Garrard County, Kentucky v. Kevin Middleton

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

Garrard County is one of those Kentucky counties that has an elected county jailer but does not operate a county jail. The Garrard Fiscal Court voted before the jailer’s- election to fix the amount of the jailer’s salary for the new term at an amount lower than that set for the incumbent jailer. After the election, the newly elected jailer sued the fiscal court, alleging that it was statutorily powerless to reduce his pay. The trial court ruled that the fiscal court had the authority to increase, or reduce the amount of the jailer’s salary before the…