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BOARD MEETING OF THE VANDERBURGH COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS COMMISSION
THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING OF THE VANDERBURGH COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS COMMISSION WILL CONVENE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012 AT 8:00 A.M.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE REITZ HOME CARRIAGE HOUSE LOCATED AT 224 SE FIRST STREET IN EVANSVILLE, IN. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS A REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND IS SCHEDULED FOR 8:00 A.M.
IS IT TRUE – DECEMBER 15, 2012
IS IT TRUE we hear that the President of Vanderburgh County Commission, Marsha Abell shall continue to serve as President in 2013? …we hope that County Commissioner, Steve Melcher would surprise us by supporting Commissioner Joe Kiefer as the next President of the County Commission for 2013? …we feel it’s time for new leadership on the County Commission?
IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Council leadership will continue to be the political leap frog of local politics? …we hear that the Vanderburgh County Council leadership shall continue to be Jim Raben and Tom Shelter, Jr.? …we hope County Council membership will consider electing new leadership for 2013?
Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners Meeting
AGENDA
Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners
December 18, 2012
5:00 pm, Room 301
1. Call to Order
2. Attendance
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Action Items
• First Reading of CO.01-13-001: 2013 Commissioners Meeting Dates
• Resolution CO.R-12-12-015: ADA Requirements and ADA Transition Plan
• Receive Petition and First Reading of Vacation Ordinance CO.V-12-12-004: Vacation of Portion of Drainage Easement and Underground Public Utility Easement 8400 Churchill Court
• Final Reading and Public Hearing of Vacation Ordinance Co.V-12-12-003: Vacation of Easement at 7215 Hogue Road
• Burdette Park: YMCA Summer Camp Proposal
• Contracts, Agreements and Leases
i. Superior Court:
• Home Verification officer Agreement with Deputy Troy Hardin
• Home Verification officer Agreement with Deputy John Helfrich
• Home Verification officer Agreement with Deputy Dion Wingerter
ii. Juvenile Court: House Arrest Service Agreement with Hi-Tech
iii. Prosecutor: Adult Protective Services Grant Agreement
iv. Purdue Cooperative Service: Amendment No. 5 to Contractual Services Agreement with Purdue University
v. Emergency Management Agency: Emergency Management Sub-Grant Agreement EDS# C44P-3-163B
vi. Health Department: Indiana Medicaid Clinic Provider Enrollment and Profile Maintenance Packet
vii. Commissioners:
• AT & T Mobility Pricing Discount Expiration for Vanderburgh County Government
• Inter-local Agreement for the Reconstruction of the Burkhardt Road-Virginia Street Intersection
5. Department Head Reports
6. New Business
7. Old Business
8. Public Comment
9. Consent Items
• Approval of December 4, 2012 meeting minutes
• Employment Changes
• County Auditor:
i. Permission Letter for Auditor as Financial Officer to Certify Vanderburgh County with SBOA in the State Gateway System
ii. Surplus Request
• Commissioners: Request for approval to roll over department leave
• County Assessor: Centre fees waiver request for IAAC courses February 5-7, 2013, July 15-19, 2013 & October 28- November 1, 2013
• Evansville ARC October 2012 report of activities and meeting minutes
• Kraftwerks Old Courthouse Craft Show 2012 Financial Report
• Soil and Water Conservation District December 2012 Report
• County Clerk: November 2012 Monthly Report
• County Engineer:
i. Pay Request No. 165 for TIF Projects in the amount of $79,500.00
ii. Department Head Report
• Health Department: Request to surplus 1994 Chevy Pick-up Truck
10. Adjournment
DUERSON AND NEWTON TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
Evansville, IN – December 14, 2012, Kem A. Duerson, age 34, will be sentenced by Judge Robert Pigman at 1:00 p.m. today after being found guilty on November 16 of Class A Felony Dealing in Cocaine or Narcotic Drug. Duerson faces 20-50 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. In November, Duerson also plead guilty to being a Habitual Offender. Due to the Habitual Offender Enhancement, thirty years will be added to the sentence.
Henry Lee Newton, age 37, will be sentenced by Judge Kelly Fink at 2:00 p.m. today after being found guilty on November 15 of Burglary Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Felony, Robbery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class B Felony and Theft – Class D Felony. Newton faces 20-50 years for the Class A Felony, 6-20 for the Class B Felony and 6 months – 3 years for the Class D Felony, all to be served in the Indiana Department of Corrections. After being convicted, Newton plead guilty to being a Habitual Offender. The enhancement will add 30 years to Newton’s sentence for the Class A Felony and 10-30 years to his sentence for the Class B Felony.
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles, director of public relations at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, December 13, 2012.
Nick Colvert Theft – Class D Felony
Benjamin Crowe Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated –Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Jonathan Hamilton Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor
Christopher Mandich Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class F Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor
Larry Stammer Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life – Class C Felony
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Carly Settles at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at csettles@vanderburghgov.org.
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
SENTENCE CHART
Class Range
Murder 45-65 Years
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days
Coachella Valley iHub Company Featured in Forbes Magazine
The Canary 100, a consumer product that detects radiation in food that was developed by EV Enterprises in the Coachella Valley iHub in downtown Palm Spring, CA has been chosen for by Forbes Magazine for their annual article on tech holiday gifts from start-up businesses.
EV Enterprises that recently moved their entire operation from Flagstaff, Arizona to the Coachella Valley iHub Accelerator Campus in Palm Springs developed this clever device after having been asked for a solution at a local organic farmer’s market. In late July, Bill Schlanger, EV’s president asked Joe Wallace, the iHub’s managing director about the idea of a hand held radiation detector. In a period of 3 days Wallace and the iHub raised sufficient investment dollars to support building a prototype. Three weeks later Schlanger had a working model and three months after that the first production items were completed. The program that has now been established by the iHub as it’s 3-3-3 program with its mission to fund promising ideas in 3 days to prove the concept in 3 weeks, and begin production in 3 months.
The realization of EV Enterprises idea came about without a formal business plan or the involvement of any banks. “This is the way it was done in Silicon Valley back in the 80’s and 90’s” said Wallace in response to a question about the rapidity of the development of the Canary 100. “When the critical elements of a good idea, capital, and talented ambition come together a near magical reality can happen. Bill and his team being featured in Forbes is the exclamation point on an excellent first year for the iHub and it’s clientele” Wallace continued.
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Note: Joe Wallace is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Evansville and Stanford University and served as the founding CEO of the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville before relocating to Rancho Mirage, CA. He also serves as a columnist for the City County Observer and advises several Evansville area businesses.
IS IT TRUE December 14, 2012
IT TRUE that are hearing the Mayor is looking at requiring the city taxpayers to pay for special paper bags to pick up leaves and yard waste starting in January, 2013?…we hear that the taxpayers shall be charged a special fee to use these special paper yard waste bags? …we are wondering how unemployed people of this community are going to pay for a city mandated paper bags to pick yard waste?…we also are told that the city will not allow us to use plastic bags starting January 1, 2013 to put our leaves and yard waste in?…this is a step in the right direction from an environmental perspective as verified across the country in store that ask “paper or plastic†to encourage the use of paper so plastic does not get into landfills?…the next step in grocery shopping reusable bags so no bag goes to a landfill?…what would be great is for people to recognize such things and to be environmentally conscious without having any government mandate things that seem petty?…that a cognizant population needs fewer laws than a disrespectful society and that cognizance is something worth striving for?
IS IT TRUE that a study commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has concluded that people in nearly every corner of the earth are living longer but having to deal with more discomforts and diseases than ever too?…life expectancies into the 80’s are not uncommon among the industrialized nations?…this also would mean that people consume more and more medical services and need much more money in retirement?…this study is the latest validation that programs like Social Security and Medicare which are grouped in the USA under the term entitlements must adapt to these longer life spans and accelerated consumption of medical treatments?…the answer to making these programs solvent and sustainable are simple to implement for a population that has the will to do so?…as life spans increase the retirement age should be increasing with them such that the taxes collected over ones working life are in balance with the cash and medical services consumed during retirement?…today these programs and not sustainable and are getting less so every year?…this would be an opportune time for our President and the Congress to burn up some brain cells and do some simple ARITHMETIC to find a sustainable solution to this looming problem?
IS IT TRUE that the Vanderburgh County Assessor’s website is still reporting that the owner of record of the McCurdy Hotel is City Centre Properties LLC of Carmel, IN?…that the Vanderburgh County Treasurer’s website however indicates that the owner is McCurdy Developments LLC located at 510 Main Street in Evansville, IN?…at long last it also indicates that the property taxes on this parcel are CURRENT?…this is a bit of good news for the McCurdy but sure makes the Assessor’s office look like the move at a snail’s pace?
IS IT TRUE that it has now been 14 days since the deadline has passed for the City of Evansville to submit a plan to the EPA to correct the combined sewer overflow problem so that raw sewage is not discharged into the Ohio River?…the City after 2 full years without filing a plan has asked for a 6 month extension but the people of Evansville have not been advised whether or not the extension has been granted so the threat of fines is delayed as well?
IS IT TRUE that we are wondering if the balancing of the books for the City of Evansville which we hope will happen this year will reflect a debt to the City of $186,000 by Earthcare Energy that is CURRENT?…this little ticking time bomb just keeps paying enough every month to keep from defaulting but will turn into a pumpkin sometime in 2014?…we also wonder if debts are placed on the books when companies that were granted tax abatements and incentives fail to earn them?…a good report to the people of Evansville detailing just how much has been handed out that never was earned would open some eyes wide?…we are betting conservatively that this number is into the 7 figure range?
Michael W. Smith Ft. Local Orchestra and Choir
Acclaimed contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Michael W Smith will be in concert with members of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday, December 14th. “Celebrate Christmas” with a range of Christmas classics and some of Smith’s most popular hits.
For more information about this artist, visit www.michaelwsmith.com.
Tickets go on sale Friday, November 2 at 10:00 a.m. and will be available at the Ford Center Ticket Office, Ticketmaster, participating Wal-Mart locations or charge-by-phone at 800-745-3000.