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Bourbon County commissioners weigh budget cuts, restore several appropriations and set interim levy direction
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a draft 2026 budget, identified a missed 2024 payment to Tri Valley that requires a 2025 budget amendment, agreed to restore several statutory appropriations and sought modest across‑the‑board reductions while planning follow‑up work on levies and statutes.
Bourbon County commissioners spent the bulk of a lengthy meeting debating changes to a draft 2026 budget, agreeing to restore several previously reduced appropriations, flagging a missed 2024 payment to Tri Valley and directing staff to finish technical edits before the next meeting.
The commission decided during the session to leave the county's allocation for intellectual disabilities at the $37,000 figure included in the budget advisory committee's draft and to restore the county's annual contribution to the county fair board to $10,000 after hearing the fair board's statute and expenditures. Commissioners also agreed to set the elderly appropriations at $48.06 (a statutory benchmark discussed during the meeting) pending final numeric edits.
Why it matters: the commission's choices affect the property tax levy, the county's cash reserves and local nonprofits and service…
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