The Howard County Council met,
The meeting was called to order by
Sheriff Major Larry Shipman and conducted by President Richard Miller. The minutes of the Regular Session on
September 24th, having been previously reviewed, were approved as
presented on a motion made by Mr. Shearer, seconded by Mr. Papacek and carried.
As per inquiry by President Miller,
there were no specific comments to be made by Council Members at this
time.
Ordinance
No. 2002-HCC-49 was read in full for the first time by
APPROPRIATION ADDITIONS
REQUESTED AS FOLLOWS:
REQUESTED: APPROVED:
104
3262 Urine Screens $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00
3213 Mileage $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
Total
Supplemental Juvenile Probation Fund: $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00
Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Don
Travis was unable to attend the meeting; however the Council received a letter
explaining his requests.
(1) The amount requested for line
item 3262 - Urine Screens is calculated by averaging several budget cycles, and
this year it has fallen short before the end of a calendar year. (2) The probation staff utilizes their own
vehicles for conducting visits and traveling.
Despite previous transfers to the account during 2002, this line item
will fall short due to increased “field” contacts and travel to neighboring
counties to see clients in placement, foster care or juvenile courts.
The above requested appropriations
would cover the costs of urine screening and mileage until the end of the year
2002. Mr. Papacek made a motion to
appropriate $4,000.00 to the line items listed above in Fund 104. Mr. Singer seconded the motion and it
carried.
Mr. Raver referred the
discussion to Mr. Larry Smith, Director of Howard County Emergency Management
(EMA). Approximately three years ago a 35-kilowatt
Marine Corp. generator acquired through the State malfunctioned. The EMA
is concerned that the current portable 45-killowatt generator is not
large enough to operate some of the pumps and facilities in the community. Replacement parts may be obsolete and new
generators are very costly.
Recently there was a situation where the Miami
County EMA Director acquired an eight-year old, 350-kilowatt generator that was
too large for their use.
Howard County EMA has a trailer available which will
accommodate the hauling of the generator.
For example, if the back-up generator at the City-County dispatch Center
fails, this generator can be transported to the site to avoid interruption of
law enforcement,
ALL FUNDS: $41,156.80 $41,156.80
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION
NO. 2002-HCC-17-- TRANSFERS:
Resolution
No. 2002-HCC-17 addressing requested transfers was presented and read in full
for Council information and review. The
following actions were taken:
001
003 HOWARD COUNTY TREASURER:
1114-01 Second Deputy/Job Share 1115 Part-time $
2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
2371 Tax Statements 4724 Equipment $
2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Howard
County Treasurer Ann Wells requested the balance left in Tax Statements to be
transferred into Equipment. Mrs. Wells
would like to purchase adding machines and a printer drawer for an 8000 model
printer used to print tax statements and books.
A
balance of $2,000.00 remains in line item 1125 due to illness and vacations of
job share employees. Mrs. Wells
requested moving the balance into the Part-time account to retain two (2)
employees for approximately three weeks to expedite the processing of fall tax
payments.
Mr.
Singer made a motion to approve the transfers as listed above. Mr. Ellison seconded the motion, which
carried.
008
1125 Pettit
Jurors 2360 Office Supplies $
1,500.00 $ 1,500.00
Connie
Cook, Court Baliff, stated there was extra money in Pettit Jurors fund due to
the decreased number of jury trials in 2002.
On the other hand, the office supply money fell short due to an increase
of case loads.
The
transfer of $1,500.00 from line item 1125 to line item 2360 was approved on a
motion made by Mr. Papacek, seconded by Mr. Shearer and it carried.
018 HOWARD COUNTY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT:
4720 Equipment 3220 Utilities $
4,000.00 $ 4,000.00
Howard
County Maintenance Superintendent Thomas Harrison explained the deficiency of
money for utilities is due to transferring out $15,000 in June to expedite the
purchase of the mower for Howard Haven County Home. An unexpected increase of about $2,000.00 per
month for electricity has been experienced.
Mr. Harrison did not foresee the need for additional money for
utilities. He estimates now that the
monies transferred from other accounts will pay the utilities through the end
of 2002.
Mr.
Papacek made a motion to approve the transfer of $4,000.00 from line item 4720
to line item 3220. Mr. Singer seconded
the motion and the motion carried.
IN THE MATTER OF SALARY ORDINANCE NO.
2002-HCC-50 – AMENDING THE EXISTING SALARY ORDINANCE FOR 2002:
A motion was made by Mr. Stout, seconded by Mr. Shearer
and carried to approve Amended Salary Ordinance 2002-HCC-50 as read. The amended salaries, any changed position
titles and all other pertinent information is shown as follows:
# POSITIONS/ REQUEST: APPROVED: YTD:
SALARY
001
023 HOWARD COUNTY TREASURER’S OFFICE:
1114-01 Second Deputy Job Share $40,950.00 -$ 2,000.00 -$ 2,000.00 $38,950.00
1115 Part-time $9,000 +
$4,000 = $13,000 +$ 2,000.00 +$
2,000.00 $15,000.00
IN THE MATTER OF
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County Council Minutes,