Dearborn County Board of Commissioners: the Veterans Year in the Minutes

The board. Jim Thatcher, President; Duane Bischoff; Kevin Turner; County Administrator Sue Hayden; Auditor Connie Fromhold; Attorney Andy Baudendistel. The Board meets at 6:00 p.m. in the Henry Dearborn Room of the Dearborn County Government Center, 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, with YouTube livestreams; the egov document center carries the window's agendas and minutes as born-digital PDFs, 25 minutes sets and 24 agendas of October 2025 through October 2026 downloaded and read whole. The veteran items, in order: - December 2, 2025: "Part-Time Assistant Position for Veterans Office - Dave Currene [Currence], Veterans Service Officer. His work load has increased over the past few years. Dave Currence services veterans in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana." Motion to approve by Duane Bischoff, seconded by Kevin Turner, motion passed. (The matching agenda item reads "2026 Part-Time Assistant Position - Dave Currence, Veterans Service Officer".) - January 20, 2026: "LATE ARRIVAL - Cambria Sparks from the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs. She updated the commissioners on the new accreditation the Veterans Service Officer needs to be compliant." The same meeting approved the Knights of Columbus Council 1231's sixteenth prayer on the square "to be held, on our Veterans Memorial on January 23, 2026 at 10:00am" (motion by Duane Bischoff, seconded by Kevin Turner). - October 6, 2026 (agenda, New Business): "Veteran District Service Officer - Ron Higgins" - the IDVA Southeast District Service Officer appearing before the Board; the meeting's minutes were not yet posted at the round's read. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the items are the office's staffing and the State officers' visits. The Commissioners' claims and the county budget carry the office without a named veteran line in the posted minutes.