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KCODE Budget Put On Hold After Council Fails to Second Motion
Summary
Kosciusko County’s local coordinating council for drug education (KCODE) presented its 2026 budget request of $88,000 and outlined program activity; the council received questions about coordinator expenses and the motion to approve the budget died for lack of a second and will be revisited in December.
Brad Bowles and KCODE coordinator Heidi Glick presented KCODE’s work and a proposed $88,000 budget for 2026. Bowles described KCODE as the Kosciusko Coalition on Drug Education, a collaboration across schools, law enforcement, courts and recovery partners that helps distribute grant money (largely from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute) and coordinates drug-prevention efforts.
Heidi Glick told the council "all 92 counties are mandated by the state by state statute to have a local coordinating council" and outlined programs including a county drug take-back program (the most recent collection was 891 pounds; KCODE has collected over 7,000 pounds since 2021). Council members probed coordinator expenses: Heidi said monthly meeting lunches cost about $800–$1,100 and that expense is paid from the coordinator’s fund and is allowable per the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.
Council members asked for additional information and the chair invited the item to return in December after more detail; a motion to approve the $88,000 budget was not seconded and therefore died for lack of a second. The council directed staff to circulate more documentation and revisit the request at the next meeting.
Council members asked for transparency on budget line items and noted the county’s oversight role because KCODE’s award funds pass through the prosecutor’s budget.
