At the May 27 meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court, the court approved resolutions accepting road aid from the state and resurfacing Davis Road, plus it hired a seasonal employee for the county road department.— Ohio County Judge-Executive David Johnston presented the fiscal court members with a resolution to receive state road aid.
Each year the state takes a portion of the motor fuels tax it collects and divides it among all counties and cities throughout the state. The county can use these funds for the construction, maintenance and repairing of county roads.The county will receive around $1.88 million in road aid for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Fifth District Magistrate Kenny Autry mentioned the amount of county road aid for the upcoming fiscal year was down a bit from the past year.Autry made a motion for the court to approve the County Road Aid Cooperative Agreement and Resolution for Fiscal Year 2014-2015. The motion was seconded by First District Magistrate Michael McKenney. The motion passed by a unanimous vote.— Johnston presented the fiscal court with a resolution to approve that would have the state resurface Davis Road.During a past meeting, the court discussed petitioning the state to help resurface Davis Road, due to increased traffic caused by a detour. The detour was caused by the state replacing a bridge on U.S. Highway 62 East.At the April 22 meeting, Bullock reported the state would indeed resurface Davis Road after the bridge project was completed. It is believed both the U.S. Highway 62 East and State Route 505 bridge replacements would be finished in June.During the May 27 meeting, more information was given about the resurfacing of Davis Road. The resolution stated the county would meet the requirements the state needed to resurface Davis Road. The county would receive $50,000 from the Governor’s Discretionary Road Fund for the project.According to Johnston, the $50,000 will pay for a one inch resurfacing. The resurfacing would fill in the potholes and level the road.Johnston made a motion the court approve Resolution #13-2014 concerning the resurfacing of 1.29 miles of Davis Road at a cost of $50,000. The motion was seconded by Bullock.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.— Johnston informed the court members the county road department had some seasonal employees quit.The county advertised for seasonal help at the road department and received one applicant, according to Johnston.Johnston made a motion for the court to hire Barry Ball as a seasonal employee at the Ohio County Road Department at a rate of $10.25 per hour, effective May 25. The motion was seconded by Bullock.After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.