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Prosecutor asks council to fund short-term APS staff ahead of vendor transition
Summary
St. Joseph County prosecutor requested budget transfers and a stopgap to keep three Adult Protective Services investigators and related staff funded during a vendor transition, and the committee voted to send the funding request to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
Ken Kotter, St. Joseph County prosecutor, asked the county council to authorize budget transfers to continue Adult Protective Services (APS) civil investigations through a planned handoff to an out-of-state vendor. Kotter said the vendor selected by the state will not be ready by the prosecutor’s grant expiration, creating a potential gap in civil APS services affecting elder safety.
"I'm asking for six weeks for three workers," Kotter said, adding the immediate cost for those investigators is $19,112 for six weeks. He also requested funds to maintain a financial investigator and other staff time for the remainder of the year, which he calculated would bring the…
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