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The Butler County Fiscal Court met in regular session on Monday, June 11th at the Butler CountyCourthouse.  All magistrates were in attendance Stevie Givens, Jonny Tuck, Chad Tyree, David Whittinghill, and Bobby Moore.
Christina Dawson of SOKY Jobs gave a presentation to the court. In the November 13, 2017, meeting the court accepted the SOKY Jobs proposal for $19,500.
The SOKY Jobs proposal stated the scope of work would  include:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327), a bill Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced earlier this year to combat the ongoing national opioid crisis.

A business education program will be coming to the Butler County Area Technology Center for the 2018-19 school year.  According to Principal Ray Hammer, the program will pursue a Financial Services Pathway.  Teaching certification is required the employee will be a member of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.  Starting salary will be a minimum of $41,750.  

Below is the official posting for the position.   

K-T Instructor Rank III (Business and Office Technology) 

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis. Courthouse information contained in this article is a matter of public record. The following information is from the Butler County Clerk and Circuit Clerk’s offices and covers April 24- May 31, 2018.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (June 8, 2018) – The expected traffic impacts in District 3 for June 11 through June 15 are listed below. All work is subject to change.

This past Saturday marked the 14^th season opening celebration for the Green River Museum in Woodbury, KY and according to Museum Board Chairman, Tommy Hines, the event was the largest attended opening since the board formed in 2003.

One hundred fifty students graduated from Butler County High School on Friday, June 1^st, at 7:30 p.m. Superintendent Scott Howard, members of the Butler County Board of Education, and members of Butler County High School’s Site Base Decision Making Council led the processional into the high school gymnasium.

Morgantown Utilities received a grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials in the amount of $4,767 for fluoridation to the water system.

Elizabethtown, KY (May 30, 2018) – Bluegrass Cellular has announced the 15 recipients of their annual Bluegrass Cellular Scholarship Program. This initiative supports local, college-bound high school graduates and annually awards $22,500 in scholarships to help local students further their educations.