[0:00] America
[0:03] and to [clears throat] the republic for
which it stands. One nation under God,
[0:08] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[0:18] » Our first um order of businesses
reorganization this morning. Do we have
[0:23] a nomination for president?
I would like to nominate Jordan to be
[0:28] continue as president.
>> I'd like to second that.
[0:32] » All in favor?
>> I
[0:34] » I
>> Jordan.
[0:36] » Okay. Thank you. Appreciate the support
for another year. Uh we'll take a
[0:41] nomination for uh vice president.
>> Uh see no reason to change it. So I'll
[0:47] nominate uh Burke to be uh vice
president.
[0:52] » Second that. All right. All in favor say
I. I that'll carry too. All right, we're
[0:58] restructured.
We'll go on to our uh scheduled business
[1:03] here for our agenda today, January 6th.
And we have public comment. Anyone here
[1:08] for public comment?
[1:15] » Morning, Todd.
>> Morning, sir. How are you?
[1:17] » Good.
>> Um, I'm here to speak about a few
[1:22] things.
>> Can you state your name? My first name
[1:24] is Todd Boston. I live at 3677 North
County Road 50 East. Um I'm here to
[1:30] state uh complain about the noise that I
have at my home. Um I've had meetings
[1:36] with you guys privately. They put 14
trees up. They put a band-aid on the
[1:41] wound. Okay. The noise still comes
through those trees.
[1:47] Here's a video from If you want to see
it, I have it.
[1:50] » Can you send it to us? I sent it to Bert
already. Bird has it on his phone. If
[1:55] Bert wants to pull it up, it's from
November 6th when I walk out the door at
[1:59] 6 at
>> You have a microphone on cuz I could
[2:03] play this.
>> You can email it to me.
[2:07] » Okay. After a later date,
you hear that?
[2:13] Hear the birds.
>> Hear the birds.
[2:16] » Hear what's behind it?
[2:21] That's at my back door.
That means I can't open my windows. I
[2:26] can't enjoy my home because this county
approved these substations that are
[2:32] directly behind my house. One directly
behind my house and one to the north of
[2:37] me. Okay, I'm upset.
Okay, as you can see, I'm shaking.
[2:42] Right? Because I now have to hire an
attorney
[2:47] to sue AES
to get this taken care of. That's $2,500
[2:54] out of my pocket to hire an attorney
like you in Indianapolis because there
[2:58] is no attorney in Lafayette or Frankfurt
that will knows what to do with this.
[3:06] And you guys are going to sit here and
say, "Oh, Todd, why don't you get your
[3:10] house appraised?" That's the last thing
you told me, right? And see what this
[3:14] noise does to the value of my home.
Okay. [clears throat]
[3:22] Why is it my responsibility
to take care of your guys's problem?
[3:30] The area planning
office approved the substations. Is that
[3:35] not correct?
>> Gentlemen, someone approved this. Who
[3:40] approved these substations to go
directly behind my house?
[3:43] » I would have went through the whole
process through the area plan.
[3:46] » Okay. So, area planning is now
responsible for that. But now you're off
[3:51] the hook, right? Because I had to file a
complaint within 30 days. Is that not
[3:55] right, sir? I
>> I don't know enough about the issue to
[3:58] give legal advice.
>> Well, I'm not looking for you for
[4:00] advice. I'm looking for your opinion,
sir.
[4:02] » That's what you're asking for is legal
advice. So, I'm not going to be able to
[4:05] provide that.
>> Okay. So, why do I have to hire an
[4:08] attorney?
Why do I have to sell my home and get it
[4:12] appraised?
You've taken away my homestead.
[4:18] I can't enjoy myself outside of my home.
[4:24] 14 trees is not going to do anything to
that noise. And AES,
[4:30] I believe they said, um, we're
graciously giving you these trees.
[4:37] Now, we had a meeting at my home with
Liz, you and Garrett from AES in May. Is
[4:42] that not correct, sir?
>> Correct.
[4:44] » Okay. What happened from that meeting?
Can you tell me?
[4:47] » Well, Garrett,
>> 14 trees.
[4:49] » Yeah.
>> And Garrett is no longer there.
[4:51] » That's I understand.
>> Okay. Now, let's get to Williams Creek
[4:55] who put all your shrubs in out there.
Who's in charge of that now, sir?
[4:59] Anybody? Nobody. I had a call because
the 14 trees were laying on the ground.
[5:08] on the ground. One's on the ground and
and how many were on a on a 60deree
[5:13] angle? Nine 10 of them out of the 14,
they were never staked. Why should I, as
[5:19] a homeowner, have to call and find out
who is running Williams Creek and who is
[5:24] running AES?
>> Did you call Mr. Weaver?
[5:27] » I called Mr. Weaver. He called me two
days later. Sir, I called Liz. She says,
[5:32] "I don't know, sir. I'd have to look
into it. It's going to take me a few
[5:35] days because it's warm weather and
everyone wants their footings put in.
[5:42] I'm mad. I'm mad at this county for what
they did to me. You're not taking any
[5:48] responsibility morally, ethically, or
legally to help me. Is that not a state?
[5:55] » Did they come and restake
it right before the 40 m to 60 mph
[6:00] windset because all those trees would
have been on the freaking ground, right?
[6:04] Yeah,
I took care of it. No one from the
[6:08] county helped me. Liz never emailed me
because I called Liz and said, "Here's
[6:12] the guy's name. His name is Bo Green.
Kevin Birkhard has been fired." So, the
[6:17] two people that I've had contact with in
the last two years since this has been
[6:23] turned on, this is where I'm at today.
Still at the same spot two years later.
[6:32] And you're all going to stare at me with
blank faces
[6:36] and not help me. Is that correct?
>> I believe Commissioner Weaver has tried
[6:41] to help you.
>> I'm asking you as a as a commissioner.
[6:45] » It doesn't take three of us. It doesn't
take three of us.
[6:49] » Well, obviously Bird, are you getting
anywhere?
[6:53] » Well, like you said, the guy that I
contact the trees got rested, so
[6:58] apparently
>> I took care of it.
[6:59] » Well, I called him, too. So, I don't
know who prompted that to get there, but
[7:04] I did.
>> I called Bo Green.
[7:05] » Yeah.
>> And called him that when I found out and
[7:08] took care of it myself. When I called
you and told you, I took care of it.
[7:12] » Yes, I did.
>> Yep.
[7:15] » So, what's your solution? What would you
like to see?
[7:18] » What would I like to see?
>> Yes.
[7:20] » Three layers of trees. That's what it's
going to take
[7:24] from the substation behind my house all
the way to the one at the north end.
[7:30] That's going to take over all Mr.
Oller's land that he puts corn in. When
[7:34] the corn was there, guess what? I didn't
hear it
[7:41] cuz it buffered the sound and pushed it
back. Now I'm going to have soybeans.
[7:45] What are soybeans going to do for me?
You've taken away my homestead. You've
[7:52] taken away my peace of mind because of
what the county approved
[7:58] and put in behind my house.
[8:03] How many millions of dollars do you guys
get from that from up there? What do you
[8:09] guys get a year?
>> $488,000.
[8:12] » Okay. So, how much is that?
>> Years.
[8:14] » Okay. Over how many years?
>> 10. And then it becomes on the tax roll.
[8:18] » Okay. So for for every for first 10
years you get $400,000 a year, right?
[8:22] Roughly
>> 488 roughly.
[8:25] » So why don't you
take a portion of that money and fix my
[8:30] property?
[8:33] » You have to do something for me. I am
not going to spend $2,500
[8:39] to get a demand letter. Just a freaking
demand letter from an attorney.
[8:45] It's $415, thou dollar an hour. It's
going to cost me 10 to$20,000
[8:52] or more to sue this company. Why do I
have to do that when it was your guys's
[8:58] mistake in the beginning?
>> Our guys is don't don't
[9:03] » Area planning area every area planning
approved this. Is that not tied to the
[9:07] county?
>> Uh indirectly yes.
[9:11] » Well, okay. Well, indirectly and
directly are the same things.
[9:14] » Then then you could sue area plan.
>> I can't. It's been 30 days, sir.
[9:21] » Well, then make the rules.
>> See, that's the rules.
[9:24] » So, that's why I'm coming with you
morally or ethically. Are you going to
[9:27] do anything for me?
[9:33] » I'm asking a question, guys. You got
$400,000. How much does it cost to put
[9:38] three rows of 14ft trees behind my home?
It's a good question. We'll have to look
[9:44] into that.
>> I would more than look into it, sir. I
[9:48] am upset. I am mad. It's December or
January, whatever it is, and I still
[9:54] deal with it when I walk out my door
when it's 30° outside.
[9:59] Do you want to hear that noise? Do you
have that noise in your home? You? You?
[10:02] You? Anybody here? No.
All right. We'll we'll keep working on
[10:09] it here for you.
>> So, I'm going to AES. I went there
[10:14] yesterday. There's a new gentleman
there. I believe his name is Curtis.
[10:19] » Do you know that?
>> I did not.
[10:21] » So,
what do I do?
[10:25] » We'll give you two more minutes.
>> You're going to give me two minutes?
[10:30] » What about all the dead shrubs that are
surrounding this area, the solar farm?
[10:36] Are you guys going to replace those
because they're out of warranty? There's
[10:39] hundreds.
Go up by Mr. Yod's house. I believe it's
[10:43] Yod's house on top of the hill by Little
Lakes. Look at the black tarp. It's
[10:48] gone.
The soundproofing mat got ripped off
[10:51] from the wind. Is that going to get
replaced for him?
[10:54] » I think it should. Yes.
>> Who's going to take care of it? Who do
[10:57] you call?
[11:01] » Well, I would think you would call AES.
>> Me?
[11:04] » Well, no, not you.
area plan will need to they need to be
[11:09] doing checkups on that.