OBSERVER CORPS REPORT
AGENCY: Madison County Fiscal Court
DATE: April 28, 2009
REPORTER: Howard Bowden
Convened 9:40 a.m. at the Courthouse in Richmond. All Present.
Minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s Report: This report is now scheduled to be given by the treasurer at the first meeting of the month.
Order of Business:
1. Proclamation-Mock Trial Team: A proclamation was read by Judge Clark honoring Josh Barrett, Cassie Anderson, and Ryan McBride, students at Madison Central High School, for winning the state mock trial championship. The students and their advisor, Vicki Rollins, will be representing Kentucky at the national competition in Atlanta.
2. Ombudsman of the Bluegrass: Dennis McWilliams gave a report on the ombudsman’s mission to provide support, in the form of visiting, running errands and ensuring the rights of the 544 residents in the long term care facilities within the county. He stated that 60 percent of the these folks have no regular visitors. The organization has19 active members and they receive $5K funding from the Fiscal Court.
3. Resolution-Re-assign Bonds: The bonds for the jail restructuring have been reassigned to another holder with no increase in interest.
4. Madison County PVA: Billy Ackerman stated that reassessment notices have gone out. Due to the time lag since the last assessment, 5 to 15 years in some cases, there will be a jump in property values. The purpose is to equalize property values throughout the county. Property owners will have an opportunity to question, substantiate and appeal the new assessments from May 4 to May 18.
5. Resolution: Senate Bill 46: Approved. Deals with incentive/overtime pay for police and fire personnel undergoing training.
6. E-911 Board Appointment: Dr. Paula Maionchi was reappointed to the board.
7. Animal Control Officer: Given permission to hire another officer.
8. 2nd Reading Ordinance 09-02 Property Maintenance Code Enforcement: Tabled so that interested parties could get a chance to study it.
9. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet- County Road Aid Contract, Resolution and County Urban Area Contract: Approved to enter contract to receive state funds for repair roads.
10. Pay Resolution- NMCSD Executive Park: Monthly expenditure of $17K for sewer complex bills.
11. Present Magistrates with Budget: Judge Clark presented the Magistrates with a copy of the preliminary budget for their perusal. He will be meeting with them individually to discuss it in detail.
12. Judge’s Report: Upcoming events were announced.
13. Comments from Department Heads:
Transportation announced that clean-up from ice storm is complete and in-house dump site will be closed April 30.
Parks: Philip Seyfirt, Parks Director, reported that the Richmond Civil War Battlefield was featured on the cover of Blue and Gray Magazine, 80 volunteers worked on clean-up for Park Days, and Living History Days are scheduled for May21 and 22. He also noted that 10 years ago historical sites were on an endangered list because of development, but due to citizen interest, better control of development and adequate funding they have been removed.
14. Comments from Magistrates: Larry Combs recommended installing cameras to view “hot spots” (areas where people dump materials) within the county to try to catch perpetrators.
!5. Comments from Audience: None
Adjourned: 10:31 a.m.
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Am wondering whether the series of individual meetings with members of fiscal court to review the county budget may be a violation of the Kentucky Open Meetings Law, which states: "A series of meetings of less than a quorum where the members attending one or more of the meetings constitute a quorum and where the meetings are held for the purpose of avoiding the
requirements of the open meetings law must be open. However, nothing in the statute prohibits discussion between individual members where the purpose is to educate themselves on specific issues." Does anyone have expertise on this?
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