[9:58] Mhm.
[10:32] » I'll call the
our
[10:36] meeting to order.
Um can I have the roll of the uh
[10:42] uh council? Ken Alexander. Present. Tim
Griffin. Present.
[10:46] » Mark Hall. Present. Sue Mackey. Present.
>> Amy Massillamany.
[10:49] » Present. Steve Nation. Present. Mr. Vice
President, you have a quorum.
[10:53] And let the record show that um Mr.
Beaver is sick and that's why he's not
[10:57] attending tonight.
Uh next on our uh uh
[11:02] agenda is the invocation of pledge uh
pledge Tim.
[11:06] If you could please rise.
[11:10] Heavenly Father, tonight we pause to
remember those who serve and sacrifice
[11:14] for others.
We lift up the family and friends and
[11:17] fellow officers of Beech Grove Officer
Brian Elliott who gave his life in
[11:21] service to his community. Grant them
comfort and strength and peace. We also
[11:26] pray for the members of our armed forces
who have lost their lives in the
[11:29] conflict in Iran and for all those who
continue to serve uh in our military and
[11:35] law enforcement. Protect them, guide
them, and bring them home safely.
[11:39] And we as we gather here tonight, grant
us the wisdom, humility, and clarity
[11:43] needed for the decisions we make. In
your name we pray. Amen.
[11:50] I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to
[11:55] the republic for which it stands, one
nation under God, indivisible, with
[12:00] liberty and justice for all.
[12:06] Uh the next on our agenda there is the
approval of the minutes of the work
[12:10] session on February 4th. So moved.
Second.
[12:13] Any discussion?
[12:17] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
Motion carries. Next is the minutes of
[12:23] the regular meeting of February 4th.
Motion to approve. Second.
[12:28] Any discussion?
[12:31] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
Motion carries.
[12:37] As to the next part, public comment.
Um
[12:42] Ms. Morehouse, did we receive any
to make public comment? We did not.
[12:49] Uh the next part of our agenda is the
committee reports.
[12:53] Um
I do not have anything and the Vice
[12:56] President does not have anything.
Highway?
[12:59] Uh we met. There's items on the agenda.
Uh finance?
[13:05] Did not meet. We have one coming up.
[13:09] Personnel? Uh we had a poll and there
was discussion.
[13:14] Uh major projects? We did meet and that
information was provided to council
[13:17] ahead of this meeting.
Any miscellaneous?
[13:23] Okay.
Um no unfinished business, no tabled
[13:27] business, new business.
Can I have a motion concerning the
[13:31] approval of gender claims?
>> So moved.
[13:32] » Second.
Any discussion?
[13:36] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
Motion carries.
[13:42] Uh for the next item it is the ordinance
CC03-04-2026-A,
[13:51] an ordinance of Hamilton County Council
establishing a processing charge for
[13:56] certain minimal property tax
liabilities.
[14:00] Can I have a motion concerning this to
suspend the rules to permit adoption on
[14:04] first reading? Motion to suspend the
rules. Second.
[14:09] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[14:13] Any opposed?
The rules are suspended.
[14:16] Motion to approve the ordinance.
Second.
[14:21] Any discussion?
[14:24] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[14:29] Ordinance is hereby passed.
Uh the next item is the interlocutory
[14:34] agreement uh between the city of
Fishers, Indiana and Hamilton County,
[14:39] Indiana concerning the 131st
Street and Brooks School Road
[14:45] intersection
improvement projects.
[14:47] » So moved. Second.
Any discussion? Do they have any planned
[14:53] eminent domain use?
[14:56] We're giving them our county eminent
domain use. Yep.
[15:01] That's the plan.
[15:04] So just precautionary. Thank you.
[15:14] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed? So carried.
[15:18] Uh the next item uh can I have a motion
to withdraw this from the
[15:24] agenda tonight?
[15:27] Motion to approve uh withdraw the
fairgrounds update,
[15:31] number D. So moved.
[15:36] All second. Yep, second. Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[15:40] Any opposed? Yeah.
I will now open a public hearing
[15:45] concerning additional appropriations.
And again, if any citizen wishes to go
[15:51] ahead and make comments concerning this,
please come forward when those items are
[15:55] before the council.
Uh the first there is the assessor's
[15:59] office requesting 144 minutes. Motion to
approve.
[16:05] Second.
Any discussion? Um this is one of
[16:09] several that says they want pace sort of
retroactive to the
[16:14] beginning of the year.
[16:18] I'm not sure if that's appropriate, but
I just like to understand how the
[16:22] council Yeah, 131. Should we table table
it to Just in general.
[16:28] Here This is the certification pay. It
was This one is for the certification.
[16:33] So Certification is that I can
understand. That's what this assessor's
[16:36] If it's retroactive, it should just be
to the retroactive to the date that it
[16:39] was
that she became certified. Not to the
[16:42] first of the year.
So this one's 131.
[16:45] » Which which is close to the first of the
year and I think it happened just in
[16:48] Okay.
I understand. It was on the 23rd of
[16:50] January. Yep. But for the record, I'm
not related to Ann Hall.
[16:56] Thanks, Kevin.
[17:01] Can we then
Yes. Yes. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[17:06] Any opposed? So carried.
Uh the auditor's office requesting 144
[17:11] minutes.
[17:14] So moved. Motion to approve for
discussion.
[17:17] Do I have a second? Second.
Uh any discussion?
[17:22] Here's the one we were requesting
wondering about the effective date of
[17:27] the retroactives.
Um
[17:29] If he's been communicated to all the
parties and uh
[17:34] So
these aren't retro. No, they're not
[17:36] retro. Oh, these ones aren't As soon as
they are approved.
[17:38] » Nothing nothing on None of ours are
retroactive.
[17:43] Has have have that the employees been
There's only two retros. 144 is on on
[17:48] the agenda. Okay. Have have they have
they been have they been communicated to
[17:51] about the changes that were coming? No.
Not till they're approved. Not till
[17:56] they're approved. I understand that.
[18:02] This includes uh uh
at least one that that's one one that's
[18:08] reduction. Correct.
[18:13] You're not You're not anticipating any
issues with that?
[18:19] According to WIS.
It dropped down. I'll take that as I'll
[18:23] take that as a no. Okay.
Thanks.
[18:28] Any further discussion?
[18:32] I think going forward if I can just say
one thing, um we we get a lot of 144s so
[18:37] when they audit here is that that's
usually has to do with pay or job
[18:40] description.
When we have these and we have changes,
[18:43] I'd love to I think it would be
appropriate because of the budget books
[18:46] and budget hearings we we put org charts
and things like that in place and if
[18:50] things are shuffled mid-year, having an
update on that would be helpful.
[18:54] I don't know how you all feel.
I think we big picture have talked about
[18:59] um
[19:01] where and it wasn't related specifically
to these, but there have been others
[19:06] requests that have been made around
um job descriptions that maybe are
[19:10] extremely outdated like tens of years
and we need to come up with a process
[19:15] that ultimately allows people to
uh
[19:19] accurately update at the right time and
so I think as a council we're going to
[19:24] have to figure out how we move forward
and I know that with 1,400 employees
[19:30] it's not an easy task to undertake and
so
[19:33] around budget instructions that's not
going to be doable. So we're going to
[19:37] have to come up with a longer term
solution in order to evaluate.
[19:43] Is this is a a net
chip increase in that line item, right?
[19:49] For this particular salary?
Is it positive?
[19:52] It's a positive for our overall budget
and a
[19:55] It is a net positive. Yeah, so that's an
increase.
[20:01] Any further discussion?
[20:06] All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Okay.
[20:11] The next is the Commissioner's office.
First item there is requesting reduction
[20:16] of $391,831.
[20:21] » So moved. Second. Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? So
[20:27] carried.
The next item for the Commissioners is
[20:30] requesting additional appropriation of
million.
[20:35] So moved. Second. Any discussion?
This is just the cash to purchase the
[20:40] ground, correct? Yes.
Any other discussion?
[20:45] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
So carried.
[20:50] As to community corrections,
uh requesting additional appropriation
[20:54] of $980.
So moved. Second.
[20:59] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
[21:04] carried.
Um the next with community corrections
[21:08] are requesting a 144 amendment.
So moved.
[21:13] Second.
Any discussion?
[21:18] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[clears throat]
[21:22] So carried.
Uh the next is building and grounds
[21:26] requesting additional appropriation.
Um I need a motion to amend uh showing
[21:32] that the proper amount there is
$107,641.75.
[21:39] Motion to approve the amended amount.
Second.
[21:44] All in favor? Aye. Aye.
Now, can we go for the uh motion to
[21:49] approve
Second.
[21:52] Any discussion?
[21:55] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
So carried.
[22:00] Uh next is uh ISS and requesting
additional appropriation of $304,530.45.
[22:09] So moved.
>> Second.
[22:11] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[22:15] Any opposed?
So carried. Requesting additional
[22:18] appropriation of $1,051.83.
[22:22] So moved. Second. Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[22:27] Any opposed?
So carried.
[22:30] Prosecutor's office requesting
additional appropriation of $391,831.
[22:37] » So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[22:41] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[22:44] So carried.
Probation Department requesting a 144
[22:48] amendment. So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[22:52] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[22:56] So carried.
Uh Hamilton County Regional Utility
[23:00] District requesting additional
appropriation
[23:03] of $1,106,370.
[23:07] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[23:12] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[23:16] So carried.
The next is fund 112
[23:20] project income requesting additional
appropriation of $250,980.
[23:27] For for discussion. Motion to approve
the discussion.
[23:31] » Do I have a second? Second. Okay.
Please. Um
[23:35] if you look at justification, it was not
Department of Correction not fully
[23:39] funding our 2026 grant as it originally
requested.
[23:43] What was the original grant? Why wasn't
it funded?
[23:51] Good evening. Um
the way that the DOC grant budget uh and
[23:56] that works versus the county
budget being approved, there's a delay.
[24:01] So when the county uh with the We
submitted our budget to the county last
[24:04] year with We were removing $250,000 from
our project income line. We were going
[24:09] to have that paid for with DOC grant
funds.
[24:11] » Yes. We had not received or we had not
requested an additional uh any
[24:16] additional grant funding in over 10
years. So
[24:18] in talking with the Department of
Correction, they encouraged us to
[24:21] increase our ask. We were initially we
were hopeful that we would get that
[24:24] money.
We were cut, but we did not get the full
[24:26] funding that we asked for. So
essentially what the this request this
[24:29] is doing is it's moving that initial
$250,000
[24:33] that was going to be in our project
income fund
[24:36] and that we moved that into the grant.
We're going to move that back to the
[24:39] project income at a later date to
reimburse the grant that we did not
[24:43] receive the full amount for. So how much
did we apply the grant for? For Sorry,
[24:48] how much for every grant did we apply
for? How much did we actually receive?
[24:51] We received 2.54 million.
And how much did we apply for? Uh
[24:56] $250,000 more than that. Okay. All
right. So that was that This is the
[24:59] exact delta. Okay.
All right. That's what I was trying to
[25:02] get at. And did they give you a reason
why we didn't get the
[25:06] 2.89
>> They cut grant funding from uh numerous
[25:10] uh
community corrections agencies across
[25:12] the state. And unfortunately, um
we're staring down another um cut of
[25:18] about $250,000 if not more going into
2027. Did SEA 1 come up in the
[25:23] conversation?
>> That's exactly what it is.
[25:25] Okay. Thank you very much, Kim.
Thank you.
[25:28] Any other discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[25:35] So carried.
Uh the next is um requesting transfer of
[25:39] $4,000. So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[25:43] All in favor? Aye. Aye.
Uh the next is fund 1138.0201
[25:54] Cap Development Bridge requesting
additional appropriation of
[25:58] $2,200,013.31.
[26:03] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[26:08] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[26:12] So
about
[26:15] Um the next item um I need a motion to
withdraw that. This is the uh it was
[26:22] already encumbered and uh I just need a
motion to withdraw. Motion to remove the
[26:28] Second.
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[26:33] It's withdrawn.
The next item is fund 11252
[26:40] uh local emergency planning committee
uh requesting additional appropriation
[26:44] of $10,000.
So moved.
[26:47] Second.
Any discussion?
[26:52] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
So carried.
[26:57] The next is requesting transfer of
$5,020.
[27:01] » So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[27:05] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
carried.
[27:09] The next is fund 1159
Health Department requesting 144. So
[27:15] moved. Second. Any discussion? This is
the other retro. This is the other
[27:19] retro, right?
>> Yes.
[27:22] Was it for a certification? No.
[27:29] Do we
Change of classification.
[27:38] Oh, I'm sorry. We had a question. What
is
[27:40] What was that change here? That change
was a promotion of a staff uh moving up
[27:45] from our staff nurse position to a to
our vacated senior nurse staff position.
[27:49] So this is a existing The the Yeah, the
the money was already in the budget
[27:54] because it was vacated out for our
director replacement.
[27:57] » was doing the work as of the retro date.
Yep.
[28:00] Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
Perfect.
[28:03] Any other discussion? All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed? So carried.
[28:09] The next is fund 1161
Health First Indiana requesting
[28:14] additional appropriation. So moved.
Second.
[28:19] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
[28:24] carried.
Next is fund
[28:28] uh 1186 Rainy Day uh fund requesting
additional appropriation of million. So
[28:34] moved. Second. Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[28:41] So carried.
Fund 1193 Sheriff's Pension requesting
[28:46] an additional 83,852.
[28:51] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[28:55] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[29:00] So carried.
Uh the next is um
[29:04] fund 1219
and that May I have a motion to have
[29:09] that tabled to the next meeting?
Motion to table.
[29:15] Do I have a second? We skipped J. No, we
skipped J. No, we skipped J. Yeah. Yeah.
[29:19] Oh, I'm sorry. That's it. Sorry. Yes. So
We'll come back to it. We'll We'll take
[29:24] out K and we'll go back to J.
So So do we want to motion for J?
[29:30] Motion to approve fund 1213 Guardian ad
litem
[29:34] for 191 5 Second. Sorry, for 65,200.
[29:41] Do I have a second? Yes, second. Yeah,
but the only question I see is we got to
[29:45] have an updated form
for the auditor's name.
[29:51] There [laughter] are a few departments
like that that are still holding strong
[29:53] that she's coming back. Oh, that's what
they're That's what they're hoping for.
[29:58] Good catch. Good catch. Any further
discussion? No.
[30:02] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
So carried.
[30:07] Now we can go back to K
fund 1219 parks. Can I have a motion to
[30:13] have that tabled? Motion to table.
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? It's so
[30:19] tabled.
Next item is fund 11 or 1222
[30:24] communications
request in a 144 amendment.
[30:29] So moved. Second.
Any discussion? This is another one
[30:32] that's retro.
[30:36] This is the third one, right? Yep.
Well, second for I think what they're
[30:40] referring to. The other one was a
certification, so I don't know if they
[30:42] did two or if they meant Correct.
Should we Do we need discussion on that?
[30:55] No, I'm okay. Okay.
Then all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any
[31:00] opposed?
So carried.
[31:02] Fund 1224
reassessment requesting
[31:08] additional appropriation of 900,000.
So moved. Second.
[31:15] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[31:18] Any opposed? So carried.
Fund 1234
[31:23] prosecutor forfeiture requesting
additional appropriation of 113,000.
[31:28] So moved.
Second.
[31:31] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[31:37] So carried.
Fund 1237
[31:41] opioid restricted requesting additional
appropriation of 104,852
[31:48] and 22 cents.
Motion to approve. Second.
[31:54] Any discussion?
[31:57] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[32:01] So carried. The next is requesting
reduction of 5,600.
[32:06] So moved. Second.
Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[32:11] Any opposed?
So carried. The next is fund 4595
[32:18] Village Park TIF requesting additional
appropriation of 906,412.
[32:25] So moved.
Second.
[32:27] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
[32:32] carried.
Fund
[32:35] 4596
146th Street ramp west TIF requesting
[32:41] additional appropriation
of 1,427,125.
[32:48] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[32:52] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[clears throat]
[32:55] So
so carried.
[32:57] Fund 4596
[33:02] dash
point 4618
[33:06] HCRD TIF requesting additional
appropriation of 26,388
[33:13] dollars and 83 cents. So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[33:20] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
carried.
[33:24] Fund 4597
Thompson TIF
[33:29] requesting additional appropriation of
1,546,720.
[33:36] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[33:39] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
[33:44] So carried. Fund 4598
96th Street
[33:50] US 421 TIF requesting additional
appropriation of 4,000,000
[33:56] 335,412.
[33:59] So moved. Second.
Any discussion?
[34:03] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed?
[34:06] So carried.
Fund 4807
[34:11] non-reverting computer maintenance
requesting additional appropriation of
[34:15] 304,530.
[34:19] 304,530
dollars and 45 cents. So moved. Second.
[34:25] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
[34:30] carried.
Fund
[34:32] 4918 youth assistance program requesting
additional appropriation of 58,914
[34:41] dollars. So moved.
>> Second. Any discussion?
[34:44] All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So
carried.
[34:50] Can I have a motion
>> remove fund 4924 convention visitor and
[34:54] tourism capital request. Can I have a
second? Second. All in favor? Aye. That
[35:00] is hereby withdrawn.
We're into grants and additional
[35:04] appropriation.
>> Mr. Vice President, I make a motion to
[35:07] combine X1 through 6.
Second.
[35:13] Any discussion?
All in favor? Aye.
[35:17] Any opposed?
May I motion to approve items X1 through
[35:22] 6.
Second.
[35:25] All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed? So carried.
[35:30] I close the public hearing.
Any announcements from the sheriff? No,
[35:35] sir.
Any from council? No, sir.
[35:38] Any from the auditor? No, sir.
That concludes our meeting.
[35:43] Thank you.