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Resident criticizes Limestone County budget priorities, urges support for senior wellness center pool
Summary
During public comment at the June 3 Limestone County Commission work session, Laura Lynn Kerner criticized county budget allocations and urged commissioners to support a senior wellness pool and wellness center as a sustainable resource for older adults.
Laura Lynn Kerner used the commission's June 3 public comment period to criticize Limestone County's budget priorities and press for county support of a senior wellness center with a pool.
"We don't feel that you care about us," Kerner said. She read a summary of line items from the county's 2024–25 budget, mentioning the jail ($1,275,000), the coroner ($800,000) and a transfer for aging services (quoted as $694,833). She said the budget listed $644.09 (transcript formatting ambiguous) for the animal shelter and about $611.08 (ambiguous formatting) for services for the elderly.
Kerner told commissioners the county's aging program states it "utilizes available resources to empower older adults to enhance their independence" and said water exercise would be the best way for older residents to meet that goal. She said the wellness center could become financially sustainable and pushed back against objections that only a few people would use a pool: "That didn't count the swim team, and that didn't count swim lessons, and it didn't count lap pools." She also disputed insurance concerns, citing experience on the board of a small Christian camp that carries pool insurance.
Kerner said the county "has the wherewithal to help us with an end of repo" (transcript phrasing ambiguous) and that it "just appears to us that you don't want to." Her remarks were part of the public-comment record; the provided transcript does not show a commission response or a motion to add funding for a pool or wellness center.
No budget action pertaining to the county's aging services, wellness center or pool was recorded during the June 3 work session in the provided transcript excerpt.
