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Clark County approves dumpsters, county road help as flood recovery continues
Summary
After heavy rain and river flooding, Clark County Fiscal Court authorized dumpsters for impacted neighborhoods and agreed the road department may assist with gravel and cleanup; officials said FEMA and state damage assessments are under way and urged residents to report damage.
Clark County Fiscal Court on April 8 approved placing dumpsters in flood-damaged neighborhoods and authorized the county road department to assist with cleanup and gravel after last week’s heavy rains and river flooding.
County officials said FEMA and state teams were in the county to conduct damage assessments and that preliminary public-assistance damage estimates will meet the federal threshold for reimbursements.
The court voted to place dumpsters at Hampton Grove and Hidden Grove, and magistrates discussed an additional authorization for the road department to move gravel and use equipment where needed. The motion to deploy dumpsters passed on a voice vote; a separate authorization to allow road-department assistance and use of donated gravel was also approved.
Emergency management officials said the county recorded 7.7 inches of rain since the previous Wednesday, with the Kentucky River cresting around 35 feet (the transcript gives 34.98), above the moderate-flood threshold. The official reporting the update said that public-assistance damage assessments had identified three roadway sites and estimated roughly $350,000 in public-assistance damages (the speaker said "somewhere in the neighborhood of 300,000, maybe $3.50, in damages on PA" in the transcript; the article reports the county estimate as stated by the official). Individual assistance assessments were under way; assessments for Hidden Grove and Anster Grove were complete.
Officials said four residents remained without power at the time of the meeting, down from 41 at the peak. They warned that a portion of 4 Mile Road has washed away and remains impassable and said residents should not attempt travel there.
Court members discussed dumpsters, timing and locations and how to fund cleanup. Emergency staff recommended placing one dumpster at each clustered neighborhood (Hampton Grove and Hidden Grove) as a starting point and noted that the state typically provides dumpsters during recovery, but the county may request them and expects to seek reimbursement. The court approved the motion to provide dumpsters and then approved authorizing the road department to assist with moving gravel and cleanup within its training and equipment capacity.
Magistrates also asked residents in affected areas to call the emergency operations center or Station 2 (the number given at the meeting was (859) 355-5254) if they had home damage that had not yet been assessed. Officials emphasized that assessments already completed for Hidden Grove and Anster/Anster Grove did not require additional calls.
Several magistrates and staff urged patience while mud dries before heavy equipment can safely operate. The emergency official said the county had received some donated gravel and that work would continue once conditions allow.
The court also discussed farm and barn damage, with officials directing farmers to contact the county agricultural agent because emergency management does not handle agricultural damage assessments.
The court’s actions give county staff authority to proceed with immediate debris-response steps while documenting costs for potential state and federal reimbursement.
