MAGISTRATE BELIEVES CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT SHOULD SHRINK BY TWO MEMBERS

Christian Fiscal Court conducts business Tuesday/photo by Adam May

            CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT ISN’T THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT BODY IN THE COUNTY, BUT AT LEAST ONE MAGISTRATE BELIEVES THE GROUP SHOULD BE SMALLER.

            FIFTH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING TOLD COURT AT TUESDAY MORNING’S MEETING THAT HE’S BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS OF COUNTY LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND HAS FOUND CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT TO BE LARGER THAN MANY OTHER BODIES AT EIGHT MEMBERS.

            SQUIRE FLEMMING SAYS THE POLITICS COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS BY ELIMINATING TWO SEATS AS CURRENT MAGISTRATES DECIDE TO NOT RUN AGAIN OR RETIRE.

            THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY WOULD BE A SAVINGS OF FUNDS FROM TWO LESS SALARIES AND BENEFIT PACKAGES, ACCORDING TO FLEMMING.

            JUDGE-EXECUTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE TOLD COURT THEY COULD THINK ON THE MATTER AMONGST THEMSELVES AND COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE FOSTER COULD GIVE DETAILS ON THE PROCESS IF THEY SO DESIRED.

            IN OTHER BUSINESS, COURT TABLED THE JAIL’S QUARTERLY REPORT DUE TO WORDING ABOUT LEAKS IN THE JAIL ROOF. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE ROOF LAST YEAR AND MAGISTRATES BELIEVED THOSE STATEMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN ERROR.

            COURT ALSO APPROVED ALLOWING CONSTABLE MIKE HADDOCK AND DEPUTY CONSTABLE DICKEY REESE TO PLACE BLUE LIGHTS ON THEIR VEHICLES AS THEY COMPLETED THE MANDATED TRAINING.

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