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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Ind. Courts - Goshen City Court gets stay of execution
From a Dec. 2nd ILB entry:
On Oct. 18th the Elkhart Truth reported "There are "pretty good" odds Goshen City Court will close at the end of 2007 if it doesn't receive a county subsidy, Mayor Allan Kauffman said Friday."Today the Truth (I love that name) reports:
GOSHEN -- Mayor Alan Kauffman has asked the Goshen City Council to remove discussion of closing the City Court from tonight's agenda.With closure not being discussed before the end of the year, the City Court will continue to operate for another four years.
"It is apparent from recent discussions with council members there is inadequate consensus to close City Court at the end of 2007," Kauffman said in a statement. "At most, there could be four votes to close the court. Rather than risk a four/three vote, even if the vote were to be bipartisan, I am asking that the item be removed from the agenda. I prefer there be stronger agreement."
Kauffman said he still plans to work with the council and the county to reduce or eliminate the property tax subsidy funding the court.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 19, 2006 02:43 PM
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