Woodford County Fiscal Court - Regular Meeting

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. While the clerk is out, I'll call this meeting to order. And I would invite Reverend Hannah McIntyre to offer our invocation this evening.

Thank you, Judge. Let us pray. Gracious and loving God, we give thanks for this day and for the opportunity to gather in service to Woodford County. We are grateful for this community and for all who call it home, for its resilience, its generosity, and its shared commitment to care for one another. As we observe Black History Month, we give thanks for the lives, leadership, creativity, and courage of Black Americans who have shaped our nation and our local communities. We honor the contributions that have too often gone unrecognized and we remember the struggles endured in the progress made. Grant us wisdom to learn from this history, courage to face hard truths, and a renewed commitment to justice, dignity, and equality for all people. We pray for the leaders gathered here today. Grant them wisdom in decision-making, integrity in their work, and a spirit of cooperation and humility as they seek what is best for the people they serve. May their efforts be guided by justice, compassion, and a deep concern for the well-being of all. We also offer our sincere thanks to our emergency management teams, road crews, and all public servants who work tirelessly through the snow, ice, and bitter cold. We are grateful for their dedication, their long hours, and the risks they took to keep others safe. Bless them with rest, strength, and protection in the days ahead. We lift up the members of this community who are facing difficult times. Those dealing with illness, loss, financial strain, isolation, or uncertainty. May they know support, hope, and the care of neighbors and friends. Help us to be attentive to their needs and ready to respond with kindness and action. As this meeting continues, may the work done here contribute to safety, opportunity in a future marked by cooperation, and mutual respect. Bless this community and all

who serve it now and always. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Uh thank you, Reverend McIntyre. We appreciate that very much. Uh please rise for the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Madame clerk, would you please call the role? Taylor here. Gentry here. Carl here. here.

Gil here. Here.

Thank you, Madame Clerk. Um, if the fiscal court will indulge me, we're going to start out with uh recognizing some of the folks who were instrumental in our response to the ice storm. We have with us the interim road supervisor of the Woodford County Road Department, Mr. Scott Dean, is with us. Scott, if you don't mind to come up. We also have our um executive administrator, this is Gail Smith. Gail, if you would come up. And I'd like to welcome uh members of the Woodford County Road Department, Payton Adams, Ricky Foley, Blake Hacker, Chris Hall, Dalton Napier, Austin Reed, Preston Thompson, Dean Tipton, and Justice Weber. Ladies and gentlemen, get up for the Woodford County Road Department. [applause]

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You all would go in front of the banner there. I'd like to give you all

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I don't think any of us. Well, that's fair. [laughter]

She's a professional.

All right. Thank you. [applause] You got this. I don't mess with your favorite. I'd also like to uh recognize our community service class inmates folks who helped us through the storm. Mr. Ted Sharp Absolutely. [applause] [applause] [applause] Couldn't have done it without. And then finally, I think we only have one member of the team here, but I want to recognize county maintenance director Rick Wade and their team. [applause]

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Thank you all for that indulgence. I really appreciate it. Uh we appreciate the work. We'll talk a little bit more about the efforts of our team as we move through committees, but I do want to open the meeting on a solemn note. Our community mourns the loss of a great Woodford County and Mr. William Bill Kaine. Bill Kaine passed away on Sunday, February 1st. Bill is a native of Midway, born to the late Jack Kaine and Katherine Webb. His most cher cherished role was in being a husband and a father. Bill and Lynn spent over 30 loving years together. They raised two sons, Graham and Lee. And Bill was fond of showing his children how to navigate life by teaching their them by example and exilling the core values of love, respect, and kindness in every possible moment. Bill loved watching his family grow. He spent time with his friends and family on the Kentucky River. Director Wade, you know what that's all about. Cruising on his boat, water skiing, reading a good boat book, writing poetry, or playing his guitar. Bill was a gifted horseman. He spent several years operating Southern Way Farm with his loving wife, Lynn. They trained and boarded thoroughbred horses. Bill loved animals and was always met with his faithful boyin spananiels, Blue and Silas, who never left his side. Bill was proud to continue his family legacy as a dealer at Jack Cane Ford and he assured that everyone who walked in the door was treated as an honored guest like they were in his own home. He view everyone who worked with him viewed him as a mentor, a coach, a friend and everyone who had the honor of knowing Bill valued his listening ear, loyalty and eagerness to lend a helping hand no matter who it was or the inconvenience. There was no better father, friend, or family me member than Bill Kaine. We send our condolences, our prayers to the Cain

family. Uh we know that it was a joyous reunion when Jack welcomed his son into heaven. Uh but our community uh grieves the loss of Bill Kaine and we send our prayers and love to his family. And if we could have a moment of silence in honor of the great Bill Kaine. [clears throat] Amen. Amen. Thank you, members of the fiscal court. Thank you for that indulgence. I would return to our business. Um I'd open up the floor for public comment. Anybody wishing to address the fiscal court? U floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Mansfield.

Jim Jim Mansfield, I [clears throat] just want to thank you all for working on farmland preservation and doing a wonderful thing. These are big improvements and uh also a shout out to planning and zoning and director Hunter and those people uh spend a lot of time and effort and uh Taylor's got some good suggestions for improvements. Um and I know Mary and Gil worked hard with planning and zoning, figuring it all out. So, uh, just cheering you all on, that's all. Thank you.

Cheering you on. Thank you, Jim. Thank you, sir. [applause] Additional comments for the fiscal court or the public. The floor is open. Anybody wishing to address the court or the public? Seeing none, we'll move on to the business of the court. the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of January 27th, 2026. Are there any additions, corrections with the minutes? Seeing none, are there any objections to approving the minutes as read? Also, seeing none, I'll approve the minutes without objection. Um, I'm going to hold committee reports. I'm going to go ahead and do reports of our departments. Uh, matter Madame Treasurer, your report, please. Tonight's balance is 15,354,524.80.

And madam treasur, we have the uh amended conservation district's budget that we need to accept into the record. Yes. Are there any questions or comments thereon? Seeing none, uh, I'd entertain a motion to accept the record conservation district's amended budget into the record for fiscal year 2526. So move. Motion by Squire Barner. Second. Second by Squire Gil. Are there any questions or comments thereon? Seeing none, all those in favor, please vote. Signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed? Nay. That motion carries. Does anybody have any questions for the treasurer? Keep up the great work, Madam Treasurer. Thank you. Next, I'd like to invite Linda D. Roset, the executive director of the Jack Jw House for an update. And I love your shirt. I'm do you mind to turn on your mic?

At the Chamber of Commerce and soon to be at the Jack House. Um, I just wanted to share with you some of the highlights of this past season, this past year. at the Jack G House historic site. We were fortunate enough to receive a $10,000 grant from the Kentucky Historical Society and the American 250 organization and we'll be using that money to film a short bio of Jack Dwitt and tell the story of his ride. Uh Woodford County has been designated as an American 250 Kentucky county. uh events included something for every audience and included Founders Day, digging for Amber Gold, music of the American Revolution, the Skillets, and my personal favorite, Frontier Days, where we had over 500 Woodook County fifth graders come and visit the site, and they were wowed. It was wonderful. Um, we partnered with the Kentucky Historical Society several [clears throat] times, most especially with the two lights celebration. And if you would like to see Jack Ja telling his story, that can seen on YouTube at the two lights for tomorrow event at the old state capital. We hired um a wonderful actor and he really sold it. Um we were uh chosen for inclusion in the new revolutionary war heroes marker tour created by the historical society. We were highlighted on K's Kentucky light program. Thanks to Mr. Chandler and Mr. Wade's hard work, we have identified a new security system for the site. Um, we were chosen as the site of the Liberty Tree in partnership with D. And we continue to work with the Woodford County Herbalist who are wonderful and caring for our herb garden and as a result of the hard work of the maintenance team members of the fiscal court. This year we finished the installation we the installation of the new walkway for the visitor center, a

new HVAC system, an upgrade of our parking lot and new signage. And a special thanks go to Logan Tanner who chose us his Eagle Scout project to create um he actually fundraised for materials to create benches for our nature trail and he and Scout Pack 43 upgraded everything for our visitors. Um we had visitors from coast to coast literally and welcomed over 850 during the season. And thank you of course to all the volunteers. We can always use more. just give me a call. It's going to be a big year coming up for the America 250 celebration. I'll be back very soon to tell you all about the program that we have planned. And in the short term, I'd like to invite you all to share um the Frank X Walker lecture. Um join us on February 26 at 6 p.m. at the public library, former Port Maretta, Kentucky. And that's celebration of Black History Month. Thank you, Linda. We appreciate it. Does anybody have any questions for Linda? I would just uh like to let the court know that um I'm working with the Jack Jwitt House, the historical society of the library, and other historical agencies on Woodford County's participation in America 250. And so, Linda has volunteered to serve as our historical liaison to all of our events and efforts related to uh America 250 as we celebrate the birth of our great nation.

Thank you. Thank you, Linda. Thank you. Thank you. Um let's see. Director Wade, um are you good for me to call on you for your report? Yes, sir. We have a a renewal contract for allight pest control for the gov center uh where we treated termites last year. I'd like to get that removed. Is there a motion to approve the annual contract renewal for all right for the government center? Make a motion brown. Motion by Squire Brown. Second by Square Carl. All those in favor, please vote. Signify by saying I. I. All those I have two generators.

Hold on. All those opposed, nay. [laughter] Don't let them vote no. I like it, Rick. expedite. [laughter] Motion carries. Uh then secondly, I would like to uh add two uh generators to the uh prevented maintenance contract. One being uh station 3 amless uh building and then the uh senior citizens building uh to keep those in upwork [clears throat] best condition and maintain. So that's the courthouse generator and EMS station 3.

Uh senior citizens and EM EMS station 3 that'll be added to the um full complement of generators. So there a motion to approve the revised preventative maintenance contract as set forth by director Raid and authorize the judge executive to sign any and all documents there too. Is there a motion for S? Motion with Squire Brown, second with Squire Blackford. Are there any questions for Mr. Director? Yes, Squar Taylor. Well, I don't any question. I just want to make a comment. I I appreciate your all's foresight on getting all of them covered as well as all of them on the same contract. That's a a good opportunity for savings and and other things.

There was some cost savings going along with that. Uh the only facility I'm uh going to push again for is the NX. Uh with the uh low temperatures, I had some anxiety over that. Uh we did lose uh three years ago we lost the cooling tire due to power outage. Uh this this time around we were very fortunate but we had safeguards uh in place if if we did. So thank you all. Thank you Director Wade. Um we have that motion on the table. All those in favor please vote signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed nay. That motion carries unanimously. Next up, we have the county clerk. Madame County Clerk, thank you for being here.

So, I'm on the agenda this evening for the digital access project. Um, I mentioned this briefly at our last two meetings ago. It's very appropriate that we're talking about it again tonight by this being Black History Month. Um the introduction that I gave to you before I was explaining to you that it came across because it was presented to the Kentucky County Clerks Association from Faget County. How they have since 1922 uh 2022 um formed an initiative to go into all of their old records as being in the joining county. Um the proposal that they made to all the county clerks in the state was to please join them with going back to having all of the old records digitized. So it would be better for the ancestry the um just the historians and for us just to have a record as people go back and trace the history of the counties. So um I made this proposal and kind of briefly told you all about it. What this would entail would be um having all of our documents digitized and indexed from the first deed filing in 1789 up to 1966 where we are currently mandated to have to go back 60 years. So at that time the access to these all these land records uh would be able to reduce the fiscal handling of all of these recorded pages in the vault um that would increase the longevity of the actual document. An online web portal for these land records from 1794 to the present will allow for searching and printing of records via the internet. The digital access project will revolutionize the way we access these public records that include this first early on of May 14th, 1789 and other documents such as wills, the burnt records that were burned in Faget County that were temporarily filed over here in Woodford County in the 1700s. Uh the county court orders, the declaration of

marriage books, historic Woodford County surveys, the manumission and emancipation documents, and the estate settlements. So the ultimate goal of this project is to preserve land records from 1789 to the present uh for the preservation value for many many years to come and to create the best possible digital images for the public's view. So tonight I'd like to ask you to consider allowing me to have the bid opening for it so we could start the grant process. I have an estimated amount from the vendor that I'm working with that would probably be a $180,000 grant that would be 100% paid. Um, this would be an ongoing project that would take a couple of years most likely, but this will be able to cover the staff that would be able to come in and read cursive writing these old documents to be able to accurately index. Um, we've already run across some really deep history where um, Isaac Shelby has was making um, um, it was along the lines of being able to have a part of Woodford County given back to Franklin County because that's where the Capitol buildings were at that point was in Woodford County. So when you go back and you read all,

they could only be so lucky. [laughter] It's a letter for rich history in there. So, um if I may, uh I would like to ask for permission to go forward with having a bid opening and that would allow me to open hopefully uh present what I have put together as a grant and hopefully we will we will be awarded approximately that amount. I don't know exact figure, but it will be in that neighborhood.

Well, thank you, Madam Clerk. We really appreciate your efforts on this and I would entertain the motion on the recommendation of the county clerk to advertise and begin the bid process for the document digitization in the clerk's office as part of the grant application process and to approve anything that needs to be signed by the county clerk or judge executive. Motion by Squire Blackford, second by Squire Taylor. Are there any questions for the clerk? Seeing none, all those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay. And that motion carries unanimously. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Also have two other things. Did you want me to wait and talk about this later or No, you can proceed.

I did pass the normal flyer that we have all of the information in as the dates coming up. Anything that um we'll go into it deeper later on as we get closer to these dates, but that is just kind of a general overlook of what we have coming up. already have received one request from um FPCA, a covered voter for an absentee ballot that came through last night. So, that's indicative of what kind of absentee ballot request we're going to be having. This will be the same card that we will be mailing out. Uh if you remember, you probably got one of these in your mailbox. It gives one of four options of how you can vote. And um I will be drafting these to get these ready to be sent out. a lot of good information and dates on that as well that will tie into pretty much what you have there on your flyer. The last thing that I wanted to talk to you about was the veterans license plate program. This program that was initiated in Woodford County um through the veterans uh and your all's uh initiation as well was happened on Veterans Day on November the 11th. The um American Legion, if you remember, donated $2,000 on this date and my office has used these funds to gift 15 plates up to this point. And they've been most grateful for these plates. Um I make a quarterly report to the American Legion in their business meeting to inform them how many plates have been gifted and the balance of what's left on what they have in their donation amount. At this point, it's 1,63684. That's what they have left. And that's all I have. Excellent work, Madame Clerk. Squire Carl.

Yes, Sandy. Um, when will those be mailed out? Just because people will probably be asking about how to vote. I just kind of a time frame and that way I can most likely if we get them out too early, they'll just kind of get misplaced. But I'd like to get them out the last week in March. Um, absentee ballots will be starting to be mailed um probably March the 30th. So, that week before. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Other questions for the clerk? Seeing none. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Thank you so much. You're more than welcome to be excused. Thank you.

Um I would ask Director Bailey for the EMS report.

Thank you, Judge. Um, last court meeting, we had asked permission to send a letter of intent to change our billing company, and that was for a 30-day notice. When I spoke with their CFO, he had advised that the 30-day would be sufficient, but after speaking with his CEO, they decided they wanted to hold it to the 90-day on the contract. So, what I'd like to ask tonight is to get the court to let us resend that email to them uh with certified copy being mailed as well for the 90 days. So, um we need approval to uh amend the notice of contract termination with AM as presented with a 90-day termination notice upon the recommendation of director Bailey. Motion Gentry, secondquire Carl. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I.

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All those opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously. Thank you, Director Bailey. Um, I'm going to return back to our committee reports. [snorts] I'm going to give a brief committee reports. The budget and finance committee met prior to here too and went over the expenses of the ice storm. We reviewed all of the overtime expenses. Um, we have we reviewed the contracting expenses. The court contracted $127,627.50 worth of services directly related to snow and ice removal. Um, we also had um warming center expenditures staffing for our hotline and increased staffing for ambulance, EMS, sheriff's office, and other agencies expenses. And uh overall with the amount of work done, the total expenses for the ice storm um we we shall probably have those finalized by our next fiscal court meeting. Uh but it it would appear that it's all very much worth it. Um also I would note that under the current budget trend that we do not expect this to even impact the overall u appropriation items for our budget. would we would should not go over budget by the amount we spent in the ice storm despite the fact that it was a significant expense. We also presented the budget timeline. I'll have the fiscal court clerk put that tenative timeline on the website for anybody who is following along with our budget processes. The first meeting of the budget was today and the budget work begins with our fiscal court offices and agencies and in the treasur's office. We also took up a few other items which

we will address later in the meeting. But I would like to before I um call Director Chandler up to give the state of emergency, I just want to recognize the folks uh who deserve their name to be called out in a fiscal court meeting on the record for their service during the ice storm. from Woodford County Emergency Management Director Drew Chandler, Deputy Russ Crabtree, Deputy Brian Clark. From Woodford Maintenance, Rick Wade, Rick Hartley, Jerry Cornett, and Tim Cox. From our road department, Payton Adams, Scott Dean, Logan Duke. I want to especially thank Logan. Uh Logan actually left us, took another opportunity, but he decided to stay and work over the weekend before he went to his new job and stayed on for us. Uh Ricky Foley, um Ricky Foley was the one who got the grater out and took it down south when uh we needed it. Uh Blake Hacker. Blake Hacker rode in his own truck because he was quarantined because he was under the weather, but just came in and rode rode sick. We really appreciate it. Chris Hall, uh, Dalton Napier, Austin Reed, Gail Smith, Preston Thompson, Dean Typton, and Justice Weber. Those that volunteered for our helpline, Deputy County Clerk Amanda Centers, and Assistant HR and Treasurer Lisa Gaines manned our helpline 247 during the duration of the storm. We hired contractors. We hired Justin Sarraaji, Chad UT, Daniel Chisum, Wes Barnes, Derek Poor, and Carson Koy. They helped run Bobcats and dig out entire neighborhoods. We also hired Parks Landscaping, Matt Parks, Kayla Parks, Jason Higgins, Greg Walls, Alex Portwood, Joseph Brown, Dylan Reynolds, and Trevor Skipper.

And I'd recognize Greg Walls and Trevor Skipper are also Woodford Fire Department firefighters. Um, this was a whole of community response and this ice storm rivals the largest winter weather event that we've had at least since 2009 and definitely rivals the one of 2003. And the extreme cold that Woodford County endured was one of the most prolonged coldest temperatures on record in Woodford County history. But our team at Woodford County never wavered. On January 23rd, the forecast forecast made it clear that severe weather was imminent. And so, Mayor Dake, Mayor Vandergrift, and myself signed a joint declaration together for a state of emergency. And that's not just the formality, you all. That triggers the preparation and events that immediately kicked in under the direction of director Drew Chandler. all departments and agencies across the county came together, started meeting, coordinating, planning, and preparing in unison. And I want to emphasize that our emergency planning and disaster response is second to none. And unfortunately, that's because we've been through so many states of emergencies and disasters. Five states of emergency in two years, I believe, Director Chandler. But we are incredibly experienced and flexible. We work in lock step. We prepare and we respond and we recover together. And it was one of the most critical decisions that we made to employ contractors on the beginning of the storm. Whereas some of our neighboring communities are employing contractors today, we were working throughout the storm with local contractors, folks that live and work in Woodford County. And we face the seriousness of the ice, the extreme cold, the glacial bonding. So, Director

Wade, if you would, we have a little show and tell here. This This was what we fought. Our team fought. That was on every inch of roadway from Pisga to Monday's Landing from Millville to Mortonville and everywhere in between. And if you're worried about him dripping it on the floor, he's the maintenance director. His team has to clean that up. [laughter] very familiar with that. Yeah, we'll get another one for the paper. We have plenty, [laughter] but not with Rick holding it.

It's kind of in the shape of a heart. Except Rick's heart's much bigger. It's unbelievable how that amount of ice caused so many problems in our community.

I think he pulled that out this afternoon. I don't know. So, it's probably even gone down a little bit. But the Woodford County Road Department and Woodford County Maintenance rem emerged as heroes in this storm. They were remarkably innovative. People ask what we're going to do differently next time. Um, I would say we are going to do what we did this time [music] and we're going to do it well and even better. They brought out the big equipment like large road graders, loaders, back hoes, and skid steers to tackle that incredible ice. The geography of this storm presented unique issues. South of the Bluegrass Parkway received significantly more ice than the north. But our crews rose to the occasion. For the first time in my memory, the county treated, plowed, and worked state roads with the cooperation and understanding of the state highway department. We worked city streets. We pitched in to work in every single corner of the county. Our crews and contractors literally dug out subdivisions, Stonegate, Lanes View, Glenn Eagles, Woodburn Hall, the list goes on. The colony, the village. The dedication was profound. The crews slept on [snorts] CS. Those road crews that were here today, they were sleeping in the shop on the front lines. They went through the flu, they went through the ice, and they kept working non-stop because they knew our community was counting on them. Uh, our maintenance crew joined in the road crews. They drove plow trucks, they cleared facilities, and they kept they helped city streets and other vital infrastructure. And this expert experience was guided by Director Wade. And I want to recognize Director Drew Chandler for proving once again why he's a worthy recipient of the International Emergency Manager of the Year award. Woodford County [applause] Woodford County Emergency Management immediately stepped up. They activated the hotline. They informed our citizens.

They supported our first responders. They staffed warming centers. They stayed up all night. And they uh ensured that no one in this community was left out in the cold. And when the power outages struck, including a major outage in the south that left residents without power for over 30 hours, our community was there to support them. We delivered fuel and medications and emergency transportation. We were on call around the clock to help people meet their basic needs, essentially becoming a personalized emergency service. And I want to give a big shout out to the Woodford County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Johnny Willil will Wilho, Deputy Jimmy Fugate for staffing up and responding to every transport need for emergency medical professionals, every safety need along with the great work of Chief Rob Young and the Purscell's Police Department. Freeman Bailey and our EMS crews stepped up. They staffed up to make sure that they could get to every single person through this ice and storm, which is not an easy task. Freeman was basically making house calls to make sure people were okay. They worked through the storm in response with the assistance of Woodford Fire and Verscell's Fire who provided personnel support in case they had to carry people from their doors to the ambulance over the ice and snow. I want to especially commend interim road supervisor Scott Dean who is where here with us today. Few people have been thrust into such an important leadership shship position with big shoes to fill and who have rose to the occasion like Scott Dean. Y'all, Supervisor Dean and Gail Smith took hundreds of calls on road issues and they responded to every single citizen in real time and oftent times sending crews directly out to address problem areas as they were received. Um, I know Scott is probably secondguing taking the interim road supervisor position, [laughter] but we're so fortunate to have your leadership and expertise, Scott. [applause]

Despite some of the unfair criticism online, our teams kept their heads down. They kept working and fighting the ice. The entire process was defined by collaboration from daily meetings, daily meetings with the road department, with the mayors, with the superintendent of schools to constant communications between our departments and agencies. And we created on the fly an ice removal plan specifically designed to get our kids in Woodford County back to school. To that point, I'm not aware of any other community that did what we did. It was an amazing one-of-a-kind plan that coordinated bus routes. Bus drivers went and rode the routes. Road crews came back and interpreted their uh issues with the roads and communicated. And we were basic basically able to take their information and work on roads on a case-byase basis. And when we couldn't get any assistance with state roads, we went out and did them ourselves like Macau's ferry at the very end of the the uh return to school. And because we worked together, people were safe. We had few injuries, thank God. We had few accidents because the people of Woodford County listened and stayed home. And most importantly, we had no fatalities as a result of this storm. Most impressively, we were able to get Woodford County kids back in school while every other central Kentucky county was out. And that is a direct tribute to the road crews. Thank you to our sheriff's office for staffing up for the return to school. They sent sheriff's deputies to make sure that the return to school was safe. And I want to thank the maintenance and custodial staff at the schools under Sherman Green who cleared all their buildings to get the kids back in school. It was an amazing feat. But we also need to recognize Supervisor Emily Katner at Animal Care Control who take took care of all the animals during the event. Jailer Michelle Rankin and the Woodford County Detention Center, our correction officers and staff. They have to show up every single day 247 regardless of the

weather and events to keep us safe and they did that. And we owe a great debt of gratitude to our community service inmate crew who was here who worked so hard during the disaster. But we also had volunteers and citizens who helped throughout. I want to commend Danny Bradley and the Woodford Foundation for helping those in need. Ashley Jackson and the food pantry. and we have her here with us today, Pastor Joe Lauderdale and Living Grace Church, who I especially want to thank for serving needs in our community. They made sure that there were nobody out in that extreme cold and they kept them safe and under their care in the long and cold nights of this event. So, give it up for Pastor Joe [applause] and Living Grace. To our citizens, thank you for your patience so much and for your support and encouragement. Thank you to every farmer who kept the farm running and livestock fed. To every good Samaritan who shoveled a driveway, who dug out a car, who took in a friend or family during the power outages. It was a monumental whole of community response. Thank you to all our county employees, our road department first responders, and thank you to everybody who served in this disaster. And to to Woodford County, thank you for coming together and proving why we are the best community in the universe. Thank you all. give a big shout out. [applause] Thank you all. So, I would like to ask Director Chandler to come up and give his report on the state of the state of emergency. Judge, you pretty much covered it. [laughter] I uh I only want to add the the declaration process that occurred uh beginning Saturday, January the 24th. um that just directs all of our entities to work together, you know, so both cities and the county do that emergency declaration and it uh

a lot of people will think of it like playing from the same sheet of music, but it's it's really more like um making sure that the orchestra has a facility to play in. Uh how do the players get to the venue? uh how do we sell tickets so that we have an audience to play for? That's what the emergency declaration does and that's what our planning processes facilitate. Um there was a federal declaration issued for this event but that is direct state support. So that would have allowed uh FEMA to mobilize resources like generators, urban search and rescue teams to come to Kentucky uh to do missions. Uh there is a high likelihood that this event will end up in a major disaster for Kentucky and several other states that were impacted by this event. Uh to date, Kucky's at uh 45.97 million. Um a lot of that snow and ice removal, but a lot of it is not snow and ice removal. Um we are assembling costs now and that that's for both cities, the county and every other eligible uh entity for the public assistance program which includes the schools, the county fire district uh and several others. Um that that declaration I should note would be the fourth federal disaster uh that Woodford County is included in. So uh we had the two floods in 2025. Um, and it it was impactful to the families that were affected. Uh, but we were included in a uh we had a tornado in 2024 that because it was such an isolated area, it's it's often put out of memory. Um, the we did not break any records as far as snowfall that was set. You might remember the back-toback events that were about 10 days apart in 2015. Uh so we didn't break any snowfall records. Uh at one point for about 30

hours roughly 10% of our population was without power in very cold temperatures. Uh that forced our hand to scale a shelter operation. Um and what we were able to put together would not have been big enough if everybody ended up needing a shelter if that outage had gone for a prolonged period. Um the interest in sheltering uh continues. I think uh nobody did anything wrong, but we're always looking for ways to improve. Um sometimes you have to make decisions knowing that you have an incomplete picture. We call that the red slice. Um it's what you don't know that you don't know, but you still have to make a decision. Um the main thing that I want to leave you with is that uh regular business continued once our facilities were safe. uh the public was able to come in and and do their motor vehicle transactions. They were able to take their u their materials to the solid waste and recycling facility. They were able to visit parks and recreation and um that's largely due to the hard work judge that you articulated very well for us. So, uh, I just like to thank my team in particular, uh, for, uh, stepping up in a big way when I was out of service for, um, about 30 hours myself and and unable to be around other people for fear of spreading flu A and, uh, just we all came together. That's that's what you have us here to do. And, uh, it's a pleasure to be part of that team. Part of that red slice was the fact that we also battled flu a in many departments and agencies of government unfortunately. Um, all right. I do have one item. We need to ratify the February 2nd email approval authorizing the judge to sign

the enable MSP manager agreement with a new term date effective March 1, 26. Motion. Motion with Squire Brown. Second Miss Squire Taylor. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. All those opposed, nay. And the motion carries. I'd also uh entertain a motion to adopt the resolution 2026-2 establishing the emergency ice storm 2026 paid leave policy as presented. Motion.

Motion with Squire Gentry, second with Squire Carl. Are there any questions or comments on the resolution? And just for those uh wondering, the resolution is to provide paid leave and comp time for those who were not able to get it due to the ice storm uh but to compensate them for their hours that they contributed. So, it's for our employees. Seeing no questions on there, all those in favor of adopting resolution 2026-2, please vote and signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously. Thank you members of the court for approving that for our employees. Does any other department or agency have a report for the court? Seeing none, moving on to general orders and unfinished business. The claims are before you. Are there any questions or comments on any of the bills to be paid? Are there any objections to any of the bills to be paid? Seeing no objection, I'll approve the bills to be paid without objection. We need to ratify uh three items. The January 28th email approval from the for firewood in the amount of $600 for the road department. Uh the Matt Parks invoice in the amount of $25,375 for snow and ice removal February 3rd, 2026. And the PNC bank claim in the amount of $1769.

That's okay. So I only need to do the firewood and the snow and ice removal. Ratifications. Is there a motion to ratify? Second. Motion by Squire Brown, second by Squire Blackford. Are there any questions? Seeing none, all those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All [clears throat] those opposed, nay. That motion carries. To the clerk's point, we need to approve the claim for the PNC Bank in the amount of $167.69 using the sheriff's office at asset forfeite fund. Motion. Motion was Carl, secondquire Gentry. All those in favor, please vote. signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed? Nay. That motion carries unanimously. Is there a motion to approve the transfers? Motion by Squire Carl, secondquire Gil. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay. And that motion carries. We need to adopt the personnel order. Is there a motion for saying motion? Motion by Squire Brown, second by Squire Gentry. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed, nay. That motion carries. Squire Gentry. I'm pleased to report that the Millville waterline project is moving forward. Um, we had a meeting with the Frankfurt plant board and our contractor and that project is going to get up and running. uh as a means of moving that forward without any uh need to be on the court schedule, I'd authorize or I'd recommend authorization of a motion uh for any work done by the Frankfurt Plant Boore. Any other approval for contract labor to be performed within the rideway on a county road related to the Millville waterline project, uh we go ahead and grant authorization to the Frankfurt Plant Board to do that work. So there is a motion by Squire Gentry. Second by Squire Brown. Any work in the rightway would probably already be able to be done, but we're going to go ahead by the this motion and approve that. So, all those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I.

I. All those opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously. Also, in the event we have estimates and reimbur reimburseable expenses that are pre-approved, I would uh entertain a motion to allow those approvals via email related to the Millville waterline project. Motion Bquire Brown, second by Squire Gentry. There any questions? Seeing none, all those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay.

That motion carries unanimously. The next item is on the KPDI resolution. Um, so you all remember that we did the KPDI resolution uh for the grant for the city of Verscel's for the Edgewood property and in that case it was because the city of Versailles was the owner of that property. In the Yokohama uh partnership agreement, the EDA will be the owner of title and deed record. And so the um city of Verscell has deci decided to be the grantee and adopted that resolution at their meeting. Um the good news is is that the cabinet for economic development has identified the Yokohama building for a $2 million grant that we are set for approval on uh to receive as part of the Yokohama purchase. Um, we will continue to uh discuss the Yokohama purchase. It's something that has a lot of interest in the community and this fiscal court and I believe the city council and EDA have been very transparent on what's going on with the Yokohama purchase. Uh, but before any action is taken, we will allow public input. We'll allow folks to express their concerns. But one thing I think that we also need to do and we'll have a question and answer on our website to come out. Uh but it's to clear up misinformation and inconsistencies or inaccuracies with the nature of this purchase and agreement. So we will have that for the uh citizens review and for members of the fiscal court EDA and city council. Um, now we'll move on to the proposed second reading of ordinance 2026-01 and 2026-02, zoning text amendments article 2 and seven.

Motion.

There's a motion by Squire Taylor. There's a second by Squire Gil that we approve the second reading of the ordinance 2026-1 article 2 definitions and ordinance 2026-02 article 7 zoning districts of for sales Midway Woodford County planning ordinance. I was going to entertain that motion but you all jumped to it. So there's a motion and a second on the table and I just want to start out uh by thanking Mr. Jim Mansfield. Jim is with us tonight. Um Jim as a citizen uh took up this issue and worked closely with his neighbors, the community, interested parties to make sure that we built a community consensus. And I know there were other leaders, there were other folks who worked on that, but it's citizens who take up these issues, who work on them, who hope to get out the truth and information about what we're dealing with in this f fiscal court. So, I want to specifically recognize Mr. Jim Mansfield, who is a farmer by day, lives down in the southern part of the county, and Jim worked tirelessly on this issue alongside the members of the fiscal court who similarly worked together. So, I want to recognize Jim as a citizen advocate, as someone who worked hard and did a great job on behalf of our community and those that were interested in this issue. And I would also thank all the other advocates who stood up, who gave input, who sent emails, and who made their voices heard. It truly was a community consensus, and I appreciate leaders like Jim and others who did hard and good work.

Thank you, Jim. [applause] The second thing that I would say is that um again [clears throat] the fiscal court has always been and was very transparent in each and every step of this process. If we remember back to the first public hearings that we had on this issue, people came and said we did not know what was going on and we said well that's because this is brand new and it's just being presented to the court. We had a full courtroom that that discussed those issues. And along the way, we continued to pro provide transparency and access to fiscal court members and the legislation, which is so important. I would put forth number one that working together works. Whether it's an ice storm or whether it's a critical piece of legislation, working together works. And I would also say that folks at the Capitol in Frankfurt and Washington should take note on how legislation should be done. Citizens should have input. People should be able to disagree amicably and it should be open and transparent and bills that come up in 24 hours should not be voted on in 24 hours. So [applause] I am proud of the process and the ultimate uh result. And so I'd open up the floor for comments from the fiscal court about the proposed second reading that's before you. I don't want everyone at once though. Members of the court Taylor, you recognize.

Um just a few things. Uh there was a lot of a lot of folks that worked really hard on this and and um I want to also thank the advocates in the community that uh raised awareness and and had folks what wasn't important just for our process but so that their neighbors felt comfortable with what we were doing. Uh it's one thing for us to say something up here. It's another thing for uh their neighbor to to share and and raise awareness about it. That makes a big difference on on folks feeling comfortable with with what we were addressing. Obviously, we wouldn't have been here without uh the planning and zoning commission and all of their work. Uh this was a long process, not just when we sent it back to them, but well well before then. And so um really commend and appreciate their work. There's been a lot of conversation about the um particularly the inf family conveyance language. U I've said this after our first reading and I want to say it again. Uh that that's going to make a huge difference. Uh but I don't want it to be uh undersold on the uh strengthening of the rural residential residual farmland uh language. uh that that's been a a significant success u as uh uh Squire Brown has pointed out in the past and I really appreciate that and I think it it um what has been built upon that is uh an even stronger foundation on that and you know the change simply even on the 100 acres or more on eligibility that in itself from from the wonderful work of our uh GIS uh director showing how many parcels were uh below that uh indicates that we'll save at least a thousand parcels uh from being subdivided uh as a consequence in that change. So that cannot be underscored enough and I think something that maybe hasn't been fully observed by

folks and I really want to commend that those efforts on that as well. But uh the work's not done. I'm excited about continuing to discuss this issue and working together as a community and grow. Uh I have some again that we heard at our last meeting some some more suggestions that I'd like to continue to discuss. And then I'd also judge um uh like to to say yet again I hope we can continue to have a conversation about uh investing in our rural land board so that we can make sure there's a market driven uh maneuver to to help preserve uh farmland in this community. But it's a really exciting day for our county. Thank you, Squire Taylor. Squire Carl, you're recognized.

Uh yes, judge. Um this has been a true team effort with magistrates, judge, county attorney, um planning director, and I'm proud to be a part of it. Um, we've listened to our community and we've taken the time to produce a product that will assess those needs, those unique needs of Woodford County. And I'm proud to be part of this team. And we talk about how we can work together and put our differences aside and and produce this for what matters, and it's our community. So again, thank you all.

Thank you. Carl, other comments or questions on the proposed second reading of the ordinance? Seeing none, all those in favor of having second reading of same, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay. Let the record reflect there's one nay vote. Mr. County Attorney, sir, judge, this will be a summary reading of article two. We'll just you're going to take separate motions for two and seven, correct? Or do you want to do So we did a joint motion there. Would you like

So we'll do you want me to do them both at the same time? We'll start with article two appropriately. It's going to this summary reading is going to be very short. Uh this is an ordinance amending article 2 definitions of the Vcales Midway Woodford County zoning ordinance. Uh be it ordained by the fiscal court of the county of Woodford that article 2 definitions of the Versel's Midway Woodford County Zoning Ordinance be amended to now read in its entirety as follows. Article two definitions. Section 200 is use of terms. Section 2011 is defined terms. And I would note that when this was received back from the commission, there were no changes made to that. Uh so this would be the second and final reading. I do want to emphasize as will be the same on the subsequent reading for article 7. Uh this is now law. Upon a second reading, this becomes law. So effective tomorrow morning first thing this will be the zoning ordinance relating to article 2. We do have to publish it in summary form within 30 days but that is a mere formality. Uh judge then as concerns article 7 um be ordained by the fiscal court of the county of woodford that article 7 zoning districts of the burcell's midway woodford county zoning ordinance be amended to now read in its entirety as follows. Article 7 zoning districts and I will focus on the one provision uh that was of main concern 701 agricultural A171.9 special provisions D in family conveyance lots in the Woodford County unincorporated area only. The minimum lot area for A1 district may be reduced to less than 30 acres only after obtaining a conditional use permit from the board of adjustments. The following standard shall be required to create an inf family conveyance lot from an existing partial with a parcel which has existed in the same configuration since January 1st 2026.

And provision one is a new provision. The applicant for an inf family conveyance lot must be a Woodford County resident. Provision two, an agricultural use affidavit shall be submitted as part of an inf family conveyance plat application. Section three, all in family conveyance lots shall be at least one acre in size. Section four. One in family conveyance lot may be created for existing parcels 3149 acres in size. Two in family conveyance lots may be created for parcels 50 acres and greater in size. The remaining parcel for an inf family conveyance shall be a minimum of 30 acres. If the remaining parcel is less than 30 acres, it shall be added by platoon and adjoining tract of land where the resulting acreage of the adjacent parcel is 30 acres or greater. Section five in family conveyance lots are required to meet all other district dimensional standards parentheses lot frontage lot width lot setbacks and lot coverage. Section six the primary parcel shall be held for at least 5 years and the conveyed parcel shall be held for at least 10 years after recordation of the deed conveying the inf family conveyance lot. Exception to this restriction shall be a transfer between the parties of the original inf family conveyance plat application pursuant to court order or arising from substantial hardship. Section seven inf family conveyance lots shall only be conveyed from parent to child. Uh natural or legally adopted or grandparent to grandchild properties and LLC's, trusts or estates are prohibited from creating in family uh conveyance lots. And finally, section eight, the inf family conveyance lot restrictions in paragraph number five above along with the note of ineligibility for further inf family conveyance shall be recorded on the plat and set forth in the deed. The 5-year and 10ear requirement commences upon recordation of the lead. And then under 702 conservation district CO1 uh 7026 lot yard and height requirements minimum lot

size 30 acres section 7033 rural residential residual farmland district 703.6 property development standards lot area minimum 1 acre 704 small community 704.4 for accessory uses and structures. New B accessory uses buildings and structures include the following. One accessory dwelling, private garage or parking area section 7 and accessory dwelling is allowed on lots of record that do not meet the minimal lot area or width standards for the zoning district, but all yard dimensions and other development standards must conform to the district regulations. This too is final upon second reading although it needs to be published in summary form. And judge thing one thing if I may say in terms of the publication and in terms of the production of these documents. I want to thank Steve Hunter for working with my administrative assistant Tammy Eastep who did incredible work putting these two together in that what we do now have are clean copies of article 2 as fully reads without underlines without line outs without anything like that. it is what the law is now. That was 23 pages and it's the same for the 52 pages of uh article 7. So I want to thank Mr. Hunter again. I want to thank Miss Castep in my office and I want to thank and uh congratulate the court and the community for coming together and working so hard on this. So thank you judge.

Thank you Mr. County Attorney. Thank you Mr. Hunter who's joining us via Zoom. And um Mr. Hunter, you're more than welcome to be excused. Thank you for joining us. Um, that was quite the summary second reading there, Mr. County Attorney. Thank you, sir. That was impressive. Let it be. Um, all right. New business. We have two proposed lease agreements. One is a renewal of a lease with Alex Cheek and the fiscal court for 265 Clifton Road. That is a FEMA mitigation lot. It's a term of one year as presented. Need a motion to approve that motion. We have a motion Bquire Gentry, second Bquire Carl.

All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay. Um, so we have a new lease agreement for a similar arrangement on a FEMA mitigation property for uh, Mr. Lauren Lancaster. Uh, that is for the fiscal court on 6435 Clifton Road for a term of one year as presented. Motion. Motion.

Motion by Square Enry. Second Mquire Varner. Are there any questions there on we enter these uh leases? I [snorts] would just explain that we to uh for those individuals that can take care of them and it joins their property. It's a good arrangement uh and then we can always use them for our purposes. But our road department doesn't have to mow that lot or keep it up. They do that in exchange for being able to keep things on that property. So, there is a motion for the proposed lease for 6435 Clifton Road. All those in Yes. Oh, no. All those in favor, please vote signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously. Uh, the corner's office is asked to surplus a cot or scrap metal to the Woodford County Solid Waste and Recycling Center as recommended by the corner. Is there a motion for saying motion by Squire Gil? Second. Second by Squire Downey. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed, nay. That motion carried unanimously. Uh in return, the corner would also request upon the recommendation of the budget and finance committee to accept the estimate of afford affordable furniture supplies for a cot in the amount of $5,249.30. Is there a motion to approve the recommendation? Motion by Squire Barner, second by Squire Gil. All those in favor, please vote signify by saying I. I. All those opposed? Nay. That motion carries unanimously. We need to approve the back to school family fest at the event barn at the county park for the Salvation Army for August 1st, 2026, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Is there a motion to approve the facility use request?

Motion. Motion by Gentry, second by Scrier Downey. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. I. All those opposed, nay. That motion carried unanimously. We need to approve the facility use request for following springs and community stadium and or community stadium for May 30th, 2026 with the date subject to change uh for project graduation for 2026 graduating class. Is there a motion? Motion by Square Carl, second by Square Brown. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I.

All those opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously. Training incentives. We need to approve the training incentives for Jaylor Ranken, Squires Blackford, Brown, and Gil for calendar year 2026 pursuant to the statute KRS645275 subsection 6. Motion by Square Varner, second by Squire Carl. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying I. I. All those opposed, nay. Motion carries unanimously. Madame clerk, seems like we've done it. We'll move on to announcements. Vanishes Squire Taylor. Sir,

thank you, Judge. Um I I couple things. One, uh again, want to thank all those folks who responded uh in our weather needs. Uh sometimes you say things that like you wouldn't be here without somebody. Well, this was uh quite literally a circumstance where we wouldn't be here without them. And uh also figuratively, I'm not sure if I had another day of NTI whether or not I'd be here with us either uh with my kids. So, uh, I can't can't thank them enough for all their hard work. Um, on a more somber note, judge, uh, I wanted to ask that we, uh, have a moment of silence for, uh, Junior Phillips, who, uh, the first district in in Woodford County lost uh, yesterday in a very tragic accident. um those that uh even if you didn't have the pleasure of knowing uh Junior, you had the maybe over the years saw uh one of the contributions he made to our community by uh my kids stopping and slowing down or asking me to stop every time. Uh we saw the the camels and the buffalo and and uh uh llamas in the in his field. Uh in fact, that was pretty frequent when I lived in the neighborhood right next to his farm. So uh but uh he really uh was one of a kind and uh just a terrible tragedy and I ask that we have a moment of silence for him.

Yes. Yes. Thank you. Please observe a moment of silence in honor of Mr. Junior Phillips.

Amen. Amen. Our prayers and love are with the Phillips family on that tragic loss. Scarge injury. I just want to thank everybody involved with the storm cleanup. Um, everybody did a great job. Really appreciate it. Thank you, Squire Varner. Sir, I just want to reiterate that too. Everybody done a wonderful job. I I made some phone calls for some constituents and everybody was kind, generous, and and got the work done. Thank you all. Appreciate you all. Thank you. Thank you. Square burner square Carl uh ditto all that also judge and one uh food pantry will be closed Monday, President's Day. want to know. Thank you, Ban.

Thank you, Judge. I echo everyone's sentiments uh on the snow removal during this disaster and for doing so safely. Um I think you know it's very very important. Um and the only other item is uh there's a free CPR uh class going on at the W County High School gym on Saturday, February 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. That's free CPR at WCHS. Thank you. Thank you. Square Danny Square black.

Mr. Judge, I want to thank the road department also. My neighborhood looked clean. It was really clean. Thank you very much. Um, I also want to thank uh Sandy for uh following along with the cabinet for getting that digitization of documents. This will be great for our community. Uh, also want to thank uh Emily uh Downey for uh Black History Month for having NACP as guest this morning. Uh, I told her she does harder work than Whim here, my friend, my my neighbor. [laughter] So thankful for that and u and that's it. Thank you very much. Thank you Squire Black. Squire Gill. I concur with everything that they've said already. I don't need to repeat it.

Thank you Brown. Thank you Mr. County Attorney. Sir.

Yes, Judge. Um I think I would be remiss if if I didn't take a moment if I could please be allowed to say a very few words about Bill Kaine. actually on behalf of my wife Jerry um who always refers to him as Billy Kane uh going back to their grade school days together. Uh Jerry always told me that there was no better classmate uh than than Billy Kane. So uh we can add that to that long list of many uh commendable attributes that he has. So uh my family would like to offer our deepest condolences to his and to the entire Kaine family. Um and also allow me please judge to join in the course of those uh thanking our road department Rick Wade and and his employees everyone who had a role in cleaning our roadways and our sidewalks. Um like around here and the parking lots. Um because of that we only had one court cancelled like everybody. We were out on Monday, January 26. Nobody had anything that day, but we had our courts on Wednesday and Thursday of that week. We had all four courts the following week and we had court yesterday. Uh so again, we only missed one court. Um and I'll in and referring to that one court, I want to thank uh our circuit clerk uh Sarah Litrol and her deputies, particularly Jennifer Clark, who worked with me. uh we got all 150 plus cases missed that Monday rescheduled uh and we are back on track. So everyone joined together and did a really wonderful job. To my knowledge, I probably shouldn't say this because I'll probably me on the way out. No one fell. We had no incidents uh coming to and from court or anything like that. So it was it was excellent work by everyone involved. And finally,

Judge, and I think former VPD Chief Jimmy Fugate will attest to this, um, I have lobbied him and every uh, Chief of Police, including Chief Murray and Chief Young, to get a Verscel's Police Department badge put on that corner of the police building. Yeah, you see that reaction from uh former chief uh Fugate and with the help of the Citizens Police Academy alumni association funding the project funding that with the help of Ruglesign Company and Tim and Anna Cameron at Ruglesign Company, it has finally been done. So, if you're coming up from Frankfurt Street, uh, from Frankfurt up Frankfurt Street, say from Yellow Jacket Drive, getting to the rail crossing, be sure to take a look at that corner and you will see the Verscel's Police Department badge indicating that it is serving all of Woodford County, Verscel's Midway, and Woodford County. Uh, it's a wonderful addition, Jimmy. A long overdue addition. Um, and but I'm so glad it's there. And again, really all credit to the and this is a tribute to the Purcell's Police Department having a citizens police academy that the alumni association felt so invested in the department that they wanted to see that happen and they like I say along with uh Tim and Anna Cameron and Rugle Sign Company made it happen. So the next time you're coming up, be sure to look for that.

Thank you, Judge. Thank you, Mr. County Attorney. And uh I would like to thank the Woodford Sun for helping get out information, timely information about the storm and the response and and making sure the citizens knew about what was going on. Mr. Woodford Sun.

Well, I just want to say that was a wonderful saliloquy about that sign. And u [laughter] the other thing I would just add is congratulate the road department for the county. Uh, of course you had a wonderfully nice sidewalk around the courthouse, but I saw lots of people slip and fall on the city streets on Main Street. Um, and uh, but apparently the city's ordinance is vague enough that they can say they don't have to do the sidewalks. Woodford ST may have something to say about that this week. [laughter]

Well, tune in. We've been at it for a long time today. I really appreciate everybody's uh time and effort. Thanks to all those who responded in the ice storm. God bless you and God bless Woodford County. We are ajourned.