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Operation “Blue Light” I-70 Patrol to Begin In Indiana and Ohio

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Tomorrow, June 4th, begins the joint enforcement project between the Indiana State Police and the Ohio Highway Patrol known as “Operation Blue Light.” The joint effort will concentrate on reducing crashes and curtailing criminal activity along the I-70 corridor across both states with Indiana State Police Districts from Pendleton, Indianapolis and Putnamville participating.

The joint effort will involve state police and highway patrol posts from the West Virginia border to the Illinois border along I-70 from June 4th through August 31st. Indiana State Police Captain Bob Burke said “What is substantial about this effort is our ability to work with our neighboring state law enforcement agencies to make our highways safer.”

Captain Burke went on to say “We will concentrate on reducing fatal crashes, removing intoxicated drivers and removing the criminal element along this major thoroughfare.” The enforcement effort will include troopers as well as Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) personnel from both states.

Lieutenant Jon Payer, Piqua District Criminal Patrol Commander for the Ohio Highway Patrol, said “It’s a natural fit, as we have two like minded agencies coming together to reduce injury and fatal crashes, as well as removing the criminal element from our highways making for a safer Ohio and Indiana.”

Indiana Troopers will be utilizing fully marked and unmarked Chargers, unmarked Mustangs and Harley Davidson Motorcycles looking for crash causing violations like following too closely, unsafe speed and unsafe lane movement. Troopers will also be using unmarked white INDOT pickup trucks in construction zones looking for unsafe drivers.

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement personnel in Indiana will be checking trucks for safety violations, fatigued drivers as well as unsafe food shipments. Scale houses in both states will be utilized to enforce the overweight truck laws and K-9 Units will be utilized to check vehicles and trucks for contraband.

The Indiana State Police remains committed to reducing the number of impaired driving crashes as well as all crashes. Motorists are encouraged to report suspected impaired drivers by calling 911. Give a vehicle description, location, and direction of travel. Never follow impaired driver.

EPD Activity Report: June 1, 2013

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EPD Activity Report: June 1, 2013

Vanderburgh County Redevelopment Commission Meeting Notice‏

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The Vanderburgh County Redevelopment Commission will meet on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 307 of the Civic Center Complex located at 1 N.W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. to consider, among other things, a Resolution regarding the refunding of the Vanderburgh County Redevelopment District 2006 TIF Bonds. In addition, the Commission will hear a presentation from GAGE concerning a proposal to construct a shell building within the Vanderburgh Industrial Park.

County Commissioners June 4, 2013 meeting agend‏a

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Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners
June 4, 2013
5:00 pm, Room 301

1. Call to Order
2. Attendance
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Permission to Open Bids for VC13-05-01: Street Paving in Keystone Subdivision
5. Action Items
• SWCD/ NRCS Log Jam Presentation: Mark Abell Mark Cambron
• Resolution CO.R-06-13-006: Approving the Execution of an Amendment to the County’s Lease Agreement with the Building Authority Regarding the Centre
• Second/ Final Reading of Co.05-13-005: Wastewater Pretreatment Ordinance
• First Reading of CO.06-13-007: Amendment to Zoning Ordinance
• First Reading of CO.06-13-006: Amendment to Subdivision Control Ordinance
• First Reading of Vacation Ordinance: CO.V-06-13-001: Vacation of 12 Foot Public Utility Easement Located on Lot 2 of Lee Subdivision
• Permission to Advertise Notice of Public Hearing for Vacation of Public Utility Easement in Lee Subdivision
• Contracts, Agreements and Leases
i. Commissioners: Inter-Local Agreement with Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Regarding the Relocation of a Water line on North Green River Road
ii. Coroner: Pathology Services Agreement with Allen Griggs, M.D.
iii. Adult Probation: Home Visit Deputy Agreement with Mark Harrison
iv. Health Department:
• State Indoor Radon Gas Grant Agreement
• Xerox Copy Lease and Maintenance Agreement
6. Department Head Reports
7. New Business
8. Old Business
9. Public Comment
10. Consent Items
• Approval of prior meeting minutes: May 14, 2013
• Employment Changes
• Commissioners:
i. Notice to bidders of Sale of County-owned property
• 422 Garfield Ave.
• 212 W. Virginia St.
• 418 420 Garfield Ave.
• 1011 Adams Ave.
• 3 Poplar Dr.
• 1218 S. Linwood
ii. Corrective Quit Claim Deed: 734 E. Riverside
iii. Transfer Request: Burdette Park
• Auditor: May 2013 A/P Vouchers
• Sheriff:
i. Request to surplus 1998 Ford Taurus for disposal
ii. Request to Transfer 2001 Ford Taurus to Area Plan Commission
• County Engineer:
i. Pay Request No. 176 for TIF Projects in the amount of $58,538.33
ii. Department Head Report
• Burdette Park: Request to Surplus two busses
• Ozone Officer April 2013 Monthly Report
• IBAP Gatekeeper April 30, 2013 Report
• Weights and Measures April 16- May 15, 2013 monthly report
• County Treasurer
i. April 2013 Monthly Report
ii. April 30, 2013 Year-to-date investments report
• Evansville ARC April 2013 Report of Activities
11. Rezoning
• First Reading of VC-8-2013
Petitioner: Tim Rich of Houchens Properties
4910 & 4800 Heckel Road
Change from Ag to C-2 with UDC

• First Reading of VC-7-2013
Petitioner: Altstadt Plumbing Service
2118 Harmony Way
Change from R-1 & C-4 with UDC to R-1

• First Reading of VC-9-2013
Petitioner: Two Kins Investments
2624, 3700, 3708 and 3800 Heckel Road (E. of 3800 Heckel Road and behind 3618 Heckel Road)
Change from R-1 to R-3
12. Adjournment

Body found in vacant Evansville house

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Evansville Police have launched a death investigation after a body was found in a vacant house.
Officers were dispatched the the vacant house at 2462 Culverson on Friday evening. Officers found an unidentified body inside the house.
The investigation is on-going. No other information is available at this time.

River City Bicycle Classic News Conference‏

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Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and representatives from Team Guitar Lab, Evansville’s own cycling team, will hold a news conference Monday, June 3, at 10 a.m. at Garvin Park near the historic fountain to announce details for the 2nd annual River City Bicycle Classic. The event will be held

Saturday, June 8, and will feature more than 200 cyclists from the region competing for thousands in cash prizes.

Flower Power Neighborhood Event Postponed

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Throw Your Worries Away presents Flower Power 2013 for the Jacobsville neighborhood. The idea is to bring Jacobsville neighbors and businesses together for a free fun event, while using a neighborhood park and doing something nice for the neighborhood. Families attending the event will plant flowers in pots to be given to neighbors. Each family will also receive a pot, soil and seeds to take home. There will be food and fun activities for neighbors attending the event.

Throw Your Worries Away (TYWA) is a neighborhood group that works to promote neighborly acts by hosting litter cleanups in the neighborhood. TYWA was awarded funds through Jacobsville Join In early action grants to host the event. TYWA is partnering with One Life Church to host Flower Power and the event is also sponsored in part by North Main Pawn, IGA, Jay Sales, Hay Now Graphics and Keep Evansville Beautiful.

Jacobsville Park, Maryland Ave., Evansville, IN

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 2 -4 pm

POSTPONED to NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE 8th!
RAIN or SHINE

EPD Activity Report: May 31, 2013

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EPD Activity Report: May 31, 2013

Specialized Rope Training‏

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On June 1, we will be doing rope training with the USAF ANG 181 MDG/CERFP. In plane language, this is the Indiana Air National Guard 181st Medical Group based out of Terre Haute, Indiana. They are also part of the CERFP program. What is CERFP?

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Packages (or CERFP teams) consist of approximately 186 Soldiers and Airmen. Each team has a Command and Control section, a decontamination element, a medical element, a casualty search and extraction element, and a fatalities search and recovery element. The Medical group will have 20 to 30 members.

The Medical Group works with the Search and Extraction element in accessing and removing victims and fatalities. They deploy as needed to CBRNE military side and Natural disasters on the civilian side.

We will be helping them on reviewing and improving their basic rope skills. We will have a varied range of skill levels from Doctors and Nurses, to former Para Rescue and Rangers, Firefighter/paramedics on their civilian jobs, to only Basic Training rope skills. We will also be assisting them with some new equipment that was assigned to them.

We will start with basic knot and equipment review as a group. Then, we will set up two or three stations, basic rappelling with belay, lowering and raising and confined space/ tripod. We will assign our team members to teach, be safety and assist at each station. We will work thought the stations in the morning and then add other skills in the afternoon as needed, such as Low angle 2:1, Sked work and basket tending.

If a Major disaster happens in Evansville, we could we working with some of the same personal. Our professionalism and knowledge will be enhanced by working with this group.

LOCATION: Training Tower

Time: 0800 to 1700

Team Members: Capt. Zuber, Lt. Knight, Capt. Leduc, Capt. Whitledge, Lt. Riley and Privates Gasser, Haury, Reiter , Turley and Dist. Chief Krack.

Zoeller says Hoosiers should hang up on utility bill scam

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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller asks consumers to hang up on a new scam where callers impersonate utility company employees and ask for payment on delinquent bills.

The Attorney General’s office and utility companies have received reports about calls notifying homeowners of past due utility bills, but traditional forms of payment such as checks and credit cards are not accepted. Zoeller said the scammers ask for the customer to purchase a prepaid debit card, often found at Walmart or gas stations, and call them back with the PIN number.

“Criminals are using easily accessible prepaid debit cards to take victims’ money and avoid being traced,” Zoeller said. “This form of payment is just like giving cash – once you hand it over it’s gone. As the weather begins to heat up consumers should be on alert as scammers will try to use threats – like utility disconnection – in order to con you out of your money.”

Zoeller said if Indiana consumers receive a call asking for a prepaid card or personal information just hang-up and contact the utility provider directly. Utility customers with delinquent accounts often receive multiple notifications, including written notice, from their utility over the span of several weeks before services are disconnected.

In order to appear legitimate, scammers use caller ID spoofing technology which allows them to disguise their phone number. For example, your caller ID screen may have the name of a local utility company, but the call could actually be coming from another state or country.

Individuals who believe they may be a victim can file a consumer complaint with the Attorney General’s office by visiting www.IndianaConsumer.com or by calling 1-800-380-5516.

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