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Henderson County fiscal court hears LGEA and County Road Aid budgets; no public comment
Summary
Treasurer Brenda Rider told the Fiscal Court the county expects $3,646,498 in LGEA revenues and about $1,282,400 in County Road Aid; the court held public hearings on both funds and received no public comment before closing the hearings.
Henderson County Judge/Executive Brad Schneider opened the June 9, 2026, Fiscal Court meeting and the court held required public hearings on two local funding streams. Treasurer Brenda Rider reported that the county's anticipated LGEA (Local Government Economic Assistance) revenue for fiscal year 2027 totals $3,646,498.00 and that the largest single source is projected to be coal severance at $3,000,000.00.
Rider described planned appropriations from the LGEA fund to support general health, sanitation, public safety, social services and a range of nonprofit programs and events, specifically listing volunteer fire departments, the 911 Communications Center, landfill operations, Canoe Creek maintenance, the Humane Society, the Boys & Girls Club, Human Rights programming, Habitat for Humanity, bussing for non-parochial students and senior-citizen programs. She said the LGEA revenue will come mainly from coal severance ($3,000,000), mineral tax severance ($250,000) and waste hauling franchise fees ($165,000).
On the County Road Aid hearing, Rider told the court Henderson County anticipates receiving about $1,282,400.00 in road-aid funds, which are primarily provided by state motor-fuel taxes and are designated for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of county roads. She said roughly 60% of the county's road aid is expected in August 2026, 30—25% in January 2027 and the remainder in July 2027; she also noted truck-license distributions from the state and transfers from the General Fund to the Road Fund as additional road funding sources.
Judge Schneider invited public comment three times during each hearing; no members of the public spoke for or against the county's planned uses of either fund. Each hearing was closed by voice vote without amendment.
The hearings fulfilled the statutory public-notice process for both funds; the court will proceed with budgeting and appropriations within those funds as previously presented to the Fiscal Court.
