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Residents press Bourbon County on cemetery records, Legacy Healthcare tax abatement and REDI spending
Summary
Public commenters urged the commission to help digitize cemetery deeds, questioned a tax-exemption application for the former Mercy Hospital property, and raised concerns about several years of payments to a local economic-development nonprofit, prompting commissioners to research statutory limits and to place follow-ups on future agendas.
Heather Etheridge, who identified herself as president of West Plains and Centerville Cemeteries, told the Bourbon County Commission the cemeteries’ deed records have not been properly scanned into county files and asked the county to waive scanning or registration fees so deeds can be digitized and made available for families.
"They have not been filed with the county," Etheridge said, asking whether the county could scan deeds at no charge or provide a reduced rate because the cemeteries lack the budget to pay roughly $23 per document. Commissioners said they would research whether state statute requires registration and whether a local resolution could address the cost; the item was put on the agenda for follow-up in two weeks.
Deb McCoy, a resident who addressed commissioners during…
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