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Fleming County Fiscal Court denies proceeding with Fox Valley Recreation Park wastewater project applications
Summary
At a Sept. 3 special meeting, the Fleming County Fiscal Court declined to approve moving forward with a pre-application for ARC grant funds and a Rural Development loan to replace Fox Valley Recreation Park's aging wastewater-treatment facility after hearing options, regulatory criteria and concerns about revenue sources for debt service.
FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. — The Fleming County Fiscal Court on Sept. 3 declined to approve moving forward with a pre-application for Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant funds and a loan application from Rural Development to replace the Fox Valley Recreation Park's wastewater-treatment facility.
Park board officials and consultants presented the project to the court. Chip Spann, president of the Fox Valley Recreation Park Board, Kristie Dodge, community development director with the Buffalo Trace Area Development District, and Chris Stewart, a project development and funding specialist with HMB Professional Engineers, answered questions about options for replacement, the life expectancy of the existing treatment plant, Division of Water criteria and potential revenue sources to cover debt service and operating costs.
The presenters reviewed technical and regulatory constraints and offered estimates and a project timeframe, but the Fiscal Court took no motion to authorize proceeding with the grant or loan applications; the minutes state "approval to proceed was denied." No formal vote to approve the applications appears in the same line as the presentation.
The county did not adopt a course of action at the meeting. The court and park representatives did not record additional specifics in the minutes about alternative funding sources or a timetable for returning with a revised plan.
The meeting record lists those who spoke on the item as the park board president and the consultants; the transcript does not include direct verbatim quotes from the presenters on the record.
