CONTINUED. MEETING OF THE JASPER COUNTY. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  OCTOBER 22,2024  PAGE 490  The] Jasper County Commissioners: mett this date at 830AMCS.Tat910s. Sparling, Rensselaer, Indiana with the following members present: Rein Bontreger, James Walstra and Jeffrey DeYoung. Also present were. Auditor, Donya Jordan, Deputy Auditor, Treasure Gilbert, Deputy Auditor, Dianal Boersma and Eric Beaver, the Attorney that represents the Commissioners. Those present stood andr recitedi thel Pledge of Allegiance led1 by Mr. Bontreger. There was al briefmoment MOU WITH JASPER COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT: Mr. Bontreger said they had a memorandum of understanding with the Soil & Water Conservation District, whichi is an agreement forj joint funding for one of their positions. Mr. DeYoung made a motion to approve the MOU: for 2024, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion carried. Mr. Walstra made ai motion to approve the MOU for 2025, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the motion carried. DONCARLESS/EPIC INSURANCE/MEDICAL PLAN RENEWAL: Mr. Carless saidi the plan ran well this year and they have a renewal with ARAN Sirius, who is the stop loss reinsurance carrier. Hes said for admin. fees, UMR is not asking for ani increase andt therei isar rate hold. He said thes stopl loss] premiums camei ina at about 4.94%, whichl hel had expected to be! higher. Hes said 4.94% represents about a $40,000.00: increase but, the total fixed expense increase is about 3.98%. He saidt thet total maximum cost fort thej plani is going down. Hes said they do market out to other carriers tol keep competition going but, they went with Sirius. Mr. DeYoung made a motion to approve EPIC maintaining the current configuration oftheir insurance plan, Mr. Walstra seconded andt the Mr. Carless saidt the annual maximum ont thes self-funded dental plani is $1,000.00, peri insured and that will be going up to $1,500.00. He said this is a benefit to the employees and no additional costst tot them. Mr. Walstra made ai motion to approve increasingt the dental benefit from $1,000.00 CANTEEN SERVICES AGREEMENT /S SHERIFF WILLIAMSON: Mr. Bontreger said they have been discussing whether or not they have to approve the agreement for the jail meal arrangement. Hes said they have approved it verbally but, they will formally approve it. Hes said the cost is going up about ten cents ai meal. Sheriff Williamson said it varies on how many inmates they have but, they generally have 76-90 inmates, which would be $2.61 per meal. Mr. Walstra made aj motion to approve the agreement, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the motion carried. Sheriff Williamson saidt they have been averaging about 88 inmates, whichi isl huge compared to 82 going Attorney Beaver saidi ini reviewing the Canteen agreement, hel learned that there were two annual increases after the original three-year agreement was approved. He said the notices were sent to the Sheriff: for approval so, het thinks they should retroactively approve the prior amendments. Mr. DeYoung made a motion to approve the amendments, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion NO-BURNORDER EXTENSION: Attorney Beaver said that Fire Chief, Kenny Haun, asked to extend the emergency bur order. Mr. Walstra made ai motion to approve extending the burn ban FINANCIAL COMMIMENTIETEES VINDOTAPPLICATONS: Mr. Bontreger said they had financial commitment letters for the INDOT applications he had to submit for the safety funding. He said the commitment letter is for them to have a small match to add pavement markings to currently unmarked county roads. He said their match would be $31,412.60: from the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund. He said they also had one for sign inventory and their match would be $11,190.00. He saidt the letters were submitted to meet the grant deadline but, he wouldl liket the Commissioners to approve thes submission ofthel letters committing tot thei matching fund amounts. Mr. DeYoung made a motion to approve, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion  ofs silence following the Pledge.  motion carried.  to $1,500.00, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the motion carried.  intot this year. He also said they are about to start the chiller project.  carried.  order for another week, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the motion carried.  carried.    CONTINUED. MEETING OF THE. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  OCTOBER: 22,2024  PAGE491  SARAI DEYOUNG/REQUESTRORGISLICENSE: Mr. Bontreger said that Ms. DeYoung, with Jasper County Economic Development, would like the Commissioners to approve an additional GIS license for them to be ablet to createl Beacon map layers. Ms. DeYoung said that Mr. Urbano and Mr. Knezevic, witht the Surveyors Officel have shown her how they use thel Beacon system and work with Schneider. She said she reached out to Schneider to explain what she was looking for since she would use it differently than other county departments. She said with certain layers you can see the utility providers andi ifs shel had the additional license, she could export the data as far asi ifs she was looking for a 100-acre parcel and ifi its inj proximity to I-65. She said right now she can only do a general search and] has to figure out] how big each piece is. She said this would also allow! hert tor make maps as far as: zoning what could potentially be housing or what is already taken up by solar. She said there's no way to see all of this; she can see the zoning but not: necessarily the development or potential future development, which would be huge. Mr. Bontreger said the additional license is $700.00 a year and asked whoi is paying fori it. Ms. DeYoung said she would likei ift they would pay fori it. Mr. Bontreger said that Ms. DeYoung's value is important. He said she has helped with the new county website and has been the driving force to make sure it gets done. Ms. DeYoung said that if they are able to take it out of their budget and give her the permissions to be able to see what the County sees. Mr. Walstra made a motion to approve the purchase of the license and grant JCEDO access to the data, Mr. DeYoung seconded and the COMMUNITY: SERVICES INVOICE: Mr. Bontreger said there was a claim from. Jasper County Community Services to pay Hamstra's for the placement ofa multi-light dimmer switch within the nutrition site. The switch was the original one installed during 1992. The total claim was $799.08 for service completed on September 16,2024. Mr. DeYoung made a motion to approve SURVEYOR VINCE URBANO: Mr. Urbano talked about Comcast boring across seven county drains before they caught them and how they don't want ai fiber optic line over the drains. He said he's asked them to investigate the seven drains they've already crossed without their permission for damage. He: said he asked them tos submit aj plan to them andt they willl handle: it. Mr. Urbano also talked about at truck stop ont the northeast side ofI-65 at the Roselawn exit thati is wanting toj put in a Burger King. He said they came to them back in 2012 and wanted to put ina four-bay truck wash andt theyl laid out a drainage plan but, they never finished. He said they didn't finish creating the ponds or put the culverti in and now they want toj put a Burger King in. He said hei isa asking themt toi finish the drainage plan they submitted twelve years ago. Mr. DeYoung added CORONER. ANDYI BOERSMA: Coroner Boersma said they had at tragici incident and) he wanted to thank the Commissioners and Highway for allowing them to use the north-end garage. He said they hadt to close the: recycling down for ai few days and] he hopes that didn'tcause too: much ofa problem. He also said in regards to the new building they've been talking about, he met with Hamstra's to do a design! build andt they also: met with the architect andj project managers. He said they were ablet to givet themi ideas about what they wanted. Hes said they shared their original sketch with them and the thoughts of what the Sheriff would need. Hes said he's made some phone calls in reference to the money that the State holds in the Stabilization Fund. He said he talked with someone: from State Board of Accounts and she gave some insight of where they need to go and MARY SCHEURICH: Ms. Scheurich joined via Zoom and said the Plan Commission met last night andf four additional parcels tot the overlay district were approved. She said she willl be getting  motion carried.  the claim for submission, Mr. Walstra seconded and the motion carried.  OTHER BUSINESS  that when they put their building in, they didi it backwards.  whatt they need to do next.  this to the Commissioners for the November meeting.    CONTINUED MEETING OF THEJASPER COUNTYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  OCTOBER 22,2024 PUBLICCOMMENT There was: noj public comment. and the motion carried.  PAGE4 492  There being no further business, Mr. Walstra made a motion to adjourn, Mr. DeYoung seconded  KBn Rein Bontreger, President  BNIRE James A. Walstra, Vicel President  Member  ATTEST:  Dme Sphan Donya G.. Jordan, Auditor of. Jasper County