Posted on December 20, 2018
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
Starke County Attorney Marty Lucas presented the commissioners this week with an ordinance for enhanced security at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1 at 53 E. Mound Street in Knox.
The ordinance states that certain restrictions on possession of firearms and other weapons inside the annex building would be beneficial to the maintenance of security, the health, safety, and welfare of everyone present. The enhancement of security will be present during the regular work day and at public and government meetings.
Effective Jan. 1, there will be only one entrance into the annex building. That entrance is located on the first level of the building that faces Pearl Street. It will be manned by a security officer. A metal detector is also present at that entrance where all visitors will pass through the device and can be subject to a search. Bags, packages, or other containers may also be inspected at that time.
Any person found to be in violation of the ordinance faces a fine not to exceed $2,500.
The commissioners suspended the rules and passed the ordinance with a unanimous vote.
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