County Council - Regular Meeting
The County Council approved a settlement, renewed vision and dental insurance plans, and authorized funds for electrical infrastructure repairs. The meeting also included a detailed report on severe flooding and its impact on the collection system.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- County Council
- Meeting Type
- County Council
- Location
- Delaware County, IN
- Meeting Date
- September 2, 2026
Transcript
27 sections
However, I would like to express my condolences for accepting this decision before the board, even if we did it differently. But before going to the voting, I would like to give time to the committee and the board to talk. So, if anyone has anything to say, this is the time for it. Questions and wishes I would like to repeat that I was not able to do so. Condolences
I know that we are not the ones who created that illusion. It has been going on for months. I realize that we have always been involved in this as a board. Then, do I like this illusion? No, I don't like it. Is this the most important thing that can be done in this time frame? I think so because this is an illusion. But I... I... I have a strong opinion on how this will affect the boards in Bavi when they have to step back again at this time. After this year, I have only one year left on this board. It's time for new people to come, so I won't be on this board anymore. But I am sure that the new board members and the new people coming to our office will take care of these barriers. And I am sure that this will be implemented as decided this time.
I fully agree. I don't want to speak for everyone. But I will speak for those I spoke to. We had problems about what they wanted to include in the previous interpretations of this new charter. The six years I've been on this board, no, seven years, all these years have been a struggle. We have to make a decision about how we should behave in Chesterfield and Yorktown. This shouldn't be such a difficult thing, and we shouldn't be spending so much money on this. I like interpreters, don't get me wrong. Don't take it personally, but I don't like to spend our employees' money on interpreters when they can use it for other purposes. So, as the current president of the board and an important figure in discussions, I will try to speak more. That's why I will try to build a relationship between MSD and Tamil through regular meetings. I will try to bring them to our meetings. I know that some of them have seen our meetings. Okay, let them see. But how is the participation? This should be a 20% expectation. We are there, they are here. I don't have any problem in participating in their meetings. But there are things that we have experienced in the last four or five years. I am wondering.
I also want to tell you about a good thing that you said that we should welcome them to our meetings. We wanted to go to their meeting and celebrate it, but they said no. So I don't think they even accepted that we are an important institution. We didn't have time for this on their agenda. When I hear this, I feel angry. But these are all objects. Is there anyone who can say anything differently about these objects?
No, I want this moment for this. I want to tell everyone that this was a big struggle. This has affected all of us. This was not as easy as we expected. It was very difficult. I wanted to participate in more meetings, but it ended up like that. There is no reason to go on like this for the past one and a half years. We should not go through this. I pray that this never happens again. I believe that Daniel has done a great job of making sure that we have the resources we need and that we are able to express ourselves clearly. So, definitely, we need to believe in some things. I know that we are constantly improving, but I believe that we have included all that we can think of in this. We have tested this many times. Jason was in this. You were also a part of this. We saw that we can expect a lot from this. The only thing we can do is to move forward in the best way possible. We have ensured that our employees are not affected in any way. As a result of this, there will be no loss. We are handling our funds very well. Jason and the team have done a great job. Therefore, Let's see if this will move forward as I think it will. If we are doing things correctly, the announcement for 2027 should be in the next 30-60 days. In the next one or two weeks, I will contact the ADO and say, Hey, let's start the debate. Where are you standing? Where did you get into your formula? What did you look at? Let's have a discussion right now without delaying it. Double Quote. Okay. Does anyone else have anything to say? If no one else is available, I need a permit to approve this settlement. I will present the permit. Second, I got two. Are there any more discussions? Can I call Peggy, Deva and Hajar? Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Oh, one minute. We agree. Addendabh and settlement. Yes, we have done the settlement. We have to agree to addendabh. If we agreed to it for the sake of the settlement, we need the same proof in the Vedic. Yes. We agree. Second. We got the first and second for the Vedic. Peggy, call Deivai Hajar. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. New business. Reeds Electric. I still have the old business. Forgive me.
No, it's okay. We'll continue with the old business. I'm sorry. I thought I had nothing else. Last month, I gave you the vision and dental details of the patient.
I was able to conduct a few discussions with the budget and personal committee, because I did not get any useful information from the insurance companies. Let me give you an update on where you are now. In the past, we used three companies for our health, vision, teeth, etc. insurance. We used Thomson Group, North Point, and then the next one, Seaclark Insurance Group, to do various services. Thomson Group has now switched from small business to health insurance. They advised us to go to North Point. So, according to the information we got from the Kansas City Life Vision Dental Insurance, there will be only a very small increase in the new year. That is, $18.91 per month, $225 per year. They also suggested to some other companies, HRI, HRI, but there was a big increase in it. The most profitable one is actually UNAM, which is a little more expensive. National Network One of the problems with it is that even though it is cheap, they only have the best coverage in Delaware County. Therefore, my suggestion is to accept the vision of Davis Vision of Kansas City Life as a dental facility as the vision of the living. Then, in the case of health insurance, the new board can give you a little information about this. We have been given the court through a company called Clark Insurance Group SANA. So we have $7,500. There is a personal deductible. Clark Insurance Group takes a policy on it. We give them a monthly premium. They reduce that deductible to $2,500 and convert it. This was a deficit between 2024 and 2025. From 25 to 26, the Clark Insurance Group and Saniyam have a 14% increase, from $7,500 to $2,500 deductible. When a person earns $2,500 or more out of it, that process takes place. We donated our E.O.B. to Clark Insurance. They provided a reimbursement check directly to the living. It can be used for medical expenses of $7,500. Thus, the living did not have out-of-pocket expenses. I have done it personally. I donated an E.O.B. next Monday. I received a check on Monday afternoon. That is, it was a quick process. It worked well, but we see a 14% increase in it. So it is related to the $2,500 deductible. They are also investigating the status of the Anthem, Anthem, and Option. They have made it clear that it will not be so bad. Our vision is that North Point, which handles dental insurance, has given details from other branches. Those deductions were very high. We, that is, the item operating at $2,500 to $7,500 deductible, during that period, we donate as a reimbursement. That is, They are trying to give us quotes on the ground. Since we are a small institution, they are giving quotes on the ground to everyone. UnitedHealthcare Which year? It will be the same price, but it will be $2500 instead of $5500 deductible in North Point. We examined two different Anthem plans. They have a $2,500 deductible. We see a 30% increase in monthly income. If we want a Mewa plan, it will be 225% increase. Another 5-level plan is 700% increase. That's why I'm suggesting that we move forward with a consensus CET dental vision. I think that we will get more information about health insurance in the next board meeting or before that. I was hoping that we would get something today. I couldn't give the exact details to the clerk. They only gave me the CEQ. That's why I increased the budget for our district from the pocket. Now we have a budget of 71,000. 71,000. This year, the health insurance of district residents is 72,000 dollars, 80 by 20 split and more. If we continue with the state-of-the-art vision, dental, and Segal health renewal, there will be an increase of more than $8,000. So, from $71,000, it will rise to about $80,000. $80,358. Yes, $76. No, yes. I read your email. It was good. Very detailed.
Then, what I personally want is to continue with the state-of-the-art detectables. I think that we want them to know the importance of maintaining the health of the people and the use of it. It is to keep them healthy. If we determine excessive deductibles, they will not be able to afford it. Yes, yes. So you should pay more attention to the health insurance department. Yes.
I am waiting for Clark to give that money, but he does not have much hope. He says that 24% of all those who voted for him in Delaware County had a vote. So, wow! Then we have to add this. Even though we don't always want to vote, when we moved to Clark last year, we had a low. Now we will be in the early stages from 24 to 25. It will continue from 26 to 27.
Because I am an elderly person, I even do medical examinations. They told me yesterday that they are no longer providing vision and dental policies. So they are only focusing on health insurance.
Then... We had United, but it was not a good idea to add health, vision and dental insurance together. Aandham was not ready for it. Then what was it? Angie's level-funded method. They did vision and dental, but it was 750% more than what we are giving now. So we think that Clark will give the most. If I have to say now, The best way to move forward is to get a $7,500 deductible of at least 25%. So, did he increase the interest? 14% 14% is the sum of both. They are decreasing the interest, aren't they? Yes, so he is seeing a 14% increase in the total cost over the past year. Let me make it clear, that 14% increase is only on the Sona side. SIG Clark continues the same way as insurance groups. That's what I came to ask. So that part continues unchanged. 14% increased before they reduced insurance. Yes, they will give us the same monthly premium to Clark. That's what I was thinking when I looked at our numbers, will they be able to continue this? We will move forward on this path because that's what they do. They take a risk in us, we take a risk in them. This is the only way I have seen to reduce insurance costs. This is not the only place where this happens. Right. Then, I will explain that principle. Dental Envision 4 and... What? This is North Point Vision. CET Life, CET Life. I got a suggestion. Second one. I got a suggestion and a second one. Let's discuss. How many dentists are participating in Dental Envision? I had a good experience. Vision has not complained about life in dental care. Do you have any problems? Yes, we are getting a good introduction here from Kansas City Life. There were a few things about this. But, when I looked at the records of the U.N.M. grandparents, it was just a doctor. Towel, Walmart, Anyway, Vision Associates, or Burlington Eye Care were not there. It made me a little sad. Hamilton County had a lot of coverage, but not so much here. Do you have anything to say to others? If not others, I have a suggestion for it. Those who agree, say. Those who oppose, say. Vision. Dental. Accepted. Anything else? Jason. Um. Old topics. Um. There's nothing in the old topic. No. Okay. Are you ready to move on to the new topic? Let's move on to the new topic. Reads Electric. I've been talking to you about giving you a quotation for the past few months. So, it's in our hands. It's in our hands. Seventy. That is 65,544.3 Pooja. There are still some left. The board had previously discussed whether to use these funds or return them to the bond stock. We are currently putting money into this bond, but that account still has $61,000 left. We can either sell it or return it to the Indian bond bank. We tried to find some projects that have been around since the time of this bond. One of the projects we found is the rotors made in 2003. The electrical frames in the old tree that hold the meter bases, disconnects and some panels have started to break. They need to be replaced. We completed two of the 28 we had in the beginning. Before making a quotation for our electrical contracts, we had to figure out what the cost of the job was. For the remaining 18 years, they said each would cost $2,500. I thought it would be a great decision to spend the rest of that bond on this. My suggestion is to move forward with that. They will be $45,000 in total. Let's pay the bill. When we did the first two, we were able to do it. We have to explain the relationship between the two. This is not a project that can be done 8, 9 or 10 times a day. This will be a process in a month. So, they will pay a bill that will sometimes be 2 or 3 times. I need permission for this. 1. To move forward in this, we have to deduct from the two remaining bond funds. 2. Then, do we need anything else along with the instruments we ran when we started the leads and generators? One of them. There will be about $15,000 or $16,000 left. I don't know where to spend it. Who gave the score? Yes. What is the board's opinion? What is the board's decision? Do you need a proposal? Is that what you are looking for? In which direction do you want the board to go? Should we pass a proposal or return the bond? What is the board's opinion? I promise to pay $45,000 for frames. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. I promise. We don't want to do that. No, I can't do that. No, I understand. They don't want it. I think it's less than 50,000. We have the right to vote in the best interest of the union. So, I think we have an advantage with REITs. We haven't done many projects, right? Anyone else has anything to say? I intend to accept an estimate of $45,000 for REITs Electric. Those who agree, say yes. Where am I? I accepted. Jason, is there anything else now? I don't have anything. No, nothing. Before I go out, I don't have anything to vote on. No. Okay. Stop. Oh, yes. I have. I'm sorry. Stop. Stop. Stop. Tell me. Tell me. Jason, I know we agreed on the settlement. Penny and I had spoken earlier. It's been included in the new business list. That settlement amount was $83,869.80. Still, $10,921.80 is left. If the board allowed it, it would have been transferred to cash operating. Okay, that's now. I welcome a suggestion. I put a suggestion forward. The suggestion came. It was passed on. Is there a discussion? Those who agree, say yes. Those who oppose, agree. Yes. Oh, that's because he didn't spend $45,000 at all. Is that what you're saying?
That's what he has.
According to the contract, my assumption is that it's $45,000 in total. If I say it correctly, it's true. But when the invoices come, you have to pay the check. Until then? Until then, without spending $45,000. You shouldn't spend $45,000. Okay, do we have to do that? Right. Okay. I welcome your suggestion. Both sides. Let it be so. I agree. According to the invoice, I agreed and agreed to raise $45,000. Those who agree, say yes. Those who oppose, let it be so. Thank you, sir. Okay. That's over. Yes. Okay. I have nothing to say about the committees. Does the attorney have anything else to say? I saw the updates. I asked if you have anything else to say. If you want to go. Okay, now we're going on a room tour. Like I stopped him in the middle, you can give me an update. I think I don't have anything on my agenda right now. What are you talking about? You continue. Stop for a minute. I have something else to say. Collections. We got 15.5 inches of rain. That was a big deal. Continue. Continue. Shakeranam. We arrived last month. i.e. 1,39,361. When I sent the Monday report, it was 2,53,154. In the entire collection area, in August, one was revised and one was rebuilt. Then, I would like to inform the Board of what happened during the time of crisis. Other things that could have been completed. As you know, we have reported 15.5 inches of rain in the Muncie area of Delaware County. This caused a lot of problems. As seen on the Facebook page, we did not have a lift station for about 12 hours. In fact, it took more time than that. So, what was that? Delvo had to hide people from their homes. Within three hours, the tide rose by five and a half feet. It was a disaster. That's why. It's not a joke. Yes, it's as much about us as it is about us looking from there. Good news is that we were able to bring the electricians there. The panel was fortunately under water. The disconnect was completely under water. It helped a lot. We were able to disconnect the remote. It was a quick move. We were able to power off a phone without getting into the water. It prevented the water from getting into the box and bursting. Then, It was a great safety. Yes, it was able to operate again the next day. The pumps have been able to operate again and are now operating well. Other than that, our record without overflow has ended. We cannot create a system to survive this much rain. Everything has been reported in the IDM and nothing else has been obtained. In my opinion, they are now expecting this. We have heard that this is a historical century or a thousand-year-old rain. If you have ever been to Shell Barter Park in Delville, you can see a basketball court there. The rims of it were under water. I could only see the top of the pavilion. Before the water reached, we closed all the windows. But when it came to an end, it was on top of it. The mailboxes on Heather Lane Road were under water. Yes, you were all great people. I don't need to say much about Gordon and Tyler. Everyone's support was great. We were helped by Yorktown, Belleville and many other cities. At that time, it was a great thing that everyone worked together. I talked to Bill today, and someone else connected me today. We will try to find a solution. We have only come this far with a lot of work and time. Other than that, the phone calls that came to the office were just like a toilet break. Other than that, no other items that were not to be desired were reported. Therefore, the pumps were not damaged at all. Therefore, it was the most convenient. At that time, I thought I had called many of you. I made a decision, and I asked Jason to help me out. I needed someone to help me out, because it was time to make quick decisions. I was there, and so was Scott. Yes, all the team members were there. Jason did a great job. You all worked together, especially Scott, who was in the field with Tyod, and you in the office. But those who weren't in the field didn't understand the card. This was very bad. This was the worst situation I've ever seen. As he said, I had to hide 30 apartments. Two of my apartments were destroyed. The streets were closed. For a short time, that part was completely closed. So it really scared some of us. We didn't know when it would end. Aha! Yes, we had everything. Yes, we had trucks. We had tires. We had carabiners. That is, we had harnesses. The water was rising. We tried to swim. But as we tried to do something, the water was coming fast. We were going back. Yes, but suddenly, suddenly it decreased. It stopped, then started to fall. Now it's just a mess left. So we're still handling it. And anything else, Jason? No, nothing. Are you sure? Yes, before I start, before I say another day. Are you sure? I said, I'll be at peace. Okay, let's move on. I have. That's it. I won't be there next week.
He's not lying. He's not lying. I won't be there from next Thursday to Friday.
I've spoken to Scott about this. So, can he give a checklist? Did he do anything else? Yes, he did. Okay. Attorney Nathan, do you have anything else to say other than this? No, nothing more. Okay. Ms. Ashley, are you starting? Okay.
Please start talking, there is nothing. Last month, the special event took place and it changed, then it rained because we uploaded many updates on the website. It helped us to match our numbers. If you look at the analytics, the post views have increased by 135% compared to the previous 30 days. Because in July, there were only regular updates on the website. So when we do more updates, we can see more numbers on the website. We sent two emails in August. One to inform people about the special service. Then we waited to send a monthly email to upload the video of the special service and the recent video we did with Jason. I have those numbers in my hand, because it was sent the day before the report was submitted. It went to 2017 emails. Of those 504 emails, no, it was an email from a special organization. Out of those 504 emails, I opened it and removed 5 people from it. They had not made it clear why or why they were not interested in it. The monthly email we sent was successful for 2018 people. We opened 465 people and got 16 clicks. That was for the videos and the link. Also, we made some updates to the planned plan as needed by Jason. So I'm not sure what the situation is. Jason can tell you more about it. Other than that, do you have any questions or do you need anything from me?
Dear friend, No, I will say that there is no problem with the letters. I don't know what you are seeing here. But the people outside are seeing this, not here. When I speak, not everyone comes running and says. But when I ask, they say, yes, I watch the video. I get emails. But no one says anything about this. So I think this is what we intended to do. That's a good thing. Thank you, Ashley. Okay. So, my agenda ends here. Since the Commonwealth is not here, there is no report. So, Jason, they said. They were allowed to move forward with the Vestel. They are moving forward with gas next week. They have sent us a letter. Next week, we will approve the easement clearing and permission to use the DNR in Delville. Yes. He has already started accepting quotations during the cold season. We have a lot of time. We can talk more about this later. He is ready to move forward with WestJail. He is working with gas this week. When he says that West Rail is ready, it is the primary engineering design. They are making changes to it. Then it is the easements. Yes, then some other things. Therefore, we use a small part of the money received through bonds and a small part of the money received from the DCRC for this. We are still waiting for Congressional Direct Spending and SRF. When things are going on, the points of West Rail are increasing. That's why we are getting closer. It's going to happen anyway. We got that guarantee from the Supreme Court. They have bonded 10 billion. But if they get Congressional Direct Spending and SRF grant, they have other things to do. So now we are safe in three different ways. So we will be safe. Okay. I have a question. We are getting closer to the end of the year.
Since when do we start budget meetings?
The most important thing is that I have fixed one part of the health insurance. Next, I can get a refund from Jennifer whenever I want. They are currently operating in the suburbs of Yorktown. We had paid half of it. So we need to get a refund immediately. The MSDS suburbs and the suburbs in Chesterfield That's why. Okay, who's in it now? Pete was in it. What? That's what I thought. Ray, Josh. Ray, Josh, joined. That's right. I was able to see it. Let's think about whether we should start investigating the things we agreed on this month. When we all have the permission.
That's why we don't have to wait. We never do that. We always finish it early. That's why. That's right. Okay.
Does anyone on the board have anything to say? Certainly.
I would like to thank all the people who participated in the election during the election. It was a lot of effort. Yes. Thank you too. Yes. People, do you have anything to say?
Anyone? No. Sit down. Adhe Adhe Adheham Oral Aana. Mattunum illaathadu gunda yogam pirichu vidan ulla nirdesham nyan swigirikunnu. Anginu cheyaam. Onnamadu. Rendamadu. Rendamadu. Anukulikunnavar. Adhe. Ennu parayuka. Adhe. Yogam pirichu vitirikunnu. Ellavarkun nanni.
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