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Commissioners adopt planning-code amendments renaming planning administrator role
Summary
The board adopted several planning-related amendments — renaming the planning administrator position to director of planning and buildings and clarifying code-enforcement duties — after plan commission review; the changes were approved unanimously and will be issued as PCO3, PC-04 and PC-05 (2026).
The Starke County Board of Commissioners approved a package of planning-code amendments that rename the planning administrator role and adjust related duties.
John, who presented the amendments to the board, outlined three items: PCO3 (renaming the planning administrator to director of planning and buildings), PC-04 (updating the county building code to replace references to planning and zoning administrator with the new director title), and PC-05 (identifying code-enforcement duties under the planning and building department secretary). He said the plan commission reviewed and cleared the changes.
Commissioners moved and approved each resolution in sequence; the meeting record shows unanimous support during the public reading and confirmation that five plan commission members had signed off. John said he would prepare the notice of adoption and provide copies to the auditor. The resolutions were assigned numbers (PCO3 to be number six of 2026; other ordinances were numbered during the meeting).
The amendments are administrative and intended to align job titles and responsibilities with current department organization rather than make substantive land-use policy changes. County staff will finalize ordinance numbers, distribute adoption notices, and place the approved documents in the county records.
Next steps: staff to circulate copies of the final adopted resolutions and record the formal notice of adoption.
