Pulaski County Commissioners
On Dec. 23 - just days away from Christmas - a travel emergency was declared for Pulaski County due to a snowstorm that blew into the county. The county commissioners and Sheriff Chris Schramm briefly discussed the county's overall response to the storm and the emergency declaration. President...
At a regular meeting on Dec. 19, the Pulaski County Commissioners approved the recommended bid for the Pulaski County Highway Garage roof project. Earlier in the month, the commissioners had opened bids for both the roof project and the work release program. The second bid came from Creekside...
Approximately 100 long, unmarked file boxes were recently found in the attic of the Pulaski County Courthouse and discussion took place at the December joint session on how to properly remove and store the boxes. Circuit Court Judge Mary Welker brought the item to the county's attention, noting...
Pulaski County Superior Court Judge Crystal Kocher recently updated the commissioners on the status of some of the grants the court has applied for. She said they are currently writing a grant to fund an interpreter and a grant has been written for a navigator as well. The grant would completely...
At their joint session this month, discussion is expected to be had between the county council and the commissioners on a resolution allowing county board members to participate in meetings electronically. The topic was first discussed separately at their respective meetings in November. County...
The Pulaski County Commissioners recently learned about the state health commission's expected push towards more district health officers in the next year or so. Pulaski County Health Department Director Terri Hansen added that the commissioners will eventually have to make a formal decision about...
Pulaski County Health Department Director Terri Hansen presented the county commissioners with a proposal for a new fee schedule on Nov. 7, which includes some increases. Hansen said that its been several years since they have raised any of their prices. She highlighted some of the fees that they...
The Friends of the Panhandle Pathway told the Pulaski County Commissioners that they are looking forward to the next phases of their trail extension project. They recently acquired a Next Level Trails (NLT) grant from the state of Indiana. They will split the project in half and do the north end...
The previous Mammoth Solar joint road usage and drainage agreement was revoked and separate agreements were instead approved at special sessions of the Pulaski County Commissioners and the Pulaski County Drainage Board on Nov. 3. Commissioner Maurice Loehmer recused himself from all of the votes....
Pulaski County is considering using a texting service to communicate updates with county residents. The texting service they are prospectively looking into using is TextMyGov, which is a program that local government agencies can use to blast out public service announcements to residents. It can...