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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.
Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul discussed the White House’s approval of Public Assistance to assist with recovery from April severe weather.
“That is big news, and good news for the counties involved, including our county, with a lot of expenses associated with the damage that we incurred primarily on two roads and then other expenses associated with that,” Taul said
A resolution approving a task order and disaster aid services agreement with ER Assist Inc. was approved in order to assist with processing FEMA claims.
The court also approved a resolution approving a lease agreement with Stryker. The seven-year agreement valued at about $126,000 a year will cover the replacement of several accessibility devices that are at the end of their service life.
An amendment to the 2025-2026 county budget was also approved on its second reading.
“This was primarily to pay for our ambulances, so $1.3 million, and library unspent money at $264,000, and a couple other vehicles at $130,000,” Taul said.
In other meeting news, Hardin County Jailer Josh Lindblom said in July the detention center took in 528 inmates and released 532, with a daily average population of 579. Inmates worked 10,364 hours, including collecting 2,110 bags of trash along 130.4 miles of county roadways.
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt said the adoption rate has increased some but the shelter is still dealing with overpopulation, particularly concerning large dogs.
“Last Friday we had 74 dogs that were over 50 pounds and 53 cats,” McNutt said. “Right now, we’re running a special. We’re doing our best to get them adopted, to get them home and to increase our live release rate, which is really important to the staff and the community.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet August 26.
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