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Warrick County board seeks Baker Tilly proposal to handle 2026 stormwater fee update
Summary
Board members agreed to ask consultant Baker Tilly for a proposal to manage software and calculations for a proposed stormwater fee change affecting more than 19,000 parcels; staff said the vendor would handle software edits and liability checks instead of doing the work in-house.
Warrick County’s Drainage Board voted June 8 to request a formal proposal from consulting firm Baker Tilly to support a proposed 2026 stormwater fee update.
A staff member told the board that Baker Tilly would “furnish us a proposal” to handle the software changes required to alter stormwater fees across the county’s parcel roll. The staff member said the county has more than 19,000 parcels and that local offices—the auditor, treasurer and assessor—had advised using an outside professional for liability and accuracy reasons rather than attempting an in-house software change.
Why it matters: changing a countywide stormwater fee requires recalculating charges across thousands of tax parcels and adapting billing software. Staff framed the Baker Tilly engagement as primarily technical and administrative—software configuration, data checks and implementation—rather than a policy decision about rate levels.
Board members asked about scope and procurement. The staff member said the engagement is a professional-services arrangement and described why the county would not solicit multiple competing bids for the same type of specialist work. Jennifer, a county staff member, added that relying on an outside firm would create an additional accuracy check for the large parcel dataset: “That makes sense,” she said, noting the practical difficulty of a single staff member re-entering and validating thousands of records.
The board approved a motion to proceed once the Baker Tilly proposal is available; the motion carried by voice vote (3-0). Next steps are for staff to present the firm’s written proposal at a future meeting for formal acceptance and potential contract authorization.
Provenance: The discussion of the Baker Tilly proposal began when the board took up a progress report on the 2026 stormwater fee increase and concluded with the board’s vote to move forward pending receipt of the written proposal.
