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Spencer County Fiscal Court recommends addressing Animal Control director’s employment after executive session
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Summary
At a March 6 special called meeting the Spencer County Fiscal Court entered executive session to discuss litigation and personnel matters; after returning to open session Judge Executive John Riley said the court recommends deciding the Animal Control director’s employment at the next regular meeting. Motion records show the court entered and exited executive session and then adjourned.
Spencer County Judge Executive John Riley said the Fiscal Court recommends that the question of the Animal Control director’s employment be addressed at the court’s next regularly scheduled meeting, after the court met in executive session on March 6.
The special called meeting, held at the Fiscal Court meeting room, 28 East Main Street in Taylorsville, was noticed for 5:30 p.m. and said it would move to executive session under KRS 61.815 and KRS 61.810(c) and (f) to discuss "proposed or pending litigation" and "discussions or hearings which might lead to the appointment, discipline, or dismissal of an individual employee." Spencer County Clerk Lynn Hesselbrock recorded roll call; Magistrate/Esq. Brewer was noted as absent.
Esq. Beaverson moved to go into executive session, and Esq. Travis seconded. "With all members of the Court present voting 'aye', except Esq. Brewer, who was absent, it is hereby ordered to go into executive session" at 5:31 p.m., the minutes state. The court returned to open session at 6:41 p.m. after a motion by Esq. Travis and a second by Esq. Beaverson, again recorded as carrying with the same voting pattern.
After returning to open session, Judge Executive John Riley read a recommendation: "based on the language of our Administrative Code, the discussion we had in Executive session meeting it is the recommendation of the Court to determine this position of Animal Control Director's employment at our next regularly scheduled meeting." The minutes record no formal vote on the employment decision at this special meeting.
The meeting concluded when Esq. Beaverson moved to adjourn, Esq. Travis seconded, and the motion carried; adjournment was recorded at 6:42 p.m.
The meeting notice and minutes cite Kentucky Revised Statutes sections KRS 61.800–61.850 and the executive-session authorities KRS 61.815 and KRS 61.810(c) and (f) as the legal basis for the closed-session discussion. No additional details about the litigation or the personnel matter were included in the minutes.