KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — About 2% of Kosciusko County is on probation, and each of the county probation officers have over 100 people on their caseload. Thursday, May 8, the Kosciusko County Probation Department sought approval from the Kosciusko County Council for an additional appropriation of $189,293.80 for 2025 to cover the increase of wages for each probation officer for this year.
Human Resource Director Cathy Reed said the request will be covered by user fees.
“They used to cover all of their wages with user fees, but back in 2018 the auditor said this wasn’t sustainable anymore and they needed to move it partly onto the county to pay for it and then they supplemented with some of the user fees as well,” she said. “They’ve been able to build back up over the years, so they have the money to be able to do that this year.”