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Perry County fiscal court approves routine financial measures, applies for $328,889 LGEDF for industrial park bond payments
Summary
Perry County Fiscal Court approved routine minutes, payments and transfers, authorized an LGEDF application for $328,889.70 to cover industrial-park bond payments, approved a 9-1-1 mental-health memorandum of understanding, retained outside consultants for major projects and closed several legacy accounts.
PERRY COUNTY — At its recent fiscal-court meeting, the Perry County Fiscal Court approved a series of routine financial actions, authorized an application for a $328,889.70 Local Government Economic Development Fund grant for bond payments in the county industrial park, and approved agreements to support 9-1-1 mental-health response and outside consulting for several county projects.
The court voted, by voice, to approve minutes from its previous meeting, the payment of last month’s bills and invoices as presented, standard transfers reported to the Department for Local Government (DLG), and the treasurer’s report. The treasurer reported a current county balance of approximately $3,800,000 and said some funds are being held pending court or executive-order processes.
Why it matters: The LGEDF application would use county severance funds to make bond payments at the industrial park, a recurring matter the court says supports local economic development. The court also approved an MOU between the Perry County 9-1-1 center and the fiscal court to coordinate mental-health support services with first responders, and approved a retention agreement to hire outside consultants to assist with major projects including a proposed four-year college and a four-lane roadway project.
Most of the votes were taken by voice with motions and seconds recorded on the transcript. The court also approved closing a long-standing “match” account at Community Trust Bank and moving the funds to a higher-yield CD at the Bank of Hyman grama match CD (amounts discussed were not specified on the record), and approved closing an ambulance project account at Peoples Bank that the court said is no longer needed now that the ambulance service has moved into a new facility.
A guest from the Hazard Herald presented the fire-department calendar that sells ad space on its top panel to raise funds for volunteer fire departments; the court accepted the presentation and noted revenues go to the county general fund and are distributed to volunteer departments.
Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the meeting) - Approve minutes of last meeting: Motion by Cone; second by Spencer; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve bill payments from last month: Motion by Church; second by Spencer; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve invoices per fund as marked: Motion by Church; second by Combs; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve transfers (reported to DLG): Motion by Church; second by Spencer; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Receive/approve treasurer’s report (balance reported ~ $3,800,000): Motion by Church; second by Combs; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve resolution authorizing filing of a Local Government Economic Development Fund (LGEDF) application for industrial-park bond payments, amount $328,889.70: Motion by Churches; second not explicitly named in the record; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve MOU between Perry County 9-1-1 center and Perry County Fiscal Court (mental-health/support services): Motion by Church; second by Combs; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve retention agreement with outside consultants (Relations LLC listed in record) and authorize the judge executive to sign: Motion by Combs; second by Church; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve closing of match account at Community Trust Bank and move funds to a CD at Bank of Hyman grama match CD: Motion by Combs; second by Church; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Approve closing of ambulance project account at Peoples Bank: Motion by Church; second by Spencer; outcome: approved (voice vote).
Court members noted that several larger projects remain under active development and that outside consultants will help with ongoing lobbying and project management in Frankfort. The treasurer said some county funds are temporarily held pending court processes and executive orders and that grant-funded projects require statutory grant processes (environmental review, bidding and release of funds) that delay construction or expenditures.
Ending: Court members asked the public to review grant documents at the county’s grant office if they have questions about timing and funding, and the court adjourned after routine closing motions.
