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County attorney: jail‑cadet fund can likely pay corrections salaries; council weighs transfers
Summary
County Attorney Steve Olson and county administrators told the council the locally collected criminal‑justice quarter‑percent fund (often called the jail cadet fund) likely can be used to support jail operations and some corrections salaries, but cautioned to verify statutory language and bond obligations before large transfers.
County Attorney Steve Olson told Elkhart County Councilors Wednesday that the county’s criminal‑justice quarter‑percent fund—established by state legislation and implemented locally by ordinance—has been broadened by a 2013 amendment and can cover operations and some employee expenses related to jail facilities and probation facilities.
“Probation officers would be within the probation facilities, and I would say would be closer. So you'd probably go jail as your primary, probation secondary... I would say your standard sheriff employees would not be a qualified fit under the existing ordinance,” Olson said when asked whether patrol officers or corrections staff would qualify for funding from the jail cadet fund. He added he would “take a second look” at the statutes and return with…
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