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Mayor proposes temporary increase to Court Administrator position to 0.75 FTE

City of South Bend City Council · June 22, 2026
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Summary

Mayor Bethany Barnard proposed increasing the Court Administrator position to 0.75 FTE for three months to allow a trainee to overlap with the incumbent before retirement; council did not record a vote on the proposal at the June 22 meeting.

Mayor Bethany Barnard told the council she proposed increasing the Court Administrator position to 0.75 full-time equivalent for a three-month period to allow a hired trainee to work alongside the current Court Administrator before their retirement. The proposal was presented as a transition plan; the minutes do not record a council vote or further debate during the June 22 meeting.

The minutes do not include details on compensation, how the additional time would be funded, or whether the proposal requires formal council action beyond the mayor’s presentation. City staff follow-up or a future agenda item would be needed to record any official change to the position’s hours or budgetary effect.