LaGrange County Council
The LaGrange County Council met
in Regular Session on Monday, April
9, 2012. The Public Defender Board
requested the council consider establishing a Public Defender Budget for
the payment of the public defender
attorneys and their related expenses.
These expenses are now embedded
in the three different court budgets
and would be removed from these
budgets. After discussion the council
agreed that as long as the move did not
negatively affect the General Fund the
move would be acceptable.
Sam Perkins, LaGrange County
Sheriff Maintenance person, presented
a request for the purchase of two new
compressors for the jail air conditioning system. It was discovered a few
weeks ago during the warm March
weather, that the primary compressor
was no longer working and the secondary compressor, which was repaired
two years ago, was only working at fifty
percent efficiency. After discussion and
analyzing the three quotes for both
new and rebuilt compressors, the council told the sheriff department to move
ahead with the replacement from the
low bidder of two new compressors for
the amount of $59,636. Sheriff Martin
also reported that they have contracted
Canteen Services to take over the food
service at the LaGrange County Jail
on May 1, 2012. He expects to have
a savings of $50k-$70k in the food
service jail budget. He also reported
that Lakeland School Corporation has
entered into a three year contract to
put the School Resource Officer on as a
full-time employee.
The Commissioners reported that
there will be a joint Council/Commissioner meeting on April 23, 2012 to
determine what major projects needing
to be funded will be done in 2012 and
where the funding will come from. It
was also reported that the Commissioners will be accepting quotes for the
burial of all of the concrete from buildings that were burned at the Lambright
property. Commissioner Larry Miller
reported that the transfer of the LaGrange County Animal Shelter to the
ARK Animal Rescue Sanctuary took
place on April 1, 2012.
There was a report from those who
attended the Association of Indiana
County’s regional meeting held in Fort
Wayne. The item of most concern was
the new 911 bill that was adopted in
this year’s session. One of the major
pieces of this bill established a $.90 per
land line, cell phone, and tracphone per
month fee. This replaces the present
$2.20 land line, $.50 cell phone, and
$.25 tracphone fees. There is a concern
that the new fees will be unable to generate enough to fund the county 911
expenses. If it doesn’t, the county will
need to use the General Fund.
The Council approved the transfers
within department accounts, a salary
ordinance for a part time ICE student,
the Legal Claims and the March meeting minutes.
As always, we will try to be good stewards of
your tax dollars.
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