GEORGETOWN, Ky. — The Scott County Fiscal Court on Aug. 28 acknowledged the library board’s decision to keep its compensating tax rate unchanged and heard a presentation from the library’s new executive director on outreach plans, including a mobile‑library program.

Elizabeth (no last name provided) told the court the library board voted to accept the compensating rate, which means no change from last year. County staff clarified the property and tangible personal rates shown in budget documents (real property 0.44 and a tangible personal rate of 0.487 as presented in the packet). The court’s acknowledgement was a receipt of the library’s adopted rates rather than a county approval of the tax rate.

Elizabeth described a proposed mobile‑library program — a truck and trailer unit that would be stocked to provide the same services the main branch offers (computers, printers, fax, notary and circulating materials) and would operate one day per week in communities with less service, starting with Sadieville and Stamping Ground. The plan would supplement the existing bookmobile, which she said already serves Sadieville, Stamping Ground, schools and day cares but does not carry the full suite of branch services.

Magistrates and staff discussed potential pilot locations such as school parking lots, EMS training rooms and a farmers market lot in Stamping Ground. Elizabeth also said the library is pursuing partnerships with local schools to provide library accounts to students who have not visited a branch so those students can check out books when the bookmobile or mobile library visits.

Why this matters: The mobile‑library plan aims to expand access to computers, printing and library services in areas of the county with fewer services and to increase school partnerships to reduce access barriers for students.