Fiscal Court approves 2025 fee-office budgets, bonds and multiple board appointments

Montgomery County Fiscal Court approved several procedural financial items and board appointments during its Dec. 17 meeting, including 2025 fee-office budgets, bond approvals and multiple board appointments.

Key approvals: the court approved the Montgomery County Clerk’s 2025 fee office budget and set the clerk’s maximum spending amount for deputies and assistants at $700,250 for 2025. The court also approved the sheriff’s 2025 fee office budget and approved the sheriff’s stated annual maximum amount for deputies and assistants for 2025 as read in the record (the figure was recorded in the audio/transcript as “1,14,000” and was not clarified during the meeting). The court approved county bonds for 2025 and passed 2024 budget amendments for both the sheriff and the county clerk.

Board appointments: the court reappointed Victoria Arm's to a three-year term on the county Extension Board (term to Dec. 31, 2027); it accepted John Mor’s request to step off the Extension Board and appointed a pastor (read in record as “pastor back”) to the same board; it appointed Millard Anderson and Brian Bailey to two-year terms on the Solid Waste Board; Rebecca Morton was appointed to the Montgomery County Industrial Authority Board; and Shannon White was reappointed to the Reed Village Water District.

Procedural notes and next steps: the court approved a sheriff request to delay the sheriff office’s December salary support payment until Jan. 2, 2025 (amount recorded as $53,958.33). The treasurer explained how ARPA funds and one-time receipts (including sale of a county house) are being used across county projects and highlighted the Dec. 31 ARPA obligation deadline.

Votes at a glance: the meeting record shows voice votes approving budgets, bonds, budget amendments and appointments; motions were routinely seconded and recorded as carried.