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Council approves salary ordinance, several transfers and affirms budget hearing schedule
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 08192025 (2025 salary schedule) that shifts three deputy coroner positions from contract to county part‑time at $10,000 each; it also approved multiple transfers for the recorder, coroner and network administration and confirmed budget hearing dates.
Speaker 1 read Ordinance No. 08192025, the county’s salary schedule and compensation policies for 2025, citing Indiana Code 36‑2‑5‑3. The ordinance includes changing three deputy coroner positions from contract status to county part‑time positions and setting each deputy coroner’s compensation at $10,000 so they may operate the county coroner van. The council moved to approve the ordinance; the motion passed with recorded voting noted in the transcript and at least one abstention by Pete on related votes.
The council also approved a set of budget transfers: a $30,000 transfer from the identification security protection fund to the recorder’s perpetuation fund for computer maintenance, software and extra help (funding noted for the 2026 budget), coroner office transfers to move deputy coroner compensation and OASDI allocations (totaling roughly $15,000), and a $30 transfer in county general funds to network administration for office equipment and supplies. Each transfer was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote during the meeting.
In staff reports, Speaker 10 (Travis) reported on detention operations (76 inmates on the day reported, $98,829 invoiced last month) and said the county had signed an ICE MOU to begin holding ICE inmates; he also proposed appropriating $19,475 in insurance proceeds to buy a used detective vehicle and the council signaled consent. The meeting also recorded approvals of prior meeting minutes and confirmed a schedule of budget hearings.
Why it matters: The salary ordinance formalizes pay and employment status changes that affect county personnel and liability (allowing deputy coroners to drive county vehicles). The transfers reallocate existing funds for IT and public‑safety administration. Staff reports on inmate counts, invoicing and an ICE MOU have operational and fiscal implications for detention services.
What’s next: The ordinance was signed (or to be signed) and transfers will be processed; department heads were warned the next year’s budget will be tight and the council said it will reconcile numbers with the DLGF and meet with departments as needed.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 939; topfinish SEG 1266.
