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Council approves routine appropriations, grants and a $15,000 Harn Museum resolution
Summary
At its May 12 meeting, Tippecanoe County Council approved routine items including a health-department petty cash increase, several grant appropriations, combining two public-defender positions and a $15,000 one-time Harn Museum storefront resolution.
The Tippecanoe County Council approved several routine appropriations and actions at its May 12 meeting.
Key votes and approvals included:
- Health Department petty cash increase from $50 to $200 to handle expanded walk-in cash payments (voice vote). - Consent agenda items approved as presented (voice vote). - Approval to combine two part-time public defender positions into one full-time position (requested to save budgeted insurance/costs), motion passed. - FEMA member safety/Duke Energy grant appropriation (~$5,500), Community Corrections donation fund appropriation, and a $30,000 seed grant awarded to DoIT for GIS cleanup; motions passed. - Resolution 2026-09-CL: the council approved a $15,000 resolution supporting a Harn Museum storefront project as a one-time exception while a formal charter and guidelines are finalized.
Council members stressed that the Harn Museum award was a one-off decision and said a committee process and formal guidelines for innkeeper/visitor fund awards will be adopted in the near term.
