Pulaski County's fiscal court approved multiple operational and personnel items during its regular meeting, including road namings, infrastructure purchases, a large bridge invoice and several hires and promotions.
The court approved changing Recycled Way (off Barnsberg) to Peter Zent Way after a public hearing in which the property owner was the only speaker. It took 1,270 feet of Birch Creek Lane into the county road system. The court approved a $15,402 purchase for 12 mini-split HVAC units for the White Lily Community Center; the item is part of a previously awarded grant to finish remodeling work and lower heating and cooling costs.
A $300,000 invoice from Jave LLC for bridge work at Schoffel School was approved; the transcript records that the invoice is state-funded and represents work completed to date on a project with an approximate original bid near $886,000. The court also approved a $10,000 invoice for a pickleball court at Burnside.
On personnel, fleet maintenance requested and received approval to change Freddie Hignite's status to temporary full-time (seasonal), and approved the purchase of a salt/snow box for a truck at $7,900. The 9-1-1 director (referred to as Beverly in the meeting) obtained court approval to hire Joshua Rollins and to rehire Samantha Keith. The recycling department's recommendation to promote Cody Randolph to recycling supervisor was approved.
Road department requests for coal mix, 3,000 tons of rock and 4,000 gallons of patch oil were approved, the court added a 30 mph speed zone for Stewart Road and approved the road list with that addition.
All items in this grouping were approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting minutes; several were described as being paid from grant or state funding or charged to appropriate departmental budgets.