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Fleming County advances energy project assessment district ordinance on unanimous first reading
Summary
The Fleming County Fiscal Court on July 14 approved on first reading Ordinance 26-1457 to establish an Energy Project Assessment District (EPAD) under KRS 65.205 to 65.209; the measure would let energy and water projects be financed by assessments on improved property and designates the sheriff as collector.
Fleming County Fiscal Court on July 14 approved on a unanimous first reading Ordinance 26-1457, which would establish an Energy Project Assessment District (EPAD) under KRS 65.205 to 65.209 to advance conservation and efficient use of energy and water resources within Fleming County. Magistrate Blake Price moved the measure and Magistrate Richie Kielman seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The ordinance, as described at the meeting, would permit energy projects to be financed by assessments imposed on the real property being improved, set the EPAD’s boundaries and administration, provide the procedure by which property owners may petition the county to participate, and designate the Fleming County Sheriff (or another applicable county sheriff) as the collector of assessments. The first-reading motion also gave the County Judge/Executive the authority to sign the ordinance and publish it by summary.
No debate or amendments to the language were recorded in the minutes for the July 14 session. The court advanced the ordinance through the first-reading step recorded in these minutes; further procedural steps were not specified in the meeting record.
