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Meeting of November 12, 2024

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Summary

Hardin County Fiscal Court – November 12, 2024

The Fiscal Court held its regular voting meeting with all magistrates present. Minutes from the October 22 meeting were approved, and the court moved through department reports before addressing ordinances and a large consent agenda.

Department reports covered planning and zoning activity (including a major zone change tied to the Heidelberg Materials rock quarry expansion and preliminary planning for the new Northeast Glendale Bypass), public works updates on code enforcement, shredding events, recycling, and landfill operations, engineering updates on erosion control and traffic safety, and road department updates including completion of the Middle Creek Road bridge deck replacement and several road resurfacing and chip-seal projects.

A resident spoke during citizens' comments asking the court to reconsider allowing public comment on non-agenda items at fiscal court meetings. The court then gave second reading and approved an ordinance increasing the E911 emergency telephone service fee from $5.58 to $6.58 (a 15% increase), effective with 2025 tax bills.

The consent agenda, approved as a single motion, included claims for October and November, several board appointments (library board, Lincoln Trail Area Development board), a professional services agreement with Lincoln Trail ADD tied to a $1 million federal Community Development Block Grant for the Family Scholar House project, multiple ARPA-funded water and sewer infrastructure projects for Hardin County Water Districts 1 and 2 (including work tied to the Emergency Service Center site and the BlueOval SK area), personnel changes, financial transfers, and acceptance of a Brandenburg Telecom bid to expand broadband service into the Eastview area using a combination of ARPA funds and matching private investment.

County Clerk Brian Smith gave an extensive report on the successful 2024 general election in Hardin County, highlighting record early-voting turnout and thanking election workers, law enforcement, and community partners. Several magistrates offered thanks for the smooth election and announced upcoming committee meetings and community events, including a library renovation celebration and a land transfer ceremony for the YMCA property. The meeting was then adjourned.

Agenda (13)

  • 3:19

    Call to order, invocation, and pledge

    The meeting was called to order with a roll call of all magistrates present, followed by an invocation and the pledge of allegiance.

  • 6:56

    Approval of October 22, 2024 minutes

    The court approved the minutes from the previous meeting.

  • 7:37

    Planning department report

    Adam King reported on board of adjustment and planning commission actions, including zone changes tied to the Heidelberg quarry expansion and the Northeast Glendale Bypass, plus permit and inspection statistics.

  • 15:03

    Public works report

    Stephanie Given presented code enforcement, shredding, recycling, landfill, and household hazardous waste statistics for September and October.

  • 21:51

    Engineering department report

    Mark Absher reported on erosion repair near the courthouse, GIS/drone work, traffic studies, and the South Hardin water/wastewater study.

  • 26:56

    Road department report

    Dwight Morgan reported on the completed Middle Creek Road bridge deck replacement, road resurfacing projects, and chip-seal trials on several roads.

  • 31:16

    Citizens concerns and comments

    A resident, Bobby Coleman, asked the court to reconsider allowing public comment on non-agenda county issues during meetings.

  • 32:29

    Second reading of E911 fee ordinance

    The court approved on second reading an ordinance raising the E911 emergency telephone service fee from $5.58 to $6.58, effective for 2025 tax bills.

  • 33:34

    Consent agenda

    The court approved a large consent agenda covering claims, board appointments, a CDBG grant agreement for the Family Scholar House project, ARPA-funded water/sewer infrastructure projects, personnel changes, financial transfers, and a broadband expansion contract with Brandenburg Telecom.

  • 41:40

    County Attorney comments

    The county attorney thanked the community for support during her assistant's serious illness.

  • 42:19

    County Clerk election report

    Brian Smith gave a detailed report on the 2024 general election turnout, early voting records, and extensive thanks to election partners and staff.

  • 50:00

    Magistrate comments and announcements

    Magistrates offered thanks for the election and announced upcoming committee meetings, a library renovation celebration on December 13, and a YMCA land transfer ceremony on December 5.

  • 55:02

    Adjournment

    The meeting was adjourned following a motion and second.

Motions & votes (4)

  • 7:01

    passedApprove the October 22, 2024 fiscal court minutes

    unanimous roll call

  • 33:09

    passedApprove second reading of Ordinance 343 series 2024 raising the E911 fee

    unanimous roll call

  • 40:31

    passedApprove the consent agenda including claims, board appointments, CDBG grant agreement, ARPA infrastructure resolutions, personnel changes, and broadband expansion contract

    unanimous roll call

  • 55:09

    passedAdjourn the meeting

Transcript (44 segments)

  • 0:28

    e e e e

  • 2:28

    e e just uh checking my cell phones I'd ask that you to do the same if you don't mind so this is the November 12th 2024 Harden County Fiscal Court regular

  • 3:42

    voting meeting so let's begin and call this meeting to order let's start with a roll call Squire Clen here Squire Hicks here Squire Muse here Squire Pennington here Squire Saltzman here Squire Thompson here squ Whitehead here excuse me Square Gates here judge tall here uh next we'll have our invocation by magistrate Yates Pledge of Allegiance by magistrate Salzman pray with me please Heavenly Father we come before you today with grateful Hearts honored to serve our community and mindful of the responsibilities we hold we ask you for your wisdom and guidance as we discuss and make decisions in the this meeting May our conversations be filled with respect understanding and the spirit of unity as we work together for the good of all today we also want to pause and express our express our deepest gratitude to the men and women who have served in our armed for forces we thank thank you for each Veteran's sacrifice courage and dedication to protecting our freedom and securing our safety may they feel honored and

  • 4:56

    appreciated not only today but every day we lift up a special prayer for Allison our dear colleague who is facing a serious illness Lord we ask that you wrap your arms of healing and comfort around her strengthen her body renew her spirit and fill her with hope be with her family friends and medical team as they support her through this journey we place all these requests in your compassion in hands in your holy name we pray amen amen come me in the pledge I pledge allegiance to the of the United States of America and to the stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all welcome everyone it's good to see everyone here today appreciate um our mayor sesi being here and um our Senator Senator mad Denine is here today with us so so thank you for joining us appreciate that all right so um let's uh I'll just review the agenda a fairly fairly simple agenda today it

  • 6:10

    looks like um we have uh next we will approve the minutes from the last meeting we have some Department uh reports uh we have uh time of citizens concerns or comments I have ordinances uh one ordinance to um have a second reading on and then the rest are in the consent agenda which I'll cover in detail when the time comes and um we have our time of comments and then we'll H adjourn for the day all right so uh let's just move on to the next item of business and we have uh approval of our Harden County Fiscal Court October 22nd 2024 minutes is there a motion to approve so move second who seconded over here e okay any discussion hearing none we'll have roll call Squire clim yes Squire Hicks yes Squire Muse yes Squire Pennington yes Squire Saltzman yes Squire Thompson yes Square y u sorry Square Whitehead yes Square Yates yes judge tall yes motion

  • 7:24

    passes all right next we'll move on to our department or office reports it looks like our first one up is Planning by Adam King good afternoon good afternoon afternoon all right I've got uh September and October uh start off with some items that went before the board of adjustments so this is in downtown Glendale uh Property Owners improv properties and this was a variance request from both side setbacks amazingly it met the front setback which is unique for downtown Glendale uh but a variance from both side setbacks and essentially they were going to take that home there on the top left corner built circa 1900 and basically completely remodel it uh raise the roof on it I don't know that anything would be original outside the footer uh which that was going to need to be repaired as well but that variance was approved by the board of adjustments uh next this is going to be a home occupation Ray Hedrick out on Burns Road been doing business out there quite some time uh out of that detach

  • 8:36

    garage uh formerly raised Plumbing now known as Platinum service pros uh so the board of adjustment did approve that that was a renewal uh another conditional use permit renewal for a home occupation this was Mr ER Spiker uh has a woodworking business out on Niki Pike Road outside of Cecilia um so this went again in a detached pole building there this one was also approved and then this is the last item for the board of adjustment but the old farmhouse in and wedding venue out uh just off the roundabout in rville uh for a bed and breakfast and also a wedding and event venue there um that was also a renewal couple items that went before the Planning Commission um so this was the aswell property down in Upton uh an 18.1 acre portion of that property uh to allow for expansion of the uh heidleberg materials rock quarry down there uh so that zone change request from rural residential R2 to heavy industrial I2

  • 9:49

    was approved um the conditional use permit request was continued uh while Mark Abshire and I waited on some additional information from them uh waiting on some data regarding the depth of how far they were going to be mining uh this was a zone change request in uh just outside of downtown Glendale these were the the Beavers family uh zone change request from R2 to C2 with no project proposed um 17 Acre Site as well as a 37.8 Acre Site uh this request was approved uh you all probably be familiar looking at the map but this will be the route of the new Northeast Glendale bypass um so the zoning was approved to commercial uh the next slide here I'm still waiting on word from the Kentucky transportation cabinet we're supposed to have it this month but there are three Alternatives shown there on your screen um all three Alternatives do heavily impact the beaver's property um but uh they were getting their zoning in place um and we're just waiting on word from