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Meeting of June 1, 2021

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Summary

Grayson County Fiscal Court – June 1, 2021

The court opened with prayer and the pledge of allegiance, then moved quickly through routine business: approving minutes, paying bills, and approving budget transfers for both the county and the jailer. The court also approved a budget amendment (amendment #3 for FY2020-2021) tied to bond financial statement requirements.

A significant portion of the meeting dealt with closing out the jail construction bond. The court approved a payment to Bailey's Masonry ($69,390) for courthouse masonry work, with discussion of retainage (about $24,160) being held back pending final inspection. The court then approved the final construction bills totaling $658,002.28, which will allow the county to close out the bond this week.

Representatives from the American Red Cross (Misty Thomas and Jennifer, a local executive director) gave an extensive presentation on services provided in Grayson County — disaster response, financial assistance to fire victims, smoke alarm installation, blood drives, and armed forces communication support. They asked the fiscal court for a $2,500 financial contribution and for help identifying a local board member or volunteer coordinator. The court decided to table the funding request until the next meeting to look for potential volunteers/board members first.

In new business, a road department update covered ongoing courthouse renovation work, and a resident's concern about deteriorating pavement and possible truck weight issues on Nelson Road was raised; the county will research whether county roads have (or should have) truck weight limits similar to neighboring counties. The animal control officer reported resolving a vicious-dog complaint in the Big Clifty area using the county's recently passed animal ordinance. Updates were also given on a cease-and-desist letter being sent to Windstream over unresolved line issues, and on the progress of new broadband/fiber internet service expanding through the county, expected to reach a majority of residents by the end of 2022.

Agenda (16)

  • ~0:35

    Opening prayer and pledge of allegiance

    The meeting opened with an invocation thanking veterans and asking for guidance in decisions, followed by the pledge of allegiance.

  • 2:13

    Approve minutes from previous meeting

    The court approved the minutes from the previous meeting.

  • 2:23

    Approve payment of bills

    The court approved payment of bills as presented.

  • 2:30

    Approve treasurer's budget transfers

    The court approved the treasurer's budget transfers as presented.

  • 2:39

    Approve budget amendment number three

    The court approved budget amendment #3 for FY2020-2021, related to including financial statements for the bond.

  • 3:12

    Approve jailer's payment of bills

    The court approved payment of bills for the jailer.

  • 3:27

    Approve jailer's construction bills (Bailey's Masonry)

    The court discussed and approved a $69,390 invoice from Bailey's Masonry for courthouse work, with discussion of retainage of about $24,160 being withheld pending inspection.

  • 5:23

    Approve final jail construction bond bills

    The court approved the final construction bills totaling $658,002.28, allowing the bond for jail construction to be closed out.

  • 5:49

    Approve jailer's budget transfers

    The court approved budget transfers for the jailer as presented.

  • 6:02

    Volunteer fire department dues/petitions update

    The court noted this recurring item would be tabled until the next meeting since the relevant person was unavailable to give an update.

  • 6:50

    Fiscal court committee updates

    Updates given on courthouse construction (nearly complete), roads (going well), and parks (ready).

  • 7:38

    American Red Cross presentation and funding request

    Red Cross representatives described services provided in the county and requested a $2,500 contribution plus help finding a board member/volunteer coordinator; the court decided to table the funding decision until the next meeting.

  • 30:14

    New business: Nelson Road pavement/truck weight concern

    A resident's concern about pavement damage and truck weight limits on Nelson Road was raised; county will research whether a county road weight limit ordinance exists.

  • 34:58

    Animal control update: vicious dog complaint resolved

    An officer described responding to a vicious dog complaint in Big Clifty using the county's new animal ordinance, resolving the issue.

  • 36:26

    Windstream cease and desist letter

    After being unable to reach Windstream's engineer, the county will send a cease and desist letter to Windstream's legal department regarding their operations on county lines.

  • 36:50

    Broadband/fiber internet expansion update

    An update was given on new internet infrastructure expansion (from Warren County) expected to reach a majority of the county by end of 2022, with some dark areas requiring coordination with other electric providers.

Motions & votes (8)

  • 2:18

    passedApprove minutes from the previous meeting

    Moved by David · seconded by Brian · unanimous

  • 2:26

    passedApprove payment of bills

    Moved by Neil · seconded by Kevin · unanimous

  • 2:34

    passedApprove treasurer's budget transfers as presented

    Moved by Tommy · seconded by Kevin · unanimous

  • 3:01

    passedApprove budget amendment number three for FY2020-2021

    Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil · unanimous

  • 3:16

    passedApprove jailer's payment of bills

    Moved by Kevin · seconded by Tommy · unanimous

  • 4:55

    passedApprove jailer's construction bill from Bailey's Masonry ($69,390)

    Moved by Tommy · seconded by Damon · unanimous

  • 5:41

    passedApprove final jail construction bond bills totaling $658,002.28

    Moved by Neil · seconded by Brian · unanimous

  • 5:54

    passedApprove jailer's budget transfers as presented

    Moved by Kevin · seconded by Tommy · unanimous

Transcript (32 segments)

  • 0:00

    [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] father thank you for this day Lord we

  • 1:21

    ask that you be with each and every one of us we ask you forgive us of our sins we ask you that any decisions we made The Godly decisions Lord Lord we thank you for everything you've done for us we thank you for our veterans Florida with Memorial Day weekend we thank you for those that have given us the right to be here today by sacrificing their lives we have to be we'd be with the families of those who've lost loved ones in wars and and Lord we just ask you to bless them in Jesus name we pray amen a pledge of allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with the liberty and justice for all right it's called a meeting to order first thing on the agenda is to prove the minutes from the previous meeting I'll make that motion by David second by Brian all in favor any opposed next we have approved payment of bills kept motion motion by Neil second by Kevin all in favor any opposed next we have approved Treasures budget transfers is presented motion by Tommy second by

  • 2:32

    Kevin all in favor any opposed next we have approved first three and Grayson County's budget amendment number three for fiscal year 2020 2021. that was for the bond that we have to include our financial statements so okay is there anything need to be read on that all right any questions nothing motion to approve motion motion by Neil motion by Brian second by Neil all in favor any opposed next we have uh proved jailer's payment of bills making a promotion by Kevin second by Tommy all in favor any opposed next we have approved jailers construction bills I have one here for which is actually on the courthouse for Bailey's Masonry 69 390 any discussion on how much does that leave are you aware of that angle it's on the back I think it's 100 of theirs that is 100 I think look at the back there um less previous amounts paid in 169. flip over one more page and that's 800 percent it's got a

  • 4:00

    hundred percent but it's got 24 or 160 down here on the right hand side 241 600. it's got a hundred percent am I read that correctly yeah retainage a variable rate 24 1 6. shoulders retainage of 24 160. I would make the motion that we pay their invoice to make that make a motion to pay them and that leaves Adam we can do an inspection and see if everybody's satisfied and hold the retainage until then yeah the retainage is 24 160 is what the retainage is the the uh this bill however is 69 390 okay any questions motioned by Tommy second by Damon all in favor any opposed next we have another bill from codale Jason what is it's not uh that's the completion of the construction that's all the bills that we'll have

  • 5:12

    it okay so we'll we'll pay out the bond and close the bond this week after you guys approve those last Bills okay last Bills total for this is uh 658 thousand two dollars and 28 cents is what the total is to close out the bond for the jail Construction any discussion if not I need a motion I'll make my motion by Neil a second second by Brian all in favor any opposed all right next we have approved Javers budget transfers as presented making motion by Kevin second second by Tommy all in favor any opposed next we have volunteer fire departments dues petitions upcoming deadline that is something we do repetitively is that correct so we do I don't think Anthony he's here normally he gives us an update on that what we'll do is we'll hold that off till the next meeting Anthony's not been feeling real well either so

  • 6:25

    I'll give a Tony and find out because they have the chiefs meeting every month but we just need a report from them is what we actually need so we'll hold that off until the next meeting which is the fifth is it the 15th 15 to 5. all right uh next we have update from physical Court committees Construction I think everything's fine on our end like I said we will just go up and look at all the brickwork before we turn this to that retainage okay and everybody says that their air is working good and they're correct in Windows okay uh and that should be complete this month before fiddling to this so um roads anything a rose Damon I know Darren's not here today he's as it always is yeah everything's going pretty good the parks the parks are ready everything's going good okay uh all right next we have uh American Red Cross hello hello thank you for allowing us to

  • 7:41

    come and speak to you I hope you all know me and honesty Thomas and I recently took a position as the executive director for the American Red Cross my territory though covers Western Kentucky chapter I covered 25 counties 20 in Western Kentucky five in Southern Illinois Grayson County is not one of my territories so I wanted to introduce you to Jennifer cap she is your executive director but part of what the American Red Cross has done in 2014 they started working towards what's called one Red Cross where all of our five different services are working together we do biomedical humanitarian Services a disaster preparedness national uh so there's there's five different areas services to the Armed Forces so in that process we have been moving towards creating what is now what where we are and that's having an executive director who covers those chapters so we're taking one month at a time to get to know our fiscal supports our counties because it's our job as executive directors to work with the the fiscal courts and all of the City Mayors and all of our government relations so I want to introduce you all to Jennifer we want to up our presence in all of our accountings that will come from our relationship with you all we're also we're responsible for fundraising in our

  • 8:54

    counties and we're also looking for board members for Grayson County and Community volunteer leaders we want volunteers out of Grayson County to represent we are working in Grayson County but we want to have a presence here that is a better known that people are understanding that we are here so I'm going to turn it over to Jennifer Jennifer's lives in Bowling Green that's part of South Central's territory and that's where her office is but I will let her share with you all the numbers and information about racing County as well so in South Central Kentucky we serve 22 counties we do have offices in Bowling Green and Elizabethtown so a lot of what is covered in this area is coming from those locations and Volunteers in surrounding counties we when I had ran this back earlier this year we only had one volunteer registered in this County and I don't know who that is but can I absolutely find out I wanted to just give you some statistics and numbers on what we have done here in the last year we've responded to 14 home buyers and other disasters the majority of those are home buyers we always put other disasters in case there was flooding or something like that that we we don't know specifics on we helped 33 individuals and when we do that we provide direct