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DuBois County Council approves funding for online training and two night-shift officers
Summary
Council approved additional appropriations to buy an online training subscription for the community corrections program and to fund two new night-shift officer positions, with commissioners discussing short-term uses of opioid-settlement and Lily-grant funds and longer-term reliance on the countyCR tax.
DuBois County Council voted to approve additional appropriations to support the county community corrections program, including a one-year subscription to Relias Training Academy and funding for two new night-shift officer positions.
The council heard from Jennifer Lamprell, identified in the meeting as the DuBois County chief probation officer, who described the Relias subscription as an online training package the program needs for staff. Lamprell said the subscription will be billed annually under a three-year contract; she referred to the fund that will be used as the community corrections (CTP) fund. The exact dollar amount for the Relias subscription was discussed during the meeting in several inconsistent figures; the transcript recorded references to “57.24” and to an annual figure of about $42,100. The council approved the appropriation despite those numeric discrepancies.
Lamprell and commissioners also discussed funding for two new night-shift officer positions. Lamprell said night-shift coverage had shown about a 33% shortage due to PTO, training and turnover, and commissioners agreed there was an operational need for two additional officers. Commissioners discussed using roughly $21,000 in opioid-settlement-related money as a partial match and noted the county is winding existing Lily grant funding into the C and R tax funding stream in 2026. Several commissioners urged caution about long-term sustainability once temporary grant streams end; one commissioner asked what would happen when the C and R tax finishes and said the county should plan for the position beyond current temporary funds.
Council members moved and seconded the appropriation and recorded the motion as approved by voice vote; no roll-call vote with member-by-member tallies was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The meeting record notes that the two officer positions still must be advertised before hiring; Lamprell said the job postings will run next month. Lamprell also said the programcapacity is about 170 people and the program is currently operating around 75to85 participants.
Ending: Commissioners instructed staff to advertise the two positions and to return with hiring details. They also asked staff to continue analyzing long-term funding options for the positions once temporary grants or dedicated taxes phase out.
