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Commission moves to formalize longstanding investigative-aid fund with ordinance
Summary
County officials said an auditor’s office account for investigative aid has existed informally and the commission will create a formal ordinance required by Indiana law to authorize the fund; a motion to proceed was made.
A county official told the commission that an account in the auditor’s office holds investigative-aid funds that appear to have existed for at least a decade but was never established by ordinance. “There is an account that’s probably existed…at least 10 years. It’s been there, but there’s never been an ordinance that allows the creation of it,” the official said, adding that Indiana code requires a formal ordinance.
The official said the board had stumbled across the discrepancy while reviewing fund amounts and, to comply with state law, moved to create the enabling ordinance so the auditor’s office can accept and administer investigative-aid money in accordance with statute. The chair acknowledged the motion and members indicated they would proceed with drafting and adopting the ordinance.
The transcript records a motion to proceed; no formal vote tally was recorded in the discussion. The commission directed staff to prepare ordinance language and bring the item back for formal adoption at a future meeting.
