Montgomery County court approves lease move, sells two surplus sheriff vehicles and signs off on bills and grants

The Montgomery County Fiscal Court handled several consent and routine business items at its Sept. 16 meeting, approving a lease amendment, the sale of surplus sheriff vehicles, and routine financial actions.

Lease amendment: The court approved a lease amendment allowing Buffalo Trace Area Development District to relocate its office from the courthouse annex to 108 E. Log Street, Suite 122; the amendment preserves the other terms of the original lease.

Surplus vehicles: The sheriff’s department offered two 2015 vehicles (a Ford Taurus bought April 16, 2015, and a Ford Interceptor bought April 27, 2015) for sale under KRS 67.0802 because of mileage and repair costs. The county negotiated a combined price of $6,500 with Esro County School District and approved the sale by voice vote.

Treasurer’s report and federal grants account: The treasurer presented manual checks, vouchers, transfers and budget items and asked the court to approve payment of county bills; the court approved the bills by voice vote. Officials reported a reconciliation leaving $123,232 available for a bridge project subject to obligation before Dec. 1 and said they had opened a separate checking account for an anticipated federal grant tied to the senior center (the transcript records a pending grant award described as $750,000; funds had not yet been received).

Process and compliance: The sale of surplus vehicles was conducted under KRS 67.0802 as referenced in the meeting record. The new federal grant account was opened to meet grant-accounting requirements; no additional contract language or external approvals were described on the record for these items.

Ending: All consent and finance items were approved by voice vote and recorded in the court minutes.