Elkhart County commissioners approve routine appropriations, contracts and a noise variance

The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 11 approved a series of routine budget and contracting items, including a $44,569 additional appropriation from the general fund for a weights-and-measures slide-in unit, authorization to return three body scanners for a full refund, an independent contractor agreement and task order with White Pine Homes LLC to provide cleaning at the new courthouse, and a property transfer to simplify a highway right-of-way. The board also granted a noise-ordinance variance for a private Labor Day event.