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Meeting of January 25, 2022

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Summary

Hardin County Fiscal Court – January 25th, 2022

The court opened with routine department reports. EMS reported nearly 29 million dollars collected year-to-date with an increase in runs and miles traveled compared to the prior year. The E911 center presented its December and full-year 2021 statistics, showing increases in most call categories, and explained how call dispatch is divided between the sheriff's office and Kentucky State Police based on resource availability. The detention center reported December lodging income, inmate population figures, and the significant amount of roadside litter cleanup performed by inmate crews.

The court formally acknowledged receipt of the county's fiscal year 2019-2020 audit, which came back with an unmodified (clean) opinion despite delays caused by COVID-related staffing issues.

On the legislative side, the court gave first reading approval to Ordinance 3243, an amendment to the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget totaling roughly $516,189.64, mostly to move state funding and cover recent employee pay increases. A second reading is expected February 8th. The consent agenda was also approved without changes.

During comments, magistrates offered condolences to Magistrate Thompson on the loss of his sister, and there was an extended discussion urging residents to stop littering roadways, noting the burden this places on jail cleanup crews and the potential for fines against violators. The court also noted that candidate filing for the upcoming ballot would be held in the fiscal courtroom later that week.

No major spending items beyond the budget amendment were considered. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, with the next regular meeting scheduled for February 8th at 3:30 PM.

Agenda (8)

  • 1:11

    Roll call, invocation, and pledge

    The meeting opened with roll call, invocation led by Magistrate Doug Goodman, and the pledge of allegiance led by Magistrate King.

  • 2:44

    EMS December 2021 activity report

    Mark Peterson presented EMS run counts, collections, and mileage statistics for December 2021 and year-to-date fiscal year comparisons.

  • 5:15

    E911 December 2021 and annual activity report

    Mike Leo presented detailed statistics on 911 call volume, dispatching, and ncic transactions for December and the full year 2021.

  • 11:57

    Hardin County Detention Center December report

    Samantha presented the jailer's December report covering lodging income, inmate population, charges, medical visits, and roadside cleanup statistics.

  • 14:15

    Fiscal year 2019-2020 audit

    The court received the county's audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, which received an unmodified opinion despite COVID-related delays.

  • 15:27

    First reading of Ordinance 3243, Series 2021 (budget amendment)

    The ordinance amends the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget by about $516,189.64 to account for additional state funds and cover recent employee pay increases.

  • 16:30

    Consent agenda approval

    The court approved the consent agenda items that had been distributed electronically the prior week.

  • 17:10

    Magistrate comments and announcements

    Magistrates offered condolences to Magistrate Thompson, discussed roadside littering concerns, and announced candidate filing for upcoming elections.

Motions & votes (3)

  • 16:09

    passedApprove first reading of Ordinance 3243, Series 2021, amending the fiscal year 2021-2022 budget

    Moved by Mr. King · seconded by Mr. Thompson · unanimous roll call, all magistrates voted yes

  • 16:49

    passedApprove the consent agenda

    Moved by Mr. Clem · seconded by Mr. Doug Goodman · unanimous roll call, all magistrates voted yes

  • 21:04

    passedMotion to adjourn the meeting

    Moved by Mr. King · seconded by Mr. Wiseman · no objection

Transcript (16 segments)

  • 1:11

    good afternoon welcome to the january 25th meeting of hardin county fiscal court i remind you this is a voting meeting and if you have cell phones so please turn them off or put them in the vibrate mode to begin with the roll call if you would miss dolly ronnie goodman here king here judge barry here easter doug goodman here william clam here wiseman here thompson here magistrate doug goodman will lead us the invocation and magistrate king in the pledge if you'll please stand can you join me in prayer dear god our heavenly fathers were assembled today we'll give you praise for this beautiful day you bestowed upon us we ask you guys in our decisions may we use our best skills and judgment peace and harmony prevailing for this we ask in jesus name amen would you join me in the pledge i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic of which it stands one nation under god [Music] we'll begin with department and office

  • 2:35

    reports and first up we have mr mark peterson with ems good afternoon good afternoon i present the december 2021 activity report for hardin county ems first slide here is our calendar run count for 2021 versus 2020. we finished the calendar year with 18 361 runs that's about a 2000 run increase from 2020. monthly collection comparison for fiscal year december fiscal year 2020 and versus 21-22 we were down a little bit we only collected about 410 000 versus 451 the year before however our year-to-date uh collection comparison for fiscal year 2021 versus 2122 we've collected just shy of 2.9 million dollars which shows an increase of about 725 000 in collections from this time last year miles miles are down we've traveled 240 000 miles this fiscal

  • 3:50

    year versus 253 000 miles to the year before billable versus non-billable runs um total runs for fiscal year year today fiscal year 2021 we made 8992 2122 we've made 9181 runs shows an increase in about 289 runs so far for the fiscal year um we've got uh 6 802 billable runs for uh fiscal year 21.22 and non-billable runs is at 2379 for 21.22 just to recap total miles 240 000 total runs 9181 non-billable runs 2379 total global runs 6802 we've collected just shot 2.9 million dollars um 10 000 for the kentucky board of ems grant um total expenditure is 3.4 million with a net of 499 000. any questions comments for mark i appreciate the great job you all

  • 5:03

    continue to do next we'll hear from e911 mike leo good afternoon just barry fiscal court i'm here to present december's activity report for the 911 center and there's a few other items after that number one call is answered 4 344 7485 cad reports created answered 2990 administrative calls we dispatched 1506 ems runs dispatched 420 fire runs and a 1071 attempt to serve president transports and traffic stop type calls conducted over twelve thousand two hundred seventy one ncic and linked transactions just shows the breakdown of causal service by agency showing ems that's 62.5 percent uh sheriff's office at 16.7 percent you can see the range of the agencies we provide service to there

  • 6:16

    on the graph fire runs by department he town at 33.7 percent rack left at 21.7 percent and you see the remainder of the fire department speed dispatch 4 there on the graph calls transferred to uh secondary sites total calls 1193 at 374 to ragland police 614 to e10 place and then 205 to kentucky state police the rest is a breakdown of 2021 activities for the 911 center so total calls answered total number one calls answered fifty six thousand ninety four i created ninety three thousand three hundred seventy eight cad reports answered thirty six thousand five hundred sixty four administrative calls i dispatched eighteen thousand four hundred fifty eight ems runs dispatch four thousand eight hundred one fire runs handled over thirteen thousand nine hundred four attempt service prisoner

  • 7:30

    transports and traffic stop type calls and one hundred and forty three thousand two hundred and seven ncic link transactions our cad events that are created these are pretty much the three categories that they're compiled into so sixty point one percent of those are number one calls 25.1 admin calls and then 14.9 or self-initiated events types of 911 calls were so just types of 911 calls received and i'd always emergency so you can see 67 66.7 were emergency calls uh 99.7 were no contact 11.7 percent were false calls seven point seven percent were duplicates and then nine what we call non-emergency assistance type calls with 4.2 calls forwarded to the secondary sites as you see 74.2 percent of all 911 calls were handled by 9-1-1

  • 8:45

    and you can see the remainder of the calls that were handled by the agencies in our county ncic link transactions is just a breakdown of the types of things that we do uh for ncic link vehicles license uh court persons you can see the percentages there inlets is what we call out-of-state transactions you're running tags for arizona or whatnot that's what that relates to cad reports created five-year comparison see that we're a little up from the year before 93 378. next live total 911 calls received as a five-year comparison it's also showing that we're up a little bit in 2021 56 000.94 total wireless calls five-year comparison this also shows an increase from the year before forty six thousand two hundred and twenty four administrative type calls for as a five-year comparison

  • 9:58

    [Music] not too much higher but it's pretty even familiar before 36 564. self-initiated events these are things we said earlier in the slides where the sheriff's office does traffic stops attempt to serve in prisoner transports a little down from the year before 13 904 we're ncic link transactions pretty much dead even what we did the year before um ron marie's behind that just like literally have the same number there actually question my staff's like how do we do that twice in a row that's like it's just what it is sometimes that's it for me you have any questions any name for mike yeah let me ask one question if you don't mind mike how do you and 911 make a decision as to whether a call goes to the sheriff's office versus the kentucky state police currently there's an agreement between the sheriff's office the kentucky state police when it comes to the call volumes the sheriff stands for the county and