Fleming County adopts Pacific Avenue into county road system after split vote; Judge/Executive casts deciding vote

Fleming County Fiscal Court voted on May 13, 2025, to adopt Pacific Avenue into the county road maintenance system with deviated variances after a split roll-call vote that required County Judge/Executive Sims to cast the deciding vote.

The vote followed discussion about whether Pacific Avenue should be treated as a private street or as part of a subdivision subject to the county’s “Subdivision guidelines for adoption,” which indicate a road must generally be owned by a single person or company to qualify for adoption. Magistrates debated whether the parcel ownership met that requirement before taking the motion to adopt.

Magistrate Donnie Fawns moved to adopt Pacific Avenue with deviated variances; Blake Price seconded. The roll call recorded Kerri Marshall voting yes, Taylor Hunt no, Richie Kielman no, Blake Price yes, Donnie Fawns yes and Ray H. Money no. County Judge/Executive Sims cast the deciding vote in favor, and the motion carried.

The court did not specify immediate changes to maintenance schedules or a timeline for bringing the road up to county standards; those implementation details were not provided in the meeting record. County Attorney Monica Hill was present during the discussion, and any legal or title clarifications needed to implement the adoption will be handled through the county’s normal procedures.

Next steps: the court’s action formally places Pacific Avenue in the county maintenance system with the approved variances; the transcript does not specify an effective date for maintenance changes or budgetary allocations tied to the adoption.