If Miner Elected Judge, Ormsby To Become County Attorney
August 5, 2020 at 1:47 a.m.
If Miner Elected Judge, Ormsby To Become County Attorney
By David [email protected]
On Tuesday, the three county commissioners voted on Edward Ormsby to be that lawyer.
Miner secured the GOP nomination in the June 2 primary after defeating challengers Karin McGrath, Lindsey Grossnickle and Rob Bishop. On June 29, Garza filed paperwork in Indianapolis to run as the Democratic Party’s nominee.
At Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, Miner told them, “Obviously, as you guys all know, I’m currently running for the Superior III judgeship. At this point in time, we don’t know what the outcome of that election will be. But given that we’re only a couple months out at this point, I think it would be prudent for you guys to make a decision on who would be a replacement for me in the event that I would be successful in the fall.”
He said it’s been an honor and privilege to be the county attorney and he enjoyed working with the commissioners, county council and all the department heads.
“It’s definitely something that I anticipate I’ll miss a lot, but given that the time is coming when I may no longer be able to serve in this capacity ... and I know you guys have put a lot of thought into who would be a good replacement for me. And I know earlier that you had met with Edward Ormsby, and Ed obviously has a good reputation and he has a lot of corporate experience, which I think would be invaluable if you would select him to be your next county attorney,” Miner said.
He said it would be appropriate for the commissioners to entertain a motion on his replacement if he is successful in November. That would give the new county attorney time to prepare to take over as county attorney on Jan. 1 and “hit the ground running.”
Commissioner Cary Groninger made the motion to approve Ormsby as the new county attorney pending the outcome of the election in the fall. The motion was unanimously approved.
Brad Jackson, county commissioner, asked Ormsby to introduce himself.
“I’ve been here since 2006. Born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. I have a BS in finance. My law degree is from Georgetown. I was in Fort Wayne practicing until 2006. I moved over here and live on Chapman Lake now,” Ormsby said.
He said his wife, Kristi Ormsby, is from the area. “She’s an Anderson, of Anderson Law Care. The oldest of nine. Steve and Bobbi are her parents,” he said.
His practice “consists of representing closely held businesses, both from a corporate real estate and litigation matter. And I’m happy to represent you guys going forward.”
He said he was “pretty confident” Miner was going to be successful in the election.
Ormsby also is a trustee on the Tippecanoe-Chapman Regional Sewer District. Miner also has been serving as legal counsel for the sewer district.
The next order of business before the commissioners was a request from Highway Superintendent Steve Moriarty for them to sign a contract for the bridge 30 project.
“So on bridge 30, we have made an agreement and went through the (project engineering) contract with USI and us. It was $6,000 lower than what the estimate came in.
“(We) sent that down to the state and now we have to sign the contract between INDOT and the LPA, which is us, just saying they’ll hold up their end and we’ll hold up our end, and I need your blessing to do that to move forward with the 80/20 matching (federal) grant for bridge 30 over Beer Road,” Moriarty said.
Commissioner Cary Groninger asked when the bridge work would be done, 2024 or 2025. Moriarty said 2025. After the meeting, Moriarty said, “We got approved a year ago, and it takes like five years to do a bridge. It’s all federal steps.”
He said there’s a lot of work to be done in the steps, but the county will only spend about $270,000 for a $1 million bridge.
The last item on the commissioners’ agenda was a recommendation for the nonprofits’ budget requests. The recommendations for each of the nonprofits will be put into the county commissioners’ 2021 budget, to be approved by the county council.
Commissioner Bob Conley said, “I think given the atmosphere of the uncertainty in society today, especially financially and how this COVID thing is affecting so many aspects of life, that in talking with some of the members of the not-for-profits, it would be a prudent thing for us to maintain a status quo so they have a stable income that they know they can look forward to without it being cut in this budget session.”
He made a motion to keep the nonprofits’ budget requests for 2021 the same as they were approved for 2020. It was approved 3-0.
The next county commissioner meeting is at 9 a.m. Aug. 18.
On Tuesday, the three county commissioners voted on Edward Ormsby to be that lawyer.
Miner secured the GOP nomination in the June 2 primary after defeating challengers Karin McGrath, Lindsey Grossnickle and Rob Bishop. On June 29, Garza filed paperwork in Indianapolis to run as the Democratic Party’s nominee.
At Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, Miner told them, “Obviously, as you guys all know, I’m currently running for the Superior III judgeship. At this point in time, we don’t know what the outcome of that election will be. But given that we’re only a couple months out at this point, I think it would be prudent for you guys to make a decision on who would be a replacement for me in the event that I would be successful in the fall.”
He said it’s been an honor and privilege to be the county attorney and he enjoyed working with the commissioners, county council and all the department heads.
“It’s definitely something that I anticipate I’ll miss a lot, but given that the time is coming when I may no longer be able to serve in this capacity ... and I know you guys have put a lot of thought into who would be a good replacement for me. And I know earlier that you had met with Edward Ormsby, and Ed obviously has a good reputation and he has a lot of corporate experience, which I think would be invaluable if you would select him to be your next county attorney,” Miner said.
He said it would be appropriate for the commissioners to entertain a motion on his replacement if he is successful in November. That would give the new county attorney time to prepare to take over as county attorney on Jan. 1 and “hit the ground running.”
Commissioner Cary Groninger made the motion to approve Ormsby as the new county attorney pending the outcome of the election in the fall. The motion was unanimously approved.
Brad Jackson, county commissioner, asked Ormsby to introduce himself.
“I’ve been here since 2006. Born and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. I have a BS in finance. My law degree is from Georgetown. I was in Fort Wayne practicing until 2006. I moved over here and live on Chapman Lake now,” Ormsby said.
He said his wife, Kristi Ormsby, is from the area. “She’s an Anderson, of Anderson Law Care. The oldest of nine. Steve and Bobbi are her parents,” he said.
His practice “consists of representing closely held businesses, both from a corporate real estate and litigation matter. And I’m happy to represent you guys going forward.”
He said he was “pretty confident” Miner was going to be successful in the election.
Ormsby also is a trustee on the Tippecanoe-Chapman Regional Sewer District. Miner also has been serving as legal counsel for the sewer district.
The next order of business before the commissioners was a request from Highway Superintendent Steve Moriarty for them to sign a contract for the bridge 30 project.
“So on bridge 30, we have made an agreement and went through the (project engineering) contract with USI and us. It was $6,000 lower than what the estimate came in.
“(We) sent that down to the state and now we have to sign the contract between INDOT and the LPA, which is us, just saying they’ll hold up their end and we’ll hold up our end, and I need your blessing to do that to move forward with the 80/20 matching (federal) grant for bridge 30 over Beer Road,” Moriarty said.
Commissioner Cary Groninger asked when the bridge work would be done, 2024 or 2025. Moriarty said 2025. After the meeting, Moriarty said, “We got approved a year ago, and it takes like five years to do a bridge. It’s all federal steps.”
He said there’s a lot of work to be done in the steps, but the county will only spend about $270,000 for a $1 million bridge.
The last item on the commissioners’ agenda was a recommendation for the nonprofits’ budget requests. The recommendations for each of the nonprofits will be put into the county commissioners’ 2021 budget, to be approved by the county council.
Commissioner Bob Conley said, “I think given the atmosphere of the uncertainty in society today, especially financially and how this COVID thing is affecting so many aspects of life, that in talking with some of the members of the not-for-profits, it would be a prudent thing for us to maintain a status quo so they have a stable income that they know they can look forward to without it being cut in this budget session.”
He made a motion to keep the nonprofits’ budget requests for 2021 the same as they were approved for 2020. It was approved 3-0.
The next county commissioner meeting is at 9 a.m. Aug. 18.
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