A proposal aimed at removing LaPorte County Auditor Tim Stabosz from public office has been made following a recent property tax billing mistake and more than a year of political turmoil.

Commissioner Rich Mrozinski, citing a state law requiring an officeholder be physically present in his or her office for a “reasonable amount of time each month,” offered the measure.

But Mrozinski's two colleagues on the Board of Commissioners decided to table the proposal at their Wednesday meeting.

Commissioner Sheila Matias said action on the proposal would only fuel the political divide at a time when county officials should work together to correct errors in recently sent property tax bills.

“We need to manage that issue. We need to work with the council and with other elected officials and all of the departments and our financial advisers to get this straightened out before we begin something that is very emotionally charged,” she said.