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202502272
FILED FOR RECORD IN
FULTON COUNTY INDIANA
DEBRA BOCK, RECORDER
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CERTIFICATION OF MINUTES
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RECORDED AS PRESENTED
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I, Katherine L Adamson, duly qualified and ac_ting 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 co.nceming 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.
Katherine L Adamson, Fulton County Auditor
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FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL
Tuesday August 19, 2025
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 5:00 PM with Pledge to the Flag. Present: Ron Dittman, Pete
Karas, Steve Fishburn, Patty Geier, Randy Gundrum, Chayse Thompson, Barry Baldwin, and Auditor
Katherine Adamson.
MAYOR O'DELL - The Mayor is currently working with a developer on the Maple Crest project.
Mayor O'Dell and his staff had to form an economic development commission. This is something that
needed to occur for the upcoming project to take place, per the IC code. The Maple Crest project is taking
place because there is a housing sh011age in Rochester. According to the housing study from a few years
back, it showed that we needed 600 units of housing in Fulton County within the next 5 years. With the
creation of the EDC, there needs to be an appointment by the County Council. The person must live in
the city limits and/or have a business within the city limits. Chayse Thompson was appointed to attend
the meeting in the morning. There is going to be a groundbreaking for the upcoming water tower project
on September 16 at 10am on the south side of the truck stop. This is where the new water tower is going
to be put in. The McDonald drive project is starting the first week of September. This project should be
done by the first of November with the access into Walmart.
SHERRIFF - TRAVIS HEISHMANN-As of August 18, there were 76 inmates in the county jail. Of
the 76 inmates, Fulton County was holding 28 inmates for Grant County, 4 inmates were DOC, and 11
inmates were federal. Grant County took around 50% of their inmates back. Travis got a check for the
totaled Dodge Ram for $14,775 (this was minus the $5,000 deductible). There will be $4,700 of that
money also coming back. The grand total that the sheriffs department is getting from Liberty Mutual is
$19,475. Travis wants to deposit that money, appropriate it into garage and motor, and use the $19,475 to
purchase a new vehicle. Travis is looking in the $25,000 range for a new vehicle. This vehicle will be
used as an unmarked detective vehicle. Travis was granted permission to purchase a vehicle out of garage
and motor for $19,475.
911 -BRITTNEY-Brittney got permission to purchase Artificial Intelligence through priority dispatch
(what they do protocols through). There is a 2 Yi year contract with this AI program. The first year will
cost $4,500 and the other two years will cost $6,000 each. This new AI program will do live calls for the
new employees to practice answering the phone and working on medical, police, and fire type calls. At
the end of the call, the program will score them and notify Brittney and the employee on where
improvements can be made. Brittney can then go in and assign certain calls for that specific employee to
practice. There is $45,000 in the Computer Software budget to purchase this program. Brittney dropped
off annual reviews at the Auditor's office this morning. Brittney expressed concerns about the HV AC
light and that it keeps tripping. She has people looking into this problem to figure out the issue.
FEDCO - MICHAEL LADD-The regional group has been working with a consulting firm on the Lily
Money. FEDCO has been waiting for a consulting group together to finish out a reasonable arts and
culture strategy. This strategy will be released on October 7 in a meeting in Logansport from 5-7pm at the
Vibrant Center. As far as the industrial park concerns, FEDCO has had two requests from letters of
support and commitment to put some structures up in the park and some development plans. The plans
were sent off to Steven Ray at the planning commission. FEDCO will have around five million dollars in
Readi2 money. On 14 and College, Hawkins Homestead is under construction and the foundation is laid
out. The Collins group on Apache Drive is supposed to start any day now. There is a group going in
behind Arbor Woods in the field. This project should be getting started anytime within the next 60-80
days. Out of all three of these projects, there is about a 30-million-dollar investment in apartments and

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homes that will be made within the next 18 months. Michael is working with Fulton, Kewanna, and
Akron on various projects.
FC HOPE -AMY ROE- Gave an update on the Beaman Home. Amy Roe and Dave Sommers are
working to bring the Beaman home group to Rochester more consistently. Beaman Home will be having a
Bingo night to raise funds. There is a meeting at 7:00 to talk about the next steps for the warming center.
Trent, Amy, and Beth met this morning and talked about things for the city and what they could do to
make things easier for everyone. There is a free lunch tomorrow at the Youth Center at 11 :30am. The
library is closed for construction so they moved to the Youth Center. FC Hope will be hosting 4C Health
to talk about mental health. There will be a mental health chat and the date is TBD for sometime in
October. In this mental health chat, they will be talking about seasonal depression.
HIGHWAY - JOHN GEIER- There was an update on the Community Crossings- E&B wedged 250
South and 550 South and 950. They plan to come back in the next week to put the top coat on. Bridge 161
on 800 West is torn out. The plan is to have the bridge open by October ist. John can't get parts for our
distributor and the computer system in the current distributor is outdated. The three options are either not
doing the chip and seal, purchasing a new distributor for approximately $300,000, or the highway
department can upgrade the one they are currently using which would cost around $94,000. Funding wise,
the highway department still has around $126,000 left in go bond money. John is asking for permission to
use that money to purchase the necessary equipment and repairs. John looked into hiring chip and seal to
be done, and it would be around $150,000. Steve Fishburn made a motion to repair the distributor. Randy
Gundrum seconded; motion carried 6-0. Patty Geier abstained.
Salary Ordinance Update: Ordinance 08192025-they had to change for the coroner office. The 3
deputy coroners went from contract to county part-time employees. Ron Dittman read the amended salary
ordinance. Barry Baldwin made a motion to accept the amended ordinance. Steve Fishburn seconded;
motion carried 6-0. Pete Karas abstained.
MINUTES - The minutes for June 17th were presented. Randy Gundrum made a motion to approve.
Pete Karas seconded; motion carried 7-0. July J5th minutes were presented. Pete Karas made a motion to
approve. Steve Fishburn seconded; motion carried 7-0. August 7th minutes were presented. Pete Karas
made a motion to approve. Patty Geier seconded; motion carried 7-0. August 8th minutes were presented.
Randy Gundrum made a motion to approve. Steve Fishburn seconded; motion carried 6-0. Barry
Baldwin did not vote as he was not in attendance on August 8th. July 23rd minutes were presented. Patty
Geier made a motion to approve. Barry Baldwin seconded; motion carried 7-0.
TRANSFERS - Barry Baldwin made a motion to approve the transfer for the Recorder's office. Patty
Geier seconded; motion carried 7-0. Pete Karas made a motion to approve the transfer for IT. Chayse
Thompson seconded; motion carried 7-0. Steve Fishburn made a motion to approve the transfer for the
Coroner's office. Randy Gundrum seconded; motion carried 6-0. Pete Karas abstained.
Department Fund From Account To Account Amount
ID Security
0004 1160 Protection 1189-31400-0004 $5,000
0004 1160 Security Protection 1189-19000-0004 $25,000
Transfer for redacting purposes to recorder's perpetuation fund, per Annual Recorder's
Conference.
0069 1001-31106 Office Equipment 21000 Office Supply $30.00

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Transfer offunds to cover a purchased item that needs to be paid out of 1001.21000.00000.069.
0007 1001-12046 Health Insurance $6,000
0007 1001-31038 Deputy Coroner $9,000
0007 1001-12046 Health Insurance $1,200
0007 11202 OASDI $1,200
0007 11110 Deputy Coroner $15,000
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS-None
Department Fund For Amount
OLD BUSINESS-Chayse Thompson asked if there was any update on RQAW and the Mud Lake issue.
Ron Dittman stated he was not aware of any at this time.
NEW BUSINESS-This year's budget is doable, but next year's budget is going to be very tight. Just
because money is in the budget, doesn't mean departments need to spend it, as each department may need
it next year. Kathy is going to send the numbers into the DLGF. Dittman is aware that the DLGF will tell
us that our budget is over for the county, but we are planning on that and Dittman plans to sit down with
all of the department heads and discuss this issue.
ADJOURN - Having no other business, Chayse Thompson made a motion to adjourn at 5:52 pm. Pete
Karas seconded, motion carried 7-0.
FULTON COUNTY COUNCIL
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Steve Fishburn
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Attest: Katherine Adamson, County Auditor

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I affirm under penalties of perjury, 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