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Commissioners approve staffing changes, County Engineer appointment and JRAC support contract
Summary
Dubois County Commissioners appointed Levi Leffert as County Engineer, approved Purdue Extension and Probation staffing changes, and authorized a $22,000 contract with Community Solutions to support JRAC for July 2025–June 2026.
The Dubois County Commissioners on June 16 approved several personnel changes and a contract intended to support juvenile reentry and addiction‑related coordination.
The board voted to appoint Highway Engineer Levi Leffert as County Engineer for 2026, filling the vacated term of Brent Wendholt; the appointment includes service on the County Subdivision Review Committee.
Purdue Extension Director Chelsea Brewer requested restructuring of office staffing. The board approved eliminating a full‑time Administrative Assistant and a part‑time seasonal position and adding a full‑time bilingual Program Assistant (35 hours/week) at the COMOT III wage classification.
To address juvenile workload, Chief Probation Officer Jennifer Lampert and Circuit Court Judge Nathan Verkamp asked the board to convert a Probation Assistant position into a Juvenile Probation Officer. The Commissioners approved creating the Juvenile Probation Officer position effective June 15, 2025, with wage classification SO following the Probation Officer Minimum Salary scale at the incumbent’s current rate of pay.
Lampert also presented an agreement with Community Solutions to provide JRAC support services from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, for $22,000 ($10,000 from JRAC; $12,000 from the Opioid Settlement Matching Grant). The board approved the contract unanimously.
All motions carried unanimously. Several wage classifications and the acronym JRAC were referenced in the transcript without further expansion.
