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 EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PENSION BOARD AGENDA

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 EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PENSION BOARD AGENDA 5/3/2023

Room 307, Civic Center Complex

Executive Session opened at _______am.

  1. ATTENDANCE

Present       Absent

PRESIDENT  Mayor Lloyd Winnecke               
PRESIDENT PRO-TEM Rob Hahn
TREASURER Russell G. Lloyd Jr.   
SECRETARY Rick Hubbard
CHIEF OF POLICE Billy Bolin
ACTIVE MEMBER Aaron McCormick
ACTIVE MEMBER Michael Sides
ACTIVE MEMBER Jeff Breivogel
ACTIVE MEMBER Tony Zimmer
BOARD ATTORNEY Keith Vonderahe
  1. Sgt. Dexter Wolf will present five applicant to review. 

Applicant 22-170 

Applicant 22-128 

Applicant 22-187 

Applicant 22-158 

Applicant 22-160 

Executive Session Closed at   _____am

Regular Session Open at   ______am

  1. 2.ATTENDANCE:

Present      Absent

PRESIDENT  Mayor Lloyd Winnecke               
PRESIDENT PRO-TEM Rob Hahn
TREASURER Russell G. Lloyd Jr.   
SECRETARY Rick Hubbard
CHIEF OF POLICE Billy Bolin
ACTIVE MEMBER Aaron McCormick
ACTIVE MEMBER Michael Sides
ACTIVE MEMBER Jeff Breivogel
ACTIVE MEMBER Tony Zimmer
BOARD ATTORNEY Keith Vonderahe
  1.           MOTION ON APPLICANT 
  1. Motion to Deny Applicants ___________________________________by Member _______________. Second by Member __________.
  1. Motion to Accept Applicants ___________________________________by Member _______________. Second by Member __________.

Applicant 22-170 

Applicant 22-128 

Applicant 22-187 

Applicant 22-158 

Applicant 22-160

  1. 4.     APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
  1. Emailed minutes from our April 5th, 2022 meeting.  Motion to approve the minutes from the February 5th, 2023 meeting. Motion to accept by Member____________. Second by Member_________.
  1. 5. FINANCIAL REPORT: 1925 Fund

 

  1. Payroll: April 15th, 2023  $245,354.43
  2. Payroll: April 30th, 2023  $245,354.43
  1. 6.OLD BUSINESS:
  1. 7.NEW BUSINESS:
  1. 8. DEATHS 
  1. 9.RETIREMENTS/RESIGNATIONS:
        1. Sergeant Shawn E. Smith, badge 5143 served 31 years, 4 month and 8 days honorably retired effective May 8th, 2023
        1. Deputy Chief Stephanie Loehrlein Cox, badge 212 served 31 years and 5 months honorably retired effective June 1st, 2023
  1. GOOD OF THE BOARD:
  1. Next meeting is set for Wednesday June 7th, 2023 in Room 307 of the Civic Center Plaza.
  1. Motion to adjourn by Member___________________. Second by Member___________________.
  1. Regular Session Closed at   _____a.m.

Funding Of New Local Road Projects

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Local communities are set to receive over $2.9 million to complete much-needed road projects.

Funding is available through the state’s Community Crossings Matching Grant Program and can be used for road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements and other items. In total, 224 towns, cities and counties will receive over $133.4 million in state matching grants.

Area grant recipients include:

  • Mount Vernon, $869,652;
  • Posey County, $1 million;
  • Evansville, $493,462; and
  • Vanderburgh County, $590,023.
To qualify for the competitive grant, smaller municipalities provide a 25 percent match in local funds, while large communities provide a 50 percent match. State law requires 50 percent of the available matching funds be awarded annually to communities within counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer. Since 2016, Community Crossings has awarded more than $1.27 billion to improve local roads and bridges.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY TREASURER SCAM ALERT

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY TREASURER SCAM ALERT

APRIL 29, 2023

IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN BOUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE VANDERBURGH COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE OF SEVERAL SCAMS THAT ARE CIRCULATING VIA POSTAL MAIL, E-MAIL, AND PHONE CALLS REGARDING PROPERTY TAX NON-PAYMENT. THESE SCAMS ARE THREATENING WITH THE SEIZURE OF PROPERTY, BANK ACCOUNTS, AND FORFEITURE OF ANY BENEFITS YOU MAY BE RECEIVING.
IF YOU RECEIVE SOMETHING IN THE MAIL OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL. PLEASE CONTACT THE VANDERBURGH COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE AT (812)435-5248.
CONTACT INFORMATION:

DOTTIE THOMAS – VANDERBURGH TREASURER    

812-435-5257  or  dthomas@vanderburghgov.org

Attorney General Todd Rokita and team win legal battle in effort to protect Hoosiers from sex offenders

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Attorney General Todd Rokita and his staff won a federal appeals case this week that will help protect Hoosiers from dangerous predators who have committed sex crimes.

On Thursday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA).

“We’re talking about a law that not only is clearly constitutional but also vital to public safety,” Attorney General Rokita said. “Few priorities are more pressing than protecting women, children and all Hoosiers from sex predators. The court has affirmed the validity of a law rooted in basic common sense and prudent policymaking.”

Under SORA, sex offenders who have been required to register in another jurisdiction and who live, work or study in Indiana must register as sex offenders. SORA also imposes other public safety requirements to protect children from particularly dangerous predators.

The Seventh Circuit’s decision prevents the sex offenders who challenged SORA from evading its requirements.

Attorney General Rokita thanked his staff for their diligent work on this case — including Deputy Solicitor General James Barta, who presented the state’s oral argument.

“We’re pleased that the court recognized Indiana has a legitimate interest in registering as many sex offenders as it can,” Barta said. “This decision will help state officials protect the public.”

Attached is the court’s ruling in Hope v. Commissioner of Indiana Department of Correction.

Hall Promoted To USI Associate Vice President & Director Of Athletics

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Jon Mark Hall has been promoted to Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Southern Indiana, effective immediately. Hall reports to Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, USI President, and joins the President’s Cabinet.

“Jon Mark has been a key player in our transition to Division I athletics, and he is very deserving of this promotion,” said Dr. Ronald S. Rochon, USI President. “I am thankful for his decades of service to the University, and I look forward to the monumental strides we will continue to make as a Division I institution—athletically and in the classroom—under his brilliant leadership.”

Over the last year, Hall has guided the University’s move from Division II to Division I athletics, along with transition into the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Under his supervision in this first year, USI Athletics has seen individual OVC champions in men’s and women’s cross country and indoor track and field. Men’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s golf also made OVC tournament appearances, with men’s golf earning a third place finish this spring.

During previous play in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) under Hall’s tenure, teams won a total of 45 GLVC Championships and made 83 NCAA post-season appearances. Additionally, USI won NCAA II National Championships in baseball and softball; appeared in the NCAA II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight twice; appeared in the NCAA II Baseball National Finals five times; the NCAA II Softball National Finals three times; and had 11 individual track and field national championships.

On the USI campus, Hall has been a part of the development of new facilities and upgrades for Athletics, including those at the USI Baseball and Softball fields, Strassweg Soccer Field, the Screaming Eagles Arena and Complex and the Aquatic Center, along with the addition of Swimming and Diving programs in Fall 2023.

Hall joined the USI Athletic Department in 1995 as Assistant Athletic Director and the USI Men’s Tennis Head Coach. As Head Coach, he was named Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coach of the Year five times and directed the Screaming Eagles to four GLVC regular season titles and GLVC Tournament crowns. Hall was appointed USI Director of Athletics in January 2002.

Prior to USI, Hall served as an Assistant Athletic Director at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, where he was the NCAA compliance coordinator, oversaw the academic support service program for student-athletes and coordinated the Athletes Can Educate (ACE) program. He also assisted in fundraising and promotional activities.

Hall earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Murray State University and a master’s degree in sports administration from The Ohio State University. He completed the Executive Program through the Sports Management Institute.

BASEBALL ACES TOP NO. 14 INDIANA STATE, 2-1

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  The University of Evansville junior trio of starter Nick Smith and relievers Shane Harris and Nate Hardman combined to shut down the high-powered attack of nationally-ranked Indiana State on Friday night, as the Purple Aces posted a 2-1 victory over the 14th-ranked Sycamores at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

“What an outstanding pitching performance tonight from Nick Smith, Shane Harris and Nate Hardman,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll.  “They overcame a couple of mistakes that we had and really performed well tonight.  What a great start to the weekend!”

Smith held an Indiana State team which entered the night hitting .319 in Missouri Valley Conference play and riding a nation’s best 14-game winning streak to just five base hits and an unearned run in 7.0 innings of work.  He did not allow a man to advance past second base until the seventh inning, and yielded just two singles and an error the first two trips through the ISU batting order.

Smith’s effort was needed, as Indiana State starter Matt Jachec matched Smith inning for inning, except for the fourth inning, when the Purple Aces took a 1-0 lead.  A lead-off double by junior shortstop Simon Scherry opened the frame for Evansville, and after a fly out, Scherry would score on an RBI single by junior second baseman Kip Fougerousse to give UE a 1-0 lead.  The hit extended Fougerousse’s hitting streak to 10 games.

Smith and Jachec would take the game into the seventh inning with the score remaining 1-0, as the right-handers traded zeros on the scoreboard.  Indiana State would finally scratch across a run against Smith in the top of the seventh inning after a lead-off hit-by-pitch, a single and an error put two men in scoring position to open the inning.  Smith would get a strikeout for the first out, but catcher Grant McGill would flare a double into short right-center field that just fell in amongst a trio of diving Purple Aces to score one run and tie the game at 1-1.  Smith would get the top two hitters of the ISU batting order out though to escape the jam and end his night tied at 1-1.

Indiana State would threaten to take the lead in the top of the eighth inning, as the Sycamores got the lead-off man aboard on a strikeout and a two-base wild pitch.  Harris (4-2) would follow a sacrifice bunt with a strikeout though, and then got an inning-ending ground out to third base to keep the score tied at 1-1.

Jachec would give way to reliever Cameron Holycross (4-1) in the bottom of the eighth inning for ISU, and UE fifth-year first baseman Chase Hug roped a lead-off ground-rule double into the right-field corner on the first pitch he saw to open the inning.  After a wild pitch advanced Hug to third base, Scherry scored Hug with an RBI ground out to second to give UE a 2-1 lead.  Hardman then came on out of the UE bullpen to work a perfect ninth inning to record his fifth save of the year.

Graduate outfielder Eric Roberts and sophomore catcher Evan Waggoner both had two hits to lead the UE offense, with Fougerousse and Scherry driving in UE’s two runs.

With the victory, Evansville improves to 25-16 overall and 9-7 in the MVC.  Indiana State, meanwhile, sees its 14-game winning streak come to a close, as the Sycamores fall to 26-13 overall and 14-2 in the Valley.  The two teams will continue the series on Saturday afternoon, with UE junior LHP Donovan Schultz (5-2, 3.40 ERA) expected to battle ISU RHP Connor Fenlong (5-2, 4.57 ERA).  Saturday’s game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS and the Old National Bank/Purple Aces Sports Network from Learfield.

The Town of Chandler recently completed the voluntary annexation

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The Town of Chandler recently completed the voluntary annexation

APRIL 29,  2023

Submitted By Josh Claybourn-Atty

Chandler, Indiana – The Town of Chandler recently completed the voluntary annexation of three land parcels totaling over 29 acres. The Chandler town council voted unanimously, 5-0, for all three voluntary annexations.

With a population of 3,693 at the 2020 census, Chandler is already the second largest community in Warrick County, after Boonville. From 2010 to 2020, Chandler’s population grew by 27.9%, the largest growth of any southwestern Indiana city or town. Officials believe this most recent annexation will position the town well for the future.

“We are excited to welcome these new residents into our community,” said Town Council president Tonya Wester. “This annexation is a win-win for everyone involved.”

The annexation provides benefits to both property owners and the town. Property owners will now have access to more town services and resources, including Chandler’s award-winning utilities. The town will benefit from the ability to plan for future growth.

For more information about the Town of Chandler, please visit TownOfChandler.org. An image of Chandler’s official flag is attached.

 

 

Marah Wood extends hit streak to 10 games in weekend opener

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Aces battle Redbirds in extra innings

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Marah Wood recorded three hits and extended her hit streak to a season-high 10 games on Friday evening when the University of Evansville softball team dropped a 2-1 decision to Illinois State in ten innings at Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James and Dorothy Cooper Stadium.

Wood completed the evening going 3-for-5 at the plate as the Purple Aces registered eight hits on the night.  Hannah Hood added two hits while Lacy Smith, Zoe Frossard and Jess Willsey added one apiece.

Illinois State scored an unearned run in the top of the second before Evansville responded with a run in the bottom of the third.  Marah Wood came through with a 2-out single to score Lacy Smith, who singled earlier in the frame.

Things remained knotted at 1-1 until the top of the 6th when Emme Olson connected on a solo home run to right field to put the Redbirds back on top.  Once again, UE had an answer.  Wood picked up her third hit of the day to reach.  Standing on second with two outs, Wood scored the tying run when Alexa Davis reached on an error.

In the top of the tenth, the Redbirds broke through with a run scoring on an Abby Knight single.  Down to its final chance, the Aces came up just short with ISU clinching the win.

Hannah Ross went the distance, tossing 10 innings for the Redbirds with two runs, one earned scoring.  She fanned 10 batters on the way to her 10th win of the year.  Mikayla Jolly made the start with an unearned run scoring on three hits in four frames.  Megan Brenton threw the final six innings with two runs scoring, one of which was earned.

Tomorrow, the teams match up for the second game of the series at 2 p.m.

Weekly Death Report

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Weekly Death Report March 26 to April 2, 2023

Eagles downed by Cougars, 10-3

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana Baseball had the lead early, but stumbled game one of three at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 10-3, Friday evening at in Edwardsville, Illinois. USI watched its record go to 14-27 overall, 5-11 OVC, while SIUE is 23-18, 6-7 OVC, this spring.
 
USI had the early momentum by jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the opening frame on back-to-back home runs. Sophomore shortstop Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) gave the Eagles the 1-0 lead with his first home run of the season, sending the ball over the right center.
 
USI junior first baseman Tucker Ebest (Austin Texas) followed with his team-best ninth home run of the season to put the Eagles up 2-0.
 
The Eagles’ lead would last until the fourth when the Cougars would add five runs to a first inning tally to take a 6-2 lead. USI closed the gap to 6-3 in the top of the fifth on a RBI-single by junior rightfielder Ren Tachioka (Japan), but that would be a close as the Eagles would come the rest of the game.
 
SIUE sealed USI’s fate with a four run sixth for the eventual 10-3 final.
 
On the mound, junior right-hander Trent Robinson (Louisville, Kentucky) started and took the loss for the Eagles. Robinson (1-2) allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits and four walks, while striking out three in 3.1 innings of work.
 
Up Next for the Eagles:  
The Eagles and the Cougars continue the three-game series at SIUE’s Roy E. Lee Field Saturday at 1 p.m. before concluding the weekend Sunday at 1 p.m.

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