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Pike County commissioners approve routine bills, personnel changes, contracts and appointments
Summary
At their Feb. 5 meeting the Pike County Board of Commissioners approved the agenda, several minutes, multiple fund disbursements, personnel status and pay changes, vendor awards for correctional facility food, and contracts and vouchers across county offices. The board unanimously approved each motion as recorded on the agenda.
Pike County commissioners on Feb. 5 unanimously approved the day's agenda and a series of routine motions covering minutes, payments, personnel changes, vendor awards and several contracts and appointments.
The actions included approval of county bills, transfers from restricted funds, personnel status and wage adjustments, awards for correctional facility food contracts, agreements for engineering and inspection services, human services vouchers and a number of interagency and program contracts. The board also appointed Jack Johnson to the Pike County Economic Development Authority board.
The meeting record shows the board approved payment from the general fund in county bills totaling $624,980.11; a liquid fuels fund payment of $260; and an Act 89 payment of $4,055. Under personnel items, the commission approved changing Betty Malick’s status from full time to part time as housekeeping supervisor (retroactive to Jan. 24, 2025); hiring Curtis Evans as a caseworker II for Children & Youth Services (40 hours weekly, retroactive to Feb. 3, 2025, with benefits after 90 days) and setting his annual salary at $51,480; and setting hourly rates for correctional facility staff (Justice Vergree $28.41 effective Feb. 12, 2025; D’Shane Dunn $31.69 effective Feb. 6, 2025; Christopher Freeman $36.06 effective Feb. 21, 2025).
The board awarded bids to supply groceries and frozen foods for the correctional facility for March–June 2025 to: LaVilla ($77,465.30), Driscoll ($23,446.16), Sysco ($14,901.53), Bernard ($15,916.34) and Food Galore ($100,387.38), for a stated total of $282,916.81. Commissioners authorized the chair to sign Amendment No. 2 to the owner/engineer agreement with MHE Engineering, DPC and Canyon Pipe; authorized advertising bids for approximately 80 acres of tillable fields for the 2025 growing season; and authorized the chair to execute a fire protection and life-safety inspection agreement on behalf of the Area Agency on Aging.
Other approved items included authorization for a youth level-of-service case management inventory (YLS/CMI) 2 test usage agreement for the juvenile probation department; execution of a SILK grant award notification for the Pike County Victim/Witness Program; approval of a modification request for the Dixon House 2025 project; human service payment vouchers (Human Service Development Fund $1,108.30; FAIR $5,487.99; State Food Purchase Program $3,222.06); a 2023 Community Development Block Grant voucher payable to Pro Solutions Home Renovations LLC for $10,200; execution of a contract between UBI and Pike County Neighborhood Services; and the appointment of Jack Johnson to the Pike County Economic Development Authority Board to fill an unexpected term (term date recorded in the meeting transcript as 12/31/2021).
All motions on the agenda were made, seconded and recorded as passing by voice vote with “Aye.” The minutes reflect no recorded dissent on the motions taken during that portion of the meeting.
Motions recorded on the public agenda were procedural or ministerial in nature; the board did not adopt substantive policy changes in this session that alter county codes or ordinances. Several items (for example, the agricultural land bid advertisement and engineering amendment) direct staff to proceed with normal procurement and contracting processes.
The meeting then proceeded to miscellaneous reports and public comment.
