The Howard County Council met,
The meeting was called to order by
Sheriff Marshall Talbert and conducted by President Richard Miller. The minutes of the
Money was approved at the last
meeting to fund the County Comprehensive Plan Project. (See page 5, January 28th,
2003 meeting “500 Howard County Economical Development Income
Tax Fund - Regarding Line Item 3222”, for related
discussion) Plan
Commission Director Glen Boise has requested that each Council member appoint
someone by the next County Plan Commission Meeting on
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE NO. 2003-HCC-07 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS:
Ordinance
No. 2003-HCC-07 was read in full for the first time by Auditor Martha Lake, and
read in full for the second time by President Richard Miller. Ordinance No. 2003-HCC-07 was presented and
acted upon as follows:
APPROPRIATION ADDITIONS
REQUESTED:
REQUESTED: APPROVED:
001 HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL FUND:
005 HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT:
2726 Police Equipment $ 2,101.00 $ 2,101.00
Captain Napoleon Leal said the
Sheriff Department applied for a grant through the Mayor’s Community
Based-Council on Substance Abuse Prevention to purchase six (6) portable breath
test units (P.B.T.’s) on October 28th, 2002. A check was received in the General Fund on
December 2, 2002 in the amount of $2,100.00 to pay for the P.B.T.’s.
Mr. Stout made a motion to
appropriate $2,101.00 to line Item 2726 as requested. Mr. Papacek seconded the motion and it
carried.
009 HOWARD COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE:
3215 Pagers $ 312.00 $ 312.00
Coroner
Brad Bray would like to replace the existing six (6) pagers with the new
alphanumeric pagers similar to the ones being used by the Sheriff’s Department
and Kokomo Police Department. The $10.00
activation fee for each new pager will be paid out of the pager account.
Mr. Papacek
made a motion, seconded by Mr. Ellison and carried, to appropriate $312.00 to
Line Item 3215.
036 HOWARD COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE—Title IVD :
1112.09 Data
Reliability (Overtime) $ 4,698.00 $ 4,698.00
Mr. Papacek made a motion to approve $4,698.00 to Line
Item 1112.09 as requested. Mr. Ortman
seconded the motion, which carried.
Total
General Fund: $ 7,111.00 $ 7.111.00
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 2003-HCC-14--
TRANSFERS:
Resolution
No. 2003-HCC-14 addressing requested transfers was presented and read in full
for Council information and review. The
following actions were taken:
001
002 HOWARD COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE:
1113 First Deputy Auditor 1117 Part-time $
2,238.00 $ 2,238.00
2371 Other Supplies 1117 Part-time $10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
County Auditor Martha Lake said a part-time employee
making $10.00 per hour is currently performing the same responsibilities as the
other employees making $12.56 per hour.
This employee does excellent work and has met crucial deadlines. Mrs. Lake proposes to raise the employee’s
pay from $10.00 to $11.00 per hour. The
PAC did not make a recommendation on the salary increase because it will be
paid with a transfer of money from other accounts.
Mr. Ellison made a motion, seconded by Mr. Ortman to
approve the listed transfers to Line Item 1117 Part-time, as requested. President Miller vacated the chair to cast the
deciding vote to approve the transfers as follows:
James
Papacek No
Jeffrey
Stout No
Leslie
Ellison Yes
Mr. Papacek wished to comment that he voted against
the transfer requests due to justification that the Council denied increases in
pay for other employees.
005 HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT:
1113 Deputies 1118.03 Temp. Sergeant $30,527.00 $ 30,527.00
1113 Deputies 1118.04 Temp. Corporal $30,527.00 $ 30,527.00
1119.01 Corrections Officers 1118.03 Temp. Sergeant $ 1,614.00 $ 1,614.00
1119.01 Corrections Officers 1118.04 Temp. Corporal $ 837.00 $ 837.00
Sheriff’s Department Personnel Administrator Ree
Moon stated the transfers are only to cover the costs of the Temporary Sergeant
and Temporary Corporal positions needed, due to the change in administration, in
order to comply with state statute.
Mr. Stout made
a motion to approve the transfers as requested by the Sheriff’s
Department. Mr. Ortman seconded the
motion, which carried.
017 HOWARD COUNTY VOTERS’ REGISTRATION OFFICE:
1115 Purge
1114 Part-time $ 3,000.00 $
3,000.00
Voter Registration
Department Head Carol Shallenberger has verified that there is no law requiring
a separate account for the Purge Fund, currently referred to as the Duplicate
Registration Elimination Program. Elimination
of the Purge Account will eliminate unnecessary paperwork.
Mr. Papacek made a motion
to approve the transfer of $3,000.00 from Line Item 1115 Purge to Line Item
1114 Part-time. Seconded by Mr. Ortman,
the motion carried.
010 HOWARD COUNTY DEPT. OF HEALTH FUND – (Tobacco Master Settlement):
3594 Contracts/Agreements 2361
Supplies (Master Fund) $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00
Kris
Conyers said the money appropriated last month was all put into a contract line
item because she had not yet strictly identified how to most effectively use all
of the money. However, since that time,
the Health Department has a need to pay for ten (10) new IDAC radios, which is a capital cost of $11,000.00. Also, Mrs. Conyers estimated that a little
more money may be needed this year for both equipment and supplies and
requested the above listed transfers.
Following this transfer, there will be a little over $40,000.00 left in
the Tobacco Settlement Fund (Master Fund).
Mr. Stout made a motion to
approve the transfers listed above in the line items above. Mr. Ortman seconded the motion, and it
carried.
500 HOWARD ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT INCOME TAX FUND:
4722 Civic Center-Cap. Outlay 3220
Civic Center-Misc. Operating $65,000.00 $ 65,000.00
Commissioner
Bagwell explained this appropriation is generated to provide the City of Firsts
Automotive Heritage Museum with money to be used for capital outlays. In addition to the $65,000.00 appropriation
in 2002, the CFAHM spent money out of their operating funds for capital
improvements, which diminished a good-sized portion of their operating
funds. Essentially, the CFAHM requested
approval to use the $65,000.00 appropriation in the 2003-year to compensate the
operating fund for the capital outlays already made.
Mr.
Papacek made a motion to approve the transfer of $65,000.00 in Line Item 4722
to Line Item 3220 as requested. Mr.
Stout seconded the motion, which carried.
IN THE MATTER OF VISITORS BUREAU – 2002 Transfers and Encumbrance:
1113 Office Manager 3420
Liability Insurance $ 2,277.00 $ 2,277.00
002 HOWARD COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE:
1113 First
Deputy Auditor 2 @$28,465 -$ 2,238.00 -$ 2,238.00 $
54,692.00
1117 Part-time $18,000 +$12,238.00 +$12,238.00 $ 30,238.00
005 HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT:
1113 Deputies 19@$36,549.00 -$61,054.00 -$ 61,054.40 $633,377.00
1119 Corrections Officers 32@$27,234.00 -$ 2,451.00 -$ 2,451.00 $869,037.00
1118.03 Temp. Sergeant 1@$38,372.00 +$32,142.00 +$ 32,142.00 $ 32,142.00
1118.04 Temp. Corporal 1@$37,386.00 +$31,364.00 +$ 31,364.00 $ 31,364.00
017 HOWARD COUNTY VOTERS’ REGISTRATION OFFICE:
1114 Part-time $15,000 +$ 3,000.00 +$ 3,000.00 $ 18,000.00
1115 Purge $ 3,000 -$ 3,000.00 -$ 3,000.00 -0-
010 HOWARD
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
1113 Administrator 1@$39,847.00 +$ 2,000.00 -0- $ 39,847.00
1118 Nursing Coord. 1@$35,613.00 +$ 2,000.00 -0- $ 35,613.00
1119 Nurses 3@$33,453.00 +$ 4,000.00 -0- $
100,359.00
(Only
2 salary increases requested @$2,000 ea.)
IN THE MATTER OF HOWARD COUNTY EXTENSION
OFFICE:
Extension Director Susan Neher presented the annual
report for the year 2002 and thanked the Council for supporting the County Extension Office and its related
operations.
IN THE
MATTER OF THE MONTHLY COMMISSARY REPORT:
Mr.
Miller thanked Sheriff Marshall Talbert for providing the Council with a
monthly Commissary Report. The Council
looks forward to receiving the future reports.
IN
THE MATTER OF APPOINTMENTS TO PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT BOARD OF APPEALS (PTBOA):
At the request of County Assessor Ann Harrigan, the
Auditor presented the following information for Council approval:
Indiana Code 6-1.1-28 states that the County fiscal
body shall make two (2) of the four (4) appointments to the PTBOA. At least one (1) member must be a certified
level two assessor-appraiser, as recognized by the Department of Local
Government Finance. Ms. Harrigan recommended the appointments of Marilyn
Beroshok (D), 921 S. Locke St., a real estate deputy in the Center Township
Assessor’s Office and a level two appraiser; and Betty Belshaw (R), 2206
Executive Dr. Ms. Belshaw will replace
Betty Bromley (R) who retired.
Mr. Stout made a motion to approve Marilyn Beroshok
and Betty Belshaw to the PTBOA as recommended.
Mr. Papacek seconded the motion and it carried.
IN THE MATTER OF NEW
BUSINESS:
1.
Personnel Administrator Wanda McKillip presented Council members with
the Howard County Employee Data Report for 1/01/03 through 2/19/03.
2.
The Kokomo - Howard County Plan Commission Annual Report for
2002 was distributed to the Council members.
3.
The
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MARTHA J. LAKE, AUDITOR
County Council Minutes, February 25th,
2003