New North Judson Code Enforcement Officer Determined at Town Council Meeting

A new code enforcement officer was announced at this week’s North Judson Town Council meeting.

At the recommendation of Town Marshal Kelly Fisher, members approved hiring NJPD Reserve Officer Kerry Rust to the position.

Reserve Officer Rust was first welcomed on to the North Judson Police Department last August. Marshal Fisher said she has coordinated with him to gauge his interest in the position.

She explained, “I talked with Kerry and asked him if that was something he’d be interested in and he said that he was. He actually has some good ideas already with the ordinance position.”

Fisher continued, “I think he can do the job with the expectations that we have.”

She also readdressed something that was discussed in the past, stating that some type of code enforcement officer indicator will be displayed on that the Department’s spare car when it is being utilized for ordinance violation patrols.

As previously reported, after former Code Enforcement Officer Joe Leszek stepped down when taking on the Town Superintendent’s position, code enforcement tasks were temporarily handed over to Marshal Fisher and the police department.

Fisher told the council Monday night that after speaking with officers on the force, it was decided that in order for full-time employees to continue focusing on their respective specialties and law-enforcement duties, they felt there should be an individual who focused solely on code enforcement and all that it entails.

It was noted that the Department will continue to work in conjunction with the code enforcement officer, as they’ve done in the past.