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LaPorte County Sheriff Merit Board approves minutes and 2026 meeting dates, discusses promotions
Summary
The Merit Board approved last month's minutes and the proposed 2026 merit and pension board dates by voice votes, discussed the recent promotional interview process and scheduled a panel meeting after the December merit board session; a pension board meeting followed the merit board meeting.
The LaPorte County Sheriff Merit Board, meeting Nov. 12, 2025, carried out routine business: members approved the previous month's minutes and adopted proposed meeting dates for 2026, discussed promotional interviews and scheduled follow-up review opportunities.
Early in the meeting the board considered a motion to approve last month's minutes, which was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records the ayes but does not provide individual vote counts. Later, the board reviewed a proposed schedule of 2026 merit and pension board meeting dates and approved the dates as presented by voice vote.
Board members discussed the recent promotional interview process, describing several long interview days and a strong pool of candidates. One board member, identified in the transcript only by first name, encouraged anyone who interviewed to meet with the panel following the December merit board meeting (the chair noted that the panel of four who conducted interviews would be available to debrief candidates).
The sheriff also reminded the board that nominations will be taken for the pension board member seat whose term is expiring (referred to in the transcript as "mayor commissioner Jim Miller"); the sheriff said the rank-and-file will vote electronically before the December meeting to fill or retain that seat.
A motion to adjourn was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote and the meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m. A pension board meeting was scheduled to follow.
Vote notes: motions and approvals were conducted by voice votes with "ayes" recorded in the transcript; specific counts or named roll-call votes were not provided.
