In Re Mandate of Funds for Center Township of Marion County Small Claims Court Order for Mandate and Mandate of Funds

RUCKER, Justice.

This is a mandate action involving a dispute between the Center Township of Marion County Small Claims Court and the Center Township Trustee and Advisory Board over court renovations, additional staff, increase in salaries, and the location of the court. As explained below we approve the renovations, additional staff, and the mandate prohibiting the relocation of the court. We disapprove the mandated salary increases.

Background

From time to time — as has happened in the case before us — disagreement over court resources between a judge and local government will prove to be so…