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MERRILLVILLE — The Town Council is taking steps to come into compliance with a preliminary injunction involving the Town Court.
The council on Tuesday approved measures to include Town Court employees in the 2021 salary ordinance and provide $2,000 bonuses to full-time court employees.
Lake Superior Court Judge Bruce Parent late last month granted a preliminary injunction that, in part, calls for the council to reinstate the court operations and make any necessary budget adjustments so the court can function. That includes paying court staff who lost their jobs when the court closed at the end of 2020.
The action providing bonuses to the court employees came about because the council in December adopted an ordinance granting $2,000 bonuses to the municipality s full-time civilian employees. The Town Court’s full-time staff was excluded because, at that time, they weren’t scheduled to be employees in 2021. ....

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