Martin County court approves clerk budget, park lease, mowing bids advertising, sheriff excess fees and two memorial namings
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Summary
During a Feb. 26 special meeting the Martin County Fiscal Court approved the county clerk’s budget, renewed a lease with the Cal Ripken Baseball League for Inez Park, authorized advertisement for park-mowing bids, allowed the sheriff to retain $20.96 in excess fees, and approved two memorial namings for a highway segment and a bridge.
The Martin County Fiscal Court on Feb. 26 approved several routine but substantive items in a special session, including the county clerk’s budget, a park-lease renewal for youth baseball, authorization to advertise for park mowing bids, a request that the sheriff retain a small excess fee, and two naming resolutions for a highway segment and a bridge.
The court approved the county clerk’s budget after the county clerk said figures were based on actual numbers and staff performance. The court then approved a one-year lease renewal for Inez Park with the Cal Ripken Baseball League, a recurring annual agreement to allow league use of county park facilities.
The court authorized the county to advertise for park-mowing bids so the county can solicit contractors for seasonal mowing of its parks.
On financial housekeeping, the court approved the sheriff’s excess fees — a $20.96 amount discussed in the meeting — allowing the sheriff to retain the funds due to the sheriff’s hardship as described by court members; at least one member voiced opposition but the motion carried.
Separately, the court passed two resolutions requesting honorary namings with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The first resolution requests designation of a portion of Kentucky Route 40 (milepoints 12.7–12.9) as the Destiny Brewer Memorial Highway to raise DUI awareness; the resolution recites Destiny Brewer’s birth (Nov. 2, 1999), her activities and that she died after a crash on June 25, 2010 and passed away June 28, 2010. The second resolution requests the designation of a bridge on Kentucky Route 1714 at mile marker 5–5.1 in Pigeon Ridge as the Blackburn Jude Memorial Bridge, noting the historical role of the Blackburn Jude family and the local landmark Jude’s Grocery. Both resolutions will be forwarded to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which has authority to approve and place signage.
Why it matters: These votes fund and authorize routine county operations (clerk services, park access, mowing), clarify small financial matters, and forward honorary naming requests to the state agency that controls signage.
The court closed the special meeting with routine approvals of the claims, appropriations and cash-transfer lists and an adjournment.
