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Council moves to align sheriff’s off‑duty mileage reimbursement with state rate

Gibson County Council · May 12, 2026
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Summary

The council voted to amend the sheriff fleet maintenance ordinance to set the county mileage reimbursement to the state rate (discussion favored using the highest state rate) and discussed granting the sheriff limited discretion to adjust the rate; the motion passed as recorded in the minutes.

Sheriff (speaker 5) asked the council to revise Ordinance 2024‑01 to raise the department’s vehicle‑mileage reimbursement from $0.35 per mile to match the state reimbursement rate for off‑duty law enforcement services and to permit the sheriff to adjust the county rate up or down by $0.05 without…

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