Meeting of October 28, 2021

i'm going to call the october 28 2021 davis county fiscal court meeting to order uh commissioner wathen would you lead us in a prayer in the pledge yes please pray with me dear god our father thank you for all the blessings that you have been stolen in this great country please protect our military our deputies and our police from harmful way bless all of our employees and their families we ask that you keep us close to you close enough to you that we may all spend all of eternity with you we ask this in jesus name amen it amen one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all [Music] thank you commissioner and once again i want to welcome everyone to october 28 2021 davis county fiscal court meeting jenny are you ready item one consideration for presentation a proclaimed november 2021 as diabetes awareness month commissioner caslin would you read the proclamation whereas diabetes is a serious incurable

disease which can be associated with complications that threaten both length and quality of life including blindness heart disease kidney failure stroke and amputations and whereas an estimated 34 million adult americans are diabetic including over 450 000 kentuckians plus an estimated 112 000 kentuckians who are undiagnosed and whereas over 315 000 adult kentuckians are diagnosed as pre-diabetic but there are thousands more who go undiagnosed whereas in kentucky diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death by disease and nationwide it has the fourth highest mortality rate and whereas annually diabetes costs kentucky over 5 billion dollars in medical expenditures and lost work and wages and whereas an increase in community awareness of risk factors and symptoms related to all stages of diabetes as well as evidence-based interventions that can improve outcomes and quality of life among those with and at risk for diabetes can increase

the likelihood that they will seek out education support and treatment early in the course of the disease and whereas structured lifestyle changes and programs such as the national diabetes prevention program have been proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults with pre-diabetes and accredited recognized diabetes management education and support programs that support appropriate self-care and behavior change strategies critical to managing diabetes have been shown to improve diabetes outcomes now therefore davis county judge executive al mattingly does hereby proclaim november 2021 as diabetes awareness month in davis county and urges all citizens to help fight this disease and its life-threatening complications by increasing awareness of the risk factors for diabetes making healthy lifestyle choices and by providing care and treatment for those living with diabetes presented in davis county kentucky this 28th day of october 2021. thank you commissioner and a lady was in the office today i think jenny and picked this proclamation up already yes

sir uh just a comment or two diabetes is relatively common if if not really common in kentucky 13.3 of all adults in our commonwealth have diabetes that was based on 2019 statistics let's put it in numbers that you really understand 464 000 individuals had diabetes uh 18 of medicaid payouts uh were in regard to diabetes nine percent of the kentucky employees health uh plan and because of diabetes 2864 children under the age of 19 covered by medicaid had diabetes and 282 children for a total of 3 146 kids had diabetes diabetes can occur spontaneously during pregnancy and that's why it's important for women who are of childbearing age keep an eye out 17 percent of the diabetes cases in kentucky occur in eastern kentucky that's kind of important 12 in non-appalachia kentucky

in the end 453 million dollars are paid out for hospital stays by folks who are diabetic diabetes is manageable and can be preventable particularly type 2 diabetes that's why you need to watch your weight watch blood pressure watch all those things because diabetes is is a a people with diabetes end up with heart issues vision issues and many many people that had diabetes that i know of friends and and folks have lost limbs as a result of diabetes so it's extremely important that you keep an eye on it that you have in your blood test every year that you test for for uh blood sugar levels and if you want more information go to kentucky public health's website and they will tell you more information than you ever wanted to know commissioner thank you very much jenny next item item two consideration for approval a minutes of the october 14 2021 davis county fiscal court meeting motion approved second i have a motion second commissioners have all had a copy of the minutes for some time any additions deletions or corrections

hearing none all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion carries be all claims for all departments second again i have a motion second commissioners you all had a copy of the bill doing payable by davis county fiscal court do you have any questions of the treasury at this time hearing none all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion carries c award the following rfq14 2021 six sets of turnout gear bid 9 2021 spay neuter clinic project bid number 33 2021 one new excavator bid number 34 2021 one new fuel truck bid number 35 2021 bullet resistant vests move to approve second i have a motion and second jordan you know the drill if you will go through each bid pause for a while for any questions or comments and while i'm thinking about it folks this meeting is being carried live on facebook you have the opportunity to either text us or type in a question i think the

phone number to call a question in is there we will uh certainly try to answer any comments or questions and we'll even make an allowance for questions or comments to come in a little late because i think we're on a 30 30 second time delay somewhere around there so if you have a question or comment go ahead and get it in to us go ahead jordan yes sir beginning with rfq 14 2021 this quote is for the replacement of six sets of turnout gear for the davis county fire department we received three responsive quotes ranging from sixteen thousand seven hundred and five dollars to sixteen thousand nine hundred thirty seven dollars and forty cents and recommend pursuing the lowest quote submitted by fire department service and supply the amount of sixteen thousand seven hundred and five dollars these are budgeted replacements replacements to meet national standards there are no exceptions and i would recommend approval commissioners questions or comments jordan is have these folks uh been the ones that have gotten these bids in the past or is it just very from i'm here i'm assuming that there are only certain people who can provide the gear yes okay and these have typically got in the past

okay next item bit number nine 2021 this bit is for the construction of the spay neuter clinic as an addition to the existing animal shelter we received four bids ranging from five hundred and seventy nine thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars to six hundred and sixty one thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars and recommend award to the lowest and best evaluated bids submitted by q s enterprises llc in the amount of 579 118 this is a budgeted project there are no exceptions and i would recommend approval commissioners questions or comments i'm i'm just curious there's there's uh on each one of the bids there is an expected completion date and i'm i'm i know i've heard of of some of our contractors and and developers here in davis county having trouble getting getting materials for for construction do these folks not foresee any problems or or we have a provision in there to review anything that is lengthened by covid but otherwise their liquidated damages will apply if they go beyond that date okay very good thank you so you do have liquidated damages