Woodford County Fiscal Court - Regular Meeting

Alright, good afternoon everybody. We'll call this meeting special meeting of the Woodford County Fiscal Courts Committee of the Whole to order. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll?

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Excellent. Thank you everyone for being in attendance. Um So we begin the discussion for the Woodford County's fiscal year 26-27 budget. And I just want to go through and kind of talk about how we've gotten to this point. Our first budget and finance committee meeting was February 10th. We met in the Budget and Finance Committee on February 24th, March 10th, March 24th. We received the Detention Center budget before April 1st. We had a Budget and Finance Committee on April 14th. Thank you. April 28th. We did our mandatory compensation for the coroner, the magistrates, and the county attorney's office. set the compensation for elected officials and their deputies and assistants. We received the presented budget on May 1st. We had a committee of the whole prior to this meeting on May 12th. We had the public hearing for county road aid, and we've had... countless hours of budget work and discussion. And so I want to begin by thanking the treasurer and the finance officer for all their hard work on the budget. Of course, our court clerk, Jordan Coyle, and our HR manager, Teresa Tipton, are instrumental in our budget work, as is Emily Castle in the judge executive's office. And all of our department heads and agencies have done a really good work in presenting the budget. Of course, this budget was also a rolling submission process where you all received agency budgets and department budgets early with the opportunity to look at those. And this has been a very open and transparent process. All of our budget documents have been online. They are updated online as they are presented, and we've sought input online. all aspects of our budget as we've moved forward through this process to the point where we are prepared to have the first reading today. At our last budget and our committee of the whole on the budget, we were able to go through the entire budget and look at different items of significance and importance to review and discuss. And we also went through and discussed our numbers to include and to exclude, different line items and expenditures to include and exclude. So I will say that this budget does not include the mobile barriers that were recommended and strongly supported by Director Drew Chandler and Emergency Management and also our first response agencies. But they were not included in this budget, and I think there are some possibilities and avenues to work on finding a coalition to get together to help fund and potentially make those purchases. But I do want to thank Director Chandler for his diligence and work on that. He recognizes it's a need, and he gives it to the fiscal court to review. But unfortunately, at this time in the budget, as of today, it is not included in the budget. We did have other things that we went through and we did include. Some of the things that we tended to include in this budget that may not have been included in past budget include are, for example, snow plow, salt box, and other snow and ice removal equipment. We really, after the ice storm this year, we recognize that while we're in pretty good shape, we need to keep that up. So those expenditures, when requested for different departments, were largely included. I had a discussion with Maintenance Director Rick Wade about other maintenance equipment. The powered trailer dolly is something that is not included in the budget, but I think it's something that should our budget come in under or we have the ability in our reserve to look at purchasing that for the maintenance department, that that's one of the things that we should prioritize and look at. We did not include the forklift. the forklift, which would mainly be for the logistics facility. I think it's a lower priority than some of the other equipment requests, but again, it's something we did not include. A mini excavator. We've seen the need for a mini excavator in multiple projects, including the Roan Road project that we were able to complete, which is holding up really good right now in this rain that we're having. So it looks like if we're in the need of a mini excavator, which is a pretty good piece of equipment to have, especially in these stormwater and drainage projects that we may have to rent that in the next fiscal year, but it's something for the fiscal court to keep in mind. A dingo standby style bobcat, also not included in that in the budget additions, but I will say that's one where we probably have the most need, maybe outside the trailer dolly But the dingo track for a bobcat really lets us get in places where we can't take a bobcat. Squire Blackford liked Martin drainage easements and retention basins and clearing out things where you've got to go in people's yards and you don't want to take big equipment. So I would say of all those things that were excluded... THAT ITEM IS SOMETHING THAT SPECIFICALLY IF WE GET TO A POINT IN THE BUDGET WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN EXPEND THOSE FUNDS, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO COME FROM OUR RESERVE, OUR SURPLUS. THEN FINALLY THE TWO LED LIGHT PLANTS AS DIRECTOR CHANDLER AND DIRECTOR WADE BOTH KNOW WE HAVE common requests and need for these light plants. We often allow them for non-emergency uses for places that need, particularly the county park with events and sporting events and helping with the school. But for example, when we had one of those on loan, I think to a community event at the park, we did have a bad wreck on 64. So we had to go and pull that. And so the need for additional light plants is something I think that this fiscal court could consider outside of the budget in this 26-27 budget year. So there was not a request to include any of those. And so those have not been included and those are not prepared for first reading. But I have communicated with Director Wade on those and we think that, you know, things are... This budget is... under pressure from all of the economic forces, inflation and gas prices and all those sort of things. And so I think that excluding these makes sense. But in the event that we move down the road and are able to potentially acquire these purchases, the court has had the opportunity to review and understand their need and the request from our maintenance department. That's the total list of the items listed. to include and exclude. Are there any questions on any of those items? Seeing none, I do want to let you all know you all have had the updated copy of the budget, and there have been several changes on that. Madam Treasurer, did we want to go over those each individually, the changes, just to update the courts? Okay, let me pull that up. Let me ask prior to pulling that up, do we have anybody that has any questions from the changes that were presented? We'll pull that up. So since the last committee of the whole, we do have the items that were changed from the budget as reflected. And so if you're looking in the road line items, we increased the road employees overtime At the request of Squire Gentry, I think that was a wise move considering all things and all the variables that we've dealt with and could potentially dealt with. We decreased 7210, the road maintenance equipment line item. by $266,494.58 due to a tandem axle dump truck, the chassis being delivered, or at least on the bill list of 526. So that represents how that will be expensed in the current fiscal year budget and not in the budget before us. So we also have the corresponding road Social Security retirement workers comp line items that increased due to the overtime increase. I can also report that the Kentucky River Authority has a county grant program that we applied for, and it provides $10,000 for a kayak launch to promote recreation. on the Kentucky River. We've also received the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Grant to redo the entire boat ramp at the Clifton boat ramp. That's a really, really big win for the community. That ramp is in need of repair, and they will engineer and construct that ramp. All of our improvements that we've undertaken at the Clifton boat boat ramp will be considered in kind for the project so there'll be no county funds used and they will uh complete the entire boat ramp and we will also use the additional 10 000 to do a separate kayak launch which will give us the ability to you know separate canoes and kayaks from boats and yeah square taylor is that in the same area though for parking or Well, so I think the question will be for the fiscal court is if we want to do that in the same area or if we have a new parcel of property that was part of the EWP buyout program that we could potentially find an even better or more appropriate location for a kayak launch.

Part of my curiosity, sir. Yeah. You read my mind. Thank you.

I do think we originally, if you're looking down at the river from the boat ramp, we looked at the right side of the boat ramp. as an area to do that. But like the Cummins ferry boat ramp, it would be constantly picking up mud due to the location on the river. So we might try to find another location for the kayak launch. But we're glad to receive the $10,000 grant. So we reflected that in the budget. We also... HAVE THE INCREASED THIRD SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG SINK SIDEWALK PROJECT AND THE TAP GRANT AND WE NEEDED TO REFLECT THAT IN THE BUDGET SO IT INCREASED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE TAP GRANT AND ALSO CHANGED THE RESERVE FOR TRANSFER AND THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT SO THAT'S THE TOTAL DIFFERENCE AND THEN AS I MENTIONED THE GENERAL RESERVE FOR TRANSFER THEN CHANGES AND and it edges back up over $7.1 million. So let me ask, are there any questions on any of the changes that have occurred in the budget since our last Committee of the Whole? Seeing no questions thereon. I want to discuss a few things about the budget. And I'll talk about some of this in the fiscal court meeting as well. But we know particularly in this budget that cost of living isn't just the 3% that we're looking to provide for our county employees to keep pace with inflation, but it's a term that every family in Woodford County is dealing with, whether it's a daily calculation at the grocery store, at Kroger, Save-A-Lot, the gas pump, the doctor's office. Inflation is squeezing every family in our community, and when we drafted this budget, we kept that reality in the forefront of our minds. So this budget is about two things. It's about our people and and that's the citizens of Woodford County and our Woodford County employees. That's where your investments are. That's where our increased spending is, is either on our employees or in returning it back to our citizens in the form of a property tax cut. But the good news is the fiscal court's financial position is strong, which I believe you all understand as members of the court. But it's not just... from the fiscal court's position. If you look at Moody's ratings for our bonds, they're as high as any municipal government, county government can receive. An AA2 rating is the highest quality rating for a municipal agency. It indicates very low credit risk and a strong, stable financial position. And I explained a little bit last time, but one of the things that that means is that even if there is an economic downturn, even if some of the things that we're experiencing on the inflation side and the cost side increase, we still are estimated and projected to have a very strong bank balance because of our extraordinarily low debt. We also have the ability to continue proactive financial management because of our reserve and our surplus. It's the historically lowest amount of debt the fiscal court has had. And we continue to receive every year clean audits. And that's a big deal. That's a really, really big deal that seven years in a row we've had no audit comments or no audit findings. Our auditors continually praise our internal audit team led by the treasurer, our finance officer, our HR manager, and our court clerk, along with other folks. And we really, really take a lot of extra. We go above and beyond to make sure that everything we do is transparent, that it meets the GAAP accounting standards, and that we really work to have the best finances that a county can possibly have and I want to give big credit to the treasurer for that. Big, big credit for that. So when you talk about those things, I think it's really, really important that when people talk about spending, when they talk about what we're spending our funds on, that folks realize that we are lowering the tax rate, lowering Woodford County's property tax rate. And we are also maintaining a large budget surplus. So we are not dipping into our surplus in a way that will impact services. So we can continue to pay our paramedics and our EMTs. We can afford the road department reorganization that finally rewards them for the skills and the experience that they have in these areas of trades and services. and other important areas that help us do many different jobs through the road departments and the maintenance departments. We can afford an ambulance in this budget. We can afford some of the things that other counties are struggling to afford. I would just explain that we are still seeing local job growth. although it's less than it has been in the last few years. We have seen an increase in wages, which is really positive, as you all well know and you've seen in this budget from our receipts, that occupational taxes supply a large portion of the revenues for our budget to be able to fund important services like our EMS and our road department. And I would also add to that that The property taxes that we are cutting don't represent the largest amount of tax revenue that we receive. Occupational taxes represent that. And 75% of all the occupational taxes paid to Woodford County government come from folks who live in other communities that commute here to work. 75% of all Woodford Countians, at least in the last report that I saw, travel outside of Woodford County to go and work. So when folks talk about if cutting property taxes will mean that we need to cut services, the good answer is no. But it also means that in order to cut property taxes, we have to focus on job growth and development. We have to make sure that we get jobs back in the Yokohama building once it's sold. We have to make sure that we're supporting our small businesses and our farmers and the other folks that keep our local economy running. That's what we have to do as a fiscal court. That's what we have done as a fiscal court in the past, which is why we're in such a strong fiscal position. But we need to continue to do that in order to provide property tax relief for Woodford County citizens. In 2022, when this court took office, The property tax rate was moved down from 7 to 6.6. In 2024, it went from 6.6 to 6.3. In 2025, it went from 6.3 to 5.9, going under 6 for the first time. In 2026, in this fiscal year budget, this budget presents a reduction from 5.9 to 3.9. That would be the largest tax rate cut in Woodford County history. And as I stated, this budget is for our people, our citizens, and this is the area where it is the most important in lowering their tax rate because of rising property assessments, inflation, gas prices, grocery prices, and all the things that folks deal with, this fiscal court is responding by lowering the tax rate for the fourth time in five years. But we're not going to overlook our employees. We've given cost of living adjustments starting at 7% in 2022, 6.5% in 2023, 3.5% in 2024, 3% in 2025, and we are holding a 3% for 2026, helping our employees keep pace with rising inflation. So that is the overall look at the budget and some of the big things that we're doing in it. I would just point out a few other things that if you all are interested in discussing. Again, we are going to buy an ambulance. We have the largest investment in law enforcement and corrections that we've ever had. We've got some big projects and some changes in our emergency management budget that will help us be more flexible and versatile in the face of all the disasters and emergencies we face. We made critical investments in GIS, in the coroner's office, the PVA's office, and the county attorney's office. We have public safety initiatives dedicated to combating the opioid epidemic, funding net recovery devices, to providing funding for substance abuse disorder support specialists, and the dry hydrants program to help the Woodford County Fire Protection District help ISO ratings and provide fire service in areas of the county that don't have good water service. We provided more resources for animal control. We're continuing to fully fund the internet and broadband expansion project. and we pay cash for that project. Many communities are bonding that or not expanding broadband. We are paying for that in cash. We'll see the 8.5 sewer project for the Millville area move forward. and the $1.3 million Germany Shore Acres, Four Acres, Seven Creeks, Watch Ferry, Hippie Agee Water Project deliver water to that area for the first time. That project is currently underway and will continue into the next fiscal year. We have a critical courthouse annex HVAC project, and we're going to rebuild the Paines Depot Bridge. One of the... Most significant increases in this budget is for serving needs, whether it's CASA, Senior Center, Woodford Wheels, Indigent Burial Program, Community Action, the Woodford Foundation, other housing needs, utilities, transportation, infrastructure, education and rental assistance, partnering with the United Way for Waypoint, Living Grace for the warming and cooling stations, Habitat for Humanity, and other agencies and organizations serving need in our community, including funding the executive director of the food pantry's position. This budget also includes an important Home for Every Neighbor housing initiative, which works to help those on fixed incomes, those that are in the missing middle, teachers, first responders, service workers that are being priced out of home affordability, This budget provides seed funding for new multi-agency strategies to try to help us keep people in their homes, help them be able to afford their homes. So we can talk a little bit more about that. We also renew our commitment to rebuilding and restoring the flood communities after the April 2025 floods. This budget makes significant investments in that, and the buyout programs, resident support, We're continuing to do, to this day, debris cleanup, infrastructure restoration and enhancement. And that also includes some of the things that we've done with the buyout program that will hopefully begin to take shape and maybe even have some closings before the end of the fiscal year. We also invest in the quality of life for our community, for our kids. Talk about the Woodford Theater. Our parks, all of our parks and recreation projects, again, we are paying for those in cash. We're not taking out any debt, and we're fully funding those projects. The Versailles City Council, along with the fiscal court, has brought about new pickleball courts, and we'll see lighting for that. improvements to Paddock Park, Marywood Park, Russell Park, the new basketball courts, the new stadium turf, new softball and baseball turf, and other investments at the county park. We go through a lot of different other agencies and make sure they're fully supported. We do have some cuts in this budget, cuts that help us make sure that we're able to continue our financial responsibility, but we don't cut employees. we don't cut pay, and we do cut taxes. And one of the things that also we put in this budget is our 30,000 trees initiative. And that's an investment, I believe, that represents our investment in not only the future, by helping us proactively address long-term costs with things like stormwater runoff and protecting our roads and helping our farmers and preventing areas that flood and things like that that trees can all help us do. But we also make sure to support our farmers, the new and young farmer grant that we continue. And we also put in funding for buying property development rights through PDR. So it's something else that will help us focus on what I believe this court has made a priority, which is land preservation and specifically farmland preservation. So this is one of the largest total budget sums that the fiscal court has made. ever had with $73,521,639.46. It's also a fiscally responsible budget, one that takes care of, I think, the most important priorities, which are citizens and our employees. So all that being said... I would open up the opportunity to go through any individual line item that you all would like to look at in the budget as we move forward. Questions or comments regarding the budget? So if you look at line item 143, which is on page four, this is where we're talking about a home for every neighbor affordable housing initiative that the fiscal court essentially had a pilot project in in the last fiscal year. And we must confront the reality that the housing and affordability crisis is something that every community faces, but Woodford County uniquely faces. So we have funding for property acquisition in the amount of $350,000 in that line item. And the goal would be for the cities and the counties to join together, either in a land trust or in individual property purchases, to find locations to do Habitat for Humanity housing. Right now, Habitat does not have a... project, a current project on the docket. But this would ensure that they could not only have projects in the queue, but even try to have multiple projects. Habitat for Humanity, in my opinion, is one of the key aspects of supporting affordable housing. They are the most affordable way to build a house. A lot of the materials they use are donated. Their labor is 100% donated. And they build things at what true cost is. And true cost right now is pretty high. But they're one of the few that does it. They also select local families who get a mortgage and they get to invest in their own equity. And it's been a huge successful program to this point. And the goal of this affordable housing measure is to continue to allow HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO GROW AND BUILD MORE HOUSES AND BRING MORE FAMILIES IN THE ABILITY TO SAVE THEIR HOMES AND LIVE IN A HOME AND HAVE EQUITY INVESTMENTS. THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THAT BUDGET ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED. The other thing that we must do, and it is part of our serving needs funds, is a keep your home process, which is a local year-round effort to help prevent utility shutoffs, emergencies, arrears on everything that is a cost to you to have a house or rent a house. So it's basically a financial bridge to stop the eviction clock to help people pay their rent and pay their mortgages by making sure that their other expenses are assisted with. Something that we're working with our different agencies from Bluegrass Community Action, United Way, and on to help with. This also proposes funding a legal defense pilot program that allows our local Woodford County attorneys to assist folks facing eviction or foreclosure so that they have a legal background to help them negotiate in the event that they are in the risk of losing their house. This is a program that not many communities have, but a lot of folks fall through the cracks because they don't have legal representation or can't afford it and can often be taken advantage of. So a second prong of this program would be helping folks with finding defense to eviction and foreclosure. And then again, would be looking at a joint land trust with our partnerships with For Sales and Midway to strategically purchase properties that could be used for Habitat for Humanity or other high quality, low cost infrastructure that could provide workforce housing. For example, housing for teachers, police officers, first responders, those that while we work really hard to make sure they have good, fair pay and compensation, we need to recognize that it's still difficult in these times to afford housing in the current economic environment. So that's some of the aspects of our affordable housing program that's represented in this budget. In this budget, we continue the modernization of county government from the user-friendly website. I want to give a big shout-out and credit to our court clerk. Our business one-stop, we've seen a great increase in the use of those online payments. We got ahead of that, which was a great decision by this fiscal court. We have software upgrades, major advancements in cybersecurity, thanks to Director Chandler and our IT budget. but we continue to modernize and update county government through more transparency, accessibility, and openness. We didn't discuss it in detail, but we do have major investments in this budget in roads, bridges, and traffic safety improvements, additional street lighting in Lane's View, lighting for the Big Sink sidewalk, new safer streets for all grant work, and the crosswalk improvement at Huntertown Elementary at Huntertown Road. We have a robust paving and maintenance schedule, which was a real challenge in putting together in this budget because of the current impact on paving from the price of crude oil and the fact that there's a stay in the gas tax at the moment, which will probably lower the receipts for county governments. I think it's another example of the insufficiency of the current model of state government and funding, road improvements and municipal and county road aid. But we will deal with what we are, we'll play the hand that we're dealt as far as how much state funding we receive from road improvements. But we really, the major investment though for this budget is that we fully fund the road department reorganization, that we review everything that we've done and moved to the flat rate system to a skill-based model so that we can have a self-sufficient, highly skilled, fairly compensated road department. And so far it's working out in a very positive way. But we will hopefully bring on even more employees to round out that, and we've fully funded that in our budget. We continue to strengthen and fund our elections and support that process. We've done that for many years. It's something I think this fiscal court should be very proud of, that we've ensured the integrity and security of our election system, bought new modernized voting machines, and overall really worked closely with the county clerk to ensure that we have the best, most up-to-date, secure election systems. We do the same for recycling and solid waste. We continue to improve their programs to keep Woodford County clean and beautiful. We continue our economic development partnerships and work with the City of Versailles, City of Midway, and other agencies in the county, including the EDA. We also focus some of our efforts on rural and historic preservation, renewing our commitment to the Woodford County cemeteries. That commitment helps cemeteries like Huntertown Cemetery and some of the other cemeteries through the county that have been neglected. You all are responsible for helping reestablish the Cemetery Preservation Board and funding that. The Fiscal Court will also assist in the restoration of a project of the Crittenden Cabin at the Woodford County Park. And I think that's something that Squire Taylor is... work closely with the Heritage Committee, the Historical Society, and others to get done, along with the Maintenance Department. We continue our critical support for Jack Jewett House, the Veterans Commission, the Soil and Water Conservation District, along with needed courthouse and facility improvements across the community. So that is some of this 700 plus line item budget. Those are some of the highlights. I would open the floor again for any questions or comments about anything that we're undertaking in this budget. Squire Taylor, you're recognized.

I just, I want to make sure I have the numbers right for anybody that might be of interest on this. I wouldn't say that everything is a grant per se on this, but I'm trying to look at our totals for grant funds for this year budgeted, and I want to say it's well over $30 million. and maybe more that I'm missing. But I just want to really share some real appreciation to our team to apply for these dollars. All these, whether it be state or federal grants or other agencies, they're going to be spent somewhere and if we're not applying then we're not we're not participating and we're not making a difference and so there are several one-time expenses that we're only able to achieve at this level because of their diligence and and finding money and and uh putting work together for applications because that's not just simply a stroke of a pen so i um i could be it could be more substantive than than more than $30 million, but I just kudos to them. Really appreciate their incredible work on that.

Well, that's exactly right, Secretary Taylor. I appreciate you saying that. One of the things that the fiscal court has greatly improved upon and focused upon is getting Woodford County's fair share of state and federal dollars, bringing those home and putting those to work. Director Drew Chandler certainly deserves a lot of credit and appreciation for his hard work in securing grants, not only through emergency management, but he gets grants for safety, cybersecurity, IT, and other grants as well. But also, we have our departments and agencies that always go out and seek grant funds, whether it's recycling, solid waste, EMS, the list goes on. And It's also a testament to our ability to administrate and administer big projects effectively, particularly when you get into large federal grants that exposes you to much more accounting compliance and auditing where we have to get a single audit. Um, and we were able to, uh, be able to administer those grants, ensure that compliance, and execute those grants in a way that we've seen. I mean, to be honest, without Melody and Beverly and Jordan working on those, it couldn't be done. It just couldn't be done. And it's a lot more work on them to do it, but they have really become excellent in their professionalism and ability to do that. So thank you all. No, thank you. Thank you, Squire Taylor, for recognizing that. So let me ask, does anybody have any questions or comments about anything on the budget? Seeing none, we do have some guests that are here, so we will... Let me ask, is there a recommendation, there's a motion to recommend to the full fiscal court the approval of the budget as presented with the changes today? Motion by Squire Brown. Second. Second by Squire Carl. Now, I'd open up the floor for discussions on the recommendation of the budget to the full fiscal court. Seeing none, all those in favor of recommending the budget for approval at the full fiscal court, please vote and signify by saying aye.

Aye.

All those opposed, nay. And that motion carries unanimously. So, as we... welcome our guest here shortly. Let me go ahead and look at a few things that are on our fiscal court agenda. Madam Treasurer, would you want to go ahead and give your report to the Committee of the Whole? Sorry to put you on the spot there.

Thank you.

Tonight's budget is $14,294,834.54. And as the judge mentioned, we did pay for one of the road department trucks on this bill list. We also had some paving projects that came out of this bill list and some more parks projects that we completed.

Any question for the treasurer? Seeing none, thank you, Madam Treasurer. You are dispensed with your report. You don't have to do that in the fiscal court meeting. You all will see the KCTCS memorandum of agreement between the county and the technical college system for Woodford County EMS facilities for our students for a five-year term. Is there a motion to recommend that for approval? Motion to square Blackford second square Carl. Any questions on that? Seeing none, all those in favor, please vote signify by saying aye. All those opposed nay will be recommended for approval. So we have the emergency management logistics facility proposal. We sent you all the bids for those that came in last week on Friday. I've talked to Director Chandler and Director Wade. And what we'll do is we'll give you all a few more days to discuss that and digest those recommendations and have any questions to Director Chandler, myself, or Director Wade. And my request would be that we would have the ability to adopt a bid or accept a bid either at the recommendation of the emergency management director or if we wanted to choose another bid, that would be another option. But that we would do that via email approval if there's no objection to that. Gives you some more time to look at the bids, get your questions answered on that. Does anybody have any questions? for Director Chandler on that process or anything along those lines. Seeing no objection, then I'll take up that vote in the fiscal court meeting. In the fiscal court meeting, we will also approve the Household Hazardous Waste Management Grant for the next fiscal year. begin the advertisement and bid process for the household hazardous waste event and the waste tire agreement. We will approve. I do not have any board appointments for you this afternoon. We do have the bills to be paid, the transfers, the personnel order, and we need to approve the supplemental letter of agreement for the Big Sink Sidewalk project. Is there a motion to recommend that to the full fiscal court? So moved. Motion by Squire Barnett. Second by Squire Downey. All those in favor, please vote and signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed, nay. That motion carries. Then we'll take up the first reading of the budget as recommended unanimously for approval for first reading in new business. And then should it be the will of the court to propose the first reading of the zoning map amendment, we would authorize the county attorney Direct and authorize the county attorney to draft the ordinance for the zoning map amendment for 2180 Huntertown Road for liftoff equestrian. That's going from rural residential to an A1 zone. That's a down zone project. So that's the total sum of the business to come before the court. So at this point, we will take a recess of the Committee of the Whole, and we will either reconvene in Committee of the Whole or in the full fiscal court. Thank you all.

I'm not done yet.