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Hajcak said the petition asks library trustees to limit minors' access to books \"with depictions or graphic descriptions of [sexually explicit] acts that include [redacted], pedophilia, adultery, [redacted], [redacted], [redacted], or [redacted], as well as books that claim gender is independent of biological [sex],\" reading the petition language into the record. She said the petition does not call for outright book bans but for the books to be kept in an area where minors can access them only when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Hajcak said the petition drive collected 573 signatures in total, of which 519 were valid for the Middlebury-area petition she described. She acknowledged five signatures submitted from out of district and said that represented an error rate of less than 1 percent. Hajcak also said she asked a school board president to provide proof of an alleged deceased signer the board president had mentioned; Hajcak said the president refused and therefore the claim remains unsubstantiated.

Hajcak framed the petition as an exercise of parental authority and urged the commissioners to consider the 519 valid petitions. Her comments were delivered during the public-comment portion of the meeting; commissioners did not take formal action on the petition at that session as recorded in the transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Elkhart County Live Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At the Aug. 25 meeting Cindy Hajcak of Parents United of Goshen told commissioners 519 petitions asked the library to restrict minor access to books with graphic sexual content or material the petitioners say claims gender is independent of biology.","taxTitle","Elkhart County, Indiana","taxId",5801,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6585409,"Elkhart County approves $30,000 corrective appropriation for planning department seed grant",62,1231000,1293000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670068-5a07643c49c7454b9cb1ff8556d669b8&start=1231&end=1293","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670068-5a07643c49c7454b9cb1ff8556d669b8/thumbnail_1231000.jpg","/articles/6585409/Elkhart-County/Indiana/Elkhart-County-approves-30000-corrective-appropriation-for-planning-department-seed-grant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6585409-90e84b33cd6b52ce99b56e1e404e45d9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771172759&Signature=n-XWBdU45b1FgSkmRSEQ6tBvpC7Ly7ryof5iwY2Xek0rSnaEEkrG3VIvkBP19bRskgIZgsf5PCDZ0jlk0l1-HdyQjbV2bDVyVZ7pj3ydFfUIeJCBLWLAoVxWdydwIGI7a0M336giTIgV33RnmQcsLcz40Mu-kHxe~LIcJQ4wKhyj~J8n9o9ZNJ-qCLnIerXpdyjs2oGIaYte-J3Ul4WCqscMhf3IO8dPfvm5OPftInFpfQvX-MYOXis-1P3RJ5bmxLMFRZZ-sn-8QDZLNstO8m~5AANxrOgzMEdky5CDVHR8QpyUnb4kuc-KVMt7cf2YFj5VFDGTOtpWwFXh2whNgw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Elkhart County commissioners on Aug. 25 approved a $30,000 additional appropriation to the planning department's state grant fund to correct the account into which a previously approved seed grant had been recorded.

May Crancer, planning and development, told the board the seed grant had already been approved but was initially appropriated to an incorrect department account. \"This first request is for our seed grant, which you all already approved, but, unfortunately, it was appropriated into the incorrect account for our department,\" Crancer said. The request moves the $30,000 into the correct account. A corresponding reduction to the incorrect account was presented and approved at the same meeting.

Both the appropriation and the matching reduction were approved unanimously as recorded in the meeting excerpt; motion and second were not identified by name in the transcript.","County planning staff said a previously approved seed grant was allocated to the incorrect account; commissioners approved a $30,000 re-appropriation to the correct account and a corresponding reduction.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6585413,"Elkhart County commissioners approve road impact agreement and multiple consultant contracts for upcoming road and bridge work",107,1121000,1228000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5670068-5a07643c49c7454b9cb1ff8556d669b8&start=1121&end=1228","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5670068-5a07643c49c7454b9cb1ff8556d669b8/thumbnail_1121000.jpg","/articles/6585413/Elkhart-County/Indiana/Elkhart-County-commissioners-approve-road-impact-agreement-and-multiple-consultant-contracts-for-upcoming-road-and-bridge-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6585413-6a831dda84283349d40b1147c6e3556b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771172759&Signature=DLa1lNxvUZSundvst7P1GwA--l11Q8DQLKF0qneEVeCXJwkUe9ROJqXf4TNKWQlQNJv6K3ZcO79UIQclOLtmYIyzocP1STnWOFY-~AVlmaaPxD5AL5jvIjGecwz-38QJeZQcgejOxj6TI0-VuJAaHvTOCETJxK4x9XmAncW~oxoLt0hvZwhEJAntxL-jXJfFX7zH~wZjkBAganNRk40bBfMRJR7LTzz-neqHrNrH~0BdPvAf~nZP5MZL-Co2k5e-x5Odze5se~LdlTyWcpQY5lQsyn6AKm55phy4NFYLziaftGvNKcHwnt8xGynxYEUS1jgX1d-wv5hPmPJ0aSh85Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Elkhart County commissioners voted Aug. 25 to approve a road impact agreement with Forest Lakes Homeowners Association Inc. and to award two consultant agreements for upcoming county road and bridge projects.

County Attorney Steve Olson told commissioners the road impact agreement governs private landscaping and other improvements within county right of way at two cul-de-sacs on Poplar Lane and Juniper Lane. \"This is when a private party has improvements within a right of way area, and we establish the parameters for which those improvements can stay within that right of way area,\" Olson said. The agreement requires the homeowners association to maintain and repair the landscaping, carry liability insurance, indemnify the county, remove landscaping if the county later requests it and pay attorney fees related to enforcement.

Highway Department staff also presented consultant agreements tied to previously scored letters of interest. Kyle Wagner, of the highway department, described an agreement with Lawson Fisher Associates for construction inspection on County Road 17 Phase 1 (County Road 38 to County Road 42). \"This is just the agreement with Lawson and Fisher for construction inspection,\" Wagner said. The board approved the agreement.

Commissioners then approved an LPA consultant agreement with American Construction Point for preliminary engineering services for the Bridge 126 replacement over County Road 6. A county presenter said the bridge project is funded and that the agreements reflect awards from the LOIs that were submitted and scored.

Votes at a glance
- Road impact agreement with Forest Lakes Homeowners Association Inc. (Poplar Lane and Juniper Lane cul-de-sacs): approved unanimously; motion to approve carried (mover/second not specified in transcript).
- LPA consulting agreement with Lawson Fisher Associates for construction inspection on County Road 17 Phase 1 (County Road 38 to County Road 42): approved unanimously; motion/second not specified.
- LPA consulting agreement with American Construction Point for preliminary engineering for Bridge 126 replacement over County Road 6: approved unanimously; motion/second not specified.

The board recorded each action as carried unanimously; vote counts and the names of movers and seconders were not specified in the transcript. The agreements move forward work that county staff said had been selected through scored LOIs and will allow inspection and engineering tasks to proceed.","On Aug. 25, the Upper County Board of Commissioners approved a road impact agreement with Forest Lakes Homeowners Association and two consultant agreements for inspection and preliminary engineering on County Road 17 and Bridge 126 projects.","actionData","errors"]

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