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Spencer County Fiscal Court reviews agenda items including Fire District appointment and possible Rumpke contract extension
Summary
At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Spencer County Fiscal Court listed communications from the County Judge Executive and put several items on the agenda for action, including a Fire District board appointment, consideration of the county garbage contract with Rumpke and a possible emergency declaration for an East River Road culvert failure; outcomes were not specified in the provided agenda text.
The Spencer County Fiscal Court convened Oct. 17, 2022, at 7 p.m. at 28 East Main Street. The County Judge Executive called the meeting to order and presented several communications including a property tax rate breakdown, fee office budget request letters, a spay-and-neuter grant, a report of flooding in the Fiscal Court room and tourism appointments.
The agenda reserved a three-minute public comment period for citizens and listed routine roll call and approval of prior minutes, including Oct. 3 minutes. The court’s packet also listed expected brief reports from committees and offices: zoning (Julie Sweazy), EM/EMS Director Chris Limpp, safety and veterans committees (Esq. Brewer), the solid waste committee (Esq. Travis), equipment (Jerry Moody), telecommunications (Beaverson), administrative code (Esq. Travis), election cameras update (Lynn Hesselbrock) and jailer quarterly reports (Melvin Gore).
Under New Business, the agenda identified a set of items for possible action: a Fire District board appointment (Bill Wood); discussion of the county’s garbage contract with Rumpke, including a contract extension noted as associated with Judge Riley and a potential bid advertisement by Jim Travis; an emergency declaration related to an East River Road culvert failure; a quote for a courthouse propane tank guardrail; a road department equipment request; the September monthly financial statement; a quarterly report; and invoices and transfers listed in an addition to the packet. The agenda text lists these items for consideration but does not record motions, votes or final outcomes.
Old Business on the agenda included an invoice for postcard design service (Lynn Hesselbrock) and a correction to the Solid Waste Management Plan Update resolution, indicating administrative follow-up from prior meetings. The court also informed the public that the meeting could be viewed live on Facebook and that previous meetings are available on the court’s YouTube channel.
No specific motions, vote tallies or formal outcomes were recorded in the provided transcript text. The agenda indicates topics the court intended to address; any motions, votes or formal actions taken at the meeting are not specified in this document.
