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Scottsburg Board approves routine contracts, appoints Greg Prince, approves HR updates
Summary
At its Jan. 2 meeting, the Scottsburg City Board of Works approved legal and administrative contracts, authorized a train-depot refund, appointed Greg Prince to the Advisory Plan Commission, approved HR items including a part-time parks-to-sanitation assignment and two $3,000 city credit cards, and approved claims.
Scottsburg City’s Board of Works and Safety conducted routine business on Jan. 2, approving several contracts, personnel actions and an appointment.
Minutes: The board approved the Dec. 30, 2025 minutes after a motion by Karen Grisham and a recorded second.
Legal services: The board approved the city’s annual legal services contract; speakers described the rate as the same as last year and moved to approve.
Train depot refund: The board approved returning $50 deposits requested by individuals who had left $50 as a reservation guarantee; staff provided packets with the supporting information.
Appointment to APC: The board appointed Greg Prince to the Advisory Plan Commission (APC). Speakers explained the APC provides recommendations on rezonings and plan amendments; the board has one appointment and the motion carried.
HR and credit cards: The board approved a part-time parks employee, Thomas Johnson, to fill in for sanitation as needed (the record states sanitation will pay when he works there) and approved two city credit cards, $3,000 each, for Steve Harold and Macy Aymitt.
Claims and budget remarks: The board approved claims as presented. Members reflected on 2025 projects and raised a concern about an item described in the record as 'SD 1' that may reduce funding to cities statewide; no additional fiscal detail was supplied.
The meeting also included community announcements and recognitions, including remarks thanking a long-serving police chief and noting a local athlete’s advancement to state competition. The meeting adjourned after department heads offered no additional items.
All motions noted in the record were moved, seconded and carried with recorded ayes; transcript did not include detailed numerical vote tallies for each item.
