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Emergency Management Director Ed Rock told the Kosciusko County Commissioners Tuesday the county received a check for approximately $178,000 from the state for counter-terrorism equipment for First Responders.
The county may receive another approximately $58,000 at a later date.
To spend the check the county already received, Rock needed the commissioners' approval.
With that much money received for specific equipment, the commissioners wanted more time to review the matter.
The commissioners tabled the receipt of grant monies to their Jan. 30 meeting.
Health Department Administrator Bob Weaver requested the commissioners to increase the cost of a copy of a birth certificate from $4 per copy to $7 for the first two copies and $7 for each additional set of copies. The state now has a different form for birth certificates, which costs more. The commissioners approved the increase as well as the reappointment of Dr. Karen Boling and Dr. Wymond Wilson to the county health board.
In other business:
• County Auditor Sue Ann Mitchell reported Kosciusko County residents who live within the Whitko School Corp. District who did not receive their tax bills yet will receive theirs year-end. They will be due Jan. 19.
• The commissioners approved the jail medical services contract for 2004.
• The commissioners approved Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine's contract for 2004.
• The commissioners approved the interlocal agreement between the county and Kosciusko County Solid Waste Management District for $6,000 for controller services.
• Accepted the recommendation by county systems administrator Bob Momeyer and county administrator Ron Robinson to use Wave One for the county's Internet service carrier.
• The commissioners approved the grants to be awarded as presented by the Kosciusko County Coalition on Drug Education. Money for the grants comes from user fees from the county clerk's office and judges. Approximately $88,000 of the $124,000 requested will be awarded.
• Three rezonings were approved by the commissioners, including: Four Seas Resources, residential to commercial, south of North Webster, east of Ind. 13 on CR 500N; Norman Snyder, industrial II to commercial, north of U.S. 30 and zero feet south of CR 100S, Wayne Township; and Gary Hamman, industrial II to agricultural, east of Country Club Road and 2,500 north of CR 300S, Wayne Township.
• A request by Gregory and Sheila K. Anderson, David S. Kintzel and Elizabeth A. Smith to vacate an approximate 20-foot-wide right of way was cut down to 5 feet being vacated. The property is on the west side of Chapman Lake in Osborn Landing.
Kosciusko County Commissioners are Brad Jackson, northern district; Ron Truex, chairman and middle district; and Avis Gunter, southern district. They meet at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse, Warsaw, every other Tuesday.
