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Adair County Fiscal Court Regular Monthly Meeting, September 13, 2005 County to help Sheriff Cheatham get rid of unwanted cow. Court to proceed with bidding for new voting machines. On Judge Pro-Tem Wid Harris recommendation "false alarm" alarm ordinance will get more study. Court to let out-of-county veterinarians sell dog tags. County will join city in seeking Community Economic Growth Grant. Dennis Selby, Gary Burton, Chester Whittington, and Ruth Redmon approved for jail staff. Scooter Lane, Wagonwheel Road, and Combest Lane, private passages get blue-sign approval By Ed Waggener In tonight's Adair County Fiscal Court Meeting, the magistrates voted 7-0 to bury the cow which has become a ward of Sheriff Steve Cheatham, and, he reported, a nuisance. The burial will take place after the cow is humanely destroyed. Sheriff Cheatham had been called to round up a stray cow on Butler Branch. He told the court that a man claimed the cow, and said he would pick it up if Sheriff Cheatham would find a place to keep it for awhile. Chester Taylor obliged, but when, after a few days, the cow was not claimed, Mr. Taylor called Sheriff Cheatham to pick it up. The original claimant said that the cow was not his, after all. Sheriff Cheatham took the cow to his own farm. He learned that the cow has cancer eye, and it smells bad. Real bad. Darling and Company would not pick up the cow because there is no proof of ownership. Sheriff Cheatham said one option would be to shoot and bury the animal, but he'd want the county to help with the expense. District 4 Magistrate J.M. Shelley, moved, and District 2 Magistrate Terry seconded his motion, to humanely destroy the cow at county expense, and pay for a for a backhoe to bury it. The other five magistrates, Roger Stephens (District 1), Tony Loy (District 3), Billy Dean Coffey (District 5), Joe Rogers (District 6), and Judge Pro Tem Wid Harris (District 2), joined to make it a unanimous vote. Judge Harris was presiding in the absence of Judge Jerry Vaughan, who is on vacation this week. The court also approved the Sheriff's Report, 7-0. The action took place at the Adair County Fiscal Court's regular September meeting, Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. in the Adair County Courthouse annex. County tables recommendation for new ordinance on fire alarms County Disaster Coordinator Mary Allender asked the magistrates to write an ordinance regulating alarm systems. Mrs. Allender that that a lot of law enforcement time and 911 time is spent answering automatic alarm systems which make false alarms. "Sometimes we'll get calls three and more times a week when a faulty alarm systems goes off repeatedly." Sheriff Steve Cheatham agreed that the alarms cause his department trouble, too. "We've never answered an alarm system call where there was a real problem," he said. Magstrate Joe Rogers said that the ordinance ought to penalize the alarm companies which wire homes with the faulty systems. A number of suggestions were made, but presiding Judge Harris recommended the idea be tabled while County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin researches what other counties are doing. Judge Harris thought checking even large community laws might help. "I suggest that we see what the big boys are doing and then try to come up with an ordinance which will work here," he said. Included among the ideas was one that got universal approval, and that was to require homes, businesses, and institutions who have the alarm systems to register them with 911. County will advertise for new voting machines The magistrates vote 7-0 to advertise for bids for new voting machines with the stipulation that County Court Clerk Ann Melton is authorized to negotiate with the bidders to get a guarantee that they will keep the machines compliant with expected new Federal regulations. County Court Clerk Melton told the court that at least one company has already agreed it will update software, when necesaary in the first three years, but so far she hasn't gotten a company to make any guarantee on the voting machine hardware. "We'll have to have a lot of training on the new machines," she said. "The poll workers will have to know how to run computers."The machines will be paid for with grant money. Terms of acceptance of the money is that the machines have to be purchased by January 1, 2006, and be in service for the May 2006 primary. It is possible that the machines available now will no longer meet Federal specifications after one year, because of expected new Federal mandates. But presiding Judge Harris said that, as he saw it, "We don't have a choice." On his recommendation, the vote was taken to start the bidding process. Jailer's report approved; four new jail employees approved The court approved Adair County Regional Jailer Wm. "Bug" Knight's report, 7-0, and by like votes, approved four new jail employees, each in separate 7-0 votes. Tne new employees are Dennis Selby, Gary Burton, Chester Whittington, and Ruth Redmon. All will be Part Time employees. The latter two will employees, Chester Whittington and Ruth Redmon, will be dispatchers. Out-of-county veterinarians will be allowed to sell dog tags The court voted 7-0 to amend the Dog License Ordinance to allow out-of-county veterinarians to sell dog tags. County votes to extend transfer station land lease, advertise for bids for transfer station operation The court voted 7-0 to accept the a new contract on the transfer station land lease. Under the terms of the 10-year contract, the county will pay $500 a month for the first five years and $600 a month for the last five years of the contract. In addition, the county will pay a $1,000 signing fee. Presiding Judge Harris recommended, and the court approved by a 7-0 vote, to start the bid process for a contract to operate the solid waste transfer station. Three new private passage roads approved In three separate votes, the court accepted County Disaster Coordinator Mary Allender's recommendation to give first readings to three new private passage roads: 1) Scooter Lane off KY 61 South in District 4; 2) Wagonwheel Road off Butler Branch in District 6; and 3) Combest Drive off KY 92 in District 3. Private passage roads are named, display blue (as opposed to green background signs for county and city streets and roads) background street signs, but are maintained by the private owners. The court also gave approval to a second reading to the Vernon Curry Road in District 6. County to join city to seek C.E.E.G. grant On presiding Judge Wid Harris' reccomendation, the court voted 7-0 to join with the City of Columbia to apply for a Community Economic Growth Grant (C.E.G.G.) from the Kentucky Community Development Office. The money will be used to pave more of the drives in the Green River Commerce Park off KY 55 north of Columbia. Right of Way easement approved The court voted 7-0 to allow a right-of-way easement for Oxford Place for a street light near the Pinewood Golf Club, in District 4. Second readings given on Speed Limit Ordinances for Miller Subdivision Roads> The court approved, in three separate actions on 7-0 votes, the second readings of the Speed Limit Ordinances for Summerhill Drive, Snowcrest Drive, and Winter Park Drive in the Miller Subdivision in District 7, off Russell Road. In other action In other routine action, the court voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the regular and special meetings just past, and approved the bills, the road work, financial report, Year End Settlement (2004-2005), and budget transfers. Also in attendance, not previously were deputy Judge Gail Cowan and Judges Secretary/Payroll Clerk Lisa Lee, County Treasurer Larry Dudley, Assistant County Roads Supervisor Lonnie Page, and members of the media. Regular monthly Adair County Fiscal Court meetings are held at 7:00 p.m., each second Tuesday. County Judge Executive Jerry Vaughan, presiding Magistrates on the Adair County Fiscal Court include:
Adair County Judge Jerry Vaughan Adair County Deputy Judge Gail Cowan Adair County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin 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 2005-09-13 22:46:22
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