# County Council Sunshine Meeting - 10/7/26 (City Hall Location)

Vigo County Council Sunshine Meeting, October 7, 2026: The council discussed several proposed spending and purchasing items, but the transcript records no votes on them. Building Maintenance presented a $550,000 KONE turnkey proposal to modernize the courthouse inmate elevator, funded from LIT Correctional Rehab; officials said they had sought quotes from four vendors but received only KONE’s proposal. A separate courthouse fire-alarm replacement proposal from Tri-State Fire was $88,554.95. Building Maintenance also requested $133,000 in additional LIT contractual-services appropriation and $100,000 from cumulative capital for building repairs. The council discussed restoring $40,000 to IT equipment funding and $25,000 for 125 Microsoft 365 licenses. The prosecutor requested a reallocation of existing appropriations to cover recently replaced computers. Lost Creek Fire District described a $550,000 bank-financed tanker purchase and sought approval of its debt-service budget line; the funds are being held pending the required approval.

Other budget discussions included a proposed $60,000 transfer for mental-health-court drug testing from restricted to unrestricted opioid-settlement funds, and a drug-court case-manager request of either $89,832.50 including benefits or $45,000 for salary, prompted by reduced grant funding; the council discussed whether action would need to wait until 2027. The Family Court Project’s $250,000 2027 budget request was already included in the proposed budget, while its judge separately floated a future county commitment of $500,000 annually for five years toward a permanent endowment; no commitment was made. Members also discussed county employee raises and additional positions, public-safety LIT distribution options, and the school facilities plan’s financing and timeline. No contract award or procurement approval was recorded; the meeting adjourned after a motion and second.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Sources
- [County Council Sunshine Meeting - 10/7/26 (City Hall Location)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC8koHXGSVA) - Vigo County