The Lake County Council is poised to rescind a 2020 ordinance making it the county’s purchasing agency to align with state law.

Council attorney Tom O’Donnell said the Indiana State Board of Accounts requested that the ordinance be “cleaned up” to follow state law. He recommended that the council rescind the ordinance.

In 2023, a state law specific to Lake County states that the county executive, the commissioners — not the county judiciary, the council — is the county purchasing and data processing agency.

Commissioners’ attorney Matt Fech said the council rescinding the ordinance will align the county with state law.

“The Board of Commissioners and myself, we appreciate the council taking this step to remove the ordinance off the books to be consistent with state law,” Fech said.

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