Vigo County commissioners approve claims, payroll and a package of routine contracts and purchases

Vigo County commissioners on June 5 approved a claims docket and payroll and voted to advance a set of routine administrative items, including changes intended to reduce operating costs for juvenile supervision.

The county auditor presented a claims docket and a payroll docket and the board approved both by motion. The auditor then presented consent items that the board considered together: switching the juvenile center/probation department credit card from the vendor read as "UNMB" to First Financial and raising the charging limit to $10,000; a flooring purchase at the Union Health Clinic; expansion of the juvenile electronic monitoring program under the county's existing contract with Sentinel Offender Services; and approval of the county's annual cost allocation plan from Dosset Consulting.

Tammy, a county staff member, explained the credit‑card vendor switch and the proposed limit increase to $10,000, saying the change was requested because the juvenile center had experienced late fees tied to mail delays. Ricky Hammond, Vigo County's director of maintenance, described the flooring project at the Union Health Clinic and provided the amounts as read in the meeting: "waiting room $1,872.88;" the adjacent reception area amount was read unclearly in the transcript, and a total was read as $2,933.39. In the meeting, Hammond made the request and the commissioners approved it by motion.

Mr. Watson, identified in the record as a director, described the Sentinel Offender Services agreement. "By doing that, we'll reduce their daily rental on a unit by almost $7 a day," he said, explaining that the juvenile monitoring would be piggybacked on the adult contract to lower daily costs. The board approved the contract expansion by motion.

The board also approved the county's annual cost allocation plan prepared by Dosset Consulting, which the county uses for its audit with the state board of accounts.

The commissioners made the approvals by motion and second; the meeting record indicates those items passed on voice votes without a roll‑call tally recorded in the transcript. An area planning meeting for the public was scheduled to follow the session. The meeting then recessed and adjourned.