State of Vanderburgh County - City of Evansville / Vanderburgh

The State of
Vanderburgh County
Rotary Presentation June 3, 2014
County Commissioners
Joe Kiefer
Marsha Abell
Stephen Melcher
Who We Are
• Workforce of 811 full time employees
including elected, law enforcement, legal,
maintenance and office professionals
• Annual Budget of $86 million
What We Do
• County Roads, Streets and
Bridge Maintenance
• Property Tax Assessments
• County Courts
• Planning and Zoning
• Water Quality
• Economic Development
• Old Courthouse
Management
• Law Enforcement
• Burdette Park
• Elections Administration
POPULATION
(REGISTERED VOTERS)
COUNTY
COUNCIL
(FISCAL)
AUDITOR
JUDICIAL
CLERK
ELECTION
OFFICE
PROSECUTOR
RECORDER
TREASURER
SHERIFF
SURVEYOR
CORONER
ASSESSOR
CO-OP
EXTENSION
JAIL
DRAINAGE
BOARD
COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS
VETERAN
SERVICES
GRANTS
CHILD
SUPPORT
CHECK
RECOVERY
PRE-TRIAL
DIVERSION
VARIOUS
GRANTS
CIRCUIT
COURT
SUPERIOR
COURT
DADS
DRUG
COURT
COMMISSIONERS
SWCD
JOINT CITY/COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
County %
Department
25%
Animal Control
85%
Area Plan
50%
Building
Inspection
33%
Central Dispatch
each pays directly Data Processing
50%
Emergency
Management
13%
Human Relations
50%
Legal Aid
own taxing entity Levee Authority
50%
M/WBE
50%
Purchasing
14%
Traffic
Engineering
55%
Weights &
Measures
SUPT OF CO
BLDGS
OTHER BUDGETS APPROVED BY
COUNCIL
Airport Authority
Family & Children Services
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Local Drug Free Community
Local Emergency Planning Commission
Voters Registration
THE
CENTRE
BURDETTE
PARK
COUNTY
HIGHWAY
COUNTY
ENGINEER
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC
DEFENDER
Old National Events Plaza
Formerly the Centre
In late 2013, the County awarded naming rights to
Old National for 30 years. This naming rights
package will include:
• Walkway connecting to the convention hotel
• New signage to go in place in July and
electronic message board later this year
Old National Events Plaza
• Hosted 249 events in 2013 including meetings,
Broadway shows, comedy shows, concerts,
banquets, conventions, dance recitals, and
community events.
– This is an increase of 24 events from 2012
• In 2013 attendance was up 10% from 2012
Old Vanderburgh County
Courthouse
We want the community to know that the Old
Courthouse is open for business!
• Office rental space is currently at 85% capacity
• In 2013 the ballroom was rented 38 out of 52
possible days
First Floor Corridor Restoration
• Completed in 2013
• Plaster repair and painting
• Marble floor ,wainscoting repair and
cleaning
• Painting of light wells
• Total cost $180,389.08
First Floor Restoration
Second Floor Corridor Restoration
BEFORE
In Progress
• Estimated cost $172,700
• Estimated completion
September 2014
• Painting/ plaster repair
• Marble repair and
cleaning
• Governor’s parlor
restoration
Looking Forward
• Third Floor Restoration in 2015
– The Old Courthouse Foundation will need the
Community’s support for the final phase of corridor
restoration
• Increase office rental availability by restoring
currently unusable space
• Increase event rentals
• Establish walking tours and historical exhibits
Burdette Park
• Privatized miniature golf course in 2014
• County receives 20% of all proceeds
Burdette- USI Trail
• Completed in 2012
• Three mile paved trail
connecting to USI
• Designated destination
point of the American
Discovery Trail
• Named a National
Recreation Trail by the
Secretary of the Interior
Highway Department
• 2013 was a record year for work orders at 1,338
• The first five months of 2014 have already
produced over 1,000 work orders
2014 Road Repairs
• Annual County road hearing was held in April
2014
• 33 road repair projects were identified and
approved by the Commissioners.
• Repairs will include full-depth patching, milling,
and surface overlays
• Preliminary cost estimate of $433,800 for
materials
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Kansas Road
Cascade Drive
Cold Water Drive
Old Plantation Drive
Boehne Camp Road
Middle Mt. Vernon
Road
• Wimberg Road
• Baseline Road
• Aster Lane
• St. Joseph Ave.
intersection at Frontage
Road
• St. Joseph Ave.
intersection at Adler Road
• St. Joseph Ave.
intersection at Baseline
Road
• Seven Hills Road
• Stonewick Drive
• Waterstone Drive
• Beaumont Drive
• Denzer Road
• Posey County Line Road
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Miranda Drive
Alameda Drive
Ladonna Blvd.
Havenwood Meadows
Drive
Schroeder Road (east of
US 41)
Heckel Road
Pollack Avenue
Willow Creek Drive
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Winterbury Lane
Schutte Road
Christopher Drive
Wright Drive
*Indiana Southwestern
Railway crossing on
Boonville-New
Harmony Road
• *Indiana Southwestern
Railway crossing on
Trapp Road
• *Indiana Southwestern
Railway crossing on
Baseline Road
Heckel Road Reconstruction
Heckel Road will be widened to three lanes
between Green River Road and Oak Hill Road
The first phase of construction should
begin in late 2014 or early 2015
Green River Road Reconstruction
Green River Road is being widened to five lanes
between Millersburg Road and Kansas Road
Project Cost: $5.3 million
Completion Date: June 2015
Green River Road
Widening to three lanes between
Kansas and Boonville New Harmony
Design work started in Jan. 2014
Estimated Construction Cost: $6 million
Estimated Start of Construction: Summer 2017
Reconstruction of the Maryland Street
Bridge over Pigeon Creek
New beams, deck, railing, and approaches
will be constructed
Estimated Start of Construction: Fall 2014
Pigeon Creek Canoe Launch
Located next to the Pigeon Creek bridge
on Green River Road
Project was funded entirely by the
Rotary Club of Evansville
Ribbon cutting ceremony was
held on Oct. 24, 2013
Vanderburgh County NaCo
Prescription Drug Card Program
• The NaCo Drug Discount Program launched in
April 2007
• Benefit offered residents because of
Vanderburgh County’s membership in the
National Association of Counties
• $6,442,996 total savings 182,816 utilizing
consumers on more than 492,761 prescriptions
filled using the NaCo discount card
• Average savings of 29.28% per prescription
Veteran’s Services
• Service Officer and Assistant Service Officer received
VA representative accreditation in April 2014
• Veterans served in 2013 at the Vanderburgh County
Veteran’s Service Office:
– VA Disability Claims: 325
– In & out telephone inquiries: 4411
• Total expenditures paid to Vanderburgh County
veterans/dependents in 2013: $68,454.00
• Ranked 5th in the State for VA Benefits
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Coliseum
Operated by the Veteran’s Council of Vanderburgh
County
Tinker Memorial Pipe Organ
Donated to University of Evansville in
2013 for restoration
Area Plan/ County Zoning
• Amendment to the County Zoning Code allowing
agricultural or agri-tourism uses to be permitted with
the special use approval by the Board of Zoning
– Less expensive procedure, takes half the time of a typical
rezoning.
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Amendment to the County Zoning Code allowing use
of gravel access and parking for certain specificallyidentified, low volume land uses instead of paved
parking
Area Plan/ County Zoning
• Amendment clarifying the classification of residential
reentry facilities or halfway houses for inmates or
former inmates being released from the prison
system.
– This amendment also established parking and spacing
requirements for these facilities, ensuring that they would be
located no less than 1000 feet from any school or day care
center
Area Plan/ County Zoning
• Process for reviewing Minor Subdivisions has been
greatly reduced to 1 week instead of 4-5 weeks
– most minor subdivisions can be approved in house instead
of going through the APC meeting process saving valuable
time.
• Allowance for APC to waive a standard in the
Subdivision Code if the request meets criteria bringing
the process in line with the Zoning Code variance
process
Economic Development
• New PGP specialty food
processing plant was
constructed and opened
for operation in
Vanderburgh Industrial
Park in 2013
• Created 41 new jobs
Economic Development
• Berry Plastics has committed to multiple expansions and has
multiple locations in Vanderburgh County, including the largest
single plastics manufacturing location in this hemisphere
• SS&C Technologies, employing finance, accounting and IT
professional, is targeted to hit an employment level of 220 by year
end, less than 4 years after opening its local operations.
• Professional Transportation, a homegrown United company, made
an acquisition that brought new logistics and IT jobs.
• Curvo Labs secured a startup grant from Indiana’s Elevate
Ventures and launched a new company here that services the
healthcare industry with innovative procurement solutions
GAGE
Recognizing that manufacturing companies are
looking for existing buildings with today’s
requirements Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville
partnered with the Evansville Industrial Foundation
and Delta Properties to construct a new spec building
in the Vanderburgh Industrial Park
Economic Development
Vanderburgh County leaders from government,
business, academia, and economic development are
active in the I69 Innovation Corridor Consortium,
which is spearheading an effort to achieve
transformational economic development in SW
Indiana by improving our innovation index, fostering
innovation and its commercialization. Vanderburgh
County’s own USI is providing the facilitation and
consortium leadership; while the Growth Alliance is
spearheading efforts to establish innovation and
entrepreneur networks
Economic Development
• The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Vanderburgh
County is developing at a rapid pace.
• A new co-working space in Innovation Pointe has
opened up and is connected to the state-wide
system of co-working spaces for entrepreneurs.
• Scholarships are being awarded to local
entrepreneurs for new venture and tech venture
startup training.
• Our local SCORE Chapter, made up of retired
executives donating their time to help new
business startup efforts, was named chapter of the
year in Indiana.
Economic Development
Efforts in expansion of our existing businesses,
attraction of businesses, and incubation of startup
businesses are strong.
Securing the IU med school is another star on the
economic development report card.
We need to continue to identify and support the
most promising public-private partnership
projects.