Biomet, Donnelley Abatements Tabled Till Next Month
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Daniel Riordan-driordan@timesuniononline.com
While several abatements were reviewed and their compliance was approved, R.R. Donnelley and Biomet will have to wait until at least next month.
The Kosciusko County Council held its July meeting Thursday night and approved the compliance of abatements for the following companies:
– North Central L.P. – Maple Leaf Farms – NG Instruments – Precision Medical Technologies – Midwest Rake Company – Custom Engineered Wheels – Louis Dreyfus
Biomet was tabled to the August council meeting because it hadn’t yet sent the county a new equipment list.
Councilman Doug Heinisch asked that R.R. Donnelley shed some light on why employment estimates from the abatement were more than double the number of people actually employed with the company.
The council also heard presentations from 11 not-for-profits that receive money from the county.
The same presentations were made to the Kosciusko County Commissioners June 7.
The total amount of requests totaled $507,267, which is an increase of $37,410.
That number excludes Bowen Center, which requested $515,690, up $13,080 from 2010, but their amount request is mandated by the state.
911 director David Rosenberry requested and was approved to hire a new dispatcher.
The department is down to 13 dispatchers with the death of former director Tom Brindle and the departure of a dispatcher.
Rosenberry replaced Brindle and another dispatcher took over Rosenberry’s assistant director position.
County Surveyor Dick Kemper was approved to purchase a new vehicle for his department.
The council approved an additional appropriation of $25,000 to replace a 1999 Ford with 176,000 miles that is “failing rapidly,” according to Kemper.
The council approved several transfers Thursday night.
The probation department was approved to transfer $6,500 to match the pay grade for the new chief probation officer.
Superior II transferred $100 to group insurance to resolve an insurance issue for a employee who moved from full time to part time.
911 transferred $7,000 from longevity to overtime to compensate employees who have been working extra due to staff shortages.
Rosenberry said employees who started from 2005 on no longer receive longevity pay.
The county’s maintenance department transferred $24,863 from housekeeping to part-time housekeeping.
The sheriff’s department was approved for two transfers totaling $5,834.73 to cover two accidents squad cars were involved in.
