Spencer County Fiscal Court approves interlocal drug task force agreement, ABC administrator contract and several budget actions

The Spencer County Fiscal Court voted on a package of agreements and routine fiscal items at its Dec. 2 meeting in Taylorsville. The court approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Taylorsville and the sheriff to form a Joint Special Law Enforcement Drug Task Force; it also approved a contract to have the county’s Alcohol Beverage Control administrator serve as the City of Taylorsville’s ABC Administrator Designee and raised that administrator’s pay to $460 per month.

The minutes show motions and recorded votes for each item. The contract with the City of Taylorsville was approved on a motion by Esq. Travis, seconded by Esq. Brewer; the pay increase for the ABC Administrator was approved in the same set of actions. The interlocal drug-task-force agreement—approved after the County Attorney said the draft was revised with assistance from the Department for Local Government’s counsel—designates the sheriff as the employer of the special law-enforcement officer, with the sheriff paying salary and benefits and the city providing a vehicle and operating costs. The agreement includes a termination date of Dec. 31, 2022, subject to earlier 30-day notice, and describes how cash or cash-equivalent seizures would be split between city police and the sheriff depending on which agency received the tip.

Separately, the court adopted a Rural Secondary Program resolution to accept a set of county roads into the county system and to execute a program agreement with the Commonwealth’s Transportation Cabinet. The minutes record that Magistrate M. Moody moved and Magistrate Beaverson seconded the resolution, which includes a specified list of county routes and mileage.

The court also declared a list of former sheriff dispatch and office equipment surplus (including a Nicecall Focus III recording system and several computer towers and a copier) and approved the payment of invoices, purchases and transfers. The minutes note transfers to cover prior commitments and shortfalls, such as $2,250 for a previously committed project, $2,000 for sheriff uniforms, $1,000 for EMS office supplies and $1,600 to cover a sheriff audit expense.

On procedural items, the court approved the minutes of prior meetings. The Nov. 18 minutes were approved unanimously; the Nov. 26 special-called meeting minutes were approved with Magistrate M. Moody recorded as abstaining.

The court adjourned at 9:59 a.m.; the minutes include a fiscal-year cash-balance summary for the General, Road and Jail funds.