Meeting of December 2, 2021

and we'll call the december 2nd 2021 davis county fiscal court meeting to order if you would bow your head our heavenly father we thank you for all the gifts that we receive from you we ask that you watch over the men and women who serve in our armed forces as well as all emergency responders i ask for wisdom and understanding for this court grant us humility in our everyday life and give us the courage to make right decisions for our davis county community we ask all these things in your name amen 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 once again i want to welcome everyone to our december 2nd 2021 fiscal court meeting for those who are watching on zoom as usual we try to make accommodations to take any comment that you might have you can send a comment over the facebook live page or you can call or text 270-929-1010 that's

929-1010 with your comments if you come in late we're on a delay about a 30-second delay if you get in late with your comments and i'm notified of them we'll go back and and try to get those comments out uh during the public comments section that would be the time that you would talk about anything other than what was on the agenda are you ready jenny yes sir item one consideration for presentation a 2021 davis county fiscal court audit report uh mr hendricks we received the final audit report each each of you has seen an electronic version of that the audit is uh very clean it's good audit all the cash is accounted for and all the uh transactions were properly recorded so we're always happy to get a a clean audit i think my staff their audits require a tremendous amount of work with the volume of detail that we have here mr johnson and katie and then art maglinger at the jail and his staff that have a series of financial statements that they go through and all of them came out good the audit's clean

and we're glad that we're glad it's that way any questions or comments from the commission it's always nice to get a good report card jim typically we have either the state does the audit or we hire an outside contractor was this year for the state or was this a year for an outside contract state did it last year so they typically do it about every fourth year okay and uh so yeah we did it we hired it out with the we have to get the state's approval to do so and uh the whoever does it then has to submit a series of work papers to the state for their final approval so okay any other question or comment well this is a report so there's no vote taken uh a copy of the audit is on file with the court clerks or in the court clerk's office and anyone that would like to see it or get a copy welcome to uh i'm sorry and it's on the website it's on the web our facebook page web page as well yeah web page i keep forgetting about that we put all kinds of stuff on there uh next item jenny item two consideration for approval eight minutes of the

november 18 2021 davis county fiscal court meeting second i have a motion second commissioners have all had a copy of the minutes in your possession for some time any additions deletions or corrections hearing none all in favor signify for saying aye aye opposed motion carries be all claims for all departments second i have a motion second again commissioners you all had a copy of the bills and payable by davis county fiscal court in your possession any question of the treasurer at this time hearing none all in favor signify saying aye aye opposed motion carries cmoa with the river park center regarding the monita sleep junior festival mostly approved second i have a motion and a second mr smith tell us what we're doing and why we're doing it yes uh judge and commissioners as you all are aware sarah hemingway on behalf of the young foundation has been working with a the last class of leadership owensboro on a project to honor monita sleep junior he was a pulitzer prize-winning photographer journalist from owensboro and they wrote a letter requesting fifty thousand dollars in silo busting

funds this grant will be used to hire a playwright to create a monologue of mr sleet's life that can be performed not only at the inaugural festival but the kentucky humanities council is going to help with this project and will use it as part of their chautauqua series so we will be having something that mr sleet will then go on a circuit and be available for citizens across the state to hear his story in addition i think the judge is familiar the former editor of the messenger enquirer uh robert morris bob morris uh has before done a photo show and he wants to do one regarding mr sleet and organized so uh he will also be leading to get the rights to and then print up large photo displays that will be a part of this festival when the festival is over with in february of 2023 those photographic displays will go panels will go to the museum of science and history for part of their local history exhibit this

david this is a cooperative effort between museum of science and history the river park center young foundation i think even the a photo display is going to be at the the museum of fine arts so it's it's that's where the silo busting comes in as you are aware for about 10 years we put 50 000 in the budget every year and ask that groups of folks come forward and do something with that money that benefits the community as a whole what three out of 10 years i think three out of eight or nine or ten years i believe we we use the fund for the uh for the inauguration of owensboro tickets yes and we also bought a cyclorama that's correct to go uh on the stage at river park center because of uh different users especially owensboro dance theater this will be the third time out of 10 possibilities that it was used so come on people out in the community get your heads together and get to working together and come and ask for some money wait a minute i take that back any question or comment

well commissioners i think several of us were there at the dedication of the the portrait was excellent uh i saw somebody on facebook as they usually do they get things wrong and they said fifty thousand dollars for that portrait i bet we could have got it done for a whole lot less well the portrait none of the fifty thousand dollars was used for or will be used for the portrait it's for the other things that are going to be used and done in celebrating uh this favorite son of davis county so any other question or comment there being none all in favor signify was saying aye aye opposed motion carries and i don't know david if i said but the river park is the lead uh arts agency in this okay next item jenny d contract with inspection testing and maintenance incorporated for fire hydrant testing move to approve second i have a motion second commissioners this is a yearly contract uh this year that there is a slight increase of a dollar a hatter and it i believe jordan it increases the contract amount by about thirteen hundred dollars that's that's pretty close uh i talked

to uh chief jeremy smith he couldn't be here this evening he has a class some kind of a class but it's pretty standard contract any question or comment and this is something that we do every year to make sure that these these fire hydrants flow properly and we also do it so that folks can get their discounts on their insurance so remember that insurance agents there being no other question or comment at all in favor 65 by saying hi opposed motion carries e fire hydrant testing and repair agreement with the city of whitesville most improvements second so we have a motion second commissioner same type of agreement only this is with the city of whitesville any question or comment there being all in favor 65 saying aye aye opposed motion carries f award and or renew the following annual bids 37 2021 bituminous hot mix and pavement milling 38 2021 engine oils and lubricants three 20 20.2 mosquito control services 37 2017.4