Marshall County Fiscal Court approves multiple board appointments and year-end transfers

The Marshall County Fiscal Court on June 30 approved a court-facilities reimbursement, a series of board appointments and year-end financial transfers before moving into executive session.

A motion to approve and sign the court-facilities reimbursement was made and approved by the court after a commissioner said the amount was “around what we budgeted for” and that the expense has been “pretty consistent” from year to year. The court then moved through several appointments and reappointments by voice vote.

Appointments approved included Corey Binham to the Board of Ethics (to fill the expiring term of Michael Man, term to expire June 30, 2030), Sandy David to the Marshall County Hospital Board (to fill the expiring term of Laurel Lauren Man, term to expire June 30, 2030), Gene Welch to the North Marshall Water Board (to fill the expiring term of James Leonard, term to expire June 30, 2030), Brian Jones to the Gilbertsville Fire Board (to fill the vacated seat of Kurt Smith, term to expire June 30, 2029) and Jeremy Joiner to fill a vacated position (term to expire June 30, 2028). The court also reappointed Mitch Adams and Ronnie Lovevet to the Marshall County Refuge Board and Larry Joe Draffen to the North Marshall Water Board, all with terms noted in the meeting record.

A commissioner offered public thanks to Jamie Leonard for years of service on the water board, stating, “His wealth of knowledge is gonna be missed,” and the court extended condolences to the family of Larry Ball, a former nuisance board member who died earlier in the week.

On finance matters, the court approved several year-end appropriation transfers described by staff as primarily interdepartmental adjustments needed because June 30 is the last day of the fiscal year. Staff also explained four bank transfers: three from the OTAA fund to subsidy accounts that needed budgeted support and a transfer from the payroll fund to the general fund to close the payroll fund for audit purposes; staff said that last transfer will reverse on July 1. A commissioner moved to approve the transfers and the court adopted the motion by voice vote.

The court approved a motion to pay the bills by voice vote. Before adjourning, the chair requested a motion to enter executive session to discuss litigation, personnel and economic development, citing statutory authority in the meeting record (transcript reference: KRS). The motion to enter executive session was approved, and the court subsequently moved to adjourn.

All procedural motions recorded in the meeting were approved by voice vote; the meeting record does not include roll-call tallies or individual recorded votes.

The court did not take final public action on the matters slated for executive session during the public meeting. Any formal outcomes resulting from that closed session were not included in the public transcript.