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Franklin County fiscal court: minutes approved, payroll correction OK'd, waste-tire grant and road-aid resolution pass; firefighter hired
Summary
At its May 27 work session the Franklin County fiscal court approved several routine items — including a $2/hour pay correction for the assistant chief jailer, a waste-tire grant application and a county road-aid contract — and hired a new firefighter, while tabling the exterior painting contract.
Franklin County’s fiscal court moved through routine agenda business and several votes during its May 27 work session, approving minutes, personnel and grant actions and tabling a contested painting contract for further clarification.
Minutes: The court approved minutes from the May 13 regular meeting; the transcript records one recorded “nay” vote but does not identify the voter by name.
Pay correction for assistant chief jailer: The court approved a pay correction for Assistant Chief Jailer Richard Lame, presented as a $2/hour increase that the presenter said is included in the current and upcoming budgets and would not require a budget amendment. HR representative Miss Francis and Chief Richard Lame were present; the court cited comparable salaries from nearby counties during the discussion.
Grants and resolutions: The court unanimously approved filing an application for the 2026–27 waste tire grant (maximum $4,000 available to counties to recycle county-collected tires) and adopted the annual county road-aid co-op program contract with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, a routine formality for accepting roads into the county system.
Hiring: The court authorized hiring Spencer Blancet as a firefighter and welcomed him to the county fire department.
Budget items and treasury: Amy presented the first reading of Budget Amendment Number Five (an amendment totaling $789,720 that raises the budget to $74,728,715 excluding capital and federal projects); it was a first reading only, with no vote. The treasurer reported 10 months of receipts through April 30 ($40,238,143) and expenditures ($39,983,745), leaving a fund balance of $29,900,753.
Procedural notes: The court voted to go into closed session under KRS 61.810 for deliberations on prospective real property acquisition and potential litigation/employee matters, then returned to open session and completed the remaining agenda votes including budget transfers, payment of claims and adjournment.
The court also directed staff to bring back clarifications on the exterior-painting RFP at the next meeting on June 10, 2026; that item was tabled.
