[0:00] Uh Sheriff Kilbrick, would you pray for

[0:01] us, please?

[0:02] >> Sure. Bow with me. Heavenly Father, we

[0:04] thank you for this day, Lord. We thank

[0:05] you for your many, many blessings on our

[0:07] life. God, we particularly thank you for

[0:08] the air conditioning in this time of

[0:10] year, Lord. God, we ask for your hand of

[0:12] protection about our men and women

[0:13] serving in the military and our first

[0:15] responders. God, we ask for your wisdom

[0:17] and your direction amongst people here

[0:19] at this court as they make decisions for

[0:20] the community. Father, we ask that you

[0:21] give them your leadership in your name

[0:23] we pray. Amen.

[0:24] >> Amen.

[0:27] » If you would stand for the pledge.

[0:30] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:32] United States of America

[0:34] and to the republic for which it stands,

[0:37] one nation under God, indivisible, with

[0:40] liberty and justice for all.

[0:53] » Call this uh Marshall County Fiscal

[0:55] Court special called meeting to order,

[0:58] August 17th, 20 26.

[1:02] And our first guest today is uh Keith

[1:06] Travis with Life Coordinated.

[1:11] They've got a lot of great things going

[1:13] on over there and uh Keith's going to

[1:14] share a little bit about a little bit

[1:16] about what that is with us.

[1:19] >> Well, I appreciate it, Judge and court,

[1:21] for the opportunity to address you. It's

[1:22] a It's a little bit of a daunting task

[1:25] to explain this program in a way that is

[1:28] uh understandable with all the benefits

[1:31] that exist, but I'm going to do my best

[1:33] and then we'll talk about some of the uh

[1:35] if you have questions, be glad to answer

[1:37] those. Uh We're located at 201 East 11th

[1:41] Street, which is 100 yd to your

[1:43] northeast. We've been there 2 years and

[1:45] 3 months.

[1:47] And it's a program that's probably

[1:48] little known about outside maybe this

[1:51] court. I know some of the court members

[1:52] have had a chance to tour,

[1:54] but it's It's interesting program. My

[1:57] involvement has been about a year with

[1:58] the company.

[2:00] Uh

[2:00] I really didn't plan on being involved

[2:03] this long, but I have to admit as a

[2:05] retiree, as a senior citizen, I fully

[2:08] align with what they're doing, and I

[2:10] believe in their mission.

[2:11] And their mission is very simple. Simply

[2:14] stated, their goal is to help seniors

[2:16] live a longer, more productive life in

[2:18] their home.

[2:19] Uh

[2:20] all of us have to care for elderly at

[2:22] some time. I don't think I ever visited

[2:24] my loved ones that were in nursing

[2:26] facilities that

[2:28] uh my mom didn't ask me when I left to

[2:30] take her home.

[2:31] Uh as good as they are, and this is not

[2:33] a reflection on any caregiver, but home

[2:36] is the best place that people want to

[2:38] be.

[2:39] And so, the goal of Life Coordinated is

[2:41] to provide that as a resource. So, how

[2:43] do we do that?

[2:44] I'm going to explain some of the things

[2:46] we offer,

[2:47] and then I'll answer the uh

[2:50] $64 question, how do you pay for all

[2:52] this?

[2:53] So, if you become a member of Life

[2:55] Coordinated, uh the brochure that you

[2:57] have tells you the qualifications. You

[3:00] have to be 55, you have to live in one

[3:02] of the six counties that we serve,

[3:03] Marshall, McCracken, Calloway, Graves,

[3:06] Hickman, or Fulton.

[3:07] If you become a member of that

[3:08] organization, uh final entry is approved

[3:12] by the state of Kentucky. So, it's a

[3:13] duly accredited. So, if you're on

[3:15] Medicare or Medicaid, duly accredited,

[3:18] we will pick you up at your home,

[3:20] provide you transportation to our

[3:22] facility 5 days a week. We'll provide

[3:24] you lunch and breakfast.

[3:26] Uh we have an activities director. We

[3:29] have a uh OT, a PT to help you with

[3:32] physical needs.

[3:34] We have a technical room where they'll

[3:36] help you with your internet access, and

[3:38] for some of us seniors, they'll help you

[3:40] use your cell phone and get it

[3:42] straightened out.

[3:44] The interesting part is we also have a

[3:45] nurse practitioner on staff 5 days a

[3:48] week, and starting in November, we'll

[3:49] have a med- a medical doctor internal

[3:52] medicine, 5 days a week available.

[3:55] On the off shift, what I would call the

[3:57] off shift, evenings and weekends,

[3:59] there's a nurse on call.

[4:01] We provide you your pharmaceuticals. We

[4:03] have our own pharmacy system. We provide

[4:06] those. We will help you if you come to

[4:09] the facility, if you're a senior and

[4:11] your home environment is not safe for

[4:14] you perhaps take a shower, you're

[4:16] concerned about maybe falling, we have

[4:18] shower facilities. We help do your

[4:20] laundry. We will come to your home, help

[4:23] keep your home clean.

[4:25] Uh we will get you to all your doctor's

[4:27] appointments. So, if you need to see a specialist at Baptist Health,

[4:32] we'll provide that transportation.

[4:35] And at the end of the day,

[4:38] the question is, what did this cost me?

[4:40] This costs you absolutely nothing as a

[4:42] senior.

[4:44] The company's real name is Commonwealth

[4:46] PACE. PACE is an acronym for providing

[4:49] all-inclusive care for the elderly. So,

[4:52] if you've been on a cruise, it's

[4:53] all-inclusive,

[4:55] you don't pay anything extra. So, now

[4:57] the question comes,

[4:59] if I pay nothing for it, who pays for

[5:01] it? Am I going to have lose my social

[5:03] security? Am I going to lose my home?

[5:05] Lose my car? The answer to that is, you

[5:08] will not be charged any of those. You

[5:10] can keep your social security, you keep

[5:12] your home, you keep your car. There are

[5:14] some income limits that are applicable

[5:16] uh each month or some resource limits

[5:19] that are there. But basically, what

[5:21] happens and I I'll have to admit, I'm

[5:23] probably not a fan of many government

[5:25] programs, but this is a program that is

[5:27] actually working with government health

[5:29] care to provide better options.

[5:32] What we do is each month, if you're a

[5:35] Medicaid Medicare

[5:37] participant, the government sets aside

[5:39] amount of money for your care.

[5:42] And that amount of money is based on

[5:44] your severity. So, they look at your

[5:46] health condition and they assess it and

[5:48] they say, "Here's what money we set

[5:49] aside."

[5:51] When you become a member of Life

[5:53] Coordinated,

[5:55] they send that money to Life

[5:57] Coordinated.

[5:58] And they on the Medicaid side of it,

[6:01] they take 15% off what they would have

[6:03] sent. So, the state is saving 15% off

[6:06] what they would have paid. That money

[6:07] comes to Life Coordinated. Wherefore it

[6:10] was directed to me as an individual,

[6:12] it's now in a group setting.

[6:15] And so, Life Coordinated becomes your

[6:17] primary care provider

[6:19] and your insurer.

[6:22] We only take new members on the first

[6:23] day of each month. So, if you started

[6:25] the first day of September, the second

[6:27] day of September, you had to go to the

[6:29] hospital for a chronic health condition,

[6:33] those costs are paid by Life

[6:34] Coordinated.

[6:36] Now, we do carry stop-loss insurance. We

[6:38] are audited regularly. Next month, we'll

[6:41] have a CMS audit.

[6:43] We get four audits a year of our

[6:45] facilities, of our records, of our

[6:47] finances. But basically, what we're

[6:49] doing and it's a fairly if you think

[6:52] about the process, it's a fairly

[6:53] straightforward simple process.

[6:55] If Jason, we give you better health care

[6:58] than you've ever had, you'll be

[7:00] healthier.

[7:01] Many of our seniors we find live alone.

[7:03] They live

[7:05] with a dietary need that's not met. Some

[7:08] of them have no transportation.

[7:10] And so, they're in an isolated

[7:12] environment and if their health

[7:13] declines,

[7:15] they have one option. That's pick up the

[7:17] phone, dial 911, have an ambulance take

[7:19] them to the hospital. They go to the

[7:21] emergency room. They get treated in the

[7:23] most expensive care provider in the

[7:26] United States.

[7:27] If it's

[7:29] or they need to, you're put in the

[7:30] hospital for a day's observation and if

[7:32] they can, you're discharged back home or

[7:34] to a skilled nursing facility. And that

[7:36] cycle goes on and on and on. Our goal

[7:41] is to help you stay out of that cycle to

[7:43] stay healthier than what you would have

[7:46] been under without being a member of

[7:48] PACE. This article that I gave the judge

[7:51] is one from the national conference and

[7:53] I think it was an April posted in June

[7:56] and it shows that members of life

[7:59] coordinated have a longer life

[8:00] expectancy and fewer admissions than

[8:03] those in non-integrated programs.

[8:05] Uh

[8:06] Senator Carroll toured the facility the

[8:09] other day and uh learned a lot about

[8:11] Senator Carroll. He had more interesting

[8:13] questions about health care and the

[8:16] benefit programs that are out there. I

[8:18] mean, he was really thorough. Our CEO

[8:20] answered every one of them and one of

[8:22] them it was, "What are you going to do

[8:23] if you have Medicare cuts?" And the

[8:25] response was, "We won't be cut because

[8:28] our efficiency numbers are so much

[8:29] better than the other providers

[8:32] that they'll leave us to use be utilized

[8:35] while others that don't have that

[8:37] efficiency may face cuts."

[8:39] So, our goal is not to We're not here to

[8:42] criticize anybody. We're not here to be

[8:44] competitive with anybody. We're here to

[8:46] offer a service that has not been

[8:48] offered previously.

[8:50] Um

[8:51] we do have statistical information. Even

[8:54] working with the judge a little bit, we

[8:56] have this dream I

[8:58] the CMS administrator is Dr. Oz.

[9:01] And I don't know that he's ever toured a

[9:03] PACE facility and Benton seems like a

[9:06] good place to invite and we'll see how

[9:08] that goes, but CMS is the biggest

[9:11] insurer in the world and they cover more

[9:14] lives than probably any other

[9:16] organization.

[9:17] And his interest in it, if you get a

[9:19] chance to read the article, his interest

[9:21] is quite an endorsement of what they're

[9:23] doing. And the reason is it's providing

[9:25] longer lives and lower cost. Uh I don't

[9:29] know where else you can get that

[9:30] combination. Now, there's challenges to

[9:32] facing this. Uh

[9:34] number one, when I when you go in and

[9:36] you talk to someone about this program,

[9:38] they say I it's a scam.

[9:40] And as a senior who's been scammed, once

[9:43] you've been scammed by by somebody, you

[9:45] you're more receptive you're more

[9:47] attentive to all the details.

[9:49] It is not a scam, but on the same virtue, seniors are are very

[9:55] reluctant to change. I know I am.

[9:57] Somebody comes in, I'd like to change

[9:58] your provider.

[10:00] If you sign up with with Life

[10:02] Coordinated, you start the 1st of

[10:04] September or the 15th of September, you

[10:06] don't think this program is for you, you

[10:08] can get out the 1st of October. It's a

[10:10] month-by-month contract.

[10:12] Um

[10:14] people are reluctant to change. We are

[10:16] not allowed You will never hear me

[10:18] calling you on your cell phone offering

[10:19] you a $300 medic

[10:22] a gift card for all the Medicare

[10:24] advantages. We're not allowed to cold

[10:26] call.

[10:27] So, the only way we reach people

[10:30] is through the community knowing that

[10:32] we're here and through references. And

[10:34] so, if you call us and say I'd like for

[10:36] you to if you know somebody that's

[10:38] interested and you give us their name,

[10:40] it's a seven-step process. Every person

[10:43] that we interview is tracked from the

[10:46] initial entry until either they enter

[10:48] the program or the reason they were not

[10:50] entered into the program. So,

[10:52] accountability for what we do is pretty

[10:54] thorough. But we can't go knock on

[10:57] doors.

[10:58] We are working with some partners very

[11:00] thoroughly and I'm excited about it.

[11:02] Mark Donahue from Marcellus

[11:05] you know, is doing 400 meals a day and

[11:08] still has people on the waiting list

[11:09] that need assistance.

[11:11] Even Mark told us that in their program,

[11:13] they put meals on the doorknob. If

[11:15] they're not there, they come back the

[11:17] next day, then they're going to do a

[11:19] wellness check to see

[11:21] about that person. But he said, "We

[11:22] don't check on their physical condition.

[11:24] We don't check on their pharmaceuticals.

[11:26] We don't know what other issues are

[11:28] going on in that senior's life."

[11:31] So, starting in November, our members

[11:33] can go see a doctor 5 days a week.

[11:36] They can see therapists. You know, if

[11:38] you break your hip, you're going to get

[11:39] a you're going to get a PT or an OT

[11:41] prescription for 15 visits. They're

[11:43] limited. In our environment, they're not

[11:46] limited. You can see them as long as you

[11:47] need to see them. We will provide you

[11:50] that transportation across the street.

[11:52] Every day you probably see three Fulton

[11:55] Transit buses parked down here at the

[11:56] Five Star. They are part of our

[11:58] transportation fleet. We have two of our

[12:00] own vehicles that we operate.

[12:02] That number

[12:04] is [clears throat] destined to grow.

[12:06] Uh this facility can probably

[12:08] accommodate between 500 and 700 members.

[12:12] And as we speak, our organization is

[12:15] opening another facility in Winchester,

[12:17] Kentucky and another one in Springfield,

[12:19] Kentucky. All of these are destined to

[12:21] be rural health areas.

[12:23] Uh there's 3 million Americans who are

[12:25] eligible for this program.

[12:28] About

[12:29] 4% of that population, 120,000, use it.

[12:33] It's really a challenge to market. I

[12:35] began [clears throat] as a driver

[12:36] helping them out part-time going to do

[12:38] that in about a month ago,

[12:40] uh the CEO said, "Would you help us with

[12:42] marketing?" Well, marketing isn't my

[12:44] forte, but I know a lot of people and a

[12:46] lot of it's just communication, telling

[12:48] you what we do and why we do it.

[12:51] And I will tell you this, if you would

[12:53] like to see the facility

[12:55] from the inside, you're welcome to do

[12:56] that any day of the week. We'll schedule

[12:59] a tour, take you through, let you see

[13:01] it. It seeing it is more impressive than

[13:03] my presentation because it's a little

[13:05] bit overwhelming sometimes to see all

[13:07] the things that are actually going on.

[13:09] Uh but I see seniors that I've

[13:11] transported that are

[13:13] we're not going to stop the aging

[13:15] process. That's not capable. But I see

[13:18] seniors that have stabilized and their

[13:20] life has become more orderly and their

[13:22] health is better.

[13:23] And I think, "Gee, that's what I'd like

[13:25] to do." And so, that's the reason I

[13:27] continue my role with them as a retiree,

[13:29] and I encourage you to learn more about

[13:32] it. If you've got individuals, churches,

[13:34] we've talked to churches as a as a

[13:36] group, individual churches.

[13:38] It's a matter of getting the message

[13:40] out. And again, we're covering six

[13:42] counties, but my goal is to really get

[13:44] as much started right here in Marshall

[13:46] County as I can because transportation

[13:48] costs are easier.

[13:50] And we can get the nucleus started and

[13:52] get it to the point we have we're

[13:54] approaching 50 members now.

[13:56] But 50 is a long way from the 5 to 700

[13:59] that could be using it. So, we're going

[14:01] to be increasing that market presence,

[14:04] inviting people to Benton, to Marshall

[14:07] County to see what the program is about.

[14:09] So, that's kind of a 40,000 ft overview

[14:11] of it without taking too much time. I do

[14:14] appreciate your interest in the senior

[14:16] population in this county. It is It is a

[14:20] significant part of our community, and I

[14:22] appreciate your what interest in their

[14:24] well-being. [clears throat]

[14:25] Judge?

[14:27] >> Well, first of all, I'd like to say

[14:29] we're very fortunate and proud to have

[14:30] this facility in the county, and I

[14:32] remember the first time I I came over,

[14:35] and uh

[14:36] I think my my response was, "Well, this

[14:39] sounds too good to be true." You know, I

[14:41] was waiting, "Okay, there's going to be

[14:42] a catch to this." And then I thought,

[14:44] "Okay, how long a contract are they

[14:45] going to have to enter into?" You know,

[14:47] I was expecting a year or something like

[14:49] that, but you know, 30 days at a time

[14:52] there's they've they've taken away

[14:54] really any reason not to try this uh

[14:58] try this out and see if it's a fit for

[15:00] them. So, uh

[15:01] >> We have several adults that are trying

[15:03] to care for their elderly at home.

[15:05] They're trying to work a job and provide

[15:07] that care.

[15:08] So, we provide them that transportation

[15:10] over here. They're under our care during

[15:12] the day. We take them back home.

[15:14] But just getting them to the doctors is

[15:15] a problem. As an insurer, you might ask,

[15:17] "We use Marshall County Hospital and

[15:19] Baptist Health as our network."

[15:21] Our one issue that comes up sometimes

[15:24] people say, "Well, I don't want to

[15:25] change doctors." Well, our primary care

[15:27] doctor will be your primary care doctor.

[15:29] However, we will pay for two visits a

[15:32] year to your original doctor if you want

[15:34] to go back and see him.

[15:35] Why do we stipulate that our doctor is

[15:38] your primary care? Because you would be

[15:40] amazed at how many people come in with

[15:42] how many meds

[15:44] and there's no coordination.

[15:47] And so, for you to get better,

[15:49] somebody needs to be looking out at you

[15:51] looking at your

[15:53] uh health care plan on a regular basis.

[15:55] We have a team that does that for every

[15:57] member.

[15:58] Uh I will brag a little bit on them in

[16:00] January when the when the snowstorm hit,

[16:04] they had a driver they called every

[16:06] member every day to see if they had

[16:08] their medications, they had food, if

[16:10] they had heat.

[16:12] That might not seem like a huge task,

[16:14] but when you're senior living in an

[16:17] isolated area of a remote county,

[16:20] that's a pretty big and they had a

[16:21] four-wheel drive and those that did not

[16:23] have were taken care of.

[16:25] And it got to where during the day by

[16:27] the end of the week they were looking

[16:29] forward to the call expecting a call

[16:30] from Life Coordinated to check on them.

[16:33] We often say we do that in our churches

[16:35] and we try to care for people,

[16:38] but it's hard to do that on a personal

[16:40] level and to the point of medications

[16:42] and the and management to that degree.

[16:44] And so, uh

[16:45] this is a this is a different option.

[16:47] It's a different way of health care and

[16:49] I hope it has a long future here in

[16:51] Marshall County. I think it will. I

[16:53] think it has a great opportunity in the

[16:54] state Commonwealth of Kentucky.

[16:57] Any other questions?

[16:59] >> Is there Is there a phone number people

[17:01] could reach out to?

[17:02] >> There's one on the back of this

[17:04] brochure.

[17:05] Um and it's if you look at the brochure,

[17:07] it's got a little funny number on the

[17:09] corner. Every brochure we do is approved

[17:11] first of all by CMS.

[17:13] So, this number is the front desk over

[17:15] at the Coordinated Center. My business

[17:18] card is on there. Uh

[17:20] I have no clinical skills and well, I'm

[17:23] not uh neither am I an expert in

[17:25] Medicare or Medicaid.

[17:27] But, if you call, we'll get someone in

[17:29] touch with you that can help your loved

[17:31] one or someone you know do that. Uh we

[17:34] are not a hard sale organization. When

[17:36] you go through the seven-step process,

[17:38] it's a pretty thorough review of

[17:40] finances, everything that goes on in

[17:42] your personal life before Medicaid

[17:44] approves that. Eventually, the state of

[17:46] Kentucky approves every member. So, you

[17:49] can call my number, you can call the

[17:51] number there on the brochure, but that

[17:53] is one that uh CMS has approved for us

[17:56] to use and uh somebody will be there to

[17:58] answer it.

[18:01] » Yeah, that that number is uh 855

[18:05] 209

[18:07] 5451.

[18:09] And um

[18:10] So, Keith, anyone can come in and tour

[18:12] the facility at any time. Do they need

[18:14] to make an appointment or anything like

[18:15] that?

[18:15] >> a little better. We like to know if they

[18:17] can because obviously, and then what

[18:18] I've trying to do is 4 days a week, I

[18:21] try to have a have a tour and invite

[18:23] some people through. So, Mr. Thorpe's

[18:24] coming through tomorrow from the

[18:26] Marshall County school system. You might

[18:27] ask why.

[18:29] Well, because they see families and

[18:31] environments that we don't see.

[18:34] Mr. Kurtner's been through. Uh Mr.

[18:36] Cutsinger from the ambulance service, uh

[18:38] the police, the fire department. Why?

[18:41] Because they make emergency calls, they

[18:43] see home settings for situations that

[18:45] you and I might not see otherwise or

[18:48] made aware. So, it's a referral process

[18:51] and uh we're we're open to anyone. I I

[18:54] would like to schedule as much as

[18:55] possible. If you just walk up and knock

[18:57] on the door, it's secure. You will have

[18:59] to there have to wait there for the door

[19:01] to get entry. But, if you can make a

[19:03] schedule, I'd like to do that in an

[19:05] orderly fashion where we can get you

[19:07] through and let you see those

[19:08] facilities.

[19:11] >> Okay.

[19:13] Anybody have any more questions?

[19:15] >> Thank you again for your support.

[19:17] >> Well, thank you for coming in and

[19:18] sharing this with us. We appreciate it.

[19:20] >> [clears throat and cough]

[19:25] » Okay, under old business, I need a

[19:27] motion to approve the minutes from the

[19:30] August 4th meeting.

[19:31] >> So moved.

[19:32] >> Second.

[19:33] >> Any discussion?

[19:35] All those in favor?

[19:35] >> Aye.

[19:36] >> Any opposed?

[19:38] Motion carries.

[19:39] Uh ordinance 2026-05 budget amendment,

[19:43] Mr. Pagel is going to give us a second

[19:45] reading on that.

[19:47] >> Okay.

[19:48] Um

[19:49] so, we're looking at increase of revenue

[19:51] accounts, state grant $79,000, grant

[19:54] fund cash balance July 1st $733,460.56.

[19:59] General cash fund balance July 1st

[20:01] $27,829.15,

[20:04] road fund grant reimbursement $413,000

[20:07] for a total of $1,253,289.71.

[20:12] The increase of spending expenditure

[20:14] accounts, park crumb rubber grant

[20:16] project $79,000, Bryant Road FEMA

[20:19] project $733,460

[20:23] $56.

[20:25] The Aurora Aurora packaging plant

[20:27] $27,829.15

[20:29] and paving $413,000

[20:33] for a total of $1,253,289.71.

[20:38] That's the second reading on this

[20:41] 17th day of August.

[20:43] >> Thank you. Need a motion to approve and

[20:45] adopt.

[20:46] >> So moved.

[20:47] >> [clears throat]

[20:47] >> Second.

[20:49] >> Motion second. Any discussion?

[20:51] All those in favor?

[20:52] >> Aye.

[20:53] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[20:56] Uh day use parks, unless anyone has

[20:59] anything they want to add to that, I

[21:01] think we'll just

[21:02] postpone that, you know, after

[21:05] I'm just talking my opinion here. You

[21:07] all are certainly welcome to chime in.

[21:09] I think we probably experienced

[21:11] hopefully a one-time isolated incident

[21:14] and think it'd be hard to put something

[21:16] in place to

[21:19] cover everything.

[21:21] Unless we have

[21:22] other problems.

[21:24] Jason, you got any thoughts to add to

[21:25] that?

[21:28] Anybody else?

[21:28] >> Uh,

[21:29] yep. Good with that.

[21:30] >> Okay.

[21:31] I know uh

[21:33] Andy had reached out to

[21:36] some of the other facilities. I talked

[21:37] to Josh at Moore's and uh

[21:40] would just I guess if we have something

[21:42] else come up, we'll deal with it then.

[21:45] Okay, advertise for bids.

[21:48] Uh, need a motion to advertise for a

[21:50] road department truck. We had one that

[21:52] was recently

[21:54] totaled in an accident. Thankfully,

[21:57] uh occupant was not injured.

[22:01] » So moved.

[22:02] >> Second.

[22:04] >> Motion second. Any discussion?

[22:07] All those in favor?

[22:08] >> I.

[22:09] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[22:11] Flex funds.

[22:13] Uh,

[22:14] need a motion to approve and sign.

[22:18] >> So moved.

[22:20] >> Second.

[22:21] >> Motion second. Any discussion?

[22:23] >> Glad.

[22:24] >> Yep.

[22:24] >> I'm very glad. I want to thank Roy for

[22:27] all of his work on that and uh I believe

[22:30] we'll soon as I can get everything

[22:32] coordinated. Correct me if I'm wrong,

[22:34] but I believe we'll be using that paved

[22:36] bill road.

[22:37] >> That's correct. As soon as we get the

[22:38] letter back when you all send that in.

[22:41] >> They have gone in and replaced

[22:43] uh all the culverts down through there.

[22:45] I think there were 22 of them.

[22:47] Get everything trimmed and ditched and

[22:49] uh

[22:50] so we're very excited to to be able to

[22:53] do that. Our our flex funds come in a

[22:56] little less than normal. We were

[22:58] anticipating that, so uh

[23:01] kind of is what it is, but we're very uh

[23:03] appreciative for getting that and being

[23:05] able to complete that project.

[23:07] >> They're a billion dollars ahead, but you

[23:09] know,

[23:11] 13 million behind on road funds, imagine

[23:14] that.

[23:15] >> Get

[23:16] just give us

[23:17] >> Anyway.

[23:21] » All in favor.

[23:24] » [laughter]

[23:24] >> I've got a lot I could say, but I'm not.

[23:26] >> Yeah.

[23:28] >> Uh

[23:30] Okay, did we have a motion on that

[23:32] already? I think I said All those in

[23:33] favor.

[23:34] >> Uh

[23:34] >> Any opposed?

[23:36] Motion carries.

[23:37] >> We're waiting on money to kick the

[23:38] horse.

[23:41] >> Yeah.

[23:42] Uh let me see here.

[23:46] Let me see if I got that letter up here.

[23:49] I know you gave it to me.

[23:55] Well, you gave it to me and I didn't

[23:57] make it up here with it. Okay.

[23:58] >> I've got it in front of me.

[23:59] >> Oh, you do? Okay. Uh this next one is a

[24:01] grounds policy. I'm just going to let

[24:04] Andy read that to you real quick.

[24:06] >> Sure.

[24:06] Uh it's addressed to the fiscal court uh

[24:09] from August 7th the other day.

[24:11] Benton Benton partnership and Lake Kim

[24:13] are hosting a harvest fest on November

[24:15] 7th, so it's still a few months out from

[24:18] 3:00 to 5:00, a 2-hour block on the

[24:20] court square. Currently still in the

[24:22] planning phase. We'll hope to have

[24:23] activities on all four sides of the

[24:25] court square.

[24:26] Lake Kim's going to bring uh try to bring in a petting zoo and

[24:31] would like to use some courthouse space

[24:33] for this. Try to

[24:35] clean up any mess they have when they're

[24:37] done.

[24:38] A couple of hours on November 7th. Uh

[24:41] there's a number to reach out to at the

[24:42] city of Benton. We can reach out to Beth

[24:44] Cooper if we need to for more

[24:46] information.

[24:47] >> That would be courthouse lawn. I know I know you said courthouse, but that is courthouse lawn. I'm Well, not

[24:53] in the courthouse.

[24:54] >> not

[24:54] The petting zoo, that would actually

[24:56] save us some fertilizer, though.

[24:57] >> It would.

[24:58] >> Yes. And it might save mowing, depending

[25:00] on if they got goats, you know, or

[25:02] something.

[25:03] So.

[25:03] >> Weed eating cut out on the weed eating.

[25:05] >> We did check with county attorney make

[25:07] sure we didn't have any issues with

[25:09] that.

[25:10] >> I move we approve.

[25:11] >> Okay.

[25:11] >> Second.

[25:13] >> Any discussion?

[25:15] All those in favor?

[25:16] >> Aye.

[25:17] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Mr. Pagel,

[25:19] if you'd please notify Beth on that.

[25:21] >> I'd be happy to.

[25:22] >> Uh board appointments, uh need a motion

[25:25] to postpone to the next meeting.

[25:27] >> So move.

[25:27] >> Second.

[25:29] >> All those in favor?

[25:29] >> Aye.

[25:30] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. We have no

[25:33] transfers today.

[25:35] Um

[25:37] need a I'll need a motion to pay the

[25:40] bills. There is one bill uh we're going

[25:42] to have to add to that.

[25:45] And uh we got that all sorted out this

[25:47] morning. And this is uh budgeted. It's

[25:51] $125,000

[25:54] uh

[25:55] to

[25:56] Miracle of Kentucky and Tennessee.

[25:58] That's for the completion of the

[26:00] playground.

[26:02] >> So move.

[26:04] » Pay the bills including that. Is there a

[26:07] second?

[26:07] >> Second.

[26:08] >> Any discussion?

[26:11] All those in favor?

[26:12] >> Aye.

[26:13] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Uh

[26:16] pertaining to the playground is complete. Uh we've got

[26:22] fencing scheduled. Uh I think we're

[26:24] still

[26:25] couple weeks out on that. Once that's

[26:27] done, we've got a little bit of uh

[26:29] landscaping and curbing to do on the

[26:32] outer perimeter of the fence.

[26:34] And uh then we're going to do some side,

[26:37] and we're working on uh getting things

[26:40] in order on that uh retaining wall down

[26:43] the side of that so we can add an

[26:45] additional 15 or 20 parking spots. So,

[26:48] it's still kind of a work in progress,

[26:49] but but very excited to get the majority

[26:52] of it done. The uh

[26:54] first game of the fall season is 29th.

[26:57] So, uh they'll be able to see that and

[26:59] enjoy that while they're there. So, very proud of that. I think it's turned

[27:03] out great. And uh

[27:06] we'll keep moving on to the next phases.

[27:10] Okay. Uh

[27:12] let's see here.

[27:14] Executive session.

[27:16] Litigation, personnel, and economic

[27:17] development. Need a motion to go in

[27:19] executive session

[27:20] to discuss those per KRS 61.810

[27:24] 1C, F, and G.

[27:26] >> So moved.

[27:28] >> Motion and second. All those in favor?

[27:29] >> Aye.

[27:30] >> Any opposed? Motion carries. We'll call

[27:33] the meeting back to order.

[27:36] Uh

[27:37] pauper burial. All efforts have been

[27:39] made to locate

[27:41] family of the deceased. There's one

[27:43] estranged family member unable or

[27:46] unwilling

[27:47] to pay for burial or cremation.

[27:50] Excuse [clears throat] me.

[27:52] The new Senate bill

[27:53] SB 27 amends

[27:55] KRS 72

[27:58] 450.1A

[28:00] and allows the fiscal court to order

[28:02] cremation or burial.

[28:06] With that said, um

[28:08] cremation amount

[28:11] uh $750.

[28:14] That

[28:16] » I move we

[28:19] uh

[28:21] What what I I hate to

[28:23] That seems like a crazy uh move to um

[28:26] cremate

[28:29] as this pauper burial.

[28:33] » Second.

[28:36] » And pay the invoice also. We'll go ahead

[28:38] and include that.

[28:39] >> Yes.

[28:40] >> So, we can get that covered in the

[28:41] bills.

[28:42] >> Second.

[28:43] >> Okay. Motion second. Uh I want to thank

[28:45] our coroner, Kenny Pratt. He put a lot

[28:47] of work into this as everything he does.

[28:49] He's very thorough.

[28:51] So, I want to thank him for his efforts

[28:53] on this. So, I have a motion and a

[28:54] second to uh

[28:56] cremate and pay the bill.

[28:58] >> Mhm.

[28:59] >> All those in favor?

[29:00] >> I.

[29:01] >> Any opposed?

[29:02] Motion carries. Just need a motion to

[29:04] adjourn.

[29:06] » I have a I'd like to make a motion to

[29:09] give Judge Spraggs the authority to sign

[29:11] a letter of support to join the state in

[29:13] an economic development proposal

[29:16] for project meteor.

[29:20] >> Okay.

[29:20] >> Second.

[29:21] Any discussion?

[29:24] All those in favor?

[29:25] >> I.

[29:26] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

[29:28] Uh

[29:29] we got a lot of momentum right now

[29:30] economic development wise. So, we should

[29:32] have some really good announcements

[29:34] coming soon. Appreciate everybody's

[29:37] work, Elizabeth's work, and everybody's

[29:41] on on getting these things done. Looking

[29:42] forward to the announcements.

[29:44] Okay.

[29:46] Uh I just need a motion to adjourn.

[29:48] >> So moved.

[29:49] >> Second.

[29:49] >> All those in favor?

[29:50] >> I.

[29:51] >> Any opposed? Motion carries.

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