Vigo County still hasn't figured out which fund pays for its radio towers
Who it touches
- Vigo County 911 dispatch
- Vigo County Sheriff's Office
Tracked in the archive
The budget committee said the ongoing cost of the county's radio-tower network currently has no dedicated budget line.
Judy Delisle, from the auditor's office, said she has interpreted the relevant state accounting rules one way on this question, while the State Board of Accounts read a similar community-corrections funding question differently; she said LIT Correctional Rehab (a local-income-tax fund restricted to jail-related costs) can't be used for the towers, so the county's 2026 tower payment instead came out of LIT Public Safety, a separate local-income-tax fund.
The committee agreed the question needs the council attorney's review.
Sources
- Towers currently aren't budgeted anywhere, 1:06:371:06:37 (1 hour 6 minutes 37 seconds)
- Judy Delisle says the council attorney needs to interpret the applicable codes, 1:06:501:06:50 (1 hour 6 minutes 50 seconds)
- Comparison to a community-corrections funding dispute read two different ways, 1:07:171:07:17 (1 hour 7 minutes 17 seconds)
- LIT Correctional Rehab can only pay for jail-related items; 2026's tower payment came from LIT Public Safety, 1:07:341:07:34 (1 hour 7 minutes 34 seconds)
Outcome
No decision made; left for the council attorney to resolve
No decision was made; the question was left for the council attorney to resolve.
This summary was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor against the recording and documents linked above. Nothing publishes without a resolvable source.