The Pulaski County Commissioners held discussion Monday night concerning PERF for the Pulaski County Coroner and Chief Deputy Coroner.
Continue readingPulaski County Commissioners Deny PERF for Coroner, Deputy Coroner
Dave Combs to Rejoin Knox City Police
A familiar face will soon be rejoining the Knox City Police Department. The board of works voted unanimously last week to hire Dave Combs for the open patrolman position.
Continue readingKnox City Council to Consider Salary Ordinance Adjustments Tonight
The Knox City Council will consider some salary ordinance adjustments tonight. Council members are being asked to amend the 2020 and 2021 salary ordinances to adjust the language related to the Public Employee Retirement Fund for the police department.
Continue readingPulaski County Commissioners Declare Public Health Emergency
Pulaski County has declared a public health emergency. A resolution declaring the emergency was approved by the county commissioners Monday. Community Development Commission Executive Director Nathan Origer explained that it will make Pulaski County eligible for federal reimbursement for certain COVID-19-related expenses.
Continue readingKnox Officials Finalizing Payments for Employee’s PERF Adjustment
Knox officials have taken steps to correct an oversight in a longtime city employee’s retirement benefits. For over four-and-a-half years in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, the employee was apparently working full-time, but no payments were made into the Public Employee Retirement Fund.
Continue readingPulaski County Coroner to Solidify Deputies’ Job Descriptions with County Council
Pulaski County Coroner Jon Frain continues working to try to solidify some of his office’s policies. “Just a little history: notoriously, throughout the county’s handbook and other literature and stuff, even the website . . . the Coroner’s Office just doesn’t exist,” he told the county council last week, “and some of it’s like folklore. Some of it’s tradition. Some of it’s just kind of by the seat of our pants.”
Continue readingKnox City Council Considers PERF Adjustment Request
A request related to the Public Employees Retirement Fund came before Knox City Council members when they met Tuesday night.
Continue readingKnox Board of Public Works Approves Recommendation for New Patrolman
Knox Board of Works members approved a recommendation from Police Chief Harold Smith during a special meeting Monday morning.
Chief Smith’s recommendation pertained to hiring Seth Johnson as a patrolman for the police department. He explained that out the 30 applications that were issued, 9 were returned. Out of the 9 that came back, the list was narrowed down to 4 finalists. However, none of the final 4 passed background checks.
Since none of the applicants were suitable, Chief Smith suggested adding former Starke County Sheriff’s Department officer Seth Johnson to the force. Continue reading
