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Court sets treasurer training incentive to follow HB 810; direct-deposit proposal stalls after staff survey
Summary
The court voted to apply House Bill 810 training standards (40 hours annually) to the county treasurer's training-incentive program; a separate proposal to shift to direct deposit was deferred after employee surveys showed no majority support.
County Treasurer Lois Garrison briefed the Bracken County Fiscal Court on a training-incentive included in the current fiscal-year budget and asked the court to set required documentation and hours so the incentive could be processed.
Garrison said many counties follow House Bill 810 standards for training credits (40 hours annually). After discussion, Magistrate Debbie Mayfield moved — and Sandy Ruff seconded — a motion to set the treasurer’s training-incentive requirements to follow House Bill 810; the motion passed unanimously on roll-call votes. Court members agreed the initiative should track training documentation in the treasurer’s personnel file and be administered on a fiscal-year basis beginning July 1, 2026.
Garrison also reported on two staff surveys about instituting direct deposit. An initial 2025 survey showed majority support for direct deposit, but a final follow-up found 27 employees in favor and 29 opposed. She explained that implementation would require standardizing pay periods (one-week initial hold to align cycles) and that bank partners indicated no processing fee for direct deposit. Garrison also provided per-transcript figures for current check-processing costs (transcript statements: $0.30 per check; about 130 checks per month), and summarized approximate monthly and annual paper-payroll costs as stated in her report. Based on employee responses and the operational change required, the court left the direct-deposit proposal unadopted and asked future administrations to revisit it.
The treasurer and court discussed documentation procedures: employees would submit training receipts to the judge’s office for filing in the employee folder, and the court would vote to approve incentives when the treasurer documents completion of required hours.
