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Council approves contracts, grants and salary ordinances; votes at a glance
Summary
The council approved the mayor/deputies contract with a statutory amendment, several grant appropriations for courts and social services, replenished sheriff overtime funds, and passed two salary ordinances; recorded roll calls are included for items where the transcript lists votes.
Madison County Council approved a set of contracts, grant appropriations and ordinances during the meeting, including a mayor/deputies contract amended to reference state statute, appropriations for courts and public-safety overtime funding, and two salary ordinances.
Attorney’s reading and contract language
At the council president's request, the attorney (speaker 9) read Indiana Code 5-22-17-5 aloud and explained its effect: "When the fiscal body ... makes a written determination that funds are not appropriated or otherwise available to support continuation of performance of a contract, the contract is considered canceled," the attorney read. The attorney said he inserted a clause in section 4(a) of the contract referencing that statute to make the parties’ expectations explicit; council members agreed the statute already protected the fiscal body, but they approved the contract with the inserted reference.
Grants and appropriations
Council approved three appropriations for problem-solving…
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