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Todays Evansville City Council Meeting Agenda

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City Council Meeting
JANUARY 8, 2024
5:30 P.M.
AGENDA

I. INTRODUCTION

 

 

1-8-2024 Agenda Attachment:
II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MEMORANDUM

 

12-18-2023 Memo Attachment:
III. REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

IV. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY

 

A. NOMINATION & ELECTION OF OFFICERS
B. COMMITTEE CHAIR APPOINTMENTS
C. DEPARTMENT LIAISONS
V. CONSENT AGENDA:  FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

 

A. ORDINANCE R-2024-01 An Ordinance to Rezone Certain Real Estate in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, More Commonly Known as 717 N Alvord Blvd Owner: Century Home Builders, LLC Requested Change: R2 & M2 to R2 Ward: 3 Heronemus Representative: Scott Buedel, Cash Waggner & Associates, PC
R-2024-01 Attachment:
VI. COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

VII. REGULAR AGENDA:  SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

 

A. ORDINANCE G-2024-01 An Ordinance to Vacate Certain Storm Drainage Easements within the City of Evansville, Indiana, Commonly Known as Storm Drainage Easements Located within Crossroads Commercial Center Section 7 Sponsor(s): Trockman Discussion Led By: Public Works Chair Brinkmeyer Discussion Date: 1/8/2024 Notify: Jim Farney, Lochmueller Group, Inc
G-2024-01 Attachment:
VIII. RESOLUTION DOCKET

 

A. RESOLUTION C-2024-01 A Resolution Approving an Agreement Concerning Legal Representation (Tuley) Sponsor(s): Green, Heronemus, Mosby Discussion Led By: President Heronemus Discussion Date: 1/8/2024 Notify: Dan Tuley, Tuley Law Office
C-2024-01 Attachment:
B. RESOLUTION C-2024-02 A Resolution Approving an Agreement Concerning Legal Representation (Trockman) Sponsor(s): Trockman, Burton, Koehler Lindsey Discussion Led By: President Heronemus Discussion Date: 1/8/2024 Notify: Joshua Trockman, KDDK
C-2024-02 Attachment:
C. RESOLUTION C-2024-03 A Resolution of the Common Council of the City of Evansville Ratifying, Confirming, Authorizing and Approving a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Evansville and International Association of Firefighters Evansville Local 357, Inc (January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024) Sponsor(s): Mosby, Brinkmeyer, Heronemus Discussion Led By: President Heronemus Discussion Date: 1/8/2024 Notify: Marco DeLucio, ZSWS
C-2024-03 Attachment:
IX. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

 

A. THE NEXT MEETING of the Common Council will be Monday, January 22, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
B. TAX PHASE IN COMPLIANCE REPORT; Patrick Hickey, Evansville Regional Economic Partnership
C. BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
D. ADDITIONAL MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

XI. ADJOURNMENT

USI recognizes over 2,000 students on 2023 Fall Semester Dean’s List

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In recognition of outstanding academic achievement, the University of Southern Indiana Dean’s List has been released for the 2023 Fall Semester. Dr. Shelly Blunt, USI Interim Provost, announced a total of 2,008 undergraduate students were named to the Dean’s List.

Undergraduate students must achieve a 3.5 or better semester GPA (on a 4.0 system) to be named to the list. Students earning no incomplete (IN) or missing (Z) grades for the term and earning letter grades of computable point value (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and Pass/No Pass graded courses do not apply) in 12 or more semester hours, with a semester GPA between 3.5 and 4.0, are named to the list.

The list is arranged by state and city, according to the mailing address each student has provided to the University. A student’s name may be listed under Evansville if the student supplied an Evansville mailing address. The Dean’s List may be accessed by clicking the link below.

2023 Fall Semester Dean’s List

Note to students: 

If you expected your name to be on the list and you cannot find it, use the search function in the PDF document. Type your name to search the entire list. If you still do not find your name, email Tracy Sinn in the Registrar’s Office using your myUSI email address (include your full name and student ID number). If it can be verified you did qualify for the Dean’s List, the Registrar’s Office will give University Strategic Communication your name and hometown.

Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners  January 9, 2024 – 3:00 p.m. 

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Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners 

January 9, 2024 – 3:00 p.m. 

Room 301, Civic Center Complex 

  1. Call to Order 
      1. Attendance Youth Resources’ Teen Advisory Council in Attendance Maria Hillenbrand 
      2. Maggie Raben 
      5. Pledge of Allegiance 
      6. Election of Officers 
      7. Action Items Veterans Memorial Coliseum Request to Open Bids for Infrastructure Improvements 
      9. Engineer Boonville-New Harmony Road Amendment No. 5: Lochmueller Group, Inc. 
      10. INDOT Resolution – Acquisition of County Right-of-Way: Parcel 37 
      11. Approval to Submit Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) Grant Funding Application – Planning Grants for Community Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements 
      13. Health Department Subcontractor Business Associate Agreement: OneBridge and Pre to 3 
      15. Old National Events Plaza Harding, Shymanski & Company, P.S.C Engagement Letter 
      17. Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): County Highway, Burdette, Old National Events Plaza, Superintendent of County Buildings, Weights & Measures – Effective January 1, 2024-December 31, 2026 
      18. Resolution No. CO.R01-24-001 – Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Vanderburgh County, Indiana Concerning Authorization for Execution of INDOT Agreements 
      19. Second Reading of Ordinance No. CO.12-23-028 – An Ordinance Prohibiting Firearms and Certain Dangerous Items Inside Public Buildings Containing A Court Room 
      20. Ordinance Repealing Chapter 2.65, Initiative Based Assistance Program, of the Vanderburgh County Code 
      21. Ordinance Adding Section 8.05, Regulating Tall Structures as Codified in State Law 
    2. Department Head Reports Burdette Park 2023 Year-End Report 
    4. New Business 2024 Roads Hearing – March 5, 2024 
    6. Old Business 
    7. Consent Items Approval of December 19th Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes 
    8. Employment Changes 

Drainage Board Immediately Following 

        1. Auditor Claims Voucher Reports December 18, 2023 – December 22, 2023 
        2. December 25, 2023 – December 29, 2023 
        3. January 1, 2024 – January 5, 2024 
      2. Engineer Report and Claims 
      4. Treasurer November 2023 Innkeepers Tax Report 
      6. Health Department Request to Rollover Accrued Hours 
      8. Prosecutor Surplus Request 
      10. Kraftwerks, Inc. Old Courthouse Craft Show 2023 Financial Report 
      11. Southwestern Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. 2023 Report 
        1. Board Appointments Alcoholic Beverage Board Chad Sullivan 
        3. Board of Examiners of Construction and Roofing Peter Winzeler 
        4. Eric Wagemann 
        6. Commission on Homelessness in Vanderburgh County Gregory Peete 
        8. Greenway Advisory Board Jeffrey Mueller 
  1. Public Comment 
  2. Adjournment 

Mayor Terry Announces First Traveling City Hall

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Mayor Stephanie Terry will reconvene the city’s Traveling City Hall next month.

The first Traveling City Hall of the Terry administration will be held in partnership with United Neighborhoods of Evansville on Thursday, February 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the C.K. Newsome Community Center. It will precede the regular United Neighborhoods of Evansville meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., where Mayor Terry also will speak.

“One of the best parts of running for mayor was having the opportunity to hear directly from the people of Evansville – to hear their concerns, answer their questions, and to just listen to what they have to say about our city,” Mayor Terry said. “The Traveling City Hall is an opportunity for me and the department heads from across the city to continue not only doing that, but to take their concerns back to the office the next day and do what we can to address them in real time.”

Mayor Terry’s administration will host quarterly Traveling City Hall meetings throughout 2024, with each being held in a different part of the city, in conjunction with different community partners.

“United Neighborhoods of Evansville is excited to partner with Mayor Terry’s administration for the first of her Traveling City Hall programs,” said Joe Ballard, United Neighborhoods of Evansville operations manager. “This kind of direct dialogue between citizens and city officials is critical to a strong, thriving Evansville, and we’re proud to be part of making that happen.”

Future Traveling City Hall meetings will be held in May, August, and November 2024. The dates, locations, and community partners associated with those events will be announced at the February 22 event.

 

City of Evansville Building Corporation  Meeting will be Rescheduled

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The City of Evansville Building Corporation will meet on Monday, January 8, 2024, at 9:00am in Room 307 of the Civic Center, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Evansville, Indiana.  The public is invited to attend.

The Building Corporation meeting will be rescheduled for a date later this week.  I will send an update with the new date/time.

BRAUN ENCOURAGES HOUSE TO IMPEACH DHS SECRETARY MAYORKAS

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WASHINGTON — Senator Braun released the following statement after the House Homeland Security Committee announced impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will begin with hearings next week, on January 10.

The House voted to send an impeachment resolution to the committee in November. Senator Mike Braun previouslycalled for Secretary Mayorkas to resign or be impeached last year.

“The House should move swiftly to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Under President Biden’s direction, Secretary Mayorkas has refused to enforce the immigration laws of the United States by allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stream over our open border, abused our asylum and parole laws to release thousands of illegal immigrants into our communities, and endangered every American citizen by choosing not to protect our border from terrorists and fentanyl. I’ve been to the southern border to see President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’s self-made crisis firsthand, and I called for Mayorkas to resign or be impeached and removed because every month we do nothing to fix Biden’s border crisis is another 60,000 gotaways entering our country illegally.”

“IS IT TRUE”JANUARY 8, 2024

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address rationally and responsibly.
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IS IT TRUE that in some cases that have been documented across the nation, elected officials have actually blunted the efforts of potential competitors to raise their friend’s or relative’s businesses or consulting prospects into single bidder or sole source situations?…when sole source situations happen, the taxpayers lose?…it would be a shame if sole-source service contracts for parties related to elected officials have ever happened with the nomination and vote of that elected official?…like with Gold Bar Bob of New Jersey, such an action would be seen by the taxpayers as self-serving, potentially compromising, and certainly inappropriate?
IS IT TRUE we are told that members of the Evansville City Council may not be very collaborative at this evening’s City Council meeting despite an 8 to 1 Democratic majority?
IS IT TRUE that we are told that Mayor Terry has her hands full dealing with Evansville’s serious debt issues?  …we are told that for Mayor Terry to correct Evansville’s enormous financial debt problems she needs to cut expenses, raise taxes, or do both.
IS IT TRUE that the current outstanding debt owed by the City of Evansville is 280 million dollars and increasing daily?  …that the Evansville Water and Sewer Utilities Department is guesstimated to be 700 million dollars plus and increasing by leaps and bounds each week?

 IS IT TRUE that the Evansville city employee health insurance program has been in the red for many years? …that maybe it’s time for Mayor Terry to consider putting it out for a formal bid?

IS IT TRUE that the Ford Center has been in the red million dollars a year for many years and it’s time for Mayor Terry to consider it a prime candidate for a forensic audit so she can determine why the FORD CENTER is losing money hand over fist each year?

IS IT TRUE that we have been told that many Vanderburgh County voters are extremely pleased to hear that County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave is planning to run for County Commission again?  …that she’s sometimes controversial, opinionated, very smart, hardworking, and a little headstrong? …that to Commissioner Musgrave’s credit she has managed to weather several unfounded and insulting remarks made against her during the recent Republication primary race for Mayor of Evansville?

IS IT TRUE that we have been told by many of Cheryl Musgrave’s loyal supporters and friends that they will not quietly stand by and allow bullies to insult or mistreat her the way they did her recent Mayoral campaign?

IS IT TRUE that housing costs and inner core development remain a barrier to economic growth?  …that to encourage more economic development, the city will need smarter and fewer regulations? …that many developers and investors are eagerly awaiting to see whether Mayor Terry will overhaul the AREA PLAN COMMISSION or keep things the same?

Today’s Readers Poll” question is: HOW DO YOU RATE THE JOB THE MAYOR TERRYS TRANSITION TEAM IS DOING?

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THUNDERBOLTS SWEEP QUAD CITY, MOVE INTO 7th PLACE

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Evansville, In.:  The Thunderbolts handled business once again on home ice, defeating the Quad City Storm 3-1 on Saturday night at Ford Center, sweeping the weekend doubleheader, and moving over Quad City into 7th place as a result.  The Thunderbolts’ next home game will be on Saturday, January 20th against the Peoria Rivermen, puck drop at 7:00pm CT.

  Following a scoreless first period, Hayden Ford opened the scoring for Evansville with his first professional goal at 5:46 of the second period, assisted by Mark Zhukov and Bair Gendunov to put Evansville ahead.  The lead was extended to 2-0 just over two minutes later, as Vadim Vasjonkin scored on a net-front pass from Scott Kirton and Brendan Harrogate at 7:55.  At 13:14, Harrogate got into the scoring action by tapping in a loose puck in the crease to make it 3-0 from Scott Kirton and Vasjonkin.  The Storm got one back late in the second period, with Eliott St-Pierre scoring on the power play at 17:08 to pull the Storm back to within 3-1. Evansville successfully shut down Quad City in the third period, holding the Storm to only 6 shots as the Thunderbolts picked up the weekend sweep with a 3-1 win, their 10th win of the season.

Harrogate and Vasjonkin each finished with a goal and assist, Hayden Ford scored one goal, and Kirton tallied a pair of assists.  In goal, Cole Ceci stopped 29 of 30 shots faced for his 9th win of the season.  The Thunderbolts and Storm meet again on Thursday, February 1st at Vibrant Arena.

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