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Floyd County commissioners approve multiple contracts, appointments and $27,500 for drug-detection dog
Summary
At their Jan. 20 meeting the Floyd County Commissioners approved software and IT purchases, several professional-service contracts, ratified two board appointments and authorized an opioid-settlement appropriation of $27,500 for a trained drug-detection dog for the sheriff’s office.
Floyd County Commissioners on Jan. 20 approved a slate of routine contracts and appointments and voted to forward a $27,500 opioid-settlement appropriation for a dedicated drug-detection dog to the county council.
The board approved an amendment to the county’s community corrections monitoring agreement that reduced the daily electronic-monitoring rate from about $4.90 to $3.65, granted a renewal of a Square 9 document-management service through April 9, 2027 for $2,174, and voted to buy network switches for the new downtown building (listed in the packet as $49,370.23). Commissioners also approved a contract for outside legal services tied to coroner-office matters (funded from the requester’s professional services budget) and accepted several stormwater contracts (OHM, Stantec and Heritage Engineering) that staff said are budgeted in the stormwater annual plan.
The opioid-oversight committee had recommended, and the board approved, a $27,500 appropriation request from the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department to procure and train a drug-detection dog. County Auditor Diana Topping said the funds would cover the dog, training for the dog and officer, and initial health and maintenance costs; commissioners approved the request and will take it to the county council for appropriation.
The board also ratified a clerical correction to a prior Georgetown Fire Board appointment and formally approved Tom Fisher to that board, and approved Alan Knable to the New Albany Economic Development Commission. The commissioners approved Jan. 6 meeting minutes and payroll and claims as presented.
Several measures were passed by voice vote during the meeting after brief staff presentations and discussion. County Attorney Christie Fox presented a permit-modification package for Clark Floyd Landfill that will be submitted to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management; commissioners accepted the package for submission.
The meeting closed after a public-comment period and brief commissioner remarks; the chair adjourned the session.
