Meeting of May 4, 2023

I'd like to call this first meeting of May 2023 first meeting of the Davis County Fiscal Court to order and at this time if you'd stand with me so we have a prayer and the pledge the heavenly father as we pause this evening we thank you for the many blessings you've bestowed upon us as individuals as a nation as a community we thank you for giving us the blessing of this this day which has been proclaimed as a National Day of Prayer I ask that you bless us bless the work we do here this evening bless each one of the Commissioners and myself and bless all those that we represent dear heavenly father each of us comes to you with different perspectives each of us comes to you with a different life Journey each of us comes to you

with our own burdens even those of us who may appear to have no burdens we have burdens and I ask you to bless each of us and help us to be sustained each of us to be sustained as we carry our burdens I ask you to bless us and help us to be gentle and loving with one another this evening for we are all of your each of us is your child I pray these things in the name of Jesus my Lord and Savior amen I pledge allegiance to the flags of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands under God indivisible with liberty [Music] at this time I would like to suspend the meeting I've just called to order and open a public hearing uh there's one item on that agenda Jenny item number one local government

economic assistance lgea and County Road 8. Mr Johnson yes as part of the annual budget process the state requires us to hold a public Hearing in order to obtain public comments on the use of funds received through local government economic assistance funds and County Road aid funds the budget currently assumes that all those monies will be utilized for the maintenance and construction of County roads and bridges we anticipate that we will receive 135 500 in LGA funds and one million six hundred and twenty nine thousand and ninety six dollars in County Road 8 funds and fiscal year 2324 if there are no comments by the public to be considered by the court we will simply move forward under the current budget assumptions so at this point at this point if there's anyone who wishes to speak to this item which is um as as our Treasurer said local government economic assistance it's lgea Grant and also County Road Aid seeing none any comments from the commissioners hearing none at this time I will end that public hearing and we will resume our Fiscal Court meeting

item one consideration for presentation a older Americans month May 2023. commissioner Castle okay this is a proclamation from the office of the County judge executive whereas older Americans are significant members of our society investing their time wisdom and experience to help enrich the lives of younger generations and whereas communities benefit when people of all ages abilities and backgrounds have opportunities to participate and live independently and the senior center is a catalyst for mobilizing the creativity energy vitality and commitment of our older residents and whereas through the wide array of services programs and activities offered through agencies like the senior center our older citizens are empowered to participate in their Community which supports their individual choices about how they age and whereas we affirm the dignity self-worth and Independence of our older Americans by facilitating their decisions and actions tapping into their experiences skills and knowledge and enabling their continued contribution to the community and now therefore Davis County judge executive Charlie caslin

who hereby Proclaim May 2023 as older Americans month and urge all to honor and celebrate our older Davis County Americans and recognize those who work every day to enhance their well-being thank you commissioner case I believe Becky Barnhart is here to receive this if you'd want to come forward well [Music] there you are and if you would like to make a few comments well and let's get a picture yeah we'll take two here three two one let's do another one three two one just curious

[Music] foreign ER I think you might have known that or yes sir B Green River District Health Department Public Health Service Manager Rebecca horn Community invitation to the Community Health Improvement plans forum Miss Horn I think he's got it on yeah okay I want to thank Jenny for inviting me today and I just want to take this time to personally invite you all and the community to our Public Health forums our Davis County forum will be May 22nd at 1. I have Flyers over on the table um this is a culmination of our community health assessment which will still be open until Monday and we are asking everybody in the community to

please I've got a QR code on there to take this assessment because we utilize this assessment to guide our work but Davis county is very uh lucky to have a lot of people working in this community related to health we've got lots of coalitions health coalitions suicide Coalition ASAP groups Alliance for substance abuse policy groups so we all utilize we will share this with everybody so we can guide our work and make sure our work is strategic make sure we're in the right direction and make sure we're doing the best we can and we all have to partner together because we're all Limited in resources obviously so when we work together and we work off these assessments and really come together as a community we're going to do a lot better and move that needle in terms of health so I invite everybody to take the survey and the forums uh anytime you can give us would be great so if anybody's watching from home where might they go to find the survey and do it online the survey is on our healthdepartment.org website it's also on our Facebook page so you can go to either one of those and find the survey the link is on there or the QR code you can even print the flyer and put them up in your in your location okay thank you

thank you appreciate it next item two consideration for approval a minutes of the April 20th 2023 Davis County Fiscal Court meeting I'll make a motion to approve second got a motion a second Commissioners you've had the the copy of the minutes in front of you for some time or available to you for some time do any of you have any corrections or deletions hearing none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye for all departments motion to approve second got a motion a second do any of you have any questions these are the bills for the public that is here these are the bills due and payable by the county do any of you Commissioners have any questions for no treasure you're gonna know those in favor signify by saying aye C County Clerk's claim for calculation of Motor Vehicle and boat bills for 2023. make a motion to approve second got a motion in second Mr Johnson yes judge this is a funding mechanism set by KRS 133 0.240 Section 3 for the county clerk's office to receive payment for preparing the tax bills for motor