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Meeting of November 17, 2022

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Summary

Grayson County Fiscal Court – November 17, 2022

The court handled a lengthy agenda of routine financial approvals (minutes, bill payments, budget transfers, and monthly settlements for the treasurer, jailer, and sheriff), all passing without objection.

A significant item was declaring two landlocked, undevelopable lots on Lake Shore Road as surplus property, to be sold via sealed bid to an interested buyer who owns adjacent lots. The court also approved a sales agreement with VEI Communications to overhaul the county's 911 emergency radio system, funded by roughly $800,000 already set aside from prior 911 funds, with a first installment payment of about $200,000. Related to public safety, the county is installing about eight new tornado warning sirens around the county (including Big Clifty, Saint Paul, Millerstown, Wax, and other locations) using ARPA funds, with a first installment payment discussed.

The court gave first readings to two new ordinances: an Alcoholic Beverage Control ordinance (needed to formally regulate alcohol-by-the-drink sales approved by voters years ago in Falls of Rough and Rock Creek, setting license fees, hours of sale, and enforcement powers for a county ABC administrator) and a Dogs on Private Property ordinance (addressing nuisance dogs trespassing on others' property, with fines and restitution provisions). Both passed their first readings.

Other business included authorizing a second bid for a van (after only one bid was received for two requested vans), approving purchase of two new road department trucks under government contract, and accepting the sole bid from Southern Builders LLP (~$348,210 after removing sales tax) for a new training building. The court also approved hiring a new CDL driver, Ron Frank, for the road department.

Much of the meeting's discussion (without formal motions) covered road department equipment challenges — the rising cost and scarcity of new and used dump trucks and pickup trucks — and a suggestion to require new CDL-trained hires to sign contracts repaying training costs if they leave early, an idea magistrates said they would look into for the future.

Agenda (24)

  • 1:27

    Approve minutes from previous meeting

    The court approved the minutes from the prior meeting.

  • 1:39

    Approve payment of bills

    Routine approval of bill payments.

  • 1:47

    Approve treasurer's budget transfers

    Routine approval of treasurer's budget transfers as presented.

  • 1:57

    Approve treasurer's monthly settlement

    Routine approval of the treasurer's monthly settlement.

  • 2:05

    Approve jailer's payment of bills

    Routine approval of jailer's bill payments.

  • 2:13

    Approve jailer's monthly settlement

    Routine approval of the jailer's monthly settlement.

  • 2:21

    Jailer's budget transfers

    No budget transfers were presented for the jailer, so no motion was needed.

  • 2:33

    Approve sheriff's monthly settlement

    Routine approval of the sheriff's monthly settlement.

  • 2:41

    Declare surplus lots on Lake Shore Road

    Two landlocked, undevelopable lots (36 and 37) transferred to the county due to unpaid taxes were declared surplus after a buyer expressed interest in purchasing them.

  • 3:47

    Approve sale of surplus lots via sealed bid

    The court approved selling the surplus lots via sealed bid rather than auction.

  • 4:04

    VEI communications system sales agreement

    The court approved a sales agreement with VEI Communications to overhaul the county's emergency radio system using 911 funds already allocated (~$800,000), addressing dead zones for police, fire, and ambulance dispatch.

  • 6:31

    First installment payment for radio system

    The court discussed and approved the first installment payment (~$445,679.85 or similar figure) for the radio infrastructure system.

  • 7:18

    Tornado siren installation project

    The county is installing about eight new tornado warning sirens at locations including Big Clifty, Saint Paul, Millerstown, Wax, and others, funded partly by ARPA funds, with a first installment of about $200,000 approved for installation.

  • 14:53

    Extension office board nominations

    The court approved nominations to the extension office board.

  • 15:07

    Clerk's revised 2022 budget

    The court approved the clerk's revised 2022 budget as presented.

  • 15:25

    First reading: Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance

    The county attorney read through a proposed ABC ordinance required due to prior voter approval of alcohol by the drink in Falls of Rough and Rock Creek, covering licensing fees, hours of sale, and enforcement by a county ABC administrator (proposed to be Tony Willen).

  • 26:27

    First reading: Dogs on Private Property ordinance

    An ordinance addressing dogs trespassing onto others' private property, providing for fines and restitution, prompted partly by complaints about dogs disrupting a hunting property.

  • 30:44

    Approve other bill list

    Routine approval of an additional bill list.

  • 31:22

    Road department van bid

    Jason explained only one of two requested vans received a bid; the court approved re-advertising for a second van bid.

  • 32:23

    Purchase of two road department trucks

    Approval to purchase two 2023 Ford F250 trucks via government contract for the jail, at $59,320 each.

  • 34:06

    Training building bid

    The court reviewed the sole bid received from Southern Builders LLP for a 50x150x22 training building and accepted it at approximately $348,210 after removing sales tax.

  • 40:28

    Road department hiring update

    Kenny from the road department discussed hiring a new CDL driver, Ron Frank, to fill a vacancy after a departure.

  • 41:16

    Road department equipment and truck shortage discussion

    Extended discussion of difficulty finding new and used dump trucks and pickup trucks due to price increases and shortages, and consideration of requiring CDL trainees to sign repayment contracts if they leave early.

  • 54:35

    Adjournment

    The meeting was adjourned.

Motions & votes (21)

  • 1:33

    passedApprove minutes from previous meeting

    Moved by Damon · seconded by Neil · all in favor

  • 1:43

    passedApprove payment of bills

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Damon · all in favor

  • 1:51

    passedApprove treasurer's budget transfers as presented

    Moved by Damon · seconded by Kevin · all in favor

  • 2:00

    passedApprove treasurer's monthly settlement

    Moved by Neil · seconded by Damon · all in favor

  • 2:09

    passedApprove jailer's payment of bills

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Kevin · all in favor, aye

  • 2:16

    passedApprove jailer's monthly settlement

    Moved by Brian · seconded by Darren · all in favor

  • 2:35

    passedApprove sheriff's monthly settlement

    Moved by Neil · seconded by Kevin · all in favor

  • 3:42

    passedDeclare lots 36 and 37 of Evely Land Development on Lake Shore Road as surplus

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Brian · all in favor

  • 3:55

    passedApprove sale of the surplus lots via sealed bid

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Brian · all in favor

  • 6:22

    passedApprove VEI Communications system sales agreement for radio system upgrade

    Moved by Kevin · seconded by Darren · any opposed asked, none noted

  • 14:44

    passedApprove first installment payment for the radio/communications system infrastructure

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Damon · all in favor

  • 15:00

    passedApprove extension office board nominations

    Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil · all in favor

  • 15:17

    passedApprove clerk's revised 2022 budget

    Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil · all in favor

  • 26:13

    passedApprove first reading of the Alcohol Beverage Control ordinance

    Moved by Brian · seconded by Darren · on facebook now any opposed good

  • 30:20

    passedApprove first reading of the dog on private property ordinance

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Kevin · all in favor

  • 30:59

    passedApprove other bill list

    Moved by Darren · seconded by Neil · all in favor

  • 32:15

    passedApprove re-advertising for bids for a second van

    Moved by Kevin · seconded by Darren · all in favor

  • 33:05

    passedPurchase two new road crew trucks (2023 Ford F250s) for the jail

    Moved by Neil · seconded by Darren · all in favor

  • 38:57

    passedAccept Southern Builders LLP bid for training building project

    Moved by Kevin · seconded by Brian · all in favor

  • 41:08

    passedHire Ron Frank as CDL driver for the road department

    Moved by Damon · seconded by Darren · all in favor

  • 54:34

    passedMotion to adjourn

    Moved by Darren

Transcript (45 segments)

  • 0:00

    [Music] foreign [Music] a special touch on these Masters and the judge that we can handle the business of this County that we feel like that you want to be we thank you Lord so much for the Christian leadership that we have in Grayson and we just asked you to continue to guide us keep us Close to You Lord that we could hear everything you want to say and give us the Faith Lord to follow this for you and lead us we thank you Lord for your love that we can experience every day and we love you again I'm so thankful for our physical court and what they represent in our County and how they've helped us so much continue to guide them Lord as they continue to do your will in your precious name we pray amen amen thank you thank you brother Chester thank you you want to lay this foreign we'll go ahead and call the meeting to

  • 1:26

    order first thing on the agenda is to prove the minutes from the previous meeting I'll make that motion by Damon second by Neil all in favor all right next we have approved the payment of the bills promotion motion by Darren second second by Damon all in favor next we have approved Treasures budget transfers is presented I'll make that motion promotion by Damon second by Kevin all in favor next we have approved treasurer's monthly settlement make it look motion by Neil second second by Damon all in favor next we have approved jailer's payment of bills motion motion by Darren second by Kevin all in favor aye next we have approved jailer's monthly settlement motion by Brian second by Darren all in favor thanks we have approved jailer's budget transfers as presented and there is none so we do not need a motion on that so we'll go on to number eight which is approved Sheriff's monthly settlement I can motion by Neil and second by Kevin all in favor all right next we have to

  • 2:40

    approve to declare Lots 36 37 of evely Land Development on Lake Shore Road a surplus what that is there's two lots that's uh we had transferred to us because someone didn't want to pay the tax on it anymore and this it's landlocked uh there's no way there's no road that goes to it it's not a county road but it's already impassable because it fell in it's an old development and somebody decided to subdivide it off a few years ago and it just never took off and we got these Lots uh I don't know it's probably been four or five years ago I guess someone transferred these lots to us and uh we don't need them and somebody's come forward and said that they would be interested in purchasing them because they have more Lots down there which is not doing us a bit of good and uh so I need motion to approve to clear a lot of these lots of surplus motion sick motion by Darren second by Brian all in favor all right now we need uh approval to sell uh with sealed beds uh auction or sealed Beds which I would recommend probably sealed beds at the same

  • 3:55

    properties I make it motion ocean by Darren second second by Brian all in favor all right next we have approved the vei communication system sales agreement um also what this is is uh if you recall whenever we got some of the funds back uh several months ago uh about the 9-1-1 we had opened up the 9-1-1 account to uh upgrade the 9-1-1 system and that's a radio system the towers there was what do we have in there Angels like 800 and something thousand dollars is what we actually had in there in that account just just for this project so we've already got the funds in in there uh they they've started on this uh it's taken it's taken a while it's taken over a year and a half to get all this done myself and Jason and Brandy has met several times with several companies to give us bids and tell us what he was

  • 5:07

    going to do and we come to the conclusion the other day that this V this uh vei Communications was the best best route to go and Brandi recommended it but she's the director over there at the 911 office and um it's uh they're basically redoing the entire system yeah the entire emergency system for the police the fire and the ambulances the reason is they was they'd get into some locations in the county and you they couldn't talk I mean you couldn't hear it and uh Falls rough the fire department down there had a you know terrible time uh getting out they could hear dispatch but they couldn't hear them and so there was multiple locations Caneyville locations down south there was a quite a few locations so anyway that that's going to eliminate a lot of this problem so they're putting up different tire sites at different locations and uh um so anyway if there's any questions or anything I just need a motion to approve uh the sales agreement

  • 6:22

    I'm making more function by Kevin and second by Darren all in favor any opposed next we have uh I also need to approve the first installment payment which the first installment payment will be 445 679.85 that would be the first installment payment that would come out of that monies that we have already allotted for that that's for the system infrastructure itself correct all right do we need to make a motion on this here I'm almost 50 we're not using arpa phones okay that that was right there the one that we just approved guys is the one that uh that we had uh for the radio system itself uh the next one is uh we'll need to uh for the first installment is uh when we had them tornado with the tornado outbreaks back I don't know December last year December again December 5th uh of course everybody's talked about you know the Tornado Alley

  • 7:36

    has shifted it used to be Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and all that but now unfortunately we're in part of the Kentucky is so uh there's uh one in Caneyville on one in uh uh Litchfield there's two more in there Jason Larson here no I don't think Big Cliff he has one uh it's wax that's going to be a new I had that map just a few minutes ago but yeah I had that laugh laying on my desk I'd show you but we're actually putting in about eight new ones yeah and uh Saint Paul didn't have anything so if there was a bad storm St Paul's School didn't even know nothing was going on are they on the list to receive one they are a big clippity also they are yeah so they're gonna be all over them right now anything down in Millerstown yes yeah yangman Community Center I think does that work yeah so uh good we we had them go out and give us the areas that they probably need to be located at and I understand if you're inside brick house and it's well insulated you're probably not going to hear that siren but if you're

  • 8:49

    anywhere remotely outside or anything you know you're probably going to hear it and there's going to be some locations that we can't that people will hear them but uh I thought what better thing that you could spend some of these funds on that uh you know for Public Safety and uh for these tornado sirens early warning detection of you know some of these tornadoes and severe storms and stuff because we can't use them on the roads right I won't yeah yeah so there are certain things that we can use stuff for and there are certain things that we can't do stuff for and unfortunately you know those Ultra funds are one things that you can't so the first installment it's paid and it's it's going to be 200 000 to install those uh those units he's got that map here we just had that meeting this morning you got One Big Clifty one Saint Paul uh Millerstown uh Yangon Falls rough where's that new one at there onto the