County Council - Regular Meeting

this one's like to hard this one's too soft where's do I have a i SCP all silus thanks no it just goes down to my person well no there's a few I came in I don't want anything surprise me I'm G to do it every single budget until we're gonna be here till 10 p.m. tonight we are we're still not through our second meeting oh no this is just the agenda for the uh you're the next contestant on the devic right right I'd like uh let's hurry up Bob for 500 we are serious right either that or smell I'm not sure which I know I do flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands nation under God indivisible andice for all your water mik put this here I didn't everybody yeah a

while we've been back same uh first order of business roll call um roll call roll call please Sim present available here Andy here okay thank you uh first on the agenda is the reorganization of officers for the council um Mr President um just to let everybody in the council know I did talk to Harold today's the first I think reorganizational this he has a fever does not feel good and uh I you know I told come usually who' you say is not feeling well I think it's like the first or reation meetings he's missed so um he just wanted let know so I said I will do that so thanks president I'd like to make a motion uh Andy Vasquez for council president second we have a motion for uh councilman Vasquez for council president uh any other nominations for council president um seeing none all those in favor signify by saying I I poose same sign motion carries congratulations got take the hammer no he can finish no you're the president you're the president now the file size 14 thing down this way here I'm sorry he's gonna take he'll take over now you want to move wanna want to want the transfer power now a peaceful transfer huh no I mean congrat do you want me to take it over sure i' me I'd

be more than happy to let you finish up that's your last official act here no that was his last official Act presid was it okay done now we can play Hangman okay yeah I'm looking for my U what did I do with it I probably ate it thank you I knew I had it somewhere okay we've had the election for President now I'd like to U we need a motion for vice president and nominate Redstone I'll second Redstone we have a first uh and a second on the motion of redstone for vice president do we have any other names I'll nominate Greg Sims we have a nomination for Greg Sims do we have a second not gonna can I second too not gonna get a second going once going twice going three times not hearing a second for the motion uh motion does not carry so all in favor uh roll call please no yes yes yes yesy yes no okay congratulations councilman Stone now Harold's not here so we have do we know Joy are there any changes on the contract or it's the same as years pass it's the same as year pass I'd make a motion to approve I need so we have a motion in a second any

discussion and we need a Voice vote on this all in favor say I I I oppose same sign motion carries congratul congratulations to Harold hope you feel better Harold if you're watching this next we have the surveyor agreement Kevin bitsky Kevin good evening what what changed nothing not asking for a raise or luxury car already budget motion goe good make a motion to approve survey agreement second we have any discussion I just got a question I was looking at legislation and wasn't because I was looking for survey but I was as far as the amounts how they get paid but so technically you can be a part-time surveyor but it's better for us be a full-time surveyor correct is that how the that's why we had that discussion years ago and that's why I was wondering when it when it came into effect and how so a part-time survey paid for how many like water DET we have or something like that they part time and I'm just for the surveyor whatever statutory responsibilities who me interesting I didn't if we took on a individual who was not licensed we should be paying them two-thirds of what pay currently or there were issues in Lake County where they had a medical doctor who was a coroner a surveyor who was both an engineer and a land surveyor like myself who ended up uh settling 20 years after the fact for one and a half times but they brought the new guy in at okay I was just so it was interesting it will work out better for the citizens okay thank you sir any other discussion can we get a voice uh vote in

regards to um survey surveyor keeping and his salary all in favor say I I I same oppos same sign hearing none congratulations sir I got good work 30 years I got sign thank you next we have our citizens appointments we all have them in front of us I believe what you have is the citizens appointments that are highlighted in yellow our people have been on the board and have a desire to stay on there and I believe we are going to take these one by one am I correcting that I mean okay Mr President I'd like to nominate Ralph NE I have a nomination for Ralph nef for Porter County Redevelopment do we get a second okay have a motion for a first and a second or rather motion and a second for Ralph nef do we have any other names nomin Jack Tipple I have a nomination for Jack Tipple we have a seconding not hear in a second the motion dies for re tile and I believe this is a a vote Voice count or is this a uh roll call is it say Voice or roll call just do voice okay voice count makes it quicker so all in favor for Ralph nef for p development commission say hi hi all and all all po same sign uh Ralph nef congratulations I just wanted to make confir confirm none of these positions that we're appointing today are party specific correct there is one maybe the Health Board the Health Board yeah okay but none of the ones that we're doing other than that as far as I know according to Indiana code

no okay do we know that now I will talk to that one they're both rep okay okay okay thank you okay if you have information I talked to okay thank you okay go ahead this one's kind of new to me okay ABC we have the alcoholic beverage commission ABC Thomas sart only person on there motion to approve motion to approve do I have a second for Thomas sart Thomas sart second I second okay Voice vote all in favor say I I I those opposed same sign motion carries welcome Thomas the bza we have Jim Clarita Clarita thank make a motion for Jim Clarita second the motion we have a motion in a second any other names can I get a hearing none can we get a um Voice vote on this please all in favor say I I I all opposed same sign thank you Jim Peter boa sir I yield the floor to Mr Stone so I believe uh Linda might have I think commissioner's meeting which leaves David Andre um and he is Republican and I believe that there is well there is State Statute that um we can wave the Republican Democrat for David andreich as long as counil what are you stating that we it's supposed to be a Democrat nobody nobody and that's one of the things statute is level two CER the level two um but technically you're what we be wait is it's looking for a democat Democrat correct right okay and so it's the only one that applied that's that's an easy way that's why Herold said well this this e so would you like to make a

motion to suspend I'd like to make a motion wave wave rather so I have a motion to wave second and a second all in favor Voice vote say I I I'll oppose same sign I make a motion we appoint David and we have a motion for David second and a second all in favor say I I oppose same sign motion carries welcome David we have the chest to edu I'll make a motion for um Jake McAvoy we have a motion for Jake McAvoy I have a second and he is not the incumbent and I I just will state that he is heavily invol involved with the parks here so I thought it would be make sense to me not that Lloyd PL pit was doing anything wrong do I have a second going once we have a second for Jake McAvoy do we have any other names we have ly Lloyd kitridge I have a nomination for Lloyd kitridge do we have a second I'll second we have a second uh we need a Voice vote on this one so name it roll call roll call rather um and the person you're going with Jake lyd mik M mavo Mao Jake McAvoy

52 52 Jake mcaboy welcome we have the Portage EDC David go and uh do I get a motion for David go Canon or John Canon sorry I'll make a motion for John Cannon we have a motion motion a second for John Cannon Dave go Dave go Dave go we have a f motion we have a second second we have a second did we did we get an application from Dave joy joy did we he actually turn oh so he didn't even turn anything in did it get to us late we need to make sure that any applications that are turned into their City Community get to OD because that looks bad I did on okay yeah no no I'm not blaming you okay the applicant should know that that's how the the websites worded and the articles are posted so the applicant should okay I need a roll call in regards to Dave G and John Canon uh Canon can Canon Canon John John Canon welcome aboard next we have the porter EDC

Margo matnik I believe make a motion second uh seeing how she's the only name involved there Madam monitor do we need a roll call or do we go ahead voice voice all in favor say I I oppose same sign welcome Margo Fel razel EDC Patrick McGinley and Donald herdz make a motion for McGinley second we have a motion a second for McGinley and hers going once going twice hearing no um motion for Donald Herz all in favor of Patrick McGinley say I I oppose same sign welcome Mr MC town of he Danielle sorry Danielle Ros hog I'll make a motion for Danielle rusy hog here see no other persons Voice vote all in favor say I I all oppose same sign welcome Danielle four to half we have Sylvia graah and Dr Patrick Fleming it is my understanding that according to Indiana code and I had written it down here that by law we are supposed to uh put down a Democrat an elected Democratic person for this position make a motion for Sylvia Graham second a motion second for Sylvia any questions in regards to the code in regards to are we 100% sure on that is without the attorney here it's not that I'm questioning you well the attorney the attorney had the code and I wrote it down because I know he had questions when he wrote it yeah and I'm looking for it right now

joy we had talked about this earlier we had the code 37 36-7 D 42 can I ask another question how important is it that we handle that tonight and that's what I'm thinking say it again I see what 36 d7.5 D2 so according to what conversation with Harold under code 36- 7.54 D2 that because uh the way the Commissioners voted that we were required to put a Democrat on the board so it sounds like it's been discussed and syia Grant it was second is there any other discussion and you said you had a well we'd have to vote on this first on this motion all I was saying you know's not here we don't know we 100% sure well that's the code heral I'm Give an example okay as of today David andich was going to get off the board and we are gonna have to make post it 30 days for trying to get a Democrats plan for a level two assessor you know for Peter Bo you know so we look the legislation we looked at we we have you know we can wait so I I didn't look up this legislation so all I'm saying is if you're comfortable well I'm comfortable with you talk to says you know we looked up the legislation yeah that's law problem that yeah that's the law you know yeah that that is the law because that was one of the questions that I had as well and it was also in an email got it in regards to this Michelle did you get you're not in your head then but I do remember in that email that he was stating that it could be a different

way or he could look at we haven't followed it in the past there's other through that one of the things that was asked that we had not followed it in the past however uh if somebody wanted to take us issue password and cause an issue we would be going against what is written in the code Okay and like something we had uh with the um not quite like the tourism board but where we have to follow Bas on the code there so if the Commissioners vote first then the council kind of gets hamstr exactly unfortunately that is that is the way and I and look I like has nothing to do with that how it would work is if Commissioners vote they they get their Pi in then we're kind of left with what we have no you know we lost screen no choice well in the way I see it we've got I mean two people that applied after deadline so in my mind they're not in the running right I agree with i i the the reason I I liked uh Dr Patrick Fleming was because he had uh doubt through Co he was on that board he worked with Greg Sims I thought he did a great job with some things um and it's no d on sovia but if we're forced to go I'd be happy to vote for sovia but I think we're losing um some knowledge up there we can t appoint not until after we vote on that though because they we we have to vote Yes you can but uh Jeremy and here's where we need then we have to if it doesn't right's done a nice job yeah no so without Harold being here any open for suggestions are we supposed to our knowledge in regards to are we supposed to vote for syvia first and then table election you have to vote on the motion at hand so we have to tackle that and then you could tackle a new motion

someone okay and then so if once we're done with Sylvia we'll go to entertain the motion unless it pass make unless it okay so I have a motion for Sylvia Graham and a second and in this case we're going to need a voice uh r rather roll call I do believe uh no Andy yes no Mich Noy no Jeremy yes yes I'm not voting against no against syia I'm voting no because I want clarification table till here gets back okay I have a no problem if we have another motion can motion Mr Stone's motion which is if you'd be kind restate sir to table until to table it until till next meeting until Herold gets there then that doesn't screw you guys right so I have first and a second correct roll call please yes yes red yes yes yes no nope okay motion carries to table that until next meeting uh does that impact you any way uh this decision is made okay thank you okay our Council appointments having been made okay council members we're going to decide yourselves who would like to be on the board councel

appointments uh we can do this at the end of everyone has decided and just have one vote or individual if you would like this is a vote Voice vote all in favor by saying I and oppose same sign so staying on nury I would love to stay on that do you want to go in order we don't want to go in yeah where's Community correction oh sorry I didn't see that excuse me there got my glass yeah yeah Community Corrections Advisory Board we have Mike Brickner and Harold har I'll stay on they'll stay on it all in favor say I I I oppose same sign okay Mike you got it Nery Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission I'm on it would like it any uh questions or discussion no I all in favor say say I sign oppose hear nothing welcome me plan commission we have GRE St I'd like to St I mean I'd like to try it if not I'll switch if you want if you want it you you can you can have it okay you guys AR wrest let so Greg you're stay on no red red Red's going on okay plan commission red stone welcome red Recycling and waste District any vasas unless you want I I I would like to suggest Greg Sim I was just looking for the retired guy he could stay do the two o'clock meeting so they're all retired him and him know I gotta go not not you EMA Mike Brickner and Greg Sims I can come off that if once on I'll do EMA EMA red stone Michelle want to speak up I'll let oh nominat oh you better believe we are uh Porter County Council on agent nobody's saying

do I like hanging out with the old people hey Sims it is Sims it is do we have to vote on these qu actually we can vote at the end we can vote in the end we don't have you say no I tell you what let's just go through the procedure and vote Voice vote on everybody so it's all clear what we're doing how's that wait what for Greg uh let's go all the way back up to uh plan commission just do it all at once at the end Joy said we could do that and it's safely can we all do all at once at the end I would look down at that end okay so at that end they I think we should go with The Voice vote then all in all in favor of plan commission Redstone say I oppose same sign recycling waste District Greg Sims all favor say I I oppose same sign uh uh EMA Mike Brickner and red stone all in favor say I I poose same sign motion carries uh Porter County Council on the Aging Greg Sims all in favor I those oppos hearing none juvenile justice Advisory Board Michelle uh Harris and Andy Vasquez I I oppose same sign hear none ask yes sir would you want to switch would you want to take stor water I take you want no I want you okay okay all right storm water's the president's proxy oh yeah that's yeah that's why your name was on it could you were the president okay so do I go on there yes yes you can choose a proxy if you so proxy if you'd like okay uh storm water advisory is the president I'd like to have Michelle Harris as my proxy so moved I have a SL moved okay all in favor say I I hey welcome Michelle

thanks hey anytime I'm here to help e91 policy board Andy I guess I don't have a all in favor say I I I oppose same sign me it's an automatic uh pter County Redevelopment commission president B that's an automa no vote needed Council Lea on appointments so we did these already uh I thought did except with the appoints we did I believe and the RDC EC so when we just have to go to the Le yeah the Liaisons so anybody want to change your Liaisons well we're gonna have to because we got Grandma so well my it would be my suggestion second that uh new K on the Block our very esteemed councilwoman Michelle Harris take over uh Sylvia's appointments is liaison would that be all right with you absolutely all in favor say I I okay welcome are there any others are yeah are there any other changes that would like to be done here we could remove Memorial oper housee right right y or do we not remove I would leave it open just in case somebody from Bel wants to talk to one of us about something well the other the other item that that see we're talking about the M house uh you all will be getting in your email uh a copy of theou so you understand what theou whether it affects us not how it affects us or what it has to do with us so in U for good Communications work everybody's going to get one tomorrow and copy of theou good okay okay so will the Memorial Opera housee then do we Sims in the meantime

would you just s with Michelle as well thank you thank you all right is anybody else wanting to change here if I remember correctly what we did last year we just kicked around amongst all ourselves and that's how I ended up with all mike um Jess's uh places okay moving right along up okay I believe that does it attorney's report he's not here no attorney 2024 incumbrances I don't have that page where is that page three three okay any other no attorney's report Herold get better any other matters that may come uh properly before the council 2024 incumbrance auditor's office good evening sir good evening the encumbrances for 2024 totaled a had a total of $648,500 it was $131,400 need a copy I'd like a copy okay EMA in regard probably no I did not oh you said you need a motion or not it's just a report it's just the report I mean you guys gotta find it so I'll pass it down but I'll get everyone a copy thank you sir okay

thank you auditor's office I believe we have a period of public input comment at this time inum once going twice seeing no one has public comment motion to adjourn motion to okay we have a have something I asked okay motion to approve the encumbrances second motion second I'll ever say I I I oppose same sign motion carries now motion to adjourn I have a motion to adjourn second see you back in about five minutes sign so don't L who needs signs the Auditors all