Vanderburgh County Board of CommissionersÂ
AGENDAÂ
Vanderburgh County Board of CommissionersÂ
October 25, 2022 – 3:00 p.m.Â
Room 301, Civic Center ComplexÂ
1. Call to OrderÂ
2. AttendanceÂ
3. Pledge of AllegianceÂ
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- 4. Action Items A. Engineer 1. United Consulting Supplemental Agreement No. 2: Baseline Road Phase 2Â
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- 2. Right of Way Offers: Oak Hill Road i. Parcel 1: Thomas W. Washburne & Lynne L. WashburneÂ
- ii. Parcel 3: Louis W. WesterÂ
- 3. Goldfinch Cove Street Plan Approval RequestÂ
- 4. Change Orders: Kansas Road Phase 1 Contract No. VC20-05-03 i. Change Order No. 1Â
- ii. Change Order No. 2Â
- 5. Closing Cost Reimbursement: Oak Hill Road Parcel 19 – Christopher & Jennifer ThomasÂ
- 6. Time Extension Request for VC22-05-01 “Resurfacing of County Roads†– Contract is with JH RudolphÂ
- B. Surveyor 1. Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC Professional Services Proposal – Pigeon Creek Corridor Flood Risk Management Plan Phase 2Â
- C. Sheriff’s Office 1. Forensic Building Use Agreement: Hamrick’s Towing & Recovery, LLCÂ
- D. Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Letter of Understanding: Highway Department – Engineering Department & Team Care InsuranceÂ
- E. Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local Union No. 215 Letter of Agreement: Area Plan CommissionÂ
- F. Old Courthouse Lease Agreement: Dax J. Miller d/b/a The Law Offices of Dax J. Miller, LLCÂ
- G. County Employee Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance AgreementsÂ
- 5. Department Head ReportsÂ
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- 6. New Business A. Declaration of “Open Burning Emergencyâ€Â
- 7. Old BusinessÂ
- 8. Consent Items A. Approval of October 11th Board of Commissioners Meeting MinutesÂ
- B. Employment ChangesÂ
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- C. Auditor 1. Claims Voucher Reports i. October 10 – October 14, 2022Â
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- 4. Action Items A. Engineer 1. United Consulting Supplemental Agreement No. 2: Baseline Road Phase 2Â
Drainage Board Immediately FollowingÂ
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- ii. October 17 – October 21, 2022Â
- D. Clerk 1. September 2022 Monthly ReportÂ
- E. Engineer 1. Report & ClaimsÂ
- 2. Pay Request #83: U.S. 41 Expansion T.I.F.Â
- F. Treasurer 1. September 2022 Monthly ReportÂ
- A. Final Reading of Rezoning Ordinance VC-4-2022Â
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9. RezoningÂ
Petitioner: William D. CarnealÂ
Address: 2620 & 2700 S. Green River RoadÂ
Request: Change from C-2 to C-4 with Amended UDCÂ
10. Public CommentÂ
11. AdjournmentÂ
Anthem Blue Cross And Blue Shield Foundation Award $300,000 To Youth First, Inc.
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
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
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 Awardsâ€Â 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. Â 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 Awardâ€Â 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
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.â€
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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