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Votes at a glance: Daviess County Fiscal Court approves bids, contracts, personnel and an ordinance on April 10, 2025
Summary
The court approved multiple routine procurement awards, personnel actions, two janitorial contracts, a courthouse change order and adopted a revised animal control ordinance; the meeting recorded one abstention on an incentive payment.
Daviess County Fiscal Court approved a range of routine procurement awards, personnel actions and an ordinance at its April 10 meeting. Most items were approved by voice vote; one required an abstention to be recorded.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Executive Order No. 5-2025 (Declaration of a Local State of Emergency, 04/01/2025): Presented by the Judge Executive under KRS 39A.100(2); informational item entered into the permanent record, no legislative vote required.
- Minutes of March 20, 2025: Approved by voice vote.
- All claims for all departments: Approved by voice vote.
- Annual rate schedule for Daviess County: Approved; no rate changes except removal/inclusion of specified services.
- Memorandum of Agreement: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of Drug Control Policy — Daviess County Kentucky ASAP Local Board opioid harm reduction budget (state-approved $20,000, plus $20,000 traditional grant): Approved; Daviess County acts as fiscal agent.
- Joint funding agreement: U.S. Geological Survey OKI Water Science Center — county share of annual river gauge cost ($2,000/year): Approved.
- Ordinance KOC 1,010.9042025: Second reading and adoption to repeal and replace KOC 1,010.6 establishing an animal control and protection policy: Adopted by voice vote.
- Annual incentive payment for an East County commissioner (KRS 64.5275): Approved with a recorded abstention by Commissioner Marksberry; court approved the payment but the record shows one abstention.
- Cooperative renewal: Bulk sodium chloride (city bid 4230) at $94.76/ton: Approved.
- Change Order O9 for courthouse renovation: Approved. Net increase to contract $7,388; revised contract price $3,734,964.
- Multiple bid awards (all approved): Pavement striping (Reynolds), crushed limestone (Molzer Crushed Stone Inc.), janitorial services for Morton J. Holbrook Judicial Center (Purist Clean), janitorial services for county administrative facilities (Purist Clean), fire alarm detector upgrade at Daviess County Detention Center (Business Communication Solutions, $19,528.29), Yellow Creek Park waterline project (DMV Inc., $123,260), administrative office furniture (Better Business Systems, $49,297).
- Personnel and personnel actions approved: resignations accepted for Kevin O'Hearn (effective April 7, 2025) and Al Buck (effective April 30, 2025); promotions approved for John Whitworth (solid waste equipment operator 2, effective March 30, 2025) and Key Church (truck driver 1, effective April 13, 2025); seasonal hire of Eli Austin as park attendant pending pre-employment screening.
Most approvals were made by unanimous voice vote; where a roll call was not recorded the court indicated approval by the five members present saying "aye." The incentive payment approval recorded Commissioner Marksberry's abstention. For items citing dollar amounts or contract totals, the amounts listed above were stated in staff presentations and are recorded in the meeting materials.
