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The Bullitt County Fiscal Court is the elected governing body of Bullitt County, Kentucky. It usually meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month in Shepherdsville. Meeting video is recorded by the county's own YouTube channels. See also the official county website.
Every meeting the court has recorded, summarized and searchable. Results link straight to the moment it was said on video.
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The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 15, 2026. It approved the minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and the bills, then heard a request to fund a skate park pump track in Mount Washington. County Judge Summers said the county cannot afford the $50,000 contribution. Magistrates suggested a smaller amount might be possible later, once property taxes come in. The court proclaimed…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 1, 2026. It opened by hiring Anita Stump as the new county treasurer, starting the next morning with training in Hardin County. The court then approved the minutes of the August 18 regular and special meetings and the bills. Family court judge Monica Meredith spoke about her background ahead of the election. Three zoning ordinances (2622, 2623 and…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 18, 2026. It approved the August 4 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the treasurer's report. County Clerk-elect Debbie Johnson introduced herself and described her transition plans ahead of taking office in January. The court held first readings of two ordinances. Ordinance 2620 would repeal ordinance 1612 and reset the enhanced…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met August 4, 2026. It approved the July 21 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, then heard public comment on animal seizure complaints, the county's data center regulations and a proposed Texas Gas pipeline. Speakers asked for a public meeting, a letter to FERC and a moratorium on gas pipelines. The court held the first reading of Zoning…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 21, 2026. Routine business was approved first: the July 7 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the fiscal year 2025-26 financial settlement report. Several residents spoke about data centers, citing concerns over water, wildlife, noise and pollution. Others raised a driveway/drainage pipe permit dispute on a property owned by Danny…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 7, 2026, and opened with thanks to Pastor Nick and Impact Church for helping flood victims. The church has been distributing supplies at the Shepherdsville gym after the flooding the previous weekend. The court approved routine business: the June 16 and June 23 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, and all bills. It paid the Board of Assessment…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on June 23, 2026 to give final approval to the 2026-2027 county budget and related items. The court adopted the budget on second reading as Ordinance 2615. The total across all funds is $42,051,494, down from about $43.17 million, a cut of almost $1 million. The general fund is $17,311,148. The only major purchase in the budget is the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 16, 2026, and approved routine business: the June 2 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the treasurer's report, each by unanimous vote. Richard Luchi asked the court to consider a county ordinance restricting commercial vehicles on county roads. He also asked it to request that the state transfer Old Preston Highway in Hillview to…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met June 2, 2026. Routine business was approved first: the May 19 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, each by unanimous roll call. The court thanked Phil Barnhart for three years representing it on the Mount Washington Fire Protection District. It accepted the lone bid, from Rumpke, for Dumpster Days at roughly $63,000 (priced by the pound, with…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met May 19, 2026. It approved routine items including the prior minutes, the treasurer's and transfer reports, and all bills, with every recorded vote in favor. A Hillview-area resident, a Vietnam veteran, raised safety concerns about heavy truck traffic on Hein Lane from a site being cleared for a proposed truck parking lot. County staff said the developer's site…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 5, 2026, approved the April 21 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and the bills, and heard updates on FEMA reimbursements from the February 2025 storms. The county received money back for debris removal, emergency protective measures for fire departments, EMA and EMS, and for roads and bridges. About $207,000 is still pending. Charles Spalding of…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 21, 2026. Routine business was approved first: the April 7 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the treasurer's report. Every vote was unanimous. A Beech Grove Road resident raised safety concerns about speeding, semi trucks and blocked intersections. Officials said the road is a state highway, so the county cannot regulate it. They…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met April 7, 2026. It approved the March 17 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, and heard a reminder from the Chamber of Commerce about a candidate forum on April 23 and a casino night on April 24. Health Department director Rob presented the unchanged health tax rate of 24 cents per $100, which needs no court action. He also described plans for…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 17, 2026. It opened with routine business: minutes from March 3, the treasurer's transfer report, bills and the treasurer's report were all approved. The court recognized Nichols Fire Department and county EMS crews for a February 8 save of an unresponsive man. It also heard updates from the Soil Conservation District, the Special Operations rescue…
The Fiscal Court met on March 3, 2026. It approved the February 17 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, and the bills, each by unanimous roll call. Most of the night went to Highway 44. Residents near Watergate Road described repeated crashes, drop-offs at the road edge, erosion and flooding near the new paintball facility, and unanswered calls to the state. The sheriff said dispatch records…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 17, 2026, and quickly approved routine business: the February 3 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the treasurer's report. All votes were carried with every magistrate voting yes. The Bullitt County Public Libraries announced a free Kentucky Science Center exhibit at the Central Library on Conestoga, running through May 30,…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 3, 2026. It approved the January 20 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, each by unanimous vote. Crystal O'Brien of Bikes with Wings asked the court for $50,000 toward a $200,000 pump track expansion at the Lindsay Duvall skate park in Mount Washington. The city has committed $100,000 and the nonprofit $50,000. No vote was taken.…
The Fiscal Court held its January 20, 2026 meeting and acted on four second-reading zoning ordinances. It approved rezoning 2601 (RDH Properties, R1 to R3 residential, Highway 44 East), 2602 (Intertech Mechanical Services, R2 to agricultural) and 2604 (Jonathan Ray Richardson, agricultural to R1). It voted to reject ordinance 2603 (Stout Brothers Farm, agricultural to conservation), so that…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court held its first meeting of 2026 on January 6. Routine business passed first: the December 16 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, and all bills. The court heard from residents about several zoning requests. A motion to let Stout Brothers Farm withdraw its rezoning request (agricultural to conservation on Deerwood Drive and Ethridge Lane) failed 3-2, so that…
At its December 16, 2025 meeting, the Bullet County Fiscal Court approved routine business (minutes, treasurer's reports, bills), heard a year-end report from Mark 12 Ministries, and swore in two Chamber of Commerce board members. The court approved the County Clerk's 2026 budget in three separate votes. It approved two zoning map changes (one from general industrial to residential on Claremont…
The Fiscal Court gave first reading to two zoning items: a map amendment changing 5 acres on Raymond Road from R1 residential to conservation (to allow a single new mobile home on a foundation), and a text amendment allowing temporary transitional housing by right in certain residential zones. Both are set for second reading and public hearing on December 16, 2025. Magistrates then discussed a…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 18, 2025, opening with an invocation by Pastor Sam Hillman of First Baptist Church. The court approved the minutes of the Nov. 4 meeting, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills with an addendum, and the treasurer's report. On zoning, the court gave second reading and approved Ordinance 25-26 (Brian and Jennifer Seigo, 20 acres on Knob Creek…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 4, 2025. Routine business was approved: the October 21 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills. During public comment, Sheila Medcalf raised a complaint about the animal shelter and an employee. Magistrates and the judge said the matter was settled in court and is not something the fiscal court can overturn. Matt Johnson asked about…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on October 21, 2025. It approved the October 7 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the treasurer's report, each by recorded roll-call vote. During public comment, a resident criticized the county animal shelter's handling of her dogs and asked for a meeting with the judge. A Lincoln Trail Area Development District staffer reported on…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on October 7, 2025. It approved the September 16 minutes and allowed LG&E to pave about 1,370 feet of Big Country East road at its own expense. The road will not be taken into the county maintenance system. The jailer presented retirement badges and certificates to former jailers and honored detention center staff, dispatchers and EMS personnel for life-saving…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 16, 2025. It approved routine items: the September 2 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, bills as presented, and the treasurer's report. The Bullitt County Public Library director gave an annual update. She reported about 628,000 items circulated and more than 4,000 programs. The Hillview branch is being expanded from 10,000 to 25,000 square…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 2, 2025 and approved all bills, then moved through a short agenda of zoning, appointments, resolutions and hires. The court gave first reading to a rezoning of about 9.996 acres on Horsefly Hollow Road from agricultural to R1 residential so one lot can be split off for a single-family home. The planning commission recommended approval with…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 19, 2025, with all five members present. Routine business was approved, including the August 5 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, the bills (after some questions about a contractor's proof of work), and the treasurer's report. Residents and local groups spoke during the meeting. Brandon Scott raised safety concerns about school traffic and…
The Fiscal Court approved a series of routine and operational items. Two road-related agreements with the Kentucky Department of Transportation were approved: the rural secondary program agreement and an agreement using flex program funds for the road department. The court approved a new, cheaper cleaning contract for the judicial center with Covered Cleaning, said to save about $8,000 a year. It…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 15, 2025. Routine business was approved by unanimous votes: the minutes of the June 30 special meeting, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the treasurer's report. The court presented a certificate to Tammy for her work with the mental health court. Christie, the county's contact for the Collins Hill landfill project, gave an update on the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 1, 2025 and worked through a short agenda. All motions passed on roll-call votes with every magistrate voting yes. The court approved the June 17 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and the bills. It also approved payment for members of the Board of Assessment Appeals for their two days of work reviewing property value appeals. The county took the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met June 17, 2025. It approved the minutes, treasurer reports and bills, and heard public comment from a resident who asked the court to terminate an animal shelter employee. The court honored new advanced EMT graduates, who took an ethics oath. The county EMS director said the service has grown from three paramedics and four ambulances to 14 paramedics and 12…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met June 3, 2025. It approved routine items (minutes, treasurer's transfer report, bills) and heard from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the rural secondary paving program. The court concurred with paving Deatsville Road (KY 1604) and Ridge Road (KY 1442) for 2025-26. Last year's work on Stringer Lane, Knob Creek Road and Dawson Hill Road was reported…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met May 20, 2025. It approved routine items (minutes, treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report) and heard a Windstream/Kinetic presentation on moving six county locations from Spectrum to Kinetic fiber, which was presented as saving money and raising speeds. No vote on the internet switch appears in the transcript. The court approved a contract with…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 6, 2025. It approved the April 15 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, and all bills, including extra money for two International dump trucks whose price rose because of inflation, from about $433,000 to about $449,900. Emergency Management Director Justin Warren updated the court on the April tornado and flooding. There were 141 individual…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 15, 2025. It approved routine items: the April 1 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the treasurer's report. Alpha Ministries, a faith-based residential recovery center for men in Shepherdsville, described its work and its need for funding. Windstream announced that its public-private fiber project in Cedar Grove, Solitude and…
This portion of the Bullitt County Fiscal Court meeting opened with a discussion of EMS staffing and paramedic education. Officials noted that an applicant's training path could be supported through the county's existing tuition reimbursement contract. The contract currently reimburses students quarterly, up to about $12,000, but does not require repayment if someone leaves. Magistrates asked EMS…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met April 1, 2025. Routine business came first: the court approved the March 18 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills. The court approved the Detention Center budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. Keith Griffy, speaking for the jailer, said salaries are capped at a 5% average increase with a $29 floor. The county transfer needed to balance the budget…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 18, 2025. Routine business was approved first: the March 4 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the treasurer's report. Resident Linda Cole described a long dispute over her property on Highway 44. She said a driveway was removed after buses were parked there, and she has been unable to get permits for an RV park or tiny home…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met March 4, 2025, and handled routine business first: minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and bills were all approved. The court held first readings and public hearings on two ordinances. Ordinance 25-9 would rezone about 2.27 acres at 116 Cabin Creek Drive from residential to light industrial so Guardian Retention Systems can store products there; the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 18, 2025, as the county dealt with flooding and a winter storm. It approved routine business: the Feb. 4 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, bills and the treasurer's report. Fire chief Kevin Molton said county fire agencies plan to renumber apparatus to two digits around March 17 and to dispatch the closest unit regardless of district. He…
The Fiscal Court approved routine business first, including the prior meeting's minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and the bills. It also approved updates to the detention center's 2025 policy manual. The main change limits restraints on pregnant inmates to front handcuffs unless more is needed for safety. Emergency management staff reviewed the January winter storm. Ice and snow came in…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on January 21, 2025. It approved routine business (minutes, treasurer's transfer report, bills and treasurer's report) and heard guest presentations from Mark 12 Ministry and the Bullitt County Homemakers, who presented a check representing their volunteer hours. The court gave second reading and approval to three rezonings from agricultural to R1 residential…
The Bullet (Bullitt) County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on January 10, 2025. It approved the minutes from December 17 and 23, the treasurer's transfer report, and the bills. Emergency Management gave a brief update on the recent windstorm: 142 total runs, 684 calls processed by dispatch, warming centers at four sites, and about 25,000 people without power at one point. Officials said…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on December 17, 2024. Routine business was approved first: the December 3 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and treasurer's report, and the bills. During public comment, residents and supporters urged the court to reopen the Maryville school pool, with help from Job Corps volunteer labor. The pool was a recurring topic through the end of the meeting. A…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 19, 2024. It approved the prior meeting's minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the treasurer's report, each by unanimous roll call. During public comment, a resident asked for help removing dangerous fallen trees near the county road on Mount Eden Road, and Magistrate Sanders agreed to inspect and consult the road department.…
The Bullet County Fiscal Court met on October 1, 2024. It approved the previous minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, all by unanimous roll call votes. The court heard guests: the new Bullitt County Sheriff's Office Foundation, which is hosting its first awards dinner on November 7. A drug court coordinator invited the public to an overdose awareness event on October 16 at the…
The Fiscal Court met on September 17, 2024. It approved the minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the treasurer's report. Guest presentations covered several topics. Energized Kentucky asked the court to take up an energy project assessment district ordinance and its interlocal agreement, with the target of October 1. A resident raised concerns about wording in the dog ordinance…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 3, 2024. It approved the August 20 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills. The court also recognized Girl Scout Troop 152 for volunteering at the animal shelter. During public comment, a Brooks Hill Road resident and the owners of the neighboring winery described repeated burning of animal carcasses on a nearby property. They said…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 20, 2024. It routinely approved the treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report and the August 6 minutes. Chris Jones of Energized Kentucky asked the court to move ahead on an energy project assessment district (EPAD) ordinance, saying a second developer wants PACE financing. No vote was taken, and the county attorney will clarify the…
The Bullet (Bullitt) County Fiscal Court met August 6, 2024. Routine business passed first: treasurer's transfer report, bills and the July 16 minutes. During public comment, residents raised concerns about unregulated delta 9 products and about dump trucks on Brooks Hill. Speakers said the trucks run a commercial dumping operation on agriculturally zoned land. They cited safety, noise, road…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met July 16, 2024 and approved routine business first: the July 2 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the closing treasurer's report for the 2023-24 fiscal year. All of these passed. Most of the meeting was monthly updates from department heads and staff. Topics included road funding and KIPA projects, animal control, maintenance, E911, EMS,…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met July 2, 2024. It approved the June 18 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills, each by unanimous vote. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet staff presented the 2024-2025 rural secondary road paving program. The projects are resurfacing of Stringer Lane, Knob Creek Road and Dawson Hill Road, plus patching on Deedsville Road. The court unanimously…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 18, 2024. It approved routine items (minutes, treasurer's transfer report, bills and treasurer's report) and heard from residents and guests. A resident raised concern about semi trucks parked along the interstate exit ramps after a fatal crash and asked for a better zoning map and attention to tree loss. A local pastor asked about cooling stations…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 4, 2024. It approved the May 21 minutes, the treasurer's transfer report and all bills. EMS staff were recognized for helping save a three-month-old child in cardiac arrest in Lebanon Junction. The court held first reading and public hearing on a rezoning request from Kenneth Shell for about 62 acres on KY 44, from R1A/stream reserve to B1 highway…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 21, 2024. It handled routine business first, then approved two state grants for household hazardous waste and recycling. Those grants fund two collection events a year. The court also took up several zoning ordinances and the animal control facility. Grants and solid waste: The solid waste coordinator reported a $441,000 household hazardous waste grant,…
The Bullet County Fiscal Court met May 7, 2024. It routinely approved the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and minutes from the April 16, April 26 and April 29 meetings. The court held first readings and public hearings on five zoning items: Ordinance 247, a text amendment adjusting planning fees; Ordinances 248 and 249, rezoning two parcels on Brooks Hill Road from R1 to light industrial…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 16, 2024. It opened with routine business: the treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report and the April 2 minutes were all approved. The court agreed to an interlocal agreement with Bullitt County Public Schools. The road department will help pave gravel traffic lanes at North Bullitt High School and Lebanon Junction Elementary, and the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 2, 2024. It handled routine business first: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the March 19 minutes were all approved. Four rezoning ordinances (243 to 246) received first reading and public hearing. They cover properties on Martin Hill Road, Jackson Hill Road (two related parcels that will be joined by a minor plat) and Cromwell Lane. The…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 19, 2024. It handled routine business first: the treasurer's transfer report, bills, the treasurer's report and the March 5 minutes were all approved. Several residents spoke during public comment. They included Mark 12 Ministry on its veterans and mental-health programs, a candidate for the 49th House district, a resident asking about the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 5, 2024, in an evening session. It approved the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the February 20 minutes, all by unanimous vote. Residents spoke during public comment. People living on Highway 44 West asked to be added to the water extension list, citing unreliable hauled water and fire safety. Several animal advocates raised concerns about…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 20, 2024. Judge Summers gave an update on the Grand Reserve development site, saying road work cannot begin until animal control is relocated, hoped for by June 30. The site has 62 acres near an exit that could bring future county revenue. Fort Knox garrison commander Col. Chris Richie described the reopening of Yano Range as the Digital Air Ground…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on December 5, 2023, at its first evening meeting of the new night-court schedule. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the minutes of the November 21 meeting. Several residents spoke during public comment. Brooks-area residents raised concerns about truck traffic and road safety, drainage along a ditch near the railroad, and the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 21, 2023. It opened with routine business, accepting the treasurer's transfer report and approving bills, and then heard public comment. A resident of Brooks Hill Road, whose native-plant garden drew a tall-grass violation notice, asked the court to review the nuisance ordinance. Another speaker supported him, citing Louisville's recent ordinance…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on Election Day, November 7, 2023. Magistrates first voted to appoint a chair for the meeting, and the chair opened with remarks about the recent loss of his father and uncle. Bullitt County EMS reported on a trial of Axon body cameras. During the trial, 14 loaned cameras produced 673 recordings in six weeks, and EMS said they helped resolve complaints and aid…
The Bullet County Fiscal Court met on October 17, 2023, and approved all routine items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report and the October 3 minutes) without opposition. The largest decision was a one-year contract with Blue Mine for an employee health clinic. Blue Mine projects savings of about $179,800 for the county. The rate is discounted to $45 per employee per month,…
The court approved routine business, including the treasurer's transfer report, bills (with an added second draw on a $600,000 project), and the minutes from the September 5 regular and special meetings and the September 19 meeting. KYTC District 5 presented the rural secondary paving program for Bullitt County. The state recommended repaving KY 1494 (Beach Grove Road) and KY 2724 (Horse Fly…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 5, 2023. It approved routine business (treasurer's transfer report, bills, and the August 15 minutes) and heard from a Brooks community resident about a dump truck operation she believes is commercial activity in a residential area. Officials promised to look into it. The library director presented the library's FY 2023-24 tax rates: the real…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 15, 2023. Windstream gave an update on its public-private fiber partnership, which will serve 669 households through 44 small projects. About 18 projects are waiting on DOT and railroad permits, construction on 12 Mount Washington projects should start in September, and the contract calls for completion by February 2025. Service will turn on project…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 1, 2023, and handled routine business first: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills and the July 18 minutes. The transcript shows roll calls for each but does not give full vote tallies. Perry Cook of Mark 12 Ministries gave a follow-up presentation. He asked the court for open dialogue on community needs, a building to lease temporarily for a…
After an executive session, the Bullitt County Fiscal Court voted to build a 1,200 square foot addition onto the existing EMS building in Lebanon Junction, paid for with ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding. The transcript shows the motion was made, seconded and followed by a voice vote with yes responses, though the exact tally is not clearly captioned. The court then adjourned. For…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 18, 2023. It approved routine financial items, including the treasurer's year-end transfer report and the bills. The county was able to pay its employment insurance bill in a lump sum and received a discount of about 1.5 percent. The court honored retiring EMS employee Carla Johnson for about 30 years of service. It also heard Perry Cook of Mark 12…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 5, 2023 and approved the bills, the minutes of the June 20 regular meeting and the June 28 special meeting (which covered the budget and payment of a hospital bill), and the county's new magisterial district map. County Clerk Kevin Mooney presented the reapportionment committee's work. Two precincts changed districts, one from the second district to the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on June 28, 2023 to give second reading and adopt the county's fiscal year 2023-2024 budget, Ordinance 2316. Before the reading, officials described three changes since first reading. The court moved $200,000 into the road department to buy equipment, taking the money from reserve. A math error in the figures for the two dollar across the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 16, 2023. It approved routine financial items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report) and the May 2, 2023 minutes. Emergency management staff reported on the March 2-3 wind events. The estimated FEMA reimbursement is about $380,000 and could rise as more debris is cleaned up. They also showed the renovated emergency operations center,…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 18, 2023. It approved routine items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, minutes, treasurer's report) and heard a presentation from Blue Mine, a primary-care clinic network, as the county looks for health coverage because Humana is leaving the employee benefits market. The County Clerk turned over about $1.54 million in excess fees, and the court voted…
The Fiscal Court heard from NET Recovery about a nonpharmacological opioid treatment device and voted to reserve $50,000 over three years, starting with the 2023-24 budget, for a study treating Bullitt County residents. The money would come from opioid settlement funds. A contract still has to be drafted and reviewed by the county attorney. The court received an update from county EMS on the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 4, 2023. It approved routine business: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills and the March 21 minutes. The court also authorized County Clerk Kevin to spend up to $20,000 from his own budget on voter information postcards. The clerk said the mailing vendor requires payment up front and that the cost was not budgeted. The court allowed SNS Concrete…
The Fiscal Court met on March 21, 2023 and passed its routine business first: the treasurer's transfer report, bills, the treasurer's report and the March 7 minutes. The court approved the Detention Center's 2023-2024 budget. It includes a $2-an-hour raise for staff, and the county's share is expected to drop slightly because of added revenue. The court also selected the REACH program to run…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met March 7, 2023, with the recent windstorm and flooding a recurring theme. Routine business, including the treasurer's transfer report, bills and the Feb. 21 minutes, all passed. A Red Trail Road resident asked for help with creek erosion that threatens a bridge on a road serving six families. A magistrate said the road department director has inspected it and…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 21, 2023, and handled routine financial business, two rezonings, road department bids, jail and EMS items, and a vote on meeting times. The court heard from Steve Phelps about repeated road flooding, including on one lane in the city, and from Nichols Fire Protection District chairman Mike Mayberry, who asked for $500,000 in ARPA funds for a fire…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 7, 2023. It approved routine items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, and minutes of the January 17 regular and January 30 special meetings) and heard from the public. Perry Cook of Mark 12 Ministries reported that the January K-Count found 95 homeless people in the county, a 51 percent increase over last year. The Nichols Fire District asked for…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met January 17, 2023, and approved all routine business: treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report, and the January 3 minutes. The court heard a CDBG closeout hearing for COVID utility assistance. Only about $2,500 of the $200,000 grant was spent, and the remaining funds are no longer available. The County Clerk previewed 2023 election plans: early…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court held its first meeting of the new term on January 3, 2023. Routine business was approved: the treasurer's transfer report, all bills and the December 15, 2022 minutes. The jailer reported on changes at the jail, including better sanitation and restarting inmate litter abatement and work crews, and presented checks to the court. Hillview's mayor honored outgoing…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met December 15, 2022, in its last meeting before three new magistrates and a new county attorney take office. The court approved routine items (transfer report, bills, treasurer's report, minutes) and the county clerk's amended 2022 budget, 2023 budget, deputy salary order and expenditure orders. The court honored outgoing members and local officials, then heard a…
The Fiscal Court met on December 6, 2022. It announced that public comment will now come at the start of meetings, so the court can answer residents' questions and act on them in the proper order. Residents raised a drainage problem on Shady Brook Lane and asked about internet service upgrades near Livers Lane. The court said it would follow up with MSD and with the internet provider. The court…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 16, 2022 (the captions give the date as 11/15). It opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills and the minutes from the prior meeting. The Women's Club and the Sheriff's Office presented proceeds from the annual chili cook-off to the DARE program. The court then gave second reading…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on November 1, 2022. It approved routine items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, and the October 18 minutes) and proclaimed November 1 as Imogene Anderson Mitchell Day in honor of her 100th birthday. The court gave second reading to a budget amendment adding about $36,800 in clerk storage fee receipts. It also held first readings and public hearings on four…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 20, 2022. It approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, the treasurer's report and the minutes of the September 2 special meeting and September 6 regular meeting. The court heard an update on the extension district tax rate. The property tax rate is staying the same and the personal property rate is going down. The court agreed to take no…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 6, 2022. After an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, the court approved the treasury transfer report, bills, and the minutes of the August 2 and August 16 meetings. Rogers Group presented a check for about $39,600 raised at its sporting clay shoot for local first responders. The library board presented its tax rate. It chose the compensating…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 16, 2022. It approved routine financial items: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills and the treasurer's report. EMA Director Justin was thanked for relief work in eastern Kentucky, where the county delivered donated goods and police cars after the flooding. The court passed second readings of five zoning ordinances (2214 through 2218) and an…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on August 2, 2022. It approved the bills and the July 19 minutes, and honored departing community servants. Sheriff Walt introduced Alex Payne as the new chief deputy. The court held first readings and public hearings on four zoning changes: Jones property at 250 Phelps Lane (agricultural to R3), Burke at 7667 Cedar Grove Road (to R1), Miller at 355 Eddington…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 19, 2022. It handled routine business first: approving the bills, the treasurer's report and the July 5 minutes. All three were approved. The court gave second reading to three zoning changes. Ordinance 2210 (rezoning agricultural land to R-1 single-family residential on Ridge Road), 2211 (Clifford and Juanita Shepherd, Mount Eden Road, agricultural to…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 5, 2022 and approved the bills and the minutes from the June 21 and June 29 meetings. All votes shown in the transcript were carried. The court held first readings and public hearings on three rezoning ordinances: 2210 (Kentucky Specialty Caterers, Ridge Road, agricultural to R1), 2211 (Clifford and Juanita Shepard, Mount Eden Road, agricultural to R1)…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 21, 2022. It opened with a prayer for firefighters and others who have been hurt, the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call. The court approved the bills, the financial reports through May 31 and the minutes of the June 7 meeting. It gave second reading to a zoning ordinance changing about 53 acres at 200 Cromwell Lane from agriculture to R1 residential.…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 7, 2022. It opened with an invocation on unity, then approved the bills and the May 17 minutes. The court recognized Sheriff's Sergeant Trevor Ford for a governor's award for occupant protection (seat belt) enforcement. It also recognized Bullitt County EMS for earning a state and national EMS for Children award for its pediatric care. The court held…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met May 3, 2022, and worked through a full slate of routine and substantive business. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the minutes of the April 19 regular meeting and the April 29 special meeting. The court recognized the road department for striping Knob Creek Road and Armstrong Lane, and discussed how interlocal agreements with…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 17, 2022 and worked through a mostly routine agenda. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, the treasurer's report and the minutes of the May 3 meeting. The court postponed an agenda item to its next meeting because a contract had not yet been approved. Judge Executive Summers and a magistrate also noted that about 37 homes on…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 19, 2022. It routinely approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, the treasurer's report and the April 5 minutes. The court recognized a resident's 99th birthday. It was told the county's last outstanding debt will be paid off by wire transfer on May 3, roughly $2.45 million, after which more than $26 million in debt will have been retired.…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met April 5, 2022, with some magistrates joining by Zoom because the county remains under a state of emergency. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the March 15 minutes. Three zoning ordinances got their first reading and public hearing: Marlin Kimball's request to rezone about 6.55 acres on Hilltop Road from agricultural to R1, and…
The Fiscal Court met March 15, 2022. It approved routine financial items: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the March 1 minutes with a correction. Sheriff Shuler introduced Deputy Cody McCubbin, who recently graduated from the police academy and won the coordinator's award. The court voted to have Windstream present its fiber optic proposal on April 5 or April 19. Windstream was the…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 1, 2022. It approved routine items (treasurer's transfer report, bills, and the Feb. 15 minutes) and honored the EMA, EMS, dispatch, road department and sheriff's deputies for their work during the December tornado response. The Soil Conservation District presented its plan of work and budget plus a $10,000 check (state match) for dead animal removal.…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 1, 2022. It approved the treasury transfer report, the bills and the January 18 minutes, and held first readings and public hearings on two rezoning requests. The most contested item was HC Development's request to rezone about 68.75 acres on Highway 44 East from agricultural, stream reserve and R1 to R3 residential. The planning commission…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on February 15, 2022. The court denied a rezoning request from HC Development (ordinance 2022-03) for about 6.9 acres on Highway 44 east of Foster Lane, following the planning commission's recommendation. Magistrates cited the lack of a traffic study and a drainage study. They also said the county needs affordable housing and improvements to Highway 44. The…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met January 18, 2022, and handled routine financial business, two rezonings, water-line funding agreements and several emergency services purchases and hires. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, the treasurer's report and the minutes of the previous meeting. It gave final approval to two zoning changes: one from heavy industrial to R-1…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on January 4, 2022. It approved routine items: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the December 16, 2021 minutes. EMA Director Justin gave a presentation on his deployment to western Kentucky after the December tornadoes. He helped Marshall County with planning and reimbursement paperwork. The Sheriff said deputies are also serving in Marshall…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on December 7, 2021. It approved the bills and the November 17 minutes, and it declared the county's old voting machines surplus. The surplus takes effect only once the new equipment is delivered, so the county keeps a fallback for the next election. The court gave second reading to Budget Amendment Number Two (Ordinance 2110), which adds unbudgeted receipts…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on September 21, 2021. It routinely approved the treasurer's transfer report, the bills, and the treasurer's financial reports. It also gave second reading and approval to a rezoning ordinance for a 20.07-acre property on Shady Lane, changing it from stream reserve to R1 residential. The court approved the annual KCGDD procurement action for grant-funded…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on July 20, 2021. After the roll call, the court approved the bills, the treasurer's report and the minutes of the July 6 meeting. It also recognized Mike Robinson, the new chief of the Nato fire district. The court approved lowering the speed limit on Bogard Lane to 35 mph. Magistrates said residents had called in favor of the change, and the limit will now…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on June 1, 2021, opening with a prayer and the pledge. The court approved the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, and the May 18 minutes. The court held the first reading and public hearing of Zone Ordinance 2111, which would rezone about 18.4 acres at 1854 Priority Valley Road from light industrial to agricultural. The land is next to the old landfill. The…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met in person on May 18, 2021 and approved a full slate of routine and substantive items, with every recorded vote carrying. The court hired several EMS staff: three full-time paramedics at $25 an hour, one full-time EMT, and three part-time paramedics. It also approved immediate pay for clean-up day workers at $30 an hour and moved a temporary animal control…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on May 4, 2021, and approved routine business: the treasurer's transfer report, the bills and the April 20 minutes. The court also heard a proclamation naming May 16-22 Emergency Medical Services Week. The court approved the Sheriff's Department surplus list and security fencing around the sheriff's new compound on Saltwell Drive, which the department will pay…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met April 20, 2021. Routine business passed first: the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, the treasurer's report and the April 6 minutes. The court heard from Jenny of the Turnaround Resource Center in Lebanon Junction, a food and assistance nonprofit that asked for county financial support, and from Bill Harned of the Conservation District, who presented its…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on April 6, 2021 and approved routine business, including bills and the March 16 minutes. It also passed two ordinances on second reading. The court adopted an ordinance setting a specific license fee for small farm wineries. It also created the Highway 245 tourism overlay district. The transcript does not clearly show the final roll call on the overlay, but…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 16, 2021, opening with an invocation by Vietnam veteran Larry Coy and a recognition of Vietnam veterans ahead of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29. Routine business passed: the treasurer's transfer report, all bills, the treasurer's report, and the March 2 minutes. The minutes were clarified so new employees begin accruing and can use sick…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on March 2, 2021 and handled a full agenda, including a contested rezoning, a new tourism overlay for the Highway 245 corridor, hiring of EMS staff, and a change to employee leave policy. The court approved the findings of fact and then the second reading of the rezoning of 4747 Highway 44 East (1010 Properties LLC) from R1 residential to B1 highway business,…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court held a special called meeting on December 15, 2020 with two items, both tied to the fifth round of CARES Act funding from the state's Department of Local Government. The court first adopted a resolution authorizing a memorandum of agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky covering how the county receives and disburses the funds. It then approved having the judge…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on January 5, 2021. It gave final reading to a rezoning of about 22 acres on Belmont Road from agricultural to R1 residential. Two magistrates, including Mr. Ray Hill, said they would not vote because drainage and traffic study conditions could not be added to the ordinance. Because the budget amendment was advertised only a day earlier, its second reading was…
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court met on January 19, 2021. It opened with routine business: the treasurer's transfer report, bills, treasurer's report and the January 5 minutes were all approved. The court also read a proclamation honoring the county school board members for School Board Recognition Month. On zoning, the court voted to follow the joint planning commission's recommendation and deny…