New Porter County Auditor Karen Martin received unanimous approval from the Porter County Board of Commissioners to enter into a contract with Cender Dalton Municipal Advisors of Merrillville. While surrounding counties use the same firm, and Martin expects the bulk of the work to be focused on preparing reports on an as-needed basis, it is work the previous administration performed fully in-house for the past eight years.
County Coroner Cyndi Dykes asked for an additional $100,000 for autopsies through the end of the year – 490,000 to pay for the pathologist and $10,000 for Northwest Health Porter’s
The county’s ARPA steering committee and four subcommittees devoted 25 meetings and more than 80 hours to the process of reviewing requests for funding, County Auditor Vicki Urbanik said.
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