Altogether, the Republican chief executive so far has signed every one of 93 of the proposed statutes he s been presented by the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
Altogether, the Republican chief executive so far has signed every one of 93 of the proposed statutes he s been presented by the Republican-controlled General Assembly.
The Lake County Commissioners soon will file their arguments in an appeal of a Lake Superior Court ruling authorizing the Lake County Council to take control of the county s purchasing
The Lake County commissioners asked a judge to postpone implementation of his April 16 order transferring control of the county s purchasing and data processing departments to the county council.
CROWN POINT â The seven-member Lake County Council is entitled to control the county s purchasing and data processing departments, not the three-member Board of County Commissioners that has managed both those departments for decades.
That s the ruling issued Friday by Lake Superior Judge John Sedia in the unprecedented lawsuit concerning the rightful separation of powers between the county s legislative branch (council) and its executive (commissioners).
In his 10-page order, Sedia said a 1981 Indiana law expressly assigns authority over purchasing and data processing to the Lake County Council, regardless of whether the council has chosen to exercise that authority in the years since.