July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Purchase by clerk is OK'd (08/15/06)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
To meet the demands of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Jay County Commissioners learned Monday afternoon that the Jay County Clerk's office needs nine new computers.
Clerk Jane Ann Runyon told commissioners that the state is now requiring her office to provide, within 24 hours, the information concerning drivers whose licenses will be suspended.
"We've been doing it by mail," Runyon said after her meeting with commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr, "but we just can't do it."
To accommodate the software that will be needed to transmit the information, the office will also have to update its computer system.
Runyon told commissioners the cost of the new equipment will be about $1,000 per computer, but that the state has said it would will pay for three of them.
Commissioners made Runyon purchasing agent for the nine new computers that will be purchased from CSI.
Additionally Monday commissioners adopted an amended meal reimbursement policy for county employees.
The commissioners' personnel committee last Monday agreed to send on to commissioners for their approval, a recommendation to adopt the state's allocation for same day meal reimbursement for county employees who travel for training purposes for their department.
The reimbursement will be $6.50 for breakfast for 12 hours if leaving home before 6 a.m., $13 for dinner for more than 12 hours if returning home after 6 p.m., and $19.50 for breakfast and dinner from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The policy does not provide for a lunch reimbursement cost.
The county currently pays the state allowance of 40 cents per mile for travel, and the rate of $79 for overnight lodging also remained the same.
Commissioners also heard Ralph Frazee, director of the county's emergency management, say that the radio controlled weather warning siren had been placed on top of the courthouse Monday morning.
"This will help saturate the downtown," Parr said about the new siren.
Concerning the emergency management office and with the budget discussions currently underway by the county council, commissioners and Frazee discussed at length the deputy director and administrative assistant positions' compensation and responsibilities.
Commissioners agreed that Jim Bruner, who serves as the deputy director when Frazee is out of town, should be paid a per diem. He currently serves in that position at no charge.
In budget hearings last week, the Jay County Council cut funding for a deputy director from the 2007 emergency management budget. Frazee plans to ask the council to reinstate the funding at a budget hearing Aug. 23.
Additionally, Frazee told commissioners of plans for fund raising events to help pay for certified team training for the county's emergency personnel in confined spaces and high angles.
The cost of the training is expected to be about $350 for some 25 to 30 of the county's emergency personnel.
Frazee said he thought some Homeland Security money could be used to assist with the expense.[[In-content Ad]]
Clerk Jane Ann Runyon told commissioners that the state is now requiring her office to provide, within 24 hours, the information concerning drivers whose licenses will be suspended.
"We've been doing it by mail," Runyon said after her meeting with commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr, "but we just can't do it."
To accommodate the software that will be needed to transmit the information, the office will also have to update its computer system.
Runyon told commissioners the cost of the new equipment will be about $1,000 per computer, but that the state has said it would will pay for three of them.
Commissioners made Runyon purchasing agent for the nine new computers that will be purchased from CSI.
Additionally Monday commissioners adopted an amended meal reimbursement policy for county employees.
The commissioners' personnel committee last Monday agreed to send on to commissioners for their approval, a recommendation to adopt the state's allocation for same day meal reimbursement for county employees who travel for training purposes for their department.
The reimbursement will be $6.50 for breakfast for 12 hours if leaving home before 6 a.m., $13 for dinner for more than 12 hours if returning home after 6 p.m., and $19.50 for breakfast and dinner from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The policy does not provide for a lunch reimbursement cost.
The county currently pays the state allowance of 40 cents per mile for travel, and the rate of $79 for overnight lodging also remained the same.
Commissioners also heard Ralph Frazee, director of the county's emergency management, say that the radio controlled weather warning siren had been placed on top of the courthouse Monday morning.
"This will help saturate the downtown," Parr said about the new siren.
Concerning the emergency management office and with the budget discussions currently underway by the county council, commissioners and Frazee discussed at length the deputy director and administrative assistant positions' compensation and responsibilities.
Commissioners agreed that Jim Bruner, who serves as the deputy director when Frazee is out of town, should be paid a per diem. He currently serves in that position at no charge.
In budget hearings last week, the Jay County Council cut funding for a deputy director from the 2007 emergency management budget. Frazee plans to ask the council to reinstate the funding at a budget hearing Aug. 23.
Additionally, Frazee told commissioners of plans for fund raising events to help pay for certified team training for the county's emergency personnel in confined spaces and high angles.
The cost of the training is expected to be about $350 for some 25 to 30 of the county's emergency personnel.
Frazee said he thought some Homeland Security money could be used to assist with the expense.[[In-content Ad]]
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