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Marshall County Health Department Public Health Nurse Sandy Dunfee introduced herself to the County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting. Dunfee has been working for the county about two years. When Lisa Letsinger resigned, Dunfee transitioned into that position.
Members of a Marshall County Task Force are doing what they can to inform county employees and residents concerning COVID-19.
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A Marshall County judge proposes an effort to help reduce the jail population and alleviate case load problems by adding another General Jurisdiction Court.
Continue readingWith the rising population numbers at the Marshall County Jail, the Marshall County Commissioners are looking to add an inmate housing pod to alleviate some overcrowding issues.
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Marshall County officials look to ramp up discussions on an addition to the Marshall County Jail as the jail population continues to climb.
Continue readingThe Marshall County Safety Committee brought a recommendation to the county commissioners to update an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at the courthouse.
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The Marshall County Commissioners would like a recommendation from Sheriff Matt Hassel before making a decision on the purchase or lease of new vehicles for the Sheriff’s Department.
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A decision on four new police cars for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will wait for another week or so.
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The Marshall County Commissioners are taking measures to save the county money in energy costs.
The Marshall County Commissioners accepted a denial letter from FEMA that concerns a specific reimbursement of funds.
The Marshall County Commissioners discussed a resolution that would transfer the property at 500 E. Laporte Street to the City of Plymouth.
Officials from the Department of Local Government Finance presided over a public hearing as a remonstrance was filed opposing the increase of the Marshall County Cumulative Bridge Fund.
Marshall County Commissioner Kevin Overmyer would like to see a resolution to the unfilled positions at the highway department.
He explained to fellow Commissioners Mike Delp and Kurt Garner Monday morning that the assistant clerk position needs to be filled as well as the county engineer position. He stated that the person who is currently doing the work of two clerks is up to 75 hours of comp time since Jan. 1. He mentioned that Highway Supervisor Jason Peters is at 80 hours of overtime.
The Marshall County Commissioners reviewed grant paperwork that will be submitted to the Office of Community and Rural Affairs on Friday. The Marshall County 4-H Fair Association is seeking a $500,000 grant to build a multi-purpose building on the 4-H Fairgrounds in Argos.
Marshall County will see a reduction in insurance costs in 2018.
A $32,000 reduction will be realized. Brian Kubicki from Gibson Insurance told the Marshall County Commissioners this week that the county will save money in workman’s comp premium rates as they have gone down in Indiana. The county has also managed claims and prevented loss and injuries to employees which played a big part in the cost reduction as well. The safety committee is doing what they can to educate employees on safety issues, which Kubicki said is working.
The Marshall County Council approved action on Monday morning to pledge funds toward the Marshall County 4-H Fair Board Association’s OCRA grant proposal for a multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds in Argos.
Angel Balsley explained that the project was not awarded the OCRA grant request in the fall for the $500,000 grant request but the application will be submitted again in an additional grant round in February. She approached the council members Monday morning with a funding request to help the fair board obtain the grant.
The Marshall County Commissioners discussed a contract to update the look of the county’s website.
IT Director Michael Marshall said this contract is for web hosting and web design for the county.
“It’s a company called e-gov out of Indianapolis,” explained Marshall. “They have Hendricks, Vigo, Kosciusko, Deerborn, Dekalb – they have quite a few counties that they host. They have some tools as far as document management, event planning, and calendaring that we just don’t have right now on our site. Continue reading
The Marshall County Commissioners withheld the approval of two claims during their meeting Monday amid questions of the procedure to purchase IT items.
Superior Court II submitted a claim of $2,820 for Apple iPads and another claim for $160.49 was submitted when an employee bought a printer on Amazon.com. Continue reading
A potential funding source for those suffering losses not eligible for FEMA funds after a natural disaster has been tabled due to lack of support.
Marshall County Emergency Management Agency Director Clyde Avery told the commissioners on Tuesday morning that five people responded to eight notices sent out to create a board of directors for this endeavor, but only three members attended the first meeting. The goal of the proposed 501(C)(3) organization was to generate donations by a variety of fundraisers to sustain the fund. The money would then be distributed after applications were reviewed in the event of a catastrophic event.
