The Howard County Council met,
The meeting was called to order and
conducted by President Richard Miller. The minutes of the
IN THE MATTER OF
ORGANIZATION FOR 2003:
Councilman Singer moved to elect Councilman Richard
Miller to serve as Howard County Council President for 2003 and elect Councilman
James Papacek to serve as Vice President for 2003. The motion was seconded by Mr. Ortman and
carried. In a unanimous decision by the
Council Mr. Miller was elected to serve as President in 2003, and Mr. Papacek was
elected to serve as Vice President.
Ordinance No. 2003-HCC-01 was read in
full for the first time by
APPROPRIATION ADDITIONS
REQUESTED:
REQUESTED: APPROVED:
001
005 HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT: (2003 Budget Correction)
1119-10 Jail Sergeants $ 3,126.00 $ 3,126.00
1123
1130 Jail Staff Sergeants $ 4,626.00 $ 4,626.00
2330 Uniform
Allowance Sheriff $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Total
Sheriff’s Department: $ 22,658.00 $ 22,658.00
013
1117-06 Clerk/Juvenile $ 3,216.00 $ 3,216.00
1122-02 Juvenile Probation Officer $ 2,289.00 $ 2,289.00
Total Circuit Court: $ 5,505.00 $ 5,505.00
Mr. Papacek made a motion to approve
the additional appropriations of $22,658.00 in Account 005 Howard County
Sheriff’s Department and $5,505.00 in 013 Howard County Circuit Court as
presented. Mr. Singer seconded the motion
and it carried.
018 HOWARD
COUNTY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT:
1116 Overtime $ 900.00 $ 900.00
Maintenance Superintendent Thomas
Harrison thanked the maintenance staff for coming
into work early in the morning several different days to clear the snow from
sidewalks and parking lots for the rest of the county employees. Mr. Harrison also thanked the Sheriff for
allowing trustees to help move offices within the Courthouse during the
renovations.
Mr.
Harrison explained the general contractor, Terstep Inc., agreed to pay for the
maintenance staff’s overtime resulting from the Courthouse Renovation
Project. This request is to reimburse the
appropriation in the Maintenance Department line item for $900.00 in overtime
initially paid from line item 1116 and reimbursed by a check from Terstep, Inc.
Mr. Papacek
made a motion to appropriate $900.00 to Line Item 1116 as requested. Mr. Singer seconded the motion, which
carried.
023 HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
1523.01 Health
Insurance -- Sheriff $ 1,560.00 $ 1,560.00
2365.01 Supplies – Emergency Planning $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
4730 Capital Outlay – Emergency
Planning $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
Total
Commissioners’ Budget: $ 3,560.00 $ 3,560.00
Commissioner
Paul Raver confirmed that a special health insurance premium payment is part of
the contract for the new Sheriff. Also,
supplies and Capital Outlay for Emergency Planning is money utilized in a
program headed by Vicki Hinkle of the
Personnel Administration Office for Emergency/Disaster Plans for Government Buildings.
Mr. Papacek made a motion to appropriate $3,560.00 to the
Line Items listed above. Mr. Stout
seconded the motion and the motion carried.
033
1126 Per Diem – Petit Jurors $ 4,500.00 $ 4,500.00
Total
General Fund: $ 37,123.00 $ 37,123.00
Judge Douglas Tate submitted a letter
of explanation to the Council. Howard
Superior Court III only requested $500.00 at the budget hearing last year
because they assumed there was over $23,000.00 in jury fees that was carried
over from previous years. Later it was
discovered this money to pay jurors could not be carried over.
Mr. Singer made a motion to
appropriate $4,500.00 to Line Item 1126 as requested. Mr. Ortman seconded the motion, which carried.
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO.
2003-HCC-02 -- TRANSFERS:
Resolution
No. 2003-HCC-02 addressing requested transfers was presented and read in full
for Council information and review. The
following actions were taken:
TRANSFERS: AMOUNT:
FROM: TO: REQUESTED: ALLOWED:
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009 CORONER’S OFFICE:
1113 Pt. Time Deputy Coroner 1112 Chief Deputy $
2,598.00 $ 2,598.00
1115 Part-time 1112 Chief Deputy $
502.00 $ 502.00
Mr. Stout abstained from voting on this issue. Mr. Ortman made a motion to approve the transfers as
listed above. Mr. Singer seconded the
motion and it carried.
IN THE MATTER OF SALARY ORDINANCE NO.
2003-HCC-02 – AMENDING THE EXISTING SALARY ORDINANCE FOR 2003:
A
motion was made by Mr. Papacek, seconded by Mr. Ellison, and carried to approve
Amended Salary Ordinance 2003-HCC-02 as read.
The amended salaries, any changed position titles and all other
pertinent information is shown as follows:
001
005 HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT: (2003 Budget Corrections)
1119-10 Jail Sergeants 3@ $27,234
s/b 3 @ $28,276.00 +
$ 3,126.00 +$ 3,126.00 $
84,828.00
1123
s/b 9@
$29,144.00 +$11,898.00 +$11,898.00 $262,296.00
1130 Jail Staff Sergeants 3 @ $27,234.00
s/b 3 @
$28,776.00 +$
4,626.00 +$ 4,626.00 $ 86,328.00
Title Change Only--
1120-03
Dispatch
Supervisor 1@ $31,666
title changed to Communications Director
009 HOWARD COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE:
1112 Chief Deputy new 1@$3,100.00 +$3,100.00 +$
3,100.00 $ 3,100.00
1113 Pt. Time Deputy Coroner 2 @ $9,798
changed to 3
@ $2,400.00 -
$2,598.00 -$ 2,598.00 $ 7,200.00
1115 Pt. Time -
$ 502.00 -$ 502.00 $ 498.00
013
1117-05 Administrative Probation Officer 1@36,010.00
s/b 1@
$35,719.00 -$ 291.00 -$ 291.00 $ 35,719.00
1120-04 Juvenile Probation Officer 1@$30,372.00
s/b 1@
$27,839.00 -$
2,533.00 -$ 2,533.00 $ 27,839.00
1117-06 Clerk/Juvenile 1@$27,151.00
s/b 1@
$30,367.00 +$3,216.00 +$ 3,216.00 $ 30,367.00
1122-02 Juvenile Probation Officer 1@$32,336.00
s/b 1@
$34,625.00 +$2,289.00 +$ 2,289.00 $ 34,625.00
018 HOWARD COUNTY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT:
1116 Overtime +$ 900.00 +$ 900.00 $ 9,400.00
010 HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH FUND: (2003 Budget Corrections)
1115 Environment Health Coordinator 1@$38,704.00
s/b 1 @
$35,613 -$ 3,091.00 -$ 3,091.00 $ 35,613.00
1116 Public Health Nursing Coordinator 1@$38,985.00
s/b 1 @
$35,613.00 -$ 3,372.00 -$ 3,372.00 $ 35,613.00
137 HOWARD
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT – HIV/AIDS GRANT FUND:
1111 Salary +$ 6,000.00 +$ 6,000.00 $ 6,000.00
506 HOWARD
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT – STEP AHEAD DISCRETIONARY FUND:
1111 Immunization Nurse +$ 8,310.00 +$ 8,310.00 $
8,310.00
514 HOWARD
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT – TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY FUND:
1113 ENV. Food Service Inspection +
$ 30,844.00 +$ 30,844.00 $ 30,844.00
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Commissioner Appropriated Fund:
145
1111 IDACS Coordinator 1
title changed
to Assist. Communications Director +$ 30,144.00 +$ 30,144.00 $ 30,144.00
1113 Shift Supervisor 1 +$ 29,644.00 +$ 29,644.00 $ 29,644.00
1125 Overtime +$ 12,000.00 +$ 12,000.00 $ 12,000.00
As
a Point of order Mr. Miller opened
discussion regarding the following salary changes:
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i.
Change Tony Ramsey’s title from
Dispatch Supervisor to Communications Director.
ii.
Change the IDACS Coordinator
Steve Kline’s title to Assistant Communications Director and increase the
salary by $500.00. (From $29,644.00 to $30,144.00)
iii.
Promote a Dispatcher to a new
position of Shift Supervisor and increase the salary by $500.00. (From $29,144.00 to $29,644.00) At this time there is no supervisor on the
afternoon or
The PAC Committee also
recommended to not add any new employees; to change the salaries and titles as
listed above. Any additional personnel
should be submitted with the 2004 budget.
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 2003-HCC-04 – ESTABLISHING THE SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES FUND:
Mr. Miller explained this is a document regarding County Attorney Larry Murrell’s services. Indiana Code 36-2-3 allows the fiscal body to employ and fix the compensation of an attorney. This document is essentially the same as the previous year. Mr. Singer made a motion to approve Resolution No. 2003-HCC-03, retaining Attorney Larry Murrell’s counsel to the fiscal body. Mr. Ortman seconded the motion, which carried.
IN THE MATTER OF COUNCILMAN COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR 2003:
It
was the consensus that Council Members shall serve on the following Committees:
President Personnel
Administration Committee (P.A.C.) (when needed)
GIS
Steering Committee
IN THE MATTER OF SHERIFF’S PENSION FUND:
(Continued from
There being no further
business before the Council at this time, a motion as made by Mr. Papacek, seconded
by Mr. Singer the adjourn. The meeting
closed at
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Council Minutes,