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Spencer County Fiscal Court approves raises, invoices and transfers; executive session held
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Summary
The court approved a 2.9% cost-of-living raise for magistrates and the jailer, voted to approve invoices and transfers, raised basketball referee pay to $25 per game, and entered executive session under KRS at 11:08 a.m.; detailed invoice registers were presented.
At its Feb. 3 meeting the Spencer County Fiscal Court approved multiple personnel and fiscal measures, accepted a comprehensive set of invoices and transfers, and moved into executive session.
Personnel and wages: Judge Scott Travis moved to give a 2.9% cost-of-living raise to magistrates and the county jailer; Esq. Cotton seconded the motion and the court approved it by voice vote. The court also voted (motion by Esq. Travis, seconded by Esq. Pharris) to raise basketball referee pay from $20 to $25 per game; county officials noted the league is largely self-funded by registration receipts.
Invoices and transfers: The clerk and staff presented detailed invoice registers across county funds (General, Road, Jail and others). The registers list vendors and line items including utilities, maintenance, vehicle repairs, parks expenses, sanitation district invoices and multiple road-fund purchases. Notable items in the registers include Morton Salt deliveries across several invoices (totaling tens of thousands of dollars across entries), a Flynn Brothers invoice of $42,200 for road repairs, and a Wrap Technologies invoice for body cameras. The court approved all invoices, bills and transfers by voice vote after the motion to do so.
Interfund transfers and loans: The packet lists multiple internal transfers between reserve accounts and departmental lines; it also notes a $25,000 loan to the Spencer County Sanitation District recorded in the registers as approved at a prior meeting (Jan. 21, 2025). The court did not reopen prior loan approvals in the minutes excerpt but approved the current invoice register.
Executive session: Judge Travis moved to go into executive session under KRS 61.810(c) and (f) at 11:08 a.m.; the motion, seconded by Esq. Cotton, passed by voice vote; post-executive-session minutes were taken by County Attorney Corey Thomas.
Why it matters: the decisions affect payroll, vendor payments and road/maintenance budgets. Large purchases such as road repairs and bulk salt deliveries signal near-term operational expenditures for winter maintenance and repairs.
Next steps: departments will execute the approved vendor payments and complete the administrative recording of the personnel pay changes; the county attorney will handle any follow-up required from the executive session or vendor inquiries.