Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio
Feb 9, 2021 9:43 AM
Implementation of a new pandemic utility assistance program continued with Christian Fiscal Court Tuesday morning and Jailer Brad Boyd says Kentucky jailers are pursuing an increase in the per diem they receive for housing state inmates.
Amy Frogue says Christian Fiscal Court is applying for $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant COVID Utility Assistance and households will be able to go to the PACS office and apply for assistance with overdue utility bills.
Frogue says Christian County will be able to apply for a second round if the first $200,000 is exhausted.
Jailer Boyd’s updated policy and procedure manual and the jail fee schedule were approved without dissent and Boyd says the state jailers’ association is pushing the state to increase the daily amount it pays local jails to house state inmates.
Christian Fiscal Court heard several reports during a relatively routine virtual meeting Tuesday morning.
Animal Shelter Director Irene Grace says 180 cats and dogs were accepted and 243 found homes in December. She says the shelter has resumed accepting owner releases again, but it’s by appointment only.