Meeting of May 18, 2023
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Summary
Grayson County Fiscal Court – May 18, 2023
The court handled a routine agenda covering approval of minutes, bill payments, budget transfers, and the first reading of the FY2023-2024 county budget. Several standard motions passed unanimously, including sheriff's monthly settlement, county clerk claims, mowing advertisements at the judicial complex, and renewal of the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force agreement.
A notable item was passage of a resolution accepting a $47,593 House Bill 1 grant for jail video-conferencing equipment, which will provide judges with portable video systems usable across facilities. The court also approved construction of a new clerk and PVA office using ARPA funds, declared the old sheriff's building on the courthouse square as surplus property, and approved using the Logsdon Group to auction off that building.
Law enforcement gave residents a public safety warning about a rash of car thefts moving west from neighboring counties, urging residents to remove keys from vehicles and report suspicious activity. A magistrate also raised concerns about the county spending an estimated $40,000–$50,000 annually replacing stolen or vandalized road signs, noting signs are now engraved for identification and pledging to pursue prosecution of thieves.
In old business, magistrates discussed a prior Windstream service complaint, noting that the company responded quickly after the court raised litigation concerns, resolving issues along Highway 259 South and for numerous other residents who had called in complaints.
The meeting also included a brief closed executive session regarding litigation issues before returning to conclude new business and adjourn.
Agenda (21)
- 1:42
Approval of previous meeting minutes
The court approved the minutes from the previous meeting.
- 1:52
Approval of payment of bills
Routine approval of bill payments.
- 2:00
Approval of treasurer's budget transfers
Treasurer's budget transfers were approved as presented.
- 2:13
CRA/LGEA hearing
No one called or attended for the county road aid and local government economic assistance hearing, so it was skipped.
- 2:25
First reading of FY2023-2024 budget
The court conducted the first reading of the Grayson County Fiscal Court's budget for 2023-2024.
- 2:53
Jailer's payment of bills
Approved payment of bills for the jailer.
- 3:04
Jailer's budget transfers
No jailer budget transfers were needed this time.
- 3:18
Sheriff's monthly settlement
Approved the sheriff's monthly settlement.
- 3:27
County clerk's claim for motor vehicle/boat bill calculations
Approved the county clerk's claim for calculation of motor vehicle and boat bills for 2022.
- 3:43
Judicial complex mowing advertisement
Approved advertisements for materials and mowing at the judicial complex.
- 4:56
Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force agreement
Approved the annual narcotics task force agreement, a routine renewal.
- 8:30
Fiscal court committee updates
Brief update noting committees had met earlier in the day.
- 10:36
Executive session on litigation issues
The court moved into executive session to discuss litigation issues.
- 12:41
House Bill 1 jail video equipment grant resolution
A resolution was needed to accept a $47,593 House Bill 1 grant for portable video conferencing equipment for jails, funded entirely by DLG with no county match.
- 15:45
Public safety warning on car thefts
Law enforcement reported a wave of car thefts moving from neighboring counties westward and urged residents to remove keys from vehicles and report suspicious activity.
- 18:15
Additional bills not on the list
Approval of bills that came in after the original list was distributed.
- 19:00
Clerk and PVA office construction using ARPA funds
Approved moving forward with building a new clerk and PVA office using ARPA funds, keeping costs under the sealed-bid threshold.
- 19:36
Declare old sheriff's building surplus
The old sheriff's building on the courthouse square was declared surplus property.
- 19:48
Auction of old sheriff's building via Logsdon Group
Approved using the Logsdon Group to auction off the old sheriff's building, following their successful handling of prior county equipment auctions at no charge to the county.
- 21:16
Road sign theft and vandalism costs
A magistrate raised concerns about the county spending $40,000-$50,000 a year replacing stolen or damaged road signs and discussed engraving signs for identification and prosecuting thieves.
- 23:59
Windstream service complaint follow-up
Magistrates discussed how raising litigation concerns with Windstream led to a quick resolution of service issues on Highway 259 South and for other residents who had complained.
Motions & votes (15)
- 1:45
passedApprove minutes from the previous meeting
Moved by Brenda · seconded by Allen Taylor
- 1:53
passedApprove payment of bills
seconded by being on babe
- 2:03
passedApprove treasurer's budget transfers as presented
Moved by Jason · seconded by Brenda
- 2:46
passedFirst reading of the fiscal court's 2023-2024 budget
Moved by Darren · seconded by Brian
- 2:57
passedApprove jailer's payment of bills
Moved by Ben · seconded by Brian
- 3:21
passedApprove sheriff's monthly settlement
Moved by Neil · seconded by Being
- 3:38
passedApprove county clerk's claim for calculation of motor vehicle/boat bills for 2022
Moved by Jason · seconded by Darren
- 4:06
passedApprove advertisements for mowing/materials at judicial complex
Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil
- 7:44
passedExecute Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force agreement
Moved by Brenda · seconded by Darren
- 11:35
passedMove into executive session for litigation issues
Moved by Brenda · seconded by Being
- 14:33
passedApprove resolution for House Bill 1 jail video equipment grant of $47,593
Moved by Darren · seconded by Brenda
- 18:48
passedApprove payment of additional bills not on the original list
Moved by Neil · seconded by Brian
- 19:29
passedApprove moving forward with clerk/PVA office construction using ARPA funds
Moved by Darren · seconded by Ben
- 19:40
passedDeclare old sheriff's building on courthouse square as surplus
Moved by Being · seconded by Brian
- 20:58
passedApprove using the Logsdon Group to auction off the old sheriff's building
Moved by Brian · seconded by Neil
Transcript (16 segments)
- 0:00
[Music] hahaha [Music] foreign [Music] you and your side we thank you for the many blessings that we receive each day we pray that you'll continue to keep us and everyone in this community in this state say we ask you to be with those in the military whether they're stationed at home or abroad and that you'll continue
- 1:14
to protect him as they serve as forgives of our sins in Jesus name we pray amen amen I pledge allegiance to the flag 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 it's called needing to order first thing on agenda is approve the minutes from the previous meeting by Brenda Allen Taylor all right next we have approved payment of bills promotion motion second by being on babe actually have approved Treasures budget transfers as presented motion by Jason seconded by Brenda all in favor oh now we've got the county road Aid CRA and local government economic assistance lgea hearing which nobody has called and no one's here so we'll move on uh next we have uh first reading the Grayson County Fiscal courts budget for
- 2:27
2023-2024 you know I've had about a month or so to look over those any questions about it any statements anything not make a motion to uh first reading of the motion all right motion by Darren second second by Brian all in favor next we have approved jailer's payment of bills who's that motion by Ben second by Brian all in favor all right next we have approved jailers budget transfers as presented and there is none it's what the treasurer just said so we can skip that one uh approved Sheriff's monthly settlement emotion motion by Neil second by being all in favor next we have approved County Clerk's claim for calculation of Motor Vehicles and boat bills for 2022s or any discussion anybody getting questions motion by Jason second by Darren all in favor materials and the mowing at judicial
- 3:45
complex need to approve the advertisements motion by Brian seconded by Neil all in favor uh next we've got execute greater Hardin County Narcotics task force uh agreement that we have and we do that every year if there's any questions I can answer for you if not and everything in motion next to you to agreement motion by Brenda second by Darren all in favor all right update from Fiscal Court committees we met earlier and got all those and now we are down to new business normal um just let the update uh yeah let's go we probably need to go on Executive session it's litigation issues Jeremy so uh motion by Brenda going executive sessions second by being all in favor um all right
- 12:35
uh next new business Norman you got anything else Jason ordinance that I need to get past and it's uh it's a grant that was approved under house bill one and last year that allows the department of local government or orders of the Department of local government to assist all the jails in the state and getting video conferencing equipment that's all the same that way it's uniformed across the state so they're just now getting into that process with the funding so I need um ordinance passed to allow us to do the grant at 47 594 you know 593 dollars and it's a we're not going to be at any money at all dlg does the Grand so it needs to be there needs to be an ordinance yeah yeah and then have a second reading we'll let him look at it real quick goes up
- 13:50
I don't know if we can get through there all right resolution dude yeah it is a resolution thank you it's a resolution oh God yeah so go ahead and look at it like go ahead and pass around everybody it's resolution so it's okay it's four sets of portable video equipment record so we'll have one system for each judge that we can move anywhere in the Brazil that's all room yes so I can go anywhere service all right
- 15:11
so we are needing a resolution to for House Bill arguments to insurance for House Bill one jail equipment Grant which is 47 593 dollars I need a motion to go in the motion uh motion by Darren second by Brenda all in fact um I don't think so I think that's it yes I just wanted to cover I got a call from State Police today about um this is mainly for the public as well I haven't notified my guys yet but we've had every County pretty much surrounding Us East of us Jefferson County Bullitt County Hardin County um I think heart maybe LaRue County have had a rash of thefts stolen cars at eight stolen cars over in the last week and they're starting to move west so we would just like to if you get calls or let your people know then that our guy that our I'm gonna let
- 16:25
my guys know that to be vigilant they're showing up in people's driveways and stealing the cars a lot of the cars that are being stolen are have the keys in them so we certainly want to encourage people to take to keep remove the keys from your vehicle they're not targeting specific cars and obviously the fear of that is if there's nothing in the cars we don't want them to go in the house obviously so they're a group of Youngs or I think a lot of them are teenagers so KSP has been in Pursuit a couple of times they go in blackout mode at night time and it's and they and they've had to terminate Pursuit a couple times so it's just a matter of time for they come down this area so we just want to make sure everybody's Vigilant and alert for any suspicious Vehicles there's multiple people involved they'll park a car they'll have one go down the street and then they travel in twos they'll use one car one stolen car to block police or they let the other one get what they're stolen try to get away and then they black out when they leave so just want to make everybody aware of that and I'm going to put something on social media after this meeting I do have I have a light field okay yeah I've got to do that here in