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Dubois County commissioners approve routine business, appoint 911 members and review health-plan options
Summary
The commissioners approved reports, highway project schedules, surplus declarations, personnel changes including a park-hours policy update, appointed two ex‑officio members to the 911 Advisory Board, and took up several operational items including a True Scripts pharmacy contract and evaluation of live-streaming equipment.
At their May 19 meeting the Dubois County Commissioners approved routine administrative business and several operational items.
The board accepted the Clerk’s and Treasurer’s April reports, approved minutes from May 5 and allowed claims as presented. Highway Superintendent Donnie Lueken reported chip‑seal paving will begin May 28 and described a box‑culvert installation on 300 North beginning May 27 that will close 300 North between 350 West and 500 West for about four weeks; the board approved a Community Crossings change order decreasing CCMG 2024‑02 by $3,365.97 and approved a General Services Agreement for culvert sizing and engineering advisory services pending contract revisions by the County Attorney.
Auditor Sandra L. Morton presented items to be declared surplus (3 EMS defibrillator batteries; 1 Circuit Court HP desktop; 2 EMA iPads) which the board approved. The board also appointed EMA Director Tammy Humbert and EMS Coordinator Ryan Young as ex‑officio members of the 911 Advisory Board. Commissioner Blessinger discussed HEA 1509’s requirement to list appointed members on agendas and County Attorney Gregory Schnarr will inform affected boards; Morton said recent appointments had been added to the county website.
Human Resources Generalist Markie Rhodes requested unpaid medical leave for an employee under Personnel Policy Handbook Section 4.7; the board approved the leave. Park Superintendent Carson Kaiser successfully requested changing park department hours to 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and the board amended Chapter 3 Section 3.2 of the Employee Personnel Policy Handbook accordingly; Kaiser also reported staffing updates and completion of a swine barn project.
On benefits, representatives from Houchens Group and Unified Group Services presented several health‑plan options including Sword Thrive (digital physical therapy), Care Connect (chronic-condition management), Personify (wellness platform), a voluntary Samaritan Fund Program (estimated cost $55,000) and a BluMine near‑site clinic (approximate first‑year cost $188,000 and a stated enrollment threshold of about 1,000 lives). The board later approved a True Scripts international pharmacy contract to work alongside the county’s Rx Protect program. The 911 director presented relocation quotes for the generator annunciator and the board gave consensus to approve Weyer Electric’s $5,215 quote pending County Council funding. The board discussed evaluating an OWL Pro system for meeting livestreaming before deciding to purchase equipment.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for June 2, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.
