Wage committee recommendations for the 2025 budget were read aloud Thursday at the Kosciusko County Council’s informational meeting, and they included several new hires.
Human Resource Director Cathy Reed was unable to attend the morning meeting, so Council Vice President Kathy Groninger read them. No action was taken. The department heads will use the recommendations to help prepare their budgets for next year.
The new position of a financial deputy/grant administrator is recommended to be added in the auditor’s office.
For systems administration, it’s being recommended two job descriptions be updated with title changes. System administrator will change to technology director and assistant system administrator will be changed to assistant technology director, if approved. A new position recommended to be added is that of technology assistant, and the department would start looking to fill the technology assistant position in November 2024 for a January 2025 start date.
For the probation department, the committee recommended approving the request for a re-entry court coordinator/case manager for re-entry court, with the understanding that if the funding goes away, the position goes away, too.
A part-time Emergency Management Agency coordinator was recommended for approval for the Kosciusko County EMA.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office would have the most new positions in 2025, if approved. That would include four new jailers, one new deputy and one new traffic/administrative sergeant. A current employee would be moved into the new traffic/administrative sergeant position. The work release cook also would move from part time to full time.