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Spencer County Fiscal Court discusses proposed insurance-premium fee increase; residents object, court takes no action
Summary
At a Dec. 9 special meeting, several residents told the Spencer County Fiscal Court they oppose a proposed increase to the Insurance Premium Fee; magistrates and the judge discussed budget impacts for 2020–2021 but made no change to the fee and took no formal action.
The Spencer County Fiscal Court convened a special meeting on Dec. 9, 2019, to discuss a proposed increase to the Insurance Premium Fee and how it might affect the county's 2020–2021 budget. The meeting began at 5:30 p.m. in the Fiscal Court meeting room at 28 East Main St., Taylorsville, and the minutes record that a quorum of court members was present.
Several residents addressed the Court during the citizen-input portion to state their opposition to raising the Insurance Premium Fee, arguing that an increase would place an undue burden on local taxpayers. The transcript records that "several citizens" came before the Court but does not list individual names or verbatim quotations for those comments.
The minutes indicate that the Magistrates and the Judge each spoke during a discussion of the proposed fee increase and its anticipated impact on the county's 2020–2021 budget preparation. The record describes a discussion among court members but does not show any formal motion to change the fee or any vote on the fee itself. As a result, no policy change or budget directive regarding the Insurance Premium Fee was adopted at this meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:14 p.m. after a motion to adjourn was made by Esq. M. Moody and seconded by Esq. Beaverson; the minutes state that all members of the Court present voted "aye." The minutes are attested at the end of the record with the name of the Spencer County Judge Executive, John Riley, and the Spencer County Clerk, Lynn Hesselbrock, and are dated in December 2019.
No next steps, formal referrals, or scheduled follow-up on the Insurance Premium Fee are recorded in the minutes; the transcript indicates only that the topic was discussed in a work session format and that no action was taken at this special meeting.
