Knott County approves minutes, hires, claims and routine transfers
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Summary
At its July 15 meeting, the Fiscal Court approved the minutes, hired a Justice Center custodian (Becky Hall), authorized vendor payments tied to the property buyout program, approved the claims list, accepted the treasurer’s report and approved routine transfers and procurement for election equipment cages.
The Knott County Fiscal Court approved multiple routine consent items during its July 15 meeting.
The court unanimously approved minutes from the July special call meeting and approved a resolution hiring Becky Hall as a full‑time custodian at the Justice Center at a base rate of $13.24 per hour plus benefits, to replace a staffer who left. The court approved a list of vendor payments tied to the property buyout program (title searches, appraisals, closing attorneys) and approved the claims list after staff noted several FEMA‑related invoices for road work.
Treasurer staff reported cash balances as of June 30 — General Fund $358,215.24; Road Fund $348,682.93; Jail Fund $26,362.47 — and noted FEMA receipts of about $566,008.67. The court approved standard monthly transfers and a standing resolution preapproving routine transfers. The court also approved procurement of locked cages to store voting machines and authorized adding two voting‑machine locations (one at the road department and one at the water plant).
Court members approved hiring seasonal campground staff to backfill an employee moving to full time, and they voted to move into closed session at the end of the meeting to address personnel/other items in private.
