The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.
Humane World for Animals Kentucky Director Todd Blevins attended the meeting in order to recognize the Radcliff Police Department, Hardin County Animal Care and Control, and the Ninth Judicial Circuit’s Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office with the organization’s 2025 Humane Law Enforcement Award.
“We present our Humane Law Enforcement Awards to agencies across the country that do exemplary work to highlight animal cruelty and, more importantly, prosecute it and make sure that justice is served,” Blevins said.
The award was presented to the three offices in recognition for their work investigating and prosecuting the Morgan Barrick case, which saw the Radcliff woman convicted on multiple counts of Animal Torture.
“We normally present it to an agency, but we felt it was important in this case to present awards top to bottom because this was a case in which from the time of investigation all the way through prosecution, the work was exemplary,” Blevins said.
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt said the investigation work on the case was “hands down, perfect” and said a great amount of time and energy went towards the case.
“With two and a half years of taking care of the same 14 animals, there’s bonds that are built,” McNutt said. “It was a labor of love by each of the kennel techs that are represented here today. I can’t say enough about the work that this staff does.”
Detective Kenneth Mattingly accepted on behalf of the RPD, and Eric Carr accepted on behalf of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
In other meeting news, Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul thanked county employees who devoted extra time to supporting response and recovery efforts following the winter storms, and Taul expressed his appreciation for the patience of county residents.
“It’s been rough, and I just wanted to say I’m sorry for all of the inconveniences and the issues that people have had to deal with,” Taul said. “Between the roads and garbage collection, it has been rough.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet February 24. The first Hardin County Town Hall Forum of the year, rescheduled from January due to the weather, will be held in the fiscal courtroom on February 23.
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