Fiscal Court - Special Meeting

All right, let's see. Awesome. We are live. Okay. All right. Good morning. We will call this meeting to order of the B County Fiscal Court, November 10th, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Madame Clerk. Uh do we have a quorum? And has this meeting been properly advertised? Yes. All right. Good deal. Uh we will ask Majullen if you will lead us in the invocation please.

Our kind gracious heavenly father we are we are grateful to be here today as a as a body that uh represents the uh interest of uh of our of our constituents and those that that live in Bo County. Uh we ask that you will bless us with uh with knowledge, patience, and understanding of the things that need to happen here and and uh and uh be mindful of of everybody in this county and and that we serve. we serve them all. Uh we ask that as we go into this Veterans Day holiday that we uh ask for a special blessing on those that uh serve, have served, and the families that uh uh of those that have served and and continue to serve and bless them that they will know that we appreciate the freedoms that they give us and and that we will honor them not only just uh this week, but every day. Uh we ask that you put a special blessing on those that are uh that are affected by this cold weather coming through and that that they will be able to uh find um the shelter needed and that they will reach out to those that can help them. Um so we we have uh no no issues in the community through this cold snap and and uh we ask that you uh bless this court once again and we say these things in the name of the son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Amen. Thank you very much. All right. Uh, at this point we have a special guest, Dario Carval, and he is a fifth grader at Parable Elementary. And are you ready to lead us in the pledge? All right, you come right up there. You'll stand and follow Dario's lead. I pledge algiance 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. Thank you so much. And you all may be seated.

All right, Dario, I've got a certificate for you. Let me step out here and we'll come right over here. This is a certificate of recognition for leading the fiscal court in the pledge. Okay, if you look at Miss Julie. All right, you ready? One, two, three. Okay, thank you so much. Now, you can stay and be entertained or you can go back to school. Stay and be entertained. Well, our first taker escort if you want. Well, you're welcome to stay or go either way.

All right. Um, okay. Approve prior meeting minutes. Um, I have minutes from October 28th. There a motion to approve. I'll make a motion to approve. Master, is there a second? Second. Master Delis. Any discussion on the minutes? I like them. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? N. Motion carries. Darian, I forgot to ask you who you have with you. My mom. And what's her name? Megan Carbal. Megan Carbal. All right. Thanks for being here. Um, okay. Approve budget transfers. Miss Shannon, I have budget transfers and it looks like a lot being 9,386.

It is 833. I've been working with DLG and we're moving the occupational license lines from the revenue lines into a transfer line. That's and those are the first um 10 lines of the amendment. And so that's the big dollar amount there which means we won't have a check anymore. It'll just be a cash transfer. Transfer fromational license fund to our fund our general fund. So that's why that's make a motion we approve it. Okay. We have a motion by Maser Cohen. Is there a second? Second.

Mas sleeper. Any discussion on the cash transfers? Seeing none, all those or budget transfers, I'm sorry. Which one are we doing? Budget budget. Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I. Any oppose? Nay. Motion carries. Now cash transfers.

Okay. I have cash transfer from the jail fund to the boil jail. It's the savings account. $10,13.81. That's the local corrections assistance monies that we put in that savings account. We have uh from occupational tax to the general fund $7546 754,63626. We have from the general fund to the jail 100,000 and from the general fund to EMS 400,000. Okay.

What was the first one you said cuz I don't think from the jail to the boil jail. It was 110. It was 10,000. 10,000. Okay. I don't have that. It's there. There's another cash transfer. Okay. All right. I have to copy. Okay. No, that's fine. Okay. So, we have four cash transfers. Four cash transfers. All right. And the last one you said was uh transferring to the jail. 100,000 100,000 from the general fund to the jail. Got it. Okay. And then 100,000 or 400,000 from general fund to EMS because their ambulances will come in this week. Yay.

Nowhere to put them. This is true. That's all we can't transfer. All right. Motion to approve. Make a motion. Measure sleeper. Second. Second. Measure Cullen. Any discussion? Start a take home with EMS. All those in favor signify by saying I. Any oppose? Nay. Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Miss Shannon. Approve the bills. Miss Elena. Good morning. Morning. Morning.

All right. Yours bill packet this week totals 1,533,9334. [Music] I did add a few. We cut the bills off. We cut did the cut off a day early since our meeting was a day early, but there's a few that came in that we probably need to add. Um, we're going to pay for half of the glass pulverizer, and that is $42,623.50. Uh, I'd like to pay for Tommy's new bench vice. That's it's just $210. Um, we added the two ambulances we're going to get at EMS from Pinker. That's going to be pay on delivery. So, I won't necessarily cut the check today, but when we get them, we'll we'll cut the check uh for $490,000. And then our enterprise statement came in on Friday, and that's $3,753.90. That will bring your grand total to 2,70,52044.

We approve. Uh motion to approve. Master Cones, your second.

Mister Harmon. Any discussion? Okay. Okay, I just like to bring your attention to a couple of things. Uh, Gathering Place received their second quarter allocation. Um, you'll see those bonds on page one, Argent Institutional Trust Company, all those bond payments. Uh, if you'll look also on page four. No, no, I just had it. Uh, page eight. There are two more bond payments. So, both of those combined is the total bond payment that we're making, which is 214,28439. Uh, family services has received their allocation. I'm sorry.

I'm going to tell them that was honey, the Huntington bond that we had, our Jim Bond Huntington. Yes. Okay. Uh, I think that may have been for me. Okay. Any other discussion on the bill? All those in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Bills are approved. Thank you. All right. We have one item in old business. Thanks for coming in. Yeah. Thank you all. Have a good day. You too. Uh Jill Wagner, county administrator. We have one item of old business for the JR architect.

Yes. I have the contract for JR Architects. Um the fee is 15% of whatever the cost of the pickle balls are once they go to bid. Um so I'm asking for um approval for the judge to sign this contract to design the pickle ball. I'll make that motion. Way to go master Gay. Second. Uh he was okay. So we have motion by Master Gay, second by Master Cullen. Is there any discussion on the agreement to sign to design the pickle ball courts? Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Nay.

All right. Motion carries. That I also have the contract from Millennium Park master plan. the city. Um we had originally thought we would run this through the city, but they thought it would just be easier for us to uh sign the contract and then they'll just pay half of Millennium Park master plan. This is to redesign that area where pickle ball's going. And again, the fee will be 15% of the cost. I'll make that motion. Motion by magic cone. Is there a second? Second. Mas sleeper. Any discussion? This is one that I need to sign as well. Okay. So that would include u permission for judge to sign and yes

we have something that says they're going to pay half um I guess the the park contract the um okay the agreement with parks and okay but they are not paying half the pickle ball at this time right but they are going to pay for the basketball yes demolish gotten anything formal just verbal yeah just verbal Okay. Any other discussion on that agreement? All those in favor signify by saying I. I.

Any oppose? Nay. Motion carries. Thank you, ma'am. All right. New business. Our first item of new business is to appoint uh our ethics alternate uh member. And I would like to ask for Joy Campbell. She's with us today. Uh she has a long history of finance which will be very helpful on the ethics committee. And I would like to ask um approval for her to be appointed as the alter. So move. Minister Ellis, is there a second? Second. Master Harmon. All those in favor signify by saying. Yes. Discussion. Go ahead. I'm moving along.

It's my honor to speak about Joy Campbell. Uh first of all, she's married to a guy who used to sit right there where our county attorney uh has sat for many, many years, but she's younger and prettier. And I would just like to say that not only is she my constituent, but uh if you ever have the opportunity to put your feet under her table for dinner, she's one of the finest cooks in I was going to say Bo County, but I believe America. So Oh, wow. What a so to rip you. I'm very honored to I know she makes some good roles. Oh yeah. We've never had Joy's rolls. You just you need to but I'm sure she'll be a great member. Yes.

Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that. All right. Any other discussion? All those in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Nay. Motion carried. Miss Joy, if you'll come up, I will present you with your certificate and thank you for your willingness to serve on the ethics committee. I know Joe is Joe Myers is the um chair of the committee and I know he will be our co-chair. I'm not sure how we're doing that. And we thank you for the prompt appointment, judge, and the ratification of that today. We need her. Thank you. Yeah, this happened on Friday afternoon. It's much better. Trying not to get Jamie PEEPING OVER YOUR HEAD. OH, WELL, thank you so much. You're very appreciate.

Thank you. All right, next up is clinical manager Mo. Thanks for being here, Joe. Thank you.

So, today we have a uh cardiac arrest um recognition. Um so we've done a couple of these before, but um this is in recognition of a crew that um saved a life um their good work um directly resulted in a member of our community um being able to go about doing things with their family um go about their life. So, I'll keep this purposely vague just for patient privacy considerations, but earlier this year, um, paramedic Cassie Centers, um, EMT, um, Jordan French and Captain Devon Mukes, um, responded to reports of a male subject acting strangely outside. Um, paramedic centers and EMT French arrived on scene prior to Captain Mukes. Um initially the crew found the uh patient um on the ground acting very strangely and um shortly after that the patient became unresponsive and lost the pulse. Um they began resuscitation. At that time Captain M showed up and assisted with resuscitation. Um the patient was found to be an emo candidate which is like heart lung bypass. Um so that's something that we do here in Bo County where we're able to take them to the hospital and they're able to put them on that and that helps their uh chances of survival. Uh patient was placed on ECMO and was later discharged. Um longerterm followup. Uh patient required some assistance with activities of daily living. Um but was alert and aware of their surroundings, was able to communicate with their family, um do some of those things that they were able to do before that event happened. Um one thing I'll kind of talk about like in the EMS world, a lot of times when we go out to a cardiac arrest, you have a chance to see or get in your head what you're going to do, right? You game plan beforehand. um you're able to say, "All right, I'm gonna do this. You're gonna do that. When we get there, this is what's going to happen." The ones where you show up and the patient's still breathing and then they lose that pulse, you really really have to be on the spot with it. Um so those kind of calls, um you definitely have to be on your aame

and this crew was. Um so in recognition of their hard work and dedication to it, um we'd like to recognize paramedic Cassie Centers, EMT Lane French, and have you come up here? SURE. Be glad to. All right. Now, see like I see you guys quite a bit. There you go. And there you go. Congratulations and thank you all for the work that you do and that you

save lives over the day. I mean, I know it's not um a glorious thing to be in, you know, situation to be in when you're in something like that, but thank goodness that you all have the experience and the expertise and the education to do what needs to be done when people are in that critical condition. So, thank you all. Appreciate it. Yep. Thank you. Okay, hold on. No, I'm sorry. I'm a little excited today. I don't know. I'm a little excited going on today. Not going on today. I'm just a little excited. Let me see if I can do it this way. Looks very okay. This is great. Ready?

Nobody here. Behind me. That's what I was afraid of. Guys, don't

Mike, would you like to say anything? I I mentioned I mentioned to the judge this morning that a very dear elderly friend um has had issues Mike's nodding because Mike and I have shared on this and you know with HIPPA I can't mention a name but these folks go above and beyond. Um this was a situation of physical and mental issues that has recurred almost too many times uh for the patients of of these guys and yet that's with the CE of patients. Uh but this patient um has made so many calls that um EMS folks just need to know you're appreciated. uh the family knows I've been in contact many many times with the out of town uh daughter of this elderly gentleman and I just wanted to make a public statement about um the the life-saving aspect is just phenomenal uh and the record that we have statewide which Mike didn't mention today um is is beyond belief in comparison to other communities but it's that dayto-day grind that you Yet when you get a gentleman like the one who's been taken care of many times by these folks that that also enters into their professionalism and patience. So thank you.

Thank you. Um we I'm coming up on my 26th year at EMS. We first started doing cardiac arrest stuff. We just the research was so bad we didn't really know exactly what we what the right thing to do was. And so with some of the new research and the new protocols that that we've implemented and the hard work, the hours spent doing the simulation training uh in the classroom, you can see it all the time. They're they're practicing these different cardiac arrest scenarios, RSI scenarios, and that's that's what leads to better outcomes. And these providers are just some of the examples of the the great people we have with us. So u we couldn't do it without physical court. um your support is huge. So we appreciate that a lot. So thank you.

Thank you and God bless you all. Appreciate you all very much. Y'all have a great safe day. You too. Okay. Next on the agenda is the Bluegrass AD bluegrass recovery initiative. And we met with Jean Deathridge uh with Bluegrass AD uh last week and uh they are asking for counties to participate um at a rate of $5,000 um on a scholarship. No sponsorship.

Sponsorship. Thank you. Sponsorship um to develop a bluegrass recovery initiative. So, um that you know the uh the donations will the sponsorships will go in uh from any county in the bluegrass ad region uh to develop this recovery initiative. Anything else? I'm leaving now. No, I mean it was a nice presentation. Uh me personally, I think that um that we should, you know, hold off on on sponsoring um it would be, you know, they're they're essentially they're going for a a grant.

Grant. Yeah. Um for some of the money that we are actually also going for the grant and so it could possibly hurt our chances of of getting a grant by sponsoring theirs because they're going for a much much larger piece of the puzzle. Um, and um, I don't know. I' I' I'd rather us see see us get the grant and uh that that we're going for and utilize any extra money that we can uh locally um because this will be a large regional uh initiative. Yeah. Regional level.

Yeah. That they're trying to do focused out of Lexington. And you know, we we don't want to sponsor something that we may not have a direct um result from. So, and the grant is for the opioid abatement money. So, that's what they're seeking. Uh that's asking the county to chip in $5,000, but it's whatever the court desires. We can pass right now. Uh we can always come back to it. The deadline is I think December. Yeah. To apply for the grant.

And I think there's like seven or eight other counties that they're asking to contribute to. That kind of tells you the the the how large of an area they're trying to utilize these funds to do various things. Seemed like a lot of it was administrative is where the money's going to. So, um I I mean it was a good idea, but I don't I think I think we can utilize those funds for for better, more effective things here. Okay. Any other discussion? Jay, you and I have talked about uh the funding of opioids. Yes. So, we're applying for a grant, too. Yeah. That's Can I Yeah, sure. Please.

So, basically what uh Master Cullen's talking about is we're wanting to apply for $250,000 grant for the opioid money that's coming out to pay for the net device. Um I've talked to several other counties that have implemented this in their facilities and they're having great success with it. So, we don't jeopardize that. Yeah. So, I think the two I think if we could get the $250,000 that would be more beneficial here for our community than $5,000 going to benefit other communities. So, they asked that we put it on the agenda and just see what the field report was. So, that's what we've done. Um, we can just take no action. I said take no action.

Okay. All right. Moving right along. um our second meeting in December. Mister Gay uh has requested that we look at that this morning and see if there's a possibility of moving that. And I meant to have a calendar page printed out. I forgot to do that. So So on the 23rd, we've generally always moved it to like the Thursday before, but we have to have a discussion on the bills because we won't meet again. Maybe Elena should be in here for this one because if we have a meeting on the 18th instead of the 23rd, we won't have another meeting until the 13th of

the 10th. January, sorry. Well, the 18th is the date that we have set for the uh courthouse Christmas dinner. Okay. So, I don't It would be kind of tight if unless we're only going to do bills because it starts at 11. Huh. That's more of a lunch. Is she coming? Yes. Uh I I was going to suggest Friday the 19th if that suited everybody's calendar. But I guess again the question is bills. Yeah. I mean if you're not be able to pay any bills between the 19th and the the 13th. Three weeks. It's a lot of time.

Howdy. Hey. Hi. In in the past, in the past, what we've normally done is move the meeting up and either the 18th or 19th, I will think should work. And then if we have to pay some bills that for Elena, we could always have a special call meeting later, you know, to knock out the bills before the end of the year.

Okay. I hadn't moved, you know, I hadn't changed it just for the fact that last year, uh, the meeting was on actually on Christmas Eve. So, that was the Tuesday. Uh, this year, you know, we're going to be closed on Wednesday and Thursday. So, if we want to move it up, if we move it up to the 19th, that's the Friday before Christmas. Mhm. And then we won't meet again until the 13th of January. That's the question comes month. Are any of us planning on not being here on the 23rd? Out of town? I mean, I think Jamie was out of town.

All right. Well, what are you jumping in that sleigh earlier or what? And I'm not sure about I mean, anybody else? Yeah, that's uh that's our that's one of our family Christmas Eve days or whatever. We have a Christmas Eve Eve day and just obviously the 23rd is that day. Okay. If everybody if a quorum can be here, I mean, can are you okay with us going ahead and having it on the 23rd? Sure. It just I mean it just that's that's unusual. We we've always moved it, but that's fine if it works for everybody else.

I'm fine. 23rd. Yeah.

Master Himer, you good? 23rd? I don't know about fine either. Whatever. Okay. It's the end of the year, too. We usually don't have a lot going on anyway. So, if Jamie's not here, it's not like we're going to miss much. One awkward question. Um, Julie, have have we had everybody in for their quarterly uh reports uh required under Senate Bill 8? I know. We'd have to check the list. Yeah. Um, of course, surely they could have someone here on the 23rd if we could all be here on the 23rd. Well, maybe. Um, can we one other option? Could we move the meeting to the uh to New Year's Eve? Eve,

that gets you closer on your bills. Get closer on the bills. I'll put something in the middle. Okay. Are you tell Well, is it the 30th? Yeah, this is only time for you. Probably not. We'll probably be in Cincinnati. Yeah, I would say. Well, at at Minister Gay's request, does it would the 19th suit everyone? because I feel like he wants to be here or he wouldn't have requested we move. Not me. I'm actually You're out. Yeah, I I I planned a small little vacation. Okay. Birthday. So, okay. But you are here on the 23rd.

23rd, 30th, 22nd. Is the 22nd better? Are you Is there an Eve Eve Eve for you? 22. December 22nd. Measure G. What What's the date? 22nd. It's a Monday. Monday the 22nd. 22nd. Yeah, that would work. Okay. Monday, December 22nd, 9:00 a.m. Can I get a motion to that effect that we move this the December meeting? I'll make a motion.

Me sleeper. Is there a second? M all those uh any discussion? No, we don't have a committee meeting for me EMS. So that's all we're going to do is move that court date. Okay. So the December second meeting in December which was scheduled for the 23rd will now be scheduled for the 22nd. That will be a special called meeting. So we only be able to discuss what's on the agenda. Okay. But we can build an agenda as if it's normal. Yeah. Yep. Just our round robin stuff needs to stay. Yeah. All right. All those in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Nay. I.

Motion carries. All right. December 22nd. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. You are very welcome.

Okay. Next up, uh, Treasurer Green, budget amendment, first reading. The proposed budget amendment. Kina gave you new copies this morning. We had to add um $10,000 to the original. We received an email this morning that the sheriff's office has been rewarded $10,000 for body cameras and camera kits from KCO safety grant. So the budget amendments um 21 million 399846 and 42 cents. The biggest part of that is DLG wanted us to budget for the occupational license the tax. Um we have never we have never budgeted before for that.

It's never been shown in the budget. It's never been shown in the budget. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so that's what the largest amount is. It's um the occupational tax budget. Okay. Is there a motion to approve first reading of budge budget amendment? I make that motion. Measure Cullen. Is there a second? Second. Measure Sleeper. Any discussion on the budget amendment? I will point out, I don't know what archives that they pulled this form from on page three, but we are not in 1899.

So, we will get the the date and the year changed on that. Yes, that was the original Y2K.

All right. All those in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Nay. First reading is approved. Thank you, Shannon. All right, just on Q. Right on time. Yay. All right. At this time, for anybody that does not know, today is the Marine Corps 250th birthday. And so, we have invited all of our Marine employees to come to today's meeting. And we would like to honor you all by starting off with a video. As soon as the guy can get it up,

Jamie, we're going to minimize you, buddy. [Music] See if y'all can remember any of this. [Music] [Applause] LAY [Applause] RIGHT left foot. Left foot. Left foot. LEFT FOOT. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. OH YEAH. OH YEAH.

COMES A DAY and every year. Young chain if you want to [Music] begin in our day THE DAY. As soon as that day THE BATTLES WON. AS THAT DAY THE BATTLES WON. A LEGACY will be undone. A legacy around the glo around THE GLO. WE train today. WE FIGHT TONIGHT.

WE TODAY we fight tonight. On this day WE DO IT RIGHT. ON THIS DAY WE DO IT RIGHT. WE HONOR THOSE who fought to fight. WE HONOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT THE FIGHT. NOW LISTEN UP AS WE GO THROUGH. BLESS IT ALL AS WE GO THROUGH. These traditions keep us true. These traditions keep us true. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 MARINE CORP. 1 2 3 4 MARINE CORP. LISTEN UP. I'M GOING TO SING SOME MORE. MARINE CORP. MOTIVATION IN THE SIMPLIFIED MARINE CORP. THIS IS WHERE WE COME ALIVE. MARINE CORP.

SAN DIEGO. CLIMBING UP THE HILLS. MARINE CORP. PARIS ISLAND PARADE DECK SKILLS MARINE CORP. NEVER GIVING UP IS WHAT WE STEAL. MARINE CORP. HOLLOW GROUND WHERE WILL MARINE CORP. BEING A RIFLEMAN IS OUR CREED. MARINE CODE. THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO SUCCEED. MARINE. UNITE AS ONE. WE FIGHT AS A TEAM. MARCO. AND FOREVER WE'RE ALL BLEED GREEN. MARCO. TO ALL MARINES WHO SERVE FOR MARCO. YOU'RE THE ONES WE'RE SCREAMING FOR. MARCO. Left foot. LEFT FOOT. LEFT FOOT. LEFT FOOT. NEXT MOTIVATOR, WON'T YOU COME ON OUT? NEXT MOTATOR, WON'T YOU COME ON OUT? WE WANT TO HEAR YOU scream and shout.

We want to hear you scream and shout. TAKE IT ON THE LEFT FOOT. TAKE IT ON THE LEFT FOOT. MIGHTY MIGHTY LEFT FOOT. MIGHTY MIGHTY LEFT FOOT. TAKE IT. TAKE IT. I GOT IT. SHE'S GOT IT. WHERE you at? WHERE YOU AT? CUT THE CAKE. PASS IT ON BACK. CUT THE CAKE and pass it on. [Music] NIGHT IS THE ONE FOR ME. ANOTHER CAR. ONE BITE FOR ME. ANOTHER CAR. STANDING PROUD IN OUR BLUES. Standing proud IN OUR BLUES.

BLUE SHINY SHOES. MATTALS WITH SHINY SHOES. CHARGE MY GLASS AND HOLD IT HIGH. CHARGE MY GLASS AND HOLD IT HIGH. NEVER FORGET ALL THOSE WHO DIED. NEVER FORGET ALL THOSE WHO DIED. TO ALL WHO FIGHT. TO ALL WHO FIGHT. AND THOSE WHO KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE. THOSE WHO KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE near and far. NEAR AND FAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHEREVER YOU ARE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHEREVER YOU ARE. I SAID ALL RIGHT.

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There you go. Thank you very much, Bill. Appreciate that. So for 250 years, the United States Marine Corps has served honor honorably in every climb and place. Founded on November the 10th, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Marines have fought from the shores of Tripoli to the valleys of Afghanistan. Always the most ready when the nation is least ready. Coming from all walks of life, Marines are forged by the fires of the Crucible, turning everyday skills into adaptive war fighters with problem-solving skills and a willingness to win against any adversary. No matter their ranks, Marines stay true to the uncompromising standards found in their core values of honor, courage, and commitment. Those who have worn the uniform continue to serve their nation and their core through their through their lived examples of our ethos, leading the way in business and their communities, and embodying the spirit of once a Marine, always a Marine. Marines always answer the call of the nation, distinguishing themselves in battles at and I'm going to mess these up, but Bellwood

Bellwood Bellwood, thank you. Aima, Okanal, Okinawa, Okinawa, the chosen reservoir, Hugh City, Faluha, Fallujah, and Mara.

Okay. Uh, the same fighting spirit that led Marines then thrives in our Marines today. On any given day, nearly 38,000 Marines are forward deployed across the globe, enabling the core to be first on scene, first to help, first to contain a brewing crisis, and if required to do so, first to fight anywhere for as long as it takes. Marines stand always ready. For 250 years, the United States Marine Corps has prided itself on exemplifying its motto of simpelis or always faithful. So, at this time, we would like to recognize, if you all will stand, our Marine employees. We are very proud of you all. Come on in. As you celebrate your 250th birthday on today's date, we want to say happy 250th birthday, United States Marine Corps. And we have a special recognition for you. Okay. What I'd like to do, Julie, is take individual pictures and then take uh the group. Okay.

All right. Okay. So, our first certificate of recognition is presented to Brian Cowell on this the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of your honorable service and your continued dedication, discipline, and commitment to excellence. Your courage, integrity, and steadfast devotion to duty reflect the proud traditions of the core and exemplify the values of Bull County. We proudly honor you and all Marines, past and present, who have defended our freedom and upheld the motto, Serif Fidelis, always faithful. Thank you so much. Yeah, we appreciate you, SIR. All right, good deal. Cal could not be with us today. Oh yeah. Sorry, Brian. I forgot your birthday cupcake.

All right. Charles Parks Jr. I'm going to read I'm going to read each one because it's personal for each one of you all. on this the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of your honorable service and your continued dedication, discipline, and commitment to excellence. Your courage, integrity, and steadfast devotion to duty reflect the proud traditions of the core and exemplify the values of Boil County. We proudly honor you and all Marines past and present who have defended our freedom and upheld the motto simply fidelis always faithful. Thank you for your SERVICE THIS WEEK. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S YOUR birthday cupcake.

I can't eat that cake. Well, go ahead. Can we take note of that that that uniform right there? I said, can we take note of that uniform? That's always the most impressive uniform of anybody. Always. Always. Thank you. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Look at them shoes. Marine always. Hey, there's never a question who the Marine and the Smith is.

All right. On this the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of your honorable service and your continued dedication, discipline, and commitment to excellence. Your courage, integrity, and steadfast devotion to duty reflect the proud traditions of the core and exemplify the values of Bole County. We proudly honor you and all Marines past and present who have defended our freedom and upheld the motto simpelis always faithful. Thank you for your service.

Here's your cupcake. Happy birthday.

And last but not least, Brian Wolfford. All right. on this the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of your honorable service and your continued dedication, discipline, and commitment to excellence. Your cur your courage, integrity, and steadfast devotion to duty reflect the proud tradition of the core and exemplify the values of Bole County. We proudly honor you and all Marines past and present who have defended our freedom and upheld the motto separidelis always faithful. Thank you for your service. ALL RIGHT. NOW, if you all Oh, here's your cupcake. If you don't mind to come back up and get a Let's get a group picture with u the court. So, court members, if you all will come up,

if you want to. Yeah, absolutely. You better. We are so proud of you guys who have fought for our freedoms and we just want to honor you all. I'll probably get your cousin. Yeah. Yeah. Get in here. Getting here by my cous. Can you see everybody? Um, not Jamie. No, I got it. I got it. Barry, don't move. Okay. All right. Once again, thank you for your service. Appreciate it. God bless me. Thank you. Good job.

Thank you. All right. Thank you. And thank you, Mark. Thank you. Y how you doing, brother? He's not always.

Thank you.

We'll see the cupcake point. So, the last thing I'd like to say is to all Marines, past, present, and future. Thank you for 250 years of courage, honor, and unwavering commitment to our nation. From the first battles of our independence to the challenges of today, your steadfast service and sacrifice have safeguarded the freedoms that we hold dear. You embody the very best of America, discipline, loyalty, and the unbreakable brotherhood and sisterhood that inspires us all. On this historic milestone, we salute your legacy, your valor, and your continued dedication to duty. Happy 250th birthday, Marine Corps. One more applause FOR Marines are very special to me because my dad's a brain. So, all right. Thank you all very much for being here. Um, okay. Next on our list is the Paul Chandler uh Veterans Award. And before I say the name, I would like to um say a little bit about this person. This veteran is hereby recognized for his significant sacrifice, unwavering dedication, and distinguished service to the military veteran community of Bo County and to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Established in 2020, this annual award is given in honor of Paul Chandler, a Boount County World War II combat veteran whose life and legacy exemplify patriotism, leadership, and commitment to fellow veterans. Through his honorable service in the United States Army, including two tours in Afghanistan, this veteran helped preserve the liberties and freedoms that we cherish in this great nation. Following his military service, he has continued to exemplify the highest values of patriotism and service by dedicating himself to the support of veterans and to their families. This veteran has emerged as a respected

community leader known for its exceptional known for his exceptional volunteerism, steadfast leadership, and unwavering commitment to veteran service organizations and initiatives. Presented upon the unanimous approval by the Bull County Fiscal Court, the veteran receiving this year's Paul Chandler Distinguished Bull Veteran Award is Donnie Canader Jr. AND THE LOOK OF SURPRISE ON HIS FACE WAS AMAZING. Thank you all so much.

So, we thank you for your service. You are very deserving of this award and thank you. We appreciate everything that you do for our community. SPELL THE NAME. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. All right. And I will let you say a few words if you'd like. Uh I if it's okay, I'll just say my remarks for the Okay. All right. Y'all caught me off guard. I KNOW. I know Jack wants to say a few words. I appreciate it. Thank you all. You're very welcome.

Uh the only thing I would like to take away from Donnie, he's one of the most deserving people I know of in B County right now. So, it's a welldeserved award. Uh, Donnie, thank you for everything that you do. He's brought the BFW back to where the BFW should be. He's uh exemplified himself in the community as many of you already know. So, I just want to congratulate him. And the Paul Chandler Award is near and dear to my heart because I have one. And Paul was a dear friend. Uh he almost made 103 but he didn't quite make it. But at any rate, Paul was a fine man and the man earned eight battle stars, was in combat for four years. So that's why he's so well respected in B County, but he never ever mentioned all that. His son didn't even know it. So what all he had done in in the in the war. So the Paul Chandler award is very very important to me and all other veterans in B County. So thank you fiscal court.

Welld deserved. Well deserved. I THINK JACK kind of tricked you into coming but yeah I was supposed to be meeting with you today about THE CEREMONY. HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE PART OF A CEREMONY.

You're very welcome. U all right. Okay. So, the last couple of things uh that's in your um packet, uh there's two FYI uh papers that you all can read and if you have any questions or comments, you can can let us know. Uh before we go into our magistrate reports, I do want to invite everyone to come back at 12:00 noon. We are going to be unveiling the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame monument u that the fiscal court has sponsored. And so, we'll have a short ceremony at 12:00 noon. There'll be some cake and punch and or a hot cider uh for that event. So, cake.

You don't have to leave now. I just want to get that out there before people do start leaving. All right. Magistrate reports and we will start with Magistrate Cullen this morning.

All right. Uh the uh committee meant this morning. Um, uh, we got an update from our crisis up or we got a update from our crisis team, also our community outreach team. Um, and then, uh, Mo gave us, uh, update on the education. Um, we talked about, uh, trucks are on their way. They were supposed to be delivered last week, but we're just having a little problems get them getting delivered, scheduled or whatever. Um, staff personnel were doing fantastic. Got a good crew, as you saw from earlier. um they just, you know, they exemplify everything um that you you could ask for in a in a EMS crew and uh they set the bar very high for every other community out there. So, uh runs for September um 658, October 652. So, even though October is down just a couple, you know, 500 was the norm just a few months ago and now we're up in the 600s. we're going into the holiday season. Um, and so we expect some of those numbers possibly to stay up there or climb. Um, so make sure you're checking in um on your loved ones, on friends, family, uh especially our military folks as these holidays come come through. It's especially hard on them. So make sure we're checking on everyone. Um and uh that that's our uh report that I'll go ahead and submit for approval.

Okay. So have a motion by Master Cohen. Is there a second? Second. Second by Master Ellis. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Nay. Motion carries. That all. Your report. Yeah. Just happy birthday Marine Corps and uh happy Veterans Day to all the veterans out there. My father-in-law passed away a few years ago and he was a Navy man and uh one of the finest people I knew. So, veterans hold a special place in my heart in Absolutely. Thank you. I'm not skipping out on anybody, but I got to go get Shirley to bring her back. Okay. All right. See you at 12. Thank y'all. All right. Thank you.

Master Sleeper Master Gay. Oh, Master Gay. I'm sorry. Master Gay. I told you I was excited today. That's good. I I don't have anything. Um, other than I do want to thank all of our veterans and appreciate the court support of the Veterans Day lunchon that happened on Friday. And I'm sorry I can't be there today for the um, Hall of Fame memorial dedication, but I'm sure you all do a great job. Thank you. Thank you.

Now, Mr. Oh, um like to see on October 28th, Jailer Wolfer gave us some information regarding the need of the the jail facility, and I appreciate him doing that. Um on October 30th, I uh was on the radio to talk about volunteering at Morning Point and other types of assisted living facilities, and I'd like to encourage everyone to uh to do that if possible. you don't need any particular specific skills, just a few moments of your time uh is is all that's necessary. So, I'd like to encourage folks to get involved in that. Um appreciate uh Director Muny giving the recycling forum on the uh October 30th as well. Um on November 6, attend the the ribbon cutting for the new CHI cardiology facility here in Danville and appreciate their coming to our community. And then also uh ad my uh thanks to the vets for the great honor to help serve for the lunchon but also as the son of a World War II and Korean airborne veteran I like to just give um uh appreciation express appreciation and honor to those vets here today.

All right. Thank you very much. Mails.

Thank you judge. uh a truly heartfelt appreciation for not only our Marines here today and those all across Kentucky, but those who have served, those who've given all that we might breathe free. U just can't say thank you enough. Um, when I taught high school, uh, I made sure that folks understood from the halls of Mont Zuma to the shores of Tripoli because unfortunately we're just not putting in the curriculum what we need to do to honor all of our American military men and women. And I would encourage any teachers in social studies or history uh that they emphasize that first act 250 years ago that began the unbelievable tradition of our Marine Corps. So, God bless you. And now, judge, there'll probably be an earthquake because that's the shortest report that I've had in the past seven years.

Wow. Thank you, Measure Dillis. All right. Welcome, Measure Boner. I made it. Sorry. Excuse my absence, but um yes, I had a great time Friday handing out food for the veterans. It was every year. It's it's a wonderful thing and I appreciate the sacri sacrifice you and your families make and I just uh am amazed that people go and do that and that's one of the biggest uh things they can do for this country is to help keep us free. Um and other than that I just uh want to thank you for your service.

All right. Thank you very much Harmon. Thankful for all our military people. No matter what branch, no matter where you served, whether it's active duty or you didn't have active duty other than maybe right here at home. But each significant part is important in the safety and security of our world. Not only our world, but our nation. And we'll always be one nation as long as we're under God. when you get out from under God, we're getting what we're getting now. That's all I got to say. Thank you.

Okay. Um Brian, we had a question about warming centers. Can you give us any kind of update if we're doing what we're doing about that? Um yeah, we like I told the judge last night, uh you know, kind of our protocols been when the temperature drops below 30. Uh so it's probably not going to get much more than that today. Uh I had called dispatch last night and let them know that, you know, that they at the sheriff's office or DPD or or anybody got out with someone that needed a place to go to just to give me a call last night, we would use we would actually use the fiscal courtroom. Uh but going forward, of course, we're going to do the the gathering place again. Okay. Gathering place

by, you know, fortunately this week it looks like it's just it's basically just going to be today. So, uh we knew that we'd be open during business hours today and we'll kind of reassess that tonight, you know, based on what the temperature is going to be. You do, but we will definitely have we will have a place to put someone. Okay. Very thankful for the partnership that we have with Gathering Place. Ben Grant and uh they're great about letting us come out there and use the facility anytime that we need to. So, we're very thankful for that. Thank you. Um county attorney.

Yes. Thank you to all our veterans. Happy birthday, Marine Corps. My dad was in the Navy, so very much appreciate our armed forces. And I never had help before, but u last Friday I I helped at the Veterans Day meal and um it was pretty awesome. I hadn't helped before cuz I used to go with my dad, so he's not around anymore. And I'm glad that I helped out because it was it was just great seeing everyone and there was such a crowd the other day. It was we were very lucky. I mean, the weather turned bad

after lunch, but the weather was great and uh the turnout was was amazing. So, uh, thank you military and our veterans. And that's all I have to say. Okay. Thank you, M. Julie. I have a couple things. The first is a request to plant a tree in memory of the former magistrate, John Kaywood. I talked to Miss Kwood and she would like it to be somewhere in the courthouse, preferably near the veterans memorial. So, um, the tree will be donated as will plaque. So I would like permission to do that. Motion made that done. We have a motion by Mr. Ellis. There second. Maser Bogden. Any discussion on the tree?

No cost. I think it's a great idea. Yeah, I think it's a great idea. Who do we Who do we give donations to? We give donations to you. Um, no. I think it's taken care of. Everything's taking care of. Okay, good deal. All right. All those in favor signify by saying I. I.

Any oppose? Nay. Motion carried. All right. Fred Kane, just a quick update. The sprinkler plan was kicked back for a little bit more um work. The roof plan is is uh we're just waiting on a structural engineer to come and assess the building and make sure the new roof isn't too heavy for the structure. Um that's supposed to take place this week so that in theory we could get a a plan up to Frankfurt next week and hopefully get that reviewed. Library and Archives will be here on November 20th to do a training with the staff on record retention. Um, which is something we we all need to be reminded of record retention and um the bike park pine knob. We're calling it the pine knob bike park trail.

Trail. No. Yes. Bike trail. Um our next meeting is the 17th and we'll have the um the construction crew here to to get that project going. Um so that's it. All right. I think Well, thank you very much. Uh when's our next meeting with J for the or today at 2:30? Yeah, today.

Today. [Laughter] All right. Uh let's see here. Uh we will be closed, courthouse will be closed and all government services centers uh will be closed tomorrow for veterans day uh in honor of our veterans. Uh tomorrow is also my grandson Wesley's sixth birthday. So we'll be celebrating with him uh this weekend. Um at 12:00 noon today, like I've already announced, we will have the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame um monument dedication. Uh November 17th, there will be a public information meeting at Inner County uh Royal Electric from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and that will be concerning the amendment text for the new planning and zoning comp plan. So, anybody that needs information or would like to have information about that come out on November the 17th. Uh courthouse will also be closed on 27th and 28th of November for Thanksgiving. Um upcoming parades, the Parable Parade will be November the 29th, last Saturday in November. Uh the Danville parade will be December the 6th and Junction City, I believe, is December 13th. Yes.

Is that right? Comes after the Damville parade. Okay. So, three weekends in a row we have parades. If any of the magistrates uh court members uh would like to participate, um I can get a float together, but I need to know that you all want to to do that. And Okay. Master Cohen shaking his head. Yes. So, we'll get to work on that and candy throwers in the family.

Three opportunities to participate in local parades. Um, other than that, happy birthday, Marine Corps. Thank you all veterans for your service and um what you have have done and what you have went through to allow the freedoms that we have today. We're very thankful uh and grateful that we have men and women that volunteer to serve um our great country and to keep us all safe and uh free from harm. So we appreciate that very much. Um motion to adjurnn. Make that motion. Mas second. Second.

M uh Ellis. All those in favor signify by saying I. Any oppose? Nay. We are journ. See you all at 12 in one hour.