Pulaski Council to Consider Wage and Salary Revisions, Budget Transfers, Additional Appropriations

A shortfall in the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department’s overtime budget has the sheriff asking to move some money around. Sheriff Jeff Richwine told the county commissioners last week that he plans to transfer a total of $17,600 into his overtime budget. “Some of this is due to people not getting moved in the matrix in time, so we have to go back and do back pay, so that’s some of it,” he explained. “Some of it’s overtime.” Richwine said that money will come out of the Dispatch Salary, Equipment Repair, and Part-Time Cooks line items.

It’s one of a few transfer and additional appropriation requests that will be considered by the county council tonight. Council members are also expected to finalize over $170,000 in additional appropriations that have previously been discussed. That includes $60,000 for architectural fees for the new courthouse elevator, almost $29,000 for the county’s reassessment contract, and nearly $30,000 in donated funds for EMS equipment upgrades.

In other business tonight, council members will consider wage and salary revisions and an appointment to the Francesville-Salem Township Public Library Board. Recorder Sue Fox is scheduled to discuss the Recorder’s Perpetuation Fund, which is funded by the fees the office charges.

Tonight’s Pulaski County Council meeting starts at 7:00 EST at the Pulaski County Highway Garage, as the elevator project continues at the courthouse.