Dubois County council members approved a package of routine appropriations and line‑item transfers at the meeting. The votes were brief and largely uncontroversial; each item below reflects the motion recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- General fund: $4,000 for building insurance (motion made and seconded in open session; vote recorded as approved).
- General fund (sheriff): $18,000 for sheriff computer support (motion made by council member Brian; seconded by Alex; approved).
- Highway: $60,000 for equipment repairs and parts (motion approved; second recorded).
- Law enforcement: $13,547 for firearm screening, ammunition and related supplies (motion approved).
- Community corrections: $11,574 to replace wireless access point(s) and nine tablets (motion approved).
- Courthouse monument maintenance / POW/MIA lighting: $1,200 accepted as a VFW donation and appropriation approved to cover maintenance as described in the meeting.
- Weights/Health insurance (transcript line): approval recorded for a request described in the meeting as related to health insurance; transcript lists the amount as "$500,000 for weight health insurance" and the item was moved, seconded and approved in open session (amount taken from meeting record as stated).
Transfers approved
- Weights and measures: transfer $200 from other services/conferences to supply line item (motion approved).
- Community corrections: transfer $6,000 from utilities to maintenance supplies (motion approved).
- Community corrections: transfer $4,000 from utilities to part-time maintenance (motion approved).
Procedure and context: for each motion the transcript records a mover and a seconder where named (for example, Brian, Alex, Dina, Sonia and others were listed as movers or seconders across items) and the clerk announced "all in favor, say aye." The record does not list any roll-call nay votes for these items. The council’s actions were presented as routine budget housekeeping except where separate agenda items (for example, the proposed county administrator and the regional sewer update) generated fuller discussion.
Why it matters: these votes adjust near-term operating budgets and supplies across county departments. While individually modest, together they set out the county’s operational priorities and spending for the budget cycle.