MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 2022

8 AM

100 E. Main Street – Room 103

Crawfordsville, IN 47933

Call to Order: Board President John E. Frey

Pledge of Allegiance and Prayer

Election of Officers

President

Vice President

Consent Agenda

Approval of Claims: December 28, 2021 to January 10, 2022

Accounts Payable: & Payroll Claims:

Approval of Meeting Minutes: December 28, 2021

2022 Contracts

Treasurer’s Office

Invoice Cloud – Online payment vendor. We pay ACH reject fees and pass them along to the taxpayer through an NSF added assessment on their parcel.

American Financial Credit Services – Collection agency – no fees paid by the County. The fees are passed on to the taxpayer.

GovTech Services – An online service that works with escrow companies on amounts due on parcels. There is no fee to the County for the service. The fees are passed on to the escrow companies wanting the payment files.

The Master’s Touch – Tax statement vendor. The fees have gone up some from last year. The overall increase from 2021 is $660.14 – Total cost for service: $5,917.34

Public Hearing – Petitioner: The Overland Group, LLC Re-Zone 2.5 acres – Agricultural to Commercial – Property is located at the southwest corner of SR47 and CR600 South with the intention to develop the property into a 10,640 square foot retail business and associated parking facilities. The Plan Commission held a public hearing on 11-24-21 and considered the Overland’s request, comments by the public, the case report and comments by the Zoning Administrator and approved an unfavorable recommendation by a 6-0 vote.

Ordinance 2022-1: Request of the Overland Group and Rezoning a Certain Parcel of Land in the South Block of SR47 from Agricultural to Commercial

2022 Commissioner Board & Commission Appointments – Commissioners will make annual appointments as well as term appointments as shown in the packet.

New Business

USI On-call Contract – Constitution Row – Pavement condition assessment – $7,000

RQAW Contract-Road Design – RQAW is being hired to develop a preliminary design and cost estimate for the extension of Purple Heart Parkway from US 231 to Ladoga Road. Payment for the contract will be from the CCD fund.

Accepting/Rejecting Quotes for Culverts –

The Montgomery County Commissioners solicited a lump sum quote to remove an existing culvert and install pre-purchased culvert components located on CR 700 N between US 231 and CR 100 E. The Montgomery County Engineer solicited quotes from 5 contractors for the culvert project. On December 13th the Commissioners opened a quote from Conexco as being the only contractor submitting a quote. The quote was in the amount of $277,000. The Montgomery County Engineer recommends the Commissioners approve this quote. The Montgomery County Highway Director will use this project as a training exercise for the culvert crew in order to self-perform similar type of projects.

The Montgomery County Commissioners solicited a lump sum quote to remove an existing culvert and install pre-purchased culvert components located on CR 950 S between CR 750 W and CR 625 W. The Montgomery County Engineer solicited quotes from 5 contractors for the culvert project. On December 13th the Commissioners opened a quote from Conexco as being the only contractor submitting a quote. The quote was in the amount of $286,000. The Montgomery County Engineer recommends the Commissioners reject this quote. The Montgomery County Highway Department will self-perform the installation of this culvert sometime in the future.

Ordinances

Resolutions

Other Business