Spencer County Fiscal Court authorizes handling of $300,000 state grant for Stigard historic house

Spencer County Fiscal Court voted to approve a resolution authorizing the county to receive and administer a $300,000 state budget allocation for renovation of the Stigard house, the court’s chair said.

The chair told the court that the allocation to the historic property appears in the state budget and that Department for Local Government paperwork requires an authorizing resolution from the governing body that will handle the funds. "The Stigard house got 300,000 in state budget and we are going to the money going to run through us through fiscal court," the chair said, noting he circulated DLG documents and would sign the paperwork after the court approved a resolution.

Why it matters: Authorizing the county to accept and administer the funds lets the county act as the fiscal agent for the project; county staff and the Department for Local Government will use the signed resolution to process and disburse the grant funds to the local foundation named in the documents provided to the court.

The motion to approve the resolution with the Department for Local Government was recorded as moved by Zach and seconded by Mike; members voted by voice and the motion passed. The chair said he would sign the paperwork and arrange for the county to send the executed documents to DLG.

The court’s earlier procedural action to return from executive session was moved by the chair and seconded by Zach and was approved by voice vote. After approving the resolution, the court moved, seconded and approved a motion to adjourn, and the meeting ended with brief informal remarks.

The documents circulated at the meeting referenced the "FE Felix Grundy Stigard Historic Preseration Foundation" (transcript spelling). The chair referred to the recipient in his remarks; the county record supplied at the meeting will be the governing source for the official project name and paperwork.