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Pike County fiscal court adopts resolution urging federal support for Carl D. Perkins Job Corps center
Summary
Pike County Fiscal Court unanimously adopted a resolution expressing support for the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center and urging continued federal funding after a judge issued an injunction against closure.
Pike County Fiscal Court on a unanimous roll call adopted a resolution expressing support for the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center and urging continued federal funding for the Job Corps program.
The county judge, Judge Jones, introduced the resolution and moved its adoption, saying the Job Corps program has been “life changing” and instrumental to building a skilled local workforce. Commissioner Atkins seconded the motion. The court voted in favor with Commissioners Scott, Atkins and Lewis and Judge Jones all recorded as “yes.”
The resolution comes after a federal judge issued an injunction that prevented closure of the Job Corps center. Judge Jones told the court the program “has helped … build a skilled workforce, to help the local economy” and said that, while government waste exists, “the Job Corps program ain’t one of them.”
The court did not specify further actions beyond adopting the resolution; no appropriation or funding pledge was made at the meeting.
The resolution and vote were placed on the agenda as an item for formal action. The court’s public record of the vote shows unanimous support by the present members.
