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Kosciusko County Council approves multiple grant appropriations and budget adjustments
Summary
The Kosciusko County Council approved a series of routine appropriations and budget housekeeping measures, including a $15,000 DNR boat-patrol grant, a small hazard-mitigation appropriation, ARPA budget reductions tied to a Highway 13 North project and other transfers and salary ordinance changes.
The Kosciusko County Council on an evening meeting approved a package of routine appropriations and budget housekeeping measures, including permission to accept a $15,000 Department of Natural Resources grant for boat-patrol and boater-education activities and a budget reduction tied to the Highway 13 North ARPA project.
Council members approved staff requests to appropriate multiple grants and move remaining balances forward for the current fiscal year. Chris, a county staff member, told the council the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) grant is a $15,000 award that “helps supplement our boat patrol on the many lakes that we have along with boater education and dock fees.” The council voted to accept and appropriate the grant.
The council also approved an additional appropriation of $3,899 carried forward toward a hazard mitigation grant and a request from Judge McGrath to appropriate funds the county received from the Supreme Court Office of Court Services for a branch-report program. The exact award amount for the court grant was not specified in the meeting record.
A salary-ordinance amendment was approved by motion and vote. Council members also approved moving opioid-related funds from fiscal 2024 into 2025; the meeting record cites an additional appropriation figure of $52.05 to move funds forward and references transfers for family counseling and jail counseling (transcript wording: “move the 22 5 for family counseling and the $330,000 jail counseling”). The transcript’s phrasing for the family-counseling amount is unclear and not stated as an exact dollar figure in the record.
The council approved a budget-reduction ordinance reducing ARPA funding for the Highway 13 North project by $30,289 after the winning bid came in lower than anticipated. The council approved a $5,000 award appropriation for a National Drug Court Conference and granted staff permission to apply for Department of Correction grants for home detention and drug court programming.
All motions were made, seconded and approved by voice (
