[2:09] good evening ladies and gentlemen good
evening good
[2:13] evening I'll call this meeting of the
Woodford County Fiscal Court to
[2:18] order Madame clerk would you please call
the role Taylor here here Squire Barner
[2:24] here squ Carl here squ Downey here squ
black squ Gil here squ
[2:30] thank you madam clerk uh here to offer
our invocation this evening is Tony
[2:35] Harden from Journey
Church thank you
[2:39] judge let's all bow our
heads Heavenly Father we uh we start as
[2:45] a first order of business to recognize
you as uh the Lord of All Things the
[2:50] creator of of all things and God I just
pray for uh first and foremost these
[2:56] young people behind me that are that are
being honored tonight that I pray that
[3:00] their success would indicate a bright
future for Woodford County God I pray
[3:06] for the people that are represented by
this court tonight and I pray for these
[3:11] leaders I pray that you would guide them
and that you would direct them and Lord
[3:15] if nothing else happens tonight I pray
that you would be honored and glorified
[3:20] and it's the name of your son and our
Savior Jesus Christ that I offer our
[3:25] prayers tonight amen amen and
uh Pastor Harden would ask that you'd
[3:32] stay for one of our recognitions because
there some great folks from Journey
[3:36] Church uh if if you'd like to if you're
able please rise for the
[3:43] pledge Al to the flag from the United
States of America to the Republic for
[3:50] which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice for
[3:58] all
we got started a little early tonight
[4:02] because we have a very important
recognition and we also have some
[4:05] weather coming our way so we're going to
get
[4:07] rolling and I'm going to start out with
the good of the county program the good
[4:12] of the county Woodford County the home
of
[4:16] Champions and I would submit the
greatest county in all of the universe
[4:20] and that program tonight I'd like to
start off before we get to our state
[4:24] champion cheerleaders I have three very
special people that we'd like to
[4:28] recognize
the first individual in Woodford County
[4:32] in is Don cheek staff Don if you would
please stand
[4:37] up Don is an out outstanding Woodford
County citizen who has exemplified
[4:44] exceptional commitment to our community
and she has selfishly devoted her time
[4:48] and efforts to making a positive impact
on the lives of those around her dawn
[4:53] has partnered with Journey Church and
five other surrounding churches to
[4:57] organize Woodford Community Christmas
providing gifts to over 498 children and
[5:03] 188 Woodford County families Dawn and
her team of change makers have made an
[5:09] immense uplifting influence for Woodford
County families spreading joy throughout
[5:14] the holiday season her tireless work and
effort in coordinating this large
[5:18] project is both appreciated and we
celebrate it here tonight Dawn's
[5:22] leadership has inspired our community in
the spirit of giving and helping others
[5:27] her hard work and gen generosity have
rekindled christas Christmas magic and
[5:31] joy for our children and families all
around Woodford County the impact of
[5:36] Dawn's work has been transformative on
the lives of countless Woodford County
[5:40] families and so tonight we recognize you
Don for your exemplary service ladies
[5:45] and
[5:53] [Applause]
gentlemen I have been specifically
[6:00] instructed that Dawn does not wish to
speak that she wishes that her actions
[6:06] and her generosity speak for itself but
in addition to Dawn I have two other
[6:11] folks uh the first is Tammy hon Tammy
couldn't be here with us we will still
[6:16] honor Tammy's work how about Abby tberg
is Abby Abby with us Abby is also an an
[6:24] outstanding Woodford County citizen that
has exemplified exceptional commitment
[6:28] to our community and selflessly devoted
her time and efforts to making a
[6:32] positive impact on the lives around her
she additionally partnered with Journey
[6:36] Church in the effort led by dawn to
organize
[6:41] 498 gifts for excuse me gifts for 498
Woodford County Children and 188
[6:48] Woodford County families Abby joins that
team of CHA change makers to a spread
[6:54] immense uplifting influence upon
Woodford County's family spreading joy
[6:58] throughout the holiday season aby's
leadership has inspired our community
[7:02] and the spirit of giving and helping
others her hard work and gener
[7:06] generosity is the perfect example of
what we want Woodford countyians to be
[7:12] Abby thank you along with Don for all
that you have done and we recognize you
[7:16] tonight for your important impact on our
community thank you
[7:21] [Applause]
[7:28] Abby
[7:32] than
[7:36] Scot Abby I do welcome you to say
anything okay thank you though all
[7:58] right
[8:14] and you all are more than welcome to be
excused and we really appreciate you all
[8:17] and all that you've done in our
community thank
[8:25] you I'd like to thank uh wer County
teacher Dr
[8:29] surgent uh for uh informing me in the
court of the great deeds and works of
[8:36] Abby and Dawn and um I know folks like
ly Lily Cox love to see that type of
[8:43] giving back to our community so we
really appreciate it our next
[8:49] recognition probably needs no
introduction but I'd like to introduce
[8:53] and welcome into the courtroom the state
champion Woodford County cheerleaders
[9:01] [Applause]
you got move on down yeah yeah you got
[9:28] it
[9:32] and and uh if if this
[9:50] s come on in guys come on in youall
y'all scoot over a little bit more come
[9:54] on down make
[9:58] room
[10:28] all
[10:53] wow this is a record
uh and for the record record we we still
[11:00] meet Fire Marshall standards in the
[11:05] courtroom the 2023 24 Woodford County
High School cheerleading team showcased
[11:11] unwavering dedication tireless effort
and unyielding commitment to Excellence
[11:16] this season the Woodford County high
school cheerleaders triumphed in the
[11:20] face of intense competition securing the
title of khsaa competitive cheer large
[11:26] game day division state champion
give it up for these ladies and
[11:38] men in an equally remarkable feat the
team achieved the distinguished honor of
[11:43] being the runner-up in the khsa a all
girls large traditional division their
[11:48] Precision Grace athleticism demonstrated
not only their success in the world of
[11:53] competitive cheerleading but also
exemplified the values of teamwork
[11:57] discipline and Sportsmans ship
representing Woodford County with pride
[12:01] the cheerleading program exemplifies the
gold standard all eyes are now on
[12:07] Woodford County cheerleading as they are
recognized as the top performing High
[12:11] School cheerleading program in the
Commonwealth and in the nation under the
[12:16] direction of head coach Tasha Richardson
assistant coach Stacy Spears assistant
[12:21] coach Kennedy guer District athletic
director Dennis Johnson assistant
[12:26] athletic director Blair Hicks principal
Tyler Reed and superintendent Danny
[12:31] Atkins all whom played important roles
in ensuring our team was given the
[12:35] training support and encouragement they
needed to be their best the 2023 24
[12:40] Woodford County High School cheerleading
team consists of passionate and devoted
[12:44] members Anna Anderson you can raise your
hand and we recognize you and Anna
[12:49] Anderson Josie Bon Maddie Bourne Sarah
Bradley Rees Brookshire Hayden
[12:57] Brookshire B
bruml Caitlyn cable cell Emily cell
[13:04] Darcy Carpenter Kyra Carter Addison
coddle Lexi coddle Bethany Klein Collins
[13:14] Connell Taylor cross joury cushenberry
Reese
[13:20] Divine Olivia Engel Jordan Evans Ashlin
gamper Riley green Marcy har
[13:29] Bailey Jackson Rebecca Jetton Addison
Justice Ryan Keith Addison Kelty Aubrey
[13:38] kimp Alysa ker McKenzie Marshall Emma
Meer Alison meesza Madison mcgomery
[13:47] Braden orb
Orbison Emma pageant Hadley Prather
[13:53] Amanda pervis Lila Reigns Chloe
Richardson Maggie sherro Delanie shook
[14:01] Shelby Sims Riley Spears Anna Taylor and
Avery tret give it up for our
[14:08] cheerleaders you
[14:12] [Applause]
guys I know I know I speak for uh Squire
[14:20] Kelly Carl when we worked on uh honoring
the state championship that the
[14:24] cheerleaders did just a few years ago uh
but I was Ed that uh that team uh didn't
[14:31] start out with Tasha as head coach and
Tasha came out of
[14:36] retirement she needs to go back
to you can't do that you have a title to
[14:43] defend but I Tasha was a head coach of
cheerleading back when I was in school
[14:49] and she's a pro she's done an excellent
job and she's taken the program to new
[14:56] heights to see you all at all the events
representing Woodford County you do a
[15:00] tremendous job but I'm very honored and
proud to know many of you personally and
[15:04] know your families I know that you all
have a great Collective GPA I know that
[15:10] you all give back to our community in
many many different ways and you are not
[15:14] just state champions you are great
Woodford cyan and we are proud of you
[15:18] and as Pastor Tony Harden said you are a
shining of example of Woodford County's
[15:24] future and we are so proud of you so L
and and gentlemen get up for our
[15:29] [Applause]
[15:33] champion and Tasha said that she wasn't
going to say anything but you did want
[15:37] to have a one of our seniors come out
and maybe say a few
[15:45] words so I just want to start off by
saying thank you um we've never really
[15:51] been a part of an experience like this
this is a first for us um we have really
[15:56] been super dedicated this season and
super passionate to working hard and
[16:00] earning that title but also for several
different things as well on top of that
[16:04] you know we've done a couple of
basketball games so far and we just want
[16:07] to come out and support our community so
we just want to say thank you for
[16:11] showing that to us and we just want to
say that we are continuing to work hard
[16:15] for the rest of this season and we are
hoping that our hard work will pay off
[16:20] in the end and in February to come back
with a white jacket for wford
[16:27] Camy
[16:31] I'd like to take this opportunity for
the court to get a picture with our
[16:34] State team could the coaches
[16:45] get a i l
[16:52] e I got the
ba nope never mind I'll stand over there
[16:57] nobody else follow my
suggestion try to make it f
[17:02] you don't
[Music]
[17:09] [Music]
[17:13] me tippy toes maybe in the front get
down a little
[17:24] bit I don't in these
pants
[17:34] am I
[17:57] looking
[18:01] hey hey
[18:08] [Music]
[18:25] over right there so
[18:36] [Music]
are you
[18:40] the oh no we don't do oh
[18:57] okay
[19:14] thank you Chloe keep up the good work
proud of you all thank you thank
[19:20] [Music]
you and I'd be remiss if I didn't thank
[19:26] your parents for raising me right be
great young people so keep up the great
[19:30] work thank
[19:33] [Applause]
[19:40] [Music]
[19:57] you
[20:03] [Music]
[20:09] [Music]
[20:27] KRA
[20:33] [Music]
[20:37] I like the look that you all gave him
correcting that was good he needed
[20:57] that
[23:08] all
right
[23:11] um that does conclude our good of the
county program and I appreciate Rick
[23:16] Wade and the team putting up the banner
um the way things are going I might just
[23:20] keep it up there for a little
while uh we'll move on to public comment
[23:24] anybody wishing to seek to address the
public or the
[23:29] Court no all right uh I need to approve
the minutes of the regular meeting of
[23:35] December 12 20123 in the special meeting
of 2020 December 22nd 2023 the bill pay
[23:46] meeting any uh additions Corrections
comments on the minutes any objections
[23:51] thereon seeing none I'll approve the
minutes without objections committee
[23:56] reports I'd like to report from the
committee of the
[23:59] whole uh the Fiscal Court reviewed the
sheriff's budgets and the county clerk's
[24:05] budget both our the county clerk State
and County budget and also the annual
[24:11] orders for both offices and both budgets
were approved unanimously by the
[24:18] court uh we also reviewed the comp plan
goals and objectives which have been
[24:23] worked on for months that have received
uh public hearings and public input and
[24:30] the Fiscal Court adopted resolution 2024
approving and adopting the statement of
[24:37] goals and objectives as amended and
updated by the comprehensive plan
[24:41] submitted by the versales Midway
Woodford County Planning and Zoning
[24:45] commission and um that was the sum of
the special meeting for the committee of
[24:50] the
whole then the committee of the whole
[24:54] reconvened in another special meeting
prior to this meeting as the public
[25:00] properties Corporation for those who
don't know our public property
[25:03] Corporation is the entity in which the
county owns the courthouse
[25:08] annex um we took up the matter of the um
easement from the city of versales and
[25:16] the Fiscal Court uh for the public part
of the downtown revitalization project
[25:21] that would impact the courthouse annex
and the
[25:24] property uh we moved to approve move
that easement with three specific
[25:32] contingencies first as the AOC the
administrative office of the courts has
[25:37] instructed we would need judicial
approval from the elected judges for
[25:43] them to sign off the second is is that
we acknowledge that there would be only
[25:49] nominal consideration and no
uh no amount of consideration above
[25:57] nominal consideration for us to have
that easement any type of public
[26:01] property that has any value has to be
compensated for that unless it's
[26:05] purchased by a um another government and
so we have to reflect that and then
[26:11] thirdly that there are issues with the
easement language and the Drafting and
[26:17] the county attorney and myself are going
to work with the city attorney to
[26:20] approve that but uh overall the
um the court has not expressed any
[26:28] concern with these easements in fact
they approv them unanimously with that
[26:33] easement uh and I would also note that
that easement does not include the other
[26:37] easement which was discussed which was
the archway and we also discussed that
[26:43] the archway was likely going to be
relocated at least in the last that
[26:46] we've heard from the city officials
judge I did not vote for that excuse me
[26:52] uh um I we did approve it there was one
naay vote in the na vote was Squire
[26:58] Brown I don't think I said that was
unanimous but um let let the record
[27:03] reflect that there was one neote vote on
the annex easement thank you Squire
[27:07] Brown and I did not mean to misrepresent
you in
[27:12] that um that was the total sum of our
pre
[27:16] meetings and so we will move on uh does
anybody have any questions regarding the
[27:20] committee
report seeing none how about the report
[27:24] of the treasurer Madam
treasurer
[27:32] I don't have a financial report this
evening um we just finished quarter end
[27:37] and you will have those reports they'll
be on the agenda for the next meeting
[27:41] for acceptance thank you madam Treasurer
does anybody have any questions for the
[27:45] treasurer everybody's in receipt of the
quarter
[27:49] end thank you for your hard work on that
Madam
[27:53] Treasurer um on behalf of recycling I
don't think Sherry or Joe are here uh
[27:58] they have a surplus of a Dodge Ram 2001
they need to be scrapped I need to
[28:04] approve their motion for surplus of same
motion motion by Squire Gentry second by
[28:08] Squire
Barner seeing no discussion all those in
[28:12] favor please vote and signify by saying
I I all those oppos
[28:17] nay um in my discussions with recycling
they talked about a uh some sort of part
[28:24] in the interior of the cab that one of
our maintenance employees would like the
[28:29] opportunity to maybe get I don't think
it has any value I'm going to run that
[28:32] through the road department uh but I
would entertain a motion to approve the
[28:39] a a piece of the interior of the cab to
be surplused to allow a County employee
[28:46] to then uh make use of that is there a
motion for same motion by Squire Brown
[28:52] second by Squire Taylor seeing no
discussion all those in favor please
[28:55] vote and signify by saying I I all those
oppos nay and the motion
[29:02] carries I'd just like to give a brief
report to the Fiscal Court on the uh
[29:07] proposed Parks
project
[29:11] uh at my request and as I believe that
um in the spirit of the Fiscal Court
[29:17] that we have always had public hearings
I requested that the uh parks and recck
[29:23] board have a public hearing on the
proposed list of parks project projects
[29:28] and that happened last night um and my
understanding and this is why these
[29:32] things occur is that there was some
question and confusion about where these
[29:37] projects are there were some um a lot of
input given about what folks wanted to
[29:43] see and so um we've been in discussions
with the uh City on these Parks projects
[29:51] for some time uh but we're arriving at a
negotiation on the funding apparatus how
[29:58] we will fund it and the Parks and
Recreation board their expertise and
[30:04] area are actually in the projects we as
the Fiscal Court are responsible for the
[30:10] funding and the city and the county are
the funding mechanism not only generally
[30:14] for the parks projects but specifically
for this Parks project list which is
[30:20] going to be taken up outside of the
interlocal government agreement I since
[30:27] you some information on that some of my
discussions with the mayor um this is
[30:31] what I want folks to know so just
because it's been announced just because
[30:35] the list is there just because I believe
that the uh Parks Board supports most
[30:41] everything that is on that list um this
court is going to do our due diligence
[30:46] especially when it comes to the
financing and funding of these
[30:49] projects um I think there was some
suggest some suggestion that maybe some
[30:54] of these projects should have been M
moved further along
[30:57] uh that maybe the county wasn't doing
our part um but I want to address that
[31:02] clearly and state that these
negotiations have continued they've been
[31:07] productive there has been no delay and I
would ask for folks to have patience and
[31:12] understanding in this process it's two
of our major governments in this County
[31:17] working together to come find common
ground to fund these projects let me
[31:21] make it very clear that $6 million in
funding is a significant amount of
[31:27] funding and we're not going to rush to
the table uh to to fund that without all
[31:32] the details and understanding that's why
there has been no vote of the of the
[31:36] Fiscal Court uh the city council did
approve a funding resolution but that
[31:41] was in a way their offer that was their
offer to the court um I as most of the
[31:48] Court knows we don't operate by
resolution we don't operate we we take
[31:53] the votes when action items matter we
will generally pass orders of the Court
[31:58] by virtue of motion to generally support
the project and we did that at our last
[32:02] full Fiscal Court meeting um so for
those who have questions about what
[32:07] we're doing um I believe that the uh we
we could potentially have discussion on
[32:13] the funding mechanism for the parks
project at our next Fiscal Court meeting
[32:17] um there is also a chance that that
might not be right for discussion uh but
[32:22] I do know that each and every one of
these projects is valuable it's been V
[32:27] and it did not come from me or the mayor
or the city council or the Fiscal Court
[32:31] it came from the citizens of Woodford
County through Parks and Recreation
[32:35] which is the the proper way that we
should arrive at these decisions so you
[32:42] know I don't I'm not sure that anybody
was going to proceed without a public
[32:46] hearing but if we if our funding is on
the line we're having public hearing
[32:51] we're having public input we're
welcoming our citizens and neighbors to
[32:55] come and tell us how they feel about uh
these different things so and and we do
[33:00] that with everything but specifically a
big funding project like this so I may
[33:06] even reserve the opportunity to have an
open uh open public hearing on the
[33:11] funding mechanism for this once it's
finally decided uh but that is the
[33:15] update that is the report from where we
are I'm I'm um comfortable and I feel
[33:20] confident that the way that these
negotiations are moving forward I think
[33:25] we're working well with the city of
ourselveses so um you know I really
[33:29] would like to see some of these projects
begin in the spring but we're not going
[33:34] to do it just because um we're going to
go through our due diligence we're going
[33:39] to make sure it makes fiscal sense and
practical practical sense and we're
[33:43] going to make sure that it has full
community support and input anybody have
[33:48] any questions regarding any of
that uh Squire Carl you're recognized um
[33:53] judge I just I'm glad you like stated
the fact that we're all very supportive
[33:57] of this and I do appreciate our caution
on this and our due diligence on this
[34:03] and the transparency of it all and the
hearings for this to let people their
[34:07] input we want to know their input it is
a lot of money and but again we're all
[34:11] in total support of this and U again we
it we'll get there we will get there
[34:17] absolutely thank you Squire
Carl all right that's uh the sum of our
[34:23] reports any other department or agency
have a report to bring before the court
[34:29] seeing none uh I'll move on to general
orders and unfinished business I have no
[34:34] board appointments for you but I will
report that the chair of the South
[34:37] Woodford water district Mr uh Barry
Drury has stepped down from his term and
[34:43] I am looking at recommendations for
appointments I'm working with the
[34:47] current board uh Bobby Lippert and David
Hudson they're the current members of
[34:51] the board and we're looking at finding
someone likely to be the chair of that
[34:55] board and so I know this specifically
impacts uh both Squire Gil and Squire
[35:00] Browns District uh most directly and I
will uh update you all as that process
[35:07] proceeds there could be if the right
candidate is found the need to have a
[35:11] email vote to appoint someone in that
place earlier than our next meeting uh
[35:15] but I do anticipate that we will act on
that sooner rather than
[35:20] later I have no other board appointments
for the court tonight uh so I would like
[35:25] to now take up the contract renewal for
the detention center for Johnson
[35:30] Controls that's for December 1 23 to
November 30th 24 is there a motion to
[35:35] approve that contract renewal motion
motion by Squire Gil second by Squire
[35:39] Downey seeing no discussion all those in
favor please vote and signify by saying
[35:44] I I all those oppos nay and the motion
carries the claims the bills to be paid
[35:50] by this County are before you are there
any questions or comments on any of the
[35:54] bills to be paid
seeing none are there any objections to
[35:59] the bills to be paid also seeing none I
will approve the bills to be paid
[36:04] without
objection the next item are transfers
[36:09] those are for the quarter end December
31 2023 is there a motion to approve the
[36:13] transfers as presented motion by Squire
Carl second by Squire
[36:18] Barner seeing no discussion all those in
favor please vote and signify by saying
[36:22] I I I all those oppose nay and the
motion
[36:27] carries the next item is a Personnel
order and you all have that before you
[36:32] we have director of our EMS Freeman
Bailey here which the majority if not
[36:37] all of the Personnel order pertains to
does anybody have any questions there
[36:42] on we'll be hiring some folks to help us
in
[36:47] EMS seeing no questions a motion to
approve the Personnel order motion M
[36:53] Squire Carl second M Squire
Gil
[36:57] seeing no discussion all those in favor
please vote and signify by saying I I
[37:01] all those oppose nay and the motion
carries we do have two neighborhood
[37:06] Grant agreements that as a formality we
need to approve the one for the uh
[37:11] Southland neighborhood and the one for
Bluegrass Estates could I have a motion
[37:16] Square dowy for the Southland
neighborhood so move second second
[37:21] Squire
Barner see no discussion all those in
[37:24] favor of approving the neighborhood
Grant agreement between Fiscal Court and
[37:28] Southland neighborhood please vote and
signify by saying I I all those oppos
[37:32] nay the motion carries the next one
would be for Bluegrass
[37:37] Estates may I have a motion to approve
that agreement motion motion M Squire
[37:42] Gil second second by Squire Taylor
seeing no discussion all those in favor
[37:47] please vote and signify by saying I I
all those oppose nay the motion carries
[37:53] unanimously moving on to
um our we have several second readings
[38:01] coming up actually four of them and the
first one that we will take up is the
[38:05] proposed second reading of the ordinance
20237 short-term rentals and bed and
[38:09] breakfast establishments is there a
motion to have second reading of
[38:14] same motion motion by Squire Taylor
second by Squire Gentry I'd open up the
[38:20] floor for any
discussion I would just note that that
[38:24] is another good example of how we um had
a lot of work and sought a lot of input
[38:30] I think arrived at uh maybe not a
perfect ordinance but one that everyone
[38:35] understands and will be a great start
for U authorizing bed and breakfasts and
[38:41] short-term rentals in Woodford
County seeing no further discussion the
[38:46] motion to approve the second reading of
ordinance
[38:56] [Music]
all those oppose
[38:58] nay the motion carries unanimously Mr
County attorney sir judge this would be
[39:04] uh fortunately a title in summary
reading of this ordinance considering
[39:09] how many pages it is uh amending article
7 zoning districts of the verceles
[39:13] Midway Woodford County zoning ordinance
to address short-term rental
[39:17] establishments and setting forth article
7 in its entirety including uh by
[39:23] incorporating this amendment article 7
of the zoning ordinance being codified
[39:27] to reflect prior amendments and
specifically to incorporate therein
[39:31] changes as relate to the establishment
and classification of Str short-term
[39:35] rentals and to address the
reclassification of bed and breakfast
[39:39] homes and ends uh BNB as relates to
these two uses their classifications in
[39:45] the unincorporated areas of the county
shall both be as follows for both St Str
[39:49] and BNB conditional uses section
71.4 na A1 section
[39:55] 74.5 uh in A4 section 78.4 in R2 section
79.4 in R3 section
[40:04] 7124 uh in P1 and section 12.4 in co1
B&B has been eliminated as conditional
[40:12] use in RR single family residential
district r1a uh B1 and B2 uh B&B is no
[40:20] longer permitted accessory use in A1 and
instead is classified as a conditional
[40:25] use along with Str strs also B&B is no
longer a permitted conditional use in
[40:31] neighborhood B1 uh B2 instead both BNB
and Str now principal uses in those two
[40:37] districts um also BNB and St added as
principal uses uh in Highway business
[40:43] district B4 section
76.2 uh this being the second reading
[40:49] this ordinance is final although it does
need to be published uh in this in this
[40:54] summary form within 30 days
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[40:58] thank you Mr County attorney thank you
just warming
[41:03] up we now have the uh proposed second
reading of ordinance
[41:12] 2023-the and creating the Woodford
County EMA is there a motion to approve
[41:17] second reading of ordinance
[41:26] discussion director Chandler is with us
for any questions or
[41:31] clarification seeing none director
Chandler I really appreciate your work
[41:35] on that uh formalizing and
professionalizing our agency and all the
[41:40] work that you all do and uh we'll do
maybe really soon hope not but any other
[41:47] comments or questions or discussion
judge fade before we do Drew you're good
[41:51] with the final
[41:55] draft I I didn't see anything uh
substantive or grammatical that needed
[42:01] to be addressed so I would be more
offended by the grammatical so I'm glad
[42:05] you did not find I'm glad you did not
find that so okay Mr County attorney you
[42:10] you took a an example that we put
together looking at some of our uh uh
[42:15] sister counties and you took it and ran
with it and I couldn't be more pleased
[42:19] with the end product all right just want
to make sure you're okay with it thank
[42:22] you all
right excellent excellent work gentlemen
[42:26] thank you any other questions or
comments seeing none all those in favor
[42:30] of the motion on the table to adopt and
approve ordinance 2023 d19 please vote
[42:35] and signify by saying I I all those
opposed
[42:40] nay motion carries unanimously Mr County
attorney sir yes judge again this will
[42:44] be a summary reading of that ordinance
creating the Woodford County Emergency
[42:48] Man uh management agency uh based
primarily on regulation and statute be
[42:54] ordained by the Fiscal Court that the
Woodford County Emergency Management
[42:58] agency is established that is provision
a provision B relates to the duties of
[43:03] the Emergency Management director Mr
Chandler uh section c relates to the
[43:08] interlocal agreement we have with the
cities uh section D is a penalty
[43:12] provision basically violations or Class
A misdemeanors which mean in Kentucky
[43:17] that's punishable by fine of up to $500
and or up to 12 months in the county
[43:21] jail this being a second reading this
ordinance is also final although it two
[43:26] needs to be published in summary form
within 30 days thank you Mr County
[43:30] attorney thank you judge the next item
is the ordinance
[43:36] 2023-24 16005 Mallen FY road is there a
motion to approve second reading of
[43:44] Saint motion by Squire Carl second
second by Squire Gil is there any
[43:49] discussion seeing none all those in
favor please vote and signify by saying
[43:54] I I all those opposed
nay motion carries unanimously Mr County
[44:01] attorney sir thank you judge this would
also be a summary reading of that
[44:04] ordinance relating to a zoning map
Amendment preliminary plat malind Mo
[44:07] 16005 Mcall Fair Road A1 District A2 uh
District RR Farmland be it ordained by
[44:15] the Fiscal Court uh that this amendment
is in compliance with Comprehensive plan
[44:19] the subject property containing 15107
acres is rezoned as I just described um
[44:25] and the versales Midway Woodford County
zoning map shall be amended to reflect
[44:29] this change upon plat approval by the
Planning Commission this to being a
[44:33] second reading it is final although it
too needs to be published in summary
[44:37] form within 30 days thank you Mr County
attorney thank you judge our last and
[44:43] final second reading is for the formal
of adoption of aen way into the county
[44:47] road system that's ordinance 2023-2024
[44:56] our
Gentry um a lot of good work went into
[45:00] making sure this would happen appreciate
everybody
[45:03] involved uh especially our road
supervisor and road
[45:06] department um other questions or
comments seeing none all those in favor
[45:14] of ordinance
[45:26] yes judge uh this to will be a summary
reading of that ordinance relating to
[45:29] formal adoption of a certain new Public
Road into Woodford County Road system uh
[45:34] being accepted uh formally here in
tonight by virtue of this second reading
[45:39] and that road is aen wave the length is
044 Miles the width is 22 ft the
[45:43] RightWay is 50 ft and the description is
from us62 Lawrenceberg road to the end
[45:48] at the cesac this being a second reading
this ordinance to is final and it to
[45:53] needs to be published in summary form
within 30 days thank you Mr County
[45:58] attorney thank you judge and thank you
Madame clerk for getting all of these
[46:01] properly advertised so this onslaught of
ordinances so we could get these all
[46:06] done tonight thank you I second that
Thank you new business um I'm excited to
[46:12] announce that for the first time since
the pandemic after uh renovation we are
[46:19] going to reopen the Woodford County
community room now designated the John
[46:24] be coil community room in the basement
for reservations for our public to use
[46:31] um essentially it would be during any
time in business hours and after hours
[46:35] Monday through Thursday until 8:30 p.m.
I've worked with uh the sheriff Johnny
[46:41] willo and I appreciate Deputy Jimmy
Fugate being here as well uh we've
[46:46] worked out a plan for my office to take
the reservations to work with Rick Wade
[46:50] and the maintenance department and the
Sheriff's Office to make sure that we
[46:53] have coverage uh to allow folks in the
community to have meetings and other
[46:58] gatherings in the community room um
there were some other things that the
[47:02] community room was permitted for in the
past that we are not quite ready to open
[47:07] those for for special events weekend
events uh but once we get the community
[47:11] room back open and we get the
reservations going we'll uh make sure
[47:16] that we can continue to do that Mr
County attorney and and judge you
[47:20] everyone would notice and and and this
was an excellent job putting this
[47:23] together um there this is primarily for
meetings not parties at this stage and
[47:31] and that's why you don't have cost for
it that's why you don't have security
[47:35] deposits that sort of thing it's just uh
for the better part of the day when the
[47:40] courthouse is open for people to use for
meetings and such Gatherings um and uh
[47:46] so in case anyone was wondering why
there's no security deposit why there's
[47:50] no cost or anything that's why if it
ever gets to that other aspect all those
[47:54] matters would have to be consider
considered and if for example there was
[47:59] something that we'd like to approve the
community room is used for we would
[48:02] bring it to the court and the court as
you are in charge of the facility would
[48:07] uh make whatever determination you would
but so I'd like to entertain a motion uh
[48:13] to approve the community Room reopening
and reservation process as presented to
[48:19] the
court motion by Squire Brown second by
[48:23] Squire Downey are there any discussions
on that seeing none all those in favor
[48:29] please vote and signify by saying I I
all those opposed
[48:34] nay second there is a waiver and release
form that the County Attorney uh that
[48:39] Madame Clerk and also Emily Castle in my
office have worked really uh hard on
[48:45] it's not quite ready for um we're going
to continue to do a little work on it
[48:50] just to refine it a little bit but
pending the approval of the judge
[48:55] executive and County attorney I would
request a motion to uh authorize that
[49:00] form as the reservation and waiver and
release form for the county motion by
[49:05] Squire Downey second by Squire
Carl any
[49:09] questions seeing none all those in favor
please vote and signify by saying I I
[49:15] all those oppose nay and the motion
carries the next uh I I will I will say
[49:23] that um we are looking at organiz ing a
u open house a reopening of the
[49:29] community room we'll probably look out
probably early spring uh maybe a little
[49:34] bit earlier but we want to invite folks
back and we also want to rededicate it
[49:37] in honor of judge executive John bear
Cole so we will we will do that um I'll
[49:43] give you plenty of notice but that will
be coming down the pipe as well speaking
[49:48] of our facilities and their use on
Monday the holiday January 15th uh the
[49:55] mark Martin Luther King Jr march will
begin at Clifton Road and Martin Luther
[50:00] King Boulevard and it will uh conclude
here at the courthouse that looks like a
[50:05] very cold and potentially icy day uh but
I would request a motion to approve the
[50:12] courthouse facility to be open for the
use of the Martin Luther King Jr march
[50:16] on Monday January 15th so motion was
Squire Brown second M Squire
[50:21] Varner see no discussion all those in
favor please vote and signify saying I I
[50:27] all those oppos nay the motion carries
unanimously uh I would note that uh the
[50:35] breakfast uh all of our members of the
Fiscal Court appear to be going to the
[50:39] breakfast together and repres
representing a unified front from the
[50:42] Fiscal Court at the uh breakfast at
First Christian Church on Monday January
[50:48] 15th uh starting at 8:30 program to
start at
[50:52] 8:45 thank you all uh for helping
coordinate that we have a training
[50:58] incentive to pres uh to approve for the
Jailer for 2023 pursuant to the statute
[51:04] 64. 5275 subsection 6 is there a motion
to approve that incentive motion motion
[51:10] M Squire Gentry second Mr Squire Carl
are there any questions seeing none all
[51:15] those in favor please vote and signify
by saying I I I all those oppos nay the
[51:21] motion carries
unanimously um now we'll move on to
[51:24] announcements Madam clerk do you see
anything I've overlooked or anything
[51:27] else we need to attend
to I'd like to thank Squire Barner for
[51:32] recognizing that in our Proclamation we
missed Miss Isabelle
[51:37] brco and we are going to get her one
that is updated with her name uh we
[51:44] we even though they're state champions
they got a lot going on they just
[51:47] submitted the list with that one very
important name Miss Isabel brco but
[51:51] thank you Squire Barner for catching
that and so with that I'll open up the
[51:55] announcements for you to start us off
this evening if you'd like thank you
[51:58] judge I have nothing thank you thank you
square Carl nothing judge thank you
[52:03] thank you square Downey thank you judge
uh I just wanted to let the court know
[52:08] that the city of sales spear headed by
councilwoman Laura Dake uh partnered
[52:13] with the uh Kentucky Department of
Public Health and recently completed a
[52:18] active living non-motorized pedestrian
travel assessment which is a mouthful
[52:24] but otherwise referred to as walkability
study um so there's some really good
[52:28] findings there a lot of it focus on
sidewalk but uh increased safety
[52:32] measures um but again all coming back to
connectivity and and access for our
[52:36] community and so when that uh finding
when the study is finalized I'll share
[52:41] with the court uh because they have a
lot of recommendations um potentially
[52:44] working with our local district office 7
on some uh improvements but it gives a
[52:49] lot of recommendations for our those in
town but also crosses over into a lot of
[52:53] other magisterial districts as well
about connectivity from you know really
[52:57] a walkability and pedestrian travel
standpoint so thank you judge thank you
[53:02] Squire Downey Square black sir Squire
Gil um today um a longtime Woodford
[53:09] County and was laid to rest Leah brck
there was no finer person you would ever
[53:15] meet and I just like to give condolences
to the the Dale and the bronach families
[53:20] and also to Squire Blackford who I
learned lost his sister on January 1st
[53:26] so you're in our
prayers thank you Squire Gil and um
[53:31] you're recognizing two great ladies I've
had the opportunity of growing up with
[53:36] Karen and knew Miss brumbach very well
and I would like to take a moment to
[53:40] offer a moment in silence in honor of
those two wonderful ladies if you would
[53:54] please
[53:57] amen thank you Squire Gil Squire
Blackford we send our love and prayers
[54:02] and condolences to you and your family
Squire Brown sir nothing Jud Squire
[54:08] Taylor Squire Gentry uh nothing thank
you you're welcome Mr County attorney
[54:14] sir judge uh just belated happy New Year
to everyone look forward to year two
[54:18] with the court thank you thank you um in
addition to those two wonderful folks we
[54:24] just met mentioned we also lost Katie M
Campbell 90 years old the wife of Mr Joe
[54:29] Campbell uh passed away on Friday
January 5th she was born in
[54:35] 1933 and she was a fixture at the
Woodford County Senior Center for the
[54:39] past many years she was a great cook
everyone loved her greens and she also
[54:44] was a longtime and faithful member of
the First Baptist Church of her sales
[54:48] and so in honor of those three ladies I
would like us to take another moment of
[54:53] silence and we will adjourn in their
honor tonight if you would
[55:03] please amen and when we adjourn we do so
in the honor of those three women thank
[55:08] you members of the Court thank you
Woodford County and God bless
[55:24] you