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Pike County fiscal court approves budget amendment, awards watershed bid and authorizes transfers
Summary
The fiscal court unanimously approved a budget carryover amendment, awarded a watershed debris-removal contract, adopted work orders and authorized multiple interfund transfers and payments.
The Pike County Fiscal Court unanimously approved several finance and procurement actions, including a budget amendment that carries prior-year funds into the current fiscal year, an award of a Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)–funded debris-removal bid, adoption of completed work orders and several interfund transfers and payment authorizations.
Judge Jones read Amendment No. 1 to the current fiscal year budget, describing an additional $6,567,414 in revenues and an equal amount in expenditures representing prior-year carryover. Roy (county staff) confirmed the amendment was primarily carryover funds; the court approved the amendment on a roll-call vote: Commissioner Scott — Yes; Commissioner Atkins — Yes; Commissioner Lewis — Yes; Judge Jones — Yes.
Greg (county staff) summarized bid opening results for Bid No. 38-2024 (Lizzie Ford Emergency Watershed Protection Stabilization debris removal), reporting three bids and recommending award to Hinkle Environmental of Richmond, Ky., for $289,764.25. The motion to award the bid to Hinkle passed unanimously on roll call.
The court also adopted completed and scheduled work orders, authorized interfund transfers and specific checks: transfer $297,119 from the solid-waste fund to the maintenance garage fund; transfer $2,000,000 from the general fund to the road fund; transfer $400,000 from the general fund to the jail fund; transfer $99,778.78 from the general fund to the state grants fund; and authorized checks including $130,432 to H2O Construction for Wolf Pit Industrial Site Phase 1 (EDA grant) draw request 5 and $44,018.78 to Trace3 LLC for Agi...equipment funds. The court acknowledged receipt of the treasurer's monthly financial statement ending 12/31/2024.
Personnel items were acknowledged by the court: resignations (Bradley Tackett effective 12/06/2024; Stephen Lane effective 12/23/2024), a termination (Devon Warren effective 01/04/2025) and multiple internal reassignments with effective date 01/07/2025. Those personnel acknowledgments passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Votes at a glance: - Approval of minutes, Dec. 19, 2024 — Motion: Commissioner Atkins; Second: Commissioner Lewis; Vote: Scott/Atkins/Lewis/Judge Jones — all Yes. - Budget Amendment No. 1 (carryover) — Motion: Commissioner Atkins; Second: Commissioner Lewis; Vote: unanimous Yes; Amount: $6,567,414 additional revenues and expenditures. - Award Bid No. 38-2024 (Lizzie Ford EWP debris removal) to Hinkle Environmental — Motion: Commissioner Scott; Second: Commissioner Lewis; Vote: unanimous Yes; Award: $289,764.25. - Adopt completed and scheduled work orders — Motion: Commissioner Atkins; Second: Commissioner Lewis; Vote: unanimous Yes. - Treasury/business items including interfund transfers and payment authorizations (multiple checks listed in the meeting) — Motion: Commissioner Atkins; Second: Commissioner Scott; Vote: unanimous Yes; notable transfers/checks detailed below. - Personnel acknowledgements (resignations, termination, reassignments) — Motion: multiple; Vote: unanimous Yes.
Why it matters: The budget amendment incorporates prior-year carryover into the current fiscal year and the awarded NRCS-funded contract advances a local watershed stabilization project. The interfund transfers reallocate county funds to road, jail and maintenance accounts and authorize payments tied to CDBG and EDA grant projects.
