Scott County Board ratifies AEP support letter, approves truck lease resolution, sets FY26 budget calendar and handles appointments and grants

The Scott County Board of Supervisors handled a series of formal administrative actions, including ratifying a letter of support for an AEP grant application, approving an equipment-lease resolution for a new 2025 Packard truck, adopting a draft fiscal-year 2026 budget calendar, appointing members to boards and accepting several grant awards.

AEP support letter: The board ratified a letter the county administrator had previously sent on behalf of the county to support an AEP grant application. A supervisor said the board had seen the letter in advance because AEP needed it before the meeting; the board voted to ratify it by voice. Motion outcome: approved.

Equipment lease/purchase resolution: County staff brought a financing resolution to authorize a lease-purchase for a 2025 Packard truck. The county’s approach was to pay the first installment up front from current-year vehicle replacement funds and spread the remaining four payments over the following four fiscal years. The board voted to approve the resolution; staff said the purchase was included in the current vehicle-replacement budget line.

FY26 budget calendar and budget committee: County staff presented a draft budget calendar for fiscal year 2026; the board approved the calendar and appointed two members (the county administrator and Supervisor Stephanie Addington) to serve on the FY26 budget committee.

Grants accepted: The board voted to accept multiple law-enforcement and litter-prevention grants presented by the sheriff’s office and county staff, and created expense codes where necessary. Grant amounts included: $108,303 (DCJS operation ceasefire continuation), $20,800 (DMV alcohol project), $14,880 (DMV selective enforcement), $28,077.16 (DEQ litter prevention and recycling FY25 award) and a separate $1,000 competitive litter-prevention award. The board approved the associated budget appropriations and expense-code setups.

Appointments and committees: The board made several local appointments, including reappointing Lisa McCarty to the Courthouse Facilities Committee and John Kilgore to the Crooked Road Board; a contested planning-commission appointment went to Steve Pike (four votes to Pike, three to Shannon Stewart in a roll-call). The board also authorized the chairman (Chris Manas) to serve as chief local elected official for workforce board purposes.

Other bookkeeping and claims: Supervisors approved a list of appropriations and claims and voted to pay monthly bills after reviewing items over $5,000. County staff provided a fiscal-status report showing a general fund balance and noted that the county still expects a school-system drawdown in the current year; supervisors discussed jail costs that could affect next year’s budget.

County-administrator resignation: Near the meeting’s end, the county administrator announced she had submitted her resignation and would leave in 30 days after accepting another local position; the board acknowledged her years of service.

Why it matters: These votes finalize routine but consequential administrative steps needed for county operations and budgeting, accept outside grant funding that offsets local costs, and set the schedule for the county’s FY26 budget process.

What’s next: Staff will implement the truck financing schedule, process accepted grants and associated expense codes, circulate the approved FY26 calendar and pursue recruitment or interim arrangements related to the county-administrator resignation.