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Madison County commissioners approve routine business: appointments, property sale, contracts and rezoning referral
Summary
At their meeting commissioners approved routine items including appointment of Chip McFerrin to a partial term, declaring health‑department vehicles surplus, sale of county parcel at 2700 Indiana for $42,000, on‑call engineering task orders with GAI Consultants, a microphone/imaging purchase of $11,494, and a favorable recommendation to the BZA on a rezoning request for the Hendricks pool business. The board also adopted a resolution recognizing Jenny Chambers.
The Madison County Board of Commissioners cleared a slate of routine administrative business on the consent calendar and through separate motions at its meeting.
The board appointed Chip McFerrin to fill the remainder of a partial term on the county’s primary board to replace Melissa Gives; the motion was moved and approved by voice vote.
The board adopted Resolution 2025‑BC‑R‑19 declaring certain health‑department vehicles surplus and authorizing transfers among county departments.
County staff presented a sale agreement for county property at 2700 Indiana, a parcel acquired as part of the school/jail site purchase. Staff said Performance Contracting Group Incorporated, an adjacent business, sought to buy the parcel to expand operations. The board amended and approved the sale at a price of $42,000; commissioners discussed that proceeds could be directed into jail project funds.
The clerk brought several items: an on‑call legal services agreement for the county election board (hourly, as‑needed basis) and a purchase of a desktop imaging/microphone viewer for $11,494, with funding to come from the clerk’s perpetuation fund and allowable child‑support incentive funds. The board approved both items by voice vote and also approved imaging office fee changes.
The county engineer presented a proposed on‑call professional services agreement with GAI Consultants and two task orders for bridge design work: Structure B084 on County Road 700 North (design not‑to‑exceed $144,400 plus potential per‑parcel right‑of‑way services estimated at $22,000 per parcel) and structure C0XX (County Road 450 over Fork Creek) at a not‑to‑exceed $118,700. The board moved and approved the agreement and both task orders.
On a separate land‑use item, the board reviewed a rezoning petition from Gary and Tina Hendrick for property at 8728 West 1050 South (Fordsville). The planning commission had unanimously recommended forwarding the petition with a favorable recommendation while county planning staff’s report was unfavorable, citing long‑term land‑use concerns and recent nearby residential development. Attorney Tom Beeman, representing the Hendricks, said the site is well kept, paved and largely screened and that the petitioner has already begun addressing stormwater and sludge issues. The commissioners voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals, with a suggested two‑year review to monitor noise and drainage issues.
The board also adopted Resolution 2025BCR20 recognizing Jenny Chambers, director of Madison County Central Dispatch, as the 2025 Indiana 9‑1‑1 Director of the Year and presented a formal appreciation.
Several scheduling items and two memorandums of executive session (from Nov. 4 and Nov. 7) were adopted; the board changed a future meeting date and adjourned.
