Marshall County commissioners approve permits, contracts and grant allocations
February 02, 2026 | Marshall County, Indiana
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Marshall County commissioners approved a series of permits, contracts and funding allocations on Feb. 2, 2026, including multiple broadband/telecom permits, a contract amendment for alcohol-monitoring devices used by community corrections, and a renovation contract for the County’s CRC building.
The panel voted to approve five Comcast permit requests for new cable installations across county rights-of-way, ten bore/aerial fiber/conduit requests listed by staff across multiple townships, and one Frontier request to provide fiber in Bourbon Township. Commissioners also approved an amendment to the county’s master agreement with SCRAM (the GPS/alcohol-monitoring vendor) to add an on-body, 24-hour alcohol-detection device and a remote portable breath-testing unit; the amendment specifies device costs will be set in the contract and, as discussed, program participants will be charged rather than taxpayers. Beau (community corrections) told the commissioners the devices would be used selectively, not for all clients.
The commission approved a month-to-month lease for the CRC building at $3,800 per month while staff complete renovations, and authorized a renovation contract (Kay Graber Construction) to add three offices, a secure lobby/classroom and other upgrades; the board authorized a 10% nonrefundable down payment as part of that contract approval.
Other approved administrative actions included ratifying Judge Tammy Napier’s signature on a family-court grant award, adopting Resolution 2026-1 to transfer an old courthouse X-ray machine to the Stark County Sheriff’s Department, approving the preparation of a quitclaim deed to relinquish county claims on a parcel known in discussion as the ‘Eagle has landed’ property, and approving minutes, accounts payable and payroll claims.
The commissioners also instructed staff to draft formal language showing a $400,000 public-safety appropriation will be distributed as $50,000 to each of eight fire departments; that language will be reviewed by the county council and advertised as required.
The meeting concluded after brief additional updates on county software and facility projects and a motion to adjourn.
The panel voted to approve five Comcast permit requests for new cable installations across county rights-of-way, ten bore/aerial fiber/conduit requests listed by staff across multiple townships, and one Frontier request to provide fiber in Bourbon Township. Commissioners also approved an amendment to the county’s master agreement with SCRAM (the GPS/alcohol-monitoring vendor) to add an on-body, 24-hour alcohol-detection device and a remote portable breath-testing unit; the amendment specifies device costs will be set in the contract and, as discussed, program participants will be charged rather than taxpayers. Beau (community corrections) told the commissioners the devices would be used selectively, not for all clients.
The commission approved a month-to-month lease for the CRC building at $3,800 per month while staff complete renovations, and authorized a renovation contract (Kay Graber Construction) to add three offices, a secure lobby/classroom and other upgrades; the board authorized a 10% nonrefundable down payment as part of that contract approval.
Other approved administrative actions included ratifying Judge Tammy Napier’s signature on a family-court grant award, adopting Resolution 2026-1 to transfer an old courthouse X-ray machine to the Stark County Sheriff’s Department, approving the preparation of a quitclaim deed to relinquish county claims on a parcel known in discussion as the ‘Eagle has landed’ property, and approving minutes, accounts payable and payroll claims.
The commissioners also instructed staff to draft formal language showing a $400,000 public-safety appropriation will be distributed as $50,000 to each of eight fire departments; that language will be reviewed by the county council and advertised as required.
The meeting concluded after brief additional updates on county software and facility projects and a motion to adjourn.
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