Court hires grant writer and approves board appointments; one ethics re-appointment draws a dissent

After returning from closed session the Franklin County Fiscal Court authorized hiring Belinda Dimas as a grant writer; the motion passed unanimously.

The court approved the re-appointment of Marcia Garland to the Franklin County Ethics Commission with a term ending Jan. 1, 2027. The motion passed by a 6–1 vote; Squire Sherry Sebastian voted in opposition. The court removed from the agenda the item to re-appoint Charles Smith to the Ethics Commission (term ending Nov. 5, 2028). The court also approved appointment of Robert Hecker to the Paul Sawyier Public Library Board of Trustees for a term ending June 30, 2025; that motion passed unanimously.

The transcript records votes and term end dates where provided but does not include job descriptions, compensation for the grant writer position, reasons for the single dissent on Garland’s re-appointment, or the reason the Charles Smith item was removed from the agenda.