Fiscal Court - Regular Meeting

It's good to see everyone here today. All right, my cell phone just beeped, so that's a good reminder to turn our cell phones off or down on volume. [Music] All right, so let's go ahead and get started. This is October 14th, 2025 Harden County Fiscal Court uh regular voting meeting. Let's begin and call this meeting to order. The roll call, please. Squire Clim here. Squire Hicks here. Squire Muse

here. Squire Pennington. Squire Saltzman here. Squire Thompson here. Squire Whitehead here. Squire Yates, Judge Executive Keith Tall here. Uh, next we'll have our invocation by Magister Kenny Muse and Pledge of Allegiance was going to be uh Magistrate Yates, but uh Larry Hicks, if you would take care of that. Be glad to.

Let us pray. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Dear Lord, we thank you for this beautiful day, this great country we live in, and the privileges we enjoy. We thank you for many blessings and the opportunity to gather today to make decisions to improve our county. Help this court to make fair and just decisions on items before this court. Help us consider all alternatives and come together to make the best choice possible. May this fiscal court continue to work together to make this county and community a better place to work and live. We pray that you protect us all each and every day and especially our first responders and the servicemen and women that protect our country here and abroad. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music]

All right. Thanks again everyone for joining today. It's great to see everyone here and also those that are watching on TV again. It's uh always good to have uh our mayor from West Point, Mayor Saresi here. So, thanks for joining today. And u so yeah, everything's good here. So, let's review the agenda. Um uh we have quite a few things to vote on today. Uh we'll start out with our minutes from last meeting and then we have uh one special presentation to make today and then we have our department uh reports that we'll go through. Uh we'll have citizens concerns and comments as usual. Uh we do have a closed session today and then after that we'll be voting on I think it's eight resolutions or ordinances that we'll go through one by one and vote on those. Then we have our typical consent agenda to vote on and uh then we'll have our typical comments at the end. So that's the agenda today. All right. Um, we'll move on then and uh we'll need to approve our Harden County Fiscal Court uh September 23rd, 2025 minutes. Is there a motion to approve?

So move. Second. Moved and seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. A roll call, please. Square Clim. Yes. Squire Hicks. Yes. Squire Muse. Yes. Squire Saltzman. Yes. Squire Thompson. Yes. Squire Whitehead. Yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall.

Yes. Motion passes. All right. Next, we have a presentation. I want to um just make a few comments before we um present this proclamation today. Um this is a pretty neat thing. We've got um Karsten Engles and he's here with us today. Uh he's 17, Rinville, high school senior. He was recently awarded first place in the ages of 16 to 18 category of the annual essay contest held by the American Battle Monuments Foundation. He was given a $10,000 check for his essay topic, the World War II Battle of Midway, June 4th through 7, 1942. The organization, which works to honor the fallen of World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, is hoping to spread awareness of the organization and a uh with this annual contest. Uh Karsten said the cash prize will be used for college. He is interested in pursuing a law degree with a likely emphasis on constitutional or criminal law. Carsten is homeschooled and enrolled in numerous dual credit college courses as well. His parents are David and Jod Engles and uh he has a twin sister Karen and three older siblings. Carson is active in archery, teen court and enjoys leather work and smallcale farming. So pretty impressive young man and uh I just want to uh read this proclamation and after that I thought we might try to get a picture and get all this up here in the front after I go through this. So this is a proclamation. It says whereas Carson Engles was recently awarded first place for his age group in the annual essay contest held by the American Battle Monuments Foundation.

And whereas the American Battle Monuments Foundation honors the fallen of World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Wars. And whereas Carsten was given a $10,000 check for this essay. Whereas Karsten will use his cash prize to help pay for college. Now therefore, be it resolved on behalf of the citizens of Harden County in recognition of Carsten Engel's achievements and for being an inspiration through his hard work, I do hereby proclaim on this monumentous day as Carsten's day. Let's go ahead and gather up here. I need to sign this. [Music] [Music] You all are welcome to hang around or if you need to leave that's okay too.

All right. Next, we'll move on to our department reports and we'll start out with animal control and our director, Mike McNut. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

Let me see here. So for the month of September, uh we adopted out 29, we returned 25, we sent 13 to rescue, which is the highest number we've had in probably three or four years. Um for the year to date, our dog adoptions are at 151. That's down 21 compared to last year. Um, and we returned 86 of the dogs to their owners in the field. Um, if you look the we're at 10% on rescue. That number like it shows you right there, that's the highest it's been for quite a while. Um, so maybe we're seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. I'm hoping so. Uh, the euthanasia rate was at 10%. Uh dog adoptions uh are at 51%. Um the for the year to date return to owners are at 29%. So I was hoping to see that higher, but uh what's happening to us is a lot of people that know that we have their dogs, they're not coming and claiming them. Even when we find them, they're just leaving them there with us. So there's not a lot I can do about it at that point. on the we investigated 532 complaints for the year to date. Um for the September pie chart, you'll see unincorporated was right around 39% and incorporated was at 61%. Uh for the year to date, unincorporated at 42%, incorporated at 58%.

for the year to date on our shelter live release rate is sitting at 90%. If we can maintain that for the rest of the fiscal year, um we'll still be considered a no kill facility by my numbers, but it doesn't mean we'll get the award. The award is done by calendar. So, I mean, I'm hoping that it continues and we can actually start chipping away. We're like at 86% right now for the calendar year. I'm hoping to make it go back the other way. Um the cat live release rate is at 90%. So in September the monthly shelter live release rate was 93%. That's the highest we've had in quite a while. We had 900 visitors to the shelter to adopt or um to look for their stray pet. We did 216 surgeries in September. Uh this in September we had the Kentucky Animal Care and Control annual training conference. Um two of our employees attended. Um there were 80 other animal care workers there. Um roughly around 50 different counties took part in it. Any questions?

Mike, can you share a little bit more about folks who have their dogs there and they know they're there and they don't pick them up?

Um, you know, everybody is microchipping right now. Um, they're doing it upon intake. So, essentially, if you find a stray and it comes in, one of the first things we're doing to keep it healthy is give it shots, give it warmer, that type of stuff. But we're also, if it doesn't have a microchip, we're giving it one. So when we call these people and we let them know that their animals there, you know, I can threaten them with abandonment, but I doubt that's going to work. I mean, yeah, I mean, I doubt that's going to I haven't done that, you know, because the way I look at it is if they don't want them, they're better off with me trying to find them a home than they would be with them anyway. Um, and if they're not if they're out roaming, it's causing everybody a problem. So, um,

do we send a board bill? I'm sorry. Do we send them a bill for boarding?

I don't think so. Not that I've ever heard of. Not that I mean, not that I'm aware of. I don't think it would work because we are mandated to hold stray animals. So, and after the 5 days is up, we, you know, we try and adopt them out. The good thing about good thing about it is that most of the ones that are um microchipped that we know who the owner is. Most of them are spayed or neutered. So, we don't have to do put that money into them. We can just go to adopt them back out. And like I said, the rescues are starting to pick back up. So, we're we're doing better. But, there's not a lot you can do if somebody doesn't want their dog. I mean, it's happening all the time that they're lying to us at the back door saying that it's a stray dog. And then we're like, well, wait a minute. Here's this picture of you with it 5 years ago. And I mean, that's happening every day. And it's not just happening here. We actually at the Kentucky Animal Care and Control Conference, that was one of the things we talked about was these people just leaving their dogs and, you know, with with the the impound agencies and and we're doing everything we can to get them back in the home. The only thing I do is make sure they can't adopt from us again because if they did this to that dog, they're going to do it to another dog. So, that's

What's the numbers you're talking about? I mean, how many dogs you think you got down there like that? Uh, I mean I I wouldn't want to guess at it, but I would say I mean there was a lady just today she showed up and she had two dogs and she told us they were abandoned on her property and we got to looking through stuff that we the checks that we make and was like, you know, you you've had these dogs for going on a year. You know, they weren't abandoned. They're yours. and she admitted to it. And I told her, "I will be more than glad to help you place them. Give me a call in two weeks and we'll see what space we have. I probably won't be able to do two at a time, but I'll try and get one in and get it placed and then we'll help you with the next one." So,

thank you. Mike, do you ever um encounter folks that say they just simply cannot afford to to care for the dog and and have to surrender the dog? I mean, is is that some of the situations that that you're finding.

Yeah. They, you know, a lot of people say, uh, they can't afford to feed them, which I send them home with a bag of food because if I'm packed, I can't help them right now and I'm not going to euthanize to help them. So, I'll send them home with a bag of food and I'll say, you know, when this runs out, call me. And, you know, there's a food pantry here now. So, there's more options for getting food. Um, and we have the as many rabies clinics as I can afford to have to try and help the community with their shots and so forth. So, uh, I do everything we can to help keep the animals in the home. We we collect doghouses like somebody, uh, drops them off for us and then we'll take them out to people that are having trouble. Um, I mean, we we do what we can to keep them in the home. What percentage would you say and this is this is probably going to be difficult to answer but of those dogs that are let's say surrendered are vicious dogs

um well I can tell you that's that's pretty high probably I would say probably 50% and the reason being is because if the person is going about it that way they didn't spend a lot of time training the dog to begin with now the staff there works with the dogs every day. You know, one of the first things that happens in the morning, um, they feed, but then right after that, they start taking the dogs out cuz some of the dogs are housebroke and they'll hold it. And that's not good for them health-wise, which ends up if if I want to try and save them, it costs us more money in the long run. So, I have, you know, two or three people that's taking animals out, letting them use the bathroom in the morning. So, you know, it it I would love to be able to say that that's accurate number, but I can't tell you that for sure. I'm just guessing we're seeing a lot of aggression these days.

But like I said, the people that are not wanting to do the right thing to begin with, they're not doing the right thing by the dogs in the beginning anyway. So, thank you. Anybody else? All right. Thank you, Mike. Appreciate the report. Thank you. All right. Next up, emergency management. Joyce Scott. Afternoon, judge, members of court. Afternoon.

I've come to present the September U significant actions we've had for September. Um, and also at the end, I want to make a special mention of for a couple fire departments in the south end of the county. Uh, as you can see here, we attended the Kentucky Services Conference in Louisville. Um in September I attended a rope rescue technician course and and we take those classes to maintain our certifications uh to understand what's going on at these scenes and better to provide resources to the the departments we assist. Attended the healthcare uh emergency response alliance pediatric care during emergency seminar. uh attended the county distribution seminar with the KY Emergency Management and that Kentucky and that that distribution seminar is about the point of distribution that we when we have disasters to how we're going to deliver supplies to the people in need of it. Attended the Kentucky Social Mitigation Managers Conference that was in uh Corbin, Kentucky. Uh very good conference. attended the healthcare emergency response alliance coalition meeting. Uh also attended a 40-hour confined space technician course with the city of Campbellville and Taylor County. We attended the Red Cross board meeting uh attended the confine excuse me emergency radio services and security technology event as well. And then we went to a special training with LG& at Maldro uh one of their uh seminars they do for community outreach. So it was a really good seminar as well. Just want to talk a little about uh being October it's fire safety month and everybody should be aware of that and make sure that we're checking our smoke detectors and uh also execute your plan

to get out of your home if your home catches on fire as well. Uh but I want to talk a little bit about today about the Sonora Fire Department. Uh incident happened on October 2nd. Uh approximately 1842 hours, Sonora Fire Department got a call of a house fire uh on Broadway Street in Sonora in the city of Sonora. Uh within 5 minutes, they had a fire engine on the scene. Uh within 7 minutes, Upton Fire Department had a fire engine on the scene. There was two confirmed entrapments of elderly females in the house. Uh after a aggressive fire knockdown, uh Sonora and then Upton made entry into the house and rescued both victims from the home. Uh one was found non nonresponsive. Um Harden County EMS was on the scene within minutes as well. Squad three, they done a great job. um resuscitated the person uh got got both people on the helicopters flown to Louisville and uh as pending I don't know what their status is now but uh I just wanted to commend everybody involved in that also Glendale Fire Department was on that run as well u just want to commend their their excellence that day because uh you know for their actions there's uh two people made it out of a burning home that was very well involved in fire so uh just a great job and I just wanted to mention that to the court and to the public today and let everybody know what what happened there. And that's all I have. Any questions?

Well, just wanted to say thanks for bringing that up. Um Yes, sir. That's uh these are people that I think most of us think of as heroes to run into a a home that's on fire and to pull people out of it. It's not something that many of us would uh do. So, um it is commendable and uh hopefully we'll pull something together and do something, you know, a little more formal maybe the next meeting or as soon as we can and acknowledge those that did that. Yes, sir. So, appreciate you bringing it up. Thank you all for having me. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.

All right. We'll uh move on then. Uh there are some written reports available for anybody that wants to see those on the website. Uh we do have uh time now of any citizens concerns or comments. Anyone want to make any comment or have a concern that you want to bring before the court today? Okay, I don't see any. So we'll move on to the next item of business. All right. So, right now we have a we're going to close session before we vote on uh an item. So, I move to go to close session pursuant to KRS61.8101F discussions or hearings which might lead to the appointment, discipline, or dismissal of an individual employee. Is there a second?

Second. It's moved and seconded. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Squire Clem. Yes. Squire Hicks here. Squire Muse. Yes. Squire Saltzman. Yes. Squire Thompson. Yes. Squire Whitehead. Yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall. Yes. Motion passes.

We're out of close session and we'll move on to uh the resolutions and ordinances next on the agenda. Uh the first item item A is to approve resolution 2025-200 related to approval of EMS personnel. Is there uh a motion to approve this resolution? [Music] Is there a motion? We need a motion. So move in second. Second. Moved and seconded. Uh, is there any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please.

Square Clam, yes. Squire Hicks, no. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall.

Yes. Motion passes. Next on the agenda is a second reading and adoption of ordinance number 344-2 series 2025 and this is related to fiscal year 2025 2026 budget amendment number two. And uh if you remember from the last meeting uh this u the details around that we discussed it's about $1.2 million primarily EMS uh ambulance upgrade equipment from Striker and it's also got uh a bridge replacement and uh road flex funding uh mixed in there too. So is there a motion to approve this ordinance?

So moved. Second. Okay. Moved and seconded. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Squire Clum, yes. Squire Hicks, yes. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall,

yes. Motion passes. All right. Next up, item C. And this is uh basically a reading and adoption of ordinance number 345-2 series 2025. This amends the annual standing order to pre-approved recurring expenses. It's basically adding uh the ability to do that for uh payment for Striker EMS equipment lease payouts. Um is there a motion to approve? So move. Second. Moved and seconded. Did you catch that? Was it Muse? Yeah, we'll see. Thank you. Moved and seconded. Uh, any discussion?

Roll call, please. Squire Clem, yes. Squire Hicks, yes. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall,

yes. Motion passes. All right. Next up, item D is the second reading and adoption uh of amended um amended ordinance number 254 series. And this is regarding the flood damage prevention ordinance October of 2025. Uh we had the first reading last time and this is basically the one where we have one sentence that is removed and um yeah. So, is there a motion to approve? So, move. Second. Second. Who second it? I did. Thank you. All right. Any discussion?

Just Just Go ahead. Sorry. Just for the record, we have two days for this approval to get u well be processed by the state and the federal. I just want to make sure that we have talked with Frankfurt and there seems to be no problem in getting this uh agreed to in the two-day timeline we have. Is that correct? That is correct. Yes. Thank you. Yeah. Any other discussion? That was my question. I just wanted to see if the government shutdown had anything would have any effect on this. We've been told that it does not. Okay. That it will go on through as we plan. Any other discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. Squire Clem. Yes. Squire Hicks. Yes.

Squire Muse. Yes. Squire Saltzman. Yes. Squire Thompson. Yes. Squire Whitehead. Yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall. Yes. Motion passes.

Okay. Uh the next two items E and F uh are in regard to some FEMA contracts. Uh this first one is a uh FEMA contract. It's a a resolution 2025-193. And this is a contract with GSI, a contractor for Stovall Road to fix that road. And um just a note that the total cost is around $353,000 uh that um we need for this to um for the contractor to do this work. U the county has um we have the obligation of the county portion which is 13% for a contract a FEMA contract like this. So that that's about $46,000. Um so this is actually four different contracts, four different parts of this road. So um that's what we are voting on uh with this resolution. So uh motion to approve the resolution.

Second. Moved. Second Thompson and Whitehead. Yes, I think so. Uh any discussion? Has the county attorney reviewed this contract? Yes, I have. Okay. Yes. Any other discussion? Hearing none. Or roll call, please. Square Clam, yes. Squire Hicks, yes. Square Muse, yes. Square Saltsman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall,

yes. Motion passes. Uh the next one is um almost exactly the same contract with the same company GSI. Uh it is for Hall Road also needing uh to be repaired. The total for this road was around $229,000. So the uh 13% is at $29,000 for this road. So that's what this contract is. Uh, is there a motion to approve this resolution? So move. Second. Second. Moved and seconded. Uh, any discussion? Again, has the county attorney reviewed this contract, sir? Yes, she has.

Thank you. Any other discussion? Hearing none, we'll have roll call. Squire Clem, yes. Squire Hicks, yes. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead. Yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall. Yes. Motion passes.

All right. The next item is to pro approve resolution 197. It's related to approval of West Harden Fire and Rescue Incorporated occupancy agreement. Uh again, this is a pretty big deal. This basically allows um Harden County EMS to have an ambulance in that um building at White Mills at their fire station. And um so that's what this does. It doesn't uh approve that doesn't say that we're going to put one there or or anything about what happens next, but it does allow this to happen. So that's what this um agreement is all about. So, is there a motion to approve this resolution?

Yes. You make a motion. I make a motion. Okay. Is there a second?

Is there a second? I'll second to get the conversation going, Judge. Okay. So, moved and seconded. Um, is there any discussion? Has this contract been reviewed by the county attorney? No, it hasn't. No. And that the um resolution says that the county attorney I know that I don't I don't consider that proper order. I I move that this be tabled until it is reviewed by the county attorney. Second. Okay. So, we have a motion to table it. It's been seconded. Um, let's go ahead and have roll call on that.

Squire Clem, yes. Squire Hicks, no. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall, no. Um, the motion passes. This resolution is tabled. All right. The next item is item H and this is approve resolution 2025-202 and this is related to link control ad agreement for engineering and GIS services and um is there a motion to approve this resolution? So move second.

It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion? Has this contract been reviewed by the county attorney? I have to look at that resolution. No, I haven't. Yeah, this was another one that we were needing to move on and it's just u timing. So, this was also um contingent upon the county attorney given her approval before we would sign it. I move that we table it until it is reviewed by the county attorney. Second. Okay, it's been moved and seconded to table it. Um, let's go ahead and have roll call. Squire Clem, yes. Squire Hicks,

no. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall, no. Motion passes.

Okay, so let's go ahead and move to the consent agenda. Um, let's review these items. The first two are a financial and um have to do with claims and um is the uh resolution 191 related to approval of some financial transfers. The next item um is the approval of resolution 192 related to approval of a bid for soliccom guardian geodiverse hardware refresh. This is refresh for hardware for 911. [Music] And the next uh four items D, E, F, and G, resolutions 194, 195, 196, and 199 are all approval of changes to personnel and E911, EMS, animal care and control, and also the road personnel. Item H is approval of resolution 2011 related to approval of I work service agreement for public works code enforcement and fleet management software. This is a renewal. And then the last two items I J are um the minutes for emergency service meeting and also public works meeting. Okay. Does anyone disagree with or want to remove any of these items?

Judge a request on item H. Has that service agreement been reviewed and approved by the county attorney? Yes, that one was. No, I thought you had looked at that one. I mean, this is a renewal. There were no changes to it. So, it was still a contract, though. I move it be pulled, tabled, and I'll just I'll just take it out. Okay. So, we don't have to move anything. I'll just remove H and we'll put that off to the next meeting. Okay. Good.

Okay. So, how about now? Any other um any other items that that you want to remove? Okay. So let's uh do we have a approval um to the consent agenda items as with the removal of item H? So moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Uh roll call, please. Squire Clem, yes. Squire Hicks, yes. Squire Muse, yes. Squire Saltzman, yes. Squire Thompson, yes. Squire Whitehead, yes. Judge Executive Keith Tall.

Yes. Motion passes. Okay, that concludes that and we'll just move on to any comments. A county attorney comments. I don't from the clerk's office. No, thank you. All right, we'll move on then to magistrates. We'll start with magistrate saltsman.

Thank you, sir. Um I would just like to uh a few weeks ago uh my compadre uh Fred Clem uh thank this court uh the magistrates for uh not spending and charging the county to uh go around and and do our job here in the county and u I would like to uh also commend the magistrates uh for doing the such the same thing. Um I would also like to uh draw attention to our sheriff's department. Um, I spoke with a Lieutenant Travis Cook a few weeks ago and he gave me a tour of the new transport uh vehicle that the sheriff's department had purchased. And uh it's a pretty cool little uh van. Uh it will haul 12 passengers and transport prisoners back and forth. Uh they've got a section that will haul 10, a section that they can separate from those 10 people, uh three, and then another section where they can separate two more people. So, uh, actually actually I I counted that wrong. So, it's, uh, yeah, my math didn't come out right. Sorry. So, I was told it was 12 people. I do know they have a section for three and two. So, you subtract that. So, it' be uh, looks like about seven. No, eight. Eight. No, seven. Heck, I don't know. I went to North School.

You signing up for a ride? I'm sorry. Are you signing up for a ride? No.

Seven or eight. it um it uh it is a pretty cool little box they've got in the back. It's got cameras uh where they can keep an eye on the prisoners that are in transport. It um it has uh its own air conditioning and and heating going into those uh those pods for those uh prisoners and uh it's going to be a lot safer for our transporters uh the the deputies who are transporting and our our prisoners who we are uh entrusted in their care also. Um the box can be removed once the van is uh is no longer operational. Uh if as long as you know it's not wrecked and damaged. Uh but that box can be reused again in another van. And so um I thought that was a pretty good uh investment that our sheriff's department has made uh for our our citizens uh the nice ones and the not so nice ones. So uh I just want to commend them on that. That's all I have.

All right. Thank you, Magistr Whitehead.

Yes. Thank you. Um again I want to congratulate our um young student Karsten Engles for his accomplishments and a $10,000 check for college is pretty remarkable recognition. So I want to uh kind of highlight him again. I spoke with Mayor Sesi before the the meeting and he said that uh his register wasn't here today and I volunteered to give some announcements for West Point. So, I'll do that. October 15th, they have flu shots from 4:30 to 6:30 at the West Point Community Center. October 20th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. is a uh opening soft opening of the Louiswis and Clark Education and Research Center. And um the biggest one I think or found I found pretty amazing is October 25th. There's a Kentucky Fork Lore for folklore festival that Mayor Serusi claims is attended by 5,000 folks every year. That that came straight from his mouth. So, um that's October 25th. He says it's all day and it's at the Veterans Park. So, if you're into that, be sure to to catch that event. And then also on the October 30th, they have a trunk or treat at the Veterans Park. And I do want to remind uh everyone that the resources and community support committee meeting will be Monday, October 20th at 3:30. Thank you.

All right. Thank you, Magister Clim. Yes. Uh finance committee meeting will be uh Tuesday um October the 21st 3:30 across the hall. Also, our town hall forum is coming up be located here be the 27th on a Monday. That is a schedule change. It'll be at 5:30 as well. I encourage uh anyone that has issues and stuff they'd like to talk about relating to county government to please uh show up. Also, I want to remind folks, please don't drink and drive and don't text and drive. Magister Thompson.

Uh just u information uh for those people who may be interested in the Glendale Glendale Crossing Festival that is this Saturday. Uh typically a great event. Uh weather I think will be beautiful as it typically is and uh the uh activities start really first thing in the morning 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm there. And uh there'll be over 400 booths and vendors, crafts, arts, and uh parade starts at 10:00. If you're going to be a part of that, uh come on out to the historic rural village of Glendale and enjoy the time with us. All right. Thank you. Uh Magistr Hicks,

just uh asked everybody to remember all those families that uh lost loved ones in that explosion down in Tennessee. uh they don't know how many's dead or anything about it, but if you watch that on news, it's just it's just gone. There's nothing there. And just praise God for the release of all those hostages in Lamas and and what uh Israel and United States and President Trump did to make that all happen. Uh, I know there's a lot of families that are really excited about that. All right. Thank you, Magistrate Muse.

Uh, no comments, Judge. All right. All right. Next fiscal court will be Tuesday, October 28th at 5:30 p.m. Is there a motion to adjurnn? So move. Moved. Second. Second. Any objections? I want to table it. Meeting adjourned.