Pulaski County Election Board to Pay More for IT Consultant in 2022

The Pulaski County Election Board is budgeting for a big election cycle in 2022. It isn’t a presidential election, but Clerk JoLynn Behny notes that many town and county offices are on the ballot. “The four district [county] council, we’ve got one commissioner, sheriff, prosecutor, assessor, clerk,” she told the rest of the county election board Monday.

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Pulaski County Council to Consider Budget Corrections Tonight

The Pulaski County Council will consider action tonight to correct a couple of oversights in the 2021 budget. During the budget process, council members decided to move funding for local fire departments out of the county’s General Fund and into the public safety income tax fund. Auditor Laura Wheeler told the council last month that while she took the $31,500 out of County General, she forgot to add it to public safety.

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North Judson Council to Hold Hearing on COVID-19 Response Program Application Tonight

North Judson’s application for more COVID-19 relief for small businesses is expected to take another step forward tonight. The town council will hold a required public hearing on the town’s application for COVID-19 Response Program funding tonight, according to the advance meeting agenda. The town is seeking $200,000 to help out local businesses.

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Pulaski Council to Consider Coroner’s Office Pay and Benefit Adjustments Tonight

The Pulaski County Council will consider a few changes to the Coroner’s Office tonight. Coroner Jon Frain is asking to get the same health insurance and retirement benefits as the county’s other elected officials. As a first step, the county commissioners voted last month to recommend that the council make the coroner a full-time position.

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Pulaski Council to Consider Tax Abatement for Confined Feeding Operation Tonight

The Pulaski County Council will take comments tonight on a tax abatement request for a confined feeding operation. Derrick and Abbie Stalbaum are seeking a property tax abatement for a facility they’re building on County Road 1050 West in Rich Grove Township. A public hearing will be held before council members make a final decision.

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Knox City Council to Consider Budget Adjustment, Tax Abatement Compliance Forms

A few budget adjustments will be up for the Knox City Council’s approval tonight. Council members will consider granting permission for more money to be spent out of the cumulative sewer treatment fund, as well as for appropriations to be transferred within that fund. A reduction of appropriations in this year’s general, motor vehicle highway, and park funds for the 2021 budget will also be up for approval. Residents will have a chance to weigh in on those proposed changes before the council votes on them.

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Pulaski County Council to Reorganize, Consider Budget Transfers Tonight

Pulaski County Council: back row: Mike Tiede, Kathi Thompson, Brian Young; front row: Scott Hinkle, Rudy DeSabatine, Jay Sullivan (not pictured: Ken Boswell)

The Pulaski County Council will reorganize for 2020 when members meet tonight. In addition to choosing a president and vice-president, council members will also appoint a representative to the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission.

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N.J.-S.P. School Board Transfers $600,000 from Education to Operations Fund

The North Judson-San Pierre School Board is taking steps to close out the budget year. Board members passed a resolution Tuesday to transfer $600,000 from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund. Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin said that will bring the total amount transferred this year up to the maximum $1.4 million board members had previously agreed to allow.

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Oregon-Davis School Board Accepts Donations for Lunch Accounts, Music Department

The Oregon-Davis School Board accepted more than $2,100 in donations last week. A large chunk of that was for student lunch accounts, including $500 from VFW Post #748, $400 from the Starke County Sheriff’s Department, and $250 from an anonymous donor. The Knox Masonic Lodge donated $665 for the schools’ music department, and Farm Fertilizers provided more than $200 for the Oregon-Davis FFA chapter.

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