Sheffield v. Graves

OPINION

WINE, Judge:

These consolidated appeals are taken from judgments of- the Monroe Circuit Court and the Ohio Circuit Court. At issue is the effect of amendments to Kentucky Revised Statutes (“KRS”) 64.530(3) and 186.040(6) on the relationship between the fiscal courts and the county clerks. Teresa M'. Sheffield, the Monroe County Clerk, and Bess T. Ralph, the Ohio County Clerk, filed suit against their respective county judge/executives and fiscal courts, arguing that the statutory revisions released them from the financial control of the fiscal courts. The Monroe Circuit Court ruled in…