Fiscal court approves staff pay increases, summer hires and salary adjustments

The Greenup County Fiscal Court on June 10 approved multiple personnel and compensation actions affecting county employees.

County Attorney Matthew Warnick requested two salary increases for his office: front desk worker Victoria Jaworski and his right‑hand staff member Leah King, each to be raised from $20,000 to $21,000 per year. The court moved and approved both increases, and Warnick thanked the court.

The court also approved hiring summer custodial help (Kaden Hamilton and Carson Lyman) at $12.48 per hour and later authorized summer hires Landon Fulton and Braden Salyers at $12 per hour after code enforcement recommendations. A motion to provide back pay for two employees who had been paid $12.00 but should have been paid $12.48 was approved; one member, Lee, abstained on that vote.

Public Safety personnel actions were presented and approved, including acceptance of the discharge of one trainee who did not complete CJIS and academy requirements, early release of probation for a maintenance hire and modest pay adjustments for supervisors (including Katie Kohut and others) to retain staff. The court approved a 2.5% cost‑of‑living raise effective July 2025 and a list of salary adjustments for several named employees; Scott Gilliam will move to lead mechanic at the road department.

Provenance: The pay requests, motions and approvals for raises, hires and personnel changes were presented by Matthew Warnick, the public safety director and the presiding officer and were voted on during the meeting.