County considers roof repair at COA facility
By Jef Rietsma
Journal Correspondent
St. Joseph County commissioners will decide next week whether to approve a budget amendment necessary to fix a leaking roof at a county facility.
At their executive committee meeting Wednesday, commissioners were brought up-to-date regarding a roof leak over the atrium at the Three Rivers Commission on Aging property.
County finance director Angie Steinman said the correction initially was slated to be a budgeted item for 2021. Commissioners, however, decided to take a wait-and-see approach.
But Steinman said there is sufficient fund balance in the COA account to cover the project.
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By Jef Rietsma
Journal Correspondent
St. Joseph County officials plan to discuss whether to approve a staffing request for the prosecutor’s office.
The matter was raised Wednesday at the executive committee meeting, when commissioners heard a grim report from prosecutor David Marvin. He said the current backlog, along with a projected need for an additional attorney on-staff justifies the request.
Marvin offered some eye-popping numbers concerning circuit court felony cases, based on figures provided to him from judge Paul Stutesman.
“Circuit court felony cases are the big crimes that happen here – not that the little crimes don’t matter – and (Stutesman) said in a year there are 300 or more felonies that go through in a year,” Marvin said. “As of January this year, there are 600… that kind of tells you a number of things.”
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