Meeting of January 26, 2022

i want to call the january 26 2022 davis county fiscal court meeting to order if you would bow your heads and pray with me 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 our emergency responders we ask that you particularly watch over those folks who are suffering from this pandemic the covenanting virus and particularly those who are suffering that illness right now i ask for wisdom and understanding for this court grant us the 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 to the republic for which it stands one nation under god once again i want to welcome everyone to our january 26 2022 davis came fiscal court meeting we're holding this at kind of an odd

hour but every year this time we have to change meetings around to accommodate the clerk and the sheriff's need for budget to accommodate the fiscal court's need to go to training uh and we're probably i think next month we have some not the first and third thursday of the month but we have some different dates so always go to the facebook page and check to make sure when the meetings are and that being said this meeting is being broadcast live on our facebook page and if you have any questions or comments regarding any of the items on the budget or on the budget on the agenda then you can text or email email to the facebook page or you can text or call 270-929-1010-270-929-1010 we're on a i think a 30-second delay so sometimes you may not be able to get your question to us but when that question comes up it will be get given to me and then i'll try to address it if we can if we can't if you'll give your name and phone number i will call

you back with the information that you request today we don't have jenny warren with us brooke where are you all right stand up over there we have brooke hagan this is her first time of ever running a meeting you want the gavel okay brooke just take a deep breath you will be fine now i promise i won't embarrass you are you ready hey are you ready yes all right first item one consideration for a presentation a pro proclaim january 26 2022 as dr donald douglas day okay and i have a proclamation whereas dr donald douglas was born and raised in a log cabin near maceo and was the 14th of 16 children whereas he was a track and field all-american and academic all-american at davis county high school and whereas he was honored as a davis county public school's distinguished alumni and inducted into the davis county hall of fame and whereas he attended western kentucky university earning a bachelor's degree in biology and was captain of the track

and track team for all four years of college whereas he was admitted into western kentucky's university's athletic track hall of fame after qualifying for the u.s olympic trials twice and whereas he continued his education in the field of medicine at the university of kentucky college of medicine and completed his residency at the university of louisville department of anesthesia and whereas he has been successful practi practicing non-narcotic pain management for over 20 years and is the medical director at the tony delk imac regeneration center in lexington and whereas he was elected kentucky state senator for the 22nd district on november 2nd 2021 now therefore our davis county judge executive al mattingly do hereby proclaim in davis county kentucky january 26 2022 as dr donald douglas day and here to accept this proclamation is uh dr douglas's brother charles charles thank you for for being with us i just want to take a a minute it's it's a long and distinguished uh history and career and certainly charlie

and i when we heard 14th of 16 children where were you in that line number two well i'm the oldest of 12 and charlie is the 13th of 12th 12th and 14th 12th 13th 12th and 13th so anyway there's a lot we could field a lot of athletic teams if we put our families together uh he just has had a long and storied career and and david brought this to my attention today i didn't think about it you know we we have suzanne miles and d.j johnson and matt castle who represent davis county all of davis county are they are from davis county uh in the general assembly i like to think that now senator dr douglas donald douglas will also keep davis county in mind when legislation comes up and if i give him a call that he might be willing to listen to the needs of davis county as well so now we'll have four so uh charles if you would come forward and we're going to make this presentation commissioners you want to go down with me you know

really it does it gives a strength later whenever we talk about a native son of davis camp uh we are you might ask [Music] don't don't feel like you have to stay the rest of the meeting is not going to be any fun probably so if you want to leave you're welcome or you can stay okay uh brooke you ready yes two consideration for approval a minutes of the january 13 2022 davis county fiscal court meeting motion

approved second i have a motion second commissioners you've all had a copy of the minutes of your hand for some time any additions deletions or corrections hearing none all in favor signify by saying aye aye opposed motion carries b all claims for all departments notion to approve i have a motion second again commissioners you've all had a copy of the bills uh doing payable by davis county fiscal court any questions of the treasurer there being none all in favor signify saying aye aye opposed motion carries next item c resolution number zero two dash two zero two two regarding kimberly clark corporation and industrial revenue bond motion approved second i have a motion second mr smith yes judging commissioners uh in december of this year the state economic development board gave preliminary approval for kimberly clark to do an expansion at their uh davis county facility it is a 110 million dollar project 50 million would be spent on a expansion of the prop of the buildings and 60 million on equipment

it would bring in 42 jobs at a rate of 48 an hour including benefits and there's currently about 337 employees out there the davis county location is in competition with another with other scott paper or kimberly clark facilities the corporation plans on making their decision sometime in the first half of this year they requested that fiscal court pass this resolution to confirm our willingness to issue industrial revenue bonds to facilitate this expansion david uh when they first located here davis came fiscal court passed an irb is that right that's correct yes that it was i think it was oddly enough about 110 million dollars to build the original plant and uh that isn't that about to be paid off it will be paid off in the next year or two okay it was a 30-year bond we're not certain as to how long these are but 30-year bonds are not as common as they were okay questions or comments commissioners i will note as part of the industrial