The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.
The court approved an ordinance approving annual standing orders to pre-approve certain recurring expenses.
“We had one of these similar last meeting,” said Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul. “This is kind of a continuation of that of some items. They are all ARPA project funds for DLG, so that’s what’s on this one.”
Hardin County Jailer Josh Lindblom said January saw 461 intakes, 441 releases, and an average daily count of 554. Detention center inmates worked 10,124 hours, including the collection of 596 bags of trash along 50.2 miles of county roads.
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt said 394 dogs were adopted in January, 171 were returned to owners, and 71 were rescued. McNutt said the shelter did not hit the required benchmark for no-kill status in 2024, and the euthanasia rate at the shelter is up to 14 percent.
“We’re doing everything we can,” McNutt said.” It’s just, when you don’t got homes and you still are mandated to take in animals, a lot of these animals that we’re talking about are either sick, elderly or aggressive, and I’ve told y’all before, if I wouldn’t put it in the backyard beside my grandson, I’m not going to put it beside one of the citizens.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet February 25.
