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Clay County court approves prosecutorrequest under Senate Bill 22, adds investigator and administrative staff
Summary
The Clay County Commissioner's Court approved a one-year budget amendment under Senate Bill 22 to fund two administrative hires and an investigator, with the investigator role assigned to Kenny Nash. Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the request and directed staff to amend the county budget accordingly.
The Clay County Commissioner's Court voted 5-0 to approve the county prosecutor's request tied to Senate Bill 22, a one-year budget action that adds two administrative positions and a paid investigator role to the prosecutor's office.
County Prosecutor Seth (role shown in the meeting as county prosecutor) told the court the investigator position will be filled by Kenny Nash and said the office expects at least three trials in the coming months, making the investigator "very important" in the near term. The court recorded the motion as passing by show of hands, 5-0.
The move was described in the meeting as a budget amendment, meaning the court will later amend the county budget to reflect the new positions and pay. During discussion commissioners asked whether the investigator would be full-time and whether the investigator could keep outside employment; Seth said the investigator would be a salaried position and "he's keeping that job," adding the investigator would work "whenever I need him." The prosecutor also said the investigator may be called at any hour for urgent matters.
The court made the vote after discussion and approved the motion by general consent. County Judge and the five commissioners present registered their approval in a 5-0 tally.
No ordinance, salary schedule, or effective date was included in the prosecutor's presentation; court staff will prepare the formal budget amendment and bring it back to the court for processing.
Ending: The court approved the request and instructed staff to process the necessary budget amendment to fund the new positions under the Senate Bill 22 allocation.
