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Pike County Fiscal Court approves minutes, road adoption, grants, hires and a landfill contract
Summary
At its Aug. 18 meeting the Pike County Fiscal Court approved the minutes, acknowledged tax settlements, adopted a county road, approved several grant applications and interfund transfers, accepted personnel actions, and awarded a $2.77 million landfill-phase contract contingent on emergency-management approval and reimbursement.
Pike County Fiscal Court members voted on a series of routine and substantive items during their Aug. 18 meeting; all recorded roll-call votes on the listed motions were unanimous.
The court approved the minutes of the Aug. 5 meeting (motion by Commissioner Atkins; second by Commissioner Scott). The court acknowledged the sheriff’s 2024 franchise and telecommunications tax settlement and received the sheriff’s 2024 real property tax settlement and approved quittus (motion by Commissioner Atkins; second by Commissioner Scott).
Judge Jones moved and the court approved accepting a donor-funded modification to the county animal-shelter website so residents can make online donations; the motion authorized technical staff at the News Express (mover: Judge Jones; second: Commissioner Atkins). The court also acknowledged the Pike County Board of Education’s 2025 tax rates, which were presented as slightly lower than the prior year on real and personal property (motion by Commissioner Scott; second by Commissioner Atkins).
On roads and property access, the court completed a second reading and adopted Noel Howard Road (described in the record as 0.2379 miles, 15 feet wide) into the county road system under state statute cited during the reading; the motion to adopt passed (motion by Commissioner Scott; second by Commissioner Lewis).
The court approved several grant-related actions: a motion to file an application for a government resources “accelerating needed transformation” program for Brushy Creek water-line extension phase 2 (mover: Commissioner Scott; second: Commissioner Atkins) and a resolution authorizing the filing of a Kentucky Local Match Participant Program (LMPP) application to support a U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) buyout program. The court recorded that it had been approved for up to $33,521,514.20 from the NRCS for a voluntary buyout program; the court also approved filing for a local match program that the record describes as supporting approximately $3.2 million in local match funds and authorized the judge to execute necessary documents (mover: Commissioner Atkins; second: Commissioner Lewis).
Finance and operations approvals included interfund transfers (transfer of $200,000 from the road fund and $200,000 from the solid waste fund to a maintenance garage fund), authorization to move payroll bank accounts from Truist Bank to Community Trust Bank, and acknowledgement of July financial statements and departmental reports (motion by Commissioner Atkins; second by Commissioner Scott).
The court approved the road supervisor’s completed and scheduled work orders (motion by Judge Jones; second by Commissioner Atkins) and then, during the department supervisors portion of the agenda, voted to award the landfill phase 6 road and earthwork contract to Bridal Construction for $2,772,290, contingent on approval by emergency management and reimbursement (motion by Judge Jones; second by Commissioner Atkins). The award was made under competitive negotiations after no bidders were received under sealed-bid procurement rules, the record shows.
After an executive session to discuss pending litigation and personnel, the court acknowledged multiple personnel actions including seasonal and permanent hires (Ballard Wolford, Eddie Wolford, Jason Baker, James Hamilton, Danny Wiz), the resignation of Zach Payne from solid waste, and the administrative reassignment of Sharon Hall as GRAMA administrator; the motion listing hires and changes passed (mover and record: Judge Jones; second: Commissioner Atkins).
All roll-call votes recorded in the minutes show Commissioners Scott, Atkins and Lewis and Judge Jones voting in the affirmative on each listed motion.
