Warren County Fiscal Court approves routine contracts, equipment purchases, appointments and reports

Warren County Fiscal court on Feb. 13 approved a package of routine personnel actions, equipment purchases, service contracts and annual reports, voting unanimously to carry each motion introduced during the meeting.

The approvals covered operations across county departments, including the Parks Department, Road Department, the Warren County Regional Jail and emergency services. Several contracts were awarded on state price contracts, and the court recorded routine appointments to regional boards and commissions.

Why it matters: These votes enact near-term purchases and contracts that affect county operations and public services — from park facilities to vehicle tracking and jail programming — and set administrative appointments that shape intergovernmental work across south-central Kentucky.

Most significant actions approved included: a motion to approve the minutes of the Jan. 23 fiscal court meeting; personnel changes for Warren County; the Road Department work schedule; the Parks Department’s authorization to advertise for software to manage employee work orders and inventory control; purchase of two Connex storage containers for parks ($6,401); replacement HVAC units at Fillmore Park concession and office areas ($7,302); a first reading rezoning request for approximately 29.92 acres on Plano Road from agriculture to single-family residential; a 60-month lease renewal for postage equipment with Quadient ($386.93 per month); a contract with T-Mobile for vehicle tracking equipment and service (one-time Geotab equipment charge $540 and $993 per month for service); purchase of a camper shell for the fire coordinator’s truck ($4,111); purchase of two Kubota RTVs for Fillmore and Buchanan parks (noted as $36,177.04); and several appointments including three to the South Central Kentucky Regional Development Authority and one to the Barren River Area Development District Board of Directors.

The court also accepted the Warren County Emergency Management 2024 annual report and the 2024 annual report on the county solid waste management plan, and made the December 2024 Warren County Regional Jail canteen account summary part of the record.

Claims presented and approved included the general fund ($1,370,185), road fund ($183,016), forfeiture fund ($2,451) and a grant fund ($321,320). A motion to pay county bills carried on a unanimous roll call.

Votes at a glance (selected items; all motions recorded as carried by roll call): - Approve minutes, Jan. 23, 2025 — Motion: Esquire Lawrence; Second: Esquire Lasley —…