Trigg County Judge-Executive Hollis Alexander shared a list of expenditures during the recent Trigg County Fiscal Court meeting that included $10,000 in ambulance grant funding for Trigg County Hospital, $18,825 to Christian County for boarding inmates, $9,250 to Pennyrile Allied Community Services for the Trigg County Senior Citizens Center and a payment of $59,461.25 to the Pennyrile District Health Department.
The meeting on Jan. 19 took place a day after the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday, with magistrates meeting at their regular meeting location in the fiscal courtroom at the Trigg County Courthouse.
Alexander noted that the expenditures, totaling $227,858.75, were up quite a bit, but he pointed out that the total included a lot of quarterly payments, like that to the health department, for example.
Trigg County Judge-Executive Hollis Alexander says he is not pleased with the regional COVID-19 vaccination plan.
Judge Alexander says he is hearing comments from several residents of the county who are concerned about having to drive to another county receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
New Trigg County Chamber of Commerce Membership Director Beth Sumner said she thinks itâs important to invest in the community and one another to encourage growth in the community.
âI do think a big piece of it is figuring out what the communityâs needs are and the businesses and how to bring those about,â said Sumner, a Cadiz resident who is retired from Trigg County Public Schools.
Sumner previously worked 27 years with the school district, the last 16 at the districtâs central office, where she retired in September of 2020 from her position as assistant superintendent of instruction.
The chamberâs board of directors voted unanimously to choose Sumner to succeed Connie Allen, with Chamber President Ashley Johnson noting that Sumnerâs qualifications and her work with the school board had an impact on the chamber boardâs decision to hire her as the next membership director.
Trigg County Hospital will not receive any new COVID-19 vaccine doses in the near future but will be distributing the second round of vaccinations for those who
Trigg County Hospital has administered 200 COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers and first responders after receiving its initial shipment of the vaccines on Dec. 23. The hospital will continue