Fiscal court passes 2014-2015 budget, buys ambulance

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During its June 10 regular meeting, following a special-called meeting, the Ohio County Fiscal court approved the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year budget and bought an ambulance for the Ohio County EMS. At the special-called budget workshop meeting, the court looked over the proposed 2014-2015 budget and discussed several issues, but there were no major disagreements among the court members. First District Magistrate Michael McKenney did make it known he believed the fiscal court should have had more than two budget workshops before approving the budget. During the regular meeting, Ohio County Judge-Executive David Johnston made a motion the fiscal court approve the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year budget. Second District Magistrate Jason Bullock seconded the motion. There was no discussion and Johnston asked for a roll call vote. The motion passed by a 4-2 vote. Third District Magistrate Brandon Thomas and McKenney voted no. “We do have a budget,” declared Johnston. “That’s something the state and federal governments, lots of times, don’t have, but we do have one. So we’re proud of that.” After the budget vote, the court opened the bid on a new or used ambulance for the county's EMS. At the May 27 meeting, the court approved a motion to advertise for bids on a new or used one ton, four-wheel drive ambulance. The court received one bid of $130,150 from Life Star Rescue Inc. for a 2013 Braun Signature Series Demonstrator Truck. The county would receive delivery of the ambulance within 14 days of signing the purchase agreement. Bullock asked the court how it was going to pay for the ambulance. Johnston said the county could approve the purchase and figure out how to pay for the ambulance in July, whether through a loan, coal severance money or surplus money. Johnston asked for a motion to accept the bid and pay for the ambulance. Fourth District Magistrate Larry Keown made the motion. Before there was a second to the motion, county treasurer Anne Melton asked how the court was going to pay for the ambulance. Johnston told Melton the court would figure out the method in July. Thomas told Johnston the issue of how to pay for the ambulance was the reason he recommended the court put the cost of the ambulance in the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year budget at the May 27 meeting. Johnston said the county could pay for the ambulance with a loan or through the Needs Assessment Committee. It was at this time Fifth District Magistrate Kenny Autry seconded the motion. It was pointed out the court could specify a delivery date in the future for the ambulance, thus giving it time to figure out how to pay. Thomas didn’t believe the county should borrow the money to pay for the ambulance, plus, even if the county did borrow the money, there was no line item for the purchase of the ambulance in the newly passed 2014-2015 budget. Johnston told Thomas there was no place in the budget for the cost of the ambulance. Thomas reminded Johnston, “You’re going to have to pay for it, regardless.” There was a line item for EMS Special Projects in the 2014-2015 budget of $20,000. Johnston said it would be enough to make a down payment. Melton told Johnston if the county takes out a loan to pay for the ambulance, she needed to set up a line item reflecting the loaned money in the 2014-2015 budget. Because the budget was passed earlier in the meeting, the only way to fix the issue is through a budget amendment. Unfortunately, the court can’t amend the 2014-2015 budget until July 1 when the budget goes into effect. For the budget amendment to be approved, it would need two readings. This means, if the county borrows the money, it could not pay for the ambulance until it approves two readings of the budget amendment. After further discussion, Johnston believed figuring out how to pay for the ambulance was a “technicality” and could be figured out over the next few weeks. Keown believed the fiscal court could use surplus money left over at the end of the current fiscal year to pay for the ambulance. Bullock said he would rather use surplus money, instead of borrowing the money. If the court used surplus funds, there would be no need for the budget amendment. Johnston said the court could figure out how to pay for the ambulance in July. After the discussion, it was decided the motion would be to accept the bid from Life Star Rescue Inc. and buy the ambulance. Nothing about how the court would pay for the ambulance was in the motion. Johnston called for a roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Fiscal court passes 2014-2015 budget, buys ambulance

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