Another Pulaski County EMS paramedic will be allowed keep her seniority from a previous full-time tenure, but whether that becomes an official part of the county’s policies remains to be seen. EMS Director Brandon DeLorenzo told the county council last week that the paramedic dropped down to part-time for about a month but now wants to go back to full-time.
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The Pulaski County Council will do more research before continuing its discussion on a Mammoth Solar tax abatement. The item was removed from the agenda a few hours before Monday’s meeting, as litigation over the project continues.
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A longtime Pulaski County EMS employee is being recognized for her years of service. Stephanie Foust was presented with a plaque by EMS Director Brandon DeLorenzo during Monday’s county council meeting. “I’d like to publicly thank you for 10 years of service with Pulaski County EMS,” DeLorenzo said, “and I hope I have 10 more.”
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Pulaski County will be able to move forward with hiring a maintenance director and head custodian. The county council approved the commissioners’ Maintenance Department restructuring proposal Monday. The Maintenance Department began the week without an official leader. The new candidates selected by the commissioners had been unable to start until the council set the pay rates, and in the meantime, the interim maintenance director resigned after work last Friday.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Commissioners named a new maintenance director and head custodian last week, but their actual employment remains up in the air, as the county council wants firmer cost estimates for the department’s restructuring plan.
Continue readingThe debate over Circuit Court staffing continued during last month’s joint Pulaski County Council and Commissioners meeting. Judge Mary Welker once again asked for a part-time staff member to be moved to full-time status.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council narrowly decided to keep the same president for another year. Ken Boswell was reelected to the position last week by a vote of four-to-three, over Rudy DeSabatine. DeSabatine was then nominated for another year as vice-president, but was defeated by new council member Adam Loehmer, also by a vote of four-to-three.
Continue readingPulaski County employees will get a three-percent pay raise in 2021, but some may be left out. The county council approved the 2021 salary matrix during this month’s meeting.
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How a pending legal battle over a proposed solar farm will impact Pulaski County’s finances was discussed by the county council Monday. A group of 10 individuals has taken legal action against both the board of commissioners and the board of zoning appeals, regarding the Mammoth Solar project.
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Pulaski County will continue to have a full-time emergency management agency director next year. In the 2021 budget adopted Monday, the county council reversed its previous decision to cut the position to part-time.
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The Pulaski County Council is considering allowing county officials to spend another $668,000 in Economic Development Income Tax revenues, beyond what was budgeted. Council members recently voted to advertise a number of additional appropriation requests for a final vote next Monday.
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Three more candidates have been added to Pulaski County’s General Election ballot. The Democratic Party has added candidates for the auditor’s and recorder’s races after no Democrats ran in the primary, according to Clerk JoLynn Behny.
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The Pulaski County Health Department will have to wait a bit longer before it can spend recently-released grant funding. Last month, the county council voted to advertise an additional appropriation request to spend $39,500 of the $90,000 it received from the state, with the request up for final approval this week.
Continue readingA plan to renovate the Pulaski County Courthouse and expand the Justice Center has gotten the support of the county council, but not without a few concerns. Back in December, the county commissioners agreed to pursue a project that would restore the courthouse and install a security checkpoint, but move Circuit Court to the Justice Center. On Monday, the county council voted six-to-one to support the project and try to fund it.
Continue readingPulaski County is getting some more financial help, but not without some opposition from county council members. During Monday’s joint council and commissioners meeting, officials considered hiring Darren Bates with Data Pit Stop at a cost of $10,000 per year.
Continue readingPulaski County Council members may soon get some training on running their meetings and dealing with the county’s finances.
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Pulaski County Sheriff Jeff Richwine continues looking for some direction, when it comes to adding a work release facility to the Justice Center. He asked county council members last week whether they wanted him to keep working on the proposal.
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For the first time in several years, the Pulaski County Council has a new president. Ken Boswell was elected council president Monday, after two rounds of voting.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Council wants more information before approving a new pay structure for instructors in the EMS training program. EMS Director Brandon DeLorenzo is proposing a system where the instructors split a portion of a class’s income, rather than getting paid their hourly overtime rate.
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The Pulaski County Council still hasn’t made any decisions about reconfiguring its local income taxes, but members did agree last week to keep thinking about some options. President Jay Sullivan reminded the rest of the council that the county will have to come up with additional revenue, since a special local income tax is scheduled to expire at the end of 2020.
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