Fiscal Court - Regular Meeting

all right it is 9 a.m and we are live and we are ready to start our bullcanny fiscal court meeting september the 8th 2026 9 a.m uh welcome everyone thank you all for being here and if you please silence your phones um either on on vibrate or silent or off that would be much appreciated thank you we will start our meeting today with our invocation by measure color

Dear gracious Heavenly Father, we are grateful that we were able to come here today and we ask that you will put a special blessing on us as we discuss the things that are needed to be discussed for Polk County. We ask that you will allow us your divine wisdom to deal with those things. We ask that you will bless this county and this state and this country that we will continue to heal and we will come together. We ask that you will especially bless our first responders and those in the military and that they will be protected and they will have your hand guiding them to continue to do selfless acts because they care about the people that they serve. We say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Amen. Thank you very much. Our special guest today is a fifth grader from Junction City Elementary, Aspen Goo. And Aspen, if you will come up, we will let you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance today.

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.

Great job. Good job. All right.

Ambassador Boettner, I know you're going to want to be a part of this picture. Of course. That's right. That's right.

So if you'll come up, we have a certificate for you. All right.

Get you right here in the middle. I'm going to let you hold it. Okay? All right. crazy okay tell us who you have with you today you are welcome to stay and be entertained by us or you can go back to school okay we have meetings from our

We have minutes for our prior meeting of August the 25th. I can have a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second. Second by Magistrate Cullen. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carries. Minutes are approved. Budget transfers. Ms. Shannon.

We have budget transfers of $1,600. $82. No, I'm sorry. $3,362.28.

Make a motion. We approve the transfers. Okay. I have a motion by Magistrate Boehner, second by Magistrate Sleeper. Any discussion on budget transfers? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carried. Cash transfers?

I have a cash transfer from the occupational tax account to the general fund of $1,265,424.54. I'll have to do a reconciliation and correct it next month because I'm losing our tax administrator. I'm still learning. It should be close, but I just wanted to let you know that we may have to make a few corrections for next time. Then I have from the general fund to the jail $125,000 and from the general fund to EMS $125,000. Okay.

Motion to approve cash checks first? So moved. Mr. Gates or second? Second. Mr. Cullen, any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carries. Thank you, ma'am. Prove our bills. Ms. Elena?

Good morning.

Good morning.

All right, you all will see in your bill packet a total of $373,497. We're going to add the occupational tax check. Shannon already mentioned that next month we'll do a reconciliation of that. But this one check will be for $1,898,136.81. And that will bring our grand total to $2,271,537.78. Move we approve the bills as presented.

Second. I have a motion by Magistrate Gates, second by Magistrate Bodnar. Any discussion on the bills? You will see through your packet there are several first quarter allocations that have been requested and checks written. We have a couple of sponsorship request fiscal court will be sponsoring the Halloween play at Westy Hill this year so there'll be more information coming about that and everyone will be invited to attend I guess on opening night of that if you want to if you want to come okay no comments no concerns everybody in favor of the motion signify by saying aye aye those opposed nay motion carries thank you thank you all right no old business and our first item of new business is mr moe contract for jordan Mo is a teacher now. I don't know if everybody knows that, but Mo is a teacher at BCTC.

I'm actually teaching today, and Director Rogers is actually over there right now teaching.

He's taking your time.

I know.

He said hurry up.

But no, thank you all for getting me on the agenda. He's always been a teacher.

He's just now getting paid differently.

That's right. But just to talk about the contract a little bit. So this is a student payment agreement. We've done this before. Basically, what the student will do is they'll go to paramedic class, they'll pay for that paramedic class, and they'll stay with us for at least two years. This go-around, we really took a look, and we saw that, he goes by Lane, but Jordan French, he's someone that has been with our service for a couple years now. His mom actually retired from the agency. He very much so seems like someone who will stay here for quite a while, so we looked at it and said, hey, he's probably the best candidate. for your consideration.

Okay, so we have an agreement between Bullcat EMS and Bullcat Fiscal Court for Jordan French.

We discussed it in the EMS meeting this morning. We both agreed that it's a good choice. And then Chris, you've had a chance to look this over.

It's similar to what we were talking about. Yeah, I looked it over previously. I was speaking with Mo earlier last week about that. It looks good. I hope we can keep them because a couple of them when we've done you know the people have not honored their contract so it sounds like the candidate they have chosen is a great woman and I don't see why he wouldn't stay for over to the two-year so do they have to pay it back though if they don't yeah I thought so I'll go ahead make the motion as a second okay motion by measure Cullen second by measure gate any other discussion on the agreement is this gentleman

Local, homegrown. Yes, sir. Oh, good.

Right out of the tiger patch. All right. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion carries. Thank you, sir. Thank you all. Have a good day. Thank you. All right. Next, we have several proclamations. The first one will be the Constitution Day proclamation, and I don't think there's anyone here to receive this one. Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America, adopted on September 17, 1787, stands as the cornerstone of our great nation, securing the blessings of liberty, justice, and freedom for all Americans. And whereas this historic document continues to serve as the supreme law of the land, establishing the framework of our government, protecting individual rights, and defining the rights and responsibilities of our citizens. And whereas it is fitting and proper to recognize the 239th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution and to honor the wisdom, vision, and sacrifice of the Founding Fathers who crafted a lasting framework of self-government. And whereas the Daughters of the American Revolution, St. Asaph Chapter, have long demonstrated their commitment to education, patriotism, and the preservation of our nation's history. encouraging citizens to understand, cherish, and uphold the principles embodied in the Constitution. And whereas Constitution Day provides an opportunity for all Americans to reflect upon the enduring principles of our constitutional government, to appreciate the freedoms and liberties protected by our founding document, and to reaffirm our shared responsibility to preserve those principles for future generations. Now, therefore, I, Trillie L. Bottom, Boyle County Judge Executive and the Boyle County Fiscal Court do hereby proclaim September 17th, 2026 is Constitution Day in Boyle County and call upon all citizens to join in commemorating this historic occasion, honoring the enduring legacy of the United States Constitution and reflecting upon the freedoms, rights, and responsibilities it has secured for generations of Americans. I witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and cause the seal of Boyle County to be affixed this eighth day of September 2026. And a motion to approve. So moved. Magistrate Ellis, is there a second? Second. Magistrate Boehner, any discussion? I know the DAR ladies are going to ring the bell at Constitution Square on Constitution Day. So I think that's next Thursday, I believe. So they'll be there and they'll be doing the bell ringing for that. All right, all those in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carried. The next one we have is Deaf Awareness Month. And we have some representatives from KSD, if they will stand.

I might want to give her a second to catch up.

Am I talking too fast? I tend to do that, so just tell me to slow down. All right, we would like to present this proclamation to the members of KSD that are present for National Deaf Awareness Month, September 2026. And I'll try to read slow. Whereas September is recognized as National Deaf Awareness Month, providing an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the contributions, the achievements, culture, history, and diversity of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and whereas deaf and hard of hearing individuals contribute significantly to our communities, workplaces, schools, arts, sciences, government, and economy, enriching our society through their talents, perspectives, experiences, and accomplishments, and whereas American Sign Language is a complete and distinct language with its own grammar and linguistic structure, and Deaf culture represents a vibrant community with a rich history and heritage. And whereas effective communication and meaningful access are essential to ensuring that Deaf and hard of hearing individuals can fully participate in education, employment, health care, civic life, and community activities. And whereas, National Death Awareness Month provides an opportunity to increase understanding of the experiences and needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, promote accessibility and inclusion, and encourage communities to identify and remove barriers to communication and participation. And whereas, we recognize the importance of fostering environments where every individual is treated with dignity, respect, and equity, and where differences in communication and hearing are embraced as part of the diversity that strengthens our communities. And whereas, we encourage everyone to learn more about Deaf culture and ASL. promote accessible communication, and support opportunities that empower deaf and hard of hearing individuals to participate fully and equally in all aspects of community life. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that I, Trillie L. Bottom, Boyle County Judge Executive and Boyle County Fiscal Court, hereby recognize September 2026 as National Deaf Awareness Month. and encourage all members of our community to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, increase awareness of accessibility and communication needs, and work together to create a more inclusive and accessible community for all this eighth day of September. I'd like a motion to approve. I'll make that motion. Measure a couple.

Second.

Measure a gay. Any discussion?

Judge, I've said this every year, and I think it's a real distinction for Danville and Boyle County. Kentucky School for the Deaf was the first and continuing public-private operation of a school for the deaf in the entire nation, which is a distinction that we should all be proud of. Absolutely. Absolutely.

All right. All those in favor of the proclamation, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion carries. Would our guests like to introduce themselves?

My name is Simon. Simon Collins. And that's my dad. Hi, everybody. My name is Andrew. Hi everybody, my name is Doug Brewer, and I'm their middle school teacher. We're looking at social studies for class, and so thank you so much. It's really an honor for us to be able to be here and for the proclamation, so thank you, we really appreciate it.

And what grades are we representing?

17.

Yes, seventh. Seventh grade?

All right. Well, if you all will come forward.

We have Stu's here as well.

Oh, okay. My name is Stu Harper. I'm one of the guidance counselors at KSD. Awesome. Thank you for having us.

Yeah, thank you for being here. All right. So if everyone will come up for a group photo, measure Cullen, I'm sure you want to participate in this one.

Some sweetness, a sweet smell.

We'll let you and your friends hold that, okay?

Teachers?

Everybody? Everybody get up? Alright, good job. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you so much.

All right. Well, you all have a wonderful day.

We might need to talk about this. I knew it was fun.

They usually turn into nightmares. All right. Next up, right on time, it is our IT director, Mr. Bill Nichols. And it is going to be IT day coming up pretty soon for our next fiscal court meeting. So we'd like to recognize you and read this proclamation on behalf of National IT Professionals Day. Whereas National IT Professionals Day is observed annually on the third Tuesday of September to recognize the essential contributions of information technology professionals and the vital role they play in our modern world. And whereas information technology professionals support the systems, networks, applications, data, devices, and digital infrastructure that enable organizations and communities to operate efficiently, securely, and effectively. And whereas, IT professionals are responsible for much more than maintaining technology. They help organizations solve complex problems, protect sensitive information, improve processes, support innovation, and ensure that people have the tools and resources they need to succeed. And whereas, as technology continues to evolve, IT professionals must continually adapt, learn new skills, respond to emerging challenges, and find innovative solutions to meet the changing needs of the people and organizations they serve. And whereas, cybersecurity, data protection, system reliability, technical support, digital accessibility, and responsible use of technology are increasingly important to the success and security of our communities and organizations. And whereas the dedication, expertise, patience, and commitment of IT professionals often make it possible for others to work, communicate, collaborate, and serve their communities without interruption. And whereas National IT Professionals Day provides an opportunity to recognize and express appreciation for the individuals whose knowledge, service, and behind-the-scenes efforts keep our technology functioning and our organizations moving forward. Now therefore, I, Trillie L. Bottom, Volcani Judge Executive, and the Volcani Fiscal Court do hereby proclaim September the 15th, 2026 as National IT Professionals Day. Encourage all members of our organization and community to recognize and appreciate the IT professionals whose expertise, dedication, and service contribute to our continued success. I'd like a motion to approve.

So moved.

Second. Second. I saw Mr. Bodner first. I'm sorry. Any discussion on the proclamation? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carries. Awesome, Bill. Thank you for all the work that you do. And I would like to say that behind the scenes, Bill was at the courthouse Saturday, Sunday, Saturday, one day this weekend. And he came in and went upstairs to his office, and it was like 90 degrees. So the air conditioning had stopped. It was already blinking on red alert. So if he had not come in and he had not found that, we would have had a really huge problem come Monday morning. Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Step up and receive your proclamations.

Thank you.

Would you like to say a few words? If any?

I just appreciate the opportunity to serve this county. This county has meant a lot to me for as long as I've been alive. This is where my mom and dad grew up. So to be able to give back and help advance the fiscal court and its technology goals. is a true honor, and I thank you for it.

Well, there's one thing for sure. We couldn't do it without you.

So thank you very much.

Thank you all so much. How many greats was it your grandfather who had that kite in the air with the key? A fourth-grade grandfather. Tommy's babysitting.

There you go. Thank you all very much.

Have a great day. All right, next, and our final proclamation. It's for another one of our department heads, and that would be Mr. Steve Griffin. Griffin? Griffin? Griffin? Yep. I'm losing my mind this morning. I read too many. This is for Human Resources Day. We would like to present this proclamation on your behalf.

I'm glad a lady called me. I didn't know. Well, very good. Very good.

All right, whereas human resources professionals play a vital role in building strong, healthy, and successful organizations by supporting employees throughout every stage of their career. And whereas human resource professionals help recruit and develop talented employees, foster positive workplace environments, support organizational goals, and ensure that employees have the resources and guidance necessary to succeed. And whereas human resource teams serve as trusted partners to employees and leadership, helping organizations navigate workplace challenges while promoting fairness, respect, communication, and collaboration. And whereas human resource professionals contribute to the growth and success of organizations through employee engagement, professional development, benefits administration, workplace policies, conflict resolution, compliance, and countless other essential responsibilities. And whereas the work of Human Resources professionals extends beyond policies and procedures, they help create workplaces where employees feel valued, supported, respected, and empowered to contribute to their talents and ideas. And whereas Human Resources Day provides an opportunity to recognize the dedication, professionalism, compassion, and expertise of HR professionals and to acknowledge the important role they play and strengthening both employees and the organizations they serve. And whereas we encourage organizations and communities to take this opportunity to express their appreciation to human resources professionals for their commitment to supporting people, developing talent, and helping create positive and productive workplaces. Now therefore, I, Trillie L. Bottom, Bullcanny Judge Executive and the Bullcanny Fiscal Court, hereby recognize September the 20th, 2026, as Human Resources Day and encourage all members of our organization and community to recognize and appreciate the human resources professionals whose dedication and service help our employees and our organizations thrive.

That's a lot, isn't it? That's a lot.

Is there a motion to approve?

So moved.

Master at gate, second.

Second.

Master at sleeper, any discussion on the proclamation? All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carries. Steve? You do a wonderful job. We appreciate what you do for the county employees, for the staff, the department heads, all the way from the top to the bottom.

I want to thank you all for allowing me to serve you. Now, I don't have the history that Bill has. You're not going to be the first one?

You'll come up, Miss Julie. Don't wear the stylish hair.

No, really.

We'll get your picture here. All right. Smile, please. Thank you.

Thank you for what you do. Thank you. Have a great day. Alright, now we're going to get into some business and we have a health director, Brent Blevins, with us today. Welcome, Brent.

Hey there. Appreciate a few minutes to hang out with you. Always appreciate talking to you all. This is the annual contract we do. I like, I really like that y'all do this with us because here's what I see for companies. When you do the biometric screening, what it does, it gives your employees in about 10 minutes a little brief synopsis of what's going on with them. And then they can take that if everything was good, great. But if not, then they can take it and go further with their health. And it's just a good thing to do. So I always appreciate y'all partnering with us to do that every year. Our goal is to get you in and out as quick as we can on that day. Not be Too intrusive with height and weight and waistlines and all that, but that's just part of the BMI process is what we're doing. It's important. It is important. It is important. It is definitely important. It's embarrassing. It is. I'm trying to not make it that way, but it just is. We kept the biometric screening the same amount as the last couple years, $30. Shots, vaccines are going up. Doesn't matter where you look for them, they're going up. So the HEPA, I believe, went up a little this year. We try to keep those as close as we can to what they were the previous year. The TB went up $5 also on that. And the way I do that at the health department is I do enough to pay for the actual shot and then just a couple dollars to pay for the nurse, the needle, surprisingly, the gloves, those kind of things. So we don't make anything off that. We're not trying to make anything off that. We're just trying to do it as a service. So that's what the contract is.

Let's get a motion to approve and then we'll have some discussion. Make a motion. Mr. Boehner, is there a second? Second. Mr. Sleeper? All right. Any discussion? How often do these shots have to be given, like the hip A and B shots, the Tdap?

Tdap, I believe is every 10 years because that has tetanus in it. Okay. Tetanus, I believe, can be done sooner than that if you happen to get stuck or have a reason and you just can't remember or you can't find your records. Honestly, on the hep, I'd have to go back and look. Okay. But I can find it out. The way vaccines are these days and vaccine hesitancy, it's good for people to keep up with what they've had and what they haven't because there's a lot of stuff going around. It just is what it is.

Is there a centralized place that somebody could find out what shots they've had?

Usually your primary care doctor or who you've seen hopefully most of your life, if it's been here in Boyle County or wherever. Sometimes it's the health department. Sometimes we can go on the Kentucky system. If you can't find it somewhere else and help figure that out. So usually we can, somewhere down the line we'll find it.

Just curious questions. When I first went to Boyle County as the first school nurse, the shot records were really bad. I mean, really bad. So we searched for my nine years that I was there to help families find their records. That was my goal, to get everybody a shot record.

Yeah, because you need to know.

And we worked and worked and worked with the health department. Vicki and I worked together so often. We helped get all their vaccines up to date and tell parents. It was really a good thing. Now we have the nurses in every school. I was one in five schools, so I had five schools that we were looking for. secretaries at the schools were so helpful to us too you know at trying to dig these records out so it was a daunting process but it's it's great for parents to know and to keep up i say now keep up with this yeah absolutely it's still we go through i'm not going to say every day but there's many a day we still go through that same thing with parents trying to find records records and older adults they go to the doctor for one shot and then they get the others at the health department or they go They move away for a while and they come back, so it's very daunting. Mr. Nellis?

Branton, I'm sure you're very aware of this. You can't go a week without seeing local, state, and federal alarms being rung about tick bites. When I was a kid, it was Rocky Mountain fever. But the terrible thing is I have constituents, plural, with Alpha Gay and I think you're going to be seeing folks come in wondering what's wrong with them. And a feature that was both on WKYT early last week and last night on Fox 56 was not only about Alpha Gay, but a remarkable couple in my district who are raising ostriches. Because that meat apparently mimics beef, but anyone with Alpha Gay who cannot eat red meat of any kind can eat that. So I think I sent that to several people on the court, if not everybody, when it was featured last night. If not, I'm going to, but I'll send it to you too. Send that to me. I didn't see that. And you're better than I am with computers, so you can just go on WKYT and find that one, because I was not able to take that. But I'll send you the Channel 56 one. Great. Because it's a very serious, it's a critical circumstance. Go ahead, because I know what you're going to say.

It took me like 15 years to get diagnosed. I mean, because they kept saying no. Finally, when I did insist, they just don't know enough about it. It was not their fault. They didn't know enough. But when I insisted, they said, no, it's been too many years since your big 80 ticks all over me. I got in a nest. And so I said, no, I insist. And so I insisted. They tested. And I came back medium, which is after 15 years, it should be really low. You kind of can get away from it. It gets lighter. But it was still medium. That was, and now that I know it, it's made a world of difference.

One of my constituents carries two EpiPens because in her circumstance, it's so severe that it could be anaphylactic shock and die. So you're going to be seeing it.

You know, the Epi, it's interesting you said the EpiPen. Do you have any idea what the cost of EpiPens, those kind of things are doing. We, several years ago, not actually since COVID, we were able to get EpiPens a couple years for about three or four or five cents per a pen. And this year we're somewhere in the $30 to $40 a pen. So you can imagine the public, you know, who's having to pay probably a significant more than that just to get an EpiPen because their child or they or somebody needs it. So the cost of health care is just becoming so extreme. Is it? It's a little frightening, actually. When you look at society as a whole and what we're looking at down the road, it's extensive.

All right.

Any other discussion on the agreement?

Okay. All those in favor of the motion to enter into the agreement for another year, and this will be retroactive to July 1, 2026, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Okay.

Thank you. Thank you. I'll get it from you later. Okay. That sounds good.

Thank you, Grant. Have a good day. Next up, we have Parks and Rec Director Tommy Barton. Good morning. Good morning.

Thank you for having me. I was originally put on the agenda to discuss In the skate park contract, they were going to put the name on the facade of the park, and I was going to come and ask for money. But when we looked at it, me, the city engineer staff, and Major Strick Cullen, he was also involved in that, it just looked odd, right? I mean, it's about a foot and a half high part of the skate park, and the parking lot is actually higher. that we only think you would have saw the top letter. So we actually thought it looked a lot better without it. So I'm not coming to ask for that, but I thought I'd kind of go over some other things with the skate park we are doing and other things. We are doing a final walkthrough with them today here at 10 o'clock and it'll be officially turned over. It's been fascinating watching them build it. and the use is incredible. Of course, once they did the flat work, there was no way we could keep people off it, and that's okay. It's their park. I'm seeing people coming from all over. I had this Saturday, there was a man from Somerset who was at the original Danville Skate Park grand opening, and he just loves the park, and I just saw a video he posted on it, and glowing reviews of this park. Everybody is loving this park, and We are having the grand opening on the 19th. We have two pro skateboarders coming from California. We have three skate shops coming, one from Lexington, one from Louisville, and one from New Albany. They'll all be coming to do some giveaways and it'll, you know, outstretch our boundaries. And we will also be serving, we'll be barbecuing and have music and some dedications and a lot of giveaways. We're looking to see a big crowd there on the 19th, and we invite everybody here to attend that. To prepare for that, the city... What time? 10 to 2. The flyer, just to let you know what to expect, the flyer I posted on the Parks and Rec Facebook page has over 20,000 views. Wow. And I just posted it Friday. Wow. So yeah, it's out there. And the majority are not... people from Danville Parks and Rec webpages. It's just gone kind of viral. What we're doing, the city has asked me to prepare for the grand opening. So the spawn ranch contractors is, in their contract is just a finish grade around the park. So the city has hired a gentleman to do finish grade. And we're going to get it sodded, and we're hoping to have that all done before the grand opening. And they did ask if the county wanted to share in that cost. It was about $14,000. The city's already approved it, so you can deal with that with what you will. But we're hoping to have that all, so it'll all be sodded, finished, sidewalks put in. I've ordered trash cans, and hopefully by the time we get to the grand opening, it's all going to be looking great. So we're really excited about that. The other thing I would like to discuss is we highly recommend, and I think Mr. Cullen would agree with me on this. He's been sitting in on a lot of the meetings and progress. Both Pickleball and Skate Park, in the original contract, we did not have water to them. And Skate Park, we don't have electricity to. I highly recommend with these projects, we figure out a way to get electric and water to them The company that's doing the pickleball court has expressed to me if we want to get electric from them over to the pickleball courts, we need to decide quickly while they've got it dug up. And the skate park, I'm sorry, to the skate park. From the pickleball court. From the pickleball court. That we get that kind of figured out real quick while they've got it dug up.

Did they give you a cost?

We haven't got a cost. I'm going to go out there, like I said, I've got the a final walkthrough at 10. I'm going to go out there. I do see they're running electric to the poles. I would go out and ask them to get a bid on that. And I believe the city, talking with Earl and the water department, they're going to try to maybe do that in-house, get that water over there.

Judge, I think this would be a budget exception kind of a thing. Is there a way that we can say up to and shared?

We don't have any idea how much it's going to be.

That's why I'm saying up to and shared. with the city, is there some financial way that we can... Well, not until they give us an amount to work with. Tom's coming back to us with an amount.

Yeah, I'll come back to you with an amount. So we'll have time. Yeah, I believe the, and some of this I'm coming to you to the capital, joint capital committee is a great thing. We've had our first national meeting, but we weren't able to have a quorum at our last meeting. So I'm kind of, the things I was going to bring to them what i'm kind of bringing to you now today so okay uh yeah now that cost of the the finished grade inside that was around 14 000 uh i don't know how much the electric will be but i will definitely be back as soon as i can when i get final numbers so lighting is important because yeah just because it's dark doesn't mean they won't stop skating that's true and that poses just a danger and a risk and and so yeah uh plus i mean everything else out there is lit up yeah and water as maintenance purposes. Anytime you build something of this nature, I think you need water to it. And we were finding out, I don't know if it was a territorial thing, but our geese inhabitants of Millennium Park were very interested in the skate park, and they kind of marked their territory. So that's another reason we went, oh, we might need to get water here. Other than that, like I said, the pickleball is moving ahead. They are running electricity through all the poles. We've got all our footers in. We are waiting on the shade structure poles to get in because they will be buried in the asphalt. So once those are in, that project will move very quickly.

Are they coming early?

I have not heard back from them yet. That's why we'll be working on that today.

So when you say bring water to the skate park, are you talking about water for the skateboarders, like to be able to have access?

Yes, we will be able to put a drinking fountain and water bottles.

Will you please not put a fountain in? Will you please just put in a bottle refill? A bottle refill, I can do that. Well, it's also... With a spigot.

With a spigot on there too, that way that... That way we can run a hose. Run a hose to it.

Okay.

And then we talked about, you know, also hopefully getting a couple push brooms just to leave out there, like attach them to the structure out there. The skaters themselves will come out and brush that stuff off. Yeah, okay.

A bottle refiller would be perfect. That would be great. Ever since COVID, I don't take a lot of water. we could turn back no um pine knob well i'm sure julia could probably give a better update on that than it but we're excited about the new property i believe they're working on now making a trail from that new property to the skateboard park uh we got a lot going on it's uh it's amazing what we got going on i was preparing i'm doing a presentation to the Rotary Club and it's just amazing that the joint projects we have going on and it's very successful. That said now I talked a little bit about the performance pavilion that we were hopefully we're going to get grant for at Millennium Park and we did receive that grant so hopefully this this winter City Engineer Josh Morgan is talked to me about we're hoping to get a design the skateboard park went so well with the design build where they designed it and they built it uh that that we think that's the way to go with this performance pavilion too is to do a design build so i mean it's it's down the road but hopefully this winter we'll be kind of looking uh putting that put on rp to uh get that design build and go from there um so that's about it pine knob i think uh we're still looking at hopefully spring um the The joint capital committee seems to be going well. Our next meeting is on the 17th. We'll be kind of a high, I think a high discussion on pie now will be at that meeting because we've got to start thinking about how we're going to maintain it, what we need to maintain it, how we're going to maintain it, and keep it the best we can for the years to come. So you guys have any questions for me? All going good. I appreciate you all. I've got to get there. Yes, I've got about 10 minutes to get there.

Well, thank you for coming. Thank you for the information. We always appreciate any word that we can get on what's going on.

Anytime you need to come, I'll be here. And like I said, we have our next joint meeting on the 17th and the Skate Park Grand Opening on the 19th. Thank you all for having me. Thank you, Tommy. Have a great day.

Did you end up doing a Facebook page event? that I can I'm not I have to have something I need to be just post I'm not a good if you could get somebody to put like an event out there I'll be sure I'll get that done thank you thank you great work I was in Lexington at the mall Saturday night and went into one of the little skateboard shops in the mall and they had the zoomies and the two guys working there were talking about the skate park it's kind of cool that's awesome yeah yeah it's going to be far reach for people yeah yeah they'll be here from everywhere build it they will come that's right all right next up treasurer shannon green in your packet you'll see i did a 65 35 status we are doing very well

11% right now overall. Great job.

Thank you for putting that together. Yep. Thank you very much.

Yes, we do. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Alright. Um okay. Next, we have a courthouse emergency declaration. We did this back in 2023. We declared an emergency We had severe high winds, and during that event, the courthouse cupola was damaged. And so we just wanted to continue this emergency declaration, being as we are now having work done on the bell tower and the cupola. So just need motion to approve the emergency declaration continuation.

Move.

Master Ellis, is there a second? Second. Master Gay? Cullen. Cullen, sorry. I can't. I tell y'all apart sometimes. I know, right? You like to throw our voices back. Twins. Twins. Twins, that's it.

Just start calling us the twins. Any discussion?

Before and after.

Before and after. Oh, my gosh. All those in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion carries. Thank you very much. All right, next we have County Administrator Julie Wagner. First reading of an ordinance.

We need to pass an ordinance to codify the zone change for manufacturing homes, qualified manufacturing homes, and mobile homes. So that is in draft form for first reading of ordinance 920.2 million, which is a text amendment in the zoning ordinance.

The only thing I'll say is there's a misspelled word. Yeah, there's like three.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, I fixed them all. And we've already approved the text amendment, but we want to get the ordinance approved to go with that. So is there a motion to approve first reading of ordinance 920.29, an ordinance approving the text for the unincorporated area of Boyle County, Commonwealth of Kentucky, related to the Boyle County Zoning Ordinance 920.70?

Make that motion with spelling corrections.

Okay, Mr. Gates, or second? Second. Mr. Ellis, any discussion?

I'm going to look it over like, I'll just make sure it's all good and then I'll be ready for the second reading. Cool. Thank you.

All right. Thank you very much. Any other discussion? All right. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed nay? Motion carries. First reading of ordinance is approved. Alright, looks like now we are down to our magistrate reports and Magistrate Cullen, we will start with you today.

Okay, this morning the EMS committee met and there was myself, Magistrate Gay, Mo, Tim, Mike Rogers, and Jessica. We discussed some promotional items for possible like doing for football for the cardiac arrest discussion and then we also talked about the paramedic student which student contract which we approved Mike's been talking with a HR attorney regarding our policies it's somebody that we've all seen at Keiko conferences and so that there we also get a KCO discount rate on it as well, which is great. Jessica gave us an update on the crisis response unit and it was a very busy month for them. I think they had a total of 55 cases. We did have one suicide fatality that they had not had any contact with this person or anything like that they have had several others that they've reached out to but just make sure you're having conversations with your loved ones and um uh very sad for that that family that lost that individual um we've uh uh community home visits for the month were 80 so they're really getting out there and we really appreciate them um Runs for August were 745, so that's up five more than it was for July. They do really appreciate the new schedule that we have them on. It's working out really good for them, but they are very busy. And then Mike also gave us a runs by district, I'm happy to make a copy and let all y'all see it. So that way you can kind of see that we're trying to cover as much area as we can. But Danville, the city of Danville technically had 56% of the runs. The next highest one was Ephraim McDowell with 20%. So they do spend a lot of time in here, but this is the reason we're having the conversations about Ephraim stepping up and being a better partner when it comes to utilizing our service. Just at the football game alone, that was an extra bus they had there, and they actually had to pull the second one in because they were just real busy even at the game alone. Anyway, so I'll go ahead and submit that as my report and make a motion. Second.

Okay, I have a motion by Magistrate Killen, a second by Magistrate Gay. Any discussion on the report? All those in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, nay. Motion carries.

That's just the ones I was just letting you, because you and Tom to look at them. So you guys can kind of see your area and stuff like that. More than half, of course, in Danville. Well, and then Ephraim is in it too.

Plus, hey, plus, Johnny, you didn't hear that, did you? Oh, he said it already.

The ammo's in bowl. I said they're all counted. There's a, thanks to the judge for putting this out, but there is a burn ban currently happening in Bowl County, so we went from the wettest here to the, Dry. Dry, everything browned up. So please don't burn anything. When you do, talk to the fire department to make sure that there's not a burn ban out there. And then, yeah, I'm just going to reiterate the great opening of the skate park on the 19th. I just keep on Instagram. I just keep seeing video after video of people out there just skating. I was out there the other day. It's a good, healthy outlet for this segment.

Were you skating out there?

I was not out there. I'm not going to say I didn't buy some wheels when I was up in Lexington. Just curious. You won't see me really doing much.

I thought maybe you might show us some of your tricks from the olden days.

The trick is just I'll send you Jeremy Darby. Anyway, and then thank you again for the Deaf Awareness Proclamation. Sure. Simon loves his school, loves his community, and so I appreciate that. That's all I have.

Okay, thank you. That's your game. I'm good. You're good, okay. No report on center football or anything? No, you don't want to hear that report. Nothing to report, okay. So I'll just pass you right on, okay.

Major Sleepers. Yeah, last court we were talking about the upcoming RISE graduation ceremony with the jail and it was really a blessing to attend that and see the graduates and what they've accomplished. It sure was. And what our jail staff director and deputy director are doing to improve the lives of our inmates. The EDA met on a special call meeting on August 31st and The main thing we did was to approve the purchase agreement for a sale of 5.8 acres to Trilogy as part of our, and it fits in with our commercial and industrial plan for that area. And that's all I have.

And it was great that we were able to do that because now we can use that money to help build the road that's going to have to go in for the lumber company. Yeah, we actually made good money on the deals. Yeah, yeah.

to help with that all right thank you I believe everybody got a copy of what I sent regarding Robert Stivers a focus program sponsored by spectrum over the weekend he was pretty clear the desperate need for data centers but the cultural historical aspects of what they can do to a community in a very negative way and I was thrilled with what's going on in our neighboring County of Mercer that he specifically talked about protecting Pleasant Hill Shaker Town so that is worth watching a couple of times a little clip that I sent to everybody because that's one of the most vital places that we have in Kentucky and so important in American history. If you don't know, the Shakers sold seed and other things worldwide for decades. And that's stunning when you think about getting it to the coast and getting it down to the Gulf of America. So we have to protect that. The feature on the ostrich farms was wonderful, and I'm going to be talking to the newspaper about the possibility of getting a feature on Death Young Couple and what they're doing as an agricultural thing, but also something for the people who get alpha-gal. Alpha-gal. Yeah, thank you. So that's another good feature in my district. We had a very significant meeting with community leaders and the judge and Roger and Mark the other day. We have $25,000 allocated now that we are owners of the 4.1 plus acres that surround Crawford House, which has been so wonderfully restored by Dr. Steinbach. And we are going to begin work on or around the middle of October when the Parable and Fort Quinn festivals have already been completed. And I'm going to try to enlist a couple Eagle Scout potential young men to help me with a gate in the center and wings to make sure people can't go around the expensive gate that we will do. And it'll be a great learning experience for a couple of men if I can get cooperation from one or the other of our scout troops in the area. Spectrum has had some significant outages, including some that I've experienced on Perryville Road. I believe they've gotten those resolved, Judge. I think I wrote and said that it was much better in the last week. And they're extremely cooperative in what they're doing. Of course, they're one of many competitors in the community. But I'm glad that they were cooperative when we insisted that we needed help and needed it now. So they moved us up on some repairs that needed to be done. I'm glad that Magistrate Cullen mentioned the burn ban. It is absolutely imperative that people realize, and I saw a list on Facebook last night of more than a half a dozen things you might assume that you can do that if it is true and you can confirm it with the Chief and others. If this is correct, outdoor fire pits, which I have one and I've used in the past, and even grilling with charcoal might be in this van. Because anything that blows up in the air with one spark, if you've looked at the grasslands all over the county right now, it could be a desperate situation. Because we've got to make sure. And folks, if you get caught, it's a $500 fine. And I think it will be imposed. You might want to note that we got a note yesterday from Keiko that their conference in November will be in Louisville the 18th and 19th, and that's going to be a critical one because we're going into another...

I think it's in Lexington.

Oh, did I say... Is it in Lexington? Yeah, it's in Lexington. Okay, thank you. Thanks for the correction. I much prefer to go, actually. I think we all do. But with the General Assembly coming up, that's going to be a very, very important meeting for us to attend. And Judge, we're going into a solemn couple of days here. You can't be on any media right now without realizing that A quarter century has passed since the Twin Towers went down. I was getting ready to move here that very week. My wife had slept her first two nights in our home. And a buddy of mine called and said something about it. And I said, Patrick, that is not a joke. That is not very funny. He said, turn your TV on. so we all know what took place that day. God bless the hundreds of men and women who died and the thousands of families and the millions of Americans who were affected forever about that. So, Judge, I hope that we can adjourn in remembrance of all who were impacted by that. Thank you. That's all I have.

All right. Thank you.

Mr. Boehner? Well, I was at the Hokalo entrance to the the park, bike trails, and there looks like some good areas there for walking trails. I told Andrew to be sure and remember that some of us aren't young enough to ride bicycles up and down the hills. So be sure and put a lot of good walking trails. So he said he'd work on that. But it looks like it's going to be a really great entrance. The Junction City Park is really my big focus now. I'm working with Blue Grass Ad and Got some Ronnie Bottoms sent some really exciting pictures of what it could be with trains, planes, and automobiles because we have all that. And so he sent some really neat stuff and some estimates. And so I've got some good stuff going on, but we're still looking for that money to help get it started. We're also still, Jim and the council, still working on the community center. So that's another thing. And Lana Lieber and Kathy Shelton and Vicki Wilson and several people are working to get, Vicki Boland, excuse me, are working on the cemetery. It's a funny story, but 30 years ago, someone left money to Junction to take care of the cemetery. Well, it just came through. The lawyer called two years ago and said, I'm trying to finish out this thing. I was like, so, Two years after he called, they got the check. So now they've got some money and they're gonna do, they've got this Thursday night, Lana and Kathy are gonna present what they wanna do with our cemetery to help update it and get it some color and some, just make it look that it's got a lot of good plans. So they've really been working hard on that. My dad and my aunts and uncles and people there, my brothers, my two brothers and my nephew. I'll be there one day, so I love that they're taking care of it. And I'm still waiting on the county administrator grade 9 to grade 10 information. Somebody was going to get me information about that.

Yeah, we met with somebody from the Hanna group the other week. And so they're going to put together a proposal for us to possibly... contract with them to do a kind of a, not just a spot grade change, but a holistic look at our grades.

Okay, that sounds good. All right, that's all I've got. Okay.

You'll bring that proposal to the full court?

Absolutely, that has to be presented to the full court, absolutely.

That's it.

Okay, thank you.

Gentlemen, come in my district.

A what?

A gentleman. A gentleman, okay. And he said, there's a bad hole over on Mason Avenue. Well, you need to talk to the city commissioner. And I gave him the name and everything. And the next day, the hole was fixed. Of course, the devil had the crews coming, going through everywhere, all the streets, patching all these. tire-busting holes. That's what they were. Just nothing there. Older people don't see holes in the road. They just drive. We don't have long to go, so we won't drive. We ain't got time to look at holes. But he was tickled to death. His daughter called me back and said, Dad, appreciate it. Getting those holes fixed so quick. But I can't take credit for it. But that's how it works sometimes. We have two interlinking bodies that work consistently to get things done. We do do a lot for county, city, and I'd compare it to anybody, even Lexington. It's efficient. We have good employees. The hamlet has good employees. And work together. That's why communities happen. They don't happen when you've got this body working this and this body working that. It's coming together. So I'll just give you that road story. That way you can go to sleep tonight.

All right. Thank you, Mr. Harmon.

I think it put me to sleep listening to it. All right. feeling inspired I believe this week we're going to have an on-site meeting at the Buster Pike bridge from what I understand yeah I got something where with Johnson construction they said there's going to be a pre-construction meeting.

Am I on that or can you share that?

We're supposed to be here it's supposed to happen today but I think it's actually Thursday because Norfolk Southern wasn't available today it's supposed to be Thursday I'm waiting to hear back again We'll see.

You may have to handle that. I won't be available Thursday. That's fine. Okay, thank you. All right, county attorney.

Yes, we'll start back. I think it's been good. Football's in full effect. Fulton County's 2-0. Danville's 2-0. It's pretty exciting times. Constitutional Square's coming up this week, so remind everybody of that. I think it's from 9 to 5 on Saturday. other than that that's it okay thank you short and sweet oh yeah i want to congratulate trilly distinguished alumnus of boyle county high school yes congratulations thank you thank you that was a huge surprise i will tell you i did not have a clue that i was the one being recognized surprised us too i know it is surprising

all right and our uh state representative was also uh extinguished alumni yeah daniel was there too as well all right miss julie county administrator the only thing i have is that the sheriff renovation bids are due today been opening tomorrow at two so we'll see what what firms uh apply for the work there's so much i'll just leave the most important stuff oh well you're welcome to tell whatever you need to okay

All right. Okay, let's see here. So today at 1230, I'll be meeting with the Homeschoolers Association. They are coming. I guess it's like a field trip to learn about county government. So I'll be meeting with them. They're going to meet with Judge Johns first, and then they're going to come down and we'll be here in the fiscal courtroom. Friday is the firefighter dedication ceremony at the Naval Police Department so everyone is welcome to attend that and I believe it starts at 8 30. Pretty sure it starts at 8 30. Saturday Christmas and Saturday's the Constitution Square Art Festival. Next week I will be out of pocket for the Kentucky Judge Executive's Fall Forum. They're having that in Hopkinsville this year, so I will be there Monday through Thursday of next week. Also, on September the 29th, you all might remember, and I had to pull this up on my phone to verify, back in January of 2024, we did a resolution in honor of James Herring, and that was to name the bridge out on 52, the James Herring Bridge. Well, lo and behold, two and a half later we are finally going to do that so September 29th will be the bridge dedication ceremony there will be a sign placed at both ends of the bridge on highway 52 that's at one o'clock and members of the family will be here for that so anyone that would like to join us out on the highway 52 bridge we'll be doing that at one o'clock and that is all that I have and Okay. I'll ask for a motion to adjourn, and we'll adjourn in memory of all of the 9-1-1 victims from that terrible tragedy. It's hard to even still, this many years later, to think about and consider. All right. Magistrate Ellis, is there a second? Second. Unanimous? Second? Okay. Just take one. Take one. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed nay.

Motion carries. We're adjourned.