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Fiscal court approves $111,636 budget amendment; sets first readings for next fiscal year's budget and school resource officer agreement
Summary
Simpson County Fiscal Court passed a $111,636 amendment to the FY22/23 budget and advanced first readings of the FY23/24 budget and a school resource officer interlocal agreement; several votes split along the same five‑member pattern.
County Judge Executive Mason Barnes presided over the Simpson County Fiscal Court meeting on May 18, 2023, where the court approved a $111,636 amendment to the FY22/23 budget and advanced first readings on two new ordinances.
The court approved second reading and final passage of FY22/23 Budget Ordinance No. 220.250 Amendment No. 6, totaling $111,636.00. The clerk’s roll call recorded yes votes from Magistrates Jeffrey Burr, Marty Chandler, Scott Poston, Myron Thurman and Judge Executive Mason Barnes.
On first reading the court approved Ordinance No. 140.04, authorizing an amended Memorandum of Understanding/Interlocal Cooperation Agreement to provide and fund School Resource Officers for each school in the Franklin‑Simpson School System; Chandler, Poston and Barnes voted yes and Burr and Thurman voted no. The ordinance was presented for first reading only.
The court also approved the first reading of FY23/24 Budget Ordinance No. 220.251; recorded yes votes were Poston, Chandler and Barnes, with Burr and Thurman recorded as no. The vote on first reading does not enact the budget; it moves the ordinance forward for later consideration.
Votes at a glance: • FY22/23 Budget Ordinance No. 220.250 Amendment No. 6 — Passed (final passage); amount: $111,636.00; yes: Burr, Chandler, Poston, Thurman, Barnes. • Ordinance No. 140.04 (amended MOU for School Resource Officers) — First reading advanced; yes: Chandler, Poston, Barnes; no: Burr, Thurman. • FY23/24 Budget Ordinance No. 220.251 — First reading advanced; yes: Poston, Chandler, Barnes; no: Burr, Thurman.
The meeting record shows these were recorded roll‑call outcomes taken during the May 18 session. No additional votes to adopt the new FY23/24 budget or the SRO interlocal agreement were recorded at this meeting.
