The Ohio County Fiscal Court is the elected governing body of Ohio County, Kentucky. It usually meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in Hartford. Meeting video is recorded by the Ohio County Monitor, a local news outlet. See also the official county website.
Every meeting the court has recorded, summarized and searchable. Results link straight to the moment it was said on video.
9 agenda items · 4 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on September 22, 2026, opening with prayer, pledge, and routine approval of minutes, bills and claims, and the clerk's August financial report, all of which passed unanimously by roll call. A brief discussion arose over whether certain utility payments (ACH withdrawals) were being drawn from ARC funds, which was clarified to be automatic withdrawals from each…
17 agenda items · 11 motions
The meeting opened with proclamations recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Assisted Living Week, honoring local caregivers and families. The court then handled routine business, approving minutes and the bills/claims/payments/transfers list, and acknowledging the treasurer's July financial statement. A major topic was the Jerusalem Ridge Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival.…
23 agenda items · 18 motions
The court handled a routine agenda, approving minutes from prior meetings, paying bills, renewing the tax administrator's bond, and transferring delinquent property tax bills from the sheriff to the clerk. The court also acknowledged the sheriff's 2025 property tax settlement. A key financial item was a motion authorizing the judge to request a DLG exemption from the 65% road fund spending rule,…
16 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled routine business, approving the minutes from the July 28 meeting, paying bills and claims, and acknowledging the county clerk's July financial report and the health department tax rates report. Jailer Landon reported on food service bids for the jail, recommending switching to Kwell Food Management, a Kentucky-based company, over national provider Trinity Service Group. The…
18 agenda items · 10 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 28, 2026. After a prayer, pledge, and a proclamation declaring August 2026 as National Eye Exam Month, the court handled routine business: approving the July 14 minutes, paying bills/claims, and giving second reading and unanimous roll-call approval to the fiscal year 2026-27 budget amendment (Ordinance 2027-1). The court passed a resolution allowing the…
27 agenda items · 21 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 14, 2026, handling routine business alongside several larger items. The court approved minutes, bills and claims, and acknowledged multiple treasurer and clerk financial reports, all passing without opposition. Magistrates gave second reading and approved Ordinance 2026-5 (administrative code) and a related budget amendment (2026-1) to allow carryover of…
22 agenda items · 27 motions
The court opened with a proclamation declaring July 2026 as Parks and Recreation Month, followed by routine approval of minutes, bills/claims, the treasurer's May financial statement, and renewal of the treasurer's bond. A major focus was the county's administrative code, budget, and pay scale for the new fiscal year. The court gave second and final reading to the 2026-2027 fiscal year budget and…
15 agenda items · 8 motions
The court opened with a prayer, pledge, and a proclamation declaring June 2026 as Elder Abuse Awareness Month. Routine business followed, with the court approving the May 26th minutes, paying bills and claims, and acknowledging both the county treasurer's and county clerk's financial reports. A major update came from the second highway district engineer regarding the long-closed Kentucky 1903…
11 agenda items · 9 motions
The fiscal court approved minutes and bills, gave first reading approval to the FY2026-27 county budget ordinance, and renewed the treasurer's standing orders allowing routine payment of utility bills. Following a brief closed session concerning potential litigation, the court approved a one-year, $15,000 consulting agreement with SMR Environmental related to a possible landfill franchise…
10 agenda items · 6 motions
The court opened with two proclamations honoring local first responders: one recognizing May 17–23 as Emergency Medical Services Week, saluting ambulance director Jim Duke and his team, and another recognizing May 10–16 as National Police Week in honor of law enforcement. Routine business was handled quickly: minutes from the April 28 meeting were approved, bills and claims were paid, and the…
17 agenda items · 6 motions
The court opened with two proclamations: one recognizing May 2026 as Military Appreciation Month, honoring local veterans and service members present in the audience, and another declaring May 4–8, 2026 as Teacher Appreciation Week, thanking Ohio County Schools staff for their work with over 3,600 students. Routine business was handled efficiently: minutes from April 14th and the April 23rd…
20 agenda items · 13 motions
The court opened with a prayer and pledge, then honored Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month with a proclamation, followed by a presentation on a new "Ohio Safety Lifeline" bracelet program to help locate lost individuals. The court also proclaimed April 19–25 as National Library Week, recognizing the local library's community role. Routine business included approval of March minutes,…
17 agenda items · 7 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on March 24, 2026, opening with a prayer, pledge, and two proclamations — one designating April 3, 2026 as Arbor Day and another naming April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month, both signed by Judge/Executive David Johnston with representatives from the Children's Advocacy Center on hand. Routine business included approval of the March 10 minutes,…
13 agenda items · 11 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving the minutes from the February meeting, paying bills and claims, approving the deputy coroner's bond, and acknowledging receipt of the clerk's financial report and the annual hazardous waste report. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to the long-running closure of Kentucky Highway 1903, which has been shut for years due to a coal mining…
18 agenda items · 8 motions
The court opened with a prayer, pledge, and a proclamation recognizing FFA Week (Feb. 21-28, 2026) in Ohio County. Routine business followed with approval of minutes, bills/claims, the treasurer's January 2026 financial statement, and both the sheriff's final 2025 budget and estimated 2026 budget. Several community groups presented to the court. 'No One Fights Alone in Ohio County,' a…
21 agenda items · 13 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on February 10, 2026, opening with a prayer, pledge, and a proclamation declaring February as American Heart Month, recognized with guests from Ohio County Healthcare. The court handled routine business, approving minutes, bills and claims, an amendment correcting the jailer's salary compensation figure, and several calendar-year budget and salary orders for the…
13 agenda items · 5 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on January 27, 2026 and handled routine business, including approving minutes, paying bills and claims, and passing the second readings of two ordinances: one creating the Ohio County Public Facilities Corporation (related to the hospital) and one amending the administrative code. Both ordinances passed unanimously by roll call. The court also approved surplusing…
16 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled a series of routine housekeeping items at the start of the meeting: approving the December 16th minutes, paying bills/claims/transfers (including an $82.90 uniform reimbursement for the Beaver Dam Fire Department out of a magistrate's discretionary fund), accepting the treasurer's December financial statement, renewing the sheriff's revenue bond, and receiving the clerk's…
21 agenda items · 17 motions
The Fiscal Court handled a full slate of routine business, including approval of prior meeting minutes, treasurer financial statements, bills and claims, and the 2026 County Clerk fee office budget. Dennis Cook of the Bill Monroe Foundation reported that this year's festival saw a big attendance jump (from 720 to 1,438 visitors) and a swing from a $32,000 loss to a $12,000 profit, thanks to lower…
15 agenda items · 12 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on November 18, 2025, opening with prayer and a pledge of allegiance, and extended condolences to Butler County following the death of their jailer. The court approved the October 28 minutes, bills/claims/transfers, and the October financial report and budget amendment with routine unanimous votes. The court completed the second reading and roll-call approval of…
13 agenda items · 6 motions
The court opened with prayer and the pledge before moving into routine business. A clerical correction to the October 14 minutes was approved — a bio-digester ordinance number was fixed from 2025-5 to 2025-6 — and the amended minutes, along with bills, claims, transfers, and the September treasurer's financial statement, were approved unanimously. Two items, a resolution allowing execution of…
23 agenda items · 15 motions
The court opened with a proclamation declaring October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, followed by routine approval of minutes and bill payments. The biggest item of the night was the second and final reading of the bio-digester ordinance, which passed unanimously. The ordinance doesn't ban the industry outright (the county lacks planning/zoning authority to do so) but imposes strict…
14 agenda items · 8 motions
The fiscal court handled routine business first, approving the minutes from the September 9th meeting, paying the bills/claims, acknowledging the clerk's transfer of 2025 tax bills, and acknowledging the treasurer's August report. The road committee brought several items forward. The court agreed to extend Hawker Street/Lane by 350 feet into the county road system. The court also declared several…
15 agenda items · 6 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on September 9, 2025, opening with a thank-you from the Ohio County Honor Guard for county-funded roof and lighting repairs at their post. The court handled routine business, approving the August 26 minutes, paying bills and claims (with some discussion of utility billing discrepancies and FEMA-related road rock costs), renewing the tax administrator's bond, and…
18 agenda items · 17 motions
The court handled a routine slate of business, approving minutes, bills/claims, and several tax rate acknowledgements. Notably, the Ohio County Public Library presented a lower tax rate for the coming year, and the Extension Office also came in at a reduced compensating rate — both were acknowledged by the court without objection. A sad but practical decision was made regarding K9 Astro, the…
24 agenda items · 17 motions
The court held a brief public hearing on the coming year's property tax rates before opening the regular meeting. The magistrates' plan, which they carried through, was to keep the real estate, tangible, motor vehicle, and watercraft tax rates the same as last year rather than take the lower 'compensating' rate, meaning the county will collect slightly more money as property assessments rise. All…
14 agenda items · 11 motions
The court handled routine business including approval of the July 8 minutes, bills/claims, and a road-department skid steer rental that is being financed with anticipated FEMA reimbursement funds. Landon presented the annual jail commissary report for the fiscal year ending June 30, and the court passed the second reading of a budget amendment moving discretionary funds. The delinquent oil, gas,…
22 agenda items · 16 motions
The court handled a routine slate of financial business, approving minutes, bills/claims, the treasurer's June financials, a budget amendment (first reading) to move restricted revenue into this year's budget, and several settlement/report acknowledgments including the annual treasurer settlement, sheriff's 2024 settlement, and county clerk reports. The outgoing treasurer was praised for the…
18 agenda items · 25 motions
The court handled a heavy load of routine business, approving minutes, bills/claims, a budget transfer of $5,000 to support the Ohio County United for Youth program, and the annual wage and compensation schedule for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Much of the meeting was devoted to reviewing and accepting bids from an earlier bid-opening session for annual contracts covering stone, steel pipe, oils,…
17 agenda items · 12 motions
The court handled a short slate of routine business, opening with the hiring of Sonia Davis as the Judge Executive's administrative assistant. Magistrates approved the May 27 minutes, paid bills and claims, and acknowledged the treasurer's and county clerk's May financial reports. The court renewed the treasurer's bond for a short 30-day period (through the end of June, since the new bond term…
17 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled a routine agenda including approval of prior minutes, bill payments, and several personnel changes. Notably, the second reading of the FY2025-26 county budget ordinance passed unanimously by roll call vote after confirmation that the state had no objections. The court approved surplusing a 2015 Dodge Charger from the Sheriff's Office for sale via GovDeals, and passed a…
20 agenda items · 15 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on May 13, 2025, handling routine business including approval of minutes, bills and claims, and financial statements, plus a resolution accepting increased county road aid funding (roughly $1.9 million with an emergency fund of about $2 million) for road maintenance. The court also approved closing an old savings account and opening a new money-market account at…
5 agenda items · 4 motions
The court held a short special-called session primarily to finalize the resolution authorizing Grabhorn Law to pursue claims against additional defendants in the opioid settlement litigation, and to walk through the first reading of the county's proposed 2025-26 budget. The opioid settlement resolution was passed unanimously on a motion by Magistrate Dale, seconded by Magistrate Bo, clarifying…
18 agenda items · 12 motions
The court handled a routine agenda that included approving minutes, bills, a health insurance renewal, and a postage meter lease. The health insurance renewal with KCO stood out because rates jumped significantly — 5-9% on the basic plan and 11-9% on the enhanced plan — but the court chose to keep employee contribution rates unchanged for another year rather than risk losing coverage. The jailer…
19 agenda items · 12 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving minutes from two March special call meetings and the March 24 regular meeting, along with the bills, claims, and treasurer's report. The court also renewed its role as fiscal agent for the Kentucky ASAP anti-drug grant program, which channels about $40,000 a year through the county for local drug-prevention projects. A major discussion centered…
15 agenda items · 12 motions
This special meeting was scheduled at an off-time because three magistrates needed to travel to a conference in Lexington. The court handled routine business including approving minutes (with a correction to a 2023 ambulance remount motion that had been omitted from the record), acknowledging the treasurer's and clerk's February 2025 financial statements, and approving bills, claims, payments,…
18 agenda items · 13 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving bills and claims, the prior meeting's minutes, and acknowledging the Treasurer's and Clerk's February 2025 reports. It also voted to close out the county's ARPA bank account now that those funds have been shifted into the ARCH program, after some discussion about how a prior resolution amendment reallocated $106,000 and $20,000 toward My…
15 agenda items · 11 motions
The court handled several routine items, approving the minutes of the February 11 meeting and paying bills and claims, including a $1,000 disbursement tied to a Kentucky ASAP grant for a graduation celebration. A one-year lease extension on the 40 acres near the park entrance was approved, continuing an arrangement with Wan Packer Sign Fields. The court also passed resolutions acknowledging state…
16 agenda items · 8 motions
The court opened with routine business: approving the January 28 minutes (with a note to add detail on a prior discussion about money moved between accounts), paying bills/claims, and acknowledging the January 2025 treasurer's report. A major infrastructure item was the Stanley Road water line project. A grant obtained earlier came in well over the original bid, so the water district and fiscal…
11 agenda items · 8 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on January 28, 2025, and approved routine business including the minutes, bills and claims, and several resolutions. Notably, the court approved allowing the hospital to use the county's bonding authority to switch financing for its phase two expansion/renovation from USDA to CompeerBank, citing better interest rates and USDA's inflexible timeline requirements.…
18 agenda items · 13 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on January 14, 2025, opening with prayer and pledge, followed by a heartfelt tribute from Judge Executive to former magistrate Bill Burton, who recently passed away. The court then handled routine business, approving December minutes, bills, and several financial reports/acknowledgments, and approved second reading of a budget amendment ordinance moving ARPA funds…
16 agenda items · 14 motions
The court handled a series of routine year-end items: approving November minutes, paying bills and claims, acknowledging the treasurer's and clerk's financial statements, and taking the first reading of a budget amendment that moves roughly $620,000 of remaining ARPA/ARP funds into the county's ARC program account. The sheriff's and clerk's 2025 annual budgets and salary amendments were also…
20 agenda items · 19 motions
The court handled a full slate of routine business, approving the October 22 minutes, bills/claims/transfers, standing orders, and acknowledging several financial reports from the treasurer, clerk, and sheriff's office. A major topic was funding for the Paradise Park project: after a committee meeting and some back-and-forth, the court voted 5-1 (Magistrate Morphew opposed) to pay for it out of…
16 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving the minutes from the October 8th meeting and the bills, claims, and transfers, as well as the 2024 tax rates. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to two presentations: Christy Hall and Wendy King of the 'Happy Feet' nonprofit described their program providing shoes and socks to needy Ohio County schoolchildren, and asked the court for…
18 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled routine business including approval of minutes, bills/claims, and financial reports, plus several noteworthy items. Ray Hagerman, director of the Muhlenberg Economic Growth Alliance, presented a proposal asking Ohio County to invest about $116,000 as its share match for a state grant tied to Paradise Park industrial development. In exchange, the county would receive a share of…
4 agenda items · 4 motions
The court took up golf cart purchasing/leasing, gave second reading to an ordinance amending its large-scale solar/variance rules, and spent the bulk of the meeting negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a solar developer (Scout Energy/‘Bluegrass Crossing’ style project referenced) over setbacks and vegetative screening for a large solar array. On routine business, the court voted…
21 agenda items · 13 motions
The court approved routine business including the September minutes, bill payments (including a sheriff's medical kit grant and an AmeriCorps position at the senior center), a clerk's financial report, and a bid for a new Dodge Durango for the sheriff's department paid with House Bill funds. The National Weather Service recognized Ohio County as an official "StormReady" community, presenting…
10 agenda items · 7 motions
The court opened with routine approvals: the minutes of the August 27 meeting, bills/claims/payments and transfers, and the August treasurer's finance report were all approved without discussion. Jennifer Titchner from Father's House gave a two-year update on the recovery program, reporting 53 court-ordered clients (37 local), 10 graduates, and estimated savings to the county of roughly $369,988…
19 agenda items · 13 motions
The Fiscal Court handled a routine agenda, approving minutes and bills, then heard from Brandy Dye and Courtney Allen of the Family Wellness Center, who presented a check for $1,085 raised at the inaugural 'Pause and Clause' 5K to benefit the Ohio County Animal Shelter. The court passed Resolution 2024-5 concerning House Bill 1, after removing a $100,000 building fund appropriation that…
25 agenda items · 18 motions
The court opened with a swearing-in ceremony for Timothy Ray Griffin as the newly appointed Constable of the Third District, filling the seat until the next election. This appointment drew some pointed questions later in the meeting from residents concerned that the public was given very short notice (sometimes only hours) about the vacancy and that a second candidate's paperwork wasn't fully…
22 agenda items · 14 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 23, 2024, opening with prayer, the pledge, and routine approval of minutes and bills, including a discussion about voucher numbers on community contribution accounts. The court also approved the treasurer's June financial statement and a pending year-end settlement for the fiscal year that ended June 30. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a…
21 agenda items · 11 motions
The meeting opened with a swearing-in ceremony for new 4th District Magistrate Brian Daniels, followed by a special Public Facilities Corporation meeting to approve financing documents needed for the hospital's permanent bond financing with USDA. Two resolutions were passed authorizing the corporation to secure the real estate and to allow Magistrate Jason Bullock to sign closing documents in…
27 agenda items · 22 motions
The Fiscal Court handled a large volume of routine business, including approval of minutes, bills/claims, the annual wage scale and compensation schedule (reflecting a 3–4% CPI increase effective July 1), and amended salary orders for the Sheriff's and Clerk's deputies to reflect the same raise. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to opening and awarding annual bids for road materials and…
16 agenda items · 11 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving the minutes from May 28, the bills and claims, and the treasurer's and clerk's financial reports for April and May. It then gave second readings and unanimous roll-call approval to two ordinances: an update to the county's administrative code and a solar farm ordinance regulating large solar developments. A significant financial item was…
12 agenda items · 11 motions
The court opened with a prayer and pledge, then quickly acted on paperwork needed to keep a recreation grant application moving — approving the application for the walking trail at the Ohio County park and adding the football field project to it. Routine business followed: the May 14 minutes and the bills/claims/transfers were approved after some pointed questions about transfers within the…
14 agenda items · 15 motions
The court handled a light routine agenda before recognizing a large group of local students. Minutes of the April 26 meeting, bill/claims payments, the treasurer's bond renewal, the treasurer's April financial statement, and the clerk's amendment to the 2024 motor vehicle and both claim bills were all approved without objection. A major highlight was a proclamation declaring May 2024 as 'High…
8 agenda items · 7 motions
The court handled routine business quickly, approving minutes, bills/claims, and the county clerk's delinquent tax report with little discussion. A major topic was a request from Rockport Fire Department to use ARPA funds to replace a broken air compressor/storage unit used to fill air packs, with estimates of $47,000-$51,000. The court approved advertising for the project, with the fire chief…
6 agenda items · 1 motions
This special-called meeting had a single purpose: opening and considering bids for replacement of the community center's aging cooling tower and HVAC system. Justin, representing Complete Comfort Heating & Cooling, presented two pricing options — a three-zone system tied to each floor (basement, second floor, third floor) for $772,500, or a more flexible per-room heating/cooling option for…
16 agenda items · 14 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on April 9, 2024, and worked through a routine agenda of financial approvals, jail-related contracts, a resolution for election-day backup generators, a personnel hire, and an insurance renewal, before hearing a presentation from the Kentucky Lions Club about a juvenile-justice mentoring program called Lions Quest. Routine business — minutes,…
26 agenda items · 28 motions
The court opened with routine approval of minutes and bills, then heard from the Bill Monroe Homeplace Foundation about roof damage on the historic home. Rather than a full re-roof, the court approved spending $5,000–$7,000 from reserves for shake-shingle repair and preservation, deciding annual maintenance would be cheaper long-term than a full replacement. A large block of the meeting was…
13 agenda items · 11 motions
The court opened with prayer and pledge, then approved the February 27th minutes and amended the December 19, 2023 minutes to reflect a previously omitted motion surplussing a sheriff's department vehicle for sale on GovDeals. Routine financial business followed: bills, claims and transfers were approved, and the treasurer's and clerk's February financial reports were acknowledged. The court also…
15 agenda items · 11 motions
The court approved routine business including the January 23 meeting minutes and payment of bills and claims, including a cybersecurity grant reimbursement and HVAC repair funding drawn from reserves. Emergency Management Director Charlie Shields presented a mutual aid agreement with 24 regional counties for disaster response, which the court approved. He also secured court approval to sign a…
20 agenda items · 15 motions
The court handled a full slate of routine business, approving the January 23rd minutes, monthly bills and claims, and financial reports from both the Treasurer and County Clerk for January 2024. The court also gave second reading and final approval to an amendment to the county's 911 policy. A notable financial item was authorizing a $400,000 payment to Scotty for paving work on Liberty (Church)…
11 agenda items · 10 motions
The court approved routine business including minutes, bills/claims, and payment of a late list item for salt purchases. A significant portion of the meeting dealt with a crop ground lease near the county park: the original 5-year agreement with the Westerfields had expired, and after discussion the court voted to extend it for one year while planning to rebid the contract afterward. The court…
16 agenda items · 13 motions
The court opened with prayer and pledge, then approved the minutes from December and handled bills and claims, including a discussion over a road-materials bill that came in about $2,500 over the original quote — the court agreed to pay only the quoted amount and require a separate explanatory bill for the overage. Several routine year-end/year-start financial items were approved or acknowledged,…
16 agenda items · 13 motions
The court opened with prayer and pledge, then approved minutes from the November 14 and November 27 special call meetings, along with the bills, claims, payments and transfers, including a discussion of audit costs and bonding requirements for magistrates versus the sheriff and treasurer. A notable discussion arose over an $8,500 walking trail patch/crack-fill repair at the park, originally paid…
7 agenda items · 4 motions
This was a brief special-called meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court on November 27, 2023, mainly to handle a few pieces of purchasing business. The court opened with prayer and pledge, then approved routine bills, claims, payments, and transfers. Magistrates discussed election costs, noting that consolidating precincts into fewer voting centers may not have saved as much money as hoped once…
14 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving the October 24 minutes, paying bills and claims, and acknowledging the treasurer's October financial statement and the library/music report. A resolution (2023-248) was approved to reprioritize items on the LGov (house bill) funding list so the county can move forward with purchasing property near the courthouse before the price increases; the…
14 agenda items · 10 motions
The Fiscal Court approved routine business including the minutes from the October 10th meeting, bills and claims, and the sheriff's quarterly report and September receipts acknowledgement. The court also approved purchasing 35 tables and 160 chairs (using a repurposed emergency management trailer) to support first responder appreciation events and other county uses such as the park and museum.…
14 agenda items · 10 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on October 10, 2023, opening with prayer and the pledge before moving through a routine agenda. The court approved minutes from the September 26 meeting, accepted bills, claims, payments and transfers (including a late list showing a large Medicare overpayment refund related to Beaverdam Nursing and Rehab Center), and acknowledged the treasurer's financial…
16 agenda items · 10 motions
The Fiscal Court approved routine business including the September 12th minutes and bills/claims/transfers, which included a refund for occupational tax overpayment, a golf course tax collection adjustment, and an $11,000 transfer for senior center vehicle repairs. The court discussed the possibility of advertising for a new senior center van rather than repairing two aging vans (one with a bad…
18 agenda items · 13 motions
The court handled a slate of routine business, approving minutes, bills and claims, the treasurer's and clerk's financial reports, and the sheriff's property tax settlement. The road department surplused two military-style generators, part of the county's ongoing practice of selling used equipment when new trucks are purchased. A major item was the second reading and adoption of Ordinance 2023-2,…
22 agenda items · 18 motions
The court opened with a public hearing on the county's property tax rates, which remain unchanged from last year (76 cents real, 74 cents personal) and were described as among the lowest in the state. The Ohio County Public Library also presented its tax rates, which actually decreased slightly for both real and personal property. Routine business included approval of minutes (with a small…
15 agenda items · 11 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on August 8, 2023, and handled routine business along with several larger items. The court approved minutes, bill payments, and financial statements from the treasurer's and county clerk's offices without incident. The PVA office requested funding for a new aerial photography (imagery) flight through Eagleview/Pictometry, explaining that the higher-resolution…
20 agenda items · 22 motions
The court handled a routine slate of business including approval of minutes, bills/claims, and the annual salary orders for the sheriff and county clerk. A second reading of the county's first 2023 budget amendment (Ordinance 2023-1) was approved, along with the treasurer's annual settlement and a year-in-review financial presentation. A notable item was approval of $5,000 in state flex funds for…
13 agenda items · 9 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 11, 2023, and quickly worked through a light agenda of routine business before spending significant time celebrating community achievements. The court approved minutes, bills, claims, transfers, and financial reports without much debate, and gave first reading approval to the 2024 budget amendment (BA 2024-1) as well as a resolution to help fund an…
21 agenda items · 29 motions
The court handled routine end-of-fiscal-year business, approving minutes, bills, financial reports, and the tax certification, along with the new wage compensation schedule and a 6.5% pay increase for county employees for FY2023-24. The court also raised the capitalization threshold for depreciable equipment from $30,000 to $60,000, and approved several personnel actions including new hires and…
8 agenda items · 6 motions
This short special-called meeting was held to approve contractor bids for cleanup/debris-removal work on three federally funded (NRCS) disaster recovery sites — Sites 1, 3, and 9 — after bids had come in higher than expected and the court had to go back to NRCS before accepting them. The court approved Extreme Excavating's bid of $185,000 for Site 1 (work already underway) and its bid of $285,000…
17 agenda items · 12 motions
The meeting opened with a prayer and pledge, followed by a proclamation recognizing local high school students as "High School Heroes" for donating blood, including special recognition for Mason Rowe who received the first-ever Don Williams achievement award for donating a gallon of blood before graduating. The court opened a single bid on the Trigg Field water line project (from Bobby Ledford &…
18 agenda items · 12 motions
The court handled routine business including approval of April minutes, bills and claims, the treasurer's April financial statement, renewal of the treasurer's bond, and a delinquent property tax transfer of $14,975 from the sheriff to the county clerk. The second reading of the FY2023 budget amendment ordinance (202310) passed by roll call vote, adding coal severance money that carried over…
18 agenda items · 15 motions
The court opened with a ceremonial moment: Magistrate Callaway was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Judge-Executive on behalf of Governor Beshear. Routine business followed, including approval of the April 11 minutes and the bills/claims/transfers list. A major topic was the county's group health insurance renewal for 2023-24. Premiums rose about 8%, and after discussion the court voted to…
15 agenda items · 13 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on April 11, 2023, opening with a prayer and pledge followed by a presentation from the Green River District Health Department on diabetes awareness, highlighting that about 10.5% of county residents have been diagnosed with diabetes. The court approved the minutes of the March 28 meeting, the treasurer's report, and the clerk's report, and discussed a budget…
20 agenda items · 14 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court held its required annual public hearing on County Road Aid (CRA) and Local Government Economic Assistance (LGEA) funds; the court learned there is currently $1,677,220 in County Road Aid funds but zero in the coal severance fund this year. The court then moved through routine business, approving March 14 minutes, paying bills and claims, giving first reading approval…
10 agenda items · 11 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on March 14, 2023, and worked through a routine agenda covering minutes, bills, and a financial statement acknowledgment, followed by the second reading and passage of Ordinance 2023-6 (administrative code cell/salary changes). Several personnel actions were approved by roll call, including a part-time courthouse custodian, a seasonal golf course attendant…
17 agenda items · 10 motions
The court handled routine business including approval of minutes, bill payments, and a $600 contribution ($100 from each magistrate) to Ohio County High School's senior 'Senior Sunset' event, the renamed version of project graduation. Several budget items were addressed: a reclassification of budget line items to move CDBG funds into a non-interest-bearing federal grant fund, and an amended…
20 agenda items · 16 motions
The court opened with prayer and a recognition of a local elementary school for leading blood drive donations in the area. Routine business followed: the January 24 minutes, bills/claims/transfers, and both the treasurer's and clerk's January financial statements were approved or acknowledged without objection. The court passed several resolutions: one authorizing continued funding (about…
12 agenda items · 10 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on January 24, 2023, and handled a mix of routine business and larger long-term projects. The court approved minutes, bills, and several grant-related and equipment purchases, including new portable radios purchased for constables and USDA pass-through funding for river cleanup projects at 11 sites. A significant portion of the meeting was devoted to preparations…
15 agenda items · 12 motions
The Fiscal Court opened with prayer and pledge, then quickly moved through routine business: approving minutes from the January 3rd special meeting, paying bills and claims, and acknowledging receipt of several financial reports (December treasurer's report, county clerk's quarterly report, and 2022 sheriff's property tax receipts). All of these passed without objection. Two personnel changes…
17 agenda items · 11 motions
This brief special-called meeting opened with an update from Emergency Management Director Charlie Shields on severe flooding that hit the county, with 5.5–6 inches of rain causing evacuations of about 20-22 vehicles and seven homes in Beaver Dam. Residents were being assisted by the Red Cross, though federal FEMA aid remains uncertain until statewide damage reaches $13 million. Magistrates…
24 agenda items · 22 motions
The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on November 15, 2022, in what was the second-to-last meeting for several outgoing magistrates before new members take office in January. The court handled routine business including approval of October minutes, bill payments, and financial reports, then heard a heartfelt request from the SAY (Surrounding Area Youth) group in Horse Branch asking for $50,000 to…
14 agenda items · 13 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving minutes, bills/claims, treasurer and clerk financial reports, and authorized opening a savings account for the county's ARPA funds to earn better interest on the roughly $2.5 million on hand. The court also approved an RDAP resolution supporting $80,000 in debt service funding for the water expansion project, passed the second reading of the…
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This brief special-called meeting opened with a prayer and flag salute before the court took up two main items of business. The first was formal approval of Resolution 202315, authorizing the FY 2022-23 KYTC Flex Funds Agreement, which the county had already agreed to when the grant application was submitted. This passed unanimously by roll-call vote. The second item concerned authorization for…
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The court handled routine business including approval of minutes, bill payments (including an ARPA-funded water line hookup donation), and a second reading of a budget amendment, all of which passed. Magistrates also approved a renewed deferred compensation resolution for county employees and re-approved the electrical inspector contract and fee ordinance with Larry Morphew, clarifying that the…
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The court handled a full slate of routine and special business. Magistrates approved the August 23rd minutes, paid the county's bills and claims, and accepted the treasurer's and county clerk's August 2022 financial reports. A second reading of Ordinance 2023-2 (a budget amendment tied to a water grant for the Bluegrass Crossing project) passed on a roll-call vote. The court opened bids for the…
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The court handled routine business including approving prior minutes, paying bills/claims, and acknowledging several sheriff and clerk financial reports (delinquent taxes, fee account reports, and the board of assessment appeals certification). Real property and tangible property tax rates were kept the same as the previous year (real property at 7.6 cents per $100), while the motor vehicle tax…
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The court handled a routine slate of business including approval of the July 26 minutes, payment of bills and claims, and acceptance of the county clerk's financial report. Several grant-related resolutions and agreements were approved to support ongoing infrastructure projects, including the Old Liberty Church Road extension (funded by a $400,000 governor's discretionary grant), the Tigerville…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 26, 2022, and worked through a lengthy routine agenda before turning to several larger discussion items. Standard business — approval of the July 12 minutes, payment of bills and claims, the County Clerk's 2022 financial report, a $19,447 excess-fee refund to the Clerk, the Treasurer's annual statement, a second-reading budget amendment, and the second…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 12, 2022, and handled a routine slate of business including approval of minutes, payment of bills and claims, acknowledgment of financial statements, and settlement of sheriff's tax and franchise accounts. The court also approved a budget amendment to carry over discretionary year-end reserve funds and passed the second reading of an updated administrative…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on June 28, 2022. After approving minutes and routine bills, the court closed a now-unnecessary bank account for the Public Facilities Corporation and gave first reading to an amended maintenance/environmental ordinance that adds daily penalties for uncleaned properties. Magistrates approved the 2022-23 wage compensation schedule, reflecting a 7% raise for county…
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The court handled routine business including approval of minutes, bills, claims, and financial statements from the treasurer's and clerk's offices for May 2022. A resolution was approved to support a CDBG grant application for 'Project Honor,' a project tied to a company planning to bring 35 jobs to the area, with grant funding based on $20,000 per job. A representative from the grant company…
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The Fiscal Court opened with prayer and the Pledge, then approved the minutes of the May 10th meeting and the payment of bills and claims without discussion. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to park and tourism presentations. Bo and Tori reported on the wide range of activities now happening at the park (livestock shows, soccer, cheerleading, airsoft, kayak rentals, craft/car shows, and…
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The court handled routine business, approving the April 26 minutes and paying bills, including some flagged late gatekeeper service invoices that the court asked the treasurer's office to track better going forward. A major item was the second reading of the county's FY2022-23 budget (Ordinance 2022-4), which passed unanimously — notably the second year in a row this has happened, a rarity for…
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The court handled routine business (minutes, bills/claims, a sheriff's budget amendment, and setting county salaries with a CPI-based increase) and approved letting the county clerk set up a separate account for a new $10 records-digitization fee created by state law. KYTC's district office presented the county's 2022 road funding (about $580,000 total, with roughly $354,000 in flex funds).…
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The court approved routine business including the March 22 minutes, bills/claims/transfers, and the treasurer's and county clerk's March financial statements. The first reading of the 2022-23 county budget was approved, with magistrates noting a 7% cost-of-living raise for county employees tied to the state CPI, funded by cutting into other departmental budgets. A proclamation was read…
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The court handled routine business including approval of prior minutes, payment of bills and claims (with a brief discussion of burial assistance costs now paid from reserves rather than a dedicated budget line), and acknowledgment of the clerk's February financial statement and the sheriff's amended 2022 budget. The most significant action came after a closed session held under KRS 61.810 to…
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The court approved routine business including the February minutes, bills/claims/transfers, and several personnel wage adjustments across departments (road department, animal shelter, and clerk's offices), reflecting modest pay raises for multiple county employees. A notable discussion involved the Bill Monroe museum walkway brick project, where the court agreed to cover a roughly $16,000…
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The court handled a routine slate of business including approval of the February 8th minutes and payment of bills and claims. Magistrates approved an amendment to the county's ankle monitor contract to allow combined GPS/alcohol monitoring bracelets, at a modest additional daily cost that is billed only when in use. Several personnel actions were approved by roll call, including status/pay…
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The court handled routine business first, approving minutes, paying bills, and acknowledging the treasurer's, clerk's, and sheriff's financial statements. The bulk of substantive action centered on the regional jail project: the court passed the first reading of Ordinance 2022-3 creating the interlocal jail board with Butler and Edmonson counties, and approved the Green River Regional Detention…
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The court opened with prayer and pledge, then approved the minutes of the January 11th meeting and paid the county's bills, claims, and transfers, including a routine roll-call vote on the county bonds that must be posted annually. A major item was equipment for the ambulance service (Comcare). The court approved purchase of a new Stryker stretcher for $23,250.22 and six new ventilators for…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on January 11, 2022, opening with prayer and pledge before working through a busy agenda covering tornado recovery, jail overcrowding, and routine county business. The court approved minutes with an amendment regarding fire department and city funding of $50,000 each (minus amounts already received), approved bills/claims, and acknowledged several financial…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on December 14, 2021, just days after a devastating tornado struck the region. Much of the meeting was devoted to storm response: officials discussed FEMA registration processes, a tornado relief fund set up through the Beaver Dam Foundation (PO Box 408), road closures with security posted at damaged county roads, and pleas for residents to stay off affected roads…
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The court opened with a special recognition of dozens of local small businesses that received COVID relief grants funded through federal relief money, with checks handed out to representatives present. Routine business followed, including approval of the October 26 minutes, payment of bills and claims (with discussion of Christian County jail per-inmate costs), and approval of a bid for repairs…
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The court approved routine business including minutes, bills, claims, payments and transfers, and adopted a required policy establishing standards for administering ARPA (American Rescue Plan) funds. Magistrates noted that all ARPA projects funded so far had already gone through resolutions, and discussed the need for contracts with fund recipients (such as the Rosine Community Park project) to…
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The court opened with routine business: approval of the September 28 minutes, payment of bills and claims, and acceptance of the September financial report. The court also completed the second reading of a budget amendment (removing a $1 million line item that hadn't yet been approved) and passed a resolution formalizing the county's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) budget allocations, plus an…
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The meeting opened with recognitions: Ralph Miller was honored as the 2021 Rural Kentucky EMS Provider of the Year, and the Ohio County Sheriff's Office received accreditation from the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police — the first time the department has ever reached that status. Routine business included approval of minutes, bills/claims, and two budget amendment ordinances, including one…
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The court handled a routine slate of business including approval of the August 24 minutes, bills and claims, and the treasurer's August financial report. A budget amendment was approved to allow the county to serve as fiscal agent for a $200,000 CDBG utility assistance grant being administered by Audubon Area. The court also passed compensating tax rates for the public library, health department,…
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The court approved minutes from prior meetings and routine bills/claims, then set county tax rates for 2021, keeping real estate, tangible, and motor vehicle/watercraft rates unchanged from last year. A second reading and passage of an ordinance related to a library bond issue took place, followed by the court briefly recessing to convene as the Ohio County Public Facilities Corporation to pass a…
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This brief special-called meeting covered two agenda items. First, the court gave first reading to an ordinance authorizing the Ohio County Public Facilities Corporation to act as the county's agent regarding hospital lease bonds. County Attorney Justin Town explained this was the first step in a process that would continue at the August 24 meeting, and confirmed the county itself would bear no…
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The Fiscal Court met briefly at the Rosine Barn for a special-called session with two agenda items. First, the court authorized Judge Wallace to make an offer to the Woosley heirs to purchase roughly 2.5–3 acres near the Brick House Crossroads Store. The purchase would be funded with federal (ARP) money, not borrowed funds, and would provide space for a septic system currently causing issues for…
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The fiscal court approved routine business including minutes, bills/claims, and financial statements. The main event of the meeting was a detailed update from Ohio County Healthcare (hospital) administrator Blaine Piper and CeCe Robinson on the status of the hospital's finances during the pandemic and the progress of a major building/OR expansion project, now estimated at $27 million and financed…
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The court handled a routine slate of administrative business, including approval of minutes, bills/claims, an updated treasurer's report, a raise in the inmate labor pay cap, and a second reading/roll call on a budget amendment. Several routine settlement acknowledgments (UMC, property tax, oil and gas, franchise, unmined coal) were also approved. The centerpiece of the meeting was a required…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on July 13, 2021 and approved routine business including minutes, bills and claims, and the treasurer's financial report — notably the golf course turned a profit for the first time since the county acquired it. The County Clerk presented a major proposal to modernize voting equipment, shifting from 19 precincts to 6 countywide vote centers under new state rules.…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court held a special-called meeting on June 30, 2021, focused entirely on a single agenda item: adjusting the wage scale for the Jail and 911 Dispatch departments. This followed weeks of work by a wage committee that compared Ohio County's pay rates with surrounding counties (Butler, Grayson, McLean, Breckinridge) and area cities (Beaver Dam, Hartford). Magistrates and…
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The court moved quickly through a routine agenda, approving minutes, bills and claims, and a series of mid-fiscal-year compensation adjustments tied to CPI increases for the sheriff's department, county clerk's office, and other county employees. The second readings of the FY budget and of Administrative Code Ordinance 2021-5 were also approved, clearing paperwork required by the state. Sheriff…
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This brief special-called meeting focused mainly on economic development loans and a new utility assistance program. The court approved opening a new bank account to receive and administer roughly $200,000 in COVID-19-related utility assistance grant money, which will help residents facing utility disconnection, though the funds cannot cover reconnection fees. The bulk of the meeting was devoted…
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The Ohio County Fiscal Court met on June 8, 2021, and handled a routine mix of financial approvals, personnel actions, and county project updates. The court approved the May 21 minutes, paid the county's bills and claims (including several guardianship/conservatorship attorney fees tied to a backlog of jury trials delayed by COVID), and formally acknowledged both the Treasurer's and County…
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The court approved routine business including minutes, bills, and the treasurer's report, and passed the second reading of the 2021-22 budget ordinance unanimously — a rare occurrence the judge noted may only be the second time in his tenure. A related budget amendment was also approved to account for federal COVID relief (ARPA) funds, though officials acknowledged they still don't have clear…
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The court opened with routine business, approving the April 27 minutes, bills/claims, transfers, and financial reports without issue. The sheriff's first quarterly fee report was also acknowledged. A resolution (2021-2015) was passed to move forward with a previously discussed trail grant that had been held up due to an oversight after last meeting's public hearing. The court also approved…
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The court approved minutes, routine bills/claims, and the first reading of the FY2021-22 budget ordinance, with the goal of finalizing it in Frankfort by the next meeting. The Wage Committee's recommendations were adopted, setting a 1.4% cost-of-living wage increase effective July 1, 2021, streamlining HR duties back to department heads, and requiring salaried employees to use vacation time…
14 agenda items · 8 motions
The court handled routine business first, approving the minutes of the March 23rd meeting, paying bills and transfers, and acknowledging both the county treasurer's and county clerk's March 2021 financial reports. A key item was the annual resolution required to receive road aid/gas tax (rural secondary/county road) funds from the state, which passed unanimously. The court also approved a…
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The court approved minutes and bills without issue, and set up a special non-interest-bearing bank account to receive federal recovery act funds from the U.S. Treasury, though details on how the money can be spent are still forthcoming. The Sheriff's Office got approval to declare a list of surplus vehicles and equipment (including a military truck with a large winch and two aging generators) as…
23 agenda items · 15 motions
The court handled routine business (minutes, bills/claims, financial reports) and closed an unused road fund savings account, moving its remaining ~$1,600 into the regular road fund checking account. A resolution was approved to apply for CDBG COVID-19 utility relief funds, and separate motions authorized the road department to apply for Land & Water Conservation and Recreational Trails grants,…
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The court handled routine business, approving minutes, bill payments, and financial reports from the treasurer and county clerk. A transfer of over $9,000 from emergency reserve was explained as covering rising phone costs, and money from golf sales tax was moved to cover a state-mandated tax collection that hadn't been budgeted. Three pieces of county equipment — a wrecked senior center vehicle,…