Hancock Co. Comm./Drain Board/Solid Waste/Water & Sewer boards
Terry Bynum
10/06/26
These were all normal business meetings.
Drain board approved two variances, and talked about 2 Indot projects.
Commission meeting
The HI way dept audited their projects, and came up with $670K of money left unspent from projects. That will be retained in the department to cover other costs.
On the 19th, the county will meet with the Gfld. Mayor about micro transit(HSS transit)
The sheriff wants to build a canopy from one building to another in the jail compound, but it is turning into a larger project than he hoped. He asked for guidance from the commissioners as to whether he should start the project now and leave it for the next sheriff to finish. Gary McDaniel recommended yes, because "Sheriff Gary(Achor) would then be up to speed on the project."
I guess McDaniel doesn't realize that voters get to decide who the next sheriff is.
The water & sewer district asked the board for permission to set up a bank account to hold a 75K donation from Ninestar.
The HR department has issued an addendum for the children in the workplace policy.
The Commission approved the contract for a new cleaning service to take over Jan 1–previously approved by Co. Council.
They opened bids for a feasibility study on expanding the county annex building.
The Solid Waste District meeting spent a lot of time talking about a new intralocal agreement setting up the District. The current agreement is outdated, and hasn't been updated for years. They ended up tabling the matter while the outside attorney hired by the district does research to answer some questions. This whole discussion came about because the current director of the District, DD Allender, is NOT an employee of the county, but it appears the commission wants to have some control over her and the District, because they provide some funding. Purdue Extension, that previously oversaw the district, is backing out of that now.
In public comment, George Langston renewed his plea that the Flock cameras in the county be removed.
