We hope that today’s “READERS FORUMâ€Â will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way? WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?Â
WHATS ON YOUR MIND TODAY?
Todays“Readers Poll†question is:  Do you feel that the City of Evansville is having serious cash flow problems?
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AGENDA
| I. | INTRODUCTION |
Agenda Attachment:
| II. | APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDA |
Memo Attachment:
| III. | REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| IV. | SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY |
| V. | CONSENT AGENDA:Â FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
A. ORDINANCE F-2018-21 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Repeals and Re-Appropriations within the Department of Metropolitan Development Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Kelley Coures, Department of Metropolitan Development F-2018-21 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE F-2018-22 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Repeals and Re-Appropriations within the Department of Metropolitan Development Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Kelley Coures, Department of Metropolitan Development F-2018-22 Attachment:
| VI. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| VII. | REGULAR AGENDA:Â SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS |
A. ORDINANCE G-2018-24 An Ordinance Vacating the 12’ Alleys Lying Within Block Three (3) of the McInnerny Enlargement to the City of Evansville, Indiana Sponsor(s): Robinson Discussion Led By: Public Works Chair Mosby 10/8/2018 Notify: Krista Lockyear, Lockyear Law, LLC G-2018-24 Attachment:
B. ORDINANCE G-2018-25 An Ordinance to Vacate Certain Public Ways Within the City of Evansville, Indiana Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 6 South, Range 10 West of the 2nd PM lying in Knight Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Part of Lot 1 in Schreeder Place and Part of a 15 Foot Wide Alley Lying South of Lots 1 through 4 and North of Lot 62 in Schreeder Place Sponsor(s): Mosby Discussion Led By: Public Works Chair Mosby 10/8/2018 Notify: Craig Miller, Levere Building Corporation of Evansville, Indiana G-2018-25 Attachment:
C. ORDINANCE F-2018-19 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Authorizing Transfers of Appropriations, Additional Appropriations and Repeal and Re-Appropriation of Funds for Various City Funds Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller F-2018-19 Attachment:F-2018-19 Amended Attachment:
D. ORDINANCE F-2018-20 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana, Approving Bonds of the Vanderburgh County Redevelopment District Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Joshua Claybourn, City Council Attorney F-2018-20 Attachment:
E. ORDINANCE G-2018-23 An Ordinance Fixing the Salaries of Every Appointive Officer, Employee, Deputy, Assistant, Departmental and Institutional Head of the City of Evansville and the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Levee Authority for the Year 2019 and Establishing Salary Administration Procedures Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver             10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller G-2018-23 Attachment:
F. ORDINANCE F-2018-18 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana Fixing the Salaries of Elected Officials for the City of Evansville, Indiana for the Year 2019 Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller F-2018-18 Attachment:
G. ORDINANCE F-2018-16 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenditures of Evansville-Vanderburgh Levee Authority District for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2019 Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller F-2018-16 Attachment:
H. ORDINANCE F-2018-17 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Approving and Adopting the 2019 Budget for the Port Authority of Evansville Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller F-2018-17 Attachment:
I. ORDINANCE F-2018-15 An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Evansville, Indiana Appropriating Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenditures of Departments of the City Government for the Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2019 Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Russ Lloyd, Jr., City Controller F-2018-15 Attachment:
| VIII. | RESOLUTION DOCKET |
A. RESOLUTION C-2018-31 A Confirming Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Declaring an Economic Revitalization Area for Property Tax Phase-in for the Construction of Real Property at 6818 Interchange North Road Sponsor(s): Weaver Discussion Led By: Finance Chair Weaver 10/8/2018 Notify: Andrea Lendy, Growth Alliance C-2018-31 Attachment:
| IX. | MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS |
A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, October 22, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
B. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
| X. | COMMITTEE REPORTS |
| XI. | ADJOURNMENT |
By Dionte Coleman
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Department of Child Services reported back to the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary Wednesday about the organization’s changes stemming from the recent annual child fatality report.
The report found that in 2016 abuse and neglect claimed the lives of 59 children in Indiana – most of which were under the age of charges DCS last met with the committee on Sept. 19 to discuss how the agency will implement those changes recommended by an outside agency earlier this year.
Associate Director Todd Meyer said the changes are best for Indiana. They include creating categories of case managers.
“Ideally, the department wants to have case managers that are doing just the necessities, the investigations. Then we would have case managers that are doing the actual casework. Working with the family and children,†Meyer said during committee testimony.
Meyer said most of the responsibilities across the state are shared among caseworkers. Some do the investigations and are actively working with the families to find the resources needed for the child.
The issue with that is the case managers often are overextended because they have many different open assessments on which they’re working.
Meyer proposed that each family case manager should have no more than 13 cases at one time, provided the person isn’t working on an overly complicated case.
“If there is a really complicated case that a family case manager is working, that needs to be factored into the overall number of cases he or she may be working,†he said.
Meyer said DCS is working on having a 1:5 ratio of supervisors to case managers to have proper management of the cases.
Along with addressing the proper management of cases, Meyer also discussed the response time. The agency recommends that the on-sight assessment of a child in danger is started immediately but must take place within four hours.
“There was discussion about this issue at our last meeting together, and we’ve been looking at that,†Meyer said. “We’ve studied what some other states are doing. While their statues may end with a period there, their internal policies break it down much more thoroughly.â€
While the language of the committee’s final recommendation still has yet to be finalized, committee members and DCS representatives both agreed that slight changes concerning reduction in response time to new cases will allow the report to be moved for a final vote.
FOOTNOTE: Dionte Coleman is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
All Pro Dad And Indiana Department Of Child Services Kicked Off Foster Care And Adoption Awareness Campaign
INDIANAPOLIS — All Pro Dad and Indiana Department of Child Services kicked off a foster care and adoption awareness campaign Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
All Pro Dad is a fatherhood program that offers support, tips, and advice to help dads be actively engaged in their children’s lives from Family First, a national nonprofit that helps families.
Tony Dungy, former coach of the Indianapolis Colts and Pro Football Hall of Famer, is the national spokesman for All Pro Dad.
Dungy said that he and his wife stumbled upon the need of adoption and foster families when he was the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early 2000’s as he was helping one of his assistant coaches in the adoption process.
While getting interviewed by the adoption agency about how Dungy would help his assistant coach by moving his hours around, offering childcare and making it easier for the single man becomes a father, Dungy and his wife starting asking the question themselves.
Dungy said the adoption agency told him there was a backlog of African-American and biracial children who need homes.
“That caught me by surprise because everything in my mind, everything I’ve heard was, ‘Oh, it’s so hard to adapt and you have to go to Russia or you have to go to China or there are people on five-year waiting lists,’†Dungy said.
Since then, Dungy and his wife have adopted seven children and became foster parents.
“It started with us getting the message about the need,†Dungy said. “We were probably like so many people just cruising along not knowing that there was a need and that’s what our mission is at All Pro Dad and Family First.â€
Gov. Eric Holcomb said Indiana has more than 15,000 kids in the foster care system and over the past several weeks All Pro Dad has received 455 leads of potential foster families.
“That’s significant,†Holcomb said. “But we’re committed to doing and we must do even more to strengthen that whole foster family care system.â€
Mark Merrill, president of Family First, said the statewide campaign includes advertising on many platforms. All Pro Dad & Kids Experiences to be announced soon will be scheduled for next season with the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana colleges.
The Dad & Kids Experience is held at a team’s practice facility or stadium. Starting in 2002, during the three-hour event, dads and kids rotate through stations and participate in interactive games designed to strengthen their relationships and deliver useful fatherhood tips.
Merrill said the goal of this campaign is to challenge families to adopt or become foster parents.
“We’re going to be getting that message to challenge Hoosiers to just bring one more child into their home,†Merrill said. “To open their hearts and their homes to just one more child.â€
DCS announced $1 million of the $25 million Holcomb awarded the department earlier this year to increase the pay of employees and improve quality of services will help the department recruit new foster parents along with retention and training programs.
The agency also plans to hire 14 additional foster care licensing specialists to help with those efforts and adding a liaison between the agency and foster families across the state.
“We really need more people to make a difference in a child’s life here in Indiana,†said Terry Stigdon, director of the Indiana Department of Child Services. “If you have extra space and love consider becoming a foster parent.â€
The foster care and adoption awareness campaign are supported in part by a grant to DCS from the Lilly Endowment.
For more information on how to become a foster parent, visit AllProDad.com/Foster/Indiana or call 1-833-4IN-KIDS.
“There are no unwanted children. There aren’t,†Stigdon said. “Just unfound families.â€
FOOTNOTE: James Polston is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
Award-Winning Singer Kate Tombaugh To Make Encore Appearance At USI Performance Center
Kate Tombaugh, an award-winning vocalist who has performed professionally with opera companies and symphonies throughout the United States, will present “It Just Takes One,†her acclaimed one-woman theatrical production, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 17 in the University of Southern Indiana Performance Center. Tombaugh’s performance is being sponsored by the USI Foundation in honor of its 50th anniversary and it free and open to students, faculty and the public.
“It Just Takes One†is an entertaining musical that pulls theater-goers into the charming story of a young woman in her twenties struggling to balance a career and social life. One person described Kate’s performance this way: “The show was the perfect combination of vocal talent humor, engaging storyline, and song selection. I didn’t want it to end.†Tombaugh was previously on campus in March to perform “It Just Takes One,†as well as give presentations and conduct masterclasses with USI performing arts students.
Tombaugh trained as a young artist in the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist program and was a Gerdine Artist with Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Resident Artist with Utah Opera. Additionally, she was a Stern Fellow in the LA-based Songfest and performed in the Opera Studio at AIMS in Graz, Austria. She holds a master’s degree in voice performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and bachelor’s degrees in English literature and vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University. Tombaugh is the founder and executive director of the arts nonprofit organization Poco a Poco, which hosts a week-long summer music festival for high school-aged vocalists. She lives in Murray, Kentucky, with her husband, Dr. Steven Weimer, assistant professor of music at Murray State University, and their daughter, Grace.
Reservations are encouraged but not required. For more information or to reserve a seat at no charge, contact Sharon Burks-Maier at 812-465-7149 or sjburksmai@usi.edu.
The University of Southern Indiana will host a presentation by Evansville native and acclaimed journalist Keach Hagey from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 18 in Carter Hall located in University Center West. Hagey’s presentation, “Covering the Content King,†will discuss Viacom chairman and media mogul Sumner Redstone, the intersection of private lives and public markets in family-controlled corporate media, and her journalism career. This event is free and open to the public. After the event, Hagey will sign copies of her new book, The King of Content, published this year by Harper Collins and available for purchase at the event from the USI Campus Store.
Hagey, media reporter at the Wall Street Journal, was part of the team that won a 2016 “Best in Business†award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for their coverage of the power struggle inside Viacom. Before joining the Wall Street Journal, Hagey covered media for Politico, The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, CBSNews.com, and The Village Voice.
Hagey grew up in Evansville, Indiana, and graduated from Evansville Day School. She has a master’s in English literature and bachelor’s degrees in English and French from Stanford University. She currently resides in Irvington, New York with her husband, daughtersand dog.
This event is sponsored by the Romain College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts. For more information, contact Erin Gibson, instructor of journalism, at 812-465-1125Â or emgibson@usi.edu.
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