Agenda
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APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - 08/27/26
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APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND PAYROLL
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AGENDA AMENDMENTS AND APPROVAL
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PUBLIC COMMENT - BY SIGN-IN SHEET, 3 MINUTE LIMIT
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NEW BUSINESS
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Memphis Blue Lick Road and Crone Road Specifications and Bid Opening
[5:53]
Opioid Restricted Funds Request from Problem Solving Court
[7:40]
Relay For Life of Clark/Floyd Counties Bucket Fundraiser Request
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OLD BUSINESS
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REPORTS
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Auditor
[9:00]
Attorney
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Highway Department
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Sheriff
[9:23]
Elected Officials and Department Heads
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Other Business
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Adjournment
Transcript
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Here we go. Good evening I like to call this
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meeting to order tonight as a regular scheduled meeting the
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Clark County Board of Commissioners for Thursday September 10 2026
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at 5 p. m. What everybody please stand for the
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Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for prayer, please.
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Are spammings, one nation, another God, indivisible, delivered to you
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and justice for all. We just thank you give the
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glory to you for this day. Lord earlier this week
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we celebrated Labor Day. Which is the day that we
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celebrate those who work in our workforce. Lord, I'm asking
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right now that your special blessing be upon all our
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county workers. Everyone who works in our offices, those men
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who work out on a road department. And also to
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our officers who protect us. Lord, you bless them and
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watch over them. Bless them and their families, take care
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of them. Lord, we will also too that we will
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never forget to the tragic. Attack on our country. That
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we will celebrate 25 years ago. Tomorrow. Lord, let's be
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mindful that we live in the greatest land. In the
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world. Lord, you will always be watching over soon protecting
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us and Lord just take care of this. And Lord,
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we just know right now it is not just against
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flesh and blood, but it's against evil spirits that come
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against us. Are we know that you have made us
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the overcomer of all and are that you will always
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watch over us? So in the name of Jesus we
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pray, amen. Amen. Thanks Jack. And I remind everybody for
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those that are, for the sake of those that are
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listening to the stream or watching the stream and those
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in the audience, please speak into our mics. We do
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get complaints about that. So we'll do our best. First
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thing up is the approval, the meeting minutes for August
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27, 2026. Make a motion to prove those meeting minutes.
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Second that motion. Motion in a second on the floor
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to approve the meeting minutes. For August 27, 2026, all
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those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries 3 -
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0. Next up is approval of claims and payroll. Claim
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is parallel on order. Make a motion to approve the
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claims and payroll as presented by the Clark County Auditor.
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Second. Motion and a second on the floor to approve
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claims and payroll as presented by the Clark County Auditor.
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Any more discussion. Seeing none, all those in favor say
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aye. Aye. Motion carries 30. Next up is approval of
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the agenda. Are there any amendments? And if there are
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none, I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda as
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presented. Make a motion to approve the agenda as presented.
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Second. Motion and a second on the floor to approve
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the agenda as presented. All those in favor say aye.
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Aye. Motion carries 30. Moving right along to public comment.
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Looks like we have no body signed up for public
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comment tonight. So we will move on to new business.
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First up is our Memphis Blue Lick Road and Crohn
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Road specifications and bid opening. Yes. So, um, we have
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received two bids. The first bid is Mac construction. 1908
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Unru Court, New Albany, Indiana.
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And Mac Constructions sealed bid. For this project is a
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total lump sum bed of 352, 500 dollars.
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In the second and last bid is Dan Christianity excavating
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3, 000 shadow lake drive Charlestown, Indiana.
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And Dan Christiani's bid. For this project. Make sure to
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write page. Is for a lump sum of 378, 000
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dollars. And those are the only two bids that we
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received. Okay. I like a motion. We take these bids
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on our advisors for review by our county engineer. A
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second. Motion in a second on the floor to take
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the two bids under advised men louder. County engineer to
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provide a recommendation moving forward. Any more discussion. Seeing none
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all those in favor say aye? Aye. Aye. Motion carries
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three zero. Next up we have an opioid restricted funds
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request from the problem solving court. Is there anybody here
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to speak on behalf of the problem solving court.
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So 2027, if I'm not mistaken, unless there is a
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grant that can be found to fund these prior to.
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Take that back. The case manager will take place in
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27. The other ones will take place through the remainder
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of 26 and through 27. I apologize. In our remaining
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fund balance for the Opel Restricted Fund that Sabrina supply
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to us was 383, 000 dollars. This also did come
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with a recommendation from Dr. Azel. Yes. I make a
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motion to approve the funding of a full - time
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case manager for Clark County addiction treatment support program and
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a part - time administrative assistant. That will serve all
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treatment courts and Clark County. For the total amount of
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104, 410 dollars and 33 cents. I'll second. Motion and
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a second on a floor to approve the request from
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McClark County Problem Solving Court's board for funding a full
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- time case manager for the Clark County Addiction Treatment
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and supports program in a part - time administrative assistant
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that will serve all treatment courts in Clark County. Total
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of that request is 104, 410 dollars and 33 cents
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from the opioid restricted fund. Any more discussion. Seeing none
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all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries 30.
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Next up is a request for the relay for life
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for Clark and Floyd County's bucket fundraiser requests. This is
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a request for to set up a fundraiser at the
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intersection of county road 160. And 31. This is supposedly
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supposed to take place on September 12th. From 11 to
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2 o'clock. It will only be adults. And I believe
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Sabrina has talked to the requester and gathered all the
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information that we're looking for. So I would entertain a
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motion to approve that request. I'll make that motion to
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approve the request. For a delay for life bucket fundraiser.
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At the four - way stopping Henryville, which is the
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intersection of County Road 160 and Highway 31. From 11
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to 2 o'clock. On September the 12th. I'll second that.
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Motion and a second on a 4 - 2. Approve
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the request from relay for life for a fundraiser on
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September 12th from 11 to 2 at the intersection of
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County Road 160 and Highway 31. Any more discussion. On
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all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries 30.
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That's all the new business. Do we have any old
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business. I don't see any moving on to reports. Mr.
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Audit or anything tonight? Alright sir. Mr. Attorney? Nothing for
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tonight. Mr. Highway Department? Nothing for tonight. All right. Mr.
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Sheriff's Department. Clark Kennedy Sheriff's Office just to jail population.
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Our total population is 661 total inmates. We have 54
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Ice inmates and 18 federal inmates. Thank you. Thank you
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sir. Appreciate it. Have a great weekend. Thank you. Any
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other elected officials or department heads. Any other business. Seeing
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none, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn.
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Second. Motion and a second on the floor to adjourn.
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All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries 302
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adjourn. We are adjourned at 510.