Starke County Auditor Rachel Oesterreich told the Starke County Council members Monday night that $345,000 needs to be cut from the 2021 County General Fund budget by January 1.
Continue readingPulaski County Council Discusses Ongoing Hiring Freeze
The Pulaski County Council may not have been looking closely enough at hiring in recent years. During Monday’s discussion on the county’s finances, Council Member Ken Boswell pointed out that a hiring freeze from a decade ago is actually still in effect.
Continue readingPulaski County Hiring Freeze Creates Problem for Several Departments
A hiring freeze for Pulaski County employees has been proving to be problematic for many county departments. Pulaski County Auditor Sheila Garling says that the hiring freeze prevents all departments from hiring new employees, causing several departments to find themselves in a predicament.