Meeting of September 10, 2026

Good evening. I'd like to call this meeting of the Davis County Fiscal Court to order. Today is Thursday, September 10, 2026. Commissioner Condra, do you mind leading us from the prayer and the pledge? — Thank you, Judge. If you could uh bow your heads and pray with me or a silent meditation, whichever you prefer. Dear Lord God, on this day, this day where a blessing of rain came, we had not too long ago a blessing of too much rain. Similar to life, sometimes we must make sure what we ask of that we really truly want and need it. Because when it comes, accept what those blessings bring. today as our first responders and our all those in the armed services are in harm's way. Please bless them. Keep them and their families safe to where they come home. I ask you to watch over and touch the minds and the hearts of fiscal court. Judge Castlin, Commissioner Castlin, Commissioner Marksberry and myself that

we use our minds for good and that we use our hearts for compassion and may both of them come together. I ask this in your name. Amen. — And now the pledge. 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. [snorts] — [clears throat] — I want to make welcome our uh little guests that I see out there. — Hope hope y'all — hope we don't hope we don't bore them too much. Go ahead. — One consideration for presentation a 2026 tax rates for the Davis County Library. — Mr. Johnson. — Davis County Library is adopting their compensating rate of 5.3 cents per $100 of assessed value for real property. This is down from 5.4 cents per $100 last year and a rate of 5.7 cents per $100 of assessed value for tangible personal property, aircraft, watercraft,

and inventory, which is down from 6.2 cents per $100 last year. Motor vehicles will remain at 4 cents per $100 of assessed value since they are adopting the compensating rate. KRS65A110 section 4 subsection B does not apply. So there's no action for fiscal court to consider for approval. We are simply reading their established rates into the record. — Thank you, Mr. Johnson. — B 2026 tax rates for Davis County Extension District. — Mr. Johnson. — The Davis County Extension District is adopting their compensating rate of 1.1 cents per $100 of assessed value for real property. This is up from 1.07 cents per $100 last year. This is only up due to rounding in the rate calculations since their rate is so small and a rate of 1.1 cents per $100 of assessed value for tangible personal property, aircraft, watercraft, and inventory. Motor vehicles will remain at 4 cents per $100 of assessed value. And again, since they are adopting the compensating rate, KRS65A 11104B does not apply. There is no action for fiscal court to consider for approval. We are simply reading their established rates into the record. — Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

— Two, consideration for approval. A minutes of August 27, 2026, Davis County fiscal court meeting. — Motion to approve. — Second. Had a motion and second. We've all had the minutes a few days to review. Are there any additions, deletions, or corrections? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. — B. All claims for all departments. — Motion to approve. — Second. — Got a motion. Second. These are the bills doing payable Davis County Fiscal Court. Are there any questions for our treasur? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. — C. Memorandum of agreement between Davis County Fiscal Court and the city of Owensboro for funding a juvenile drug and mental health court. — Motion to approve. — Second. — Got a motion second. Councelor Bley. — Thanks, Judge. Uh in late 2012 and throughout uh early 2013, Davis County Fiscal Court in the city of Owensboro created and funded a juvenile drug court. uh when funding by the state government was eliminated. The program's goal has been to reduce recidivism and provide treatment options to juveniles that are charged with public offenses

related to substance abuse and uh juveniles that may have uh mental health problems. Sometimes those coexist. This program is not for serious crimes that result in detention like felonies uh violent crimes. Its focus is to uh rehabilitate uh low-level offenders. The presented memorandum of agreement is to fund the program for an additional four-year term beginning January 1st, 2027 and ending December 31st, 2030 with the city and county providing $75,000 each annually, total of $150,000. The city of Owensboro has agreed to continue their portion of the funding and Davis County Public Schools has agreed to continue serving as the supervising agent agency and fiscal agent. I have evaluated the program. Uh the county attorney's office uh uses this program. We refer juveniles that are in court to the program. Like I said, it's uh 99 times out of 100, it's not violent offenders. and then we monitor how they do in it.

Um, so it's a good program. Uh, I recommend it support. Thank you. — Thank you, counselor. Any questions or comments from the court? Any questions or comments from the public? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. — D. Contract with the Eric Group for production services at Yellow Creek Park. — Motion to approve. — Second. — Got a motion. Second, Mr. Johnson. — This contract is for stage and production equipment rental services with the ERIC group for the Halloween event at Yellow Creek Park on October 30th to 26. Uh the contract is in the amount of $4,500 and includes a sound and light package. Legal and I have reviewed it and we see no issues. — Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Any comments or questions from the court? Any comments or questions from the public? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. — E. Funding request from River Park Center Incorporated. — Motion to approve. — Second. — Got a motion and second, Mr. Johnson. — Presented as a funding request from the River Park Center in the amount of $300,000. This is in light of their budgeted shortfall for fiscal year 2027. Last fiscal year, the River Park Center

requested additional funding to cover their budget shortfall in the amount of 300,000 and noted that a similar size shortfall was likely for subsequent years. as Oak View Group or OVG attempts to complete their profile of what entertainment is most successful in this area. As more data is introduced with what shows resonate with the region, presumably that will mitigate the annual shortfall going forward. If approved, it should be noted that the funding would come from the transient room tax reserve, which comes from the 2% tax levied on the rent of rooms and lodgings. These funds are restricted and can only be distributed to eligible performing arts centers in Davis County, Kentucky. So, no opportunity cost exists in this situation in regards to county operations. I see no issues. — Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Any questions or comments from the court? — No. — Commissioner Conder. — Thank you, Judge. Uh, Treasurer Johnson, just curious, this will be the second uh round of $300,000 for a total of 600,000 in the these last two years. But uh going forward, does it look as if the trend is that the River Park Center's viability as far as financial stability? Has it gotten better during that time frame or stayed the same? What's it look like going forward? — So, the board's fiscal sustainability

task force has been presenting comparative year-to-ate operating statements such that there's a clear understanding of where they're headed in terms of net income. When comparing fiscal year 26 with 25, there was a net income improvement of about $250,000. So, their financial trajectory is heading in the right direction, but the projected shortfall still exists. From the reports that I've reviewed, it appears they're making progress towards the goal of breaking even, but the time necessary to do it remains difficult to project beyond a single year. — The progress is being made. It's just very slow for it to be to get there to where we could say it's break even. Um, at least there is progress being made with parks. Thank you. Thank you, Treasure Johnson. Thank you, Judge. — Thank you, Commissioner. Any other court members? Anyone from the public wish to speak to this item? [clears throat] — Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. — I. I. — If facility use agreement with the Owensboro Sports Center for the November 2026 general election. — Motion to approve. — Second. — Got a motion to second. Mr. Johnson. — This is the standard use agreement for the clerk's office to utilize the sports center for the 2026 general election per