Meeting of May 9, 2024

good evening I'd like to call this uh meeting of the Davis County Fiscal Court to order and we're actually going to start with a public hearing um regarding something um but we'll get to that on the agenda if you would uh join me in the opening prayer and pledge you have father we pause and we thank you for the many blessings you bestowed upon us dear heavenly father there are many troubled hearts in our community some in this room I ask you to send your Holy Spirit to be with all of us who might have troubled hearts I ask you to bless us with healing bless us with the ability to show kindness to one another and bless us as we do the work of the county this evening guide us may we do all things according to thy will we pray this in the name of Jesus our lord and savior

amen pled to the flag of the United States Nation God indivisible Brook if you want to start us with the agenda on the public hearing yes one local government economic assistance and County Road Aid Mr Johnson yes judge 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 approximately $131,000 in lgaa funds and approximately 1.68 million in County Road aid funds in fiscal year 2425 if there are no comments by the public to be considered by the court we will simply move forward under the current budget assumptions thank you Mr Johnson is there anyone here that wishes to speak

to the local government economic assistance and County Road a and there is not so we will adjourn this public hearing and now I'll call this uh meeting of Davis County Fiscal Court to order and uh Brooke first item on the agenda one consideration for presentation a Deer Park Elementary School third grade presentation good evening I think we have a special guest Miss Katie if you want to come up to the podium if you don't mind saying your name for the public hold it the mic's not on check hello my name is name is Katie vogle and I go to Deer Park Elementary and I'm in third grade well hello and thank you for being with us and uh I know I met your mom at a meeting previously and I think you and I shared

a a uh she shared with me that we have a common um thing on our heart you mind telling the people what that is um well it is trash just being thrown on the road and in lakes and everywhere everywhere it seems like yes trash being thrown everywhere and so what did you and your you went to school and you asked your teacher if you could do you did some artwork didn't you and and I'll I'll just tell the people your artwork I believe is right in front of you we're looking that right now it says don't let her save the Earth and uh you you are here to deliver you're you've actually pre- delivered them but we've got them if you look around uh they're all on the wall here of from all your classmates and um I want to thank you for for your passion on trying to keep the earth clean and to get that message out and I've got I've got a statement to read if you want or or if You' got something more you want to say you're

welcome to Mama did y'all have anything prepared or go ahead and tell us the story how this happened well it started one day when there was this guy he had a truck but and there's trash in the back but it wasn't tied down it was like flying everywhere there was boxes and styrofoam mhm and then I had this idea what if we told a teacher we could do some art about it and then my mom came here and he heard you all talking all about how you had a problem with trash being thrown everywhere so you said we can make some art and me and my classmates made art for to tell people to not litter and not throw trash everywhere well very good I thank you for that and like I said it's it's all around the courthouse the courtroom tonight and after this meting meeting uh for the next month we're going to have it downstairs to where when people come in and pay their taxes or get new car tags or do any other business in the courthouse they can see it and maybe

your all's messages will get out to them and perhaps working together we can have a good outcome and I I I want to thank you uh for your passion to have a a a clean and beautiful community I want if you would when you go back to school thank all your classmates and thank your teacher for sending them for for agreeing to uh present your artwork to us so we can display it okay and U Jennifer mom I want to want to congratulate you for having such a wonderful daughter so and amen if we could I'd like to get a picture of us with her and her

[Music] [Applause] te e if y'all don't have to stay for the rest

of the meeting if you don't want but you're certainly welcome to all right and I don't know if she's in Girl Scouts Boy Scouts or leadership wboro or any of the other grp groups but but she can she can get her badge or her certificate signed so that she gets credit so anyway next Item B Proclaim May of 2024 as wkrbc high school hero month and recognize the 2024 graduating class of high school Heroes and announced the recipient of the Davis County Fiscal Court and Western Kentucky Regional blood center $1,000 scholarship we are going to start start with a proclamation commissioner marksberry if you'd read that sure judge Davis County Kentucky Proclamation Office of the County judge executive whereas blood donors play a vital role in the Health Care system of Western Kentucky which includes Davies County and whereas voluntarily donating one unit of blood May save as many as three lives and whereas 15% of the blood supply is collected from high school