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VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA

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AGENDA Of The VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL

For OCTOBER 30, 2019 PERSONNEL AND FINANCE MEETING

OPENING OF MEETING

  1. ATTENDANCE ROLL CALL
  2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. INVOCATION
  4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
    1. (A)  County Council October 2, 2019
    2. (B)  Budget Adoption October 2, 2019
  5. PERSONNEL REQUESTS:

(A) Assessor

ROOM 301

  1. Request to fill vacancy for Information Technology/GIS Supervisor 10001090-109118
  2. Request to fill vacancy for Real Estate Deputy Residential II 10001090-109144
  3. Request to fill vacancy for Real Estate Deputy Residential II 10001090-109153
  1. (B)  Health Department
    1. Request to fill vacancy for Administrative Aide 11590000-115944
    2. Request to fill vacancies for two Part time Administrative Aides 11590000-199000
  2. (C)  Health Department- WIC
    1. Request to fill vacancy for part-time Health Educator 84030000-199000
    2. Request to fill vacancy for Health Educator 84030000-840311
    3. Request to fill vacancy for Administrative Aide 84030000-840321
  1. APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE:
    1. (A)  Tourism Capital Improvement
    2. (B)  Convention Center Operating
  2. TRANSFERS:
    1. (A)  Clerk
    2. (B)  Surveyor
    3. (C)  Area Plan Commission
    4. (D)  Jail
    5. (E)  Superior Court (2)
  3. REPEAL:
  4. OLD BUSINESS: None
  5. NEW BUSINESS:
    (A) Personnel Administration Committee

(C) General Fund Reserve (D) COIT – Superior Court

(F) Cumulative Bridge (3) (G) Health Department
(H) Local Roads and Streets (I) Highway (2)

(J) Circuit Court – Supplemental Adult Probation

(1) Assessor
(a) Supervisor Real Estate Department 10001090-109137 (b) Supervisor Commercial Department 10001090-109151 (c) Supervisor Residential Department 10001090-109160

(2) Burdette Park
(a) Manager 10001450-145111

(B) Jail Expansion Presentation

  1. AMENDMENTS TO SALARY ORDINANCE (A) County Assessor
    (B) Health Department
    (C) Health Department/WIC
  2. PUBLIC COMMENT
  3. REMINDER NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: NOVEMBER 6, 2019 8:30 A.M. ROOM 301NEXT PERSONNEL AND FINANCE MEETING NOVEMBER 27, 2019 3:30 P.M. ROOM 301

15. ADJOURNMENT

Red denotes Personnel and Finance meeting

Blue denotes County Council meeting

Indiana Businesses Adapt To Lack Of Skilled Job Applicants, Survey Shows

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Indiana Businesses Adapt To Lack Of Skilled Job Applicants, Survey Shows

October 29, 2019   Posted by 

By Brandon Barger
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—Businesses across the state are hiring under-qualified people or reassigning work duties to make up for the lack of applicants for their open jobs, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce has reported.

Those are the strategies businesses are using to adapt to the ongoing shortage of qualified applicants, the chamber reported as it released its 12th annual employer workforce survey. The survey had responses from more than 1,000 businesses in 89 of the state’s 92 counties.

“We started it (the survey) because back then, and even more so now, workforce issues are increasingly important and challenging for employers so we wanted to get their opinions that would help us guide our programming,” said Kevin Brinegar, president, and CEO of the Indiana Chamber.

 

Of the companies that responded to the survey, 49% reported that they had jobs that had been left unfilled.  This is down from a year ago when it was at 51% and was the number one challenge for companies.

However, Brinegar said that there were other factors that concerned the businesses that responded to the survey.

“We speculate that other things, like trade, tariffs, and foreign competition were the more important issues,” Brinegar said.

The chamber is also reporting that there is a decrease in companies reporting workforce or talent needs as a primary challenge. Last year, 33% of the responding companies reported that as a challenge compared to 12% this year.

Brinegar said that it was interesting to see the correlation between companies who didn’t report problems with talent needs and companies who did report that challenge.

Brinegar said that the businesses that didn’t report issues meeting their talent needs to be tended to be plugged into post-secondary educations for training and education, but “the ones who said that they were still challenged in finding the people that they need also responded that they didn’t use these programs.”

A quarter of the companies said they are assigning duties and responsibilities internally compared to 18% a year ago and 23% are hiring underqualified applicants compared to only 11% two years earlier. Nearly three-quarters said they are open to hiring people with fewer skills and education and then train them on the job.

The survey also showed that 44% of companies are starting to look at skills other than education level when evaluating job applicants.

“I’m seeing resumes of college students, or recent college graduates who during their time in college have had not one but multiple internships or work and learn experiences,” Brinegar said.

The survey also found that employers cite bigger challenges with attracting employees than training or keeping them. Forty percent of employers believe applicants are not attracted to the community where the companies are located, which Brinegar said: “underscores the quality of the place.”

Brinegar says that the future involves more automation of the lower, entry-level jobs which means “higher and higher demand for greater skills.”

The full survey results are available here.

FOOTNOTE: Brandon Barger is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalists.

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September Revenues Significantly Higher Than Expected

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September Revenues Significantly Higher Than Expected

October 21, 2019, Posted by 

By Brynna Sentel
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Budget Agency has reported that in September the state took in $1.7 billion, or an increase of 6.3% year-over-year.

Collections from sales and use, individual income and corporate taxes plus other revenue sources such as insurance and interest propelled the general fund above estimates. The revenues are also higher compared to the prior month and year-over-year, the agency reported.

General fund revenue is $91.1 million, or 5.6%, higher than estimated in the April 17 revised revenue forecast.

The year-to-date general fund collections totaled $3.9 billion, which is $151.7 million or 4% above the revised revenue forecast, and $113.2 million, or 2.9% above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.

The agency reported that September is a high revenue activity month but most revenue collections are projected to come in between the months of December and June.

Although revenue from gasoline tax came in slightly below estimates, sales tax collections totaled $710.6 million, which is $33.9 million or 5% above the forecast and $52.7 million, or 8%, more than September last year.

Sales tax collections year-to-date totaled about $2.1 billion, which is $55.3 million or 2.7% above the estimate, and $81 million, or 4.1% above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Individual income tax revenue totaled $683.7 million, which is $40.7 million, 6.3% above estimated, and $55.2 million, or 8.8% higher than this time last year.

Year-to-date individual tax collections totaled $1.4 billion, which is $52.9 million or 3.8% above the estimate and $8.5 million, or 0.6% above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Corporate tax collections totaled $186.8 million. Although this was $17.2 million or 8.4% below revenue in September 2018, it was still $0.9 million, or 0.5% above the estimate.

Year-to-date corporate tax collections totaled $196.7 million, which is $24.1 million or 1% above the estimate and $15 million, or 8.3% above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.

Brynna Sentel is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

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NOVEMBER- 2019 NEW HARMONY GAZETTE

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NOVEMBER- 2019 NEW HARMONY GAZETTE

New Harmony Gazette November 2019

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE

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Eagles Look To Finish Strong At Home​​​​​​​

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team hope to finish strong when it wraps ups up the 2019 regular season at home this weekend. The Screaming Eagles start the regular season-ending homestand with Maryville University Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and conclude it with Missouri University of Science and Technology Sunday at 2:30 p.m. for Senior Day.

The eight USI seniors – defender Markus Poulson; midfielder Sean Rickey; defender Jonathan Faas; defender Drew Albert; forward Eric Ramirez; defender Adam Newman; midfielder Adam Becker; and midfielder Morgan Kelly –  will be honored prior to the start of the game Sunday. Match coverage can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.

Week 9 Eagle Notes: 

USI surpass .500 mark: The Screaming Eagles surpassed the .500 for the first time this season after sweeping both ends of their road trip, defeating Truman State University, 4-1, and Quincy University, 2-1. USI senior defender Drew Albert led the Eagles with a pair of goals, including the game-winner at Quincy, and senior midfielder Sean Rickey, who had a goal, including the game-winner at Truman State, and two assists, during the road trip

Season-best winning streak: USI has won four-straight games, marking the best winning streak of the season. The Eagles also have won seven of its last 10 matches, going 7-2-1.

In the GLVC: The Eagles start this week’s action tied for fifth in the GLVC standings with Lindenwood University, 1.5 games behind fourth-place University of Indianapolis. USI also leads seventh-place Drury University (8-6-2, 6-5-2 GLVC) by one game. The top eight teams qualify for the GLVC Tournament with the top four earning the right to host a first round match.

Season leaders: USI is led in scoring by senior midfielder Sean Rickey with 16 points on five goals and a team-best six assists, while senior forward Eric Ramirez has 14 points on five goals and four assists.

Career scoring leaders: USI senior midfielder Sean Rickey and senior forward Eric Ramirez are climbing up the Eagles’ all-time leader boards. Ramirez tied Chris King (1987-90) for fifth all-time with 29 goals and is ninth all-time with 69 points. Rickey is tied for sixth all-time with Matt Settles (2000-03) in assists (20) and all-time in points (74), while ranking ninth in goals scored (27).

Between the posts: Junior goalkeeper Justin Faas has a 0.86 goals against average this fall. He has a 7-1-3 record overall and four shutouts.

The Saints in 2019: The Saints of Maryville are 12-2-2 overall and 9-2-2 in the GLVC after going 1-0-1 in last week’s road swing. They tied Bellarmine University on the road, 1-1, in double-overtime before defeating the University of Indianapolis, 1-0. The Saints are 2-0-2 in their last four games

USI versus Maryville: USI leads the all-time series with Maryville, 9-2-1, after a 2-1 victory last year Strassweg Field on goals by senior midfielder Justin Brooks and senior defender Drew Albert. Overall, the Eagles are 8-1-1 against the Saints since 2010.

The Miners in 2019: The Miners of Missouri S&T, who visit McKendree University Friday before coming to play the Eagles Sunday, are 5-8-2 overall and 4-7-2 in the GLVC. The Miners have lost their last three matches, two in overtime.

USI versus Miners: The Eagles trail the all-time series with Missouri S&T, 15-11-3, after posting a 2-0 win last fall in Rolla, Missouri, on goals by senior midfielder Sean Rickey. USI also posted a win over the Miners in 2017 that broke a nine-match winless streak.

Santoro begins his 11th year: USI Head Coach Mat Santoro has a 95-79-21 overall record at the helm. Santoro has guided the Eagles to a pair of NCAA II Tournament appearances; the 2018 GLVC regular season crown, and five GLVC Tournament appearances during his tenure.

AG Curtis Hill to host 10th Annual Drug Abuse Symposium

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Attorney General Curtis Hill will host the 10th Annual Drug Abuse Symposium in Noblesville.

WHO: Keynote speakers are author/journalist Alex Berenson; Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush; Dr. Wilson Compton of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. Breakout sessions include dozens of different organizations and individuals with expertise in various topics related to drug abuse.

WHAT: 10th Annual Drug Abuse Symposium

WHERE: Embassy Suites Noblesville, 13700 Conference Center Drive, South Dr., Noblesville, IN 46060

WHEN: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., October 29-30, 2019.

UE Launches Early Start Education Program For High School Juniors And Seniors

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The University of Evansville has launched an Early Start Education Program that will enable high school juniors and seniors to earn college credit. Prior to their graduation from high school, students in the program will be able to complete up to five required courses for an education degree at UE and receive the Early Start Education Program Certificate.

Coursework will include classes in education, psychology, and the health sciences. Students who decide not to pursue an education degree after enrolling at UE can choose another major while still retaining the credits. Several of these courses are required for other majors at UE.

“The program has many benefits to participating students,” said Sharon Gieselmann, chair of UE’s School of Education. “It will reduce heavy class loads, allow students in the program to potentially complete their education degree at UE in just three and a half years, and enable study abroad.”

Beginning in the Spring of 2020, classes will be available at $125 per credit hour. All classes are offered in a convenient online format, making it easy for high school students to get an early start on their college education.

“This is a smart investment for students and their families,” said Gieselman.

UE also has a number of other programs in place to address the need for well-prepared, motivated professional teachers. These programs include the Teaching Fellows Scholarship, Transition to Teaching licensure program, Accelerated Elementary Education Degree program, Ivy Tech articulation agreement, and reduced tuition for transfer students in education.

For more information, contact the School of Education at education@evansville.edu or by phone at 812-488-2368.

View Online: http://evansville.meritpages.com/news/UE-Launches-Early-Start-Education-Program-for-High-School-Juniors-and-Seniors/12162

Methylene Chloride Draft Risk Evaluation Available for Public and Scientific Review

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EPA is asking for public input on a draft risk evaluation of more than 70 uses of Methylene Chloride (MC), including commercial paint and coating removal, consumer adhesives, sealants, degreasers, cleaners and automobile care products. This is the next step in a process outlined by the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to review the risks associated with uses of MC—a process that is designed to thoroughly evaluate the available science before taking action to manage the risk associated with the use of the chemical. Methylene chloride is the fifth of the first ten chemicals to undergo risk evaluation under the amended TSCA.

The draft risk evaluation is not a final agency action. The draft risk evaluation represents the agency’s initial review of the scientific data on these chemicals and will be peer reviewed by independent, scientific experts as well as open to public comment. EPA will use feedback received from the peer review and public comment process to inform the final risk evaluation and will provide frequent updates on the agency’s progress through this process. If EPA’s final risk evaluation finds there are adverse health risks associated with this chemical under any of the specific conditions of use, the agency will propose actions to address those risks within the timeframe required by TSCA. EPA’s actions could include proposed regulations to prohibit or limit the manufacture, processing, distribution in the marketplace, use, or disposal of this chemical, as applicable.

The draft risk evaluation for MC discusses how workers, occupational non-users, consumers, and bystanders could be adversely affected by MC under certain conditions of use. As with any chemical product, EPA strongly recommends that users carefully follow all instructions on the product’s label.

EPA will accept comments on the draft risk evaluation until December 30, 2019 in docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0437 on regulations.gov. EPA will also hold a peer review meeting of EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) on the draft risk evaluation for this chemical’s conditions of use on December 3-4, 2019. The peer review meeting is open to the public to attend and provide comments.

St. Vincent Evansville Birth Announcements October 30, 2019

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Ashley and Ben Lingafelter, Evansville, daughter, Beckett Marie, October 18

Jacqueline Annin and Cody Lightfoot, Evansville, daughter, Veronica Renee, October 21

Kailey and Grant Cohen, Newburgh, son, Reece Everett, October 21

Samantha and Matthew Willhite, Henderson, KY, daughter, Hunter Layne, October 21

Wodrin Malachi and Eddie Pineda, Evansville, daughter, Erin, October 22

Madison Schenk and Eugene Schmitt, Poseyville, IN, son, Hutson Alan, October 22

Brittani and Robert Garwood, Evansville, son, Lincoln Edward, October 22

Heather and Gordon Ditzer, Evansville, son, Malachi Lewis, October 23

Kayna and Sam Turner, Evansville, daughter, Josie Kay, October 24

Brittney and Matthew Carter, Cannelton, IN, daughter, Brynn Olivia, October 25

Jazzma and Vontavious Brewer, Evansville, son, Amos Elijah, October 25

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