Jackson County fiscal court recognizes 9-1-1 NCIC terminal, accepts surplus bids and OKs appraisal for Hamby kitchen

Jackson County Fiscal Court on Jan. 8 approved a package of routine administrative actions that included recognizing the county 9-1-1 dispatch center as an originating agency for the National Crime Information Center, accepting high bids on several surplus vehicles and authorizing an updated appraisal of the Hamby kitchen building.

Brody Keck, identified at the meeting as Jackson County’s 9-1-1 director, told the court the NCIC terminal would allow officers and dispatchers to run license-plate and criminal-history queries directly rather than routing them through the Kentucky State Police post, which he said can take three to eight minutes. Keck said the change involves no direct county expenditure and that he had the draft language reviewed by the county attorney. The fiscal court entertained a motion to approve the resolution recognizing the 9-1-1 dispatch center’s eligibility to apply for an NCIC originating-agency identifier and moved to approve it.

The court accepted sealed high bids on multiple surplus vehicles, with the clerk reading the winning offer for each unit (examples included Daniel Isaac’s $710 high bid for a 2006 Chevrolet Impala and Benny Myers’s $1,055 high bid on a 2003 Chevy). A motion to accept the bids was made and seconded during the meeting and carried by the court.

The court also authorized staff to obtain an updated appraisal for the Hamby kitchen building—previously operated by an Extension Service regional food-center program—so the county can determine market value for the building, property and equipment before considering sale or reuse. Judge-executive and staff said previous grant cycles left ownership and deed questions that require review before any disposition.

Other votes recorded on the agenda included motions to purchase a case backhoe for $36,000, to acquire a former Family Dollar building in McKee for $250,000 for remodeling, and to approve a $610,600 lime-shed project; motions were moved and seconded as listed in the meeting minutes. The court recorded contract-change-order details for the 9-1-1 project, including a listed change order of $32,556.71 and invoices for engineering and contractor payments.

The court set its next fiscal meeting for Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.

Votes at a glance: NCIC recognition—motion made and approved (motion text: recognition of Jackson County 9-1-1 as an originating agency for NCIC; mover/second not specified on transcript). Surplus vehicle bids—motion approved to accept highest sealed bids as announced. Appraisal request for Hamby kitchen—motion approved to obtain appraisal. Other procurement motions (backhoe, building purchase, lime shed)—motions recorded and approved during the meeting.