Kosciusko County commissioners approve contracts, grant applications and road bid schedule

The Kosciusko County Commissioners on an agenda meeting approved a series of contracts and grant applications covering jail medical care, peer recovery services, road paving bid advertisements and juvenile and technology grants, and heard an update on Justice Building renovations.

The actions included formal approval to sign an addendum to the existing contract for medical services at the county detention facility; authorization to enter a one‑year agreement with Fellowship Mission for peer recovery coaches at $45,000 paid from opioid-settlement funds; permission to apply for a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) lakes grant that would support services for Syracuse, Wawasee and Tippecanoe lakes; and authorization to advertise contracts tied to a Community Crossings matching grant for paving work on Packard Road, Armstrong, C Nineteen and 700 South.

Why it matters: the approvals continue ongoing county services for jail medical care and opioid recovery efforts, start procurement for several local paving projects supported by state matching funds, and preserve the county's eligibility for lake‑management DNR…