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Elkhart County approves $300,000 in landfill funds for three nonprofits amid public questions about transparency
Summary
The Elkhart County Commissioners voted to transfer and appropriate $300,000 in landfill operating funds—$100,000 each to Center for Community Justice, Council on Aging and CAPS—after staff presented the request. Two residents raised questions during public comment about historical payments, service charges and transparency of the grants.
The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners on June 2 approved transferring $300,000 from the landfill operating fund and appropriating $300,000 from the special projects fund to provide $100,000 each to the Center for Community Justice, the Council on Aging and CAPS.
County Administrator Jeff Taylor described the two items as linked: one transfer from the landfill operating fund into “other grants and awards,” and the appropriation to distribute the funds to the three organizations. A commissioner moved to approve the two items together; another commissioner seconded and the motion carried unanimously among members present.
The vote authorized the transfer and the subsequent appropriation for the three nonprofits. The commissioners did not…
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