Votes at a glance: hiring suspension, investment policy, salary ordinance, personnel actions and appointments approved

The Vanderburgh County Council approved multiple routine and deadline-driven items during the meeting. The actions below summarize formal motions, vote results and immediate follow-ups recorded in the transcript.

Key outcomes - Ordinance CO 001-25-002 (suspend hiring of county employees / establish procedures to fill vacancies): Council moved to waive a second reading and then approved the ordinance. A roll-call vote on final passage recorded seven ayes and no nays; motion passed unanimously.

- Investment policy: The council approved Resolution R-01-25-001 (adopting an investment policy authorizing investment of public funds up to five years) by roll call (seven ayes). The council then waived the second reading and approved the implementing ordinance (unanimous roll-call recorded).

- 2025 amended salary ordinance: Council approved amendments to the 2025 salary ordinance, including a 4% cost-of-living increase for county employees; roll-call vote recorded seven ayes and no nays.

- Personnel requests and transfers: The council approved a long list of personnel actions across departments (motions and seconds recorded for each). Items approved included: - Superior Court: requests to fill vacancies and reclassify positions (motions carried). - Circuit Court: creation of a participant advocate line item and transfer of three part-time home verification officers from a veterans court grant to the problem-solving court grant (motions carried). - Prosecutor, Veterans Services, Sheriff, Health Department: motions to fill funded vacancies or retitle/reclassify grant-funded positions (motions carried); two health department items (K and L) were tabled pending financial details. - A bookkeeping transfer moving two pre-K positions to a TANF-funded grant and creating a Community Health Worker 2 position were approved, with an amendment to include an additional request (N1) and carried. - Multiple appropriation repeals and transfers (treatment court, work release, etc.) were approved by motion and voice vote.

- Appointments and waivers: - Kurt Keefer reappointed to the Alcoholic Beverage Board (roll-call vote recorded seven ayes). - The council approved a waiver of party-affiliation and certification-level requirements for a Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals appointment (the waiver motion carried; roll call recorded six ayes and no nays per transcript discussion), allowing Dan Humphrey to remain on the advisory body; subsequent related appointments were confirmed. - A slate of liaison and board appointments was announced and approved by motion; one foundation appointment was left vacant pending clarification.

Items tabled or referred for more detail - Two health department reclassification/retitling items (K and L) were tabled at the council’s request pending clearer grant/funding numbers and clarification of whether funds are state grants; the transcript records a motion to table those two items. - Council asked staff to return with an itemized list of capital items to be explicitly excluded from the Old National Bank Plaza operating-loss calculation in the MOU described elsewhere in the agenda.

Why this matters: These votes carry budgetary and staffing consequences across county operations and set the procedural framework for county investments and the treatment of tourism-related revenues. Several motions were routine approvals; the investment policy and hiring-suspension ordinance required formal roll-call votes because of statutory or procedural requirements.

Full list of formal actions recorded in the meeting (selected) - Ordinance CO 001-25-002 — suspend hiring procedures: approved (7–0, roll call) - Resolution R-01-25-001 (investment policy) — approved (7–0, roll call); implementing ordinance approved as first and final reading (unanimous) - Amended 2025 salary ordinance (4% increase) — approved (7–0, roll call) - Multiple personnel requests across Superior Court, Circuit Court, Prosecutor, Veterans Services, Sheriff, Health Department — approved (motions or roll calls recorded; two health items tabled) - Appointment: Kurt Keefer to Alcoholic Beverage Board — approved (7–0, roll call) - Waiver for PTABOA appointment — waiver approved (recorded as 6–0 in transcript); subsequent appointments confirmed

Council staff and department heads will carry out the approved personnel actions and transfers; several items require follow-up reporting or clarification at the next meeting.