Christian County Fiscal Court met Tuesday via GoToMeeting for a regular meeting to get updates from the Christian County Animal Shelter and vote on a reappointment to the Solid Waste Authority Board.
During business, the court unanimously approved expenditures for the road and bridge fund, jail fund, LGEA fund, E-911 and health insurance.
The approved jail fund provides $1,080 for a total of 47.5 approved overtime hours in January.
In other court action, the court reappointed Henry Gould to the Solid Waste Authority Board for another four year term.
Irene Grace, Director of the Christian County Animal Shelter reported shelter business during the month of December 2020.
The “Born Alive Bill” (Born Alive Infant Protection Act), which was vetoed by Governor Andy Beshear in April, passed in the Kentucky Senate Thursday afternoon.
Senate Bill 9, which Senator Whitney Westerfield sponsored, would mandate that hospitals provide medical care for an infant “born alive” to preserve their life.
Westerfield told the News Edge he was thrilled to get approval from the Senate after Beshear’s veto.
The bill passed with a 32-4 vote and is headed to the state House of Representatives, where Westerfield thinks it will be approved later this week and put back on Governor Beshear’s desk for a signature into law.
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State Senator Whitney Westerfield has apologized for a text that has been linked to a request for clemency in the case of convicted sex offender Dayton Jones.
In a statement released Wednesday evening, Senator Westerfield said, “the decision to send a message on his family’s behalf asking for consideration of a commutation was, in hindsight, ill-informed, and for that, I am deeply sorry.” He added, “while most are not of such magnitude, in future constituent requests for pardon relief, I will be more judicious, and above all, I will make every effort to get the victim’s input.”
Westerfield mentioned he has received and acted on thousands of constituent requests in his time in the legislature. He reiterated he believed the commutation of Jones’ sentence to time already served was extremely disproportionate.