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meal is determined on an annual basis by the State Examiner of
the Indiana State Board of Accounts. Id. For the year 1991,
this amount was $1.05 per meal.
Beginning in 1987, petitioner assumed responsibility for a
prisoner meal program (the program) that had been established by
one of his predecessors several years earlier. Petitioner
continued to operate the program as it had been operated in the
past, making no substantive changes to the administration of the
program. The program was managed by a kitchen supervisor/cook
who was an employee of, and paid by, Howard County. The kitchen
supervisor/cook was responsible for preparing menus, ordering
food and supplies from vendors, receiving and inspecting
deliveries of food and supplies, cooking meals, serving meals to
prisoners, and keeping account of the number of meals served to
prisoners.
The number and the nutritional quality of meals served to
county prisoners were governed by standards established by the
Indiana Department of Corrections. The sanitary quality of the
kitchen facilities, food preparation techniques, and the food
provided to county prisoners were subject to standards imposed by
the Howard County Department of Health. Petitioner's duties in
connection with the program included approving menus, paying
vendors, and signing the required claim forms necessary to
receive payment of the meal allowances.
In order to receive the meal allowances, petitioner, on a
monthly basis, provided the county auditor with a statement
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