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Adair County Fiscal Court report, November 8, 2005 meeting Garbage haulers think prices will have to go up about $2-3 because of new transfer station contract. Two magistrates balk at giving more money to Industrial Development. Larry Legg re-appointed as Water District Trustee. Court votes to hire Johnny Morgan to trim Jamestown Street side tree. Ben Smith Road gets 25 MPH limit. Two items which weren't expected to be controversial at the November 8, 2005, regular monthly meeting proved to be so. One was garbage. The other was in "court orders." The court approved a contract with Mid-State Waste (MSW), Glasgow, KY, to operate the Adair County Transfer Station. Only one bid was submitted. And the cost, $37.83 per ton, may cause garbage rates to go up as much as $2 or more a month, one hauler said. The bid was accepted unanimously, on a motion by District 1 Magistrate Wid Harris, seconded by District 2 Magistrate, J.M. Shelley. The matter was Item #4 in a 26-item agenda. There was scant discussion. But in the public comments segment of the meeting newsman Gerald Reliford asked if there wouldn't be a lot more costs than the public had been led to believe. Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator A.L. Sinclair said that he had learned at PRIDE meetings that the average counties across the state are paying is $27-30 per ton, much less than the $37.83 Adair County will pay MSW. Three garbage haulers, Wesley Taylor, Billy Burton, and Michael Dial were at the meeting. Mr. Taylor said, "Three of us are here. The cost to unload a truck is going up. It's going to be hard to increase rates to pay for it. And we have a voluntary pickup system. A lot of people will probably drop pickup and start dumping illegally." Judge Vaughan said he was aware Adair County paid more, but said, "Our backs were against the wall. The state were going to require a cover at the dump site to keep garbage from leaching into the soil. Either we were going to have to build it or the operators were. The operators will have to build the cover, and they had to build that into their cost. Otherwise, the State would have shut us down." Billy Burton said that he believes eventually, the haulers will have to go from an average of $11 per month to $13 per month. Court orders contained one ticking bomb Ordinarily, "court orders," are passed routinely, unanimously, in Fiscal Court meetings, but last night, Magistrate J.M. Shelley said, "There are two court orders. Can we vote on them separately"? Judge Vaughan ruled that would be okay. "The first court order will be 'A,'" the Judge said, "and the second will be 'B.'" The first court order, Court Order "A" read, "The Adair County Fiscal Court does hereby give permission to the judge's office to write a check in the amount of $400.000 for 20 rolls ($20.00 per roll) of hay to Roy Ingram. His hay was mowed in error instead of mowing animal shelter site." The vote on "A" was 7-0, with Mr. Shelley agreeing. When the vote on "B" was taken, Magistrate Wid Harris moved its acceptance and Magistrate Tony Loy seconded, it. On the vote, they were joined by Magistrates Farris, Coffey, and Loy. Magistrate Roger Stephens voted a loud "No," as did Mr. Shelley. The measure passed 5-2. "B" in the Court Orders read, (on paper, it was never read in open court), "The Adair County Fiscal Court does hereby give permission to the judge's office to write a check in the amount of $16,666.66 to the Columbia-Adair County Industrial Authority for one-third of the budgeted for the year." After the meeting, Mr. Shelley explained his concern. "What have we got to show for it? We might as well put the money on interest for all the good the Industrial Board is doing. For my money, if we had fellas like Jimmy Reliford, Tommy Grider, Richard Lee (Walker), and Don Franklin on the Industrial Board we'd get a lot more done." Jail Report: Total Billings $72,366.00 for October 2005 Jailer Wm. "Bug" Knight reported total billings for October of $72,366, of which $20,352. was for Adair County inmates, for a total to be billed of $52,014. The Adair County Regional Jail billed $1,777 in booking fees, $49 for medical charges, and $4,911 in per diem fees, for a total to be billed of $58,753. The report was approved 7-0 on a roll call vote. Also approved on a roll call vote, unanimously, were the following:
Judge Vaughan quipped, after the uncharacteristically long Jail Report, "You talked as much as Sheriff Cheatham." Sheriff reports $429,041.56 in taxes collected in November Sheriff Cheatham was brief in reporting that in the first five days of collections in November, he has already collected $429,041.56 and expects $2,000,000 in tax collections in the month of November. He asked for, and got permission, to use proceeds of the surplus cruiser sale this Saturday to pay for striping his four new prowlers and buy one more radio. "I'll be just borrowing the money until the fees come in from tax collections. The county won't be out any more money." The old cruisers will be sold at auction Saturday, November 12, 2005, at the fair grounds. The court voted, 7-0, to allow this arrangements Larry Legg re-appointed to Adair County Water District board Judge Vaughan recommended the re-appointment of Water Board Trustee Larry Legg to another term on the board. The recommendation was approved 7-0. Speed limit imposed on Ben Smith Road Fifth District Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey, moved, and Magistrate Wid Harris, gave a second, to impose a 25 MPH speed limit on the Ben Smith Road. The vote was 7-0. Jamestown Street tree to get Johnny Morgan treatment The court voted 7-0 to hire Johnny Morgan to trim the tree on the Jamestown Street side of the courthouse. "It's interviewing with our flag," Judge Vaughan said. Mr. Morgan trimmed the Greensburg Street side tree for $300. It had posed a threat to the HVAC system for the courthouse. Mr. Sinclair given round of applause New candidate for County Judge and present District 7 Magistrate Terry Farris commended Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator A.L. Sinclair for the job he's done. In a brief report, Mr. Sinclair noted that on November 8, his crew had picked up trash along 201 miles of Adair County highways. "We've picked up 4,425 bags of trash," he said, for a Bags of Trash Per Mile (BTPM) of 20.52. Judge Vaughan said that he and Mr. Sinclair will be attending a meeting tomorrow to learn more about e-scrap recycling. "It's a controversial subject. We need a proper way to dispose of old computers." In other action:
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 2005-11-09 01:49:13
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