Council approves sheriff's reclassification and small commissary expenditures; earmarks special distribution for jail repairs

May 13, 2025

The council approved the sheriff's request to reclassify a lieutenant slot to a road merit deputy, authorized $5,000 and $1,500 commissary expenditures for outreach and landscaping, and discussed using a recent $232,000 jail distribution plus fund balance to begin repairs including a failing cinder-block wall and cooler floor.

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The Clinton County Council approved several requests from Sheriff Kelly, including reclassifying a lieutenant pay line to a merit deputy position, and authorized modest commissary expenditures, while also discussing a separate, larger pool of funds earmarked for jail repairs.

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