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St. Joseph County commissioners approve routine payables and three county agreements
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting, the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved the accounts payable docket and three agreements: a Laredo records-search contract, an annual maintenance agreement for vaccine refrigerators and freezers with Helmer Scientific, and a five-year student nursing training agreement with Indiana University South Bend.
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved the accounts payable docket and three contractual agreements during its Thursday, Feb. 4 meeting.
The board voted to approve the accounts payable docket following a motion and second; Commissioner Morton and Commissioner Hazen recorded aye votes and the motion carried. No dollar amounts were read into the record during the public portion of the meeting.
The board next approved a Laredo agreement with OR Colon and Associates for electronic searchable access to the recorder’s online file system. The chair described the contract as the same standard Laredo agreement the county has used in past years.
The health department asked the board to approve a service agreement and addendum with True Blue, also referred to on the record as Helmer Scientific, to perform annual maintenance on refrigeration equipment that stores county vaccines. “We’re just asking for approval of our contract with Helmer Scientific. They service 11 fridge and freezer units that house our vaccines and it’s done annually,” said Ashley Hellman, director of nursing.
The board also approved an updated student nursing agreement with the Trustees of Indiana University, Indiana University South Bend (IUSB). Mike Reble, director of operations for the Department of Health, told the commissioners that the previous agreement was evergreen and that the revised contract will expire after five years so the county can revisit and update terms as nursing standards change. Reble said the updated agreement requires nursing programs to confirm students have basic skills before placement, and he specifically cited bloodborne-pathogen training as an example.
Each item was approved after brief discussion and roll-call affirmation; the record shows unanimous aye votes by the commissioners present on the motions before the board. No further conditions, dollar amounts, or vendor contract lengths beyond those described on the record were specified.
The approvals were handled as routine business on the consent/regular agenda and did not prompt extended debate or public testimony.
Looking ahead, the county’s health department will continue annual maintenance under the Helmer contract and will implement the revised five-year student agreement terms when coordinating placements with nursing programs.
