Ms. Swackhamer stated no.

Mr. Brand made a favorable recommendation for the 2025 Official Zone Map changes for the unincorporated area of Delaware County. Mr. Carroll seconded the motion. Voting in favor: Mr. Brand, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Dishman, Ms. Hensley, Mr. Ivy, Mr. Landess, and Mr. Smith. Motion carried, MPC 01-26A will be forwarded to County Commissioners for their January 20, 2026 regular meeting.

DIRECTOR’S REPORT:

Ms. Swackhamer stated that she had provided the Board with her monthly report of permits, inspections, complaints, variances (BZA), rezonings (MPC), plats, and village review (VRC) items that had been filed. She reminded the Board that 10% of the permit fees went to an Unsafe Housing Fund and that the remaining 90% went back to county general funds along with all of the fees collected for contractor registrations. She stated that the Transportation side of the office had several Boards including the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the Transportation Policy Committee (TPC), a Transit Coordination Committee, and that we were part of the MPO Council. She stated that member of this Board served as a representative for the Plat Committee and that at this time that was Ms. Sipe. She stated that the Board voted on that member, and that we could vote on Ms. Sipe to continue to serve on that Committee, and that Ms. Sipe enjoyed serving on that Committee.

Mr. Brand made a motion to have Ms. Sipe continue to serve on the Plat Committee. Mr. Carroll seconded the motion. Ms. Swackhamer called for all those in favor to say aye, all those opposed same sign. She stated that the ayes have it, Ms. Sipe will remain on the Plat Committee for 2026.

Mr. Brand asked Ms. Swackhamer to clarify what VRC was for the public.

Ms. Swackhamer stated it was the Village Review Committee and covered development within the Ball State overlay district.

Ms. Swackhamer stated that she wanted to give the Board a list of the Boards and Committees that she served on, some meet monthly, some were bi-monthly or quarterly, and a few were annual. She stated that those included the Cardinal Greenway, Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA), the Creative Space Action Plan Leadership Council, Treasurer of the East Central Indiana Regional Planning District (ECIRPD), Emergency Management Advisory Committee (EMA), the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), Muncie Action Plan (MAP), and in office for TAC and TPC. She stated that years ago the office used to have a newsletter and that it was helpful to other agencies as well as the public and that the office was working on bringing that back and welcomed any thoughts for that newsletter. She also reported that Mr. Daniel had retired after 30 years and would be working as a consultant to help get us through the transition.