't getting the help that they need.	00:55:51
	They're slashing funding for local shelters.	00:55:56
	And this has got to stop. You need to take a look at this and realize.	00:55:59
	Our homeless population are at risk. Kids population is only going to get worse. Guys. You're going to need more room than just	00:56:03
	this building.	00:56:06
	So you might want to think about hanging on to it.	00:56:10
	Thank you.	00:56:12
	John I.	00:56:16
	Jonah.	00:56:18
	John, All right. Thank you.	00:56:19
	I'm Jonah Farmsley. I live at 1003 E Market St.	00:56:26
	I have lived in Floyd County the entirety of my life.	00:56:30
	This is a moment where I feel compelled to come forward.	00:56:35
	Shame on you.	00:56:40
	When did our?	00:56:50
	Fiscal profile become more important than the residents of our county.	00:56:52
	The most underserved residents of our county.	00:56:59
	These kids have.	00:57:02
	Nothing. Umm.	00:57:04
	And you are willing to take your way for you so that you can do something that you're.	00:57:06
	Fiscally responsible and in another situation it would be.	00:57:10
	Fiscally responsible.	00:57:14
	But you know that your own underserved population is in this building.	00:57:16
	We're not moving till February.	00:57:23
	What the hell? What is that? That's not time for.	00:57:25
	An organization of this size.	00:57:29
	To find a new place and get moved.	00:57:31
	That's just.	00:57:34
	Shame on you.	00:57:37
	Each and everyone of you.	00:57:39
	And I want to use the rest of my time to just stand here and stare at you.	00:57:41
	And.	00:57:45
	Your own.	00:57:46
	I.	00:57:56
	Mr. Luke and Mr. Fox won't even catch my eye.	00:58:07
	There they go.	00:58:10
	Sir, if you'd like to speak.	00:58:17
	Come to the podium.	00:58:19
	OK, my knees are shaking.	00:58:28
	And I'm gonna in my time here.	00:58:30
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:58:32
	If Abbeville Wasco.	00:58:37
	And Abigail Russell making.	00:58:40
	Someone knows Abigail Russell?	00:58:45
	OK, she can speak at the end of the meeting during open mic if she makes it in tonight.	00:58:50
	All right, so.	00:58:59
	That ends public comment on that issue.	00:59:01
	And is Leah here tonight?	00:59:05
	Oh, there you go. I don't know if we're going to have her.	00:59:10
	Before, I think if you wanted to say something, I think it would be appropriate for you to do it before we.	00:59:14
	Have a vote on this?	00:59:18
	Nope, this is a sign issue.	00:59:19
	Yeah, I just want to say that.	00:59:22
	It was about a week and a half ago that I was told.	00:59:24
	That we have to be out of the building by the end of the year.	00:59:28
	I did not know that it was coming to this.	00:59:32
	So I want to just say that.	00:59:34
	And I appreciate you guys giving everybody as much time as you did.	00:59:37
	Means a lot, it was really good to hear.	00:59:42
	With the feedback because.	00:59:45
	We don't do a lot of attention seeking things and we don't seek a lot of credit for it and it's nice to finally get.	00:59:49
	Thank you. Hold on one second before you go leave.	00:59:56
	Hold on one second.	01:00:00
	Because I'd like to clarify a few things, because I'm the one who made contact with you on the ninth.	01:00:01
	And I thought we had a pretty good conversation about.	01:00:05
	This to the point that.	01:00:09
	It was very clearly conveyed that.	01:00:12
	This was going to be on the agenda for the next meeting.	01:00:14
	But umm.	01:00:17
	We collectively sat down and had an idea.	01:00:19
	That you produce where you showed interest in wanting to possibly buy this building.	01:00:21
	And I haven't gotten any feedback. Well, you're right, because I told you I was going to talk about it.	01:00:25
	At the Commissioners meeting, but here we are today.	01:00:29
	And you know, we have kind of discussed and what we had to do is collect data. We had to collect data and see how much money	01:00:32
	that's left on the building. There's, there's more than just.	01:00:37
	Coming up with numbers just Willy nilly, so it takes a minute to gather that information, but.	01:00:41
	You know the fact that me and you had a conversation on the knife.	01:00:46
	It was more than just yesterday.	01:00:49
	We've had some communication since then. I'm just surprised to see the level of urgency that was put out.	01:00:51
	In the media and the social media when you and I had just had.	01:00:56
	Clear communications about the pathway just a few days ago so.	01:00:59
	I'm a little confused.	01:01:03
	Well, again, it was not my understanding that it was going to be at this meeting.	01:01:04
	OK. I don't remember that being discussed at all. And the urgency is not about you guys. It's not about attacking anybody. It's	01:01:08
	about we need to figure something out sooner than later. I've met with a commercial real estate agent. I've talked to another	01:01:13
	agency in Evans about Evansville, about buying this property. I'm trying everything I can to try to solve this problem, everything	01:01:18
	I can.	01:01:23
	A prize, well, I think it should be should be known that at no point was you asked that we were going to are told that we were	01:01:29
	going to evict you. Matter of fact we told you that that was the target date within the year. But if it ran past that we can	01:01:33
	obviously work with you.	01:01:38
	To help mitigate that issue.	01:01:43
	Yeah, well, the Inter logo agreement clearly stays.	01:01:46
	90 days plus 180 takes you to February 2026.	01:01:50
	Unless agreed upon by both parties.	01:01:54
	Which again.	01:01:56
	That's part of.	01:01:58
	You know, tonight's meeting, basically.	01:01:59
	Is an ongoing part of formal communication.	01:02:03
	There are again baked into that interlocal agreement.	01:02:05
	Of our numerous.	01:02:11
	Prescribed conversations that do need to take place and will take place.	01:02:12
	But there's also this question of.	01:02:17
	We signed an interlocal agreement agreement as.	01:02:18
	Our predecessors did, but.	01:02:22
	The agency never signed the interlocal agreement, so we don't even know whether or not.	01:02:25
	I don't know that we know that. All I know is that on your end that they didn't make it to the state where it counts.	01:02:29
	Where it was supposed to be recorded.	01:02:36
	No, the State Board of Accounts.	01:02:38
	It's a separate entity. It's supposed to be recorded in the Recorder's office, Recorder's office in the State Board of Accounts. I	01:02:41
	don't have the authority to do that.	01:02:45
	And I called the State Board of accounts and they don't have it.	01:02:50
	Well, that wouldn't surprise me.	01:02:53
	We are willing to abide.	01:02:55
	Yeah.	01:02:58
	We need to have.	01:03:00
	We do not have, we do not have an agreement.	01:03:01
	That the Floyd County Youth Service Bureau.	01:03:06
	Has.	01:03:10
	Approved or executed?	01:03:11
	And I called you and asked you about that.	01:03:13
	Because the Floyd County commissioners took this matter up.	01:03:15
	They passed it back in 2012.	01:03:20
	You are. The Floyd County Youth Service Bureau is a signatory on the document. It's incumbent upon you as a director.	01:03:23
	To get a signature from the board.	01:03:32
	And approval from the board.	01:03:35
	Fully executed copy.	01:03:38
	But that was 12 years ago. I don't remember.	01:03:40
	But I'm telling you right now, if we didn't get that copy to sign, then no, I wouldn't have signed it.	01:03:43
	But it clearly wasn't.	01:03:48
	If you're all plate or on your plate.	01:03:50
	And it something got dropped. The commissioners did their jobs back in 2012.	01:03:54
	The Youth Youth Bureau.	01:04:00
	And so we're trying to abide by the agreement.	01:04:03
	The director, director of operations for the county shepherded that entire process. I have all the emails, so I don't know why it	01:04:06
	wouldn't have been shepherded back to me. We're still following.	01:04:11
	The agreement, whether it was signed or not, we're still following the agreement.	01:04:17
	Well, because, well, because you've misled everybody behind you that we're closing it down.	01:04:22
	We just need.	01:04:30
	All we're doing is moving.	01:04:32
	We need assurances.	01:04:33
	From your board that you will also follow those guidelines and we will as well.	01:04:36
	As it was laid out in 2012 by our predecessors, we weren't here in that at that time, but we're willing to.	01:04:41
	Abide by that.	01:04:47
	But we also need to make sure that you're going to abide by that document as well. We always.	01:04:49
	OK.	01:04:56
	No problem.	01:04:57
	No.	01:05:02
	I said people.	01:05:19
	OK.	01:05:22
	It's on tape somebody can go listen to.	01:05:23
	Later on tonight.	01:05:26
	All right, I'm ready to move forward. It'll be on tomorrow, so I'll make a motion.	01:05:31
	A little bit further discussion or not on this, but.	01:05:36
	Rick, did you have anything else that needed to be clarified on the Interlocal agreement?	01:05:39
	And I mean.	01:05:44
	If they're stating that, they're going to abide by that.	01:05:45
	No.	01:05:50
	No, that's that's fine. It probably would be a good gesture if.	01:05:51
	The board, their board, went ahead and passed this.	01:05:57
	And that we went ahead and got it recorded with the recorder.	01:06:00
	And sent to the state like.	01:06:04
	We're supposed to back in 2012.	01:06:07
	I'm on the board.	01:06:10
	Every time we not amend that resolution to say.	01:06:13
	What we're trying to do is establish this agreement first.	01:06:26
	And uh.	01:06:30
	The resolution that we have to pass.	01:06:31
	Restates everything in this agreement there's.	01:06:36
	There's nothing different.	01:06:40
	And in fact the.	01:06:41
	What they said in your heart, give us more time.	01:06:46
	The commissioners have said that they are willing to do that if if everybody took all the energy that's in this room.	01:06:50
	And everybody decided to help out in terms of trying to find a new location to relocate this.	01:06:58
	There's no telling what you all could do.	01:07:05
	Nobody is terminating the all right.	01:07:07
	I'm not going to have this back and forth here because we're going to have plenty of other.	01:07:12
	Meetings and we will have time for comment after this.	01:07:16
	In 24 hours in the day and something.	01:07:21
	Are the taxpayers gonna?	01:07:24
	Well, we just gave you one is going to be on June.	01:07:26
	June 24th at 5:00 PM.	01:07:31
	You got noticed.	01:07:33
	5:00 PM during the birthday with taxpayers. Can't attend.	01:07:34
	Do I have a dollar amount? Yeah. And all the agendas are posted at the front board and we have a meeting here every other Tuesday	01:07:39
	and you can speak to it at that point as well.	01:07:44
	I mean the comments that I have on this.	01:07:50
	It would be as such. Do you have anything?	01:07:54
	No, just that you know since.	01:07:56
	I have been on this.	01:07:58
	In this position now on the board, but a few months now, but.	01:08:00
	You know, I expressed, Lee, that.	01:08:04
	I am completely willing to help out as much as I possibly can. I'm committed as long as I'm in this position.	01:08:06
	To help them find a new location, but at the end of the day.	01:08:12
	The spelling needs to go.	01:08:14
	Gotta unload this building.	01:08:15
	Ma'am, I don't pocket any of the money.	01:08:19
	B&B.	01:08:22
	Being fiscally responsible.	01:08:25
	Denise umm.	01:08:27
	As an elected official, I'll.	01:08:30
	Give you.	01:08:33
	Although I wish you had signed up a little bit earlier.	01:08:35
	Yeah, I'm sorry, I wasn't here in time to sign the.	01:08:40
	Financial I am an elected official.	01:08:44
	I'm on the County Council.	01:08:47
	And also a member of the board.	01:08:49
	Of the youth shelter.	01:08:52
	I would I would ask that.	01:08:55
	You reconsider not passing this resolution tonight.	01:08:58
	And instead.	01:09:01
	Add another bullet point.	01:09:03
	To ensure the youth shelter that they have a place to be.	01:09:06
	Until.	01:09:10
	They are able to find a place.	01:09:12
	And to sufficiently remodel it.	01:09:14
	To house the youth of our county.	01:09:17
	I would ask you to do that please.	01:09:21
	All right.	01:09:31
	Frank. Any other?	01:09:32
	Comments.	01:09:34
	Any other comments? No further comment. All right, I have a couple of comments #1.	01:09:35
	It's obvious this is a subject many people are passionate about.	01:09:41
	And I totally understand that.	01:09:44
	I still think that.	01:09:48
	A lot of the emotion on display tonight.	01:09:51
	Would not have been there if this had been responsibly reported.	01:09:54
	The the word eviction was never used.	01:09:59
	Has been in our thought process in any of our means. We've never talked about closing.	01:10:03
	This program out.	01:10:09
	We've never talked about eliminating all our support from it either.	01:10:11
	I'm sorry, Valerie, your last name again, miss.	01:10:19
	So Holland talked about, you know, not seeking any.	01:10:23
	Additional financial support from the county that you were willing to take that on yourself.	01:10:25
	Just needing the time to do this.	01:10:30
	You know the.	01:10:34
	Time was stipulated by an agreement with both parties in 2012. I wasn't there, but.	01:10:37
	To have had signatures for both bodies at that time must have indicated that both of those bodies, you know, thought that that was	01:10:42
	enough time.	01:10:45
	This is not a surprise. I have discussed at least four or five times publicly over the last 18 months.	01:10:50
	The intention of the county to move away from this particular facility.	01:10:57
	Communication was made intentionally with the director of the program last week.	01:11:01
	So if that news just got out to you 24 hours ago.	01:11:07
	I'm not sure more what we could have done. There are going to be lots of other meetings.	01:11:11
	Taking place between now.	01:11:15
	And the individual sale of this building.	01:11:17
	In the 2436 hours since.	01:11:21
	This first.	01:11:24
	Was publicized.	01:11:25
	Or in the news.	01:11:28
	I know at least two people who contacted me today.	01:11:29
	Who told me that they had reached out to Floyd?	01:11:32
	Excuse me?	01:11:35
	The voice about going to the youth shelter today.	01:11:37
	Talking about possible.	01:11:40
	New housing opportunities for them.	01:11:41
	So I think there are going to be several opportunities.	01:11:44
	I don't think there's anybody up here who would be opposed.	01:11:48
	To at some point after that public meeting is made, we get input from the.	01:11:51
	Council who will need to have.	01:11:55
	About.	01:11:57
	Extending this out potentially for a full year.	01:11:58
	But as far as provision goes with regards to.	01:12:02
	Until such time that.	01:12:05
	A suitable homeless founding.	01:12:08
	I don't think that that.	01:12:09
	Is objective enough for me.	01:12:12
	So, but I'm willing to go on record as saying that.	01:12:14
	I'm going to push for a full year.	01:12:18
	From June 1st on that.	01:12:20
	And I don't think they'll get a lot of pushback on that. And I think we'd be open to more time as long as we see that, you know,	01:12:22
	progress and good faith efforts are being made on.	01:12:26
	Both sides to do that.	01:12:30
	We actually have one of our staff members, Don Law, who has agreed to kind of act as a liaison with regards to that, to take	01:12:32
	incoming calls.	01:12:35
	And go on site visits.	01:12:40
	With youth shelter and and try to help make this happen.	01:12:42
	Nobody is being abandoned.	01:12:47
	And nobody is being put away.	01:12:49
	And you know, we're have no intention to shut this down.	01:12:51
	But it is time to begin the process of finding a new home for this.	01:12:56
	This program.	01:12:59
	So.	01:13:01
	Those are my comments on it.	01:13:02
	So.	01:13:05
	I'll entertain a motion to.	01:13:07
	With a resolution, make motion to accept resolution 25202513.	01:13:10
	As it's written.	01:13:17
	OK, all in favor. Aye, aye aye.	01:13:19
	Thank you.	01:13:23
	All right, Floyd County Sheriff Steve Bush, conveyance of equipment agreement.	01:13:26
	Thank you, Sheriff. Steve, What's before you is an agreement for upgrading our fingerprint equipment.	01:13:34
	In our booking area.	01:13:38
	Is the grant from the airport.	01:13:40
	No cost.	01:13:44
	We won't cover. There are some costs annually for upkeep.	01:13:45
	We'll cover those in our budget.	01:13:48
	But there's no cost for this equipment.	01:13:50
	And I think Mr. Fox has it over.	01:13:57
	Make a motion to accept that convenience of the conveyance of equipment agreement.	01:14:01
	I'll second.	01:14:07
	The motion is second all in favor.	01:14:09
	Aye, aye.	01:14:10
	Thank you very much. All right, thank you. Board and committee report.	01:14:12
	I don't have any.	01:14:19
	And and pretty full calendar, but I think I'm going to forego tonight.	01:14:20
	Yeah.	01:14:27
	Approval of the Commissioners meeting minutes for May 6, 2025.	01:14:28
	Motion Group.	01:14:33
	2nd.	01:14:34
	All in favor aye, approval of payroll and claims.	01:14:35
	Motion.	01:14:40
	2nd.	01:14:41
	All in favor.	01:14:42
	Our next Commissioners meeting Next Commissioners meeting Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025, 6:00 PM.	01:14:44
	Any comment from government officials tonight?	01:14:50
	Mr. Bagshaw.	01:14:53
	I'm good.	01:14:55
	Yeah, she's yeah.	01:14:57
	And all right, public comment, Miss Russell.	01:15:00
	OK. We had I think 2 Brussels, right?	01:15:05
	She we had Abigail Russell, who wasn't.	01:15:11
	Here in time. And then we had Linda Russell.	01:15:14
	Abigail Yes, go ahead. My name is Abigail Russell and I am one of the many youth that were.	01:15:18
	Benefiting from the services of Open Door Youth Services.	01:15:23
	I stand before you as a 30 year old female, but at the time that I was in the group home I was 15 until right before my 19th	01:15:26
	birthday.	01:15:30
	I was not to make it. In short, my home was not safe. I was removed and put in the care of Open Door Youth Services.	01:15:34
	Without these services, I have not have been able to obtain a driver's license, graduate from high school, obtain my first job, or	01:15:42
	learn basic life skills.	01:15:45
	The four women that coordinate and make these services possible.	01:15:49
	Are not only vital to these services and the community, but they're my family.	01:15:52
	If you choose to cut funding for Open Door, the youth of Floyd County will suffer greatly.	01:15:56
	Who suffer from mental health issues, homelessness, or behavioral issues.	01:16:01
	Have little to no services left outside of this home.	01:16:05
	Juvenile probation or detention centers.	01:16:08
	I urge you to consider the consequences of the choices of cutting the funding or the impact that eviction proceedings would have.	01:16:11
	As someone who's like who was greatly impacted by open door.	01:16:17
	The programs have impacted many youths and will continue to do so.	01:16:21
	I am the face of what these services can do and I hope that that impacts you in some way.	01:16:26
	Thank you.	01:16:30
	This Linda Russell rewind OK?	01:16:40
	All right, Mr. Sharp, I'll give you.	01:16:44
	Your two minutes.	01:16:47
	OK.	01:16:49
	Usually give me a 1233.	01:16:52
	Tonight you've heard a lot about.	01:16:54
	Heard the word misleading comments.	01:16:56
	And uh.	01:16:58
	Information that was leaked it out. That is not right. I am here tonight to say to each and everyone of you here, you talk about	01:17:00
	children.	01:17:04
	Well, I was a child once.	01:17:08
	And I had a mother.	01:17:10
	You love me and I loved her too.	01:17:12
	Well, your county, your state government implemented.	01:17:14
	On 3/16. COVID-19 57.	01:17:18
	That was me.	01:17:22
	Floyd County, your commissioners.	01:17:24
	And your mayor?	01:17:26
	Did an additional mandate of 12/20.	01:17:28
	That is also my mother and me.	01:17:31
	So, umm.	01:17:34
	What I received.	01:17:35
	Because of that.	01:17:37
	Is a fake.	01:17:38
	Death certificate.	01:17:40
	A fake obituary.	01:17:41
	And a fake marker at the cemetery.	01:17:43
	On behalf of my mother and me.	01:17:47
	So as I have said to your board member.	01:17:50
	And to your board members?	01:17:53
	I have had.	01:17:55
	Forever.	01:17:57
	The information that they put out there.	01:17:57
	And they Martin Luther King said truth can be trusted with proof.	01:18:00
	And the brother to the other said.	01:18:04
	The hope shall live, and the dream shall never die.	01:18:06
	That is me.	01:18:09
	I went to Illinois to pick up.	01:18:11
	That information.	01:18:14
	Along with.	01:18:15
	Your governor's information of 3/16.	01:18:17
	19511.	01:18:20
	That is me.	01:18:23
	And here is the Lincoln information with my mother's information, with my information with her name on there. You can go in there.	01:18:24
	You can see the pictures. You can see it all.	01:18:29
	So I am demanding.	01:18:35
	That the Board of Commissioners.	01:18:37
	Not this thing. 15 seconds to sit there and give me the death certificate.	01:18:39
	And the the numbers on the.	01:18:45
	Stone to be corrected.	01:18:50
	And to redo that obituary.	01:18:52
	Thank you.	01:18:58
	OK. Thank you.	01:19:01
	I have no one else signed up to.	01:19:06
	Comment tonight.	01:19:08
	So do you like having?	01:19:12
	Mic minute, as long as it's on a subject that's not been discussed already.	01:19:15
	Joseph Moore.	01:19:25
	Georgetown Township, Thank you.	01:19:26
	I have two items, one I came with the other.	01:19:29
	The Pine View thing.	01:19:32
	Just filling out something to chew on here.	01:19:33
	Is it possible?	01:19:37
	That maybe.	01:19:38
	Open door and use shelter and the county can work to get.	01:19:40
	A buyer or somebody who.	01:19:44
	Instead of them moving out, maybe moving different tenants.	01:19:46
	In the county spaces.	01:19:50
	So it would be some kind of creative financing that would keep them in the building and still alleviate the financial burden from	01:19:52
	the cap.	01:19:55
	Is that maybe instead of?	01:19:59
	And pinhole building.	01:20:00
	Just have your current space filled with paying tenants. That's just an idea.	01:20:02
	The other thing that I came for is.	01:20:07
	I dealt with Nick Baby on this the Nob hill.	01:20:10
	Development The apartments going up near me on Georgetown State Route 64.	01:20:14
	I think Nick was under the impression. I certainly was given the impression.	01:20:20
	That the lights facing the highway were going to be the cut down light.	01:20:24
	Well, unfortunately, they're putting in the bright.	01:20:28
	Glaring lights, too.	01:20:31
	It's going. It's.	01:20:33
	It's not just light pollution.	01:20:34
	I think part of it I've I've driven by there before they put in the last building.	01:20:36
	It's unnecessarily putting a lot of glare onto the highway.	01:20:41
	And in personal note.	01:20:45
	That overpass for the railroad?	01:20:47
	Is one of the last two places.	01:20:49
	Where I or other people can go to see any kind of astronomy at night.	01:20:51
	Whether it's the media or the major last year or whatever.	01:20:56
	Distant person that's going to bother me that I won't be able to see squat from there.	01:20:59
	Once all those lights are in.	01:21:03
	Distracting drivers and just flooding area.	01:21:06
	So I don't know if it's part of the agreement or not, but.	01:21:08
	I'm hoping that Nick can go to the builder and ask him not to put the rest of those lights in.	01:21:11
	They put in half cut down and half the unnecessarily bright ones.	01:21:17
	So they're projecting lightweight off their property.	01:21:21
	Thank you, Kevin. Thanks.	01:21:23
	All right. Any closing comments?	01:21:27
	Yeah, I just have one closing comment. I just want to take a moment and thank the people who reached out to me and my.	01:21:30
	Wife yesterday in the passing of my father-in-law.	01:21:35
	Really appreciate the comments and everything SO.	01:21:39
	Just want to say thank you. Usually I try to stay after the meetings for a while but.	01:21:42
	I'm gonna try and get back to my family tonight.	01:21:45
	Thank you.	01:21:47
	All right.	01:21:49
	Motion to adjourn, so moved.	01:21:51
	Second, all right.	01:21:53

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	Room will come to order.	00:00:03
	I'm gonna give everybody another minute or two to sign in.	00:00:05
	We're a little bit beyond our start time.	00:00:08
	Susanna here.	00:00:11
	OK, good. So once these folks have chances to sign in, just dragging the collections sheets and we'll begin.	00:00:14
	All right, as soon as she signed in, we're good to go.	00:00:45
	Yeah.	00:01:04
	All right, welcome to our.	00:01:05
	May 20th, 2025 Floyd County Commissioners meeting.	00:01:08
	I'll have.	00:01:12
	Again, please join me. Pledge allegiance.	00:01:14
	I pledge allegiance to the flag.	00:01:18
	United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.	00:01:21
	One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.	00:01:26
	If you have a cell phone, please.	00:01:34
	Put it on.	00:01:36
	If you need to use it during the meeting, the hallway is.	00:01:38
	Open for your use.	00:01:41
	Now if you please join me in a.	00:01:44
	Moment of silence for individual prayer, meditation, reflection. We prepare for tonight's meeting.	00:01:46
	All right. Thank you.	00:02:13
	We have a relatively busy agenda tonight and we're going to make a little bit.	00:02:16
	Busier.	00:02:20
	I'm going to ask for.	00:02:22
	Adding a few.	00:02:25
	Few items by unanimous consent.	00:02:26
	To tonight's agenda, namely.	00:02:29
	New business item 2C Bridge 51 repair quote New business item 3D tower Pinkster ASR number.	00:02:33
	03.	00:02:40
	You look business #5A and B.	00:02:43
	So we can't address strike strike there, just B.	00:02:47
	Floyd County Resolution 2025-12 Termination of United Consulting for Bridge 38 agreement.	00:02:50
	Item 5D Intern contracts for prosecutor's office.	00:02:56
	Item 6A Convenience of equipment agreement to the Floyd County Sheriff's Department.	00:02:59
	Promotion to add those by unanimous.	00:03:05
	Make the motion. I'll second.	00:03:07
	All in favor, aye?	00:03:09
	And.	00:03:11
	For those keeping score at home, Item 3, the IUS change order for Building 5 at Nova Park, has been removed from the agenda this	00:03:13
	evening.	00:03:17
	All right, a couple of house rules when we get to the item that.	00:03:23
	Most, if not everyone, signed up to speak for.	00:03:28
	Probably have some opening comments.	00:03:31
	And with the number of people we have.	00:03:33
	Decided to speak.	00:03:35
	A 2 minute time limit on that just so you can prepare your thoughts.	00:03:37
	And we'll have a timer on that.	00:03:41
	And that is it for now. Old business #1 county engineer ratio. Your ETA with the pacer quote.	00:03:44
	For those not familiar with me, you can explain what a pacer is.	00:04:00
	Good evening.	00:04:04
	Erasure can engineer.	00:04:05
	You should have 3.	00:04:07
	Quote that they submit for.	00:04:09
	For completing the basis that is needed to be done.	00:04:12
	By the end of this.	00:04:15
	Coming on Monday, June.	00:04:17
	One is from HW.	00:04:20
	See Engineering. The other is from Beacon St. Consultants.	00:04:22
	And the other one is for SME engineering.	00:04:26
	It's up to you which one you decide to choose.	00:04:30
	I need a motion to take those under advisement.	00:04:37
	Yeah, and again, just for.	00:04:40
	We get a lot of calls on paving, so this is.	00:04:42
	The system that we use basically to rate the roads.	00:04:45
	In order of priority of paving.	00:04:48
	Any further word on that, Nick?	00:04:52
	Oh yeah, yeah.	00:04:57
	We cannot do that at this point in time.	00:04:58
	What could take under advisement again?	00:05:02
	I believe that we were going to go with the low bid on that.	00:05:04
	OK, OK.	00:05:07
	We'll need to take and have a motion to do so, I think.	00:05:10
	So yeah.	00:05:16
	Well, I make a motion that we move forward.	00:05:18
	With the Lowe's bid.	00:05:21
	OK, Motion.	00:05:23
	2nd.	00:05:24
	All in favor, aye?	00:05:25
	Anything else?	00:05:30
	No, Sir. Let's see.	00:05:32
	New business with all.	00:05:35
	Yes, we have the FBA contract.	00:05:38
	For four years.	00:05:40
	Bridge inspection.	00:05:42
	Is required by Federal Highway Administration and.	00:05:43
	In dot in.	00:05:50
	After doing all the grading and.	00:05:56
	For the.	00:05:59
	Different consultant that.	00:06:00
	Their proposals? The highest score was given to American Structure Point.	00:06:02
	Dealt with them.	00:06:09
	Trying to.	00:06:10
	Rearrange the cost.	00:06:12
	Of the project they did a little bit lowering that down.	00:06:13
	It's an 8020.	00:06:19
	So this the Federal Highway and indoor they pay 80%.	00:06:20
	In the county.	00:06:25
	20%.	00:06:27
	If we look at.	00:06:28
	For cost per bridge.	00:06:31
	It went up a little bit, but there are more requirements this year that.	00:06:33
	This for coming here.	00:06:38
	In that is requesting.	00:06:41
	And then?	00:06:43
	Often think that it's going to take more time for them to produce.	00:06:44
	A final inspections.	00:06:48
	Every year.	00:06:50
	OK, I recommend to.	00:06:52
	To accept the.	00:06:56
	The proposal they submitted.	00:06:58
	And it is for.	00:07:00
	200 and.	00:07:03
	OK, my glasses.	00:07:05
	291,475.	00:07:07
	.93.	00:07:12
	Is this the first time we're utilizing this company?	00:07:17
	Is this the first time we're utilizing this company?	00:07:22
	No, The county has worked with them and other projects. One of them that.	00:07:24
	We did it with.	00:07:29
	Then was that?	00:07:31
	Replacing which 23 on John Pector road and button.	00:07:33
	Down the road.	00:07:37
	They required a lot of work with.	00:07:40
	Analyzing.	00:07:45
	All stuff from the past and.	00:07:47
	But yeah, you have done some we were fortunate to get a lot of.	00:07:50
	And I think the scoring was very, very close, right?	00:07:55
	Yes, yes, yes, yes.	00:07:57
	But yeah, we don't work with them and then they're.	00:07:59
	All right, So we'll need a motion to accept that contractor for approval.	00:08:04
	I'll make a motion to approve Contract American Structure Point.	00:08:08
	A second.	00:08:12
	All in favor.	00:08:13
	Aye.	00:08:15
	The other item I have is the.	00:08:19
	The failing bits.	00:08:22
	For, you know, Noah Park.	00:08:24
	There were 4.	00:08:27
	Folks that we get the Redevelopment Commission.	00:08:29
	Review them this morning.	00:08:33
	And they?	00:08:35
	They choose beliefs, baby.	00:08:37
	Which was the lowest bid?	00:08:40
	It was for 80 thousand 84,610.	00:08:42
	And that's the one they pick.	00:08:47
	Any further discussion question?	00:08:53
	Need a motion to approach?	00:08:56
	Nova Park paving.	00:09:00
	No.	00:09:03
	OK, I just didn't get it.	00:09:06
	That's fine.	00:09:08
	Yeah, I'll make the motion to approve.	00:09:09
	All right, I have a motion to approve. I have a second, second.	00:09:12
	All right. All in favor, aye.	00:09:16
	Are you getting the next slide on my half?	00:09:21
	Is the quotes.	00:09:24
	Requested for.	00:09:27
	Repairing bridge 51. The foundation repair for Bridge 51.	00:09:30
	There were two quotes, one from Dan Cristiani.	00:09:35
	Estimated and then the other one was for Mac construction.	00:09:40
	Mac turned out to be the low.	00:09:45
	Be there 119.	00:09:48
	445 and.	00:09:51
	I would recommend.	00:09:54
	To accept.	00:09:56
	The matte bed because the other one pretty much double that quantity.	00:09:57
	What did you say Matt was? I thought it was 119.	00:10:01
	Just one 19945.	00:10:05
	Yes. And the reason we're doing 2 quotes rather than three because this is considered still an emergency situation, correctly	00:10:07
	complaining and development and the engineering standpoint on this.	00:10:12
	Yes.	00:10:18
	And I just talked to Jerry Switton today.	00:10:20
	I thought I clearly told him that nothing is going to be done on the bridge until.	00:10:25
	He complete the removal of the dam.	00:10:30
	And stabilize the bank.	00:10:33
	Then we want to be able to work on the Bridge Foundation and he said that he's waiting on.	00:10:36
	The information so he can work on the amendment.	00:10:42
	Or DNR.	00:10:45
	Correct and.	00:10:46
	I'm going to close this out first and I'll give it that another update on that, OK?	00:10:48
	So I'll look for a formal.	00:10:52
	Motion to accept the Bridge 51 repair quote from Matt Construction.	00:10:55
	Declare an emergency app.	00:11:00
	OK. Yeah, OK. You want it formally declared as an emergency as well?	00:11:02
	And I just asked him.	00:11:06
	He reiterated that I'll make a motion that we formally declare it as an emergency.	00:11:08
	We've been working to try to get that bridge open, and I think that nobody in Floyd or Clark County is going to argue with us.	00:11:13
	That needs to be opened right away.	00:11:20
	OK.	00:11:23
	I'll second all in favor aye, and then I'll need a motion to accept Max bid.	00:11:25
	I'll make a motion to approve the bid for Mac.	00:11:31
	Now second that motion.	00:11:34
	So.	00:11:37
	We had a successful hearing on our grounds yesterday in Clark County that.	00:11:39
	Did convey property of the dam to Floyd County. So now the entire.	00:11:45
	Dam and the property it sits on or the property of Floyd County?	00:11:52
	And we have amended the applications as such, which means that.	00:11:55
	We hope to get word back next week from Indianapolis, and we have.	00:12:00
	Who you mentioned is our.	00:12:06
	Demolition expert who's.	00:12:08
	On standby and ready to go.	00:12:10
	Yes. So now we've got our engineers on standby ready to go after the dam is removed, so.	00:12:12
	And I think that's what I have.	00:12:18
	All right. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you.	00:12:21
	Building Development Services director Nick Creeby.	00:12:24
	Thank you.	00:12:31
	The first item I have for tonight.	00:12:39
	Is the HVAC maintenance?	00:12:43
	Agreement.	00:12:45
	We requested quotes for this. We received quotes from Lutz HMC. We did not receive.	00:12:46
	We requested a quote from Summers forming heating report is a maintenance agreements for the rights building.	00:12:52
	Garage in this building.	00:13:00
	The annual amount.	00:13:01
	For the three combined is 11,100 and.	00:13:03
	Make a motion to accept those bids.	00:13:08
	I'll say motion a second for acceptance. All in favor.	00:13:11
	Aye.	00:13:16
	The next item is the Blue River Services 5311 grant.	00:13:20
	You may recall we had this.	00:13:26
	Last month.	00:13:29
	As well.	00:13:31
	Mr. Rowland Lenas from Blue River Services presented that we have a resolution.	00:13:34
	To.	00:13:40
	Authorized.	00:13:42
	Their services for the remainder of 2025.	00:13:45
	The issue at hand last time we had this was the.	00:13:50
	Local match contribution.	00:13:55
	New member services will.	00:13:57
	Be making that contribution on our behalf.	00:14:00
	So it will cost the county.	00:14:04
	No money to approve this resolution.	00:14:06
	And this does fulfill our interrelated agreement.	00:14:10
	With Harrison County, who was the lead applicant on that grant?	00:14:13
	That we entered into that agreement.	00:14:17
	Last year.	00:14:20
	April 24th.	00:14:22
	OK. So passing this resolution obligates us to know funding this year nor any obligation to participate in 2026, correct?	00:14:24
	Correct.	00:14:33
	And I look for a motion to approve.	00:14:34
	I'll make that motion.	00:14:37
	I'll say all in favor, aye.	00:14:39
	Thank you.	00:14:41
	Next up I have the tower piece.	00:14:44
	Stir additional service request.	00:14:47
	This is for the red wire building.	00:14:50
	Lieutenant requested some reconfiguration of equipment layout.	00:14:53
	There's an additional $500.	00:14:58
	Architectural services which will be.	00:15:00
	Paid for by the tenant the contract.	00:15:03
	What is that? Very good. So they're requesting a change and they're paying for the change. It's not damaging our building,	00:15:08
	correct? Look for a motion to approve. So moved.	00:15:13
	Second all in favor, aye.	00:15:18
	All right, we have two other items that we're going to move from.	00:15:21
	County attorneys a new business to yours tonight as well, or.	00:15:26
	1st which is going to be Floyd County Resolution 2025-12 termination of United Consulting for Bridge 38. Are you be handling both	00:15:30
	of those termination?	00:15:35
	Yeah, resolution, OK.	00:15:40
	So the Floyd County Resolution 2025, national level.	00:15:43
	As well as.	00:15:46
	Dash 12.	00:15:48
	11.	00:15:50
	For JTL contract for the bridge inspection services for the bridge replacement project at Roxanne Millbridge.	00:15:52
	They are the designer.	00:16:00
	Record.	00:16:02
	Customary, uh.	00:16:06
	Now have.	00:16:08
	Another firm do that work so that you don't have the same firm inspecting as designing. That's in dots preference.	00:16:09
	We have issued an RFP to.	00:16:16
	Replace them on the project.	00:16:19
	So we do need to formally.	00:16:22
	Remove them from the existing contractor.	00:16:25
	That's what that one is.	00:16:27
	Set on 11.	00:16:31
	Yeah, yes. So I'll make a motion to.	00:16:33
	Approved Floyd County Resolution 2025-11 termination of the JTL contract for Bridge 51.	00:16:36
	2nd.	00:16:42
	OK, a motion a second.	00:16:43
	All in favor, aye aye.	00:16:45
	And then FCR 2025 Twelve is for the bridge 38.	00:16:48
	Contract with United Consultant.	00:16:54
	Consulting.	00:16:56
	We have them under contract as a local contract for design work on that bridge.	00:16:58
	We were able to obtain federal funding for that project.	00:17:03
	Had to do a new RFP we.	00:17:08
	Selected another consultant to do that design.	00:17:10
	We have the files that we have already paid for from United.	00:17:14
	But we can no longer.	00:17:18
	Move forward with them.	00:17:19
	Move forward with the procured firm.	00:17:21
	So we will need to.	00:17:24
	That contract.	00:17:26
	I'll make a motion to.	00:17:29
	Approve Floyd County Resolution 20/25/12.	00:17:32
	I'll second.	00:17:36
	OK, Motion. Second. All in favor. Aye, aye.	00:17:37
	Thank you.	00:17:41
	Next is county Auditor Diana Topping.	00:17:43
	Opioid Oversight Committee approval.	00:17:47
	Good evening.	00:17:51
	The process that you all had put in place for.	00:17:52
	The unrestricted opioid funds.	00:17:56
	That were distributed to the Floyd County and are continuing.	00:17:58
	To be distributed required that.	00:18:01
	The oversight committee you put in place here requests Vote and approve those requests.	00:18:03
	Bring those across that we have approved to you for approval and then move forward to the Council for appropriation.	00:18:08
	So I'm.	00:18:15
	Actually this originally.	00:18:16
	Came from the Floyd County Prosecutor.	00:18:18
	Were they requested to send up to 7 individuals?	00:18:20
	To gang school.	00:18:24
	Chicago, IL.	00:18:25
	Due to the fact that.	00:18:26
	As most of us know, especially.	00:18:29
	You Mr. Loop.	00:18:31
	Gangs bring drugs.	00:18:33
	Typically you can't find one without the other most of the time.	00:18:35
	And since this board and those funds were put in place.	00:18:38
	To help with interdiction and prevention to the community.	00:18:41
	While the larger amount is used for treatment and recovery.	00:18:44
	We as a board thought this was.	00:18:49
	And optimal use. So we are requesting that you approve that we go forward with an appropriation with the Council for $13,500 to	00:18:51
	cover all of the cost of training for seven individuals.	00:18:57
	Across multiple departments within the county.	00:19:02
	Oh, so not just the prosecutor, he.	00:19:07
	Speaking for prosecutors.	00:19:09
	Two from the Sheriff's Department.	00:19:12
	A probation officer and an APD detective gun.	00:19:15
	Yeah, so it is a.	00:19:18
	I'm familiar with that training. It's pretty good training. I'll make a motion to accept.	00:19:20
	I'll second that.	00:19:25
	All right, I have a motion a second. All in favor, aye.	00:19:27
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:19:31
	Our Floyd County.	00:19:33
	Rick Fox, you have two items left and I'm going to go with the intern contracts for prosecutors office 1st That's okay.	00:19:36
	Yes.	00:19:44
	I have two contracts.	00:19:47
	For interns.	00:19:49
	For the Floyd County Prosecutor's Office.	00:19:52
	The agreement begins on May 19th of 2025.	00:19:55
	Through September 1 of 2025, they're paying $15.00 an hour.	00:20:00
	For the interns work.	00:20:06
	And that is a contract with Finn Rayleigh.	00:20:09
	And a contract with.	00:20:15
	Alec Elrod.	00:20:17
	And asking for your approval.	00:20:18
	Make the motion to accept.	00:20:21
	I'll second.	00:20:23
	Motion in a second all in favor?	00:20:24
	Aye, aye.	00:20:27
	All right. And then.	00:20:29
	Unless everybody's here to see the conveyance of equipment agreement.	00:20:32
	Now point on the agenda.	00:20:35
	Most of the folks are here night before.	00:20:37
	So, umm.	00:20:39
	Floyd County Resolution 2025, Dash 13.	00:20:41
	Termination of interlocal agreement with Floyd County Youth Services Bureau.	00:20:44
	So.	00:20:48
	If you'd like to.	00:20:50
	A little bit and then we'll see if the commissioners have a statement before we go to public comment and come back for further	00:20:51
	discussion on that.	00:20:54
	What might?	00:20:58
	Be beneficial if I just read the resolution.	00:21:00
	That we have.	00:21:03
	Because that lays out.	00:21:05
	Where we're at in terms of what we're doing.	00:21:07
	And gives the audience.	00:21:10
	An exact flavor of.	00:21:13
	What floor is yours?	00:21:15
	Very good.	00:21:17
	This is resolution.	00:21:19
	The Floyd County Board of Commissioners regarding termination of the interlocal agreement.	00:21:21
	Lie in between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County, Indiana.	00:21:26
	WHEREAS, Floyd County Board of Commissioners has determined that there exists a need for the termination of the interlocal	00:21:32
	agreement by and between.	00:21:35
	Floyd County.	00:21:39
	He speak of what? I'm sorry.	00:21:41
	The need for the termination of the Interlocal agreement by in between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County,	00:21:45
	Indiana.	00:21:49
	Whereas it is the intent of the Floyd County Board of Commissioners to sell the Pine View.	00:21:54
	Government building.	00:22:00
	Whereas it is unknown as to whether.	00:22:02
	The Floyd County Youth Services Bureau board of Directors approved and executed the interlocal agreement.	00:22:05
	Or a lease agreement, however.	00:22:11
	The Commissioners are following the provisions of the interlocal agreement as the Commissioners had passed.	00:22:13
	The agreement.	00:22:20
	Whereas.	00:22:21
	It is the commissioners understanding that the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau will reimburse Floyd County damage caused by.	00:22:23
	A resident of the youth shelter pursuant to the agreement.	00:22:30
	Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Floyd County Board of Commissioners of Floyd County, Indiana.	00:22:34
	One that the intent.	00:22:40
	To terminate the interlocal agreement by and between the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau and Floyd County, Indiana.	00:22:42
	Is effective June 1, 2025.	00:22:49
	That Floyd County will give 90 days written notification via certified mail to the respective presidents of the Floyd County	00:22:53
	Council.	00:22:57
	And the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau Board of Directors, with copies to the executive director of the Bureau.	00:23:02
	And the judge of the Floyd Circuit Court regarding the intent to terminate the lease agreement for the Pine View facility.	00:23:08
	The county and Bureau shall conduct a joint.	00:23:16
	County Council, County commissioners public hearing on the matter within 30 days.	00:23:19
	Our receipt of written occasion.	00:23:25
	Notification uh.	00:23:27
	Of intent to terminate the lease pursuant to the interlocutor.	00:23:29
	The hearing is hereby scheduled for.	00:23:33
	June 24th.	00:23:36
	20 of 2025.	00:23:38
	In the Pine View Government Center Assembly Room, which is where we are today.	00:23:41
	Unless the Floyd County.	00:23:46
	Youth Services Bureau waves the hearing.	00:23:48
	The Bureau shall have possession of the least premises for 180 days from the date of the final decision by the Commissioners.	00:23:52
	And the County Council joint meeting for the purpose of obtaining an attorney.	00:24:02
	Alternate facility otherwise.	00:24:07
	Or unless otherwise agreed by the parties.	00:24:10
	The Floyd County Youth Bureau vacates the premises.	00:24:13
	The terms of the interlocal agreement shall remain in effect until the Floyd County Youth Services Bureau vacates the premises.	00:24:17
	And so that's the essence of the resolution.	00:24:27
	Rick, we need to stipulate a time for that meeting on Item 4.	00:24:32
	We have a joint meeting at 4:00 PM that day.	00:24:36
	I don't know whether it be wise to.	00:24:39
	Have that meeting immediately following the joint meeting at 5:00.	00:24:42
	Or should.	00:24:46
	We need to post that though, correct?	00:24:48
	Yes, so.	00:24:50
	Should we do that?	00:24:51
	At this point in time, so that people know when that will be.	00:24:53
	Is there a council meeting?	00:24:56
	We have a joint.	00:24:57
	Do you have a meeting immediately following the joint meeting?	00:25:01
	And when we can truncate the joint meeting and.	00:25:05
	Make it from 4:00 to 4:30.	00:25:09
	We won't have any more pressing business than that in all likelihood.	00:25:11
	You do not.	00:25:15
	Yeah, so we.	00:25:18
	Probably good at 5:00.	00:25:19
	Yeah, so.	00:25:22
	I would like to have a motion to formally amend the resolution.	00:25:24
	To stipulate 5:00 PM.	00:25:29
	Underwriting 4.	00:25:31
	I'll make a motion to stipulate the time on the.	00:25:33
	June 24th meeting.	00:25:37
	At Pineview Government Center here in this room is at 5:00 PM.	00:25:39
	I'll second. OK, all in favor, aye.	00:25:43
	All right, and I may or may not have other comments after.	00:25:47
	After we've heard from the public on this, and I'm glad we have a lot of people out here.	00:25:52
	I actually enjoy.	00:25:56
	Large meetings like this.	00:25:58
	But you know, I read.	00:26:00
	Headlines and I see headlines and.	00:26:02
	You know, I think that there are some very inaccurate statements going.	00:26:05
	Right now.	00:26:09
	When I see the word.	00:26:10
	Threatened to evict.	00:26:12
	And under an eviction notice, that is totally misleading.	00:26:14
	No one is under the threat of an eviction at this point in time.	00:26:18
	We are simply following the stipulations.	00:26:24
	That we entered into with this interlocal agreement, which was to give ample notice.	00:26:28
	If and when we were ever to sell this building.	00:26:32
	Built into that interlocal agreement is a 90 day.	00:26:37
	Notice period which we intend to follow up plus.	00:26:40
	At least a 180 day period to follow the end of that, which takes us to February of 2025.	00:26:43
	We're going to have multiple meetings to discuss this.	00:26:49
	26 Thank you.	00:26:53
	And in all likelihood.	00:26:55
	We're open to extending that as well.	00:26:58
	But the county is going to be leaving the Pineview Center.	00:27:01
	We are going to be.	00:27:06
	Streamlining our real estate portfolio.	00:27:07
	And getting rid of some very expensive properties.	00:27:10
	That's going to be to the benefit of the taxpayers of the county.	00:27:13
	This is one of them.	00:27:16
	We have no problem with trying to help.	00:27:18
	The youth shelter.	00:27:21
	Find a new home.	00:27:23
	But the word is hell.	00:27:24
	Primary task is indeed on them to do that.	00:27:26
	With as a preference.	00:27:32
	US again.	00:27:33
	I didn't get much beyond the headlines today because I had a very, very busy day.	00:27:35
	But to say that somebody's going to be evicted?	00:27:39
	Is a little inflammatory.	00:27:43
	We're looking at least till February of 2026.	00:27:46
	And possibly beyond that with the parts of these discussions.	00:27:50
	So with that.	00:27:53
	We're going to have roughly 2 minutes, I said. We're going to have.	00:27:55
	Public hearing on this and.	00:27:59
	Any commissioners meeting between now and February 2026.	00:28:01
	Talk about this.	00:28:04
	So, Mr. Tim Harbison, when you come up.	00:28:07
	Please state your name.	00:28:10
	And your address.	00:28:12
	And.	00:28:14
	Jason's gonna watch the clock and he can give you kind of a 15 second.	00:28:16
	Hi son, what are your timers?	00:28:20
	3820 over to Phil Colleen Rd.	00:28:23
	I'm a 43 year.	00:28:26
	Veteran teacher.	00:28:29
	Lived in Point County all my life. Paid taxes here for 50 years.	00:28:30
	I'm gonna ask you gentlemen to focus your camera.	00:28:34
	Just a little bit.	00:28:37
	When my wife and I first got married.	00:28:38
	We bought a house, my grandparents home, 1702 Cordon Pike.	00:28:41
	And there's a little neighbor girl. I'm a color, Ashley.	00:28:45
	Who was at our?	00:28:49
	She jumped on the trampoline with my kids.	00:28:52
	Perform plays on our front porch.	00:28:56
	Everybody knew in the neighborhood that actually family was pretty rough.	00:29:00
	If you know what I'm talking about.	00:29:04
	New Albany police officers were at their house frequently for domestic abuse.	00:29:06
	And finally the.	00:29:12
	When mom and dad were both arrested.	00:29:14
	For drug related charges.	00:29:16
	No extended family in the community.	00:29:18
	What happened to Ashley?	00:29:21
	And her little brother Joe.	00:29:23
	What can you shut up?	00:29:25
	They were there for.	00:29:27
	Actually turned out OK. She made it through high school.	00:29:30
	Little brother Joe.	00:29:33
	Not so much.	00:29:34
	Lots of arrests, even as a minor.	00:29:36
	Again, periodically attempted to make it a Detroit County youth shelter.	00:29:39
	And could not.	00:29:44
	The point being that these two kids were just as smart as my kids.	00:29:46
	But their family did not give them.	00:29:51
	The fair shot at life that they needed.	00:29:54
	Now I understand your need for fiscal responsibility.	00:29:56
	Especially considering the bills passed by the Indiana legislature recently, I know that our.	00:30:01
	Local governments aren't being given as much money.	00:30:07
	But as a taxpayer.	00:30:10
	I personally would rather have my money. 15 helping kids.	00:30:12
	And not spent on a building.	00:30:16
	Has a new courthouse so we can try them as adults.	00:30:18
	It's been my opinion.	00:30:23
	That intervention, your times up, Sir.	00:30:27
	Is always preferable to incarceration.	00:30:30
	Ellen, Morris and Kelly.	00:30:38
	Good evening. I'm Ellen Morrison Kelly. I live at 35 Bellwood Court in New Albany.	00:30:40
	I am a 30 year veteran social worker.	00:30:47
	Have worked with many of the kids and that have been through the youth shelter.	00:30:51
	The youth shelter helps kids who are in a desperate time in their lives. It helps them stay in school. It gives them counseling.	00:30:56
	It gives them sexual abuse prevention.	00:31:02
	And kids.	00:31:09
	Don't vote and kids don't make campaign contributions.	00:31:11
	And kids can't give your brother a job.	00:31:16
	So we need to speak out for them because they don't have a voice.	00:31:19
	It's very fiscally responsible to take care of these kids because as Tim was saying.	00:31:25
	If we don't, it will cost our government 10 times the amount of money to take care of them as adults.	00:31:32
	These kids have no one to lookout for them.	00:31:40
	And so we have an obligation.	00:31:43
	To take care of these kids.	00:31:47
	The biggest problem has been that there's been no communication between the commissioners and the staff at the youth shelter.	00:31:50
	And so I contend that the sale of this building should be contingent.	00:31:58
	On the shelter finding a new location.	00:32:05
	Just desire. If I were selling my house, I could make it contingent on my finding a new place to live.	00:32:07
	Thank you.	00:32:14
	Thank you.	00:32:15
	I wish it Collette.	00:32:18
	My outlook is a little bit.	00:32:20
	You heard your name right. Sorry. Yes, it's OK.	00:32:24
	Hi, my name is Alicia Collette. I'm with Open Door Youth Services. I'm speaking on behalf of all of the New Directions kids and	00:32:27
	students that have participated in Think 1st and Stay Safe as I promised them that I would do so their voices could be heard too.	00:32:35
	Sorry.	00:32:44
	These are direct quotes from my babies that are at the program.	00:32:45
	So New Directions is a safe place.	00:32:51
	I made a new friend too.	00:32:54
	I've learned a lot about safety.	00:32:56
	It is my safe place because Miss Alicia makes it.	00:32:59
	This child has been going through her family being torn apart by divorce.	00:33:03
	She goes to middle school next year and asked me to go with her.	00:33:07
	She barely speaks up, but this was important to her.	00:33:11
	Another child said this is the only club I can be weird.	00:33:15
	Me and everyone has become friends even when we weren't friends in school.	00:33:18
	This child wouldn't talk when she first came to the group.	00:33:23
	She told me she didn't really have any friends.	00:33:26
	She has incarcerated family members and is being raised by an amazing single mom.	00:33:29
	Please don't do this. This club has changed my life for the better. This child had trouble interacting with others even though she	00:33:34
	tried to advocate for everyone.	00:33:39
	She doesn't let her differences with others stop her for speaking up for them.	00:33:43
	And coming to their defense.	00:33:48
	Another child said shutting down new directions would be Dumber than not knowing how to breathe.	00:33:50
	This is his first time.	00:33:57
	This is his first time truly participating in the program. He's on the autism spectrum this year. He made friends. He was able.	00:33:59
	To be himself without worry, making people laugh.	00:34:06
	And teaching everyone really cool facts.	00:34:09
	And lastly.	00:34:12
	A child said. What do they want?	00:34:13
	People to die.	00:34:16
	They 1st and stay safe.	00:34:18
	You save life, you save kids lives. They know kids are safe and they can get away from bad people being hurt.	00:34:20
	This is a third grade boy.	00:34:27
	That has witnessed domestic violence and because of the program, spoke up and is now safe.	00:34:29
	Very fine.	00:34:38
	I'm Mary Klein.	00:34:49
	I live at 3004 Pine Creek Circle.	00:34:51
	This is heartbreaking.	00:34:55
	Too many, too many people.	00:34:57
	What is happening here?	00:35:00
	My husband, Vince Klein, started this youth shelter.	00:35:02
	Because the need was so great.	00:35:06
	It was so.	00:35:10
	When you've dealt with children.	00:35:11
	That have no one in this world to advocate for them.	00:35:14
	No place.	00:35:18
	And foster care is good to a point.	00:35:20
	But it doesn't really prepare them for.	00:35:23
	The youth shelter here has exceeded. I mean, it's not just keeping children.	00:35:27
	Just holding and giving a place to live.	00:35:33
	They have provided services.	00:35:35
	That just above and beyond.	00:35:38
	And they do it for no they.	00:35:41
	Brace their own funds other than the building.	00:35:44
	They provide for the salaries, they provide for everything for these children and they do a lot of fundraising, a lot of grant.	00:35:47
	But I will tell you.	00:35:56
	Please do a tad bit of research.	00:35:58
	To figure out.	00:36:01
	How costly? Not dealing with children when they are young.	00:36:02
	It's being Pennywise and dollar foolish.	00:36:07
	We don't have any trouble adding new courts.	00:36:10
	New prosecutors to the millions of dollars.	00:36:13
	To deal with these children that have not had the care they need.	00:36:17
	And they deserve so badly.	00:36:22
	We tried the best we possibly can and Leah and her crew.	00:36:25
	Are just they excel anything that I could ever expect?	00:36:31
	They work tirelessly. They work at getting volunteers at fundraising. 15 seconds, ma'am.	00:36:36
	Is but this is really very difficult.	00:36:43
	And to.	00:36:47
	To do it in a very kind of.	00:36:48
	We didn't know about this.	00:36:52
	And remember when we move.	00:36:53
	We have to have a house or a place. Your time's up, man.	00:36:55
	State requirements.	00:36:59
	Thank you, Sam Rosenthal.	00:37:01
	Hello everyone.	00:37:11
	My name is Sam Rosenthal.	00:37:12
	I live at 1736 Deerwood Ave.	00:37:14
	In Louisville, KY.	00:37:17
	And I worked for up indoors.	00:37:18
	Youth Services for about 7 1/2 years.	00:37:20
	Really unforgettable, wonderful 7 1/2 years.	00:37:24
	I couldn't.	00:37:27
	Bother to tell you 2 minutes everything I learned from it other than the fact that.	00:37:28
	It is nothing but a positive resource.	00:37:32
	In a positive part of this community.	00:37:35
	Literally only positive.	00:37:37
	Much like a library.	00:37:39
	People come there to read. You come there in the outreach.	00:37:40
	Except the shelter deals with the heartbreak.	00:37:44
	That so many kids deal with.	00:37:47
	It is the frontline that combats with that.	00:37:48
	As you consider moving this place.	00:37:52
	Or just.	00:37:54
	Terminating the lease.	00:37:57
	This is not like just a 10.	00:37:58
	A an apartment.	00:38:02
	I mean, this is a lot of labs, a lot of people.	00:38:04
	And how they grow up and how they deal with the trauma.	00:38:08
	That they've had to go through.	00:38:12
	So as we move, as you all move forward.	00:38:14
	Consider.	00:38:17
	That their lives are.	00:38:18
	In your all S hands.	00:38:21
	We're here for them.	00:38:23
	Every way.	00:38:25
	Training, Leah. I mean, everyone has given everything.	00:38:26
	At an advanced level.	00:38:31
	Trauma informed care and.	00:38:33
	Evidence based. I mean, these are.	00:38:35
	Statistics with kids.	00:38:38
	Dealing with.	00:38:41
	So much complicated trauma.	00:38:41
	We're the frontline of that.	00:38:44
	You have to consider us.	00:38:46
	When moving forward.	00:38:48
	Otherwise you'll be dealing with.	00:38:50
	I don't know, more expensive issues probably.	00:38:52
	Did you work at the?	00:38:55
	Shelter here.	00:38:57
	I no longer.	00:38:58
	That what you did, your seven years were here.	00:38:59
	Thank you for your comments.	00:39:02
	Sherry Cockle.	00:39:06
	If I get a name wrong, please let me know.	00:39:10
	It's Sherry Cockrell, 3024 Julian Dr. New Albany, IN.	00:39:13
	I had written something.	00:39:19
	For Leah.	00:39:22
	I'm gonna try to read it myself.	00:39:24
	The level of care that's required for the children place with resident residential care, shelters and foster homes.	00:39:28
	Now, umm.	00:39:34
	Is exponentially higher than it was even just a couple decades ago, you know, at the level 12345. So we have now fours and fives	00:39:35
	and it's off the charts.	00:39:40
	The the number of children's residential temporary shelters, though in foster homes are drastically declining.	00:39:45
	Part of that is because they want to do the family preservation more and they try to do Tanith and those kind of things, but a big	00:39:52
	part of it is funding.	00:39:56
	In foster homes can't take care of level fours and fives. I had a friend that tried to do that.	00:40:00
	And the agency didn't quite tell her how much.	00:40:06
	You know care was needed and she couldn't keep the little girl.	00:40:08
	I mean, I've been to training on.	00:40:11
	Food hoarding and fecal smearing and all the things that these kids go through.	00:40:13
	That people don't even know it exists.	00:40:17
	So the behavioral and mental health concerns and the children are skyrocketing, and it's not just because they're not being taken	00:40:21
	care of.	00:40:24
	Some of them, like my son who went to Open Door Youth Services, it's behavioral issues that they were born with.	00:40:28
	He had to go there for a little while and he told me to tell you all.	00:40:34
	But what this place does for them, you can't see.	00:40:39
	But it does so much good for the reason you ask any of the kids, he said. If you want him to come here, he'll speak to you.	00:40:43
	You can't see what it's doing.	00:40:49
	But it helps them so much.	00:40:51
	But anyway.	00:40:53
	The care that Open Door Youth Services gives and that Leah and her crew are so immensely dedicated to these vulnerable children.	00:40:56
	It is so critical and they are so dedicated and we all ought to be too.	00:41:03
	Thank you.	00:41:13
	I have Linda Russell but.	00:41:18
	Miss Russell.	00:41:20
	Are you going to be speaking on this issue tonight or another?	00:41:22
	OK, then we'll have you at the.	00:41:31
	The end of the meeting.	00:41:33
	Well that's where we put people who speak on non agenda items.	00:41:37
	It's not personal.	00:41:40
	Valerie Neil Holland.	00:41:42
	Hi, I'm Valerie Mulholland, 7114 Crystal Springs Dr. Sellersburg, IN.	00:41:49
	I'm here today as a citizen of Southern Indiana and an employee of Open Door Youth Services for the past 12 years.	00:41:54
	We're asking that you work with us to find an adequate timeline to allow our services to exist in the same capacity that our local	00:42:01
	leaders intended in 1982.	00:42:06
	When they believed in our mission over 40 years ago and opened our doors.	00:42:11
	Since our opening, we've continued the original services of a residential facility while expanding on our programs to support the	00:42:15
	youth in our community.	00:42:19
	With evidence based programming.	00:42:23
	We are not here today to ask you to carry the financial burden of relocating. We are only asking for more adequate time and for	00:42:25
	relocation than a little grace while we do so.	00:42:29
	I ask you, as community leaders, to find a way to understand the reason for our existence.	00:42:34
	I ask you today to not be one more person that gives up on our youth.	00:42:40
	I ask you to realize that we have a responsibility to a youth.	00:42:44
	Especially in these most vulnerable situations.	00:42:48
	And I ask that you understand our import and support our services we provide in the community.	00:42:50
	And the impact of the community of work on.	00:42:56
	You have been elected and entrusted by your community to make decisions to lead with ethics and morals.	00:42:59
	And to make this a better community for all.	00:43:05
	Your decision today is one more opportunity to do so.	00:43:08
	I leave you with the quote today by Maya Angelou.	00:43:11
	Develop enough courage that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for someone else. We are standing up for the youth of	00:43:14
	our community.	00:43:18
	Are you? You're here, obviously.	00:43:28
	With your own.	00:43:31
	Expressions a little bit, are you speaking on those official capacity for the?	00:43:32
	Use shelter as well tonight, yes?	00:43:36
	OK. And what's your title?	00:43:38
	I'm the art therapist.	00:43:40
	We could have used a little bit more.	00:43:43
	Notice about this meeting tonight. We found out with really short notice.	00:43:47
	That this was happening.	00:43:51
	And I think it says a lot about the community that this people, this many people showed up in this short. When did you find out	00:43:52
	about it?	00:43:55
	Didn't find out about it.	00:43:58
	Yesterday.	00:44:00
	And he was conveyed to members of Open Door last week.	00:44:01
	Last week. OK. So we're just looking to collaborate.	00:44:05
	And cooperate. This is their these children's homes. I just wanted for the record, what day was that? It was on the 9th of May.	00:44:09
	OK, OK. Yeah. So there was a communication to.	00:44:16
	In person, Yeah. Yeah. And I'll speak to that more here in just a few minutes. OK. OK. All right. Thank you. Thank you.	00:44:20
	Abigail Russell.	00:44:28
	Yes, sure.	00:44:35
	Samantha Escobar.	00:44:37
	Samantha Escobar, 5103 Everett Ave. Employees Knobs.	00:44:50
	I just wanted to talk about adverse childhood experiences.	00:44:57
	Which are a collection of potentially traumatic events such as violence, abuse or neglect that occur in childhood.	00:45:00
	It is a questionnaire with 10 adverse childhood experiences that.	00:45:06
	For everyone that you experience as a.	00:45:11
	Child.	00:45:14
	Predisposed to experience things like.	00:45:15
	Opiate addiction, which is a problem.	00:45:18
	Here in the community that we just talked about earlier when somebody else mentioned.	00:45:20
	But.	00:45:25
	Places like Open door Youth Services they have.	00:45:27
	The sexual abuse education and prevention.	00:45:32
	In 2023 they reached 2925 youth.	00:45:35
	In 2024, they reached 4935 youth. They provide diagnostic and evaluation services.	00:45:39
	86 hours of psychological evaluations.	00:45:47
	Provided over the past two years.	00:45:50
	Like they.	00:45:53
	Previously mentioned, New Directions has prevention education in Floyd County Schools.	00:45:54
	And they service 75 students in 202367 students.	00:45:59
	In 2024.	00:46:04
	What's important to?	00:46:06
	As a taxpayer, is that if we do not do our part today?	00:46:08
	It will.	00:46:13
	The cost of helping the youth today is much less than if we let it roll into.	00:46:14
	Physical abuse of other.	00:46:23
	Just crime, crime in general and.	00:46:26
	Opiate and other substance abuse issues.	00:46:30
	If we don't take care of the youth.	00:46:33
	Now than who?	00:46:35
	Else is going to do it in a trauma informed way.	00:46:36
	And so that's my challenge to all of you.	00:46:39
	15 seconds.	00:46:42
	That you provide people with advanced notice in the community so that you can actually hear from taxpayers that this is an	00:46:43
	important service is being provided.	00:46:47
	And there are many people who would happily pay.	00:46:51
	Taxes to.	00:46:54
	Support organizations.	00:46:55
	Thank you.	00:46:58
	Kimberly, I can't read all of this last name Gesford or.	00:47:01
	Hi, I'm Kimberly Gesford. I reside at 601 E Oak St. New Albany, IN. Ma'am, I want to spell this out for our record keeper. So how	00:47:09
	do you spell your last name? We won't count this as your project. It's GESS.	00:47:16
	OK, Thank you. And I'm a resident of New Albany and I've been a social worker for over 15 years as a previous DCS caseworker and a	00:47:25
	therapist for teens and adolescents.	00:47:30
	I've seen the benefits importance of having programs like Open Door Youth Shelter. In fact, I have personally had clients benefit	00:47:35
	from this agency.	00:47:39
	I know the kids that are supported by this agency. I've sat with kids as they have cried.	00:47:43
	I've heard the most devastating stories of trauma and hurt.	00:47:49
	I know what energy has to be given to provide this type of support.	00:47:52
	These are some of the most vulnerable children at some of the hardest times of their lives.	00:47:56
	As a Christian, the Jesus I know and I follow tells us to care for the least of these.	00:48:01
	And if these youth are not who this verse is referring to?	00:48:07
	I'm not sure who else it would be.	00:48:10
	I know you mentioned that you plan to help and consider extensions, but that's not what the resolution said that you all just read	00:48:13
	in. In my job, if it's not written, it didn't happen. It's not required to be followed.	00:48:18
	Although I understand fiscal responsibility and trying to consolidate real estate by the county, there's a much more effective way	00:48:24
	to do it. This isn't it.	00:48:28
	Instead, ensure contingency on the sale of the building that allows the shelter to find another space before it is sold.	00:48:32
	Assist the shelter in getting a buyer.	00:48:39
	That will let them stay until they raise their match to Metro United Way and can purchase their own building.	00:48:41
	It seems you're excluding them in the conversation instead of partnering them.	00:48:47
	With them.	00:48:51
	The expectation needs to be realistic for what a nonprofit can do. I would expect better from leaders to more appropriately	00:48:52
	protect and take care of the least of these.	00:48:56
	They deserve better.	00:49:01
	Sarah Glass.	00:49:05
	I'm currently Sarah Glass. Most of you know me as Sarah Dickman Glass. I've been around longer for that.	00:49:15
	I reside at 3822 Dale Brook Drive.	00:49:20
	I'm a retired teacher.	00:49:23
	I'm a former foster parent for 10 years. My former husband and I had foster children both in the system and out of the system. He	00:49:25
	was a high school teacher. There were many 18 year olds that fell outside the boundaries that lived with us for a period of their	00:49:29
	life while they went forward.	00:49:34
	In retirement, I have served as the educational surrogate.	00:49:39
	For children within the school, most of them open door who have no one to advocate for their educational needs.	00:49:43
	Health issues have caused me to not do that the last year.	00:49:49
	I also want to bring up that how unique.	00:49:53
	Open door is.	00:49:55
	I have a granddaughter who is currently a foster care or a social worker in northern Tennessee.	00:49:57
	When a child.	00:50:04
	Needs to be housed overnight. They have no open door.	00:50:05
	They sit on the other side of the two way of a one way window.	00:50:09
	Physically watching that child.	00:50:13
	Constantly they are required by their job to serve 12 to 15 hour shifts while they keep eyes on the child.	00:50:16
	The open Door staff does that for us and make sure they're safe.	00:50:23
	Please do not regress.	00:50:27
	We were ahead of the game when this happened.	00:50:29
	My mother was working with Vince Klein. I physically erected some of the walls in the old county home to help make those	00:50:32
	partitions work.	00:50:36
	This has been such a blessing to the unfortunate children in our community.	00:50:40
	And I agree we need time to find an adequate location. Many of the children served here.	00:50:44
	You would not want living in your neighborhood without 24 hour supervision. Open Door provides that.	00:50:50
	Unless everyone in this room is willing to take one of their children into their own home.	00:50:56
	I think we need to stand behind open door and help them relax. 15 seconds.	00:51:01
	Thank you for your time. Thank you.	00:51:05
	Melinda.	00:51:10
	For Yahoo Brie, is that correct?	00:51:12
	Is that hey friends?	00:51:16
	OK. Thank you.	00:51:18
	My name is Melinda Bori. I live at 8:07 E Main St. in New Albany.	00:51:20
	There's a quote commonly misattributed to Gandhi.	00:51:26
	That a civilization can be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable.	00:51:29
	I think.	00:51:34
	By any metric I can think of, children who do not have a safe place to go are the most vulnerable members of our civilization.	00:51:36
	I think we can see from the number of people who showed up here tonight, that's a priority to the taxpayers in our community.	00:51:44
	To make sure that there is a place for those children to go.	00:51:50
	And I'm proud of the people in the blue shirts.	00:51:53
	Who do that work every day?	00:51:57
	I don't think.	00:52:02
	That we in good conscience.	00:52:03
	Can profit off of.	00:52:06
	The termination of Elise.	00:52:09
	I don't know how any of us would sleep at night.	00:52:12
	If we did not insure.	00:52:14
	That the specific needs of this shelter were met in their new location.	00:52:16
	Before we closed up the doors here.	00:52:21
	Thank you.	00:52:23
	Thank you.	00:52:24
	Hello, Wayne Stommer, 1905 Coatman Dr. New Albany and Lopez Land.	00:52:35
	I'll start. I go before I can.	00:52:41
	I volunteer at various homeless courts here in the Empire.	00:52:43
	And have met many homeless persons.	00:52:47
	In the last few years.	00:52:50
	One thing I've learned that growing up in a dysfunctional, chaotic, violent household.	00:52:52
	Is a big contributor to homelessness.	00:52:59
	I think that we as a society have a responsibility.	00:53:03
	To save our children.	00:53:07
	If you.	00:53:09
	I asked that I say that if you don't give full consideration to helping the open door service.	00:53:10
	And keep this keep out this good work.	00:53:17
	Then you could actually be contributing.	00:53:19
	To increase.	00:53:22
	I I'm sure that you're not cold hearted people.	00:53:25
	Many of you.	00:53:30
	Call and I just want to say that.	00:53:34
	90 days, another 180.	00:53:36
	Just isn't adequate for these folks to to find a place and move into in my opinion.	00:53:39
	And I think it's true.	00:53:45
	So what what I'd like to ask is that the county commissioners.	00:53:46
	In your decision making process.	00:53:52
	Give the highest priority.	00:53:55
	In your heart.	00:53:58
	To these most vulnerable children.	00:54:00
	And please give them time and sincerely help them.	00:54:03
	How you came? Thank you.	00:54:08
	Thank you.	00:54:09
	Stop clock.	00:54:12
	Good evening. My name is Scott Clark. I live at 1003 E Market St. in Albany, IN apartment number one.	00:54:20
	I'm here today to talk to you guys about this.	00:54:26
	This interlocal agreement and.	00:54:28
	Building that we're in.	00:54:31
	This is a culmination, not leave, just another.	00:54:33
	On the road that.	00:54:36
	Floyd County has shown in their long standing tradition.	00:54:38
	Not recognizing a homeless population.	00:54:41
	And I really think that this is part.	00:54:44
	The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2024 Point in Time Cap report on December 27th, 2024.	00:54:48
	It shows that in Clark County, they reported 143 homeless individuals.	00:54:57
	With a Jeffersonville homeless shelter.	00:55:03
	Saying that they have an additional 200 in the past year that they serve.	00:55:06
	While Floyd County only recognizes 68 homeless.	00:55:10
	Individuals.	00:55:15
	Now I see more than that in Saint Paul's, across the street from my house, eating dinner on Wednesday night that's provided by a	00:55:17
	local organization.	00:55:21
	So I know there's more homeless here, and unfortunately, gentlemen, this is going to get worse.	00:55:25
	I really think you need to reconsider even getting rid of this building simply because.	00:55:30
	The administrators in our federal administration.	00:55:36
	Is cutting and slashing programs to the point where we don't have any work for these people to go, We don't have any money for	00:55:39
	them to use.	00:55:43
	They're cutting billions on mental health and addiction services, which is going to increase the homeless population within our	00:55:46
	children because their parents aren't getting the help that they need.	00:55:51
	They're slashing funding for local shelters.	00:55:56
	And this has got to stop. You need to take a look at this and realize.	00:55:59
	Our homeless population are at risk. Kids population is only going to get worse. Guys. You're going to need more room than just	00:56:03
	this building.	00:56:06
	So you might want to think about hanging on to it.	00:56:10
	Thank you.	00:56:12
	John I.	00:56:16
	Jonah.	00:56:18
	John, All right. Thank you.	00:56:19
	I'm Jonah Farmsley. I live at 1003 E Market St.	00:56:26
	I have lived in Floyd County the entirety of my life.	00:56:30
	This is a moment where I feel compelled to come forward.	00:56:35
	Shame on you.	00:56:40
	When did our?	00:56:50
	Fiscal profile become more important than the residents of our county.	00:56:52
	The most underserved residents of our county.	00:56:59
	These kids have.	00:57:02
	Nothing. Umm.	00:57:04
	And you are willing to take your way for you so that you can do something that you're.	00:57:06
	Fiscally responsible and in another situation it would be.	00:57:10
	Fiscally responsible.	00:57:14
	But you know that your own underserved population is in this building.	00:57:16
	We're not moving till February.	00:57:23
	What the hell? What is that? That's not time for.	00:57:25
	An organization of this size.	00:57:29
	To find a new place and get moved.	00:57:31
	That's just.	00:57:34
	Shame on you.	00:57:37
	Each and everyone of you.	00:57:39
	And I want to use the rest of my time to just stand here and stare at you.	00:57:41
	And.	00:57:45
	Your own.	00:57:46
	I.	00:57:56
	Mr. Luke and Mr. Fox won't even catch my eye.	00:58:07
	There they go.	00:58:10
	Sir, if you'd like to speak.	00:58:17
	Come to the podium.	00:58:19
	OK, my knees are shaking.	00:58:28
	And I'm gonna in my time here.	00:58:30
	Thank you. Thank you.	00:58:32
	If Abbeville Wasco.	00:58:37
	And Abigail Russell making.	00:58:40
	Someone knows Abigail Russell?	00:58:45
	OK, she can speak at the end of the meeting during open mic if she makes it in tonight.	00:58:50
	All right, so.	00:58:59
	That ends public comment on that issue.	00:59:01
	And is Leah here tonight?	00:59:05
	Oh, there you go. I don't know if we're going to have her.	00:59:10
	Before, I think if you wanted to say something, I think it would be appropriate for you to do it before we.	00:59:14
	Have a vote on this?	00:59:18
	Nope, this is a sign issue.	00:59:19
	Yeah, I just want to say that.	00:59:22
	It was about a week and a half ago that I was told.	00:59:24
	That we have to be out of the building by the end of the year.	00:59:28
	I did not know that it was coming to this.	00:59:32
	So I want to just say that.	00:59:34
	And I appreciate you guys giving everybody as much time as you did.	00:59:37
	Means a lot, it was really good to hear.	00:59:42
	With the feedback because.	00:59:45
	We don't do a lot of attention seeking things and we don't seek a lot of credit for it and it's nice to finally get.	00:59:49
	Thank you. Hold on one second before you go leave.	00:59:56
	Hold on one second.	01:00:00
	Because I'd like to clarify a few things, because I'm the one who made contact with you on the ninth.	01:00:01
	And I thought we had a pretty good conversation about.	01:00:05
	This to the point that.	01:00:09
	It was very clearly conveyed that.	01:00:12
	This was going to be on the agenda for the next meeting.	01:00:14
	But umm.	01:00:17
	We collectively sat down and had an idea.	01:00:19
	That you produce where you showed interest in wanting to possibly buy this building.	01:00:21
	And I haven't gotten any feedback. Well, you're right, because I told you I was going to talk about it.	01:00:25
	At the Commissioners meeting, but here we are today.	01:00:29
	And you know, we have kind of discussed and what we had to do is collect data. We had to collect data and see how much money	01:00:32
	that's left on the building. There's, there's more than just.	01:00:37
	Coming up with numbers just Willy nilly, so it takes a minute to gather that information, but.	01:00:41
	You know the fact that me and you had a conversation on the knife.	01:00:46
	It was more than just yesterday.	01:00:49
	We've had some communication since then. I'm just surprised to see the level of urgency that was put out.	01:00:51
	In the media and the social media when you and I had just had.	01:00:56
	Clear communications about the pathway just a few days ago so.	01:00:59
	I'm a little confused.	01:01:03
	Well, again, it was not my understanding that it was going to be at this meeting.	01:01:04
	OK. I don't remember that being discussed at all. And the urgency is not about you guys. It's not about attacking anybody. It's	01:01:08
	about we need to figure something out sooner than later. I've met with a commercial real estate agent. I've talked to another	01:01:13
	agency in Evans about Evansville, about buying this property. I'm trying everything I can to try to solve this problem, everything	01:01:18
	I can.	01:01:23
	A prize, well, I think it should be should be known that at no point was you asked that we were going to are told that we were	01:01:29
	going to evict you. Matter of fact we told you that that was the target date within the year. But if it ran past that we can	01:01:33
	obviously work with you.	01:01:38
	To help mitigate that issue.	01:01:43
	Yeah, well, the Inter logo agreement clearly stays.	01:01:46
	90 days plus 180 takes you to February 2026.	01:01:50
	Unless agreed upon by both parties.	01:01:54
	Which again.	01:01:56
	That's part of.	01:01:58
	You know, tonight's meeting, basically.	01:01:59
	Is an ongoing part of formal communication.	01:02:03
	There are again baked into that interlocal agreement.	01:02:05
	Of our numerous.	01:02:11
	Prescribed conversations that do need to take place and will take place.	01:02:12
	But there's also this question of.	01:02:17
	We signed an interlocal agreement agreement as.	01:02:18
	Our predecessors did, but.	01:02:22
	The agency never signed the interlocal agreement, so we don't even know whether or not.	01:02:25
	I don't know that we know that. All I know is that on your end that they didn't make it to the state where it counts.	01:02:29
	Where it was supposed to be recorded.	01:02:36
	No, the State Board of Accounts.	01:02:38
	It's a separate entity. It's supposed to be recorded in the Recorder's office, Recorder's office in the State Board of Accounts. I	01:02:41
	don't have the authority to do that.	01:02:45
	And I called the State Board of accounts and they don't have it.	01:02:50
	Well, that wouldn't surprise me.	01:02:53
	We are willing to abide.	01:02:55
	Yeah.	01:02:58
	We need to have.	01:03:00
	We do not have, we do not have an agreement.	01:03:01
	That the Floyd County Youth Service Bureau.	01:03:06
	Has.	01:03:10
	Approved or executed?	01:03:11
	And I called you and asked you about that.	01:03:13
	Because the Floyd County commissioners took this matter up.	01:03:15
	They passed it back in 2012.	01:03:20
	You are. The Floyd County Youth Service Bureau is a signatory on the document. It's incumbent upon you as a director.	01:03:23
	To get a signature from the board.	01:03:32
	And approval from the board.	01:03:35
	Fully executed copy.	01:03:38
	But that was 12 years ago. I don't remember.	01:03:40
	But I'm telling you right now, if we didn't get that copy to sign, then no, I wouldn't have signed it.	01:03:43
	But it clearly wasn't.	01:03:48
	If you're all plate or on your plate.	01:03:50
	And it something got dropped. The commissioners did their jobs back in 2012.	01:03:54
	The Youth Youth Bureau.	01:04:00
	And so we're trying to abide by the agreement.	01:04:03
	The director, director of operations for the county shepherded that entire process. I have all the emails, so I don't know why it	01:04:06
	wouldn't have been shepherded back to me. We're still following.	01:04:11
	The agreement, whether it was signed or not, we're still following the agreement.	01:04:17
	Well, because, well, because you've misled everybody behind you that we're closing it down.	01:04:22
	We just need.	01:04:30
	All we're doing is moving.	01:04:32
	We need assurances.	01:04:33
	From your board that you will also follow those guidelines and we will as well.	01:04:36
	As it was laid out in 2012 by our predecessors, we weren't here in that at that time, but we're willing to.	01:04:41
	Abide by that.	01:04:47
	But we also need to make sure that you're going to abide by that document as well. We always.	01:04:49
	OK.	01:04:56
	No problem.	01:04:57
	No.	01:05:02
	I said people.	01:05:19
	OK.	01:05:22
	It's on tape somebody can go listen to.	01:05:23
	Later on tonight.	01:05:26
	All right, I'm ready to move forward. It'll be on tomorrow, so I'll make a motion.	01:05:31
	A little bit further discussion or not on this, but.	01:05:36
	Rick, did you have anything else that needed to be clarified on the Interlocal agreement?	01:05:39
	And I mean.	01:05:44
	If they're stating that, they're going to abide by that.	01:05:45
	No.	01:05:50
	No, that's that's fine. It probably would be a good gesture if.	01:05:51
	The board, their board, went ahead and passed this.	01:05:57
	And that we went ahead and got it recorded with the recorder.	01:06:00
	And sent to the state like.	01:06:04
	We're supposed to back in 2012.	01:06:07
	I'm on the board.	01:06:10
	Every time we not amend that resolution to say.	01:06:13
	What we're trying to do is establish this agreement first.	01:06:26
	And uh.	01:06:30
	The resolution that we have to pass.	01:06:31
	Restates everything in this agreement there's.	01:06:36
	There's nothing different.	01:06:40
	And in fact the.	01:06:41
	What they said in your heart, give us more time.	01:06:46
	The commissioners have said that they are willing to do that if if everybody took all the energy that's in this room.	01:06:50
	And everybody decided to help out in terms of trying to find a new location to relocate this.	01:06:58
	There's no telling what you all could do.	01:07:05
	Nobody is terminating the all right.	01:07:07
	I'm not going to have this back and forth here because we're going to have plenty of other.	01:07:12
	Meetings and we will have time for comment after this.	01:07:16
	In 24 hours in the day and something.	01:07:21
	Are the taxpayers gonna?	01:07:24
	Well, we just gave you one is going to be on June.	01:07:26
	June 24th at 5:00 PM.	01:07:31
	You got noticed.	01:07:33
	5:00 PM during the birthday with taxpayers. Can't attend.	01:07:34
	Do I have a dollar amount? Yeah. And all the agendas are posted at the front board and we have a meeting here every other Tuesday	01:07:39
	and you can speak to it at that point as well.	01:07:44
	I mean the comments that I have on this.	01:07:50
	It would be as such. Do you have anything?	01:07:54
	No, just that you know since.	01:07:56
	I have been on this.	01:07:58
	In this position now on the board, but a few months now, but.	01:08:00
	You know, I expressed, Lee, that.	01:08:04
	I am completely willing to help out as much as I possibly can. I'm committed as long as I'm in this position.	01:08:06
	To help them find a new location, but at the end of the day.	01:08:12
	The spelling needs to go.	01:08:14
	Gotta unload this building.	01:08:15
	Ma'am, I don't pocket any of the money.	01:08:19
	B&B.	01:08:22
	Being fiscally responsible.	01:08:25
	Denise umm.	01:08:27
	As an elected official, I'll.	01:08:30
	Give you.	01:08:33
	Although I wish you had signed up a little bit earlier.	01:08:35
	Yeah, I'm sorry, I wasn't here in time to sign the.	01:08:40
	Financial I am an elected official.	01:08:44
	I'm on the County Council.	01:08:47
	And also a member of the board.	01:08:49
	Of the youth shelter.	01:08:52
	I would I would ask that.	01:08:55
	You reconsider not passing this resolution tonight.	01:08:58
	And instead.	01:09:01
	Add another bullet point.	01:09:03
	To ensure the youth shelter that they have a place to be.	01:09:06
	Until.	01:09:10
	They are able to find a place.	01:09:12
	And to sufficiently remodel it.	01:09:14
	To house the youth of our county.	01:09:17
	I would ask you to do that please.	01:09:21
	All right.	01:09:31
	Frank. Any other?	01:09:32
	Comments.	01:09:34
	Any other comments? No further comment. All right, I have a couple of comments #1.	01:09:35
	It's obvious this is a subject many people are passionate about.	01:09:41
	And I totally understand that.	01:09:44
	I still think that.	01:09:48
	A lot of the emotion on display tonight.	01:09:51
	Would not have been there if this had been responsibly reported.	01:09:54
	The the word eviction was never used.	01:09:59
	Has been in our thought process in any of our means. We've never talked about closing.	01:10:03
	This program out.	01:10:09
	We've never talked about eliminating all our support from it either.	01:10:11
	I'm sorry, Valerie, your last name again, miss.	01:10:19
	So Holland talked about, you know, not seeking any.	01:10:23
	Additional financial support from the county that you were willing to take that on yourself.	01:10:25
	Just needing the time to do this.	01:10:30
	You know the.	01:10:34
	Time was stipulated by an agreement with both parties in 2012. I wasn't there, but.	01:10:37
	To have had signatures for both bodies at that time must have indicated that both of those bodies, you know, thought that that was	01:10:42
	enough time.	01:10:45
	This is not a surprise. I have discussed at least four or five times publicly over the last 18 months.	01:10:50
	The intention of the county to move away from this particular facility.	01:10:57
	Communication was made intentionally with the director of the program last week.	01:11:01
	So if that news just got out to you 24 hours ago.	01:11:07
	I'm not sure more what we could have done. There are going to be lots of other meetings.	01:11:11
	Taking place between now.	01:11:15
	And the individual sale of this building.	01:11:17
	In the 2436 hours since.	01:11:21
	This first.	01:11:24
	Was publicized.	01:11:25
	Or in the news.	01:11:28
	I know at least two people who contacted me today.	01:11:29
	Who told me that they had reached out to Floyd?	01:11:32
	Excuse me?	01:11:35
	The voice about going to the youth shelter today.	01:11:37
	Talking about possible.	01:11:40
	New housing opportunities for them.	01:11:41
	So I think there are going to be several opportunities.	01:11:44
	I don't think there's anybody up here who would be opposed.	01:11:48
	To at some point after that public meeting is made, we get input from the.	01:11:51
	Council who will need to have.	01:11:55
	About.	01:11:57
	Extending this out potentially for a full year.	01:11:58
	But as far as provision goes with regards to.	01:12:02
	Until such time that.	01:12:05
	A suitable homeless founding.	01:12:08
	I don't think that that.	01:12:09
	Is objective enough for me.	01:12:12
	So, but I'm willing to go on record as saying that.	01:12:14
	I'm going to push for a full year.	01:12:18
	From June 1st on that.	01:12:20
	And I don't think they'll get a lot of pushback on that. And I think we'd be open to more time as long as we see that, you know,	01:12:22
	progress and good faith efforts are being made on.	01:12:26
	Both sides to do that.	01:12:30
	We actually have one of our staff members, Don Law, who has agreed to kind of act as a liaison with regards to that, to take	01:12:32
	incoming calls.	01:12:35
	And go on site visits.	01:12:40
	With youth shelter and and try to help make this happen.	01:12:42
	Nobody is being abandoned.	01:12:47
	And nobody is being put away.	01:12:49
	And you know, we're have no intention to shut this down.	01:12:51
	But it is time to begin the process of finding a new home for this.	01:12:56
	This program.	01:12:59
	So.	01:13:01
	Those are my comments on it.	01:13:02
	So.	01:13:05
	I'll entertain a motion to.	01:13:07
	With a resolution, make motion to accept resolution 25202513.	01:13:10
	As it's written.	01:13:17
	OK, all in favor. Aye, aye aye.	01:13:19
	Thank you.	01:13:23
	All right, Floyd County Sheriff Steve Bush, conveyance of equipment agreement.	01:13:26
	Thank you, Sheriff. Steve, What's before you is an agreement for upgrading our fingerprint equipment.	01:13:34
	In our booking area.	01:13:38
	Is the grant from the airport.	01:13:40
	No cost.	01:13:44
	We won't cover. There are some costs annually for upkeep.	01:13:45
	We'll cover those in our budget.	01:13:48
	But there's no cost for this equipment.	01:13:50
	And I think Mr. Fox has it over.	01:13:57
	Make a motion to accept that convenience of the conveyance of equipment agreement.	01:14:01
	I'll second.	01:14:07
	The motion is second all in favor.	01:14:09
	Aye, aye.	01:14:10
	Thank you very much. All right, thank you. Board and committee report.	01:14:12
	I don't have any.	01:14:19
	And and pretty full calendar, but I think I'm going to forego tonight.	01:14:20
	Yeah.	01:14:27
	Approval of the Commissioners meeting minutes for May 6, 2025.	01:14:28
	Motion Group.	01:14:33
	2nd.	01:14:34
	All in favor aye, approval of payroll and claims.	01:14:35
	Motion.	01:14:40
	2nd.	01:14:41
	All in favor.	01:14:42
	Our next Commissioners meeting Next Commissioners meeting Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025, 6:00 PM.	01:14:44
	Any comment from government officials tonight?	01:14:50
	Mr. Bagshaw.	01:14:53
	I'm good.	01:14:55
	Yeah, she's yeah.	01:14:57
	And all right, public comment, Miss Russell.	01:15:00
	OK. We had I think 2 Brussels, right?	01:15:05
	She we had Abigail Russell, who wasn't.	01:15:11
	Here in time. And then we had Linda Russell.	01:15:14
	Abigail Yes, go ahead. My name is Abigail Russell and I am one of the many youth that were.	01:15:18
	Benefiting from the services of Open Door Youth Services.	01:15:23
	I stand before you as a 30 year old female, but at the time that I was in the group home I was 15 until right before my 19th	01:15:26
	birthday.	01:15:30
	I was not to make it. In short, my home was not safe. I was removed and put in the care of Open Door Youth Services.	01:15:34
	Without these services, I have not have been able to obtain a driver's license, graduate from high school, obtain my first job, or	01:15:42
	learn basic life skills.	01:15:45
	The four women that coordinate and make these services possible.	01:15:49
	Are not only vital to these services and the community, but they're my family.	01:15:52
	If you choose to cut funding for Open Door, the youth of Floyd County will suffer greatly.	01:15:56
	Who suffer from mental health issues, homelessness, or behavioral issues.	01:16:01
	Have little to no services left outside of this home.	01:16:05
	Juvenile probation or detention centers.	01:16:08
	I urge you to consider the consequences of the choices of cutting the funding or the impact that eviction proceedings would have.	01:16:11
	As someone who's like who was greatly impacted by open door.	01:16:17
	The programs have impacted many youths and will continue to do so.	01:16:21
	I am the face of what these services can do and I hope that that impacts you in some way.	01:16:26
	Thank you.	01:16:30
	This Linda Russell rewind OK?	01:16:40
	All right, Mr. Sharp, I'll give you.	01:16:44
	Your two minutes.	01:16:47
	OK.	01:16:49
	Usually give me a 1233.	01:16:52
	Tonight you've heard a lot about.	01:16:54
	Heard the word misleading comments.	01:16:56
	And uh.	01:16:58
	Information that was leaked it out. That is not right. I am here tonight to say to each and everyone of you here, you talk about	01:17:00
	children.	01:17:04
	Well, I was a child once.	01:17:08
	And I had a mother.	01:17:10
	You love me and I loved her too.	01:17:12
	Well, your county, your state government implemented.	01:17:14
	On 3/16. COVID-19 57.	01:17:18
	That was me.	01:17:22
	Floyd County, your commissioners.	01:17:24
	And your mayor?	01:17:26
	Did an additional mandate of 12/20.	01:17:28
	That is also my mother and me.	01:17:31
	So, umm.	01:17:34
	What I received.	01:17:35
	Because of that.	01:17:37
	Is a fake.	01:17:38
	Death certificate.	01:17:40
	A fake obituary.	01:17:41
	And a fake marker at the cemetery.	01:17:43
	On behalf of my mother and me.	01:17:47
	So as I have said to your board member.	01:17:50
	And to your board members?	01:17:53
	I have had.	01:17:55
	Forever.	01:17:57
	The information that they put out there.	01:17:57
	And they Martin Luther King said truth can be trusted with proof.	01:18:00
	And the brother to the other said.	01:18:04
	The hope shall live, and the dream shall never die.	01:18:06
	That is me.	01:18:09
	I went to Illinois to pick up.	01:18:11
	That information.	01:18:14
	Along with.	01:18:15
	Your governor's information of 3/16.	01:18:17
	19511.	01:18:20
	That is me.	01:18:23
	And here is the Lincoln information with my mother's information, with my information with her name on there. You can go in there.	01:18:24
	You can see the pictures. You can see it all.	01:18:29
	So I am demanding.	01:18:35
	That the Board of Commissioners.	01:18:37
	Not this thing. 15 seconds to sit there and give me the death certificate.	01:18:39
	And the the numbers on the.	01:18:45
	Stone to be corrected.	01:18:50
	And to redo that obituary.	01:18:52
	Thank you.	01:18:58
	OK. Thank you.	01:19:01
	I have no one else signed up to.	01:19:06
	Comment tonight.	01:19:08
	So do you like having?	01:19:12
	Mic minute, as long as it's on a subject that's not been discussed already.	01:19:15
	Joseph Moore.	01:19:25
	Georgetown Township, Thank you.	01:19:26
	I have two items, one I came with the other.	01:19:29
	The Pine View thing.	01:19:32
	Just filling out something to chew on here.	01:19:33
	Is it possible?	01:19:37
	That maybe.	01:19:38
	Open door and use shelter and the county can work to get.	01:19:40
	A buyer or somebody who.	01:19:44
	Instead of them moving out, maybe moving different tenants.	01:19:46
	In the county spaces.	01:19:50
	So it would be some kind of creative financing that would keep them in the building and still alleviate the financial burden from	01:19:52
	the cap.	01:19:55
	Is that maybe instead of?	01:19:59
	And pinhole building.	01:20:00
	Just have your current space filled with paying tenants. That's just an idea.	01:20:02
	The other thing that I came for is.	01:20:07
	I dealt with Nick Baby on this the Nob hill.	01:20:10
	Development The apartments going up near me on Georgetown State Route 64.	01:20:14
	I think Nick was under the impression. I certainly was given the impression.	01:20:20
	That the lights facing the highway were going to be the cut down light.	01:20:24
	Well, unfortunately, they're putting in the bright.	01:20:28
	Glaring lights, too.	01:20:31
	It's going. It's.	01:20:33
	It's not just light pollution.	01:20:34
	I think part of it I've I've driven by there before they put in the last building.	01:20:36
	It's unnecessarily putting a lot of glare onto the highway.	01:20:41
	And in personal note.	01:20:45
	That overpass for the railroad?	01:20:47
	Is one of the last two places.	01:20:49
	Where I or other people can go to see any kind of astronomy at night.	01:20:51
	Whether it's the media or the major last year or whatever.	01:20:56
	Distant person that's going to bother me that I won't be able to see squat from there.	01:20:59
	Once all those lights are in.	01:21:03
	Distracting drivers and just flooding area.	01:21:06
	So I don't know if it's part of the agreement or not, but.	01:21:08
	I'm hoping that Nick can go to the builder and ask him not to put the rest of those lights in.	01:21:11
	They put in half cut down and half the unnecessarily bright ones.	01:21:17
	So they're projecting lightweight off their property.	01:21:21
	Thank you, Kevin. Thanks.	01:21:23
	All right. Any closing comments?	01:21:27
	Yeah, I just have one closing comment. I just want to take a moment and thank the people who reached out to me and my.	01:21:30
	Wife yesterday in the passing of my father-in-law.	01:21:35
	Really appreciate the comments and everything SO.	01:21:39
	Just want to say thank you. Usually I try to stay after the meetings for a while but.	01:21:42
	I'm gonna try and get back to my family tonight.	01:21:45
	Thank you.	01:21:47
	All right.	01:21:49
	Motion to adjourn, so moved.	01:21:51
	Second, all right.	01:21:53