Trigg County magistrates approved a resolution Monday evening to apply for a Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS) grant on behalf of the sheriff’s office.
Major Jimmy Godair told magistrates the grant is a part of the Law Enforcement Protection Program.
Godair adds the grant will cover all but $80 of the cost for the new ballistic vests. Magistrates unanimously approved the resolution, with Mike Wright absent from the meeting.
In other news, Godair notes the number of calls and cases opened within the department increased in August and September, some of which was attributed to a shortage of federal officers in the western portion of the county.
Over the same two month period, Animal Control Officer Torrie Davis answered over 200 calls and took 206 animals to the Christian County Animal Shelter.
During the meeting, resident John Oliver asked Judge-Executive Hollis Alexander why they took public comments off the fiscal court agenda earlier this year. Alexander says it was taken off because people like him were using it as a political platform.
Alexander adds all anyone has to do to make public comments is to call his office and be added to the agenda.
The next fiscal court meeting will be held Monday evening, October 21 at 6:00 in the basement of the Annex building.
