July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Bruner is interim EMA head (12/02/03)
Will serve as volunteer leader after resignation of Mann
A long-time member and current chief of the county’s volunteer rescue unit has been named as the acting head of Jay County Emergency Management Agency.
Jim Bruner was named Monday by Jay County Commissioners as the volunteer interim director effective Dec. 8.
Current director Tami Mann resigned last week to accept a private sector job. Her last day as EMA director will be Sunday.
Bruner, who is retired from Portland Forge, will coordinate efforts during emergency situations, Mann said this morning. Administrative assistant Andrea Castillo will handle routine office matters.
Bruner has served for about two years as a volunteer deputy EMA director — a position that is required by state law.
As of Monday afternoon, the commissioners had received three resumes serving as applications for the position.
Commissioners’ president Milo Miller Jr. said he and fellow commissioners Gary Theuer and Mike Leonhard will review applications Dec. 8, and will likely try to schedule interviews on Dec. 15, with a goal of making a decision by Dec. 22 — the commissioners’ last meeting of 2003.
Also Monday, the commissioners chose the lowest of two quotes for purchasing a 2004 ambulance chassis and fitting it with a 1995 ambulance box from one of the county’s current ambulances.
That low quote was from LifeStar of Wapakoneta, Ohio, for a price of $63,000. That price includes about $22,000 for the chassis and $41,000 for labor and parts involved in switching the box from the old to the new chassis.
Jay Emergency Medical Service director Teresa Foster-Geesaman was named as the purchasing agent.
In a move requested by officials from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the commissioners adopted an ordinance establishing a single-county waste district — about 17 months after the Jay County Solid Waste District began operations.
The ordinance should have been adopted before the district was formed, but there are no negative effects of the failure to pass the ordinance.
Also Monday, the commissioners:
•Named rural Pennville resident Carl Walker to the Jay County Board of Zoning Appeals. Walker, a former member of both the BZA and the county planning commission, replaces George “Ace” Hanlin Jr., who died last month.
•Discussed, for the second week in a row, whether a member of the planning commission should accept a $10 per diem payment for attending planning commission meetings.
Theurer, the commissioners’ representative to the planning commission, does not accept the payment because state law prohibits being paid for two “lucrative” positions.
During review of claims the last two weeks he noticed that Jay County Councilman Todd Wickey and Madison Township Trustee Scott Hilfiker were scheduled to be paid. Research done by Jay County auditor Freda Corwin showed that county council, township trustee and planning commission members were all listed as “lucrative” positions.[[In-content Ad]]
Jim Bruner was named Monday by Jay County Commissioners as the volunteer interim director effective Dec. 8.
Current director Tami Mann resigned last week to accept a private sector job. Her last day as EMA director will be Sunday.
Bruner, who is retired from Portland Forge, will coordinate efforts during emergency situations, Mann said this morning. Administrative assistant Andrea Castillo will handle routine office matters.
Bruner has served for about two years as a volunteer deputy EMA director — a position that is required by state law.
As of Monday afternoon, the commissioners had received three resumes serving as applications for the position.
Commissioners’ president Milo Miller Jr. said he and fellow commissioners Gary Theuer and Mike Leonhard will review applications Dec. 8, and will likely try to schedule interviews on Dec. 15, with a goal of making a decision by Dec. 22 — the commissioners’ last meeting of 2003.
Also Monday, the commissioners chose the lowest of two quotes for purchasing a 2004 ambulance chassis and fitting it with a 1995 ambulance box from one of the county’s current ambulances.
That low quote was from LifeStar of Wapakoneta, Ohio, for a price of $63,000. That price includes about $22,000 for the chassis and $41,000 for labor and parts involved in switching the box from the old to the new chassis.
Jay Emergency Medical Service director Teresa Foster-Geesaman was named as the purchasing agent.
In a move requested by officials from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the commissioners adopted an ordinance establishing a single-county waste district — about 17 months after the Jay County Solid Waste District began operations.
The ordinance should have been adopted before the district was formed, but there are no negative effects of the failure to pass the ordinance.
Also Monday, the commissioners:
•Named rural Pennville resident Carl Walker to the Jay County Board of Zoning Appeals. Walker, a former member of both the BZA and the county planning commission, replaces George “Ace” Hanlin Jr., who died last month.
•Discussed, for the second week in a row, whether a member of the planning commission should accept a $10 per diem payment for attending planning commission meetings.
Theurer, the commissioners’ representative to the planning commission, does not accept the payment because state law prohibits being paid for two “lucrative” positions.
During review of claims the last two weeks he noticed that Jay County Councilman Todd Wickey and Madison Township Trustee Scott Hilfiker were scheduled to be paid. Research done by Jay County auditor Freda Corwin showed that county council, township trustee and planning commission members were all listed as “lucrative” positions.[[In-content Ad]]
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