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Simpson County Fiscal Court orders P&Z administrator to return to courthouse or face dismissal
Summary
After an executive-session personnel discussion on May 12, 2025, Simpson County Fiscal Court approved an ERRC recommendation requiring the county Planning & Zoning administrator to report to the P&Z office in the Historic Courthouse by 8:00 AM May 13 or face immediate dismissal; the motion passed 3–2.
Simpson County Fiscal Court voted on May 12, 2025, to require the county planning and zoning (P&Z) administrator to return to the P&Z office in the Simpson County Historic Courthouse by 8:00 AM on Tuesday, May 13, or face immediate dismissal, following a closed-session personnel discussion.
The decision came after the court met in executive session under Kentucky Revised Statutes KRS 61.810(c) (proposed or pending litigation) and KRS 61.810(f) (personnel matters). The court entered the closed session at 8:31 AM and reconvened at 9:22 AM; the public record notes the subject as ongoing personnel issues involving the P&Z administrator.
The action implemented a recommendation from the Employee Recommendation and Resolution Committee (ERRC), which the transcript identifies as an interlocal committee composed of the County Judge and the City Manager as specified by the county’s interlocal agreement with the city. According to the court record, the ERRC had agreed that the administrator should immediately return to the P&Z Office in the Historic Courthouse; the record states the administrator refused that recommendation when it was presented.
Magistrate Marty Chandler moved to approve the ERRC recommendation; Magistrate Scott Poston seconded. The motion carried with Judge/Executive Mason Barnes, Magistrate Marty Chandler and Magistrate Scott Poston voting yes and Magistrates Jeffrey Burr and Myron Thurman voting no. The court’s action states that failure to report to the Historic Courthouse by 8:00 AM on May 13 would be grounds for immediate dismissal based on the ERRC recommendation.
The special-called meeting was convened by County Judge/Executive Mason Barnes at 8:30 AM in the Simpson County Historic Courthouse. The court recorded the presence of Magistrates Jeffrey Burr (West), Marty Chandler (East), Scott Poston (North), Myron Thurman (South), County Attorney Sam Phillips and Fiscal Court Clerk Sydney Downey; Treasurer Nicole Law was absent. A separate motion to enter executive session (moved by Chandler, seconded by Poston) passed unanimously before the personnel discussion. The meeting adjourned at 9:25 AM after a final motion to adjourn by Chandler, seconded by Burr.
The court record cites the interlocal agreement with the city as the procedural framework for ERRC recommendations and invokes KRS 61.810 for the executive-session authority. The minutes refer to an attachment filed with the record; the attachment was noted but not included in the transcript provided. The transcript contains no verbatim quotes from individual speakers; the actions and votes are recorded in the meeting minutes.
