Hardin County court approves minutes, cash report, bills and small budget adjustments

The Hardin County Commissioners Court on June 10 approved routine financial actions including the May 27 meeting minutes, the county treasurer's cash report, payment of county bills and several small budget adjustments.

The actions matter because they clear liabilities, authorize immediate expenditures and create new budget lines required for county operations ahead of the fiscal year close. The court's approvals allow vendors to be paid, petty funds to be relocated and set groundwork for subsequent departmental purchases.

Judge McDaniel called the meeting to order and moved approval of the May 27 minutes; Commissioner Young moved and Commissioner Cook seconded the motion, which passed without recorded opposition. Deborah McWilliams, Hardin County treasurer, asked the court to "release me the liability of $1,623,631.23." McWilliams reported the county's cash totals as: $1,089,898.03 in general checking; $29,137,728.91 in a First Financial Bank general checking special money market; and $361,102.64 in a tech school general account, "for a total in cash funds of $30,588,729.58," she said.

Candace McKinney, county auditor, presented the requested authorization to pay county bills and summarized recent payroll and expenditures: prior finishers for May totaled $1,172,512.18, previous finishers for June were $105,023.97, and expenditures for June 10 were $461,210.95. She noted two additional invoices requiring payment: $382,816.90 for health and life and vision insurance and $28,853 for workers' compensation insurance, bringing total expenditures and transfers to $2,150,417. Gross payroll for May 29 was $643,861.90.

The court also approved a request from the auditor to amend the fiscal year 2025 Road & Bridge 1 budget by creating a new dues and subscriptions line (01762139) and transferring $700 from equipment purchases into that new line item; that motion passed on a vote recorded as "Aye." McKinney additionally requested the creation of a special revenue fund titled "Article 18 seizures" (fund 082); the court authorized establishing the fund and approved a new interest-bearing bank account at First Financial Bank with McWilliams and McKinney as signers.

Those approvals were recorded as motions and passed by voice vote. No dissenting votes were identified during the meeting.

The court moved on to other agenda items after completing these routine financial matters.