The Christian County Board met on Tuesday for their regular board meeting and for the most part, was business as usual. UTV’s in Christian County were discussed. Currently, UTV’s are only allowed to be used for farming. Even if this would pass the County Board, the individual townships would have to approve it. Mike Havera spoke about some of the concerns on township roads.

The motion was tabled and sent back to committee.

Matt Wells spoke on the executive, personnel, liquor, and legislative committee. Wells spoke about cannabis business establishments based on other counties.  Some counties had not done anything other than set a tax on it. The motion was tabled due to the discussion on windfarms.

The request to include a membership list from boards of which the County Board approves the appointments was tabled until the board could get a full list—something they were still working on.

Under the audit, finance, purchasing, and budget committee, Clark Pearce gave the agenda. Funds were transferred to pay for probation GPS method of payment through the end of the year. Audio and video for the County Board meeting room was also discussed and Pearce said the discussion would continue. 

The state’s attorney and public defender salary increase were discussed. The public defender position was moved to be a full-time position to make 90% of the state’s attorney and therefore eligible for reimbursement. The motion was approved. Under new business, the emergency declaration proclamation was extended. County Chairwoman Becky Edwards discussed a comprehensive economic development strategy document.

The motion was sent to the finance committee after a short discussion.

The next county board meeting is set for Tuesday, August 18th.