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Adair County Fiscal Court Report, March 11, 2008 meeting In the March 11, 2008 court meeting
By Ed Waggener ColumbiaMagazine.com story At the Tuesday night, March 11, 2008, meeting, before a packed hall, the Adair County Fiscal Court formally recognized four servicemen who have returned from service in the Iraq War since Judge Ann Melton took office on January 1, 2007. Certificates were presented by First District Magistrate Danny Goodin to Matthew Thomas Coomer, Andrew Mark Klingberg, and Roger Dale Young. Kristopher Knight was also recognized, though his name had been received by the CJE's office after the certificates had been printed. Judge Melton recognized relatives, Mark and Carol Klingberg, parents; Stephanie and Daniel and Abigail, wife and children of Roger Dale Young; Paul and Lillie Stephens, grandparents of Matt Coomer; and Melissa Taylor, mother of Kristopher Knight. The simple ceremony drew sustained applause. Each of servicemen were personally thanked and embraced by Judge Melton. After they were individually congratulated by Magistrate Goodin, they filed past Magistrates Terry Hadley, Perry Reeder, Wid Harris, Billy Dean Coffey, Joe Rogers and Sammy Baker as a body of some 50 Adair Countians stood to honor them. County treasury in good shape After 14 months of the administration of Adair County Judge Ann Melton, the county treasury is in very sound financial condition. County Treasurer Barry Corbin issued a reconciliation report showing that the county's cash balances in all funds totalled $1,619,459.07, with only approximately $97,000 encumbrances. The cash balances for individual funds at the close of business February 29, 2008, were as follows:
Judge Melton said that the general fund is at it's high level in part due to the inflow of county property taxes during the past three months. And she noted, the new 9-1-1 Dispatch Center is being paid for mostly with grant money received in installments as construction proceeds. One third the cost of the building was paid to Mi-Di Construction Company when the building was put under roof. The project is expected to be completed sometime in May 2008, she said. Budget transfers approved at the meeting included $96,435 from the General Fund to the 9-1-1 and $5,000 to be transfered from the General Fund to the animal shelter fund, if needed. The Treasurer's report, and all budget transfers were approved in individual actions, 7-0. County will get proposal from KACO Health Insurance County employees may have a new health insurance provider. Kelly Harding, of Columbia's Reed Bros. Insurance Agency reviewed the KACO insurance plan for the court.. Harding told the court that the main reason County faces a possible doubling of insurance rates for the very basic plan the county now provides is that only 21 of 72 eligible employees are enrolled. . Harding said the current enrollment has more at-risk insured in the pool, and that means higher underwriting. Harding said that if he can get 60 or more employees to apply, he thinks that he can get a much better rate quote.. Higher participation will mean more of the County's younger employees will participate, and younger employees generally mean lower pay-outs by the insurance carriers. "When the participation goes up, the rates go down," Harding said. The current carrier is Anthem, represented locally by Adair County Farm Bureau Insurance.. After KACO takes the applications, it will come back to the court with a quote, which will then be considered against any other quotes. . The KACO plan will include a wellness program, a human resources backup including a local COBRA (Federal portability law) expert at Reed Bros., Georgina Roy. KACO offers more human resources back including a website specifically for the Adair County Fiscal Court's human resources personnel.. Harding said that in the future, KACO (the Kentucky Association of Counties) and its counterpart, KLC (Kentucky League of Cities) may be able to offer a health/dental plan with guaranteed life insurance acceptance. Adair EM Director Greg Thomas gives report Adair County Emergency Management Director told the court that a weather station will be built on property in the Green River Commerce Park. The location has been agreed to by Judge Melton and Mayor Pat Bell, who have jointly taken over the management of the Park and the functions of CACIDA, the Columbia-Adair County Industrial Development Authority.The Mesonet Weather Station, similar to one at Bowling Green in Warren County, can be continuously monitored by anyone using the internet, Thomas said. Seven sites are operational in Kentucky at this time. The closest one is at LIberty in Casey County. Others are at Morehead, Murray, Bowling Green, Hartford, and Russellville, with a site under construction in Bullitt County. The only cost to the county will be a fence, inclosing a 40' x 60' space. Judge Melton will have the Adair County Road Department install the fence, Thomas told the court. To see a sample of the information continuosly updated on the internet, Click Here Emergency sirens being installed Thomas said that the Adair EMD is installing two sirens, and modifying the siren on the old Adair County Courthouse, to use in disaster emergencies. The $20,000 plus, each, sirens and siren modification are being paid for with a $50,000 grant, he said. SAR now has own radio frequency, shared with ACRD Thomas said that the Adair County Search and Rescue (SAR) now has its own radio frequency, which is shared with the Adair County Road Department. "This is important. It helps the Road Department know were emergency repairs are needed when a storm strikes," Thomas said. County may get disaster relief Thomas said that County units are getting better at damage assessment. CJE Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee is preparing a request for $500,000 million disaster relief money growing out of recent Adair County floods. Sheriff Ralph Curry has brief report Adair County Sheriff reported February tax collections of slightly over $138,850 for the month of February. County fueling station awaits concrete pouring weather While much of the county has seemed resigned to incredibly high fuel prices, exacerbated by a fuel price differential in Adair County which sucks millions of dollars out of the local economy, one major initiative to fight back is ongoing. In answer to a question by Magistrate Joe Rogers about the status of the project to build a county owned fueling station, Judge Ann Melton responded that the project is just waiting for drier weather to dry the site enough to pour concrete there. When the project is complete, the County will buy gas wholesale from a supplier in Big Meadow, KY, and will allow other government units, including the City of Columbia, to use the facility. Adair County hires Southern Health Partners for ACRJ medical services The Adair County Fiscal Court is entering into a contract with Southern Medical Partners (SMP) to deliver medical services to inmates for the Adair County Regional Jail.The contract calls for a $104,000 annual payment, divided into $8,725 monthly payments, with a target date for the changeover tof May 1, 2008. The contract cost is to be guaranteed through June 30, 2009. Medical services are now handled by the County's Westlake Primary Care, but Judge Melton said that the hospital and its subsidiary WPC are more than willing to turn the service over to Southern Health Partners.Southern Health Partners supplies day-to-day medical care at 20 of Kentucky's jails, James Kemper, former Franklin County (KY) jailer and spokesperson for Southern Health Partners, said. Kemper told the court that he had been the first jailer in Kentucky to use the service and had been very pleased with it. Southern Medical Partners will have a nurse on duty at the ACRJ 30 hours per week. SMP will oversee dispensing of inmate drugs. Reimbursement from inmates for medical services will come back to the county, Kemper said. He was accompanied to the meeting by Jennifer Hairstine. The contract can be cancelled by either party with a 60-day notice. Magistrate Wid Harris moved the contract be accepted; his motion received a second from Magistrate Danny Goodin, with all Magistrates voting for the contract. A second unanimous vote authorized Judge Ann Melton to sign the contract, subject to review by Adair County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin. The idea for the contract was originally brought to the court by Adair County Regional Jailer Wm. "Bug" Knight. Adair County Regional Jailer reports Adair County Regional Jailer reported a total to be billed for February of $97,989.16, including $29,259.09 for Adair County inmates, exceeded only by the billing for Class D Inmates of $29,457.70.An ongoing tension between the Jailer and the Court over overtime pay was unresolved. Jailer Knight said that criticism for high overtime in January, made at the February 12, 2008 meeting of Fiscal Court did not take into account five paid holidays in the first January pay period. "Everybody else can go on holiday," he said, "But we can't and the prisoners can't." And other overtime could be attributed to guarding prisoners at Westlake Cumberland Hospital, he said, "And Cumberland County reimburses us." Judge Melton said that there was more overtime in February that was't related to holidays, but did not have figures with her. "We can discuss this next meeting," she said. The court approved, unanimously, in three separate roll-call votes, hiring three part-time deputy jailers, Billy Bunch, Crystal Redmon, and B. Scholl, all at a pay rate of $8.00 an hour. A second reading was approved unanimously for an amendment to the Adair County Regional Jail's Policy's and Procedures Manual. The amendment related to Mass Evacuation and Relocation Plans. County will review building code ordinance A three-magistrate committee, with First District Magistrate Danny Goodin, Fifth District Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey, and Sixth District Magistrate Joe Rogers was appointed by Judge Melton to review the County's ordinance related to building inspections. Nuisance complaint will be considered at the next meeting A nuisance complaint by Brenda Cambron will be taken up a late meeting. Ms. Cambron complained of refuse being placed near her property. No further report on updating the County's nuisance ordinance, still being studied by a committee headed by Magistrate Terry Hadley (7), was mentioned at the meeting. Court approves 9-1-1 Policy & Procedures for Wrecker Services The court unanimously approved a chang to the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center's P&P Manual to spell out how wrecker call outs are rotated. The vote was 7-0 on a motion by Magistrate Wid Harris (2), seconded by Billy Dean Coffey (5), on a District roll call sequence 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Adair Food Pantry recognized as Recycler Stephanie Long, representing the Adair Food Pantry, was presented with the March Recycler of the Month of Award. The presentation was made by Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator A.L. Sinclair. The presentation was the second made by the Fiscal County. The first was presented to Donna Hancock, publisher of the Adair Progress. Mr. Sinclair said after the meeting that the Food Pantry has done an outstanding job recycling, from the start. Danny Downey re-appointed to Water District Board Danny Downey, now serving as vice chair of the Adair County Water District Board, was recommened by CJE Ann Melton to a second four-year term on the board. On a motion by Magistrate Sammy Baker (1), seconded by Danny Goodin (2), the Court voted in District roll-call sequence 3,4,5,6,7,1, and 2, 7-0 to confirm the appointment. Downey joins Chair Larry Legg, and members Rudy Higginbotham, and Rabon "Toon" Burton on the board. Two Adair Airport Board members re-appointed Judge Melton recommended the re-appointments, in separate actions, of Adair County Airport Board Members Mike Mitchum and Buddy Sewell, to the Adair County Airport Board. Both roll call votes were 7-0 to approve. Magistrate will take a look at Garrett Road complaint The court tabled an agenda item related to opening the lower end of Garrett Road in District 3. Creon Melson appeared before the court to ask that the extension be grandfathered into the County Road system. It isn't shown on the official county map, 9-1-1 Coordinator Mary Allender said, "because the road was blockd when the state surveyed the road. The road had been blocked, Magistrate Sammy Baker (3), in whose district the road is in, said, "By the same fellow who laid down in front of a grader." He didn't name the person. However, he did say he wanted to go out to the road and examine it personally with Creon Melson. "He's a good, outstanding citizen," Magistrate said of Mr. Melson. "I think we can work this out. I just want to see it myself." The matter was tabled until the April 2008 meeting. Another District 3 Road Dispute will wait until April meeting, too Mimi Henningsen, a resident of the Glens Fork area, appeared before the court in the matter of the closure of a section of Powell Creek Road. Judge Melton asked that Magistrate Sammy Baker (3), meet with Terry Grant, who had closed the road earlier during the construction of a subdivision, and report back to the court so the matter could be heard from both sides at once. Bills approved, with found bill added The court approved payment of bills and late bills and one slightly old bill. "We found the bill in the bottom of a box which had held t-shirts," CJE Ann Melton said. "It was for $297 from January 2007. It certainly needs to be paid." The vote was 7-0, to approve the bills, including the bill, from Hot Prints, for the tees. Road work approved The court approved the report of the Adair County Road Department work for February, 7-0. Judge Melton commended the department for working around the clock to clear roads during the March 8 snow. Jobe Darnell, Superintendent of the ACRD, said that two big challenges facing the department is the pile-up of logs at bridges on Taylor Ford and Freedom Church Roads. "It's going to take some equipment we don't have to clear the logs," he said. Supt. Darnell said that the department will probably have to rent the removal machinery. The court approved the County Road cooperative contract with the State of Kentucky and also approved a resolution allowing Judge Melton to sign the agreement. Judge Melton said that the contract includes an increase this year. 9-1-1 Coordinator Mary Allender presents road changes Mary Allender, Adair County 9-1-1 Coordinator, presented the following road changes:
The court unanimously approved approved authorizing Judge Ann Melton to sign paperwork related to the lease of two new Mack Trucks from Worldwide Leasing Co. The trucks were delivered to the county last week. In answer to the charge of "lying on the internet," leveled against ColumbiaMagazine.com to Sheriff Ralph Curry by one ACRD employee -we call no names - over how the transfer of trucks took place, here's CM's updated version: The old trucks were turned in at Montgomery, AL. A convoy, consisting of the two Macks and a County crew cab pickup were driven to Montgomery by County Road Supervisor Jobe Darnell, and County Operators Lonnie Page and Donnie Melson. The new trucks were delivered to the county barn. We hope this explanation will be sufficient to warrant withdrawal of the accusation.The trio returned to Columbia in the crew cab pickup. Judge says ACRD may be able to get pavement roller Judge Melton told the court that four Kentucky Highway Department pavement rollers are available as State surplus in Frankfort. They are in good shape, she said, and are needed in cold patching breaks and potholes. Prices range from $2,500 for a gasoline model to $5,000 for a diesel model. The purchase would be historic. The County has never owned a pavement roller, which should allow the ACRD to patch potholes to the old standards of Hoosier Turner Seal of Indianapolis, which held workers to the goal of an ideal finish, which would be so smooth "you can close your eyes and run your hand over the patch and old pavement and not be able to tell where either begins," according to old timers who went north in the 1960's and worked for Hoosier Turner Seal, before delivering the Adair County equivalent of take this job and shove, "We don't have to take this ______," walking off the job, and sticking their thumb up on the verge the south lane of US 31, and coming home to Adair County.<Court keeps rule requiring haulers to use local transfer station Magistrate Wid Harris (2) reported that the solid waste committee he headed didn't have much of a report. "It will take more research," he said, to determine if any changes were needed in the county ordinance which requires independent trash haulers to take trash picked up in Adair County to the transfer station on L. Willis Road off KY 61 south, near the KY 61/LBN Parkway Interchange. Hauler Terry Dial had complained that the higher cost at the local transfer station meant he would be passing on approximately $1 per household per month to his customers. The county gets a a 3% franchise fee, amounting to approximately $6,500 per year, which is nearly enough for the County to pay the landowner's rent for the transfer station. No action was taken, which means the haulers will continue to be required to take garbage picked up in Adair County to the transfer station here. Court votes to contribute $5,000 to SCD for animal removal Jason Stephens of the Adair County Soil Conservation District appeared before Fiscal Court to request a renewal of the County's $5,000 in matching funds to help pay for dead animal removal. The money is used to reimburse, at the rate of $40 per animal for removal of dead cows and horses from farms by the Griffin Co. There is a cumulative 10 animal limit per farm per year. He said. The vote, on a motion by Magistrate Joe Rogers (6) seconded by Magistrate Sammy Baker (2), was 7-0 with a District roll-call vote sequence of 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3. No court orders There were no court orders for consideration at the meeting. Minutes approved The minutes of the February 12, 2008 regular meeting of Adair Fiscal Court were approved 7-0. Second reading of Clerk's Budget Amendment approved The court unanimously approved the second reading of the Adair County Court Clerk's budget amendment. Packed courtroom The meeting was held in a packed Adair County Annex courtroom. A few had to stand because of a shortage of chairs. "We can have seating for everybody," Judge Melton said. "We didn't anticipate this many coming, and loaned some of our chairs. They are having a revival at the jail," she said. The proceedings were recorded by CJE Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee. All court members were present, as were County Treasurer Barry Corbin, County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin, County Sheriff Ralph Curry, Regional Jailer Wm. "Bug" Knight, Adair County 9-1-1 Coordinator Mary Allender, Chief Dispatcher Lee Ann Roy, County Road Superintendent Jobe Parnell and sidekicks Lonnie Page and Donnie Melson, County Solid Waste Supervisor A.L. Sinclair, County Judge's Office Staff Member Patty Nall, and County EMD Greg Thomas. Barbara Armitage, President of the Columbia Garden Club and Recycling Advocate, and her husband, Warren Armitage, were present to observe the presentation of the Recycler of the Month Award and in support of environmental issues. A large number of members of families of the honored returning Iraq War servicemen were in attendance. Terry Dial, Adair County solid waste contractor was present, as were members of the media. Judge Ann Melton is making an effort to get as high a public participation as possible. "I wish enough people would come that we have to hold meetings in the Adair County High School gymnasium," she said. All of Agenda March 11, 2008 regular monthly meeting To see Report for last regular monthly meeting, February 12, 2007, Click Here Information about Your Adair County Fiscal Court Regular monthly Adair County Fiscal Court meetings are held at 7:00 p.m., each second Tuesday. The meetings are open to the public. A LIST OF YOUR ADAIR COUNTY OFFICIALS Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton 421 Public Square, Suite 1, Columbia, KY 42728 Phone 270-384-4703; Fax 270-384-9754 OTHER ELECTED ADAIR COUNTY OFFICIALS
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