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County attorney asks council to extend corrections-appeal window from 10 to 30 days to match state practice
Summary
An attorney for the county asked the Lake County Council to change the county ordinance so correctional-officer disciplinary appeals use a 30-day filing window rather than the current 10 days, citing practical difficulties assembling large records and asking the council to also consider bond amounts and contract/collective-bargaining impacts
A county attorney and outside counsel asked the Lake County Council to amend the county ordinance that governs disciplinary appeals by correctional officers, changing the deadline to file an appeal from 10 days to 30 days to align with the timing used in Indiana statutes for police-officer appeals.
Matt Sullivan, identified in the meeting as an attorney, told the council that the 10-day window in the county ordinance makes it difficult to assemble the record for an appeal because the record can run to thousands of pages. Sullivan said changing the timeframe to 30 days would give the county and appellant enough time to assemble the record and reduce the risk of legal error when appeals reach court.
Sullivan argued the change…
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