Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel asked the Marshall County Council last week to adjust the salary ordinance to reflect a change in the hours worked by the full-time cook.
Sheriff Hassel said his cook, who has done a great job in training inmates in food preparation and other food service, is getting older and does not want to work five days a week, but four days a week.
“I don’t want to lose him,” said Hassel. “He’s does an excellent job for us, but he doesn’t want to work five days a week. He wants to go down to four days a week. Our part-time cook said she’s more than happy to pick up those extra hours. What I’m asking is to alter the salary ordinance for the cook to a 35-hour work week.”
Sheriff Hassel said it could be quite costly if he loses his full-time cook completely.
“If we lose him, I think I’m going to be forced into doing what St. Joseph County did about a year-and-a-half ago and that’s go with a food service that brings the food into the jail which is not nearly as efficient or as delicious, for lack of a better term, as what we get now from our cook and the inmate workers that work with him.”
The council members approved the change in the salary ordinance with a unanimous vote.
Additionally, Sheriff Hassel commented that he spoke with Matt Sarber about security cameras for the third Marshall County Superior Court that Sarber will preside over beginning July 1.
“My quote for the cameras that the judge would like and what security would like is $10,507.70. I would like to have permission to get that ordered and get them to start installing because July 1 is the opening day of the court.”
The Marshall County Council members approved the purchase with a unanimous vote.
