THE BERNARDIN • LOCHMUELLER

UPDATE“One Source for a World of Solutions” October, 2005

The Board of Commissioners in Clark County, Indiana has asked BLA to pro-vide the planning and public outreach services for a Community Planning Grant the county received from the Indiana Department of Transporta-tion related to the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project. The Community Planning Grant will aid the county in planning their vision for future development and growth management before the Bridge impacts fully evolve.

The Commissioners have assigned BLA’s Director of Public Involvement,

Transportation plans since the 1950s have called for the development of a major transportation facility on the west side of Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The need, as well as the location, of such a facility has gone through a series of transformations over the years. The two most recent and signif icant developments that have affected both the need and the location were the development of the Mt. Vernon Maritime Centre and the University of Southern Indiana (USI) (originally the Indiana State Univer-sity of Evansville).

The roadway, presently referred to as “University Parkway” and originally known as Eickhoff-Koressel Road,

will provide an alternate route for the traveling public originating from or traveling through north and northeast Vanderburgh County to the University, the riverport and/or other industrial facilities near Mt. Vernon. Use of the alternate route should result in a reduc-tion of the traffi c volumes along the two existing primary north/south urban sections of St. Joseph Avenue and U.S. 41 between S.R. 66 (Diamond Avenue) and S.R. 62 (Lloyd Expressway).

A design study, which was performed for the county in the 80s, established the preferred location of the southern terminus of the roadway to be placed at the main entrance of the University off

Major Arterial Under Construction on West Side of Vanderburgh County

University Parkway Under Construction

Clark County Community Planning Grant

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Eco-Treatment System is Meeting Indiana’s Ground Water StandardsNatural Concepts Water Quality Engi-neering, LLC, a subsidiary of Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. has developed a one-step natural treatment system that is meeting Indiana ground water standards for drinking water on a year-round basis. In it’s third year of operation, an Eco-Treatment System

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UPDATEUpdate is published quarterly for the clients and friends of Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. We appreciate your comments and address corrections.

PrincipalsKeith Lochmueller

Vincent Bernardin, A.I.C.P.David Isley

Dean BoersteJim Gulick, P.E., S.E.

Matt Wannemuehler, P.L.S.Tom Cervone, Ph.D.

EditorGinny Wortz

LayoutHarmony Gratzer

Contributing WritersLen Ashack

Keith LochmuellerAaron Lawson, P.E.Jonna Leigh Stack

Matt Wannemuehler, P.L.S.

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On April 28, 2004, a fi re ravaged through one of the oldest buildings on the campus of Eastern Illinois University. Blair Hall, the third oldest building on EIU’s campus, with it’s gorgeous limestone masonry ex-terior, was built in 1913 near the corner of Seventh Street and Lincoln Avenue in Charleston, Illinois. Blair Hall most nota-bly housed the EIU Graduate School, the Minority Affairs and African-American Studies, the School of Continuing Educa-tion, Legal Council and the sociology and anthropology departments at the time of the fi re, and was used both for academic instruction and administrative purposes. The building was safely evacuated during the six hour, mid-afternoon fi re and no injuries were reported.

In the end, despite extensive smoke and water damage to the first and second fl oors, and the complete destruction of the roof and third fl oor, it was determined

Construction Underway on Eastern Illinois University’s Historic Blair Hall

that the building’s historic exterior and load bearing walls were salvageable. EIU offi cials decided to save the historic exterior shell and renovate and add on to the 92 year old building.

An expedited replacement of the roof was needed to protect the interior labor. The Board of Trustees approved the roof replacement bid by Grunloh Con-struction Inc. of Effi ngham, Illinois in September of 2004 and the work was substantially complete by December 2004. The university also contracted with Champion Environmental Services of Crown Point, Indiana for the environ-mental remediation which was designed by KAM Solutions of Mattoon, Illinois and completed in March 2005.

At about the same time, the new roof bids were being received, the EIU Board

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Front of Blair Hall after the Fire (Photo by Steven Malehorn)

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S.R. 62. The study also recommended an interchange be constructed to im-prove traffi c fl ow and safety. An ad-ditional corridor study for the roadway was performed by BLA to establish the route between the proposed inter-change at S.R. 62 and its intersection at S.R. 66. This study established the preferred corridor which parallels both Eickhoff and Koressel Roads (hence the reference as Eickhoff-Koressel Road), two relatively narrow rural roads whose respective northern and southern termini are separated by a one mile gap.

Upon establishment of the location of the interchange and roadway align-ment, BLA was selected by county officials to perform the design and related services for the construction of the interchange which was completed in December 1994.

BLA was also awarded the contract to design the roadway between the newly-constructed interchange and its intersection with S.R. 66 (Diamond Avenue). Due to funding limitations, county offi cials elected to phase the construction of the roadway project with the fi rst phase commencing at the S.R. 62 interchange and terminating 2.0 miles north at its intersection with Upper Mt. Vernon Road.

The construction contract for the fi rst phase of the roadway was awarded in March of 2004 to Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc. who submitted a low bid of $12,364,801.06. Gohm-ann was given the notice to proceed on May 7, 2004. The facility being constructed consists of a four lane di-vided highway (two northbound and two southbound lanes) with at-grade intersections at Hogue and Upper Mt. Vernon Roads. In addition, a bridge is being constructed over the CSX Transportation mainline track that pro-vides rail service to local power plants, the Mt. Vernon Maritime Centre and industries around Mt. Vernon. The

roadway was designed to be a limited access facility which means that the location of access on and off the new roadway will be controlled resulting in more effi cient traffi c fl ow and higher levels of safety.

It is anticipated that the fi rst section, which is currently under construction, will be open to traffi c in early 2006.

Major Arterial Under Construction on West Side of Vanderburgh County

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BLA is currently designing the re-mainder of the route to S.R. 66. To date, BLA has provided the following services for this very important proj-ect for the west side of Vanderburgh County: Surveying, Road Design, Bridge Design, Environmental Per-mitting, Right-of-Way Engineering, Right-of-Way Acquisition Services and Construction Engineering.

University of Southern Indiana Interchange Gets a Facelift

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William S. Moore, who went on to serve as South Bend City Engineer (also cred-ited with designing the present Twyck-enham bridge, the Ash Road bridge as well as the Lexington and McNaughton bridges in Elkhart), designed the second Angela Boulevard bridge toward the end of his very notable career. It was originally built at a cost of $152,000. $15,000 of which paid for the removal of the original bridge using 3,000 charges of dynamite. The Works Progress Ad-ministration (WPA) provided Forty-Five percent (45%) of the cost of the new Angela Boulevard Bridge in 1940.

Thanks to Artistry and Ingenuity in Ar-tifi cial Stone, by James L. Cooper and the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County for historical detail in this article.

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In 1996, Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. (BLA) was selected by the St. Joseph County Commissioners to design the rehabilitation of the Angela Boulevard Bridge. Contractors com-pleted the work under BLA supervision in 2003.

The Angela Boulevard Bridge, desig-nated a Local Landmark by the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, is an excellent example of an closed spandrel, arch melan bridge. Today it carries nearly 14,000 vehicles per day. Prior to the re-habilitation, it had a load rating of fi fteen tons. BLA was hired to rehabilitate the bridge to as close to its original condition as possible while bringing the capacity and safety of the structure up to current standards. GT Strudl was used to model the tie beams and columns on the 257-foot long structure.

BLA’s design called for construction, totaling $1,225,000, which included stripping the bridge down to the arches, repairing the arches and barrier rails. Specifi cally, the Texas Rail was used as the replacement railing, which is very close to the original rail and helped pre-serve the original intent of the bridge designer. Other rehabilitation measures included reconstructing the spandrel walls, columns, tie beams and deck.

Although built in 1940, the bridge has historical roots that go all the way back to the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. It was there amidst the gleaming white, over-sized Greco-Roman exposition buildings that the City Beautiful movement was born. The architects and engineers of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago had wanted to celebrate Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the new world by showcasing the latest combination of engineering and architectural achieve-ment, the use of steel and concrete in combination to create greater load-bear-

New Life for a Bridge With Historic RootsBLA rehabilitates the Angela Boulevard Bridge in South Bend

ing capacity while utilizing artifi cial stone (concrete) to dress the structural steel in the ornaments of classical architecture.

From Chicago, the City Beautiful move-ment spread across America. South Bend quickly joined in this expression of national pride expressed through civic improvement projects. By 1906, City Engineer Alonzo J. Hammond and his young associate, William S. Moore, were designing concrete steel arches with largely neoclassical exte-riors. The Jefferson Street Bridge, the LaSalle Street Bridge and the Leeper or Michigan Street, as well as the original Angela Boulevard. Bridge were built while Hammond and Moore served in the City Engineer’s offi ce. By 1938, this structure was too narrow for automobile and truck traffi c.

Angela Boulevard Bridge after rehabilitation. Inset photo shows bridge before construction.

County. The BLA planning team is also trying to develop an interactive geographic information system that will allow the public to view a variety of county maps providing informa-tion on land use, parcels and county demographics.

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Jonna Leigh Stack, as the project man-ager and County Planner contact. The Commissioners considered her experi-ence with communication dynamics and mediation, and her background in land use law valuable to the success of implementing the grant objectives. BLA planners and the project manager (the planning team) have initiated work to help the county defi ne strategies for funding ongoing planning and zon-ing functions, develop strategies to encourage responsible growth in the county, and implement a public out-reach program.

A major aspect of the project involves BLA’s work with a Standing Committee developed by the Commissioners that is comprised of citizens and Planning Commission members with general com-munity growth, land use and develop-ment knowledge. During the study, the Standing Committee and the planning team will develop growth management options that will include recommenda-tions to improving the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance.

Public outreach efforts have included development of a web site, an informa-tional booth at the local 4-H Fair, and

meetings with various interested citi-zens, and area planning and economic development representatives. Plan-ning team and Standing Committee members will hold a series of public workshops to gather citizen input on their desires for the future of Clark

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Bernardin, Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. was the recipient of the Evansville African-American Museum’s 2005 “Community Partnership Award” at the EAAM Annual Dinner and Award Ceremony. BLA is assisting the museum project by lending its’ marketing depart-ment in the development and design of presentation materials, exhibits and other visual aids.

As the last remaining building of Evans-ville, Indiana’s, Lincoln Gardens (the sec-ond Federal Housing Project created under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1938), the building is the most important permanent

(from left to right) is James Mosley, EAAM Capital Campaign Coordinator (2004-2005), Vince Bernardin, Vice President, BLA, Keith Lochmueller, President, BLA, and William Miller, EAAM Construction Committee Chair.

BLA Receives Community Partnership Award

Part of public outreach for this project has included development of an informational display board that is available for public viewing at the County Building and at various events, such as the Clark County 4-H Fair held this summer.

artifact. One section of the building will showcase early life in the Gardens. The remaining sections will be renovated as a modern museum to promote arts and education programs and to host cultural events and festivals. Building construc-tion is 80% completed on what will be-come the fi rst African American Museum in the State of Indiana. The EAAM is currently undertaking a 2.5 million capital campaign to purchase interior design and furnishing and to qualify for a $600,000 matching grant offered by the City of Evansville. Those interested in making a tax deductible donation or gift may contact William Miller at 812.477.7927 or email at wilemil@aol.com.

It is the editorial intent and staff directive of the BLA UPDATE to fi ll these pages with informative articles that will be of benefi t to our readers. On occasion, it seems appro-priate to spend a little time bragging about our work, or better yet, letting some of our clients brag about our work.

BLA has just completed federally mandated, NBIS certifi ed four-year bridge inspection projects in Gib-son and Dubois counties. Norm Wendholt, P.E., County Highway Engineer for Dubois County said, “The whole bridge inspection process was very timely, professional, thorough and overall a very good job. The CD-Rom disc was also a very useful tool.”

Gibson County Commission President Sherrell Marginet said, “The Bridge Inspections [for Gibson County] have been thorough. We replaced bridges on the recommendations of our bridge inspection report. We have been very happy with the thoroughness of the in-spections.”

After BLA completed Bridge Inspec-tions in Warren County, Commissioner Jim Lanham wrote, “I am now serving in my third term as a Warren County Commissioner and this is the fi rst time that a Bridge Inspection company has provided this kind of service and infor-mation in order for us to fix a couple of our bridges that we simply could not afford to replace.”

At BLA, we strive to offer a Bridge In-spection Service that is the best available to our clients. In that quest, we have

BLA Bridge Inspections in Dubois and Gibson Counties“If you don’t blow your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.” -Chris Lytle

offered innovation after innovation that, we must conclude, are worthy improve-ments because our competitors often will eventually imitate us.

To the best of our knowledge, BLA was the fi rst and, in some cases, still the only fi rm to offer:

• CD-Rom versions of the bridge in-spection report. This put bulky large books onto a compact CD-Rom that could be easily navigated, viewed on any personal computer and used to print out only the information required by the County at the time, including bridge location maps.

• Two person inspection teams com-prised of a professional engineer and/or a certifi ed bridge inspector to ensure that no detail goes unnoticed or unrecorded.

• Meetings with County transportation offi cials during the “draft” phase of a bridge inspection report to review the report and its recommendations before it is submitted to INDOT. We often find that some bridges have minor issues that can be quickly corrected

by the county to avoid lower posted load rat-ings, or other more un-pleasant measures.

• Partnership with profes-sional underwater div-ers to provide not only the finest underwater bridge inspections, but also videotapes of the inspections for easy viewing, verifi cation and reference.

• Personnel trained in rappelling that can get to those hard-to-reach

places, such as the underside of high bridges to provide complete and thorough inspections.

• Bound copies of load rating calcu-lations on fracture critical bridges so that cost effective repairs can be used instead of expensive and troublesome replacement of histori-cally eligible bridges.

• On-call emergency service. This has proven valuable to counties after fl oods, tornados and structural dam-age caused by vehicles.

You might want to make sure that BLA is on your list of fi rms to request for a proposal the next time you are going to hire a bridge inspector. Other fi rms do a good job, too, and eventually they offer some of the same things you can get right now from BLA.

Please send your Bridge Inspection Re-quest-for-Proposal (RFP) to:Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc.6200 Vogel RoadEvansville, Indiana 47715Attn: Ginny Wortz

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Jim Gulick Inspecting a Bridge in Gibson County

This Eco-Treatment System rivals advanced mechanical wastewater treatment systems with its low pollutant levels. The Eco-Treatment System can be seen on the right, the pond is not part of the Eco-Treatment System.

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BLA’s Len Ashack has been working with South Haven Sewer Works utility staff to assist them with resolving USEPA and US Department of Justice Consent Decree negotiations and its implementation. The South Haven Sewer Works is located east of Chicago in west central Porter County in Northwest Indiana.

The South Haven Sewer Works has been using an innovative methodology to calculate wet weather infl ow and in-fi ltration problems to resolve its sanitary

Eco-Treatment System is Meeting Indiana’s Ground Water Standardsinstalled for a residence in LaGrange County is producing high quality waste-water prior to discharge to the soil ab-sorption system that has a total nitrogen concentration of less than 10 mg/l even during cold weather. The system is pro-ducing a discharge that rivals advanced mechanical wastewater treatment sys-tems with several of the other pollutant measurements at extremely low and even non-detect levels. This achievement may prove crucial in allowing on-site systems to be used in soils where conventional septic systems pose a threat to drink-ing water aquifers or where wastewater discharges to surface waters could be detrimental. NCWQE has several of these systems that have been recently constructed, including three additional systems in LaGrange County and one for the Fulda Regional Sewer District, serving 60 connections, that has just begun operation. A system for Indiana University’s Bradford Woods facilities is currently under design.

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BLA provides assistance for South Haven Sewer Works to Grow!

sewer surcharging during wet weather at its wastewater treatment plant. To

prevent problems, USEPA/USDOJ and the SHSW entered into a

Consent Decree with terms to ban connections until

the district proved that infl ow and infl itration problems were cor-rected in its various sanitary sewer-sheds. T he South Haven Sewer Works piloted

a low-cost methodology that has been acknowl-

edged as very cost effec-tive at finding I&I problems.

SHSW has eliminated signifi cant I&I problems using the “Q-fl ow” method

of wet weather fl ow measurement. In fact, with BLA’s technical and regula-tory assistance, SHSW has been so suc-cessful in eliminating problems from wet weather impacts that USEPA has approved an additional 535 residential connections. Therefore, with the use of the innovative “Q-fl ow” method to identify problems and BLA’s technical and regulatory assistance, the South Ha-ven Sewer Works has realized at least $75 million dollars of new residential development growth!

For more information, please con-tact Len Ashack, Manager of Water/Wastewater Operations & Diagnostics at (317) 209-1130 or lashack@blainc-indy.com.

With BLA’s help South Haven

Sewer Works has real ized a t leas t $75 m i l l i o n o f new res ident ial

developmentgrowth.

− TCM sub-stitution

− Conformity lapse grace period

• CMAQ

− Modifi ed apportionment formula

− Priority to cost-effec-tive emission reduction activities

− Expanded/enhanced eligibility

The comprehensive planning rulemak-ing is pending and should be completed in 2006.

For more in formation about SAFETEA-LU, check out the following web sites: The Association of Metropolitan Plan-ning Organizations - http://www.ampo.org/mpo_issues/safety/SAFETEA-LU.html and The Federal Highway Administration - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu.

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Transportation Planning Provisions of SAFETEA-LU For Metropolitan Planning Organizations The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef-ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) has made changes to the existing Section 134 of Title 23, United States Code. Section 134 states the Metropolitan Transporta-tion Process. The planning process is continuing, cooperative and compre-hensive to the degree appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation problems to be addressed.

The metropolitan planning process for a metropolitan planning area under SAFETEA-LU shall provide for consideration of projects and strategies that will:

“(A) sup-por t the economic vitality of the me t -ropolitan a r e a , e s -p e c i a l l y b y enabling global competitiveness, pro-ductivity, and effi ciency;

“(B) increase the safety of the trans-portation system for motorized and nonmotorized users;

“(C) increase the security of the trans-portation system for motorized and nonmotorized users;

(D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight;

“(E) protect and enhance the environ-ment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and pro-mote consistency between transpor-tation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns;

“(F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight;

“(G) promote effi cient system man-agement and operation; and

“(H) emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.

The number of planning factors have been reduced from TEA-21 but more emphasis is being put on security of the transportation system.

• Environmental Mitigation in Plans

• Annual Listing of Obligated Proj-ects

• 4-year TMA Certifi cation Cycle

• Changes mandated by July 1, 2007

• Safety Plans & Transit Plans

• Air Quality Conformity

− 4-year conformity update cycle

− Allows shorter conformity horizon

The other key changes in the planning statute are the following:

• 30 days for States to reimburse MPOs

• 4 or 5 year Metropolitan Plan Update Cycles

• 4-year TIP/STIP Scope and Update Cycles

• Expanded Consultation and Partici-pation

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English Brothers Company of Cham-paign, Illinois was awarded the $3.2 million general contract. McWilliams Mechanical Services, Inc of Champaign, Illinois was awarded the $268,000 plumb-ing contract. The combined bidding for all trades of $5.5 million was almost one million dollars below estimate.

The project is progressing very well and University offi cials hope to reopen Blair Hall by February of 2006.

BLA has enjoyed having the opportu-nity to work on this local project and to develop positive working relationships with the various offi ces involved.

of Trustees approved the selection of Ra-tio, Severns, Reid Architects (RSRA) of Champaign, Illinois teamed with KJWW Engineering, of St. Louis, Missouri, to redesign and renovate the historic build-ing’s interior, which included designing a new two story addition and basement to the existing building.

RSRA served as the lead architect on the project while KJWW Engineering was selected as the Mechanical/Electrical Consulting Engineer. Wickersheimer Engineers Inc. also of Champaign, Il-linois was selected as the Consulting Structural Engineer.

Bernardin Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. was chosen to complete the civil site design which included a new water service for a fi re suppression system, relocated sanitary and storm sewer utilities, new sidewalks, landscaping, grading, and erosion control. BLA was also charged with answering questions and preparing addenda during the bid-ding process as well as shop drawing review and some construction phase job site observance and inspection.

A very tight schedule was mandated, allowing BLA just a little over a month, wrapped around Christmas and New Years Day, to design and assemble the entire civil package for review, assembly and letting. BLA was able to meet the tight deadline despite numerous discrepancies in the 1913 as-built plans, little to no detail on existing underground utility tunnels, and a multitude of utility confl icts and unknown tile systems.

The scope of the civil work included relocating a 14’ deep combined sewer system around the addition and below the existing utility tunnels and con-necting to this system with new storm and sanitary services from the Blair Hall addition. Provisions were made to explore and determine the functionality of over a dozen unknown underground tile systems that fed this system in order

to ensure that drainage would not be disrupted by the excavation of the 17’ deep basement. Tiles were to be either abandoned or rerouted to the proper sewer system within the confi ned lim-its of the project, thus correcting the combination storm and sanitary system within the limits of the construction.

Also, since there were no sprinklers on the building, a new fi re service had to be designed and routed to the basement of the addition by tapping an existing 10” City water main. New sidewalks were designed around the addition, complementing the existing sidewalks, site grading and landscaping.

Construction Underway on Eastern Illinois University’s Historic Blair Hall

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Blair Hall After the Fire (Photo by Steven Malehorn)

Congratulations to Len Ashack. He has taken and passed the certifi cation

exams for a Class D and Class IV Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Way to Go, Len!

ENGINEERING • TRANSPORTATION PLANNING • SURVEYING • WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICES • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

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US POSTAGE PAID EVANSVILLE, IN PERMIT NO 2820

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

6200 Vogel Road, Evansville, IN 47715-4006

BLA Welcomes Patricia Yount

Patti Yount

IN THIS ISSUE Major Arterial under Construction 1Clark County Planning Grant 1Eco-Treatment System 1Construction on Historic Blair Hall 2New Life for Historic Bridge 4BLA Receives Partnership Award 5Bridge Inspections Innovation 6South Haven Sewer Works 7SAFETEA-LU and MPOs 8BLA Welcomes Patricia Yount 10

BLA is excited to announce the addition of Patricia Yount in the position of Project Coordinator. Patti will work closely with our Indiana clients helping communities solve infrastructure problems and secure funding for projects.

Patti has an impressive background having worked as Director of Governmental Affairs at the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and Indiana Department of Envi-ronmental Management in the positions of Deputy Commissioner of Public Policy and Planning and Branch Chief of the Offi ce of Water Management. She also served eleven years as on the North Vernon City Council the where she served as President of the City Council and Sewer Board. She has fi rst-hand experience with community challenges and procedures.

Patti has a master’s degree in education from Indiana University. Before beginning her governmental career, she taught elementary school for 25 years. You may contact Patti at 812.459.6204 or via email at: pyount@blainc.com.