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Christian County Fiscal Court approves grants, multiple hires and routine funds in meeting
Summary
The court approved Resolution 2025-14 (EDF grant pass-through), routine fund motions (general, road & bridge, jail, LGA, health, opioid settlement), cash transfers, and hired multiple shelter attendants and deputy jailers with specified effective dates and pay; several probationary periods were ended.
Christian County Fiscal Court voted on multiple routine budget items, approved an Economic Development Finance grant pass-through and confirmed a slate of personnel actions during its regular session.
Votes and resolutions: The court approved motions for the general fund, road and bridge fund, jail fund, LGA fund, opioid settlement fund and the health fund by roll call. The court also approved Resolution 2025-14, described during the meeting as an EDF grant pass-through from the Kentucky Academy of Economic Development to a recipient identified as 'Grupo,' with the county serving as the pass-through entity.
Personnel actions: The court approved several hires and personnel-status changes. Notable items recorded in the meeting transcript include: - Preston Downey: hired as a part-time shelter attendant, effective Oct. 1, 2025, at $12 per hour for 96 hours per month (90-day probation noted in motion text). - A part-time shelter hire (identified as 'miss McKinley' in the transcript): effective Oct. 16, 2025, at $12 per hour for 96 hours per month. - Mike Newsome: hired as a full-time deputy jailer, retroactive to Oct. 1, 2025, with the 90-day probation waived. - Danielle Smith, Timothy Scow, Tanya Scow and Whitney Brooks: hired as full-time deputy jailers effective Oct. 16, 2025, each with a 90-day probation. - The court moved to end probationary periods for employees including Anthony Webster, Travis Ball and Alexis McKee Jacobs (effective Oct. 16, 2025 in the transcript).
Other business: The court approved a training center for Sheriff Tyler De Armond and accepted treasurer-reported cash transfers effective Sept. 11, 2025. Announcements included upcoming community events and the next fiscal court meeting dates.
What’s next: Most approved hires are listed with effective dates in October; the court will appear to finalize routine personnel paperwork and follow through on the public solicitations for the Weber Building under its amended terms.
