STAFF REPORT
Glasgow News 1
Barren County Fiscal Court magistrates have a full agenda for their 9 a.m. meeting on March 17.
After the usual department and committee reports, the seven county magistrates plan to acknowledge receipt of the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library audit, which was free of major errors and presented fairly the “financial position of the Barren County Public Library,” according to the report compiled by Campbells, Myers and Rutledge.
Magistrate are also expected to consider approving to invoices from Bluegrass and Associates for work on Oil Well and Ritters Mill roads. The amounts are $199,000 and $691,500 respectively, and both are being reimbursed through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to Barren County Deputy Judge-Executive Garland Gilliam.
The court is also set to take up the first reading of Ordinance 703, described as a budget amendment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, to acknowledge receipt of the proposed jail fund budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and a public hearing on the proposed discontinuance of State Quarry Road.
April 7 is the next Barren County Fiscal Court meeting.
Key Facts
• Barren County Fiscal Court scheduled to meet March 17 at 9 a.m.
• Officials to review February 2026 financial and fee reports from multiple county offices.
• First reading planned for Ordinance 703, a 2025-2026 budget amendment.
• Court expected to acknowledge receipt of the Barren County Public Library audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
• Proposed jail fund budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be presented.
• Public hearing scheduled on the proposed discontinuance of State Quarry Road.
• Large invoices listed for Oil Well Road and Ritters Mill Road projects.
• Jail bond payment and other claims and fund transfers also on the agenda.
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