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The sheriff also reviewed a draft resolution meant to identify and authorize use of out-of-county inmate-housing receipts as a public-safety fund and described a proposed split in the draft that would allocate 60% for sheriff operations and 40% to a county equipment/cash reserve. He said he would not begin drawing on the fund without returning to the commission for permission.

Why it matters: The proposal would change how revenue generated by housing inmates for other jurisdictions is earmarked and used, potentially reducing the sheriff’s future ad valorem (property-tax) budget requests if the revenue remains stable. Commissioners pressed for details on sustainability, legal limits and internal controls before any vote.

Sheriff Martin summarized the next steps, saying the master equity lease agreement and the completed credit application were necessary to move the vehicle-leasing proposal forward and that he had sent the lease to county legal counsel for review. He said the credit application stage was an administrative step and that maintenance, mileage caps and dealer approval were material contract terms to resolve before any lease was executed.

Commissioners asked for more detail on projected revenue and on what uses the proposed public-safety fund would permissibly cover. County Clerk Susan read historical reimbursable housing receipts to give context: \"In 2020, that fund produced $16,610; in 2021, $41,892; in 2022, $53,491; in 2023, $12,346; last year it produced $133,434; and this year to August it is $265,214,\" she said. The clerk later noted the county budget planned the fund at $126,000 for 2026.

Commissioner Jeremy Milburn asked the sheriff to identify statutory authority and safeguards and said the commission should be able to adjust the resolution language; he pressed whether the draft would allow future commissions to reallocate funds. Milburn quoted part of the draft and raised concerns that the resolution language in part 3 could be read to require supplanting county ad valorem revenue: \"In part 3, it says, in the event of a decrease or absence of ad valorem tax revenue below the previous year mill levy, the county shall supplant such funding with general fund or other funding sources to maintain adequate funding for public safety offices or services,\" Milburn said.

Commissioner Tran asked for projections and risk analysis: \"What is your projection for 2026? How much do you anticipate?\" he asked.

The sheriff said he would not use the fund without commission approval and offered a transparency pledge: \"I will not take anything out of this fund until I before I come to the commission and say, hey. This is what I'm looking at. Then we have that discussion,\" he said. \"I'm not gonna sit down there on Twentieth Street and start writing checks or putting in invoices to take money out. I'll come up and say, hey. This is a separate thing.\"

Commission discussion highlighted three themes: (1) volatility of inmate-housing revenue year-to-year, (2) the desire for written procedures and statutory citations to define permissible uses, and (3) whether to create separate funds for corrections and for law-enforcement operating needs. Commissioners asked county staff and legal counsel to return with clarified statutory references, a recommended final draft resolution, and implementation language about approvals and reporting before any action.

No formal vote was taken on the resolution or on the fleet-lease application. The sheriff said the credit application and master equity lease needed legal review and completion of administrative details before the commission could act; he expected to return with a complete packet at a subsequent meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Bourbon County Commission Meeting 9-29-25 take 2","oneSentenceSummary","Sheriff Martin asked commissioners to allow a county credit application for a vehicle lease program and reviewed a draft resolution to identify and use out-of-county inmate-housing revenue as a public-safety fund; commissioners asked for more detail and deferred formal action to a later meeting.","taxTitle","Bourbon County, Kentucky","taxId",71615,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6460566,"Commission signs mine reclamation transfer and applies for state bridge grant; both motions pass by voice vote",0,3335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75&start=3335&end=3335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75/thumbnail_3335000.jpg","/articles/6460566/Bourbon-County/Kentucky/Commission-signs-mine-reclamation-transfer-and-applies-for-state-bridge-grant-both-motions-pass-by-voice-vote","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6460566-dce566ff4397aff2564f8f6e20ca2ed9/orig.mp4?Expires=1770832870&Signature=Z~qTW8DjnKTLZ3nHKiUV9uz8SAGBSl7uWScCWFZ7DfgeaJPDN8n02JoJ~rmlR43PtijMPKvhI2ZPlJKWYd4u4MvRULSSf-Zr5PP74oSmj6P-qR-cN0kdgXhcb6DS-BWZEvYpXPCVRW08-nLA1GNuw8bG2BURVBqux8hErNQfJ2hwZOIUCnPybo8oIIFD2r53Zd4lySQhbUM~0nucbxN1woMNJz0~l99o6oRUMVf1jEDlDo-FKM-CB~klY2Gk8IHMUrDcat70c8uGIuhHr5mFvFt0A-RwtqktCIvPKnVembk923z7fuNv6pme56px8WD0NAVYnQ69doEcNEJEhMzYXg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County staff presented two items that required signatures: a mine reclamation transfer for Thomas Quarry and a Kansas Department of Transportation project programming request (form 1302) for a bridge west of 200 Fifth Street (listed as Bridge No. 19.2 in packet materials).

The commission notarized and signed the reclamation transfer to allow the new quarry operator to accept liability and reclamation responsibilities for the former Thomas Quarry site. A commissioner moved and a second followed; the commission approved the transfer by voice vote (ayes recorded).

On the bridge grant application, staff explained the county's estimated local match and that the project would enter the DOT tier-2 program with delivery targeted in 2027. The commission signed the DOT form 1302 and the project programming request; a motion and second passed by voice vote (ayes recorded). County staff noted the county's anticipated share (10% local match) and the grant’s tentative project year.

Both signature actions were approved by voice vote during the meeting and staff will file the documents with the state and with the mine operator as required.","Commissioners signed a land reclamation transfer for Thomas Quarry and approved a DOT bridge grant application (Bridge No. 19.2) and completed the required local-signature forms; both motions passed by voice vote with commissioners voting ‘aye.’",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6460571,"Commission names planning commission members to staggered terms",179,647000,826000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75&start=647&end=826","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75/thumbnail_647000.jpg","/articles/6460571/Bourbon-County/Kentucky/Commission-names-planning-commission-members-to-staggered-terms","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6460571-0f1729ac3657b03f504b099c496eb071/orig.mp4?Expires=1770832870&Signature=h3N4mrtl-vHvlgf-g0rnRcpDUGAxSOEU7zZ4wiFbhED9-yBtn8UvLdYa65y79yras8eSQaSikwQVAuaaJAFeeNxIh3fNsFd7dLFmqeBiZq~1m0yVUvt2b54Ql94JBYAbsIq5nyhq-Q~mvEJkTqxP-l~20rnAVvjmBRK8VPnftPeF1LkVhs1LkVnKwggHD4aPnuxG0H0p3Uy9WPW4x4jiQfV9IW8~ZRatceFPj8yrOjfQFLydSWYfsmDW3inUt3IyqQlb7PiHc~iI8vENVTbTMzUECFa9AwQ1o890P70rxw8XwGM0Q-pykEO82LRFd1MQnfBMWGtIxohusKIDqh~uWA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bourbon County Commission assigned term lengths for seven members of a planning commission and directed staff to contact the appointees to convene an initial meeting.

Under the appointments discussed at the meeting, one-year terms were assigned to Pete Owenby and Jeremy Milburn; two-year terms to Brent Smith and Beau Casper; and three-year terms to Kyle Parks, Brian Ashworth II and Seth Tucker. Commissioners said they would contact the individuals and arrange the first meeting so the commission could select a chair.

Commissioners discussed how to give notice and to coordinate meeting logistics; a commissioner offered to assist with contact and meeting setup. No formal vote was recorded on the appointments during the item; commissioners treated the assignments as a consensus step to move the process forward.","Bourbon County commissioners set term lengths and named members for the newly constituted planning commission; commissioners will contact appointees and schedule the first meeting.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6460576,"Commission agrees to view-only access for sheriff to CIC records; asks clerk for SOP and statute",236,51000,287000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75&start=51&end=287","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75/thumbnail_51000.jpg","/articles/6460576/Bourbon-County/Kentucky/Commission-agrees-to-view-only-access-for-sheriff-to-CIC-records-asks-clerk-for-SOP-and-statute","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6460576-968af5c6dafd6a8399e4074a6825cd8f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770832870&Signature=Xmd2KAgUMLS3qvejC1HeXD90nIy5jFPQXvdnWfcCYmWbKygGoSOvyG52r5B1hbJtmOA5Z3WXMyiVuXwNSwdu0x3YQQ4oUYDrrPtXq2xLrbLVowNjOKUbcYyNZKJSRn2Z2ys6~eMKuMUaOOu2dCgf~sXZoiG1evd5Vr18rJre3Utum6Tk3sUlK8buZ2-PXaf4OG479E3wkMjBjcVdfFdWYK104uIllNhM40MDqXAymblhMe7VQ4wq0XZ1H3EqZy-7McOmedviiNo~r6A0sSUVW0ryZx362f4c5oLbp2y7xzfYi5w55v2Jey4IUgjTKJQQQVgu3xDYyvnaIYuDBuC5xQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commissioners discussed giving the Bourbon County sheriff view-only access to the county's CIC document-scanning system so the sheriff’s office could verify receipts and review scanned billings without altering records.

Commissioners and staff said the intent was not to change existing records but to allow the sheriff to confirm that receipts and scanned documentation were present. The clerk’s office confirmed at the meeting that users could be provisioned as \"view only.\" Commissioners also discussed future full (editable) access for a new sheriff’s office employee who will handle entries; the commission said that full access would require additional safeguards and clear assignment of responsibilities.

Commissioner Jeremy Milburn asked for a standard operating procedure from the clerk’s office and from the sheriff’s office that would document who is responsible for data entry and scanning. Milburn said: \"I think as a governing body, we need an SOP. Standard operating procedure of how... certain things are entered into the system. Because I don't know what I don't know. I need the document to see and to compare.\"

At the meeting commissioners reached a consensus to permit view-only access for the sheriff and to have the clerk provide the requested statute citation and an SOP for how bills are entered and scanned. The clerk agreed to email the statute to the commissioners and to provide the SOP at the next meeting.","Commissioners agreed to give the sheriff view-only access to the county's CIC scanning system and requested a standard operating procedure and relevant statutory citations to clarify responsibilities for scanning, entry and retention of financial receipts.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":115,"_47":116,"_49":117,"_51":118,"_53":119,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":120,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":121,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6460562,"County seeks elevator repair quotes after inspector finds noncompliance; staff obtaining bids",145,298000,443000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75&start=298&end=443","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5853793-968a1be501dd9cb36cdc30f6a08e3a75/thumbnail_298000.jpg","/articles/6460562/Bourbon-County/Kentucky/County-seeks-elevator-repair-quotes-after-inspector-finds-noncompliance-staff-obtaining-bids","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6460562-de710f87c000f42af505e40300d8576b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770832870&Signature=X9HNBgeIuPlOAMVjM4WC6fN9T-mg3X4KhT6I~LRtzn7TCcYG8wC~WEezoE9wub~GghCy-ePjefIe4RPTD78G-EXCZyY1fKm9qct6Ru-sPMiDwPEFfZhDUPGrfXLOTiCZZOWqEBUrTcgjvt0UXW9Ayt5fBYBYjdZ5hc0esYokIk03hp9ROeYpqtrKo7-CIciv0mMMC4bu~ViZ31ZTwOxbR5mRa78BygIpDbfH3lXF40wNiEcwhkt4NABOJXICXv3aICrqikecP5c2Du90KvPWx5QJdAQ3z5LhjxN3NY5XWaoQDGWPvPMCSLjbXIo~8RSxcqfx~nr3P~-8DKrMCJwzeg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Commissioners reviewed an elevator inspection report presented at the meeting indicating the county's elevator is not in compliance and will require repair or modernization.

Public works staff said the county’s current maintenance company provided a compliance report and recommended repairs. The inspector told staff that, because the elevator is not currently in compliance, the maintenance company will not perform the modernization work itself and the county must get quotes from other firms. Staff said they would obtain additional quotes and return to the commission with cost estimates.

Commissioners discussed whether manufacturer-specific maintenance clauses would prevent third-party work and noted some manufacturers require certified maintainers to preserve parts warranties. One commissioner offered to review the proposed contract and help examine termination clauses before the county executes any modernization contract.","An elevator inspection report found the county elevator out of compliance; staff said the current maintenance provider will not perform the necessary modernization and that the county is obtaining alternate quotes.","actionData","errors"]

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Bourbon County sheriff seeks vehicle lease program and a public-safety fund from inmate-housing revenue

Commission signs mine reclamation transfer and applies for state bridge grant; both motions pass by voice vote

Commission names planning commission members to staggered terms

Commission agrees to view-only access for sheriff to CIC records; asks clerk for SOP and statute

County seeks elevator repair quotes after inspector finds noncompliance; staff obtaining bids