Carlisle County Fiscal Court approves budget amendments, personnel hires and routine business

At its meeting, the Carlisle County Fiscal Court moved through a slate of routine but consequential administrative items, approving budget amendments for the sheriff’s office, personnel actions, equipment surplus and scheduling matters.

The court amended the sheriff’s 2024 budget to incorporate guard positions and related reimbursements that had not been included earlier; members then approved the related set‑salary motion (SEG 343–391). Court documents in the record show the amendment and the salary‑setting motions were made, seconded and carried by voice vote. The court also approved an incentive payment for a deputy (SEG 231–242).

Personnel actions included hiring Heather Talbert as a temporary, part‑time dispatcher (the transcript states she comes from Fulton County); the hiring motion was made and carried (SEG 146–156, 161–183). The clerk reported hiring to cover an upcoming retirement and presented the clerk’s 2025 budget and set salaries, which the court approved (SEG 803–861). The transcript references Robbie Garnett as a clerk office staff member (SEG 827).

Public safety and operations updates: the sheriff’s office reported 1,402 calls for the year and 54 for the month (SEG 451–452). The court also noted a task force award for body armor that will be administered through fiscal court and reimbursed (SEG 455–474). Road and solid waste staff reported vehicle problems, including a sanitation transfer truck with estimated repairs near $30,000; the court declared a 2003 GMC Sierra 2500 surplus so the county can proceed with disposition and consider replacement (SEG 253–261, 311–324).

Budget, meeting schedule and other routine items: the court completed a public hearing and second reading for budget amendment 51 and moved to adopt it (SEG 483–517). The court also set the 2025 holiday schedule (adjusting Christmas and New Year’s week observations) and moved regular fiscal court meetings to first and third Mondays at 8:30 a.m., beginning Jan. 6, to accommodate members’ schedules (SEG 758–801, 1018–1094). Court members recorded an RDAP award of $150,000 for lighting; the transcript states the industrial development board chairman will sign the contract (SEG 1118–1123).

Votes recorded in the meeting included standard voice‑vote approvals where recorded: approval of previous minutes, motions to amend and adopt budgets and salaries, declaration of surplus equipment, hiring of a temporary dispatcher, and acceptance of the playground committee’s procurement recommendation. Where the transcript recorded individual motion makers or seconds, the record has been noted (for example, "Lisa makes a motion" is listed in the transcript at SEG 386). The transcript records motions passing by voice vote; individual roll‑call tallies were not provided in the recorded segments.

The court adjourned at the end of the agenda (SEG 1617–1618).