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Hardin County Fiscal Court approves budget amendment, recurring-expense standing order; animal-control contract vote fails
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Hardin County Fiscal Court approved a $1 million CDBG pass-through budget amendment, adopted an amendment to recurring preapproved expenses that includes CDBG and ARPA items, approved the consent agenda, and saw a separate resolution to terminate an animal-control contract fail for lack of a second.
Hardin County Fiscal Court members unanimously approved a budget amendment tied to a $1 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and adopted a related standing-order amendment covering recurring preapproved expenses, the court said at its Jan. 28 regular voting meeting.
The vote handed county staff authority to accept and move the CDBG funds through the county’s accounts and updated the standing order to allow recurring disbursements for the CDBG Family Scholar House project and specified ARPA projects for county water districts. The court also approved the regular consent agenda. Separately, a resolution to terminate the county’s contract with Forever Homes for Paws failed for lack of a second.
Why it matters: The budget and standing-order actions clear administrative hurdles required by the Department of Local Government for the county to receive and disburse $1,000,000 in CDBG funds tied to the Family Scholar House project. Changes to recurring-authority rules also ensure approved ARPA-funded water-district work can proceed without separate motions for each disbursement.
Key votes and outcomes
- Approval of minutes, Jan. 14, 2025: Motion passed by roll call (all present voted yes).
- Ordinance 340-2 (series 2024): First reading and approval of an amendment to the FY2024–2025 budget tied to a $1,000,000 CDBG pass-through for Family Scholar House. Outcome: approved by roll call (all present voted yes).
- Ordinance 341-1 (series 2024): Reading and adoption of an amendment to the county’s standing order for preapproved recurring expenses, including CDBG and ARPA items. Outcome: adopted by roll call (all present voted yes).
- Consent agenda (includes financial reports, January claims, personnel changes, renewal of Samsara vehicle-GPS agreement, multiple CDBG-required resolutions, approval to opt into opioid litigation settlement, training agreement with Stormwind LLC, and committee minutes): Outcome: approved by roll call (all present voted yes).
- Resolution 20 (termination of Forever Homes for Paws contract): Motion to approve failed for lack of a second; no roll call taken; outcome: failed.
- Adjournment motion: Approved.
What the votes do and do not do
- The ordinance vote on 340-2 approved the budget amendment (first reading) necessary to accept and move a $1,000,000 CDBG award through county accounts; it is not an action to expend county general funds beyond what the award requires. The standing-order amendment (341-1) authorizes recurring disbursements for specified accounts; the vote adopted the revised administrative authority rather than approving individual invoices.
- The resolution to terminate the Forever Homes for Paws contract did not advance because no second was offered, so the existing contract remained in place.
Who voted (roll-call participants listed in the transcript)
Squire Klim — yes Squire Hicks — yes Squire Muse — yes Squire Pennington — yes Squire Saltzman — yes Squire Thompson — yes Squire Whitehead — yes Scott Yates — yes Judge Hall — yes
Ending: The court moved on to routine business after the votes. Several consent items related to the CDBG Family Scholar House and opioid-litigation settlement were included in the approved consent agenda; any required follow-up (contract review, reporting to state agencies, or distribution of funds) will be handled by the appropriate county offices and committees.
