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Commissioners approve a slate of ordinances, contracts and grants in largely unanimous votes
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved six ordinances, multiple contract agreements and grant applications, and routine business items. Most votes were unanimous; several council-passed measures had split votes at the county council level but received approval from the commissioners.
St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved a series of budget ordinances, contract agreements and grant applications during its Oct. 21 meeting, taking unanimous or near-unanimous votes on each item.
The board approved the accounts payable docket and then acted on six bills forwarded from the County Council: Ordinance 55-25 (special solid waste management budget), Ordinance 56-25 (St. Joseph County Airport budget), Ordinance 57-25 (county budget), Ordinance 58-25 (salaries and number of county employees for next year), Ordinance 59-25 (prosecutor budget) and Ordinance 60-25 (transfer and appropriation adjustments for sheriff and community corrections). Several of those measures had passed the County Council on divided votes but were approved by the Commissioners at this public meeting.
The board also approved a set of routine and program contracts and grant actions, including: approval of the county internship program (unpaid internships); a preliminary…
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