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Votes at a glance: Marshall County Council actions, Oct. 13, 2025
Summary
Marshall County Council on Oct. 13 took multiple formal actions, approving ordinances, a property purchase resolution, budget adjustments, personnel changes and appointments.
Marshall County Council on Oct. 13 took multiple formal actions during its regular session. The items below summarize each formal vote recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Community Crossings matching letter — Motion by Mister Compton; second by Mister Shattuck. Council approved the highway staff letter and the amounts as presented (staff reported a county match of $454,319 and total listed project costs of $1,454,319). Approved by voice vote.
- Ordinance 25-26 (Recorder perpetuation fund use) — Motion by Councilwoman Johnson; second by Councilwoman Cox. Ordinance to allow the recorder to use $42,970 from the Recorder’s Perpetuation Fund for 2026 was approved by voice vote.
- Resolution to purchase property at 401 West Jefferson (Resolution 25-12 referenced in meeting) — Motion by Mister Masterson; second by Mister Shattuck. Council approved a resolution acknowledging two appraisals and authorizing the Board of Commissioners to purchase the property for a $50,000 negotiated price subject to the appraisal-average limitation in IC 36-1-10.5-6. Approved by voice vote.
- Community Corrections and building-related appropriation adjustments — Council debated funding sources for exterior work and recommended non-general-fund sources (discussion; final funding source to be determined by commissioners). No separate vote on funding source was recorded; resolution approving purchase carried as above.
- Budget additions, transfers and payment approvals — The council approved a number of additions and transfers throughout the meeting, including but not limited to: - General Fund additional of $13,657.84 (law books) — approved. - Several transfers and appropriations for bituminous, MBH and other funds (including a $400,000 bituminous increase) — approved. - Bremen library additional appropriation of $114,700 from the library improvement reserve fund — approved. - Denial of two requested additionals to the general fund (related to land acquisition/commissioners) — motion to deny carried.
- Salary and personnel items — Council approved an amendment to the salary ordinance (Ordinance 2025-4 (parenthetical 7) as presented) and approved an election‑wage increase requested by the clerk totaling $4,156; both motions passed.
- Solid waste budget ordinance (Ordinance 2025-27) — Motion by Mister Compton; second by Mister Masterson. Council approved the solid waste budget ordinance as presented.
- Administrative items — Council approved minutes, invoices (Levin Law invoice $1,590), and appointed Tim Fletcher as the council’s BZA member. All were approved on voice votes as recorded.
Notes and context
- Most motions carried on voice vote; the meeting transcript records motion makers and seconders but does not provide a roll-call tally for the items listed above. When the transcript lacked a numeric roll‑call, this summary lists the mover and seconder, and notes that the motion carried by voice vote.
- Several transfers and appropriation adjustments were procedural and routine; council members discussed reductions to various line items in the FY2026 draft budget and scheduled follow-up work to finalize the budget during a reconvened session the following week.
Ending: Council members recessed and scheduled a follow-up session to finalize budget reductions and salary ordinance updates.
