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AGENDA Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners December 21, 2010 5:00 p.m., Room 301 1. Call to Order 2. Attendance 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Permission to Open Quotes for VC10-12-01: Mann Road Culvert No. 1212 Replacement 5. Action Items • ONB Insurance: Property and Casualty Insurance Premium Comparison • Cooperative Purchasing Organization: Award Delivered...
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Here is a quick little instructional youtube video about what motivates people in work situations. It is interesting in the fact that it states that repetitive tasks that are paid by the piece are good motivators but with jobs that require cognitive thought carrot and stick bonus plans degrade results. As my advisor in...
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The CCO Supports Honoring the Bargain that brought him here in an Ethical Manner One of lightning rod issues this year in Evansville politics came when it was revealed that Tom Barnett, the Director of Metropolitan Development for the City of Evansville was drawing two paychecks. One of those paychecks was paid to Mr....
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Evansville, IN (December 17, 2010) – The Vanderburgh County Auditor would like to remind residents that the deadline to file property tax deductions is January 5, 2011. Deduction applications must be filed with the County Auditor’s Office on or before January 5, 2011 for the taxpayer to receive the eligible deductions on their 2011...
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IS IT TRUE? December 17, 2010 IS IT TRUE that Spencer County, Indiana got great news from an economic development perspective yesterday?…that after years of negotiating it has finally been approved to proceed with the coal to pipeline quality gas production plant?….that this project will create roughly 1,000 construction jobs for three years, 200...
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Green Technology Start-Up with Evansville Ties Cashes in on Patent Pending Technology December 16, 2010 – Indianapolis, IN – Indy Power Systems, an award-winning provider of battery storage and energy management solutions, has reached an agreement with Cincinnati, Ohio-based Melink Corporation to install a 50kW, 200kWh grid energy storage and peak shaving system for...
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INDIANAPOLIS – Today a federal court in Florida heard the arguments of a group of 20 states – including Indiana – in their legal challenge to the new federal health care law. Attorney General Greg Zoeller, who joined the lawsuit on behalf of Indiana in May, issued this statement: “Indiana and 19 other states...
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\Tickets On-Sale Monday, December 13th at 10:00AM Prices: Adult $20.00 & Children $5.00 + Additional Fees Tickets available at the Roberts Stadium Box Office, All Ticketmaster Outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 Evansville, IN- Feld Motor Sports℠ announced today that tickets are now on sale for Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam® Thunder Nationals®, coming...
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The Indiana Finance Authority Board has approved a $2.65 billion project to build a new generation substitute natural gas plant in Spencer County. Under terms of the agreement, the IFA will enter into a 30-year contract with Indiana Gasification LLC to purchase synthetic natural gas. Govenor Mitch Daniels says the project would produce 500...
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The thing about poverty is that people get trapped for generation after generation by expectations of same old same old. “We are poor, we have always been poor and it is our destiny to be poor. It is our caste. It is our class. It is our future.” John Kenneth Galbraith wrote about this in...
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