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Adair County, KY, Fiscal Court meeting May 10, 2005
The Adair County Fiscal Court approved major changes at the polls, a record revenues Jail Report, a road name shortening, changes to the animal shelter agreement, and renewed the transfer station at its regular May, 2005 meeting. As well, most routine matters were routinely passed, with a lone dissent on the Wild West Show grant. And the court was silent on the VFW's proposal to deed the fairgrounds to the county. Judge Jerry Vaughan presided. In April, Mr. Vaughan was in Washington with the Lake Cumberland Area Development District, and Judge Pro Tem Wid Harris presided. All members of the Adair County Fiscal Court, Wid Harris, Terry Farris, Tony Loy, Joe Rogers, Roger Stephens, J.M. Shelley, and Billy Dean Coffey were present, along with most of the major office holders. County Clerk Melton advises court of major changes at polls Adair County Court Clerk Ann Melton, delivering the Adair County Board of Elections report, said that in the 2006 elections, voting machines for the handicapped will be in every Adair County precinct, paid for by the "Help America Vote Act." The cost of the equipment and the cost of a special scanner to produce a paper trail of each vote will come from a $95,000 Federal grant, Mrs. Melton said. In addition, Mrs. Melton said, most of the county's voting precincts will need changes to comply with the law. Entrances and wheel chair accessibility are the biggest problems. Also, Mrs. Melton suggested that a dedicated polling station might be built for Gradyville-Nell precincts, if a new polling place cannot be found. The current voting place at the Gradyville store's storage building has ventilation problems which make it difficult for poll workers to endure the long voting day. Such a building would cost $3,500 or more, the court was told. Mrs. Melton was accompanied by Board of Elections member Billy Curry, who participated in the presentation. Court approves Jail Report, delivered by Deputy Jailer Tim Bradshaw The court unanimously approved the Jail Report, delivered by Deputy Jailer Tim Bradshaw, who was standing in for Jailer William "Bug" Knight. Deputy Bradshaw reported record booking and per diem fees for the Jail. He also noted that the conversion of the Old Ambulance Building to a Restricted Custody Center has been approved by the State Department of Corrections, subject to a minor approval needed on the building proposal. In a separate action, the board approved Mr. Bradshaw's request that Christopher Burton be added as a jail employee. All but one of routine matters were routinely approved; Mr. Shelley dissents on Court Orders Routine matters including approval of April regular and special meeting minutes, road work, finance report, the first reading of the budget, budget transfers, and approval of bills were approved by all the magistrates, 7-0. One item which would have been expected to be routine, Item #12 Court Orders, received a dissenting vote from Fourth District Magistrate J.M. Shelley. In the roll call, Mr. Shelley loudly voted "No!" to the question. After the meeting, he said that he objected to the court order which gave $1,000 to the Wild West Show. "It has to stop somewhere," Mr. Shelley said. "We're getting asked to donate to everything, from the Little League to the Chamber of Commerce. We need more money for roads and bridges," he said. "I don't think it's the county's place to pay for things like the Wild West Show." Mr. Shelley said that the Chamber of Commerce was given $10,000 a year, to match $10,000 a year given by the City of Columbia. The county is paying the $10,000 in equal monthly payments. Sheriff gets go ahead to negotiate for cruisers Sheriff Steve Cheatham was given permission to go ahead with applications for a loan for four new cruisers which will be paid for in part by a Rural Development grant for 35% of their $92,000 total cost. The loan, for $59,000, will have to be approved by the court. Sheriff Cheatham said that, besides the grant money, his department will rely on increased arrest fees, upped $20 by the 2005 legislature; the sale of three vehicles, and by maintenance savings. The sheriff says that he has unofficial assurance that the grant will be awarded. It will be the first such grant ever made by Rural Development, he said. The sheriff reported April tax receipts, ending the 2004 collection, to have been $62,672.42, with 98% collected. The sheriff's report was unanimously approved by the court. The sheriff also noted that his department can now legally accept donations. County renews transfer station lease The court voted 7-0 to renew the transfer station lease with Mid-State. The county pays $13.12 per cubic yard for compacted material, and $8.75 per uncompacted cubic yard. The station will continue to take "white goods," Judge Jerry Vaughan said, but noted that the refrigerations left at the station must have freon removed. East Big Creek School Road name shortened The court voted 7-0 to shorten the name of East Big Creek School Road to East Big Creek Road. The change is necesssary, Magistrate J.M. Shelley said, because road names can contain only 20 characters or less. The road is in Mr. Shelley's Fourth Adair County Magisterial District. Renaming the road was the only matter in Agenda Item #14, Reading of Roads. Animal Shelter agreement changes made The court voted 7-0 to make some minor changes in the contract which Adair County will make with Metcalfe and Russell Counties for the new Green River Animal Shelter, which is being built with a bequest and a grant, near the LBN Parkway/Jamestown Street Interchange. Foremost among the changes was wording which would have forwarded money to the Adair County Fiscal Court General Fund to more narrowly restrict the money for the G.R.A.W.L. facility. The changes were explained by Adair County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin. Other changes had to do with a small change in the adoption fee, shortening the time a person adopting an animal has to return it, and a wording change to "relinquish" from "giving up," ownership of an animal. No mention of fairgrounds, though decision at May 2005 meeting was promised in April Although the Judge Pro-tem and two of the magistrates told the VFW's representative, L.G. "Peanut" McKinley, at the April 2005, meeting that the county would have a decision at the May 2005 meeting, there was no mention of the veterans' offer to give the Fairgrounds to Adair County in Tuesdsay night's meeting. Adair County Magistrates:
Adair County Judge Jerry Vaughan Adair County Coroner Rick Wilson Adair County Court Clerk Ann Melton Adair County Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy Adair County Disaster Coordinator Mary Allender Adair County Jailer William "Bug" Knight Adair County PVA Wm. Feese, Jr. Adair County Sheriff Steve Cheatham Adair County Surveyor Mike McKinney This story was posted on 2005-05-11 21:20:15
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