TITLE 11
COUNTY SHERIFF

ARTICLE 1
SHERIFF DEPUTIES

Chapter 1
Sheriff's Third Deputy

Sheriff's Third Deputy.  WHEREAS, the Sheriff of the County of DeKalb on April 7th, 1959 requested of this Board approval for the appointment of a third Deputy Sheriff, and

WHEREAS, This Board did on said date approve such appointment of a third Deputy Sheriff at a sum of $300.00 per month and,

WHEREAS, the County Council of the County of DeKalb did thereafter approve and ratify said action and appropriate the moneys for said third Deputy Sheriff, and

WHEREAS, Through clerical error the action of this Board in approving such appointment and fixing said salary was not entered on the Commissioners' record,

NOW THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Board of Commissioners of the County of DeKalb that the minutes of the meeting of this Board held on April 7th, 1959 be and they are hereby amended by inserting therein the following:

"On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED, That the appointment of a third Deputy Sheriff for this County be and the same hereby is approved and the salary of said third Deputy is hereby fixed at $300.00 per month.

(Res. 62-2, passed February 5, 1962)

ARTICLE 2
SHERIFF'S MERIT BOARD

WHEREAS Indiana Code 36-8-10-1 et seq. provides for the establishment of a DeKalb County Sheriff's Merit Board, and

WHEREAS the DeKalb County Sheriff's Merit Board heretofore established under Title 17 of the Indiana Code which has been repealed,

NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained that there is established a DeKalb County Sheriff's Merit Board, to be organized and perpetuated pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 36-8-10-1 et seq. as it now reads and may be hereafter amended or modified.

All prior ordinances concerning the Sheriff's Merit Board are hereby repealed and declared null and void.

(Ord. 82-6, passed November 9, 1982)

Chapter 1
Sheriff's Merit Board

Sheriff's Merit Board.  WHEREAS, Senate Enrolled Act 223 passed by the 1971 General Assembly and which become in full force and effect after April 1, 1971, provided that each County Council in each County of the State of Indiana shall create by Ordinance or Resolution a Sheriff''s Merit Board; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the DeKalb County Council does hereby create an Ordinance (Resolution) adopting a Sheriff''s Merit Board and the provisions of Indiana Code 1971,17-3-14 as the same became effective with the passage of Senate Enrolled Act 223 effective April 1, 1971.

(Res. 041072, passed April 10, 1972)

Chapter 2
Sheriff's Merit Board

Sheriff's Merit Board.  At a regular meeting of the DeKalb County Council held at Auburn, Indiana, on the 8th day of September, 1971, the following Resolution was proposed and unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS, Senate Enrolled Act 223 passed by the 1971 General Assembly and which became in full force and effect after April 1, 1971, provided that each County Council in each County of the State of Indiana shall create by Ordinance or Resolution a Sheriff's Merit Board;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the DeKalb County Council. does hereby create an Ordinance (Resolution) adopting a Sheriff's Merit Board and the provisions of Indiana Code 1971, 17-3-14 as the same became effective with the passage of Senate Enrolled Act 223 effective April 1, 1971.

(Res. 090871, passed September 8, 1971)

ARTICLE 3
SHERIFF'S SERVICES
ARTICLE 4
SHERIFF'S FEES

Chapter 1
Sheriff's Fees Schedule for Certain Services

Sheriff's Fees Schedule for Certain Services.  WHEREAS the DeKalb County Sheriff has requested the DeKalb County Council and the DeKalb County Commissioners to approve a fee schedule for certain services performed by the sheriff for the furnishing of accident reports, photographs and accident reconstruction reports; and

WHEREAS, the County Council and County Commissioners have made a study of costs for the services concerned with reports having been made by the sheriff,

NOW THEREFORE be it ordained that commencing January 1, 1993 the sheriff shall charge three dollars ($3.00) per photograph, and the sum of one hundred ($100.) for each accident scene video and forty dollars ($40) per man hour required to complete an accident reconstruction report, when such report is copied for private request. These funds shall be deposited in the Sheriff''s Accident Training fund and records of same shall be kept in accordance with the requirements of the State Board of Accounts.

(Ord. o101092, passed August 10, 1992)

Sheriff's Fees for Work Release Program, Handgun Permit Fund, and Accident Fund. 

ARTICLE 5
THE DEKALB COUNTY POLICE RESERVE

WHEREAS, I.C. 1971, 19 -1-17.5, permits any city, town or, county to establish reserve policemen; and

WHEREAS, the members of the reserve law officers currently known as the DeKalb County Police Reserve, have performed outstanding voluntary service to the citizens of DeKalb County through their well trained and effective membership and,

WHEREAS, the reserve law officers have demonstrated skill and efficiency toward protecting and defending the law-abiding citizens of our county; and,

WHEREAS, the need for trained volunteers to augment the regular police force of our county is well established; and,

WHEREAS, members of the reserve law officers, currently known as the DeKalb County Police Reserve, wish to be designated by the name of DeKalb County Police Reserves; and,

WHEREAS, the members of the reserve law officers currently known as the DeKalb County Police Reserve, wish to limit their growth by a maximum membership of fifty individuals;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to I.C. 1971, 19-1-17.5,

BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County:

Section 1:

Section 2. No individual shall be appointed to the DeKalb County Police Reserves until he has completed the training and probationary period specified by the rules to be enacted.

Section 3. Each duly appointed member of the DeKalb County Police Reserve shall serve at the discretion of the duly elected and qualified Sheriff of DeKalb County.

(Ord. 80-3, passed October 27, 1980)

ARTICLE 6
SHERIFF'S FINANCES

Chapter 1
VISA BankAmericard Charge Account

VISA BankAmericard Charge Account.  Be it ordained that the DeKalb County Sheriff be and is authorized to acquire, and use a Visa BankAmericard charge account, to be used in the conduct of business as Sheriff of DeKalb County subject to all of the laws and regulations of the State of Indiana, concerning the expenditure of public funds, the appropriation for official purposes and the processing of claims for the payment thereof, and further subject to the particular stipulation that all charges to said account be signed by the Sheriff personally and all claims for payment by the County approved by the Sheriff personally.

(Ord. 80-4, passed December 29, 1980)

Chapter 1
Sheriff to Establish Medical Co-Payments Policy

Sheriff to Establish Medical Co-Payments Policy.  WHEREAS, House Enrolled Act 1059 of the 1994 Indiana legislature (IC-11-12-5-5) creates the authority for a county ordinance providing the sheriff of the county with the authority to establish a county medical Co Payment Policy for medical expenses incurred by inmates of the DeKalb County Jail;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the DeKalb County Sheriff shall be and is authorized to create a DeKalb County Jail Innate Medical Co Payment policy and fund in conformance with IC 11-12-5-5 citation and any others inserted by later amendment or modification of that provision of law. All money so collected shall be deposited in the DeKalb County Medical Care for Inmates Fund under the control of the DeKalb County Auditor and the sheriff shall deposit such proceeds with the auditor on a weekly basis.

(Ord. 95-6, passed October 16, 1995)

ARTICLE 7
ENHANCED 911

WHEREAS, The Indiana Legislature has adopted IC 36-8-16 which recognizes that counties and municipalities may establish enhanced emergency telephone system utilizing the three digit number 9-1-1 to send automatic number identification and automatic location identification for reporting police, fire, medical or other emergency situations.

WHEREAS, IC 36-8-16-5 authorizes counties and municipalities through their fiscal bodies, to impose on all users of exchange telephone service in their jurisdictions a uniform monthly fee which may be used for the installation and operation of all enhanced emergency telephone system;

WHEREAS, the County Council of DeKalb County, Indiana has established by resolution of need, that there exists a need throughout DeKalb County for an enhanced emergency telephone system to make the enhanced 9-1-1 system available to the citizens of DeKalb County, Indiana, and the council after holding a public hearing to obtain citizens input hereby finds that the establishment and funding of a countywide enhanced emergency telephone system is in the best interest of the residents of DeKalb County, Indiana, and that a user fee of eighty three cents per telephone customer per month will finance the cost of leasing and maintaining the necessary equipment from General Telephone (GTE) for five years at a total lease cost of $319,304.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEKALB COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT:

SECTION 1: Pursuant to the authority of and subject to Indiana Code 36-8-16, an emergency telephone system fee is hereby established to provide for the funding of an enhanced emergency telephone system to serve the citizens of DeKalb County, Indiana. This fee shall be collected from the telephone service users of DeKalb County, Indiana and administered in accordance with the terms of this ordinance.

SECTION 2: The monthly fee will be collected by the service supplier of the enhanced emergency telephone equipment. The amount of such fee shall be certified by the Auditor of DeKalb County to the service provider before any such fees are collected.

SECTION 3: The service supplier shall be entitled to retain an administrative fee of three percent (3%) of the monthly fees collected as compensation for collecting the fees.

SECTION 4: All monthly fees collected, except for the three percent (3%) administration fees, shall be remitted to the Treasurer of DeKalb County within ten (10) days after the last day of the calendar year quarter. With the fee remittal, the service supplier shall provide a fee collection report to the Auditor of DeKalb County on a form provided by said Auditor.

SECTION 5: The Treasurer of DeKalb County shall deposit the remitted fees in a separate fund named the "DeKalb County Emergency Telephone System Fund". The DeKalb County Treasurer may invest monies in the Fund in the same manner that other monies of the County are invested with the interest earned from such investment to be deposited in the Emergency Telephone System Fund.

SECTION 6: During January of each year, each service supplier that collects the enhanced emergency telephone system fee for DeKalb County shall provide a delinquent fee report to DeKalb County. The report shall list the name, address, and amount due for each service user who is two (2) or more months delinquent in paying the fee.

SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be construed in accordance with IC 36-8-16 as amended.

SECTION 8: Each service supplier shall commence collecting the enhanced emergency telephone system fee from its service users in the month of January 1990.

SECTION 9: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon adoption by the County Council of DeKalb County, Indiana, and may be amended as needed by the majority vote of the DeKalb County Council in regular or special meeting convened in accordance with the provisions of law.

(Ord. 89-7, passed November 2, 1989)

Chapter 1
Enhanced 911 Equipment Lease
with GTE Telecom Marketing Corp.

Enhanced 911 Equipment Lease with GTE Telecom Marketing Corp.  BE IT ORDAINED, that the minutes of the December 26, 1989 meeting of the Board of Commissioners be amended to read as follows:

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of I.C. 36-8-16, a Sale and Installation Agreement for the purchase of a 911 System (the 'Equipment') has been entered into with the GTE Telecom Marketing Corporation; and

WHEREAS, this Board of Commissioners has examined the proposed lease between the County of DeKalb and GTE Leasing Corporation presented to this meeting.

BE IT ORDAINED that the proposed lease for the Equipment with the GTE Leasing Corporation, as lessor, provides for a fair and reasonable rental for the use and enjoyment of the Equipment by the County and the execution of said lease is necessary and wise.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the execution by the County of such lease in the form presented to this meeting is hereby authorized and approved, together with such changes in such lease as may be approved as necessary or appropriated by the Board of Commissioners in order to carry out the transactions authorized hereby, with the execution of the lease to constitute conclusive evidence of any such approval.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the County Auditor is authorized and directed to initial and date a copy of the proposed lease and to place the same in the minute book immediately following the minutes of this meeting, and said lease is made part of this ordinance as fully as if the same were set forth herein.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that Leonard Smith, as representative of the Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to execute the aforesaid lease on behalf of the County.

(Ord. o031891, passed March 18, 1991)

ARTICLE 8
RETENTION OF SERVICE WEAPON,
BADGE, AND IDENTIFICATION CARD

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, desires to show its appreciation to merit employees of DeKalb County, Indiana who retire after at least (20) twenty years of service for a job well done.

THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of DeKalb, State of Indiana, that when an eligible merit police employee of the DeKalb County Police Department retires after at least twenty (20) years of service, he or she is authorized to retain his standard service weapon (HANDGUN) and receive a retired" badge in recognition of his service to the department and the public. Upon his retirement, the department shall issue to him an identification card that gives his name and rank, signifies that he is retired, and notes his authority to retain his service weapon.

(Ord. 97-4, passed March 24, 1997)