The Bracken County Fiscal Court used its regular meeting to clear a slate of routine business, approving the prior meeting minutes, several interfund transfers and vendor claims, and making library board appointments.

The court approved the minutes of the Oct. 23, 2024 meeting, and then conducted a first reading of a budget amendment proposed by County Treasurer Lois Garrison. The amendment would move sheriff and county clerk payroll through the county payroll system to allow the treasurer to produce required monthly reports; the amendment requires a second reading at a future meeting.

Appointments to the Bracken County Library Board were approved: Lee Sasseler was appointed to a four-year term effective Jan. 16, 2025, and Evelyn Cooper was reappointed to a four-year term effective Jan. 16, 2025; Heather Brumley abstained from the Cooper reappointment, saying Cooper is her aunt.

The court approved multiple interfund transfers (including transfers into the general fund and the jail fund and dispatch/911 fund) and approved general fund, road fund, jail fund and county clerk vendor claims. During discussion magistrates asked about a $10,000 veterinarian expense for the animal shelter and the progress of the animal-shelter expansion, which remains under discussion.

Other business included an update on volunteer fire departments' efforts to fund a new fire truck and the installation of a DMR radio system for emergency responders. The court adjourned after discussing December scheduling options.