The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) is a quasi-judicial board whose decisions may be disputed by the losing party via judicial review; neither the Advisory Plan Commission nor the county executive has the authority to review such decisions. The BZA is responsible for adjudicating the following:
- Disputes over the interpretation of land-use ordinances
- Special-exception requests
- Contingent/conditional uses
- Variances
- Administrative appeals
The BZA typically meets at 6:00p.m. ET on the fourth Monday of each odd-numbered month (on Tuesday if a holiday falls on the fourth Monday), in the Commissioners’ Room, in the Courthouse, meeting room of the County Highway garage, 1131 North U.S.-35, Winamac, until further notice. Public hearings may be scheduled, as needed, for the same time on the fourth Monday of even-numbered months.
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BZA Members
IC 36-7-4-902(a) establishes the required composition of the BZA. Members serve four-year terms ending on the first Monday of January, pursuant to the BZA’s Rules of Procedure, the Indiana Code, and the meeting schedule of the Pulaski County Commissioners. They are not bound by term limits.
Officers
Chairman: Derrick Stalbaum, County Commissioners’ citizen-member appointee (2024)
Vice-Chairman: Abby Shidler-Dickey, County Commissioners’ Plan Comm. appointee (2026)
Secretary: Bob Keller, Plan Commission’s appointee (2025)
Members
Matt Kelsey, County Commissioners’ citizen-member appointee (2023)
Darin Gudeman, County Council’s citizen-member appointee (2024)
*Member, BZA Rules Committee
Staff
Karla Redweik, Plan Administrator
Tina Dunn, Planning & Zoning Coordinator/Administrative Secretary
Advisory
Nathan P. Origer, Ex. Dir., PCCDC
Kevin Tankersley, BZA Attorney
Alternate BZA members
[vacant], County Council’s citizen-member alternate
[vacant], Plan Commission’s alternate appointee
[vacant], County Commissioners’ citizen-member alternate
It is illegal to seek to influence a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals regarding any matter before the Board, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4-920(g).
Pulaski County BZA/APC Hearing Application for variances and special exceptions
Planning/Zoning fees
View the BZA Rules of Procedure.
View the 2023 BZA meeting schedule and minutes.