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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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Starke County Commissioners to Increase Security at Annex Building
Posted on December 4, 2018
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
The Starke County Commissioners are working to upgrade security at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1.
Those attending the commissioners meeting Monday night were greeted by a full-standing security standard metal detector. The apparatus was purchased by Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin out of commissary funds and it arrived in his possession in about two days.
The effort stems from an increased concern across the country of security in government places.
The commissioners plan to create a single-point entry at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1 where a security guard will be present during regular business hours at the lower level entrance facing Pearl Street. Any person entering the building will go through the scanner, similar to the process at the Starke County Courthouse. A third security guard will need to be hired, who will be entered in a three-person rotation with those stationed at the courthouse.
The cost would be about $28,000, but Larry Keiser, the Director of Courthouse Security, recommended eventually hiring a full-time person so the person can be in charge of the personnel schedule and other administrative duties.
Once this process is settled, additional security at the Starke County Annex Building No. 2 will be added.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to provide a recommendation to the Starke County Council members of the addition of a security guard at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1. The funding for the additional officer would come out of the commissioners’ regular CEDIT fund.
The matter will be discussed during the county council’s Dec. 17 meeting.
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
The Starke County Commissioners are working to upgrade security at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1.
Those attending the commissioners meeting Monday night were greeted by a full-standing security standard metal detector. The apparatus was purchased by Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin out of commissary funds and it arrived in his possession in about two days.
The effort stems from an increased concern across the country of security in government places.
The commissioners plan to create a single-point entry at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1 where a security guard will be present during regular business hours at the lower level entrance facing Pearl Street. Any person entering the building will go through the scanner, similar to the process at the Starke County Courthouse. A third security guard will need to be hired, who will be entered in a three-person rotation with those stationed at the courthouse.
The cost would be about $28,000, but Larry Keiser, the Director of Courthouse Security, recommended eventually hiring a full-time person so the person can be in charge of the personnel schedule and other administrative duties.
Once this process is settled, additional security at the Starke County Annex Building No. 2 will be added.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to provide a recommendation to the Starke County Council members of the addition of a security guard at the Starke County Annex Building No. 1. The funding for the additional officer would come out of the commissioners’ regular CEDIT fund.
The matter will be discussed during the county council’s Dec. 17 meeting.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Starke County Commissioners to Meet Tonight
Posted on September 5, 2017
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
The Starke County Commissioners have several items up for discussion when they meet tonight.
The three board members will discuss the coroner’s pay for 2018. Coroner Dannie Hoffer appeared before the board in August asking for a pay raise, stating that he’s the lowest paid coroner in the state.
The commissioners will also get an update on how the ambulance repairs are coming along and how the budget is faring for the Starke County EMS Department. Director Travis Clary and Clerk Mary Lynn Ritchie will present a monthly report.
Maintenance Director James Coad will discuss the annex building parking lot as well as electric on the third floor of the Starke County Courthouse.
Other items on the agenda include a presentation on the county’s insurance renewal, a 2017 Capital Assets report, the 2018 holiday calendar and a date for the commissioners’ certificate tax sale. Anthony Rybicki will talk to the commissioners about Woodland Ave. in Koontz Lake.
The Starke County Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. CT in the Starke County Annex Building No. 1.
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
The Starke County Commissioners have several items up for discussion when they meet tonight.
The three board members will discuss the coroner’s pay for 2018. Coroner Dannie Hoffer appeared before the board in August asking for a pay raise, stating that he’s the lowest paid coroner in the state.
The commissioners will also get an update on how the ambulance repairs are coming along and how the budget is faring for the Starke County EMS Department. Director Travis Clary and Clerk Mary Lynn Ritchie will present a monthly report.
Maintenance Director James Coad will discuss the annex building parking lot as well as electric on the third floor of the Starke County Courthouse.
Other items on the agenda include a presentation on the county’s insurance renewal, a 2017 Capital Assets report, the 2018 holiday calendar and a date for the commissioners’ certificate tax sale. Anthony Rybicki will talk to the commissioners about Woodland Ave. in Koontz Lake.
The Starke County Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. CT in the Starke County Annex Building No. 1.
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