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Spencer County Fiscal Court moves to pay down debt, approves employee raises and hires two road workers
Summary
Magistrates voted to prioritize paying county debt, approved a 3% raise for employees with at least one year of service (Judge Riley opposed), and authorized hiring two road department employees with standard probationary and screening conditions.
During lengthy budget deliberations on July 7, Magistrate Mike Moody moved that the county pay off debt instead of adopting the Judge’s presented pay-rate plan; the court debated the procedural question and the motion was ultimately recorded as approved.
Magistrate Moody also proposed a 3% pay increase for employees who have been with the county at least one year; the motion passed by majority with Judge Riley voting no. The meeting record includes a detailed table of account-by-account salary estimates for FY 2021–22 and a line-item budget summary; several specific employee pay-rate entries were in the packet but not the subject of separate roll-call votes.
The court approved hiring two road employees, Tyler Stidham and Jason Matte, at $14 per hour with a 90-day probationary period, subject to drug testing and background checks. The court also authorized routine invoice payments and transfers after reviewing the invoices register and an added page that had been omitted from the packet earlier.
Finance material presented included a long invoice register listing multiple vendors and a multi-year tabulation of cash balances; the packet also recorded transfers among funds. The court approved paying the invoices and completing the transfers noted in the register on a motion by Magistrate Mike Moody.
