Daviess County Fiscal Court approves contracts, awards and hires; minutes and claims accepted

The Daviess County Fiscal Court approved multiple routine items at its Sept. 18 meeting, including contracts for alarm monitoring, utilities work for a park entry, a fire-records software subscription, engineering design for a bridge replacement, grant-related lighting work at Stanley Park and several procurement awards and hires.

Nut graf: Most items were routine approvals with brief staff presentations and no extended debate; the court also declared surplus items for an Oct. 3 in-house auction and approved a short change order for courthouse HVAC repairs that will be reimbursed by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Key approvals and votes at a glance (each item was moved, seconded and carried with the court saying "aye"):

- Minutes of the Sept. 4, 2025 meeting — approved. - All claims for all departments — approved. - Five-year alarm monitoring contract with Premier Fire and Security for county courthouse and Operations Center; fee $25 per month per facility — approved. - 10-year conditionally refundable line-extension contract with Kenergy to extend electric service to the Highway 144 entrance of Yellow Creek Park; advanced contribution $525.26 refunded annually over 10 years — approved. - First Due Holdings, Inc. professional service agreement for fire incident reporting and records services (first-year cost $12,250; annual subscription thereafter $10,450 subject to potential 5% renewal increase) — approved. - AmeriCorps host-agency agreement sponsoring a worker for the Homeless Coalition of Ohio Valley (program year 09/01/2025–08/31/2026); county fiscal agent cost $6,250 — approved. - Professional services agreement with STV for design of the Browns Valley/Red Hill Road bridge over Shoemaker Branch; estimated 80% KYTC funding under the 80/20 agreement — approved. - Memorandum of agreement with Kentucky Department for Local Government to implement Stanley Park lighting renovations tied to LWCF grant; project estimated at $291,616 with county share ultimately $6,943 after other grants — approved. - Declared surplus inventory and scheduled an in-house auction for Oct. 3, 2025 at the Operations Center; project manager Joe Paul Vickett to serve as auctioneer — approved. - HVAC change order (Morton J. Holbrook Judicial Center) Change Order #5 totaling $9,215 to replace damaged damper and roof exhaust fan; fully reimbursed by the Administrative Office of the Courts — approved. - Rejection of all bids for parks signage (six bids received) so specifications can be rewritten — approved. - Award of vehicle purchase (SMA #2526-16) to Bachman Auto Group for one half-ton 4x4 pickup truck, $48,519 — approved. - Award for seven sets of bunker gear (RFQ #2520-619) to America’s Bravest Equipment Company, $24,265 — approved. - Promotion of Wayne Barks to operations lead effective 09/14/2025 — approved. - Hire of Isabelle Velez as communications coordinator effective 09/29/2025 — approved. - Hire of Larry Worth as seasonal park attendant pending pre-employment screenings — approved. - Amendment to salary schedule: retitle and regrade a vacant landfill site supervisor position to operations lead, grade L7 — approved. - Solid waste rate schedule change adding a bulk tires rate of $35 per ton effective 10/01/2025 — approved. - Resolution 17-2025: create a subdivision street lighting district for Stonegate Estates Units 1–5 per KRS method — approved. - Second reading and approval of zoning ordinance text amendment (KLC 9.21.6809-2025) amending Article 8 to allow shops of special trade and general contractors in B-3 and B-4 via conditional use permit — approved.

Staff noted that legal review was completed on contracts and that several items (for example the HVAC change order and the bridge design) have outside funding or reimbursement arrangements. The court also scheduled the surplus auction for Oct. 3 and provided staff direction to reissue the parks signage bid after revising specifications.

Ending: County staff will follow up on required procurement steps, vendor contracts and the advertised surplus auction; several items noted budgeted status in the 2025–26 fiscal year.