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Daviess County Fiscal Court approves minutes, contracts, grants and procurement; list of formal actions
Summary
At the same meeting the court approved routine minutes and bills and passed a series of contracts, resolutions and grant applications, including a detention-center contract modification, adoption of a hazard-mitigation plan and a $17,006,627.51 bid award for a community notification siren.
The Daviess County Fiscal Court approved a set of routine and substantive items during the meeting. Actions taken include approval of previously submitted minutes and bills, a contract modification for the county detention center, adoption of a FEMA-required hazard mitigation plan, grant applications and a large procurement award. Several items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records "all in favor" responses but does not list individual vote tallies.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes of the Jan. 7, 2016 court meeting: Approved (motion and second; voice vote recorded as "aye").
- Approval of bills due and payable: Approved (voice vote recorded as "aye").
- Detention center contract modification: Approved. Motion to modify the county detention-center contract to expand a substance-abuse program from 55 to 80 beds and increase contract funding from $181,000 to $215,000 passed by voice vote. Commissioners noted the state's cooperation in allowing more inmates into the program and referenced observed rehabilitative graduations.
- Resolution 02/2016 adopting a Hazard Mitigation Plan: Approved. The court adopted the county's five-year hazard-mitigation plan required by FEMA to remain eligible for hazard-mitigation and flood-mitigation grant programs; the plan updates a risk assessment and lists mitigation projects through 2021.
- Application for the Kentucky Ambulance Block Grant (Yellow Ambulance): Approved. County staff said the annual grant typically totals about $10,000 and recommended applying on Yellow Ambulance's behalf.
- Bid award (Bid No. 492015) to Safer Services Inc. (Lexington, Ky.) for community notification equipment: Approved. The only bid received was Safer Services Inc. for $17,006,627.51; the presenter said expenses associated with the procurement will be reimbursed by "Grama" and cited Resolution 82015 as authority. The siren is to be installed in Gilpinton (as stated in the presentation).
- Approval to advertise for seasonal parks employees: Approved (annual routine action).
- Renewal/approval of affiliation order with Daviess County Search and Rescue: Approved (annual renewal; clarifications removed law-enforcement and confined-space rescue tasks from the team's responsibilities).
- Executive approval to apply for a Kentucky Libraries and Archives microfilming grant for the county clerk's office (roughly $24,000): Approved.
Meeting notes and clarifications
- Where vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript, the court conducted voice votes; minutes should be checked for roll-call details if needed.
- Bid award presenters noted the bid met specifications and that reimbursement was expected from an external funding source; the transcript spelled that source as "Grama." The procurement was presented as being secured under Resolution 82015.
Ending: The court completed the listed approvals and moved on to public comment and other agenda items.
