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Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners 

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AGENDA 

Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners 

October 25, 2022 – 3:00 p.m. 

Room 301, Civic Center Complex 

1. Call to Order 

2. Attendance 

3. Pledge of Allegiance 

    1. 4. Action Items A. Engineer 1. United Consulting Supplemental Agreement No. 2: Baseline Road Phase 2 
        1. 2. Right of Way Offers: Oak Hill Road i. Parcel 1: Thomas W. Washburne & Lynne L. Washburne 
        2. ii. Parcel 3: Louis W. Wester 
        4. 3. Goldfinch Cove Street Plan Approval Request 
        5. 4. Change Orders: Kansas Road Phase 1 Contract No. VC20-05-03 i. Change Order No. 1 
        6. ii. Change Order No. 2 
        8. 5. Closing Cost Reimbursement: Oak Hill Road Parcel 19 – Christopher & Jennifer Thomas 
        9. 6. Time Extension Request for VC22-05-01 “Resurfacing of County Roads” – Contract is with JH Rudolph 
        11. B. Surveyor 1. Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC Professional Services Proposal – Pigeon Creek Corridor Flood Risk Management Plan Phase 2 
        13. C. Sheriff’s Office 1. Forensic Building Use Agreement: Hamrick’s Towing & Recovery, LLC 
        15. D. Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Letter of Understanding: Highway Department – Engineering Department & Team Care Insurance 
        16. E. Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Letter of Agreement: Area Plan Commission 
        17. F. Old Courthouse Lease Agreement: Dax J. Miller d/b/a The Law Offices of Dax J. Miller, LLC 
        18. G. County Employee Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Agreements 
        20. 5. Department Head Reports 
    2. 6. New Business A. Declaration of “Open Burning Emergency” 
    4. 7. Old Business 
    5. 8. Consent Items A. Approval of October 11th Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes 
    6. B. Employment Changes 
        1. C. Auditor 1. Claims Voucher Reports i. October 10 – October 14, 2022 

Drainage Board Immediately Following 

        1. ii. October 17 – October 21, 2022 
        4. D. Clerk 1. September 2022 Monthly Report 
        6. E. Engineer 1. Report & Claims 
        7. 2. Pay Request #83: U.S. 41 Expansion T.I.F. 
        9. F. Treasurer 1. September 2022 Monthly Report 
        11. A. Final Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-4-2022 

9. Rezoning 

Petitioner: William D. Carneal 

Address: 2620 & 2700 S. Green River Road 

Request: Change from C-2 to C-4 with Amended UDC 

10. Public Comment 

11. Adjournment 

Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield Foundation Award $300,000 To Youth First, Inc.

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation to Award $300,000 to Youth First, Inc. For Multi-Year Gift to Provide Mental Health Support for Indiana Students

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation is investing in mental health support for Indiana youth. The organization will award a gift of $100,000 per year for three years to Youth First, Inc. to strengthen the mental health and well-being of Indiana students.

The check presentation will be held on Monday, October 24, at 5:30 pm CT, during the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s School Board meeting at the EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN. The media is invited to attend.

This significant gift from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, along with funding from other sources, will enable Youth First to provide school-based social work services and prevention programs in their 12-county footprint, which includes Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Lawrence, Martin, Morgan, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties.

The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation strives to improve the health of humanity by addressing health inequalities and strengthening communities across Indiana.

Youth First is addressing the growing need for mental health support in school buildings, partnering with 110 schools across 12 Indiana counties to embed skilled social workers, where they become specialized mentors for students and prevention coaches for parents and teachers. Youth First Social Workers build caring relationships, promote healthy choices, foster readiness for positive change, and boost resiliency along with other valuable life skills. There are 32 Youth First Social Workers serving 32 schools in the EVSC.

USI MEN’S SOCCER TEAM RETURNS HOME

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer returns home to Strassweg Field this week as they welcome in Western Illinois University on Wednesay, October 26, with a 7pm kickoff. This is the first of the Screaming Eagles final two home matches of the season. USI will host St. Thomas University in the home finale on November 2 at 2pm.

The Eagles defense played well against Lindenwood University through the first 45 minutes of the match on Sunday. But after losing a key piece in their midfield in freshman Will Kirchhofer (Fishers, Indiana), after he was sent off after receiving his second yellow card of the day, just a few minutes into the second half the Eagles couldn’t hold off the Lions any longer. Lindenwood would go on to score back-to-back goals just a minute and 15 seconds a part to take down the Eagles 2-0. USI was outshot 18-9 in the match and had nine different players finish with a shot attempt. This was the seventh straight game allowing double-digit shot attempts and fourth straight allowing 18 or more.

The USI offense has struggled this season to put the ball into the back of the net. The team has scored just 10 goals this season and has gone back-to-back games without scoring a goal for the second time this season. The Eagles have only put-up multiple goals twice this season, once when they were ahead on Norther Kentucky University before allowing three goals and once against Eastern Illinois University when they came from behind to earn their first win of the year. The USI offense has also struggled to get shots off as well. It wasn’t until their last match against Lindenwood that the team got over 100 shots on the season, and they have only managed double-digit shots three times this season. There are only two players with double-digit shots on the season junior Zach Barton (St. Louis, Missouri) with 19 and freshman Ednilson Voiles (Jeremie, Haiti) with 10, but they have a combined two goals. The Eagles have three players leading the team in goals as graduate Nick Faddis (St. Louis, Missouri), senior Ryan Nevins (St. Peters, Missouri), and sophomore Sam Benoist (Foristell, Missouri) all have two goals apiece.

It was looking like the USI defense was starting to come together and find its place. Going a streak of seven games allowing two goals or less. The Eagles have been involved in every one of these games, two of them resulting in draws and one resulting in a win. One of the two draws even came in a shutout against crosstown rival University of Evansville. Since that streak ended the Eagles have been outscored 12-1 in their last three matches. In those matches, junior goalkeeper Alec Meissner (St. Charles, Missouri) has faced 66 shots and made 19 saves.

Head Coach Mat Santoro has been very consistent with his starting lineups this season. In the teams 14 matches this season eight outfield players have started double-digit matches for the team. Only four of those outfield players have started in every match they have played. Senior Colten Walsh (St. Louis, Missouri), Faddis, and Kirchhofer have all started every math for the Eagles this season while Voiles has played and started in 13 matches, missing the Chicago State match.

Summit League
Summit League play continued this week with four games across the two days. The University of Missouri-Kansas City took down Eastern Illinois 1-0 in Charleston, Illinois. Western Illinois vaulted their way up the Summit League standings with a win over St. Thomas, 1-0. In a battle between teams at the top of the conference, Oral Roberts University took down the University of Nebraska Omaha, 1-0. Lindenwood was victorious on Sunday over USI, 2-0. Conference play continues on Wednesday as USI hosts Western Illinois and Omaha hosts Lindenwood. The week finishes off on Saturday with four conference matches throughout the day. With the early kickoff the University of Denver heads to Eastern Illinois while Lindenwood travels to St. Thomas. Western Illinois hosts Oral Roberts for an afternoon kickoff. Omaha and UMKC finish of the day with a nightcap in Kansas City, Missouri.

Western Illinois Leathernecks
Western Illinois comes into the match with USI with a 2-6-6, 2-1-2 Summit League, record after beating St. Thomas on Saturday 1-0. The Leathernecks are on a four-match unbeaten streak. Muazu Sagir and Kyle Owen both lead the team with three goals each while Sagir leads the team in assists as well with four. Arian Mehrang ledas with 23 shots on the year while Sofian Maghouz has nine shots on goal. Alex Flowers has started every match in net for Western Illinois and has allowed 18 goals and mad 56 saves while facing 182 shots. The Leathernecks are being outscored 18-13 this year while also being outshot 182-154. Western Illinois currently sits fifth in the Summit League with three matches left. They will host Oral Roberts and travel to Denver to finish their season.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ROBERT J. PIGMAN HONORED BY THE CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER

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SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ROBERT J. PIGMAN SELECTED AS A 2022 CCO “COMMUNITY SERVICE” AWARD WINNER

OCTOBER 23, 2022

EVANSVILLE – On November 3, 2022, community leaders will gather at BALLY’S to observe the City-County Observer bestowing several “Community Service Awards” to deserving individuals who are well-known and highly respected community leaders and volunteers.

It is with extreme pleasure and pride that we announce that our third deserving City-County Observer “Community Service Award” winner for 2022 is the Honorable Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Robert J. Pigman.

Judge Robert J. Pigman graduated from Indiana State University of Evansville in 1974, summa cum laude. He graduated from Indiana University of Law Bloomington in 1977 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude. Awarded the Order of the Coif.

He practiced law in Evansville, Indiana since June 1977.  He was admitted to the Indiana Bar, and to practice before the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 1977.  His private practice has consisted of trial work in State and Federal courts, and litigation at the appellate level, including a wide variety of litigation issues. He was a partner in the law firm of Berger and Berger from January 1, 1994, through December 31, 1998.

He was a part-time Prosecuting Attorney for Vanderburgh County.  Judge Pigman served as the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor from January 1, 1983, through December 31, 1990.

Robert J. Pigman is currently a judge for the Superior Court of Vanderburgh County. He was first elected in 1998.  Judge Pigman successfully ran for re-election in the general election in November 2016.  He is currently running for his third term unopposed.  Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Pigman enjoys an impeccable reputation in this elected position.

Judge Pigman was an Adjunct Professor of Political Science, teaching Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Southern Indiana from 1996 to 2010.

Judge Pigman was a member of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association 1983-1990; Board of Directors of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association 1987-1989; Member of the Ethics Committee of Prosecuting Attorney’s Association 1985-1990; Evansville Bar Association, Former member of Brooks Inns of Court Criminal Benchbook Committee of Indiana Judicial Center.

Judge Pigman is married to Debra Maurer and they have three children, Jessica, Jared, and Jennifer.

Last year’s “Community Service Awards” winners were: Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke who was presented with the Inaugural “Person of the Year Award.”  Other 2021 “Community Service Awards” honorees were: Charles L. Berger-At-Attorney, State Senator Vaneta Becker, City Councilman Ales Burton, retired County Treasurer, and County Clerk- Susan Kirk, retired Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Rich D’Amour, and Community Volunteer- Lisa Rhyand Vaughn.

The City-County Observer recently announced our first two deserving “Community Service Award” winners for 2022.  They are Sue Schriber a highly respected and well-known teacher, community leader, and beloved community volunteer, and Joe Kiefer a highly regarded Realestate executive, community leader, and a member of the Vanderburgh County Council.

This year’s event Master of Ceremonies will be the Memorial Baptist Church mega preacher and publisher of “Our Times” newspaper, Dr. Adrian Brooks.

The keynote speaker for the event will be the highly regarded John Krull, Director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and Publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

Over the next several weeks we will be announcing the remaining “City-County Observer Community Service Award” winner and our Second Annual “Person Of The Year” winner for 2022.

This year’s awards luncheon will be held at Bally’s (Evansville) in Walnut rooms A and B.  Registration begins at 11:30 am, and the event will officially start at 12 noon on November 3, 2022.

Reservations and additional details concerning this most worthy community event may be obtained by calling Dee Ramirez at 812-774-1233. The deadline for registration is October 25, 2022. Last year’s event was a sellout.

For the last 10 years, this “Awards Luncheon” was totally sold out.

RAY McCORMICK CALL FOR TERM LIMITS

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Ray McCormick, the Democrat candidate for Eighth Congressional District in Indiana, is calling for a constitutional amendment limiting U.S. congressmen to five terms and U.S. senators to two terms.

Currently, there are no term limits on these offices.

McCormick, a farmer from southern Knox County, faces Republican incumbent Larry Bucshon in the general election. Bucshon is seeking a seventh term.

“What I’m advocating is a 10-year limit in the House and a 12-year limit in the Senate. There are a lot of congressmen supporting that … a lot of people support that,” he said.

Having a term limits of 10 years would not affect most people that serve in Congress, he stated in a news release. “It only affects those career politicians that have been in office for over a decade.”

Term limits “will level the playing field and bring new blood and fresh ideas,” McCormick stated.

Term limits are supported by both of Indiana’s U.S. senators and several Congressmen, he said. More than 80 U.S. congressman have co-sponsored legislation calling for term limits, he said.

The Constitution does not set how long a congressman or senator can serve, McCormick said. Any change requires a constitutional amendment approved by 2/3 of the Congress and ratified by 75% of the states.

Virtual Author Talk: Kate Quinn

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The City Of Evansville 2022 Redistrict Analysis By Precinct

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This analysis City Council districts by precinct. It shows G-2022-20 (Heronemus – Main Street Communciations) proposed redistrict new Wards and uses 2019 vote totals.  2019 actual and 2015 actual columns shown to the right.  Color coded for party.

The Redistrict Plan G-2020-20 (Heronemus) by Main Street Communications increases Democrat voters in Ward 1 (+0.4%), Ward 2 (+5.7%), Ward 3 (+0.7%) and Ward 6 (+2.5%) based on 2019 actual vote.  Democrat voters decrease in Ward 4 (-5.7%) and Republican voters increase in Ward 5 (+0.6%) compared to 2019.  Basically it gives 2 W1 GOP precincts to W5, takes Demo precincts from W4 gives to W2, W3 and W6. W2 becomes Democrat downtown & SE Ward.

W3 more Dem w/ downtown section. W4 stretched out to NW side up to Pigeon Creek, no longer concentrated downtown. W2 much more Democrat. Runs W5 to Warrick Co. line. W6 goes into downtown, historic area & Haynie’s corner.

ATTACHED BELOW IS THE LINK OF REDISTRICTING ANALYIS

City of Evansville 2019 General Election 2022 Redistrict Analysis

USI Women’s And Chamber Choirs To Perform Fall Semester Concert

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The University of Southern Indiana Women’s and Chamber Choirs will perform their Fall 2022 Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, October 30 in the second Floor Reading Room of David L. Rice Library. The concert will feature music by Karl Jenkens, Marques, L. A. Garrett, Victor Johnson, Dan Forrest, Jussi Chydenius, Amanda Quist, Gwyneth Walker, Elizabeth Alexander, Daniel Craig and others. Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and the concert is open to the public at no charge.

“This is a lovely concert of music by modern, living composers who are making a genuine contribution to the choral art,” says Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music. “The concert will feature music fitting for a cathedral space along with pieces that speak to the complexities of love and peace in a rapidly changing world.”

The USI Women’s Choir is an auditioned group specializing in the performance of women’s choral music from every period of music history. The Women’s Choir was founded in 1995 as a mixed voice group but was changed to the current format in 1999 to offer a different type of choral music to the University community. The Women’s Choir performs a concert at the conclusion of each semester and tours to local high schools to perform when academic schedules allow. Membership is open to all women who are interested in creating eclectic music in an artistic environment.

The USI Chamber Choir was established in 1996 as a part of the continual growth of music at the University of Southern Indiana. Made up of students from all disciplines of study, the USI Chamber Choir promotes the quality performance of exquisite choral music in an artistic setting. The repertory of this ensemble ranges from Medieval Carols and secular pieces to more contemporary settings of liturgical and secular choral music.

THE WEEKLY SCOOPS IN INDIANA ARTS

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Two Talks: Sampson Levingston Shares Indiana History Through2Eyes

Excerpt of an article by Cory Cathcart, PATTERN

Indiana is full of rich history that spans many different cultures. Sampson Levingston is delivering these histories through different perspectives and stories. His brand, Through2Eyes, run by Levingston himself and Hanna Leach, hosts Walk And Talk tours, Hawk And Talks at schools, and speaking engagements at events like fundraisers and retreats.

Levingston has an energy that can make anyone excited about history. He leads with enthusiasm and a curious attitude that will lure in anyone. Recently, Levingston partnered up with Sofar Sounds and the Skyline Club. He gave a brief tour of the avenue followed by a social hour before the musicians started. Be on the lookout for more events like this! He will also kick off his first year of Walktober—a tour of Irvington’s best houses for the spooky season on October 27th. Want to know how Walk And Talks started and how he keeps a class full of elementary students excited about history?

Read the Q&A.

$25,000 grant will fund the downtown Greenfield mural, and community members will have the chance to help paint it

Excerpt from an article by Shelley Swift, Daily Reporter

Community members will get the chance to help create a mural in downtown Greenfield next spring.

The Hancock County Community Foundation recently awarded a $25,000 Ignite grant to Greenfield Main Street to create the mural, which will go on the east side of the Ford’s Floor Covering shop at 209 W. Main St.

The wall faces the auxiliary parking lot for Bradley United Methodist Church — on the southwest corner of Pennsylvania and Main Streets.

“The community mural process will allow the entire community to have a hand in creating a piece of artwork,” said Katie Ottinger, the foundation’s community investment and grants officer.

The community will help select the design and have the chance to paint sections of the mural through a paint-by-numbers process, she said.

Local artist and Greenfield-Central High School art teacher Lisa Sears will provide multiple design options and community members will vote on their favorite design via a social media poll. Once a design is chosen, Sears will project the selected design on the side of the building and help community members paint it in, section by section.

“I love that anyone can be a part of making this space beautiful,” said Sears, who has done a number of murals throughout the greater Indianapolis area, both public and private.

Read the full story.

children sitting at round table drawing with teacher watching

Image Courtesy of Anastasia Shuraeva, Pexels

Showing Art Students The Value Of Problem Solving

Excerpt from an article by David Percival, National Art Education Association

Creating art isn’t the place to go if you have a problem-solving problem. It seems to be a never-ending process of attempting to bring something new into the world and not messing up and creating mud instead.

A teacher has to make sure the students see the value in being able to solve problems and there is help.

The Fundamentals

Young people are of course constantly learning the basics of survival and being part of a community. As they study and apply what they’re learning in art, they’ll run into one problem after another.

This has to be handled as soon as possible because problem-solving skills will be needed just to survive. With art, you’re working with materials and techniques that are messy, somewhat dangerous, and expensive.

Read the full article.

Arts Commission seeks applications from artists for business training workshops, fellowship

(INDIANAPOLIS) The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) is now accepting applications for the 2023 On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program. On-Ramp is a program for artists and creative entrepreneurs seeking training and resources around establishing or supporting an arts-based business in Indiana. 

Designed by Elaine Grogan Luttrull of Minerva Financial Arts, On-Ramp focuses on ten key business concepts for a successful creative career including defining value, business structure, identifying and marketing to customers, pricing strategy, marketing strategy, managing expenses and generating revenue, taxes, and planning. 

The On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator is comprised of a three-day in-person intensive entrepreneurship and community engagement workshop and the opportunity to apply for up to $2,000 in fellowship funding to put the training into action. The 2023 On-Ramp workshop will be May 10-12, 2023, in Columbus, Indiana.  

Read the full press release.

My Community My Vision Placemaking Program

My Community, My Vision (MCMV) is a youth-driven placemaking partnership between the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) and Patronicity. While the program was launched in 2016, IHCDA is re-introducing the program in 2022 following the Covid-19 pandemic with a new vision for connecting young people in Indiana to the places they live and allowing them the opportunity to make a positive impact in their communities. The deadline to apply is November 7th. Learn more.

Dates and opportunities to keep an eye on:

Job Opportunities:

CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER TO LAUNCH THE “LOCAL FAVORITES” AWARDS

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CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER TO LAUNCH THE “LOCAL FAVORITES” AWARDS

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The CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER is proud to announce that we are planning to launch a “LOCAL FAVORITES” award in order to recognize the most outstanding local and home owned businesses in our community sometime in April 2022.

The “Local Favorites” categories will be chosen by a group of anonymous individuals.

We will be using our “Readers Poll” as the catalyst to determine the final winner in each category.  Some categories will have anywhere from three (3) to five (5) businesses for our readers to choose from.

Our “Readers Poll” will allow our subscribers three (3) business days to select their City-County Observer “LOCAL FAVORITES” winners in each category.

Our anonymous panel will be meeting in the near future to select the categories for the 2022 CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER “FIRST ANNUAL LOCAL FAVORITES” contest.

Finally, after our panel meets we will publicly announce the categories and the nominees of the 2022 CITY-COUNTY OBSERVER “LOCAL FAVORITES” and the voting will start a week later.

 

 

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