
RIPLEY
COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS
DONALD DUNBAR, PRESIDENT
829 E. BEECH
P.O. BOX 122
OSGOOD, IN
47037
(812) 689-4406
LAWRENCE
NICKELL
6170 E. CO. RD.
800 S.
CROSS PLAINS,
IN 47017
(812) 667-4981
DEPHANE
SMITH
5796 E. CO. RD.
475 N.
MILAN, IN 47031
(812) 654-2619
JUANITA BAUER
P.O. BOX 119
127 W. FIRST
NORTH STREET
VERSAILLES, IN
47042
(812) 689-7121
WILLIAM
H. DRAMANN
347
S. PARK AVE.
BATESVILLE, IN
47006
(812) 934-4280
DAVID
C. SIMON
5127
W. COUNTY RD. 500 N.
OSGOOD, IN 47037
(812) 689-5226
EDWARD
L. ARMBRECHT
1784
E. COUNTY RD. 800 S.
VERSAILLES, IN
47042
(812)
667-5690
2004
Council meeting schedule
Meetings
begin at 7:00 pm in Commissioner's room in Annex building
FRIDAY JANUARY 02, 2004 |
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2004 |
TUESDAY MARCH 16, 2004 |
TUESDAY APRIL 20, 2004 |
TUESDAY MAY 18, 2004 |
TUESDAY JUNE 15, 2004 |
TUESDAY JULY 20, 2004 |
TUESDAY AUGUST 17, 2004 |
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 |
TUESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2004 |
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2004 |
TUESDAY DECEMBER 21, 2004 |
Unapproved
Council
Meeting Minutes for 03/16/04
March
16, 2004
The Ripley County Council met on
March 16th, 2004
at the Ripley County Annex in
Versailles
,
Indiana
Don Dunbar, Ripley County Council President called the
meeting to order promptly at
7:00 PM
with Council Members Dephane Smith, Juanita Bauer, William Dramann, David
Simon, Lawrence Nickell, Edward Armbrecht and was in attendance.
Mary Ann McCoy,
Auditor
Ripley
County
acted as clerk to the Council taking minutes for the meeting.
Neil Comer, Ripley County Attorney was present to advise the council.
Council Member Smith made the motion to approve the minutes from February17th,
2004 seconded by Council Members Bauer. Motion approved unanimously.
David Bottorff, Association of Indiana Counties, Inc. updated the commissioners
on the deduction of Inventory Tax and how it would effect
Ripley
County
. Bottorff also updated the Council on how they could increase the EDIT Tax to
help the property owners with homestead exemptions due to Inventory Tax
illumination. Bottorff advised that
32 counties have already illuminated the Inventory Tax.
Council Member Armbrecht made the motion to adopt the Ordinance To Allow a
Deduction for Assessed Value of Inventory for Assessment Year 2005 seconded by
Council Member Simon. Motion approved unanimously.
Council Member Armbrecht made the motion adopt the Ordinance To Increase the
County Economic Development Income Tax from .0025 to not exceed .0013 in order
to mitigate the increased ad valorum property taxes on homesteads seconded by
Council Member Simon. Motion approved unanimously.
Ginger Bradford, Clerk, Circuit Court withdrew her additional appropriation of
$9,000 from the Clerk’s Perpetuation Fund.
Council Member Smith made the motion to approve the additional appropriation of
$15,901.73 Fund #577 Local EMA Planning Grant/Jerry Fry, Director, Civil
Defense/Emergency Management seconded by Council Member Nickell. Motion approved
unanimously.
Council Member Smith made the motion to approve the additional appropriation of
$25,000 Fund#586 Domestic Preparedness/Jerry Fry, Director, Civil
Defense/Emergency Management seconded by Council Member Dramann. Motion approved
unanimously.
Council Member Smith made the motion to approve the additional appropriation of
$66,383.13 Belterra Riverboat Fund#216 seconded by Council Member Nickell.
Motion approved unanimously.
Council Member Nickell made the motion to transfer $21,215.88 from Fund#291
(Sheriff’s Improvement) to Fund#293/Sheriff, Bill Davison seconded by Council
Member Smith. Motion approved by six (6) members (Dunbar, Nickell, Armbrecht,
Simon, Bauer & Smith) and one (1) abstained (Dramann).
Bill Davison,
Sheriff
Ripley
County
, updated the council members that he would be asking for an additional
appropriation (Medical & Housing Acct) in April. Davison also advised the
council that they had collected $69,760
Out of County Housing Collections since the first of the year.
Auditor McCoy updated the Council Member of a distribution of $45,000 to Ripley
County Tourism Bureau due to it being a budgeted item.
Ted Spurlock, Rising Sun Foundation presented the Council with the 2003 Annual
Report/Rising Sun Regional Foundation, Inc. Spurlock advised the council that
the Rising Sun Foundation has taken a proactive stand on Economic Development
for Ohio/ Ripley County and the City of Aurora and have a company
(Thomas Miller) which will be working with county’s and Spurlock also
advised that Rising Sun Foundation has distributed approx. 1,000,000 to Ripley
County in Grants for 2003.
Council Member Bauer made the motion to take off the table motion dealing with
the correction of a Deputy position (5th/3rd)
seconded by Council Member Nickell. Motion approved unanimously.
Council Member Bauer made the motion to correct the Superior Court Deputy’s
from 5th to 3rd Deputy seconded by Council Member Simon.
Motion approved unanimously.
Scott Melling,
EMS
Director updated the council members on the progress of the
EMS
. Council Member Dramann questioned if the
EMS
was going into
Franklin
County
. Melling advised that there had
been a problem with getting into the
Franklin
County
area due to the
city of Batesville/Pocket Road
but that he thought that had been corrected. Armbrecht expressed concern that
the money paying for the
EMS
is money from the citizens of
Ripley
County
and if we are going into
Franklin
County
they should be paying
Ripley
County
for the service. Commissioner Little advised that they are working with
Franklin
County
to see what they would pay for the service.
Council Members Smith, Nickell, Dramann & Armbrecht signed the 2004 Meeting
Schedule.
Council requested that the Auditor send letters to Grand Victoria/Rising
Sun/Ohio County and Belterra/Switzerland County updating them on how the money
received had been used to better
Ripley
County
.
Committee Reports:
Economic Development/Chuck Folz advised that Ted Spurlock had already given a
summary report on grants. Folz also advised that they are working on a sewer
project in Sunman, In. and that the Economic Development Board voted to give up
to/not to exceed $125,000 at a low
interest rate.
Technology Committee/Edward Armbrecht advised that a company presented to the
committee a Data Basics/Filing program on CD-ROM and that they are just looking.
E911 Advisory Board/Juanita Bauer/No Report
Southeastern Indiana
Regional Planning Committee/Dephane Smith/No Report.
Grant Committee/Donald Dunbar/No Report
Solid Waste District Committee/Donald Dunbar/Meeting Canceled.
EMS Advisory Committee/Dephane Smith advised that Melling had answered the
EMS
questions at the meeting she had attended and that they had a lot of positive
feed back.
Welfare Committee/William Dramann/No Report.
Council Member Smith made the motion to adjourn until the next regular meeting
on the 20th of April, 2004
@
7:00 PM
in the Ripley County Annex seconded by Council Member Simon. Motion approved
unanimously.
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