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Votes at a glance: Bracken County Fiscal Court actions on Jan. 14, 2025
Summary
The court approved meeting minutes, multiple vendor claims, budget transfers, the jailer vehicle purchase and the sheriff’s quarterly report; the court also scheduled special meetings and set future meeting dates.
The Bracken County Fiscal Court took a series of routine and substantive votes during its Jan. 14, 2025 meeting. Key actions and outcomes are listed below.
Votes and outcomes - Approval of minutes for special meeting on Jan. 8, 2025 — approved by roll-call vote. - Renew $1,000,000 CD for 12 months at 4.12% including accrued interest (maturity Jan. 31) — approved unanimously. - Approve purchase of jailer vehicle ($39,997) and conversion equipment ($7,212.30); authorize reserve-to-jailer budget transfer to create vehicle account — approved unanimously. - Approve Bracken County Sheriff quarterly financial report (calendar year 2024 totals: receipts $868,970; disbursements $774,666; surplus $94,304) — approved unanimously. - Federal Rural Utilities vendor claim (broadband feasibility study; court to pay then seek reimbursement; cited amount ~$125,000) — motion approved. - General fund, road fund, jail phone, senior citizens fund, dispatch vendor claims, and other routine vendor claims — approved by roll-call votes. - Approve general fund budget transfer (details in court record) — approved. - Schedule special meeting: Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.; additional tentative dates discussed for March and June — scheduling confirmed as special meetings to be advertised.
Why it matters: The votes covered a mix of operational funding, procurement and routine claims. The jailer vehicle and CD rollover have immediate budgetary and operational effects; the broadband feasibility claim is tied to a grant reimbursement process.
Roll-call procedure: For each motion the court recorded roll-call votes; the transcript shows unanimous aye votes on the major items listed above.
