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Spencer County Fiscal Court approves grants, appointments, personnel changes and routine transfers
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting the Fiscal Court approved RAISE grant matching authorization, reappointed commission members, approved personnel and hiring requests, and authorized multiple budget transfers including $50,000 to the jail fund and $20,000 to MPCAA for senior services.
Spencer County Fiscal Court took a series of administrative and budgetary actions at its Feb. 5 meeting, approving grant applications, appointments, personnel changes and routine financial transactions.
Key votes and actions: the court authorized up to $100,000 from the county as part of a RAISE grant application with the City (an 80/20 match where the city also pledged $100,000); it approved a $20,000 payment to Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency (MPCAA) for senior services; reappointed Jacob Brown to the Planning & Zoning Commission (term through Feb. 29, 2028) and Greg Murphy to the Board of Adjustments (term through Jan. 31, 2028); and approved ethics-board reappointments for Hope Pierce and Linda Bennett.
Personnel and staffing actions included formally moving Abbigail Nation to part-time with a $16/hour rate, approving the County Attorney’s request to hire Sydney Boatright as a part-time law clerk/administrative assistant at $22/hour not to exceed 25 hours per week (term to be reevaluated annually), and a 3.4% salary increase for magistrates.
Financial housekeeping: the court approved routine invoices and transfers and recorded a number of fund movements, including a $50,000 transfer from the General Fund to the Jail Fund and smaller transfers to departmental accounts; the clerk flagged a Verizon invoice of $82.76 (election pollbook data usage) that was mislabeled in the register. Other administrative items approved or noted included allowing AMVETS month-to-month storage, approving first reading of an ordinance to adopt several Silo Farm subdivision roads into the county system, and tabling selection for a community-pavilion consultant.
Votes at a glance (selected): - MPCAA $20,000 allocation — approved (voice vote) - Jacob Brown reappointment (Planning & Zoning) — approved (voice vote) - Greg Murphy reappointment (Board of Adjustments) — approved (voice vote) - Magistrates salary increase 3.4% — approved (voice vote) - Approve hire of part-time law clerk Sydney Boatright at $22/hr — approved (voice vote) - Transfer $50,000 to Jail Fund from General Fund — approved (voice vote)
What’s next: departmental follow-up where required — e.g., County Attorney to onboard part-time hire; Clerk to correct invoice labeling in the register; building committee and county staff to coordinate items tied to capital projects and grant applications.
