Meeting of February 7, 2023

I'd like to call this meeting of the Davis County Fiscal Court to order commissioner Connor would you leave us an open prayer in the pledge please thank you Georgia if everyone could uh bow your heads and pray with me oh Lord we pray for our loved ones those that are here and those that are near and far away and everyone for whom we pray Keep Us Safe each night the homeless who have no place to stay and those who are suffering in so many ways the dying the morning or grieving and all those who need God's mercy we pray Keep Us Safe heavenly father when we are at home we're traveling or on our way to wherever we may go or when we are vulnerable or in danger dear Lord I ask for the blessings on our world on our nation on our County and our city for all of your people finally dear God I ask this blessing

please touch the hearts and the minds and the souls of Judge castlin commissioner marksberry commissioner Chris caslin and even myself ask these things in your name our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ amen and now the pledge I pledge 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 thank you commissioner condor and Jenny you ready to go yes sir item one consideration excuse me I just want to let people know the commissioner marksberry is under the weather and she is joining us online via Zoom so um she is present but she's not up here with me so okay go ahead thank you judge item one consideration for presentation a FEMA KY hazardous mitigation application

application incentive generator Grant projects foreign you want to defer to Mr Edge we have Mr Blake edge with Grant so welcome hold on just a second he's in turn your mic on good now yes sir so every time there's a FEMA declared disaster presidential disaster declaration FEMA makes five percent of the total disaster declaration available for initiative projects and what those uh every anytime there's a declared County in Kentucky every county is eligible for those to apply for those initiative projects the covid pandemic was a declared disaster in 2021 and as part of that we were able to apply for a backup generator at the Masonville number one

fire station and it was approved to apply directly to FEMA for that it was a cost of 30 000 local sheriff 13 at nearly 4 000 and the state picks up an additional 12 just over 3 000 with FEMA picking up the rest of it um there was we actually submitted the application for Kentucky Emergency Management review in February of 22 and then uh they sent it back to us about a week ago and needed it back before last Thursday so with some with signatures on it so Jordan helped me to get all that submitted and it is now under FEMA review they don't do anything very fast so it could be another six months or nine months before they they give the award but anytime we've submitted the application to field we've never been we've never had one not awarded so Kentucky Emergency Management selects the ones that they want to submit to FEMA and so they selected this one so

okay very good thank you any Commissioners have any questions commissioner Connor Thank you judge uh Blake you may not know this answer but just out of curiosity why would the Masonville number one fire station be the the site for this package I just just curious out of anything because I'm assuming it's for backup emergencies there's one how does that happen so the uh they just submitted uh some interest in it uh I believe they talked to the previous Fiscal Court about uh uh sponsoring on on their behalf and uh so they just they needed one or after the uh before the ice storm uh backup power was not as big a deal after the ice storm uh that's where the majority of these initiative projects go so we just try to take care of as many uh critical sites that need backup power as possible Thank You Blake thank you judge you're welcome sir anyone from the public wish to ask a question amen now this is just a presentation so we don't vote on this okay thank you thank you appreciate item two

consideration for approval a minutes of the January 19th 2023 Davis County Fiscal Court meeting [Music] do you hear a motion to approved I'll make the most to approve second got a motion a second all those let me ask this anybody have any corrections or changes hearing none all those in favor singing if I was saying aye aye Item B B all claims for all departments you've had the claims from the treasurer for some time let's do I hear a motion to prove motion to approve I'll second it and a motion is second any questions of the treasure hearing none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye C fund transfers I'll make a motion to approve second got a motion a second on funds transfers Mr Johnson yes judge Fiscal Court transfers unencumbered funds from the general fund to provide operating monies for other funds throughout the year these are the final budgeted transfers for fiscal year 2223. I am requesting authority to transfer one million four hundred and seventy eight thousand four hundred and twenty five dollars from the general

fund to the road fund and one million 781 997 from the general fund to the jail fund these transfers are budgeted and our standard practice and I request your approval any any questions from the Commissioners for Mr Johnson the questions from the public hanging on all those in favor saying five are saying aye next item D amend Sheriff's Department 2023 budget move to approve and second Mr Johnson it shows the court must approved the sheriff's budget by January 15th of each year and submit it to the Department of local government however dlg does not release information that affects salary and pension benefits until the end of January so the sheriff's Amendment request results in a total increase in our annual subsidy to that office of 125 524.30 it is comprised of a 1.5 percent increase for all salaries to adjust for the now published Cola of 6.5 percent in adjustment to the Sheriff's salary as mandated by the state a part-time's forensics officer and minor salary adjustments for promotions the total

amended budget is 6 million six hundred and forty five thousand seven hundred and nine dollars and 37 cents Sheriff Youngman is in attendance if you have any questions any questions for our Sheriff no Sheriff Youngman you wish to speak go ahead just say thank you all for your ongoing commitment to Public Safety I know that's something that we talked a lot about over the last year and you all certainly come through on your end I just like to draw out uh in this amendment um and thank you for your understanding of the importance of digital forensics this is a field that has rapidly becoming the expectation of criminal prosecutions when uh when our detectors build a case the question now the thing that convinces juries when someone wants to go trial is where's the data that supports discharge and uh digital forensics must be able to pick back up that program and continue is what's going to make the difference in making these streets safer so I want to thank you all for understanding that and thank you for all your support yes sir just one quick question Josh please yes Sheriff Youngman this is your last Amendment correct in Monroe sir it's my last one tonight thank you yes sir email questions hearing now and all