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I, Katherine L Adamson, duly qualified and acting County Auditor for the County of Fulton,
Indiana, do hereby certify with regard to all proceedings of the date above; that all of the subjects
included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept
continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the County Auditor; that
such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting;
that the minutes of the meeting were in written form and available for public inspection
immediately following approval of the body which held the meeting; that all news media
requesting notification concerning meetings of said body were provided with advance notification
of the time and place of said meeting and the subjects to be discussed at said meeting.
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FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL
Tuesday March 18, 2025
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 5:00 pm with Pledge to the Flag. Present: Ron Dittman, Patty
Geier, Steve Fishburn, Barry Baldwin, Pete Karas, Chayse Thompson and Auditor Katherine Adamson.
Randy Gundrum arrived late.
KEW ANNA LIBRARY - Charles Rude discussed a reappointment of Daniel Bates to the board for the
next four years. Daniel is currently the president of the board. Council Member Pete Karas motioned to
approve, Council Member Steve Fishburn seconded, motion carries 6-0.
TIF-Annual report needs to be done by April 15th, it is done an submitted. All of the council members
reviewed it.
SURVEYOR - Seth White discussed the temporary dam put in at Mud Lake had broken. They are
hoping to hear back from the contractor that night and get out there to fix it that next morning. They are
unsure what caused the dam to break. They went out to Rock Lake as well, because Mud Lake flows to
Rock Lake. They are still waiting for the contractor to get back so they can get approval from the others
needed, as far as putting in a permanent dam goes. There will be an extra bill from the contractor
regarding this disaster. He also asked to use Rainy Day to pay the $8,714.76 RQAW bill that helps fix the
exhaust line. Council member Pete Karas motioned to approve the use of Rainy Day, Council Member
Patty Geier seconded, motion carries 7-0.
E911 - Brittney Thompson discussed priority dispatch flying in to have a meeting about policies.
Funding for the ProQA, it is going to cost about $6,500 for maintenance for the year, installment and
implementation. It will cost the same for the Fire, Police, and Medical personnel when that gets
implemented. She discussed progress with the "To-Go" tote. She went and presented a presentation on
what the police department do. They went to Rochester schools to do the 911 testing and the lock down
testing. They wanted to know how quickly the texts got out to all the schools as well as E911. They are
also organizing a committee to get an update for the tornado sirens. It is time to make sure everything
works, they are planning on having people posted at each place to make sure they are working. So far, the
only issue is a couple are not rotating. They are also not sure who is supposed to pay for the maintenance
that goes with the Tornado Alarms. There is an increase in calls so dispatch has been busy.
TREASURER-Jennifer Utter stated that tax statements will be printed and sent out April gth.
SHERIFF - Travis Heishman discussed the annual report for the Jail. He also discussed the February
monthly report. The day prior to the meeting, they had 106 inmates, 52 from Grant County, 12 from
Federal, and 1 from DOC. Two deputies have resigned. They have the applications open until the 28th,
then they will do testing on the 5th, and hopefully be able to present one or two people to the merit board
in April. The Pole Barn will need extra concrete poured as well as the costs of electrical that haven't been
worked on. They plan to pay it for it from Jail Maintenance. He talked to Cops Gear and they should have
their Tahoe's done soon and he plans on commissioning two Durango's.
EMA - Dawn Sewell discussed doing micro-training at the end of meetings. They recently did this for the
Fatality that needed the light tower. They also did one for weather training. She praised the volunteers for
storm watching. They started doing a chat group for the people that will be working that storm and they
watch the storms to stay on top of the bad weather. She also did a safety meeting at Rochester and Caston.
There was an LEPC meeting on the 10th, they have four more meetings before they do the core exercises.
She had a meeting regarding the EverBright system, instead of the ReachAlert system. They will be able

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to notify everyone of emergency with the new system so they are trying to decide what system they
want to use. They are working with the city as well, so it will not be just a county expense. She is also
working on some new protocols for EMA call outs. Right now, they are being requested and ,wondering
why they aren't getting called out for· other things. She is checking with other departments to see what
their protocols are.
FC HOPE - Amy Roe handed out the last flyer for the warming center. This is the last month for it. She
expressed gratitude for the suppo1t she has received for the warming center. She is hoping to figure out
where to store things after the warming center closes for the season. They will be having an appreciation
event for the volunteers. She will also have a meeting in June or July for the grants put in for a Permanent
Shelter. They are also working to figure out Transportation for employers. She is working with Dave
Sommers for the Beaman Home and Crisis Pregnancy.
MINUTES - Council Member Pete Karas motioned to approve the minutes for February 191h, Council
Member Patty Geier seconded, motion carries 7-0.
TRANSFERS - approved as presented
Department Fund From Account To Account Amount
0067 County 1001 County 39800 Consult $19.00
Council General Fee 21000 Office Supply
Transfer to pay for Patty Geier's badge.
0529 County 23000 Bit/New
Highway 1169 LRS Equip/Stone 39800 Consult Fee $800.00
To cover consult bill until an appropriation can be done.
Computer 3 1400 Computer
Prosecutor's Maintenance Maintenance
Office Software Software 21000 Office Supply $115.23
We went over on out office supply budget.
211 00 Postage,
30062 Maint.
Copier, 31001
Dues, 31011
Continuing Edu.,
0309 Fulton 1001 County 33601 Building 31505 Contractual
County SWCD General Rent Services $8,637.00
Transfer to pay one lump sum instead of line items that are budgeted. Transfer to go into
contractual services for pay out.
OLD BUSINESS-. None
NEW BUSINESS - Chayse Thompson discussed Times Theater request. They discussed that it was just
a list of wants and needs, as well as an update. They decided to discuss this in the future as Julie is not
here to discuss what is available. They need to know what the state and Julie wants to do. Rick Ranstead
discussed the Regional Planning for Council, this was always taken out of FEDCO's budget. They are
unsure of who is supposed to pay for it and where the money to fund it is suppose to come from. They
decided that they need to go back through the minutes because they are pretty sure that FEDCO's budget
had increased to cover the Regional Planning. They decided to table this conversation until they know if it
is in the minutes to cover the Regional Planning bill, they will be reaching out to Michael Ladd. Council
Member Pete Karas motioned to table this conversation until they have a chance to do further research,

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Council Member Steve Fishburn seconded, motion carries 3-0. Ron Dittman discussed that they put
$250,000 or less than that and roll it over into Rainy Day. They will have to make a resolution to do this.
Ron is just wanting to keep that fund healthy as it is the emergency fund. They are allowed to roll over
15%. They want Katherine Adamson to write up the resolution to move that money into Rainy Day.
ADJOURN - Motion to adjourn, Council Member Chayse Thompson motions and Council Member Pete
Karas seconds, 7-0 at 5:42 PM.
FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL
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Attest: Katherine Adamson, County Auditor
I affirm under penalties of pe1jury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each social security number
in this document, unless required by law: Katherine Adamson
Prepared by: Katherine Adamson