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Fiscal Court approves Stryker EMS equipment bid, lease extension and routine financial items
Summary
Hardin County Fiscal Court on Tuesday approved a bid from Stryker Sales LLC for EMS equipment, extended an EMS station lease in Sonora and passed routine financial and personnel measures in a series of unanimous roll-call votes.
Hardin County Fiscal Court on Tuesday approved a bid from Stryker Sales LLC for EMS equipment, extended an EMS station lease in Sonora and passed routine financial and personnel measures in a series of unanimous roll-call votes.
The most substantive procurement vote approved resolution 2025-174 to accept Stryker Sales LLC’s bid for six Powerload systems, 10 PowerPro XT cots and five StairPro stair chairs for county emergency medical services. The court then approved several consent-agenda resolutions, including transfers and claims, a road-department personnel appointment and a five‑year lease extension for the Sonora EMS facility with Baptist Health Hardin.
Why it matters: The Stryker equipment purchase updates county ambulance hardware used daily by first responders. The Sonora lease ties EMS operations to a five-year contract through August 2030 but includes a 90‑day opt‑out clause for either party. The consent package also included a no‑match EMS equipment grant for $4,600.
The court opened the votes with a motion to approve the Hardin County Fiscal Court item for August (purpose not specified in the record) and carried it on a roll call in which each magistrate and the judge voted yes. After discussion-free votes, the clerk conducted roll calls for the Stryker procurement and the consent agenda; each motion passed with yes votes from Squire Clem, Squire Hicks, Squire Muse, Squire Pennington, Squire Saltzman, Squire Thompson, Squire Whitehead, Squire Yates and the presiding judge.
The consent agenda items recorded in the meeting included: - Resolution 2025-173: payment of claims and financial transfers (details not specified in the transcript). - Resolution 2025-175: road department personnel approval (individual name(s) not specified in the transcript). - Resolution 2025-177: approval of a lease agreement extension for the Sonora EMS station with Baptist Health Hardin, five-year term through August 2030 with a 90‑day opt-out clause. - Resolution 2025-178: acceptance of an EMS equipment grant for $4,600 with no fiscal-court match required.
The court later voted to go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(b) for deliberations on the prospective acquisition or sale of real property, and the motion carried on a roll call. The meeting reconvened and was adjourned by motion.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in roll calls) - Approve Hardin County Fiscal Court (August): unanimous — all present voted Yes (names recorded in roll calls). - Resolution 2025-174 (Stryker Sales LLC bid for Powerload systems, PowerPro XT cots, StairPro chairs): approved — unanimous Yes. - Consent agenda (Res. 2025-173, 2025-175, 2025-177, 2025-178): approved — unanimous Yes. - Motion to enter closed session under KRS 61.810(1)(b): approved — unanimous Yes.
The court did not record any dissenting votes on these items in the public roll calls. No specific dollar value for the Stryker bid was read into the public record during the discussion.
