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After Nine Years Adair receives $97,000 FEMA Funds During the spring of 2010, Kentucky counties saw tornadoes, mudslides, severe storms and flooding. Weather so destructive that Governor Steve Beshear declared a State of Emergency which allowed FEMA to determine which specific areas of the state qualified for federal aid. Now, after nine years Adair receives $97,000 FEMA Funds. By Tiffany Kessler Thanks to the determination of Mike Keltner, Adair County Emergency Management Director, and Melinda Quinn, Adair County Treasurer, the fiscal court recently received its final payment from FEMA for a bridge damaged in 2010. Purdy-Sano Road extends from Liberty Road, near Cook's Transmission, to Allen Schoolhouse/Grassy Springs Road. It's on that route that you'll find the Purdy-Sano Bridge that was completely redone in 2011 with funds from the Adair Co. Fiscal Court. During the spring of that year, Kentucky counties saw tornadoes, mudslides, severe storms and flooding. Weather so destructive that Governor Steve Beshear declared a State of Emergency which allowed FEMA to determine which specific areas of the state qualified for federal aid. According to Keltner, the Purdy-Sano Bridge suffered severe structural damage due to heavy flooding and did qualify for federal assistance. "The county doesn't budget for disasters of this magnitude," Keltner explained. Therefore, the funds came from the Adair County Fiscal Court. Under the direction of former Judge Executive Ann Melton the county began the process of rebuilding a new bridge while submitting all the needed paperwork to FEMA for repayment. The Purdy-Sano Bridge project was completed in 2011 at a total of $97,000. With an understanding that submissions to the federal government often take time, the compensation was put on the backburner and almost forgotten when in 2015 Magistrate Billy Coffey mentioned the bridge and the funds that had never been delivered. At that time, Judge Executive Michael Stephens and Deputy Judge Executive Holly Edwards met with Keltner and asked him to take on the project. "As it turned out," Keltner says, "FEMA had responded saying the claim didn't meet their requirements. So I appealed it." For almost four years he pushed the issue with FEMA, even speaking numerous times with employees at their main office in Georgia. "I just kept pushing it," Keltner responded when asked why he kept up the efforts. "It really helped to have all the facts and information from the civil engineer that replaced the old bridge." Keltner's relentlessness recently paid off - with the help of County Treasurer Melinda Quinn, FEMA decided to reimburse the $97,000 to the Adair County Fiscal Court budge. The last payment was received only a few weeks ago. "I'm so glad to see this money was finally brought back to the county. It was long overdue," Keltner ended. This story was posted on 2019-02-20 15:08:49
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