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Simpson County fiscal court approves $2.41 million budget amendment, temporary jail hires and accepts $78,500 HIDTA subaward
Summary
At its Dec. 20 meeting, the Simpson County Fiscal Court approved a $2,411,973.47 FY22/23 budget amendment, authorized two temporary jail hires that will briefly exceed the 35-FTE cap, accepted a $78,500 CY2023 Appalachia HIDTA subaward, advanced two transient room tax ordinances and approved multiple budget transfers and expenditures.
The Simpson County Fiscal Court on Dec. 20 approved a $2,411,973.47 amendment to the FY22/23 budget and advanced a slate of administrative and funding actions at a meeting in the Simpson County Historic Courthouse.
County Judge/Executive Mason Barnes opened the session and the court voted to adopt Amendment No. 3 to Ordinance No. 220.245 (FY22/23) on second reading and final passage. The amendment was approved on a motion by Magistrate Nathaniel Downey and a second by Magistrate Marty Chandler.
The court also authorized two temporary hires for the county jail — a commissary trainee to replace retiring employee Mary Beth Farley and a temporary replacement for a full-time deputy on one-year military deployment — on a motion by Magistrate Myron Thurman and a second by Magistrate Nathaniel Downey; the hires will…
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