The Todd County Fiscal Court on an unspecified date approved a series of routine financial actions, authorized recruitment steps for the county’s emergency management director and accepted a jail operations update.

Court leaders approved minutes from the Dec. 13 meeting and recorded a set of voice votes to move funds and adopt a budget amendment. Presiding Official (Speaker 1) led the session, asking members to approve motions after presentations by county staff.

Why it matters: The court’s votes release funds for immediate needs — including a $44,000 budget amendment for video arraignment equipment — and authorize a recruitment process for a key emergency-management position. Those moves affect near-term county operations and the start-of-year budget posture.

Most significant actions

- Ordinance 24-6 (budget amendment #2): Speaker 5 presented a $44,000 amendment for phase 2 of video arraignment equipment tied to prior work. The court moved to adopt Ordinance 24-6 and approved it by voice vote.

- Transfers to contingency and other routine moves: The court approved returning proceeds from a roll-off truck sale to contingency; the amount is unclear in the transcript and is recorded here as not specified. Members also approved moving $1,000 into the senior center account to cover shortfalls.

- Interlocal GIS/mapping agreement: The court voted to enter an interlocal mapping and GIS agreement with a vendor identified as 'Pat,' at a stated monthly fee discussed in the meeting as $4,000 per month. The motion carried on a voice vote.

- County clerk line transfers: County clerk Morgan (Speaker 4) requested three line-to-line transfers to cover employer-share retirement, training fringe, and miscellaneous lines due to overtime and payroll timing; the court approved those transfers.

- Operating advance for January: Speaker 7 requested an operating advance of $150,000 to begin work on Jan. 2; the court approved providing the funds.

- Personnel and hiring: Daniel (Speaker 6), the county’s emergency management director, announced his retirement; the court will advertise the vacancy, form a three-member selection committee and accept applications. Presiding Official said Daniel provided a job description as a starting point for recruitment.

Other business

- Jail operations: Jail official (Speaker 8) reported 108 inmates (42 county, 66 state), an average daily population of 64 in November, and receipts of $67,640.76 for housing. The official also reported receiving House Bill 556 funds for jail educational programming and handed a check for $2,761.64 to the county treasurer for outside work crew funds.

Quotes from the meeting

- On the budget amendment: 'So we have $44,000 that we need to expenditure out to the video arraignment people,' Speaker 5 said while presenting the item.

- On hiring: 'If anyone would like to see a copy of it, you can text me or whatever. I can email it to you,' Presiding Official (Speaker 1) said of the job description Daniel prepared.

What happens next

Court staff will file the appropriation/condition report with the Department for Local Government as the close of the second quarter. The county will advertise the emergency management director position and convene the selection committee to review applications. Follow-up meetings will include implementation steps for approved transfers and completion of the siren and jail projects where applicable.