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Simpson County Fiscal Court approves 2024 clerk and sheriff budgets, updates county code of ethics and signs required bonds
Summary
At a Jan. 3 special-called session, Simpson County Fiscal Court accepted the 2024 budgets for the county clerk and sheriff (each including a 3% pay raise), passed a Code of Ethics update and approved bonds required under state law; the court also authorized small budget transfers and approved bills and claims.
FRANKLIN, Ky. — At a special-called meeting Wednesday, Jan. 3, the Simpson County Fiscal Court approved the county clerk’s and sheriff’s 2024 budgets, adopted an update to the county Code of Ethics and signed two bond approvals required for law-enforcement operations.
The court accepted County Clerk Austin Johnson’s 2024 budget of $6,588,255, which includes a 3% across-the-board employee pay increase. The panel also approved an annual order setting the maximum amount for the clerk’s deputies and assistants at $441,567. The motions to accept the clerk’s budget were made by Magistrate Myron Thurman and seconded by Magistrate Jeffrey Burr and passed with all voting members in favor.
The court likewise accepted Sheriff Jere Dee…
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