139 Public Defender
Public Defender's Office, Shelly Harvey requested a transfer of $30,000.00 from 310 Professional Services to 113 Attorney Fees County Employee. Total transfer was $0.00.
Ms. Harvey explained that attorney expenses vary depending upon cases, conflicts, and the need to retain outside counsel. The transfer would allow the office to maintain sufficient funding in its attorney-fee lines.
MOTION: Piper to approve the transfer.
SECOND: Flanagan.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Flanagan, Whitehead, Mochal, Bookout, Piper, Kantz, Hughes voted yes.
129 Sheriff
Sheriff Office Manager, Nancy Marvin requested a transfer from available salary and Clothing Allowance lines to Overtime Pay. The request included reductions from Deputy 12 - $5,992.00; Corporal 15 - $4,345.00; Corporal 23 - $2,527.00; Deputy 24 - $8,460.00; Deputy 36 - $2,350.00; and Clothing Allowance - $3,750.00, with $27,424.00 transferred to Overtime Pay. Total transfer was $0.00.
The Sheriff's Office explained that funding was available because of vacancies and employees being off work. Increased overtime was attributed to several recent incidents, including flood response. Flood-related overtime was being tracked separately in anticipation of possible reimbursement.
MOTION: Piper to approve the transfer.
SECOND: Flanagan.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Flanagan, Whitehead, Mochal, Bookout, Piper, Kantz, Hughes voted yes.
145 Jail
Sheriff Office Manager, Nancy Marvin requested a transfer from several available Correctional Officer salary lines and Clothing Allowance to Part-Time and Other Supplies.
During discussion, the request was corrected by removing the proposed $251.00 allocation to Correctional Officer 51 and adding that amount to Other Supplies. The corrected Other Supplies amount was $31,850.00.
The department explained that Other Supplies includes items such as toilet paper, paper towels, gloves, hygiene products, and other supplies required for jail operations.
MOTION: Piper to approve the transfer with the correction.
SECOND: Flanagan.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Flanagan, Whitehead, Mochal, Bookout, Piper, Kantz, Hughes voted yes.
1170-145 LIT Jail
The Jail requested a transfer from available Correctional Officer salary lines and Clothing Allowance to Overtime Pay. The request moved $18,264.00 to Overtime Pay. Total transfer was $0.00.
The department explained that the transfer was needed to provide adequate overtime funding for employees paid from the LIT Jail Fund.
MOTION: Piper to approve the transfer.
SECOND: Flanagan.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Flanagan, Whitehead, Mochal, Bookout, Piper, Kantz, Hughes voted yes.
131 Extension
County Extension requested a transfer of $9,712.00 from Office Manager and $14,113.00 from Secretary to 311 Contractual Services in the amount of $23,825.00. Total transfer was $0.00.
The transfer was related to moving the positions from County employment to Purdue University employment and would cover expenses through the remainder of 2026. Purdue representatives confirmed that hiring for the positions would occur locally.