County Closing Deal On Lake City Inn
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, Kosciusko County will be "the owner of the new work release center," county commissioners' attorney Mike Miner told the commissioners Tuesday.
The work release center will be the current Lake City Inn facility. The county will pay $2.2 million for the facility.
Lake City Inn also will house offices temporarily displaced by the county jail expansion project.
Work release currently has 36 inmates. Lake City Inn has the potential to house 240 inmates, but the work release program is not expected to expand too much for a while.
If the county were to include the work release program in the jail expansion project, it would cost the county $120 per square foot. By purchasing the Inn, the county will save an average of $40 per square foot, Robinson said previously.
Robinson said the county will announce it is accepting bids for the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department dispatch project at the commissioners' July 6 meeting at 9 a.m.
The new dispatch center will be in the basement of the Justice Building, where the meeting rooms are now. Robinson said the dispatch project will be completed by Nov. 1.
"We want to be done and in compliance with Y2K," he said.
The rest of the Justice Building expansion project will not begin until sometime after the new year, he said. Central dispatch architectural plans are available in the county administrator's office for contractors to view.
Miner said he drafted a lease agreement between the county and Gale Munson for the General Motors First Choice Sales car lot on Fort Wayne Street. The contract is for $1,800 a month for up to eight years.
The county will use the lot for parking and will use the building for storage and meeting rooms, commissioner Brad Jackson said.
The county will need the parking lot during construction on the Justice Building. The current Justice Building parking lot will be used for construction trailer parking and other building equipment.
Commissioners approved the lease to be advertised and cannot officially act on the lease agreement until their July 6 meeting.
In other business, Kosciusko County Assessor Sharon Thompson said on June 14, she, township assessors and trustee assessors voted to contract with a professional firm to assist in establishing land values for the reassessment that is set to begin July 1.
The expense will be paid from reassessment funds. A notice will be given and bids accepted from professional appraisers to furnish the service.
Thompson said this is the first time they have had to go with professional appraisers because the state no longer provides the service. Kosciusko County is not the only county who will have to assess land values, she said.
Representatives from Pepsco, current providers of Kosciusko County's preferred compensation for county employees, told the commissioners they have other packages they can offer the county's employees.
"Preferred compensation is an excellent tool to supplement retirement," a representative said. Other programs, like 401K and mutual funds, are also available to county employees through Pepsco, he said. A representative will return to the commissioners at a later meeting to see if the commissioners are interested in implementing other economic opportunities for their employees.
Commissioners approved Jack Kelley, Dan Robinson and Don Scearce to the prevailing wage board for projects like the Justice Building expansion and central dispatch project.
Commissioners denied a petition by Tippe Mobile Home Park to vacate T17 Lane in the Plaza Marine area in the Wild Wood Isle of Lake Tippecanoe.
At their May 4 meeting the commissioners approved the vacation provided emergency services (EMS, fire department, sheriff's department and county highway) did not find fault with the vacation. In written responses, the EMS and fire departments were against the vacation and the case was brought back before the commissioners Tuesday.
Dick Mitchell, township trustee, expressed concern about the situation, saying, "(The vacation) puts an undue liability problem on my EMS."
Attorney for the petitioners said there would not be a barricade of any sort blocking emergency service personnel from getting back to residences and the vacation was needed to put in new wells.
The commissioners unanimously denied the petition. [[In-content Ad]]
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At 10 a.m. Thursday, Kosciusko County will be "the owner of the new work release center," county commissioners' attorney Mike Miner told the commissioners Tuesday.
The work release center will be the current Lake City Inn facility. The county will pay $2.2 million for the facility.
Lake City Inn also will house offices temporarily displaced by the county jail expansion project.
Work release currently has 36 inmates. Lake City Inn has the potential to house 240 inmates, but the work release program is not expected to expand too much for a while.
If the county were to include the work release program in the jail expansion project, it would cost the county $120 per square foot. By purchasing the Inn, the county will save an average of $40 per square foot, Robinson said previously.
Robinson said the county will announce it is accepting bids for the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department dispatch project at the commissioners' July 6 meeting at 9 a.m.
The new dispatch center will be in the basement of the Justice Building, where the meeting rooms are now. Robinson said the dispatch project will be completed by Nov. 1.
"We want to be done and in compliance with Y2K," he said.
The rest of the Justice Building expansion project will not begin until sometime after the new year, he said. Central dispatch architectural plans are available in the county administrator's office for contractors to view.
Miner said he drafted a lease agreement between the county and Gale Munson for the General Motors First Choice Sales car lot on Fort Wayne Street. The contract is for $1,800 a month for up to eight years.
The county will use the lot for parking and will use the building for storage and meeting rooms, commissioner Brad Jackson said.
The county will need the parking lot during construction on the Justice Building. The current Justice Building parking lot will be used for construction trailer parking and other building equipment.
Commissioners approved the lease to be advertised and cannot officially act on the lease agreement until their July 6 meeting.
In other business, Kosciusko County Assessor Sharon Thompson said on June 14, she, township assessors and trustee assessors voted to contract with a professional firm to assist in establishing land values for the reassessment that is set to begin July 1.
The expense will be paid from reassessment funds. A notice will be given and bids accepted from professional appraisers to furnish the service.
Thompson said this is the first time they have had to go with professional appraisers because the state no longer provides the service. Kosciusko County is not the only county who will have to assess land values, she said.
Representatives from Pepsco, current providers of Kosciusko County's preferred compensation for county employees, told the commissioners they have other packages they can offer the county's employees.
"Preferred compensation is an excellent tool to supplement retirement," a representative said. Other programs, like 401K and mutual funds, are also available to county employees through Pepsco, he said. A representative will return to the commissioners at a later meeting to see if the commissioners are interested in implementing other economic opportunities for their employees.
Commissioners approved Jack Kelley, Dan Robinson and Don Scearce to the prevailing wage board for projects like the Justice Building expansion and central dispatch project.
Commissioners denied a petition by Tippe Mobile Home Park to vacate T17 Lane in the Plaza Marine area in the Wild Wood Isle of Lake Tippecanoe.
At their May 4 meeting the commissioners approved the vacation provided emergency services (EMS, fire department, sheriff's department and county highway) did not find fault with the vacation. In written responses, the EMS and fire departments were against the vacation and the case was brought back before the commissioners Tuesday.
Dick Mitchell, township trustee, expressed concern about the situation, saying, "(The vacation) puts an undue liability problem on my EMS."
Attorney for the petitioners said there would not be a barricade of any sort blocking emergency service personnel from getting back to residences and the vacation was needed to put in new wells.
The commissioners unanimously denied the petition. [[In-content Ad]]