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Commissioners weigh using criminal-justice and special-purpose funds to cover jail, courthouse and capital costs
Summary
Commissioners reviewed balances in special-purpose criminal-justice funds and a roughly $25 million special-purpose balance, discussed legal limits on moving funds, and considered using fund balances for jail repairs, radios and other equipment to reduce burden on the levy.
Elkhart County commissioners reviewed the balances and allowable uses of special-purpose funds and discussed shifting some courthouse and corrections costs away from the general levy.
During the session staff noted a balance described in the record as approximately $25,273,463.82 in a special-purpose account (referred to in the meeting as a "special purpose" or jail-related balance) and described an active criminal-justice quarter-percent local income tax that has produced an excess balance in recent years. Staff said the…
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