Meeting of February 19, 2026

Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, [clears throat] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

— Okay. Call the meeting to order. First thing on the agenda is approve the minutes from the previous meeting. I'll make a motion. — Motion by Neil, second by Brenda. All in favor? — Next, we have approved payment of bills. — Motion. — Motion by Ben, second by Jason. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next, we have approved treasures budget transfers as presented. — Motion. — Motion by Brenda. — Second. — Second by Neil. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next, we have approved treasures monthly settlement. — Motion. — Motion by Brenda. — Second. Second by Jason. All in favor? — Any opposed? — Next we have approved jailer's budget transfers. — Motion. — Motion by Ben. — Second by Neil. All in favor? — Next we have approved jailer's payment of bills. — Motion. — Motion by Neil. — Second. — Second by Ben. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next we have approve jailer set salaries. Need a motion. — Motion. — Motion by Brenda. Second by Jason. All in favor? Any opposed? Next we have approve to apply for Kentucky 911

service board reimbursement grants. Need to get approval on that motion. — Motion by Ben. — Second. — Second by Neil. All in favor? Any opposed? Next, we got to approve the clerk's statement of revenues, expenditures, and excess fees ending in 10:31 of 2025. So, I need a motion to do that. — Motion. — Motion by Jason, second by Brenda. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next, we need to approve a clerk's statement of revenues, expenditures, and excess fees ending 1231 of 25. — Motion. — Motion by Ben, second by Neil. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next, I need to approve the sheriff's monthly settlement. — Motion. Motion by Neil. — Second. — Second by Jason. All in favor? — Any opposed? Next, I need to approve Sheriff's Grant resolution. Need to get that done. Need a motion to do that. Ben, was that you? Yes. — Need a motion by Ben. Second by Brenda. All in favor? — Any opposed? We need to approve

incentive payments for this uh this uh month. — Make a motion. — Motion by Neil. Second. Second by Jason. All in favor? — And then we had update from physical court committees. There was nothing to There's nothing to update. Met before the meeting. Uh then we've got new business. New business. Norman. — Jason. No. [cough] [clears throat] Anybody? Nothing. Uh old business. Any old business? — Nothing. No. — All right. No old business. leads us to uh approve let's see new business we do have I need to and y'all got a copy of them is approve additional bills for approval that came in today they was they come out on the backside after they printed checks yesterday so need a motion to approve those — motion by Ben second by Jason all in favor — any opposed which leads us to public comment And I only have three people. There's a lot of people here, but I only have three people down on the list. And uh Britney Spo

uh you're up. — Hello. — Good evening. — Hey, Britney. — Yes. — You got two minutes. — Got it. Yep. Been doing two minutes for a while now. — Good evening. I'm here again tonight to ensure the truth is spoken out loud. I'm here to speak on behalf of the parents and the kids who have personally asked me to draw this to your attention. We want to highlight the moral line that is crossed when we allow children to be treated as criminals. Um, when ICE agents detain children, we witness moral failures. A 5-year-old is not a national security threat. A child in a classroom is not [cough] enemy of the state. They carry backpacks, not weapons. They carry crayons, not criminal intent. Um, under any serious legal standard, a young child cannot even be held liable for a crime. So, what exactly are we doing? We are intentionally terrifying kids, traumatizing them. Across this country, children live in fear. That fear is not abstract. It is real. It is daily and it is devastating. They're afraid to go to school, afraid to ride the bus, afraid that when they come home, their parents may not be there. [snorts] Education is not optional. It is vital. When children miss school because they are feared of detention or family separation, they lose more than lessons in math or reading. They lose stability, safety, and opportunity. These children are the future of this nation.

Undermining their education undermines our collective future. We have also witnessed a troubling resurgence in our culture. Bullying rooted in race and ethnicity has grown more visible and in most most spaces more acceptable. Political rhetoric has consequences. When leaders speak carelessly about immigrants and people of color, children hear it. their classmates hear it and prejudice becomes emboldened. Elected officials who support these practices should be ashamed and disgusted. If even a fraction of this energy and effort went into rescuing missing and exploited children, dismantling trafficking networks, and protecting the truly vulnerable, America would look radically different. Children are not bargaining chips. They are not threats. They are not political ponds. They deserve protection, not prosecution. Do better, be better. Thank you. All right, next we got Kylie Miller. [clears throat] — How many federal havius corpus cases with versus Wooley in the caption does it take before this county admits it's illegally detaining people for profit? So we're on the same page. Habius corpus is whenever the question is asked to a judge. Is this detention lawful? Yes or no? So when a federal court grants habius relief like we've seen for example Colonial Hernandez versus Wooley

that means someone was being held unlawfully in the court ordered release and if you want I will email you the overflowing list of habius corpus cases against the Grayson County Detention Center right now. Kevin and Jason still have not leveled with the public about why they're so desperate to keep these beds over capacity. As a matter of fact, instead of accountability and transparency, they deleted their Facebook pages. But it's obvious. Y'all's audit shows that this county has become financially dependent on the detention center. The jail fund moved over 15 million in one year. 14.5 million came from state and federal payments tied to keeping people confined. This creates pressure to exceed safe and lawful capacity. If the detention center opened at its stated at its stated limit, the revenue structure you rely on would collapse. As of February 5th, there are 700 740 people housed in a 536 bed facility. 647 are federal. This puts the public, the taxpayers at risk for a 15 million bond debt, five

plus 5.4 4 million in interest alone and a foreclosable first mortgage on the jail itself. So you pack it to capacity, cut corners on due process, and rack up constitutional violations. And then you're going to try to act surprised when civil right lawsuits hit. Jason, you already know that. How many number? What's number? — You get the paycheck, taxpayers are going to get the bill. You're not doing a good job. You're betting our tax dollars against the US Constitution. Who members from this community and communities abroad have asked repeatedly for action regarding the 287G agreements. We have pled on the base of morals and also on the base of community risk both financially and criminally. What we received was either mocking behavior or nothing at all. For months, this fiscal court's action has been well in action. A silence that fills these chambers, choking out the sounds of please for compassion and a moral compass. For a while, that behavior and thinking has worked for this fiscal court. Nothing is said and then hopefully the community can go back to what it's always done, the status quo, if you will. You may think the issue is insular, that it can stay under the microscope of your loud, favorable constituents and your friends in Frankfurt and Washington. I mean, what can four or five women do? Well,