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Vigo County Council approves salary-schedule amendment and multiple appropriations, rejects reappropriation for warming center
Summary
The council unanimously approved an amended 2026 salary schedule clarifying deputy coroner and election board stipends, approved several appropriations including pretrial screener and assessor funding and a prosecutor relocation request, approved $700,000 for community corrections benefits 6-1, and rejected a Terre Haute warming-center reappropriation 3-4.
The Vigo County Council voted on a package of administrative and budget items during its meeting.
Amended salary schedule: The council approved an amended ordinance adopting the 2026 salary schedule and compensation policies, including a clarification that deputy coroner pay is expressed on an annual basis (reverting from a daily/hourly format) and that election board stipends will be divided into two semiannual payments. The motion passed unanimously, 7-0.
Pretrial screeners: The council approved additional appropriation 20-26-5 to fund the salary adjustment for two pretrial screeners in the county general fund so their pay matches grant-funded amounts. Clerk…
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