Perry Township Board Meeting Minutes: Thursday, September 26, 2024
The meeting is called to order at 2:00 pm
Members Present: Jack Davis, Barb Sturbaum, Susie Hamilton, Dan Combs
Non-Members Present: Sharon Yoder, Branden Surigao
Agenda
- Awarding of Community Grants
- All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center
- Amethyst House
- Beacon for Friend’s Place
- Boys and Girls Club
- Centerstone (Stepping Stones)
- CCommunity Court Liaison Project (CJAM)
- Community Kitchen
- Courage to Change
- Girl’s Inc
- Hoosier Hills Food Bank
- Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard
- New Hope Family Shelter
- New Leaf New Life
- Pantry 279
- VITAL
- Approval/Accept 2025 Budget
- Township Form 17
- Other
- New Hope Request
Awarding of Community Grants
Organization | Support Amount |
---|---|
All Options Pregnancy Resource Center | $4,000.00 |
Amethyst House | $3,000.00 |
Beacon for Friend’s Place | $25,000.00 |
Boys and Girls Club | $3,000.00 |
Centerstone (Stepping Stones) | $0.00 |
Community Court Liaison Project (CJAM) | $1,000.00 |
Community Kitchen | $18,000.00 |
Courage to Change | $7,000.00 |
Girls Inc | $2,000.00 |
Hoosier Hills Food Bank | $17,500.00 |
Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard | $4,000.00 |
New Hope Family Shelter | $20,000.00 |
New Leaf New Life | $6,000.00 |
Pantry 279 | $1,000.00 |
VITAL | $2,000.00 |
New Hope Family Shelter (Winter Shelter) | $5,000.00 |
Winter Emergency Street Shelter | $3,000.00 |
Food Pantry Perry Township | $10,500.00 |
Emergency Shelter (set-a-side) close out money | $15,000.00 |
$145,000.00 is the budget for the community grants. Barb moves to accept the 2024 budget for Community Grants, Jack seconds, all agree.
Approval/Accept 2024 Budget
Tax rates for 2024 are: General is set to 0.0081% and Township Assistance is set to 0.0199%. This is an overall tax rate of 0.0280%. Barb moves to accept the 2024 budget, Jack seconds, all agree.
Township Form 17
Township Form 17 is the salary resolution. Barb moves to accept Township Form 17, Barb seconds, all agree.
Other
The additional request from New Hope was for their Winter Shelter and has a budget of up to $5,000.00 that allows them to shelter families in hotels during the winter and then the Trustee would reimburse them up to their budget amount which is why it has a separate line item in the budget.
Meeting was concluded at 2:50 pm.