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The Daviess County Fiscal Court is the elected governing body of Daviess County, Kentucky. It usually meets on two Thursdays each month in Owensboro. Meeting video is recorded by the county's own YouTube channel. 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 Daviess County Fiscal Court approved a long consent-style agenda on September 24, 2026, including the bid award for the new Daviess County Public Safety Facility (about $15.7 million to Harts Contracting, with all alternates). The facility will house a fire station, sheriff's patrol and evidence operations, backup 911 dispatch and emergency management, and will serve as a tornado shelter.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 10, 2026. The court heard that the county library and extension district have set their 2026 tax rates at the compensating rate, so no court action was needed. The library rate is 53 cents per $100 on real property, and the extension district rate is 11 cents. The court approved routine items: the August 27 minutes, claims, and several contracts.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on August 27, 2026, and approved every item on its agenda. Commissioner Marksberry took part remotely. The meeting opened with Friday After 5 representatives thanking the court for its support of the concert series, which is finishing its 30th season with more than 120,000 visitors reported so far. The court adopted the 2026 property tax rates on second…
Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with two public hearings. The first covered the proposed 2026 property tax rates: keep the real property rate at 12.2 cents per $100, set tangible personal property at 12.92 cents (down from 13.8), and leave other rates unchanged. The compensating rate is 11.9 cents, and the difference is about $274,000 in revenue. Residents asked for the lower rate. The second…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met July 30, 2026. It approved the prior minutes, claims, and the June treasurer's report and final settlement. The county ended fiscal year 2026 with a general fund operating surplus of about $9.19 million and little debt. The court approved a solid waste disposal agreement with Renewable Resources LLC, with one vote of no recorded. It also approved the $1 million…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met July 16, 2026 and worked through a long consent-style agenda. Each item was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote, and the transcript names no one opposing. The court approved the minutes, claims and the first round of budgeted fiscal year 26-27 fund transfers. It also approved several agreements: the Green River workforce development governance agreement,…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a short noon meeting on June 30, 2026, the last day of the fiscal year. The court approved the June 25 minutes, all department claims, and the third and final round of year-end budget transfers. The transfers total $57,100 in the general fund and $50,700 in the solid waste operating fund. They move money between lines and do not increase the total budget. The…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met at noon on June 25, 2026 (moved up because of the ROMP festival). It opened with a proclamation naming June 27-28 Amateur Radio Field Days at Panther Creek Park. The court approved every consent item on the agenda. These included the minutes, claims, and the second round of year-end budget transfers. They also covered a soccer facility sublease at Horsefork…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened by proclaiming June 15, 2026 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Representatives of the Senior Community Center accepted the proclamation. Commissioners noted that older residents are frequent targets of financial fraud. The court then worked through a long consent-style agenda with all votes taken by voice. It approved the minutes, claims, year-end budget…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met May 28, 2026. It opened with a proclamation naming May 2026 High School Hero Month for blood donors. The Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Jazlyn Howard and a second $500 scholarship to John Brasher. The court approved the consent-style items. These were the previous minutes, claims, an engagement letter with Baird for…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a public hearing on the use of LGEA and County Road Aid funds. The budget assumes about $137,500 in LGEA and $1,433,624 in county road aid for fiscal 2026-2027, all for roads and bridges. No public comments were made. The court proclaimed National Police Week and Emergency Medical Services Week. It then approved a long consent-style agenda, including…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 30, 2026, and worked through a long consent-style agenda. The court approved the minutes of the April 16 meeting and all claims. Commissioner Conder noted that a $260,000 payment to the city for the senior citizens center completes the county's $500,000 matching challenge, which private donors have now exceeded. The court approved the annual county road…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a presentation on Friday After 5, the downtown free concert series, which reported attendance of about 120,000 last year and is hoping for 200,000 to 250,000 this summer. The season runs May 15 through August 7. The court then approved a long consent-style agenda, one motion per item, each followed by a voice vote. Items included the March minutes and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its annual budget work session for fiscal year 2026-27. Changes were handled by general consensus rather than formal votes, since the budget will be adopted later by vote. Treasurer Jordan Johnson walked through the changes since the first draft. They include House Bill 900 state grants of $4 million for the public safety facility, $500,000 for the Green River…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on March 26, 2026. The judge proclaimed April 3 as Arbor Day, and the court honored retiring blood center CEO Janet Howard with an honorary judge executive gavel. Owensboro Health gave its annual community report. Leaders described growth in physicians and primary care visits and about $523 million in salaries. They warned that federal Medicaid and Medicare…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met March 12, 2026, with Commissioner Condor attending by Zoom. Treasurer Johnson presented the FY2025 audit. It had one finding: a clerical disagreement over using court minutes rather than purchase orders to show prior approval of 19 disbursements totaling about $10.59 million. Finance has already changed its procedure. The audit found cash fully accounted for…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 26, 2026, opening with a prayer for a community grieving recent tragedies. Judge-Executive presented a $1,000 check from the Kentucky County Judge Executives Association to Puzzle Pieces, which serves people with disabilities and has 232 people on its waiting list. The court approved the minutes and all claims. Treasurer Jordan Johnson reported a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met at noon on February 10, 2026, with Commissioner Marksberry joining by Zoom. The court opened with a proclamation recognizing the No Egg Left Behind program, run by Bluestone Hatchery, which gives free eggs to elderly people and families in need. The judge executive's emergency declaration for the January 23 winter storm was also entered into the record. The…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on January 22, 2026, and presented checks from the Christmas at Panther Creek event. Five local organizations received $2,478 each: Mosleyville Fire Department, CASA of the Ohio Valley, Joe Ford Nature Center, St. Joseph Peace Mission and the Owensboro Catholic High Emerald Players. About 4,956 vehicles and roughly 15,000 people attended the event. The court's…
The Fiscal Court met at noon on January 8, 2026 and worked through a consent-style agenda. Every item appears to have passed by voice vote, though the captions do not give vote counts. The court approved the December 18 minutes, all claims, and its annual authorization letting the judge executive sign documents for court-approved items. It also approved a $2,500 administrative agreement with the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on December 18, 2025, and approved every action item on its agenda, mostly by unanimous voice vote. The court approved 2026 budgets for the County Clerk and the Sheriff. The Sheriff's budget adds six positions (a CSO supervisor, two CSO1s, a detective and two deputies) and a $2 per hour raise for part-time CSOs. It requires a fiscal court subsidy of about…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on December 4, 2025, and worked through a long agenda, mostly approved by voice vote. Routine items included the minutes, claims, and budget amendments for the county clerk and sheriff. The court approved a Community Development Block Grant application for the Owensboro Regional Recovery Center, with the county acting as fiscal agent. It also agreed to give…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court approved every item on its November 20, 2025 agenda. The October treasurer's report showed normal, expected variances across all funds. The court approved the minutes, the claims, a statewide emergency management mutual aid agreement meant to speed up FEMA reimbursements, and a ratification of a sheriff's office security services agreement. It also renewed the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 6, 2025 and approved every item on its consent-style agenda, including the prior minutes, claims, and a series of contracts and bid awards. The state auditor will conduct the fiscal year 2025 audit, which will be a single audit because federal spending topped $750,000. The court also approved two contracts with Axiom Architecture for design work.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 23, 2025. The court heard the September treasurer's report and was informed of updated membership for the Parks and Recreation, Solid Waste, and Emergency Preparedness working committees. No action was needed on those items. The court gave second reading and approval to an ordinance imposing a one-year temporary moratorium on certain categories of…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with proclamations for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Manufacturing Month, and 10-4 Awareness Day (child bruising identification), with representatives from local agencies, the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation, Kentucky Youth Advocates and CASA speaking. The court approved routine business including minutes, claims, 2026 health…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 18, 2025. It opened with a proclamation declaring September Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, accepted by Dr. Lionel Phelps of River Valley Behavioral Health. Commissioners said they hope to put up 988 crisis-line signs at county locations. The court then worked through a long consent-style agenda, with all items apparently approved by voice…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court proclaimed September 2025 as National Senior Center Month and National Recovery Month. Representatives of the senior center and the recovery community accepted the proclamations. The county was also credited for its Recovery Ready Community designation. The court heard the library and extension district tax rates read into the record. The library is taking its…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a work session in which magistrates and the county judge questioned representatives of NextEra Energy Resources about its proposed 150 MW solar facility, Owensboro Solar LLC. The questions had been submitted in advance by residents and a citizens' group. No votes were taken. NextEra's representatives said their approach is to comply with whatever state…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met August 21, 2025, with a packed room. The court heard the July treasurer's report, which showed a higher-than-expected general fund balance because of about $3.56 million in insurance reimbursements for the March 2025 hail damage. The court adopted the 2025 tax rates on second reading. The rates are the compensating rate, which lowers the real property rate. The…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met August 7, 2025 and approved every action item on its agenda. KYTC presented the Rural Secondary Program recommendations: about $1.34 million in total funding, with the county's share going to resurfacing KY 298 (about $625,000) and finishing KY 662 to the Hancock County line (about $140,000). Leftover funds will go to culvert and base repairs. The court…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on July 25, 2025, with Commissioner Castlen attending remotely from Washington, D.C. The court entered three executive orders into the record creating working committees for solid waste, parks and recreation, and emergency preparedness. These committees replace the former Parks Board and the DC SWEEP solid waste panel, and both of those bodies were formally…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on July 10, 2025 and approved every item on its agenda. Votes were by voice and the transcript does not record dissent. Routine business included the June 30 minutes, all claims, and the first round of budgeted fund transfers for fiscal year 2025-26. Money moves from the general fund to the road, jail and bond funds, and from the jail fund to the bond fund, to…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its end-of-fiscal-year meeting on June 30, 2025. All items on the agenda were approved, with no opposition noted in the captions. The court approved the June 19 minutes, all claims, and the final round of budget transfers for the fiscal year ($46,900 in the general fund and $22,500 in the solid waste operating fund). The transfers move money within the budget…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on June 19, 2025. It opened with a proclamation naming June 28 through July 4 as Owensboro Amateur Radio Club Week. The club's emergency coordinator explained how ham radio operators back up emergency communications and invited officials to their Field Day at Panther Creek Park on June 28. The court also heard that Public Safety Director Jeremy Smith has been…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on June 5, 2025, and approved the full slate of routine items. These included the minutes, claims, year-end budget transfers, the FY 2025-26 salary schedule (with a 2.9% cost-of-living adjustment), and the transfer of a 2015 wheel excavator to Ricky Moore Trucking LLC, which has already paid more than the county's purchase price. The court gave second reading…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on May 22, 2025, opening with a prayer focused on Memorial Day weekend and a proclamation naming May 2025 Older Americans Month. The Senior Community Center reported that its new 26,800 sq ft building will cost just under $5.5 million and that a groundbreaking is expected within weeks. About $240,000 of the $500,000 fundraising match has been raised. The…
The Fiscal Court opened with a public hearing on use of Local Government Economic Assistance (LGEA) funds ($137,500 expected) and County Road Aid funds ($174,876 expected) for 2025-26. These monies are budgeted for county road and bridge maintenance and construction. No one spoke. The court proclaimed May 18-24 as Emergency Medical Services Week and May as High School Hero Month for blood donors.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a prayer that remembered neighbors hurt by recent flooding. Judge Executive Charlie Castle then proclaimed April 24, 2025 as Owensboro Community and Technical College Day. OCTC President Scott Williams accepted it and noted that nearly 5,000 students enroll each fall and that 90% of recent graduates left debt-free. The court then worked through its…
Daviess County's Fiscal Court held a budget work session on the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget. The County Treasurer opened with three small changes to the draft: a $50,000 firefighter fundraiser account for Christmas Wish donations, a $20,000 increase for the ASAP opioid harm reduction grant (bringing that line to $40,000), and a $55,000 increase for parks entrance signs, which was delayed…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 10, 2025, while the county was dealing with severe flooding. The meeting opened with a prayer for flood victims and first responders. The court received the judge executive's April 1 declaration of a local state of emergency for the April 2-6 storm and flooding event. The court approved every item on its agenda. This included the minutes, claims, the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met March 20, 2025, and worked through a long consent-style agenda with every item receiving unanimous voice approval as far as the captions show. The treasurer reported normal finances for February, and the court approved minutes and claims. The court approved a second reading of a zoning text amendment, the annual nonpublic school bus transportation resolution…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its March 6, 2025 meeting by proclaiming March as Social Work Month. A Brescia University social work representative accepted it, and several commissioners thanked social workers for their service. The court received two presentations: the judge executive's February 21 flood emergency declaration, and the state audit for fiscal year 2024, which was clean…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a presentation from Owensboro Health leaders. They described a hospital system with about 5,800 employees and a payroll near half a billion dollars, 63 physicians recruited in the last two years, and a new innovation center under construction. They also warned that possible Medicare and Medicaid cuts and rising costs make the system's finances fragile.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 4, 2025. It opened with a presentation from the new executive director of the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, then worked through a long consent-style agenda, with votes that appear to have passed. The court committed a $40,000 local match for a $200,000 federal feasibility study of a new I-165 interchange, and approved an application to the state's…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met January 23, 2025, and opened with proclamations for Ohio Valley-area community services' 50th anniversary on January 30 and Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day on January 31. Christmas at Panther Creek Park checks of about $2,745 each went to five local nonprofits. Judge Executive Castlin announced the court will match community fundraising for the new…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its first meeting of 2025 with a prayer, the pledge, and a presentation on the judge executive's declaration of a local state of emergency for the January 5 winter ice storm. The declaration needed no vote. It lets the county activate emergency operations and potentially recover unbudgeted cleanup costs. The court approved the December 19 minutes and all…
At its final meeting of 2024, held back in the courthouse courtroom, the Daviess County Fiscal Court worked through a long consent-style agenda. Every motion appears to have passed by voice vote. The court approved the December 5 minutes, all claims, and the county clerk's share of the 2024 tax bill preparation cost ($715,785 as read in the captions). It also approved a contract with Green River…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met December 5, 2024, back at the county courthouse after several weeks at OCTC's Blandford lecture hall. The court moved through a busy agenda with all votes passing. The court approved a $42,882 proposal from WBW Engineering for construction administration of the HVAC replacement at the Morton J. Holbrook Judicial Center. The Administrative Office of the Courts…
At its November 21, 2024 meeting, held at the OCTC Lanford Lyre Hall, the Daviess County Fiscal Court approved every action item on its agenda, with votes by voice. The court expects to be back in the courthouse for its December 5 meeting. The Treasurer reported a total cash balance across all funds at the end of October, with operations within expected ranges. The court approved the minutes and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met at OCTC's Blandford Lecture Hall on November 7, 2024, with Commissioner Marksberry joining by Zoom. The court proclaimed November as Diabetes Awareness Month and Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and health officials spoke about local screening and prevention. The court approved a long consent-style agenda, with every item voted through by voice. Major items were…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met October 17, 2024 at the OCTC campus Blandford Lecture Hall. The court heard the September treasurer's report and then approved every action item on the agenda, apparently without opposition. On finances, the court approved the minutes and claims, amended the County Clerk's budget to add $24,000 for overtime caused by the switch to the statewide vehicle…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met October 3, 2024 at OCTC. The judge-executive proclaimed October 2024 Manufacturing Month, and Kimberly-Clark representatives accepted it, noting a 30-year partnership with the county. A county presentation said over 7,100 people work in local manufacturing. The court worked through a long consent-style agenda with approvals, as far as the transcript shows.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met at the OCTC Blandford Lecture Hall on September 16, 2024, with Commissioner Condor joining by Zoom. The court opened with proclamations for National Recovery Month (accepted by River Valley Behavioral Health) and Constitution Week (accepted by the Daughters of the American Revolution). Routine business passed, including the treasurer's report, minutes, claims,…
At its September 5, 2024 meeting, held at the OCTC Blandford Lair Hall, the Daviess County Fiscal Court worked through a routine agenda. The library's 2024 tax rates were read into the record, with no action needed. The court gave second reading and adoption to the county's 2024 tax rates ordinance, which lowers property tax rates from 2023. The court approved a three-year agreement with the City…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a public hearing on the 2024 property tax rates, then its regular meeting. The court is proposing the 4% rate, which would lower the real property rate from 13 cents to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed value. A first reading of the tax ordinance took place, with no vote yet. Nobody spoke at the hearing. The court recognized September as Preparedness Month and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its August 6, 2024 meeting by proclaiming August 15, 2024 as Ursuline Sisters of Mount St. Joseph Day, honoring the sisters' 150 years of education and service in the county. Sister Monica Seiton accepted the proclamation, and several magistrates shared personal memories of being taught by the sisters. The court approved the July 25 minutes and all claims.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court heard a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet presentation on the 2025 rural secondary road program. Recommended projects are repaving KY 140 from the McLean County line to the road where paving was done this year (about $565,000) and resurfacing about 3.3 miles of KY 662 from KY 405 to Campground Road (about $251,000). Both are expected in spring after base repairs. The…
The Fiscal Court opened with a prayer and the pledge, then issued two proclamations: Dust Bowl Basketball Tournament Week (July 19-27, 2024) and David Daniel Day (July 11, 2024), honoring a local graduate headed to Harvard. The court approved minutes, claims, and the first round of budgeted fund transfers for fiscal year 2024-25, and handled a long list of routine items: a Community Development…
Daviess County Fiscal Court held a brief special called meeting at noon on Friday, June 28, 2024. Magistrates approved the minutes of the June 20 meeting and the regular claims for all departments. They also approved the third and final round of budget transfers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. Transfers do not increase the budget. They move money within it to meet fund accounting rules,…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met June 20, 2024, and approved every item on its agenda. The Treasurer reported a total cash balance of about $739 million across all funds as of May 31, with roughly $327 thousand-range general fund operating cash as captioned (the auto-captions are unreliable on amounts). The court approved routine business: the June 6 minutes, all claims, and a second round of…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on June 6, 2024, and moved through a routine agenda, approving every item on it. The court gave final approval to the fiscal year 2024-25 budget on second reading. The budget assumes a 3.4% cost-of-living adjustment, holds tax rates constant, and issues no new debt. It takes effect July 1. The court also approved year-end budget transfers, which move money…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its second May 2024 meeting with a full consent-style agenda, and every item appeared to pass by voice vote. Commissioner Conder joined by Zoom. The court approved the 2024-2025 road resurfacing list of about 18.67 miles across the east, central and west districts, plus the annual transfer of $60,800 from the solid waste operating fund to the landfill closure…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a required public hearing on use of Local Government Economic Assistance and County Road Aid funds. No one spoke, so the budget will keep assuming those funds go to county roads and bridges. The county expects about $131,000 in LGEA funds and about $1.68 million in county road aid for fiscal year 2024-25. The court recognized a third grader from Deer…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 25, 2024, and approved nearly all items on its agenda. Routine business included the March treasurer's report, minutes from two prior meetings, and all claims. The court also approved a resolution on bus transportation for nonpublic school students, budgeted at $300,000 and reimbursed by the state, and named the county's FEMA applicant agent. The main…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a budget work session on April 15, 2024, to review the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget. County Treasurer Johnson described changes since the first draft: higher insurance estimates, real property tax revenue of about $9 million based on the PVA's assessment, added state reimbursement for the judicial center HVAC project, and a $15,000 cut to park equipment…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 11, 2024 and worked through a long consent-style agenda, approving nearly every item. Votes were by voice and the transcript does not give individual names for most motions. The court approved the March 21 minutes and claims. It accepted a section of Fairview Drive into the county road index and declined a transfer of old Kentucky 144 near Thruston. It…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court approved a full slate of routine business at its March 21, 2024 meeting. It began the process of discontinuing part of a county road (Fen/Fullen Rder Road in the captions), approved payment to the viewers who inspected it, and fixed a salary schedule error. The court approved contracts for detention center food services and a payroll and HR system. It paid a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its first March 2024 meeting with a community report from Owensboro Health. CEO Mark Marsh and board chair Gavin Roberts described the system as the largest employer west of Louisville. They reported 49 new providers added, about 65% of new patients able to see a primary care provider within 14 days, 150 days of cash on hand, and a new innovation center and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 22, 2024. It opened with a prayer and the pledge, and welcomed new staff accountant Candace Sturgeon. The treasurer's report for January was presented, and Judge Executive Castlen read an executive order placing a wet/dry special election for the G103 Yelvington precinct on the May 21, 2024 primary ballot. The court approved the minutes, claims, and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 6, 2024, and moved quickly through a full consent-style agenda. Every item that came to a vote appeared to pass by voice vote. The court approved the January 25 minutes and all claims. It approved a 12-foot easement so KENERGY can bore a new underground 7,200-volt power line at Yellow Creek Park, replacing deteriorated service. It also approved an…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on January 25, 2024, with Commissioner Castlen joining by Zoom. The meeting opened with the annual Christmas at Panther Creek check presentations. Five nonprofits each received about $3,080 from the third-highest total ever collected at the event, a little over $30,800 in all. The court then worked through a long consent-style agenda, and the transcript does…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its first meeting of 2024 by approving the December 21, 2023 minutes and all claims. The court then approved the 2024 budgets for the County Clerk and the Sheriff. The Clerk's office needs no subsidy from the court. The Sheriff's budget needs a subsidy, which is smaller than last year's because of a prior-year surplus. The Sheriff said it funds body-worn…
At its final meeting of 2023, the Daviess County Fiscal Court worked through a long consent-style agenda, and every item appears to have passed on voice votes. The treasurer reported normal, expected finances through November 30. The court approved the minutes and claims, along with lease agreements for court employee parking at First Baptist Church and the parking garage. It also approved a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its December 7, 2023 meeting, held on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, by honoring volunteer firefighters with 50 or more years of service. Mark Luckett, who will begin his 60th year of volunteer service in January, spoke on behalf of the group. The court then worked through a long consent-style agenda, and every item was moved and seconded. It approved the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 14, 2023. It opened with proclamations for Diabetes Awareness Month and Nurse Practitioner Week (November 12-18). A local psychiatric nurse practitioner accepted the second proclamation. The court approved routine business: the minutes, all claims, and a salary schedule amendment that moves one position to a higher grade. It also approved a $2,750…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 2, 2023. It received a clean audit for the year ended June 30, 2023, with no findings and all funds accounted for. The court approved routine business, including the minutes and claims. It also approved an interlocal agreement with Ohio County for paving about 690 feet of Mosley Road that Ohio County had left unpaved, with Ohio County reimbursing…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 19, 2023. It approved the September treasurer's report, the prior meeting's minutes, and the claims, and the routine business passed without noted opposition. The court approved a one-year lease with the Western Kentucky Raptor Center at Yellow Creek Park. The lease gives the center time to move its bird houses to a private site on Jones Road. Yellow…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 5, 2023. It opened with proclamations naming October Domestic Violence Awareness Month and October 4 as 10-4 Awareness Day, which concerns spotting bruising in young children as a sign of possible abuse. Andrea Robinson accepted the domestic violence proclamation. The courthouse was to be lit purple the next evening. The court approved the minutes…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 19, 2023. It opened with a proclamation declaring September 17-23 Constitution Week, accepted by a representative of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The outgoing executive director of the Owensboro Family YMCA then gave an update on the YMCA's plans after talks with the senior center ended, including a new roof on the building next door…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 7, 2023. It opened by proclaiming September 2023 National Recovery Month. River Valley Behavioral Health's Dr. Wanda Figueroa announced two major grants: a $4.6 million state grant for a recovery community center called The Gathering Place (grand opening September 27 at noon), and a $26 million federal SAMHSA grant for services for pregnant and…
The Fiscal Court opened with two proclamations: August 26, 2023 as Women's Suffrage Day, and September as Daviess County Preparedness Month, with Emergency Management planning a Sept. 15 expo at the hospital. The treasurer reported a total cash balance of about $67.4 million at the end of July. The library's tax rates were read into the record with no vote needed: 59 cents per $100 on real…
The Fiscal Court held a public hearing on the proposed 2023 property tax rates. The county proposes keeping every rate the same as last year, including 13 cents per $100 of assessed value on real property. That rate is above the compensating rate because assessments rose. No one from the public commented. The court proclaimed September 8, 2023 Theater Workshop of Owensboro Day, ahead of the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on July 27, 2023. It opened by recognizing the Owensboro Offroad Jeepers for setting a Kentucky record with a 556-Jeep convoy during the Jeeps expo, which boosted hotel occupancy to 82 percent. The judge also proclaimed July 21-29 as Dust Bowl Basketball Tournament Week. The court then approved a long consent-style list. It approved the June treasurer's report…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its July 11, 2023 meeting with two proclamations. July 15 was named Saint Peter of Alcantara Catholic Church Day for the church's 150th anniversary, and July 13 was named Stanley Volunteer Fire Department Day for its 50th. County Clerk Leslie McCarty reported that the reapportionment commission found the county's district lines still compact, contiguous and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a short special meeting on June 30, 2023, with a simple agenda. Judge-Executive George Wathen welcomed Brooke Hagan as the new fiscal court clerk at her first meeting. The court approved the minutes of the June 22, 2023 meeting and approved all claims for all departments. The court also approved the third and final round of budget transfers for the fiscal year…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its second June meeting and worked through a long consent-style agenda, approving nearly every item with voice votes that the captions do not detail. On finances, the court heard the May treasurer's report (about $71.7 million in total cash, with the general fund at about $36.5 million). It approved minutes, claims, end-of-fiscal-year budget transfers, the FY…
The Fiscal Court met on June 1, 2023, and approved the full slate of routine business, including minutes, claims, budget transfers, contracts and annual bids. All of these votes were by voice and the transcript does not record any opposition. The main action was the second reading of the fiscal year 2023-24 county budget, about $107.4 million across all funds. It assumes a 6.5 percent…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with two proclamations: May 2023 as High School Heroes Month, honoring 28 graduating seniors who donated blood or volunteered, and May 21-27 as Emergency Medical Services Week. Dr. Clark of the Daviess County Alliance for Substance Abuse briefed the court on the local drug crisis, led by methamphetamine and fentanyl. She said treatment is cost-effective and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its first May 2023 meeting with a public hearing on how the county will use Local Government Economic Assistance (LGEA) and County Road Aid funds. The budget assumes about $135,500 in LGEA funds and about $1.63 million in road aid, all for county roads and bridges. No one commented. The court also proclaimed May 2023 as Older Americans Month, and the health…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on April 20, 2023. It opened with a presentation from CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) about child abuse awareness month and the need for volunteer advocates. CASA is serving about 80 children at a time, has roughly 15 cases on a waiting list, and is training seven new volunteers. County Clerk Leslie McCarty turned over $1.7 million in excess clerk fees…
Daviess County Fiscal Court held a budget work session on the proposed 2023-24 budget. Treasurer Jordan Johnson walked through the budget highlights. General fund revenues are expected to stay steady, with property taxes up about $300,000. Lower state pension contribution rates save about $450,000, though the treasurer expects that to reverse in future years. Total appropriations across all funds…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 11, 2023. It opened with proclamations for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month and National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Local eighth graders spoke about their campaign to light the bridge blue, and the county 911 director accepted the telecommunicators proclamation. The court approved a routine slate of items: minutes, claims, and several…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its second March 2023 meeting. It opened with a brief Public Improvement Corporation meeting that appointed new board members and approved minutes. The court then heard a 2022 tourism review showing record hotel occupancy and convention center performance, and it announced the Great American Race coming to the county. The court approved a long consent-style…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a public hearing on a proposed $800,000 Community Development Block Grant for a Habitat for Humanity housing project. The total project cost is about $1 million, with Habitat providing a $200,000 match. No members of the public commented. A resolution to apply is expected at the next meeting. The court proclaimed March 2023 as American Red Cross Month.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court heard a community report from Owensboro Health, which described its regional growth, workforce and economic impact, plans for a workforce innovation center, and interest in expanding services on the west side of the county. The court approved a long list of routine and contract items. These included the January treasurer's report, the minutes, claims, an audit…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 7, 2023, with Commissioner Marksberry attending by Zoom. The court heard a presentation on a FEMA-funded backup generator for the Masonville No. 1 fire station, which is under federal review with an award possibly six to nine months away. The court approved routine business: minutes, claims, and year-end fund transfers of about $1.48 million to the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its January 19, 2023 meeting with the presentation of Christmas at Panther Creek checks. Five local nonprofits each received $5,506.70 (the captions garble the figure) from about $27,533 raised: Wendell Foster Center, Joe Ford Nature Center, Owensboro Regional Recovery, Elite Star Training and Southern Oaks Elementary PTO. The court passed a resolution…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its first regular meeting of 2023 on January 5, opening with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a performance by the Men's Mass Community Choir. The court approved the December 15, 2022 minutes and all claims. It approved the 2023 budgets for the County Clerk (about $2.37 million, no subsidy needed from the county) and the Sheriff (about $6.52 million,…
At its final meeting of 2022 and the last for this fiscal court, Daviess County approved a full slate of routine business before a long round of farewells for Judge Executive Al Mattingly and Commissioners Mike Koger and George Wathen. The court proclaimed December 15 as Bill of Rights Day, heard a clean FY2022 audit with no material weaknesses, and approved the prior minutes and claims. It…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on December 1, 2022, and approved every item on its agenda. Most votes were by voice, with no dissent recorded. The court renewed its partnership with the City of Owensboro on the juvenile drug and mental health court, with an added $10,000 ($5,000 from the county and $5,000 from the city) for a four-year term. It also approved the final change order of about…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 15, 2022, and moved through a mostly routine agenda. It proclaimed Nurse Practitioners Week, heard the October treasurer's report (about $63.9 million in cash, with the general fund at about $22.7 million), and approved the minutes and claims. The court approved an administrative services agreement with Green River Area Development District (the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 3, 2022, the first day of early voting. The judge executive proclaimed November 2022 Diabetes Awareness Month. The court approved an interlocal agreement with McLean County to split the cost of replacing and maintaining the Hall School Road bridge. The agreement does not define the county line. It also approved a bank security update that adds…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 20, 2022. It opened with a proclamation naming October 2022 Domestic Violence Awareness Month, accepted by a representative of OASIS, and heard the treasurer's September report (cash balance about $65.7 million, general fund about $22.7 million, all funds within expected limits). The court then passed a long run of routine and operational items, each…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met October 6, 2022. It opened with a public hearing on the Owensboro Regional Recovery (ORR) men's rehab center's community development block grant (CDBG). The court later closed out the current $200,000 grant and authorized a new $200,000 application for 2023. The court awarded $358,000 in excess hotel/motel tax funds to six downtown arts agencies: River Park…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 15, 2022. It opened with proclamations for Constitution Week (with a presentation from the Daughters of the American Revolution) and for 10-4 Awareness Day, which draws attention to bruising as a sign of child abuse in young children. The court approved routine business: the previous minutes, claims, the sheriff's 2021 tax settlement, the detention…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met September 1, 2022. It opened by proclaiming the day Elizabeth Mosley Zimmerman Day for her 100th birthday and received the 2022 tax rates for the library and extension districts. The library's real property rate fell from 6.2 to 6.0 cents per $100, and the extension rate was unchanged. The court approved minutes and claims, then a rural secondary agreement…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met early on August 16, 2022, and handled a full agenda in about 35 minutes. It opened with a proclamation marking the 125th anniversary of the Yellow Creek annual camp meeting and a July treasurer's report showing a cash balance of about $70.2 million, with about $22.5 million in the general fund. The court approved an agreement with the county attorney,…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on August 4, 2022 and worked through a routine agenda, approving every item on it. It approved the minutes and claims, the health department's 2023 tax rate of 4 cents per $100, and an update to the solid waste management plan for 2022-2027. The court approved several contracts and agreements. These were rural secondary flex funds for Daniels Lane and Lake Town…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on July 21, 2022. It added an order of allowance for the Board of Assessment Appeals to the agenda, then worked through routine items: minutes, claims, and the final June 2022 treasurer's report and settlement. The treasurer reported a June 30 cash balance of about $71.5 million, and the annual audit is expected to begin in the second week of September. The…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met July 12, 2022. It opened with a proclamation naming July 19-23 Dust Bowl Basketball Tournament Week, ahead of the 49th annual tournament at Kendall Perkins Park. Kids Day is Wednesday, July 20. The court approved the June 30 minutes, all claims, and budget transfers. The transfers include $2 million to the road fund and a final $400,000 payment toward the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a short special meeting on June 30, 2022, with Commissioner Wathen absent. The court approved the minutes of the June 16 meeting and all claims for all departments. The court also approved the third and final round of fiscal-year-end budget transfers: $76,900 in the general fund, $2,000 in the road fund, $18,600 in the jail fund and $800 in the solid waste…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met June 16, 2022 and approved every item on its agenda, with each vote carrying. The treasurer reported a May 31 cash balance of about $64.2 million, with the general fund at roughly $29.3 million. Funds are operating within budget. The court approved the prior minutes, all claims, and end-of-year budget transfers. The transfers, which move money within the budget…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met June 2, 2022 and approved every item on its agenda, with no opposition noted in the captions. The court approved the minutes, claims, and year-end budget transfers. The court approved a pass-through of state ARPA water money, about $850,000, for a six-inch water line on Short Station Road and Jack Hinton Road toward Philpot, to improve fire protection. It also…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on May 19, 2022. The court heard the April treasurer's report, which showed a cash balance of about $62.7 million. The treasurer explained that the large balance is mostly restricted or seasonal: landfill closure escrow funds of roughly $8 million, tax revenue collected in November and December, and federal relief money, of which $10 million is slated for rural…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held two public hearings before its regular meeting, one on use of Local Government Economic Assistance and County Road Aid funds and one on extending the Green Belt toward Yellow Creek Park. No members of the public commented on either. The main presentation came from Connexion (Jonathan Chambers) on the county's $10 million American Rescue Plan Act investment in…
Daviess County Fiscal Court held a budget work session on the proposed 2022-2023 budget. The County Treasurer walked the court through the summary, revenues, capital spending and each fund. The court took no votes. Taxes would not increase and no new debt would be issued. The budget holds the property tax at 13.4 cents and the occupational tax at 1%. Revenue assumptions include about $200,000…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on April 21, 2022. It opened with a proclamation recognizing April as Fair Housing Month, accepted on behalf of the Green River Area Development District. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet staff presented the rural secondary road program. The recommended resurfacing projects are KY 1554 (Audubon Parkway to US 60), KY 456 and KY 500. Commissioners pressed the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 11, 2022, in a courtroom open to the public for the first time in two years. The court proclaimed April 2022 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month and honored the Apollo High School Eaglets dance team for two national championships and a state title. Commissioners approved the minutes, claims, and the salaries of certain elected officials. Those…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened with a public hearing on closing out the CDBG-CV grant for the Owensboro Regional Recovery Center. The grant paid for pandemic-related costs such as masks, hand sanitizer and continued client services. No public questions were raised. The court recognized the Owensboro Rampage high school hockey team, three-time reigning Kentucky state champions, who were…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on March 8, 2022, and offered condolences to the family of former senator Joe Bowen. The court said it is reopening the courtroom to limited public attendance (about 10 people by appointment) and hopes for full participation by mid-April, in time for budget discussions. The court approved all items on its agenda. Routine business included minutes, claims, and…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 22, 2022. Owensboro Health gave its annual report to the community. The court then worked through routine business, and the biggest item was the final repeal of the extra insurance premium tax. Owensboro Health leaders said the system has about 5,500 team members, and about half of them live in Daviess County. They described a two-year strategic…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on February 10, 2022, with two commissioners and the county attorney joining by Zoom. The court approved the minutes, claims, and a series of routine finance and personnel items. The court amended the sheriff's 2022 budget, adding about $30,597 on a roughly $6.3 million budget to reflect updated salary and pension figures. It approved an audit engagement letter…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on January 26, 2022, at an unusual time because of the annual budget and training schedule. Brooke Hagan ran the meeting for the first time. The court proclaimed the day Dr. Donald Douglas Day. Douglas, a Daviess County native, was recently elected Kentucky state senator for the 22nd District. His brother Charles accepted the proclamation. The court approved a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on January 13, 2022, with the public still barred from the room because of COVID and comments accepted by Facebook Live and phone. The court worked through a consent-style list of routine approvals, and every motion on the agenda passed on a voice vote. The treasurer reported a cash balance of about $56.3 million at the end of December. The self-insurance…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met December 16, 2021, days after the deadly tornado outbreak in western Kentucky. The court proclaimed January 2022 National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, and the Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center described how it supplied blood to hospitals affected by the storms. The court approved routine items, including the minutes, claims, the county clerk's tax bill…
At its December 2, 2021 meeting, the Daviess County Fiscal Court heard that the 2021 county audit came back clean. All cash was accounted for and transactions were properly recorded. The report needed no vote, and a copy is on file with the court clerk and on the county website. The court approved $50,000 in "silo busting" funds, through an agreement with the River Park Center, for a festival…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on November 18, 2021. It opened with a public hearing on a proposed $1 million CDBG-CV (COVID relief) grant application to help the OASIS women's shelter buy property. The shelter has to leave its current location of 26 years and wants to create non-congregate, individual units to reduce COVID spread. The total project is estimated at $1.4 million, with OASIS…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met at noon on Monday, November 8, 2021. The court proclaimed November 7-13 as Nurse Practitioners Week, approved the October 28 minutes and all claims, and approved three street lighting district resolutions for new subdivision sections (Brookfield section 4, Deer Valley section 4 unit 4, and Deer Valley section 4 unit 5). Those districts spread streetlight costs…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 28, 2021. The court proclaimed November 2021 as Diabetes Awareness Month, with statistics on diabetes in Kentucky read into the record. The court approved the October 14 minutes and all claims. It then awarded five bids: turnout gear for the fire department (about $16,705), the spay/neuter clinic addition at the animal shelter ($579,118), a new…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on October 14, 2021. The judge executive read a proclamation naming October 2021 Domestic Violence Awareness Month and planned to read it again at a vigil. The court approved the previous meeting's minutes, all claims, and a wage schedule that adds a public works office manager title. It also approved the grant paperwork for the 2022 litter abatement ("cash for…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 16, 2021, and worked through a busy agenda. It began with proclamations for National Senior Center Month, 10-4 Awareness Day (child abuse bruising rule), Saving Our Rivers Day and Kentucky Women in Agriculture Day. The treasurer reported a cash balance of about $55.7 million at the end of August. The court approved the minutes and claims, the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on September 2, 2021. It opened with financial reports and tax rate certifications from the Conservation District, the County Library and the Extension District. The library took a compensating rate on real property, lowering its rate by a cent to 62 cents per hundred dollars. The Extension District set a rate of 0.9 cents. The court approved minutes and…
The Fiscal Court held a public forum and then its regular meeting on August 19, 2021. The 2021 property tax rate was left unchanged, with the real property rate staying at 13.4 cents per $100. The tax ordinance passed its second reading, so residents will see no rate increase from the county. The court noted that rising bills come from higher property assessments set by the state-regulated PVA,…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on August 5, 2021 and worked through a long agenda, approving every item that came to a vote. The judge urged residents to get vaccinated, noting COVID cases had climbed to 45 per 100,000. On finances, the court approved the July 15 minutes, all claims, the treasurer's final fiscal year 2021 report and settlement, and routine fund transfers. The treasurer said…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met July 15, 2021. It opened by proclaiming July 16-24 as Dust Bowl Basketball Tournament Week, honoring the 48th annual tournament at Kendall Perkins Park. The court approved the Sheriff's 2020 tax settlement. The sheriff reported a collection rate of about 99.6 percent on roughly $69.8 million certified. Most of that money goes to schools, the library, the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on July 7, 2021, with a single agenda item: a resolution supporting a federal RAISE grant application to rebuild part of Kentucky 54. The resolution commits $500,000 in county funds, contingent on the grant being awarded and on the state committing an equal or greater amount. The project would widen KY 54 to six lanes from US 60 to Ralph…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its July 1, 2021 meeting by honoring Daviess County firefighter/EMT Pavel, who recently became a U.S. citizen after scoring 100% on his citizenship exam. He came to the area through the Owensboro sister-city program with Olomouc, Czech Republic. The court then approved the minutes and all claims. It passed a resolution to take over a new back access road…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a special meeting on June 30, 2021, the last day of the fiscal year, to take up a single item: end-of-year budget transfers for fiscal year 2021. County rules do not allow an actual expense to exceed its budgeted amount, so the court moves money around within a fund at year's end. The transfers do not raise the total budget of any fund. The request covered…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on June 15, 2021, at a special 10 a.m. time. It opened by honoring two students who scored a perfect 36 on the ACT: Hope Ramming of Daviess County High School and Hunter Wimsett of Owensboro Catholic High School. The court also proclaimed June 26 to July 2 as Amateur Radio Operators Week. The treasurer reported a May cash balance of about $54.8 million. That…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court opened its June 3, 2021 meeting by honoring Owensboro High School graduate Keisha Harrington, who is headed to Harvard this fall. The court also heard that the state audit of the county's books came back clean. A coverage disagreement over pandemic relief expenses was resolved without the county returning any money. The court approved the minutes, all claims, and a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met May 20, 2021 and approved a full slate of routine and budget-related items. The meeting opened with a public hearing on county road aid (LGEA) funds, with about $521,000 proposed for maintaining county roads and bridges. No one commented. The court also honored Brandon Gillis, a Daviess County native who won the Kentucky Farm Bureau discussion meet and competed…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on May 6, 2021. KYTC District 2 engineer staff presented the 2021 rural secondary road program. The court accepted the three recommended projects: resurfacing on KY 815 (about $600,000), resurfacing on KY 764 (about $450,000), and a box culvert repair on KY 764 (about $100,000). The state's request to use part of the county's flex funds on an "armor coat"…
Daviess County Fiscal Court held a budget work session on the initial draft of the fiscal 2022 budget. County Treasurer Jim Hendrix walked through the assumptions: current taxes held constant, no new debt, a 2 percent cost-of-living raise, and state retirement rates rising about 12 percent. State revenue is coming in light, and the jail will need more cash from the general fund. The draft assumes…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met April 15, 2021. It opened with condolences for the family of a longtime Owensboro police officer and for a friend of the court who lost his wife. The assistant treasurer reported a cash balance of about $44.8 million across all funds, including roughly $20.3 million in the general fund. About $6 million of that is being held for the radio rework. The court…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met on April 1, 2021 with a short agenda and then held an appeal hearing on a rezoning request. The judge executive read proclamations for April as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month and for April 2 as Arbor Day. The court approved the minutes and bills, along with several routine items. Those included a state waste tire day agreement (planned for July 15-17…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met March 18, 2021. The judge urged residents to keep masking and distancing, noting the county's COVID rate had fallen to about 10.2 cases per 100,000. Dave Kirk of the convention and visitors bureau reported on the first Owensboro Burger Week. Twenty-four restaurants took part and sold more than 11,600 featured burgers, bringing in about $70,000 in five days. The…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met March 4, 2021. The judge opened with good news on COVID: the county's rate had fallen to 158 cases per 100,000, with single-digit daily cases and vaccinations expanding. The court approved a resolution for a CDBG-CV (CARES Act) utility assistance application of up to $200,000 for areas outside Owensboro. If awarded, the money would be distributed through a…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held a public hearing and then its regular meeting on February 18, 2021. The hearing covered a planned application for up to $200,000 in federal CDBG coronavirus funds to help residents behind on utility bills (water, sewer, gas, electric). A partner agency, possibly Audubon Area Community Services, would administer the money, and approval could take 60 to 90 days.…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court met January 26, 2021, with socially distanced commissioners in the courtroom and the public invited to submit comments by Facebook. The court proclaimed February 7-13 as Food Checkout Week and heard that the county's cash balance at December 31 was about $43.5 million, with the fiscal year halfway through and funds performing as expected. Commissioners approved the…
The Daviess County Fiscal Court held its first meeting of 2021 in a courtroom still being remodeled, with Commissioner Koger attending remotely. Members opened by remembering Allen Englehart, a friend who had died the day before. The court approved the 2021 budgets for the Sheriff's Office (about $6.3 million) and the County Clerk's Office (about $2.2 million, including a records room…