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Pulaski County officials approve claims; resident urges state audit and funding for youth program
Summary
Officials approved a special claims list by voice vote. Public commenter Hannah Anderson alleged large administrative spending, questioned fuel and office-supplies allocations, said the county holds a multimillion-dollar surplus tied to solar revenues, and asked the Indiana State Board of Accounts to audit county finances and fund the Warrior Up program.
Pulaski County officials approved a special claims list by voice vote during a short meeting. After the vote, Hannah Anderson of Star City delivered a public comment sharply criticizing county spending priorities and asked the state to audit county finances.
Anderson, who identified herself as representing "the working families of Pulaski County," accused county leaders of prioritizing administrative spending over frontline services. "We've currently shouldered the second highest income tax in the entire state of Indiana," she said, adding that residents "pay the most" yet have "the least amount of community resources." She told officials that, according to her submitted materials, the county had appropriated what she described as…
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