Meeting of July 11, 2023

good evening I'd like to call this first meeting of July of the Davis County Fiscal Court to order if you would please stand with me as we begin with a prayer and the pledge [Music] your heavenly father we pause and we thank you for the many blessings you bestowed upon us as a community as individuals as families as Nations as a nation we ask your blessing upon all those that we represent as elected officials those here this evening and those who who maybe don't even know that Fiscal Court exists we do we represent them anyway we ask your guidance as we do the work of the county this evening we ask your blessing upon all those we hold dear especially all those we promise to pray for we pray these things in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ amen did it again [Music] thank you

all righty our new uh [Music] Fiscal Court Clerk is unable to be with us and so we have Terry here with us this evening so Terry if you would the first item on our agenda number one consideration for presentation a proclaim the 150th anniversary of Saint Peter valcantra Church so got this Proclamation whereas leading businessmen of Northwestern Davis County proposed building a Catholic Church in the Oakford area and we're as Saint Peter of Alcantara church was constructed on Oakford Road at a cost of four thousand dollars in 1873 and whereas Mission Services were held in Stanley in the early 1900s and whereas the church moved to Stanley in 1911 and whereas the current church was constructed at a cost of one hundred thousand and dedicated June 18 1929 and whereas Saint Peter avocantra was celebrated its 150th anniversary on July 15 2023. now therefore I Charlie cassen Davis County judge executive do

you hereby Proclaim July 15 2023 at Saint Peter about cancer Catholic Church day in Davis County Kentucky and father if you would come up and receive this would make a few comments and thank you you might tell public what you got planned for Saturday we will thank Him Father Will Thompson and the pastor at St Peter Alcantara it's a great joy and an honor to be here and to accept this on behalf of the people of Saint Peter as you may know Saint Peter has been a Bastion of Hope for that local community for many years most especially in the 1937 flood it was a place of Refuge healing and strength and storage of livestock on the church grounds because it's one of the only places it's above the flood ground out there and so it's a great honor to be able to accept it 150 years of Faith it's nothing but a drop drop in the bucket of the water when it comes to Faith in general but we try to serve and to enjoy it with the best we can this coming Saturday the July 15th we're going to have a picnic we're

having a full picnic that's going to have a lot of wonderful celebrations going on in years past there have been plenty of booths and things that people can win things years ago there used to be dice games but we won't be able to have the dice game now but we'll have Bingo we're gonna have live music beginning at 4 30 p.m there's an all-you-can-eat buffet that you can come through there's a sandwich stand there are various games and Country stores and things for children to participate in face painting then we have mass at 7 pm and I can guarantee you if you're a Catholic it'll be the shortest Mass you've ever been to because you're going to be tired and exhausted at that time and then after that as a Thanksgiving for all the good work that everybody has done after that at starting about eight o'clock we've got a band coming into play to kind of have a little bit of an after party it's called dysfunctional Groove and it'll be a great opportunity to come so we thank you guys we hope you can join us but thank you especially for making this Proclamation for Saint Peter thank you thank you Father [Applause] here we go three two one

that looks good thank you father I just want to say St Peters is my was my home parish as a kid and and uh that's where other than a second of marriage it's it's where I received all my sacraments coming into the church and so I have found memories of of that place and and many of the people that are with you this evening so yes I'd like to add sub to that judge go ahead my parents met at the St Peter's picnic in 1965 so maybe something more celebrating yes so uh Terry next Item B proclaimed the 50th anniversary of Stanley Volunteer Fire Department you know and I will say normally I share these with the Commissioners and let them read these but since this is again my hometown I took the liberty of doing both these proclamations whereas in 1973 Davis County Fiscal Court created the county-wide fire

protection system by committing to build seven fire stations throughout the county and whereas on October 30 1973 33 citizens met to organize the Stanley volunteer fire department and whereas the original leaders of the department were George Murphy President Joe Watson vice president Jim settle secretary treasurer Don catron Jay Strong Bill mullikin and Kenny Pendleton and whereas the Stanley fire station opened in 1974 at a cost of forty six thousand dollars whereas the Stanley volunteer fire department responded to thousands of calls for service in the past 50 years 1250 1200 in the last 10 years alone providing help to their neighbors quickly and whereas Stanley volunteer firefighters carry on the tradition of Citizen response for the common good are ready to respond on short notice to help fellow citizens in need volunteer firefighters protect our lives our families and the economic life of their communities often at Great personal sacrifice and whereas Stanley volunteer fire department will celebrate its 50th anniversary on July 13 2023. now

therefore Our Charlie casan Davis County judge executive do hereby Proclaim July 13 2023 and Stanley volunteer fire department day in Davis County in appreciation for their valuable contributions as public spirited volunteers and I think we have Chief Smith with us this evening if you'd like to introduce the guests do you have and share what you all might have planned for the 13th yes on July the 13th we plan to have a cook for for the ones that's been on the fire department for four or 50 years and then all of the other ones that we have serving now I would like to thank the court for the proclamation in July 13th being Stanley fire fire department day I do have one of the original members with me today he was also a former fire chief Jimmy edelen you can please come out our Treasurer Mark Mulligan [Applause] one of our younger firefighters who also got hired with Davis County Fire Department Warren Gates

[Applause] and my assistant chief and fire firefighter for the Owensboro fire department Luke Cecil [Applause] I would like to thank the court well thank you we'd like to get a picture with you here many of these [Music] all right just a little bit here all right three two one do one more three two one somehow two additional comments I just want to