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Rush County authorizes negotiation with ADA Consulting of Indiana after officials flag Title VI issues
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a three-task proposal from ADA Consulting of Indiana (implementation plan $21,600; building evaluations $18,200; review of four 4-H/township facilities $98,800) and voted to authorize contract negotiations; discussion focused on excluding non-county-owned 4-H facilities and the county's Title VI compliance status.
Rush County commissioners authorized staff to enter negotiations with ADA Consulting of Indiana after a presenter summarized a three-task bid and a commissioner raised concern that the county is not currently in compliance with Title VI requirements.
Unidentified Speaker 6 explained the consultant’s fee structure: the first task, an implementation plan, is priced at $21,600; the second task, evaluation of county-owned buildings, is $18,200; and a third task listed as $98,800 would review four 4‑H facilities and township trustee offices. Commissioners discussed whether task three should be included because those 4‑H and trustee facilities are not county-owned; removing that task would leave tasks one and two.
Unidentified Speaker 4 told the board, “Right now, we are not in complying on title 6,” and said the consultant reported they could have the county’s Title VI work up and running in about seven days. The board voted to authorize negotiations and directed staff to return a negotiated timeline and final contract for approval; the chair authorized Ron (staff) to sign once an acceptable timeline is negotiated.
Commissioners emphasized the need to finalize what the consultant will be asked to cover and to confirm which facilities are within county ownership before executing the full scope. The transcript records the task-level dollar amounts above; the board did not finalize a contract amount in the meeting, instead approving negotiation authority.
Next steps noted in the transcript: staff will negotiate timeline details and return the contract for formal approval at a future meeting.
