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Vanderburgh County Council Agenda
AGENDA
VANDERBURGH COUNTY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 1, 2017
3:30 P.M.
ROOM 301
- APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE: (A) AUDITOR(B) RECORDER
(C) CIRCUIT COURT - REPEAL:
(A) SUPERIOR COURT - TRANSFERS:
(A) SUPERIOR COURT
- OLD BUSINESS:
(A) MARK UHRIN/IT UPDATE - NEW BUSINESS:
(D) JAIL BOND
(E) COUNTY COUNCIL/COIT
(B) COUNTY COUNCIL (B)
(A)
TRAVEL REQUESTS: 1. AUDITOR
- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (2)
- COUNTY ENGINEER (3)
- HEALTH DEPARTMENT (3)
(B)
12. AMENDMENTS TO SALARY ORDINANCE:
RESOLUTION ON HIRING FREEZE
(A) CLERK (2)
(B) AUDITOR
(C) RECORDER
(D) PROSECUTOR (2) (E) JAIL
(F) PUBLIC DEFENDER
(G) HEALTH DEPARTMENT
(H) HEALTH DEPARTMENT/WIC
(I) HEALTH DEPARTMENT/IMMUNIZATIONS
(J) HEALTH DEPARTMENT/BABY, ME & TOBACCO FREE
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- REMINDER NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: February 22, 2017 @ 3:30 p.m.
- ADJOURNMENT
Red denotes Personnel and Finance meeting
Blue denotes County Council meeting
Adopt A Pet
Fluffer & Oreo – Fluffer & Oreo are a bonded pair of 4-year-old male bunnies. They must go to their new indoor-only home together. Fluffer is the American breed (gray) and Oreo is a mini Rex (black & white.) The adoption fee is $60 for both. They are both neutered (no spraying!) and their fee includes a cardboard carrier to get them home safely, too! Contact the Vanderburgh Humane Society at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.orgfor details!
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Evansville Police Department, Citizens Academy
The Evansville Police Department is inviting the public to be a part of the Citizen’s Academy. The Spring session is 10 weeks. Participants will be the first to use the department’s firearm simulator as part of shoot, don’t shoot…
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Hearing Officer Urges Reprimand For Johnson County Prosecutor
Hearing Officer Urges Reprimand For Johnson County Prosecutor
Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com
The Indiana Supreme Court should limit its discipline of Johnson County Prosecutor Bradley Cooper to a public reprimand, the hearing officer presiding over his case recommends.
Hearing Officer Charles K. Todd’s report was transmitted to justices Friday after it was filed earlier this week. Cooper is accused of violating rules of professional conduct for comments reported in the press criticizing a northern Indiana judge’s ruling that a murderer he prosecuted was not competent to be executed.
Cooper was involved of the prosecution of Michael Overstreet for the 1997 murder of 18-year-old Franklin College student Kelly Eckart. Overstreet was convicted and sentenced to death in 2000, but in 2014, St. Joseph Superior Judge Jane Woodward Miller granted Overstreet’s petition for post-conviction relief.
Cooper was quoted in the Indianapolis Star saying, “I was angry and suspicious when this case was sent to a distant judge who is not accountable to the Johnson County citizenry or a grieving mother who couldn’t even afford to drive up for the hearing. The idea that this convicted murdering monster is too sick to be executed is nothing short of outrageous and is an injustice to the victim, her mother, the jury and the hundreds of people who worked to convict this animal.â€
Todd, who heard Cooper’s discipline case in his distant courtroom in Richmond, wrote that Cooper’s comments were directed at Miller but then noted, “This case has considerable mitigation, and it is difficult to imagine a case with much more by way of mitigation. The Hearing Officer is left with the firm and well supported impression that Respondent Cooper is a hard working, honest and ethical public servant and has been so for many years.â€
Todd also noted a mitigating factor was that Cooper wrote a sincere letter of apology to Miller.
“The Hearing Officer is mindful that statements in violation of Rule 8.2(a) of the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct may breed mistrust and lack of confidence in the competency and integrity of not only the criticized judge but of the entire adjudicatory system in this state. However, under all circumstances, including the considerable and significant mitigation, the Hearing Officer finds and recommends that a public reprimand is an appropriate discipline in this case.â€
It will be up to the Supreme Court to determine what disciplinary sanctions, if any, to impose.
Right to Life of Southwest Indiana Travels to Washington DC for March for Life
Pro-Life Hoosiers from southwest Indiana are traveling to Washington DC for the March for Life that will be held on Friday, January 27, 2017. Right to Life of Southwest Indiana is sponsoring its annual trip to Washington DC for the March for Life that draws hundreds of thousands of Americans who support the sanctity of human life. This is the 27st year that the pro-life organization has organized and sponsored a trip.
The March for Life memorializes the 44th anniversary of the January 22, 1973, Supreme Court’s infamous abortion decisions, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that struck down all laws protecting unborn children and made abortion legal during the entire 9 months of pregnancy. Since 1973, more than 59 million children have lost their lives to abortion.
Executive Director of Right to Life, Mary Ellen Van Dyke said, “On January 22, 1973, 7 of 9 US Supreme Court Justices decided that unborn boys & girls are not persons. This decision–not a law–excluded an entire segment of Americans, and denied them equal protection under our Constitution, which says that all are created equal. We march to give a voice to these voiceless Americans. We stand with hundreds of thousands of Americans who travel to Washington DC to stand shoulder to shoulder in a peaceful march to give the greatest civil rights issue of all time–killing of unborn innocent human beings–a voice.â€
Why We March:
- The March gives voice to the children. Even though abortion continues, it does not continue unchallenged. The presence of those Americans who support the sanctity of human life is a call to the U.S. government and to all Americans that our voices are will be heard.
- The March gives encouragement to our fellow Pro-Life Legislators.
- The March encourages us to continue to speak for the unborn.
- The March trains young Life leaders.
More than 500,000 pro-life Americans from across the United States are expected to attend and march in silent support for life from the Washington Monument to the U.S. Supreme Court Building.
In addition to attending the March for Life, Right to Life of Southwest Indiana will attend meetings in the office of Pro-Life US Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. to discuss upcoming Pro-Life legislation and Life issues. The group will attend a meeting in the office of Senator Joe Donnelly as well to urge him to support Life saving legislation.
In a Marist Poll of this week, 61% of Americans are against public funding of abortions.