The Pope County Quorum Court approved a series of ordinances and resolutions for 2026 finance and administration during its December meeting, including the annual operating budget, provisions on county-paid employee insurance, and several appropriations and transfers.

Key votes at a glance
- Ordinance (millage/levy) — appropriating and levying millage taxes on property for collection in 2026: adopted after roll call.
- Ordinance — county-paid insurance rate for full-time county employees for 2026 (emergency declared): adopted after roll call.
- Ordinance — annual operating budget for calendar year 2026: adopted after roll call.
- Ordinance — appropriate $25,000 from the Passport Acceptance Fund to the general fund for the circuit clerk’s department: adopted.
- Ordinance — appropriate $21,000 from the commissioner’s fee fund to the circuit clerk’s department: adopted.
- Ordinance — appropriate $12,000 from the general fund for juvenile housing department: adopted.
- Ordinance — transfer of previously appropriated 2025 funds among departments and funds (circuit court division 1, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, library, road, EMS): adopted.
- Ordinance — reschedule select 2026 personnel/budget committee and quorum court meetings (emergency): adopted to avoid holiday conflicts.
- Ordinance — amend law library board ordinance to remove term/trial limits (emergency): adopted.
- Resolution — appoint/reappoint members to the Law Library Board (Braden Vaughn; Jacob Phillips; Timothy Murdoch; Clay McCall; Robert Beach): adopted (one justice recused from the vote due to a spousal name conflict).
- Resolution — interlocal agreement to provide for disbursement of district court costs and filing fees with neighboring municipalities: adopted.

Why it mattered: The actions set the county’s spending plan and administrative rules for 2026, confirmed small but specific appropriations that bring revenue into the general fund (passport fees, commissioner’s fee funds) and addressed meeting calendar conflicts. One appropriation ($12,000) was described as funding juvenile housing needs discussed previously by the department director.

What to watch next: Implementation tasks include inserting adopted ordinances in the official minutes and processing the identified transfers and appropriations. The court indicated it will publish the revised meeting schedule and circulate documents to members.

Attribution and detail: Where the transcript recorded roll calls and specific dollar amounts, those appear above. Some votes were announced by the chair as "ordinance adopted" after roll call; where individual tallies were not read in full, the clerk recorded adoption in the minutes.