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Vigo County Council hears multiple appropriation requests and 2026 salary ordinance updates; Sealyville budget approved
Summary
Council approved Sealyville’s 2026 budget 6-0 and heard appropriations requests including jail medical funding, road salt and equipment repairs, plus review of 2026 salary ordinances across departments; no final votes on the larger appropriation requests were recorded this session.
The Vigo County Council voted 6-0 to approve the Sealyville 2026 town budget and spent the remainder of the session taking and hearing several appropriation and salary matters that will affect the county’s 2026 budget cycle.
Sealyville budget: Counsel told the council it had no discretion to modify the town-adopted budget; Councilman Brad Anderson moved to approve the Sealyville 2026 budget and Councilwoman Vicky Wager seconded. President Thompson called for the ayes and the motion passed 6-0.
Jail medical costs: Sheriff Derek Fell asked the council to approve an advertised additional appropriation of $190,000 to cover jail medical costs through November, noting year-end medical expenses could be substantially higher (he estimated the eventual total could approach $315,000). Counsel told the body that the request had been advertised across three separate budget lines of $190,000 each — providing theoretical appropriation authority of up to…
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