WARSAW — The wheel tax, state funds and fund transfers were topics of the Kosciusko County Council’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14.

Kosciusko County Council President Robert Sanders told those at the meeting the State of Indiana is giving back funds the county has paid in as a “one-time courtesy.” The funds are $1.15 million. According to Sanders, 75 percent of the funds must be used for road repair and maintenance, while the other 25 percent can be used for other needs, as the county sees fit. Sanders asked the council to think about whether to put the funds into a rainy day fund and save it for the future use of road maintenance or to spend it.

Sanders also discussed the wheel tax and “This is going to sound real scary,” he said, about how the tax could be doubled. In a town with a population of 10,000 or more people, the town can implement its own wheel tax, along with the county wheel tax. “So, in theory people living in a city or town could pay two times what they’re paying now for wheel tax if it’s all enacted.”

In other business:

• A transfer of $675 from the incentives fund was moved to the office supply fund for data base maintenance.
• Barry Andrews, of the Kosciusko Probation Department, brought Curt Jones to the meeting. The council named Jones Community Corrections Director, by unanimous vote.
• Andrews also asked for a salary ordinance for Jones and a KCADP case manager to be adjusted.
• Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine asked the council to approve a reimbursement for “mileage fuel travel” of $1,768 for probation transportation of inmates. It was approved.
• Stephen Boggs, director of the Mentone Bell Memorial Library, asked for permission to use a portion of the library’s “rainy day” fund of $15,800 to continue to make improvements to the building. The request was approved.
• County Auditor Michelle Puckett made a request to transfer $3,000 from financial deputy fund to payroll excise fund for a salary ordinance. It was approved.
• Puckett also requested $8,000 for the continuation of the scanning of plat books from 1962-2000. She said every time the office records a deed $5 is put into a “plat fund.”