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Votes at a glance: Madison County Fiscal Court, April 22, 2025
Summary
The Madison County Fiscal Court approved multiple resolutions on April 22, including county road aid funding, revised meeting schedule, transmission-line easements, a CPF grant co-application, conveyance of airport property for an emergency facility, personnel hires, and payment of claims.
At its April 22 meeting, the Madison County Fiscal Court approved several resolutions and routine items. Below are the outcomes and key details from each voted item.
• Resolution 2025-029 — County Road Aid Cooperative Agreement for FY2026: Approved. The court accepted the County Road Aid contract with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Department of Rural and Municipal Aid and acknowledged the county’s fiscal-year allocation of approximately $1,765,080.01 (the packet noted that the budget will likely round to $1,765,100). County participation retains 3% with the state as an emergency fund pool for disaster response. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Resolution 2025-030 — Revised 2025 Fiscal Court Meeting Schedule: Approved. The court adopted a revised meeting schedule (superseding Resolution 2024-122) to set locations and add a meeting on 06/30/2025 to address year-end expense approvals. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Resolution 2025-031 — Transmission line easements to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.: Approved. The resolution authorizes grant of transmission-line easements over county-owned parcels (deed book citations cited in the packet) to allow EKPC to upgrade an existing line near Battlefield/Crooksville Road; staff said the upgrade moves the easement 50 feet back from some properties. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Resolution 2025-032 — Community Project Funding (CPF) grant application / Central Kentucky Business Park Authority: Approved. The court authorized the Madison County Judge Executive to be the county’s authorized representative and signatory for a CPF application submitted jointly with Scott County, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and the city of Berea to support land acquisition and infrastructure for the Central Kentucky Business Park Authority (interlocal agreement dated 12/05/2024). Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Resolution 2025-033 — Conveyance of airport property for emergency/disaster relief facility: Approved. The court authorized the judge executive (or designee) to execute a deed accepting transfer of about 1.9 acres (lot 1) from the Madison County Airport Board upon the board’s passage of a corresponding resolution; packet cited KRS 67.0802 as authority. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Personnel actions: The court approved the hiring recommendations included in the meeting packet (personnel presenter: Jessica Coffee). Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
• Claims and transfers: The court moved, seconded and approved payment of claims and transfers as presented. Vote: unanimous yes on roll call.
Several items had brief discussion points recorded in the meeting (for example, the County Road Aid item included explanation of the 3% emergency participation retained by the state). For additional detail on the rural-secondary FY2026 discussion and the county’s decision on flex funds, see the separate article.
