Elkhart County commissioners approve appropriations, grant event permit and allow utility access; appoint Middlebury library board member

The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 8 approved multiple routine actions including three appropriations totaling approvals for jail boiler repairs and independent accounting assistance, granted a temporary use of county property for an annual motorcycle event, authorized a utility companyright of entry for soil sampling, and appointed a member to the Middlebury Public Library Board.

The actions were approved during the commissioners' regular session in Elkhart County. Commissioners voted 2-1 to appoint Sherry Pettifor to the Middlebury Public Library Board for a term ending June 29, 2028; they voted unanimously on the other items.

Why it matters: the appropriations replenish and allocate county funds used for jail boiler repairs and set aside money for outside accounting assistance; the right of entry allows a utility contractor to perform environmental soil sampling on county landfill property; and the permitted motorcycle event uses county property and requires coordination and insurance before it proceeds.

The appointment: Commissioners approved Sherry Pettifor to the Middlebury Public…