RUSHVILLE —
The Rush County Commissioners met Monday and were faced with a variety of matters. Terri Nigh from the Rush County Health Department requested assistance on requiring food establishments to renew their food handler permits in a timely fashion. Nigh indicated some local eating establishments have been delinquent in recent months in that they failed to visit the courthouse to renew their permit. According to Nigh, the only recourse the local health department has is to send the inspector out to the business to request that they come into the office and pay the renewal fee or make numerous calls to the business requesting their compliance. As a result of a unanimous vote by the commissioners, 30 days after a current food handlers permit expires future violators will face a $160 fine plus court cost to go along with the annual renewal fee ($160). In other matters, Area Plan Director Bill Todd requested that the county leaders set public hearings for three rezoning matters. Following a brief discussion, the commissioners set 9:30 a.m. Aug. 16 as a public meeting regarding property on U.S. 52 west of Rushville, a second property located east of Milroy and on property in Carthage. Rush County Sheriff Jeff Sherwood was next to speak and said that the jail population has remained virtually unchanged in recent weeks with 47 inmates housed there. In an unrelated matter, Sherwood said that Dr. Douglas Morrell has served as the doctor for those individuals incarcerated at the jail. According to Morrell (who did not attend Monday’s meeting), in recent years his liability insurance has increased and Sherwood requested on Morrell’s behalf that the medical doctor be added to the county insurance policy for liability reasons, a move that would come at a substantial cost savings to the doctor. Following a brief discussion, the commissioners voted to pay the $250 annual fee and add Morrell to the county employee insurance package. Chief deputy Duane Raab was next to speak and said the RCSD was recently awarded a $3,400 grant from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. The monies will be used to pay deputies to participate in the “Operation Pull Over” program designed to remove impaired drivers from the road. “Operation Pull Over is a 12 month program funded by the ICJI. As a result of the grant, the Rush County Sheriff’s Department will hold four OPO’s between October 2010 and September 2011 with the first being held in November of this year,” Raab said. In a final matter, commissioner and fiber board member Tom Barnes said that the fiber board recently agreed to lease 12 of the county’s 96 strands of fiber optic lines to Hancock Telecom. The county will receive $1,500 monthly plus additional monies as a result of end user fees. Frank Denzler can be contacted at (765) 932-2222 ext. 106 or via e-mail at frank.denzler@rushvillerepublican.com. Visit our Web site at www.rushvillerepublican.com.
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