[0:00] Mhm.
[0:03] » Are those the most recent ones?
>> Okay. Well, I'd like to go ahead and
[0:08] call the uh September, what is it? The
10th
[0:13] » meeting of the Night Township Advisory
Board uh to order.
[0:19] I'll let you sort that out while we
gather a minute. Our friends are joining
[0:23] online.
>> Oh, I was looking at the date.
[0:30] because we had that last amendment
meeting at 51.
[0:35] » Okay, there's the agenda.
This the purpose of today's meeting is
[0:40] the public hearing for review of the
proposed 2027 budget. Um, and this is
[0:46] per state code. You know, copy of the
proposed budget is available for public
[0:50] inspection at our township office here
during regular business off or hours.
[0:56] Um, we'll have a roll call. Eric Wagman
is
[0:59] » here.
>> Donald Broner
[1:01] » here. Chris Cook, I am here. And we're
joined by Deputy Brooke and our trustee
[1:06] Katherine. um you had the minutes from
the last meeting kind of sent out and
[1:11] then that was our simple meeting where
we just if you recall and she's passing
[1:15] out a hard copy for you to review um
where we had to amend the uh night
[1:20] township uh Evansville fire agreement to
provide the ambulance service to the
[1:26] night out parts uh with I think that was
July 1st is when that taken over.
[1:31] » So you have in front of you do I hear a
motion to approve?
[1:35] » Motion to approve.
>> Okay. Now a second.
[1:37] » A motion a second. Any discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor signify by
[1:42] saying I. I.
>> Opposed.
[1:45] » Okay. We will receive review now and
comment on the proposed 2027 budget.
[1:53] I'll turn over.
>> Okay. So the what has happened now is we
[1:58] have um
>> what was that? I'm sorry. What was that
[2:01] again?
>> Talking faster.
[2:04] » Sorry. 40.
You can always review the tape that I'm
[2:09] pointing over there at the screen.
>> And is that in line with what other
[2:13] townships are doing?
>> I don't know.
[2:16] » It's each individual based on their
budgets and kind of what their need is.
[2:22] Um we're very fortunate that we own our
buildings. So there's maintenance, um
[2:27] things like that that we want to be able
to put a little bit of that in, but we
[2:31] want the majority going back into our
community. So, um that's just something
[2:36] that they've changed this year.
[2:43] » And then, um
the raises I've provided documentation
[2:50] um kind of trying to get this office in
line with other townships in our area.
[2:56] » Thank you for providing that. is very
helpful because I don't think you know
[2:59] 40% of the population for the counties
in our township is that that's still a
[3:04] good number, right?
>> Yes. Of the entire county.
[3:10] » So, and you're you're towards the bottom
>> and we're we have the lowest budget per
[3:16] capita in the state. So, I I feel like
we've worked extremely hard to pay
[3:24] attention to the money and where it's
going and what it's doing and just need
[3:29] to get everybody in this office up to
>> plus retention.
[3:35] » And I we have to be able to keep good
people because there's other places that
[3:40] offer more money that
we have great case management, great
[3:46] chief deputy. I don't want to lose any
of them. So,
[3:50] I don't want them leaving because they
can make a little bit more somewhere
[3:53] else.
>> The uh I know you sent out Did you have
[3:56] I didn't want to start asking a couple
questions.
[3:58] » No, I've given you all of
>> because you sent it out early. Were
[4:02] there any and as I looked through it
again last night because I had a long
[4:06] day myself. I had a council meeting. the
um
[4:10] the service contracts that were under
that we accounted for there weren't any
[4:15] crazy increases that might be
unforeseen.
[4:19] » Okay. So the the
she had not she had not had an increase
[4:26] that from 2010 to 2015 she had a $25
a mo increase and has not had an
[4:34] increase since or since 2013 to last
year. So that's why there's that jump
[4:41] because we immediately started after the
September meeting, but then of course it
[4:47] got cold and there wasn't a whole lot of
MO left of the year. So then
[4:51] » but we're
you know and I'm good with that. I don't
[4:54] think there's anything I just
>> Yeah. No, you guys already voted on it
[4:57] last year.
>> And that's what I'm saying. But are
[5:00] there any other like vendors that we do
business with that are going to have a
[5:03] potential increase with the climate that
we're in? I mean, do we have any service
[5:08] contracts on any office machines? I
couldn't remember.
[5:10] » We do, but there we're looking to get a
new copier. So, because it's
[5:17] it's had it like didn't survive the
explosion
[5:21] » advanced solutions for our zero machine.
>> Cool.
[5:28] » Okay, we need to
>> Oh, sorry.
[5:31] » So, this is form 17. This is the
um
[5:39] resolution for salary. If you guys
approve.
[5:51] So, we're to the form 17 part. So, we'll
review this.
[5:58] Eric, Don, do you have any questions?
>> No, I don't.
[6:07] So this would account for like what we
talked about in the talk, right?
[6:11] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[6:13] » I think after the documentation that
we've been given,
[6:17] » Eric, I'm good with it.
>> Yeah.
[6:19] » I I mean,
>> yeah, that was I I'm good with it
[6:23] » because I just anybody would question
anything. I mean to see what the other
[6:28] ones are doing and then with the the
volume that you guys process through
[6:31] here. I think anything we can do to keep
you guys in line with everybody else
[6:36] would
would benefit with retention because I
[6:40] know it's hard to keep it folks now. But
I guess we need a motion to approve and
[6:46] sign
form 17.
[6:50] » I'll make a motion to approve and
second.
[6:54] » Make a motion and second. Any additional
discussion?
[6:57] Seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I. I
[7:01] » oppos. Okay, we'll sign those real
quick.
[7:08] There's Yeah,
[7:29] » remember the
>> It never made it back around. Sorry,
[7:36] that's for the minutes.
Okay,
[7:40] as you know, we're up to item six,
public comment.
[7:46] Seeing that there is no public here, I'd
like to remind those watching online
[7:51] um regarding the 2027 Knights Township
budget, 10 or more taxpayers can file
[7:58] objection proposed tax rates, levies in
budgets with the township not more than
[8:02] seven days after the public hearing,
which is IC6-1.1-17-5.
[8:11] Deadline for objections regarding the
township budget is Thursday, September
[8:16] 17th
at uh 20. Is there a time? Is it close
[8:20] of business?
>> Yes.
[8:23] » At 4:00, right? 4 o'clock. So, I just
want to go on the record and read it
[8:28] public here. So, I don't see any member
from the public. So, now we're up to
[8:32] review and sign team's collective
bargaining agreement.
[8:36] » And it's just the same. And this covers
our the employee insurance and the
[8:42] employees.
>> I don't think we need a motion on this.
[8:44] We just approved it, right?
>> I would just to have it
[8:48] » here. Look it over before we make a
motion.
[8:50] » Let's let our business agent over.
>> I'm not I'm
[8:55] expert.
>> I'll handle the cemetery. You just
[8:59] handle that stuff.
[9:05] » It's a two. It's a two-year
agreement.
[9:12] » Did their central state stuff on their
insurance stay comfortable or have you
[9:16] seen that? Because that's got to be a
huge
[9:18] » It's a huge savings for the township. I
mean, I I
[9:22] we jumped on it the minute it was
offered to us. But, I mean, just the
[9:28] savings alone,
>> the townships done like a with the
[9:31] township association with doing like a
medical trust.
[9:35] They have
there is one but we looked into it and
[9:41] it's not
>> we actually
[9:42] » something we want to participate
>> for the municipalities do something like
[9:45] that and we're getting ready to move
that way and it saved us tremendous
[9:50] money
>> we we looked into that this is a better
[9:54] avenue for our office
>> other townships well it used to be that
[10:00] we if if all eight of us did not do it
then we wen't able to then it changed
[10:07] and the minute it changed and we didn't
have to all come together and make that
[10:11] decision we we went for it. I mean it's
a substantial savings not only to the
[10:20] taxpayers but also to the employees.
It's much better coverage for much less
[10:26] money than the county insurance.
Oh, it's I mean I dealt with it when I
[10:31] was with Evansville. It saved us money
at the cemetery having the teamsters on
[10:35] the the central states. I mean it was a
>> what is that 13 states?
[10:42] » I don't know. I don't do
>> I think it's like if I recall at the
[10:45] time it was like 13 some odd states of
teamesters going to collective insurance
[10:50] and it's
>> it's hundreds of thousands of people
[10:54] that are receiving that insurance. So
that's why we're able to get it secure.
[10:58] I'll make a motion to approve as
presented.
[11:01] » I'll second.
Okay. So, we got a motion, a second. Any
[11:06] other discussion? Seeing none, all in
favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed.
[11:11] Okay. We'll let that form go around.
[11:27] There's actually a township talk in the
final