The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.
The court approved an ordinance on second reading that amends the 2024-2025 budget. Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said the amendment facilitates a $1 million Federal Community Development Block Grant for Family Scholar House.
District Four Magistrate Fred Clem attempted to motion to reintroduce a resolution drafted by the Hardin County Finance Committee to form “a steering committee to study land use evaluation of properties at the current and old landfill” after it was removed from Tuesday’s agenda ahead of the meeting. Taul said Clem’s motion was out of order as “only the judge/executive can establish or appoint committees of fiscal court per the administrative code.” Clem and Taul disagreed on Taul’s authority to refuse action on Clem’s motion.
In other meeting news, Hardin County Coroner Pat Elmore said during his report to the court that the coroner’s office handled 1,178 cases in 2024. That included 5 homicides and 78 accidents, of which just under half were overdoses.
Hardin County Sheriff John Ward told the court that in December and January the sheriff’s office made 215 arrests, issued 180 citations, and served 103 warrants. Ward encouraged drivers to remember to use caution and said in 2024 Hardin County was third in total fatal traffic accidents in Kentucky, and Ward noted a fatal accident Monday involving two commercial vehicles.
“We had a fatal accident on I-65 last night, one which was basically driver inattention, not speed related,” Ward said. “If anything, it was low-speed related, but it was driver inattention.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet March 11.
