Starke County Council, Commissioners to Meet Today

The Starke County Council members and Starke County Commissioners will meet in joint session this morning where they will consider an additional appropriation request from the North Judson-Wayne Township Public Library. 

Prosecutor Leslie Baker will request a pay increase for the pre-trial diversion officer, Sheriff Bill Dulin will look for a commitment from the council for the Retirement Fund for budgeting purposes, and Clerk Bernadette Manuel will request the purchase of e-Poll books for the November General Election.

Two CF-1 proposals will be presented the council for approval by American Oak and Gary Poppins. 

The Starke County Council and Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. CT today followed by the regular meeting of the Starke County Commissioners. 

K-IRPC representative Shawn Cain will have a grant agreement approval for the COVID emergency project for the commissioners to consider, Sheriff Dulin will talk more about a squad car request and Highway Superintendent Rik Ritzler will have contracts for consideration for the two upcoming Community Crossings Matching Grant projects. 

A WTH GIS contract with Corelogic is also up for consideration by the commissioners this morning along with the approval of the dedication for the Starke County Veterans War Memorial project.  A resolution to use OCRA funds for the Starke County Government Mobile Food Delivery Program will be presented and a discussion will be held surrounding the findings and order and a petition from Argento, LLC.

Both meetings will be held in the ground floor meeting room in the Starke County Annex Building No. 1 at 53 E. Mound Street in Knox.  The meeting will also stream live on YouTube.