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• Resolution 2025-029 — County Road Aid Cooperative Agreement for FY2026: Approved. The court accepted the County Road Aid contract with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Department of Rural and Municipal Aid and acknowledged the county’s fiscal-year allocation of approximately $1,765,080.01 (the packet noted that the budget will likely round to $1,765,100). County participation retains 3% with the state as an emergency fund pool for disaster response. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Resolution 2025-030 — Revised 2025 Fiscal Court Meeting Schedule: Approved. The court adopted a revised meeting schedule (superseding Resolution 2024-122) to set locations and add a meeting on 06/30/2025 to address year-end expense approvals. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Resolution 2025-031 — Transmission line easements to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.: Approved. The resolution authorizes grant of transmission-line easements over county-owned parcels (deed book citations cited in the packet) to allow EKPC to upgrade an existing line near Battlefield/Crooksville Road; staff said the upgrade moves the easement 50 feet back from some properties. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Resolution 2025-032 — Community Project Funding (CPF) grant application / Central Kentucky Business Park Authority: Approved. The court authorized the Madison County Judge Executive to be the county’s authorized representative and signatory for a CPF application submitted jointly with Scott County, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and the city of Berea to support land acquisition and infrastructure for the Central Kentucky Business Park Authority (interlocal agreement dated 12/05/2024). Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Resolution 2025-033 — Conveyance of airport property for emergency/disaster relief facility: Approved. The court authorized the judge executive (or designee) to execute a deed accepting transfer of about 1.9 acres (lot 1) from the Madison County Airport Board upon the board’s passage of a corresponding resolution; packet cited KRS 67.0802 as authority. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Personnel actions: The court approved the hiring recommendations included in the meeting packet (personnel presenter: Jessica Coffee). Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

• Claims and transfers: The court moved, seconded and approved payment of claims and transfers as presented. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.

Several items had brief discussion points recorded in the meeting (for example, the County Road Aid item included explanation of the 3% emergency participation retained by the state). For additional detail on the rural-secondary FY2026 discussion and the county’s decision on flex funds, see the separate article.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Madison County Fiscal Court Meeting 04/22/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Madison County Fiscal Court approved multiple resolutions on April 22, including county road aid funding, revised meeting schedule, transmission-line easements, a CPF grant co-application, conveyance of airport property for an emergency facility, personnel hires, and payment of claims.","taxTitle","Madison County, Kentucky","taxId",51047,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6262949,"Madison County approves FY2026 rural-secondary resurfacing list, declines flexing funds to state roads",896,441000,1337000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3110396-630e2c0bb1aa2e92f17bd4f2630870ad&start=441&end=1337","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3110396-630e2c0bb1aa2e92f17bd4f2630870ad/thumbnail_441000.jpg","/articles/6262949/Madison-County/Kentucky/Madison-County-approves-FY2026-rural-secondary-resurfacing-list-declines-flexing-funds-to-state-roads","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6262949-0d915863577453f1163f338439e96b77/orig.mp4?Expires=1771111069&Signature=BH~-rHw7KmSrZv45u3bToJp~EAdeCZjsTeScwDT3DzWoYZRlROdEQadzpz95eMLxOsct74Cz4FdZtd2wMxIiBLI~RnkomuTexwcH15MjzJ541cBxzjRUENgWeLavIuEGES4uM13EaEFcVE4RRiIgfoEEadsMsMS~v17dV4hhcnhUdd07rUfJjtMYhWSQi27YFqJAfVZxBaItOPaOmMJMW2RhkMG4VRsrGN-omw32mg7gxUA~aRVbwbF20KbMW1QiJUoeWVxyysIKIBw3HHamE1eykqRjaLVWOtGwBzx6gtsfgUQWvi~j5do4ktpGuqw4-ik3kuPHP-7HuLmzZIMF4A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Madison County Fiscal Court voted April 22 to approve recommended resurfacing projects under the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) FY2026 rural-secondary program and declined to apply the county’s available “flex” share toward a state-maintained route.

The court approved resurfacing recommendations for Kentucky 499 (Crooksville Road/Brassfield Road), a roughly 3.4-mile segment between Muddy Creek and Brassfield Road in eastern Madison County; Kentucky 595 from Kentucky 876 out to Dry Branch Road; and a 0.6-mile portion of Barnes Mill Road that connects to Kentucky 595. The court also voted against using its flex funds on the KYTC-recommended state route, Kentucky 1983 (Menelaus Road) between Kentucky 595 and Kentucky 1956 (the Berea bypass).

The KYTC presentation, delivered by Casey Smith of the Division of Planning, District 7, said Madison County has about 122 miles of rural-secondary roads and currently sits within a 14-to-19-year resurfacing cycle. KYTC staff described how 22.2% of the state fuel tax is allocated to the rural-secondary program, apportioned among counties by a formula that includes rural population, land area and lane mileage. For FY2026, the county’s projected flex-share figure shown in the materials was $271,188 (projected). KYTC listed an estimated combined cost for the three orange-diamond resurfacing projects of $620,185 (estimate), and a balance shown for RS projects of $913,529 (projected balance, including carryforward from FY2025).

Scott (staff member) read resolution 2025-028, which cited Kentucky Revised Statutes sections 177.32 through 177.36 as the statutory authority for the rural-secondary funding program. Judge Taylor asked for a motion; the court made a motion and seconded to approve the recommended routes and to decline using flex funds on a state route. During discussion, magistrates and KYTC staff also noted that the resurfacing cycle had been reintroduced after being paused in prior years and that different pots of rural-secondary funding exist for resurfacing versus lower-cost maintenance such as shouldering.

On a roll call, the court recorded unanimous approval for the resolution as read: Master Lockmiller — yes; Master Hughes — yes; Master Bakken — yes; Master Combs — yes; Judge Taylor — yes. The court directed staff to email the signed resolution to KYTC.

Why it matters: Rural-secondary funding and the decision whether to “flex” county-allocated amounts to state routes affect which roads receive resurfacing and whether counties retain funds to address local (county-owned) roads. The court’s decision keeps the flex share available to county road work rather than shifting it to a state-maintained segment.

Votes at the meeting also approved other transportation and county funding items (see separate “Votes at a glance” article for the full list).","At its April 22 meeting, the Madison County Fiscal Court approved three recommended FY2026 rural-secondary resurfacing projects and voted not to apply county flex funds to a state-maintained roadway, leaving those flex dollars for county roads.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Madison County Fiscal Court, April 22, 2025

Madison County approves FY2026 rural-secondary resurfacing list, declines flexing funds to state roads