Woodford County Fiscal Court approves routine bills, contracts and audits in Jan. 27 session

Woodford County Fiscal Court used its Jan. 27 remote session to handle multiple routine but consequential matters, including minutes, contracts, bills and an audit.

Key votes at a glance:

- Approval of Jan. 13 special and regular meeting minutes as corrected (voice vote).
- Authorized notice of contract termination to AMB for ambulance billing services, at the request of the judge executive and EMS director (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approved Johnson Controls renewal for annual fire-extinguisher inspection at the road department (unanimous).
- Approved the bills list without objection and specifically approved a Huffman acquisition claim for $476.61 and a Vance's Law Enforcement asset-forfeiture claim for $22,755 for the sheriff's office.
- Ratified the 01/18/2026 email approval for the PNC Visa statement as presented.
- Approved transfers and the personnel order as presented.
- Authorized allocation of funds to the Woodford County Foundation to assist survivors of the Macy Avenue apartment fire.
- Accepted the 2025 facility audit (transcript label 'KCOJ audit' but discussed in the meeting as audits from the Administrative Office of the Courts and their determinations about eligible reimbursement items); the treasurer explained that roughly $53,000 of submitted invoices were identified as ineligible/unauthorized by the AOC due to invoice coding and aggregation issues.

Treasurer: Madam Treasurer reported a county balance of $14,221,882.60. The court also approved an email-approval process to expedite payment of certain contractor invoices tied to snow/ice response.

The court handled these matters largely by unanimous voice votes and without extended debate; several items were routine appropriations or ratifications required by statute or audit process.