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Fleming County approves sheriffs 2025 budget and orders, OKs KTC emergency funding for Goddard Road; resident seeks local road fixes
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Summary
The Fiscal Court unanimously approved the sheriffs reports and 2025 budget and salary/advancement orders, accepted KTC emergency funding of $105,300 for Goddard Road with Petitt Contracting hired for $131,607, and heard a resident request repairs on Farris Branch Road.
The Fleming County Fiscal Court unanimously approved a package of sheriff-related items and accepted emergency roadway funding and resident input at its Dec. 10 meeting.
Fleming County Sheriff Tim Smith updated the court on agency programs, surplus property, the 2023 audit and personnel matters. The court then approved the sheriffs November report and unanimously adopted the sheriffs 2025 budget, advancement order and salary order as presented.
Separately, the court recorded an emergency request and KTC funding arrangement to address a roadway slip on Goddard Road: the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) will fund $105,300.00 toward repairs and Petitt Contracting is scheduled to perform the work in January at a contract price of $131,607.00. The meeting minutes indicate the emergency request and contractor engagement were discussed and recorded.
During public comment, property owner Herb Loyd presented video documenting roadway and ditch-line conditions on Farris Branch Road and asked the court to consider corrective work to alleviate narrow passages, vegetation restricting sight lines, ditch lines at the edge of asphalt and locations needing widening. The court did not record an immediate commitment tied to those specific requests during this meeting.
Other personnel items approved included the dispatch report and hiring part-time dispatcher Carys Earlywine effective Dec. 2, 2024 at $14.00 per hour, and approval of the jailers report.
What happens next: Petitt Contracting is scheduled to conduct the Goddard Road repairs in January; the court will oversee implementation and any follow-up reporting at subsequent meetings.