Grant County fiscal court approves clerk and sheriff budgets, declares surplus property
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Summary
Grant County Fiscal Court on Jan. 6 approved the county clerk’s and sheriff’s 2026 budgets, declared five metal license-plate cabinets surplus, and set a Jan. 20 meeting date; planning staff signaled a draft ordinance on solar farms expected in February.
The Grant County Fiscal Court on Jan. 6 approved the county clerk’s and sheriff’s 2026 budgets, declared five metal license-plate cabinets from the clerk’s office surplus and approved routine claims and transfers presented that day.
The court opened at 6:03 p.m. and, after roll call, voted to approve the Dec. 16, 2025 regular meeting minutes. The body then moved to item 6(a), approving claims against the general, road and jail funds plus transfers dated Jan. 6, 2026; that motion was adopted by voice vote.
On surplus property, the court reviewed a request from the county clerk’s office for five metal cabinets used to store license plates. The court declared all five cabinets surplus and authorized disposal or scrapping. "So with Tony Perkins with it, they can be disposed of," the presiding officer said during the surplus discussion.
County Clerk Colton Simpson presented his calendar-year 2026 budget and the related annual order setting maximum amounts for deputies and assistants. The presiding officer explained that the clerk operates on a calendar year and that the presented annual order is procedural; after brief questions and no substantive changes, the court approved the clerk’s budget and annual order.
Sheriff Dennis Weitzer presented his required county-year budget and the annual order setting maximum deputy and assistant salaries. The court discussed that the approved "maximum" line items establish caps that may be adjusted later when the fiscal-year budget is finalized; after review, the court approved the sheriff’s budget and related annual order.
In reports, the judge said the bridge on Kiefer Lawrenceville Road is open and said he will meet with the road supervisor and engineers about hydraulic studies for three bridge projects. He also said planning and zoning recently discussed solar farms and that a draft ordinance covering solar and data farms is expected to come through in February for first readings.
The court set its next meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at 6 p.m. and adjourned after a motion to close the meeting carried.
Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes (Dec. 16, 2025): motion carried by voice vote (ayes recorded). - Approval of claims and transfers (Jan. 6, 2026): motion carried by voice vote (ayes recorded). - Surplus declaration — five metal license-plate cabinets, Grant County Clerk’s office: motion carried by voice vote (ayes recorded). - Approval of County Clerk Colton Simpson’s 2026 budget and annual order setting maximum deputies/assistants: motion carried by voice vote (ayes recorded). - Approval of Sheriff Dennis Weitzer’s 2026 county-year budget and annual order setting maximum deputies/assistants: motion carried by voice vote (ayes recorded). - Adjournment: motion carried by voice vote.
The meeting record shows no formal roll-call tallies tied to individual names in the transcript excerpt; all contested items were approved by voice vote. The transcript does not specify dollar amounts in the published budget documents during the meeting discussion; those details were provided in materials distributed to the court.
