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Warren County Fiscal Court approves jail budget, extends inmate medical contract and signs off on multiple routine bids and contracts
Summary
The Fiscal Court approved a one‑year extension for inmate medical services, the FY2026–27 regional jail budget, and a string of procurement awards and grant actions; magistrates also approved cost increases for two fire engines and several single‑source purchases.
Warren County Fiscal Court on March 26 approved a set of routine but consequential operational and financial items, including a one‑year contract extension for inmate medical services, the regional jail's FY2026–27 budget, multiple procurement awards and grant authorizations.
Magistrates approved an extension with Comprehensive Correctional Care for inmate medical services and then approved the jail's FY2026–27 budget. The jailer explained the contract increase was driven largely by additional services tied to opioid‑use disorder treatment — including 40 additional nursing hours per week and monthly counseling requirements — and that roughly $300,000 of the increase is expected to be reimbursed from opioid settlement funds. "One of the biggest things that this increase provides is another 40 hours of nursing a week... and that's something that's required by the ADA," the jailer said.
The court accepted multiple procurement awards and determinations, among them: a $41,800 award to SkyOP for a surveillance trailer for emergency management; a $22,770.60 award to Tomco Inc. dba Rental City for an ice‑rink stage/platform system; a $152,780 determination to IR Crown Rinks LLC for Soki ice rink installation/removal for 2026–27; and a $74,678.64 site‑improvement award to Scotty's Contracting and Stone for State Street properties. The court also approved a cost change that increased the combined price for two Spartan chassis structural fire engines to a new total of $1,648,568.30 and approved smaller single‑source or single‑quote purchases for training and equipment for the technical rescue and fire teams.
Other actions included authorization to pursue a Kentucky Pride Fund recycling grant, approval to sign a $34,484 Justice Assistance Grant memorandum of understanding to be split with the city, acceptance of a contract review at no cost with the Spy Glass Group, and approval of claims across county funds as read by the treasurer.
Votes: For routine agenda items where the clerk read the roll, the listed magistrates recorded affirmative votes. The court adjourned after final business.
What happens next: Several procurement items will move to contract execution and vendors; parks and jail staff will implement budgetary and operational changes discussed during the meeting.
