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Monroe County commissioners elect Julie Thomas as president, approve $1M INDOT grant and routine contracts
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Monroe County Board of Commissioners elected Julie Thomas president and Jody Madera vice president, approved a $1,000,000 INDOT paving grant and a slate of contracts and appointments, and opened bids for 2026 paving projects.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 15 elected Julie Thomas as board president and Jody Madera as vice president and approved a series of routine contracts, appointments and a $1,000,000 Community Crossings Matching Grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
The board, meeting in the Nat U Hill Room, also heard an annual auditor presentation, received routine departmental updates and approved cost-based contracts for building repairs, fire-alarm replacement and legal monitoring services. Commissioners removed one claims item totaling about $31,800 from this week’s claims docket before approving a revised accounts-payable total of $1,551,434.99.
Why it matters: The INDOT grant funds local paving projects and will be paired with county funds; the board’s approvals set contracting and budgetary authority…
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