Meeting of August 18, 2026

Okay. Well, good morning. Welcome to the Bullitt County Fiscal Court. Uh today is uh August 18th of 2026. And just a reminder for the rules of engagement with the court is uh a couple of courts ago uh they all agreed to go by Robert's Rules and that's what we do here too as well. So, there we appreciate no call outs from the crowd unless you sign up to speak or you can chat with members of the court afterwards. So, at this time, uh Brian, if you would lead us in a in a prayer and uh pledge, please, too. — Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we come to you this morning. We just thank you and praise you for your many blessings, Lord. We just pray that you just help us, guide us, direct us. We just pray for all those who are here today. We pray your blessings and your your mercy and your grace, Lord. We just pray for discernment and knowledge and anything that we say would be something good and that — Amen.

— I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. — Thank you, Brian. Sam, would you call roll, please? — Yes, sir. Bear Sanders? — Present. — Shawn Logsdon? — Yes. — Karen Johnson? — Here. — Brian Lemons? — Yes. — Judge Summers? — Yes. — All present. — Thank you. Approval of minutes from the August 4th, 2026 Fiscal Court meeting as presented. — I'll make a motion that we approve the minutes dated August 4th, 2026. — I'll second. — Got a motion by second district magistrate Logsdon and second by first district magistrate Sanders to approve the August 4th, 2026 Fiscal Court minutes as presented. Sam, call roll, please. — Logsdon? — Yes. — Johnson? — Yes. — Lemons? — Yes. — Judge Summers? — Yes. — Sanders? — Yes. — Motion carried. — Thank you. Treasurer's transfer report, can I have it? — Yes, we just have the interfund cash transfer report today for July 1st and also for August 18th of 2026 for your approval. — I'll make a motion that we approve the Treasurer's transfer report. — I'll second.

— Got a motion by second district magistrate Logsdon and second by first district magistrate Sanders to approve the Treasurer's transfer report as presented. Sam, call roll. — Johnson? — Yes. — Lemons? — Yes. — Judge Summers? — Yes. — Sanders? — Yes. — Logsdon? — Yes. — Motion carried. — Thank you. Presentation approval of all bills. — I'll make a motion we approve all bills as presented. — Second. — Got a motion by fourth district magistrate Blaylock, second by second district magistrate Logsdon to approve the bills as presented. Sam Colwell. — Blaylock? — Yes. — Judge Summers? — Yes. — Sanders? — Yes. — Logsdon? — Yes. — Johnson? — Yes. — Motion carried. — Thank you. Treasurer's report, Ken Ann. — Yes, that includes your appropriation condition report, our revenue condition report, and the financial statement through December 31st of 2026 for your approval. — I make a motion that we accept the treasurer's report given by Ken Ann Couch. — Second. — Got a motion by first district magistrate Sanders, a second by fourth district magistrate Blaylock to uh

approve the treasurer's report as presented. Sam Colwell. — Judge Summers? — Yes. — Sanders? — Yes. — Logsdon? — Yes. — Johnson? — Yes. — Blaylock? — Yes. — Motion carried. — Uh Thank you. Uh We have no guest speakers and uh presentations. I'd like to uh We have our new county clerk here and since we don't have any presentations, uh Ms. Johnson, if you'd like to say a few words, please. — Good morning. Uh my name's Debbie Johnson. I will be the new county clerk beginning January 4th. And I wanted to thank Judge Summers for allowing me to speak this morning and being so welcoming with me since I uh was elected the new county clerk. Uh and also I want to thank the voters who uh trusted in me and to support me. Uh I wanted to give you a couple uh pieces of informa- information. Uh we'll be doing new county clerk training uh November 30th through uh December 2nd in Lexington. So, I just recently found out that um I will be doing some shadowing with the county clerk's office to learn some

things and get to know some people and so I will be doing that in the near future within the next month and I hope to have some more sessions uh, before I take office as well. And um, I'm going to I plan on attending the Board of Elections uh, just to observe this week just to sit in on that so I can see how they function. And I will be resigning from my current full-time position at the end of November uh, because I have some administrative tasks to uh, to do to carry out in order to make a smooth transition in January. So, I think that would be best and so that's my plan and thank you for your time this morning. Uh, if anybody has any questions, I'd be glad to answer them. — Okay. New County Clerk-elect, thank you, Judge. — Thank you. — Okay. Uh, Yeah. Did you want to do that now or later? Okay. Um,

Okay, we need action requested on uh, Ordinance 26-20, resolution uh, setting the fee rate schedule for dispatch. — And and Judge, this was on the agenda as a resolution but because we originally adopted this as an ordinance, we can only change it by ordinance. So, this will be the first reading of the ordinance. — Commonwealth of Kentucky, Bullitt County, Ordinance number 26-20, an ordinance repealing Ordinance 16-12 and relating to the establishment of a service fee for enhanced 911 emergency dispatch services to owners of real property in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Be it ordained by the Fiscal Court of County of Bullitt, Commonwealth of Kentucky. In summary, one, sets forth that a 911 service fee for residential properties shall be $36 per structure. Two, sets forth that a 911 service fee for exempt properties shall be $36 per structure. Three, sets forth that a 911 service fee for commercial industrial properties shall be an annual fee of 0.1% of the assessed value of the properties, whether a structure is present or not, as determined by the records of the Bullitt County PVA. Further sets forth that the fee shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. Four, sets forth that the 911 fees collected shall be used for the delivery of an enhanced 911 emergency telephone

service. Five, sets forth that the 911 service fee shall be placed on the Bullitt County ad valorem property tax bills prepared by the sheriff. Six, sets forth that the sheriff shall transfer collected 911 service fees along with the collected taxes. Further sets forth that the sheriff and PVA shall be entitled to a fee of 1% of the gross amount collected. Seven, sets forth that payment of the 911 service fee shall be due by December 31st of the year it is applied to the tax bill. Any unpaid amount shall be subject to interest at the rate of 12% per annum until paid in full. Eight, sets forth that invalidity of any section or portion of any section of this ordinance shall not operate to invalidate any section or portion of this ordinance not otherwise invalid. Nine, sets forth that ordinance 16-12 and any other ordinance in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed. Given first reading at a regular meeting of the Bullitt County Fiscal Court on the 18th day of August 2026. Be given second reading, voted upon, and passed at a regular meeting of the Bullitt County Fiscal Court on the first day of September 2026. — Thank you, Tammy. Um Also, uh I guess do I need to ask for comments? — Uh yeah, you can take comments. I mean, you don't have to you don't have to I mean — summarize. — Okay.

— take comments if they want to comment on it. — Yeah, so at this time I'll take any comments from the uh anyone that's here. Okay, well, hearing and seeing none, let's bounce on to uh ordinance 26-21. Uh the community and uh economic development authority. — And Judge, same one with this one. It has to be an ordinance because it was a resolution adopted by the court. — same thing. Yeah. — Commonwealth of Kentucky, Bullitt County, Ordinance number 26-21, an ordinance relating to the establishment of an economic development authority. Be it ordained by the Fiscal Court of County of Bullitt, Commonwealth of Kentucky, in summary. One, sets forth applicable definitions. Two, sets forth that the Bullitt County Community and Economic Development Authority is established as a department of Bullitt County government. Three, sets forth the purpose, duties, and powers of the authority, including the ability to recommend the Fiscal Court do as follows: acquire and develop land for industrial and commercial purposes, encourage the acquisition and development of land for industrial and commercial needs, convey any or all industrial sites, parks, and subdivisions owned or optioned by the authority to any entity for the purpose of constructing and or operating any manufacturing, industrial, or commercial facility. Four, sets forth that the authority