The Kosciusko County Council took multiple final actions at its December meeting, approving contracts, appropriations, grant applications and routine transfers. Key votes are listed below; where the council recorded amounts or documents during the meeting, those figures are noted exactly as read into the record.

Votes and outcomes
- Sheriff contract resolution: The council approved a resolution authorizing the 2025 sheriff's salary agreement. The presented text said the sheriff's salary would be raised from $120,515 for 2024 to $124,131 for 2025 and authorized the council president to execute the 2025 agreement. Motion carried.

- Sheriff appropriation adjustment: The council approved an appropriation adjustment of $8,203.98 to record an insurance reimbursement (presented by sheriff's office staff). Motion carried.

- KCODE distribution and coordinator funding: The prosecutor reported that the county's KCODE allocation from state fees totaled $84,000 for 2025 and that the program's budget proposed awards across prevention/education, intervention/treatment and law-enforcement/justice lines; the council approved the KCODE budget and its coordinator-fee line (Heidi Blake, coordinator) and operating expenses as presented. Motion carried.

- Prosecutor grant for license-plate readers: The council approved an out-of-cycle grant application and accepted a grant for the prosecutor-managed Flock license-plate reader program; the prosecutor described a potential award of $81,390 that would supplement existing cameras in the county. Motion carried.

- County clerk transfer for voting equipment: County Clerk Anne Torpy requested and the council approved transfers of $66,919.10 from remaining 2024 balances toward the purchase of new voting machine panels, to be split between the county and the election board per the presented plan. Motion carried.

- ARPA appropriation for 200 South repaving: The council approved an ARPA appropriation of $128,469 (presented as the 200 South repaving project) and authorized funds to be spent by county staff; the council voted to approve the appropriation. Motion carried.

- Prosecutor office grant/forgiveness motion and approval: The council approved the prosecutor's request to accept and administer the Flock grant application despite a late application process; the prosecutor asked forgiveness for filing out of cycle and the council approved the grant application and acceptance.

- County legal fees: The council approved an additional appropriation of $10,000 for development department legal fees to cover anticipated appeals and enforcement-related expenses through year-end. Motion carried.

- Board and library appointments: The council confirmed annual board appointments and approved library reappointments for Tisha Holston (North Webster Public Library) and Jill Howard (Syracuse Public Library) for terms through Dec. 31, 2029. Motion carried.

- Auditor procedural resolution: The council approved a resolution authorizing the county auditor to complete routine year-end accounting adjustments for December and to report them in January.

Context
Most items were routine, year-end housekeeping, capital-equipment funding and grant acceptances. Several items were presented as time-sensitive (grant deadlines; contract execution and ARPA-contract timing) and the council approved staff to proceed. Where dollar amounts were read into the record, the article lists those amounts exactly as presented at the meeting.

If readers want more
Separate meeting items with detailed discussion include the full public defender office proposal (approved) and the Webster Lake request for hydrological studies; those items were discussed at length and are reported separately.