KRS 441.225: Expenditures from jail budget -- Payment of jail personnel.

(1) Except for capital improvements, utilities and building insurance and except as

provided in subsection (2) of this section, the jailer shall have authority to authorize

expenditures from the jail budget. Such expenditures shall only be made in

accordance w ith the line item jail budget duly adopted or amended by the fiscal

court and the established county procurement code or purchase order procedure of

the county. Payment for purchases for the jail shall be subject to fiscal court

approval prior to payment. The fiscal court shall not withhold approval of payment

for jail expenditures which are within the jail budget and not unlawful.

(2) The jailer shall submit, in accordance with county payroll procedures, time reports

for all full -time and part -time jail pe rsonnel and employees to the county treasurer

or other designated payroll official. The county treasurer shall review and pay such

claims in accordance with policies and procedures for the payment of other county

employees.