Presenting before the Kosciusko County Commissioners’ at their meeting on Tuesday, May 23, are Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Commander Lt. Mike Mulligan, left, and Kosciusko County Sheriff Jim Smith. InkFreeNews photo by Leah Sander.

By Leah Sander
InkFreeNews

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Commissioners have approved the purchase of a vehicle for the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.

Kosciusko County Sheriff Jim Smith and KCSO Patrol Commander Lt. Mike Mulligan made the request at the commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, May 23.

“The vehicle will be an unmarked (one) that the sheriff’s department plans on using for (Jail Chemical Addiction Program) business … (and) our jail commissary if they go buy things for the commissary,” said Mulligan. “Typically it’ll be used by civilian county employees, so that’s why we went with an unmarked vehicle. Not many policemen will be using it.”

Commissioners agreed with the request to buy the 2017 Nissan Pathfinder from Kerlin Motor Co. for $24,478. It has about 54,000 miles on it.

The Kosciusko County Council had already approved the purchase using the sheriff’s office’s commissary funds.

In other business, commissioners:

• Approved two rezoning requests unanimously approved by the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission at its meeting on May 3. Those are for rezoning 10 acres south of Columbia Street in Silver Lake from residential to agricultural and .48 of an acre at the corner of Harrison and Main Streets in Atwood from commercial to residential.
• Approved moving its first meeting in July from Monday, July 3, to Wednesday, July 5, related to the July 4 holiday.

Commissioners’ next meeting is 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, in the Kosciusko County Courthouse’s Old Courtroom.