Montgomery County fiscal court advances ordinance on street-legal special purpose vehicles, approves road resurfacing and other routine measures

The Montgomery County Fiscal Court approved several routine measures and one ordinance advancement at its July 15 meeting, including the second reading of an ordinance regulating street-legal special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and adoption of a resurfacing agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

The court advanced the SPV ordinance on a motion that was seconded and voted to carry the motion. The court also adopted a resolution authorizing the county judge/executive to sign a resurfacing agreement for Meadowview Drive and Cecil Road with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; the contract amount reported in the record was $354,000 and the funding sources cited were CPPT and D14 funds.

Other formal actions recorded included approval of minutes from the June 17, 2025 regular meeting and the July 1, 2025 special meeting; approval of corrected administrative code and personnel handbook documents; ratification of a two-year lease for office space with Buffalo Trace Area Development District; and authorization for the county judge/executive to sign participation agreements for multiple opioid-related settlement offers so the county may receive settlement funds. The court’s recorded motion to participate in opioid settlements referenced multiple deadlines, including the Purdue Pharma/Sackler process and additional defendant settlement windows, and directed that county voting on those matters occur via DocuSign by the county’s authorized signer.

The court opened a sealed bid from Lynn Lundrigan for lease of a county-owned lot (in front of the extension office and health department) to be used by commercial vendors during a four-day court-day event in October 2025; the bid amount was read into the record. The court also approved, for first reading, an ordinance to regulate parking on 3rd Street in Oakfield Subdivision and took up a first reading amendment to the county’s substance abuse policy that referenced KRS 218B.040.

Each motion reported in the meeting record was put to voice vote and recorded as carried where noted. The treasurer’s report and a recommendation to pay the July bills were presented and approved as part of consent fiscal business.

The court did not take final action on every ordinance referenced (several were first readings or procedural motions); where the record shows a second reading or a formal resolution adoption, the item was recorded as carried in the meeting transcript.

Next steps: several of the items approved will require execution of contracts or signature by the county judge/executive before becoming effective; the court directed staff to post informational briefings for the SPV ordinance to notify the public of new operating parameters.