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Votes at a glance: Hardin County Fiscal Court actions on pay, positions, contracts and bids
Summary
The court approved several resolutions including a tax-rate adoption, increases to on-call pay for road and animal-control staff, a job description change creating a full-time communications officer, a rescission of an ambulance lease resolution pending competitive bids, a KYTC resurfacing contract, and the consent agenda.
At its Aug. 26 meeting, Hardin County Fiscal Court approved a set of resolutions on personnel pay, job descriptions, contracts and routine business. Below are the key actions and vote details drawn from the meeting record.
1) Resolution 2025-171 — Adopt 2025 county property tax rates Outcome: Approved (see separate article for full coverage).
2) Resolution 2025-160 — Add on-call duty pay to personnel policies (road department and animal shelter) What it does: Increases on-call pay from $15 per weekday to $20 per weekday and from $50 per weekend day (weekend amount reported as $50) with a three-hour minimum pay on call-ins. Vote: Passed. Roll-call votes recorded: Squire Clem (yes); Squire Hicks (yes); Squire Muse (no); Squire Pennington (yes); Squire Saltzman (yes); Squire Thompson (yes); Squire Whitehead (yes); Squire Yates (yes); Judge Executive Keith Taul (yes). Tally: Yes 8, No 1. Notes: Squire Muse explained opposition based on budget concerns though other members said the increase was…
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