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Fiscal Court roundup: election turnout, ambulance workload, extension priorities and routine approvals
Summary
Court heard an election update (55% election-day turnout), ambulance and emergency-management reports, approved personnel items including a janitorial hire and 911 vacation buyback, opened surplus bids, and accepted extension office plans for a five-year program.
At its Nov. 12 session, Greenup County Fiscal Court heard a series of informational reports and approved multiple routine personnel and budget items.
ELECTIONS: Andrew Arnold reported heavy early-voting traffic and a 55% turnout on election day with 17,517 ballots cast at the polls for election day totals. Arnold thanked clerk’s office staff and precinct officers for administering the election and for having a busy early-voting period.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND EMS: Emergency management director George Wireman said 80 participants attended an LEPC tabletop exercise in October (partners included MPLX, the U.S. Coast Guard, Kentucky Department for Public Health, Ohio EMA and local agencies). An after-action report and improvement plan will follow. Wireman added that KYEM and Governor Andy Beshear have submitted a request to FEMA seeking a presidential disaster declaration for public assistance only (covering public infrastructure such as roadways), and said individual assistance is not included because the statewide threshold was not met; a FEMA decision could take months. Ambulance director Kevin Callahan reported 636 transports in October and year-to-date totals of 6,845 responses and 162,375 miles driven to date.
PERSONNEL AND FINANCE: The court rehired Jenny Collier as a full-time janitorial employee at $17 per hour and approved a one-time buyback of vacation time for 911 staff to reduce projected overtime costs; both motions passed on voice votes. The court also approved a motion to pay staff expenses to attend workshops and seminars. Finance items included an appropriation/transfer series recorded on the floor (motions recorded to move general funds to road — $750,000; to jail — $200,000; and to 911 — figure as read on the record). Court staff noted the first taxing-season deposit of $4,407,385.73; additional check details will appear in next month’s report.
SURPLUS BIDS AND APPOINTMENTS: The court opened surplus bids for multiple vehicles and equipment; bids were read aloud for record and will be held for award or refusal at a later date. The court appointed Debbie Meadows and Richard Timberlake to the Greenup County Extension District Board effective November 2024 and accepted the extension office’s report. The extension office representatives said their five-year plan of work (to start July 2025) will focus on community vitality and health, substance-abuse prevention and workforce development and encouraged public participation in upcoming events including the Greenbow Christmas open house and Christmas on the Square.
NEXT STEPS: Several items were placed on the agenda for follow up at the December meeting, including the motor-vehicle impound ordinance (full text and fee schedule) and outreach between county staff and municipal mayors about planning-and-zoning participation.
