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Elkhart County Council approves package of additional appropriations, paving TIFs and interlocal agreements
Summary
At its April 16 meeting the Elkhart County Council unanimously approved a slate of additional appropriations and interlocal agreements, including funding for weather radios, public defender staffing, bridge repairs, two TIF paving packages and creation of a weather‑radio grant fund.
The Elkhart County Council on April 16 unanimously approved a series of additional appropriations and interlocal agreements covering public safety equipment, court services, road projects and municipal animal‑control contracts.
Emergency Management received $3,500 from the general fund and $2,500 from a CFEC weather radio distribution fund to replenish weather radios donated by NIPSCO and the Community Foundation. Ross Maxwell, court administrator, told the council the judiciary received a $30,000 Supreme Court interpreter grant the county may use through June. "They gave us another $30,000 that we can use until June this year," Maxwell said.
The council approved a $30,349 transfer from the public defender supplemental fund to cover a part‑time attorney returning from FMLA, a request presented by Chief Public Defender Jeffrey Majerik. Majerik described heavy caseloads —…
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