Fiscal Court applies for grant, voids construction contract

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At the July 14 meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court, the court heard from Tamarlane Industries and the Ohio County Health Coalition, applied for a Homeland Security Grant, made committee appointments, agreed to advertise for seasonal road workers and voided the contract of a construction company. — Richard Goodall, of Tamarlane Industries, came before the court seeking funding help. Goodall explained Tamarlane had to shut down a production line, but it left them with truckloads of excess wood. The company is having a hard time getting rid of the wood and clearing space for other operations. Goodall asked the court to give what it felt like it could to help with the disposal of the wood. In the past, the fiscal court has given Tamarlane Industries $10,000 in a yearly donation. Ohio County Judge-Executive David Johnston said the fiscal court would discuss Tamarlane’s request during its Needs Assessment Committee meeting before the next fiscal court meeting. — Deanna Sandefur, with the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), came before the court seeking a resolution to apply for a Homeland Security Grant. The OCSD wants to buy a repeater system with the grant money. The repeater system is needed to boost the signal of the sheriff’s radio system in areas of the county where the signal is weak or non-existent. The repeaters would be placed at five sites around the county including, Windy Hill, Hoover Hill, Fordsville water tower, Rockport City Hall and Kirk Lane. It is believed the repeaters would cover all the “dead” spots. The grant is for $91,646.29 with no match from the fiscal court. Third District Magistrate Joe Barnes made a motion to pass Resolution 2016-1 Homeland Security Grant. First District Magistrate Sam Small seconded the motion. After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously. — CeCe Robinson, a representative of the Ohio County Health Coalition, came before the court asking for $5,000 to help fund the salary for the coalition’s local facilitator. The Ohio County Health Coalition is part of a community of health coalitions in the Green River Area Development District (GRADD). According to Robinson, most of the fiscal courts in GRADD help fund the local facilitator's salary. The local facilitator is shared by each health coalition in GRADD. Robinson gave the court an overview of what the health coalition has done in the last year, including studies on Ohio County’s health ranking among Kentucky counties, a candidates forum during the election and the updating of community resource guides, among others. Over the past several years, the fiscal court has given the health coalition $5,000. Johnston told Robinson the fiscal court would consider her request at their Needs Assessment Meeting on July 28. — After a lengthy closed session, Johnston wanted to appoint a Jerusalem Ridge Committee. This committee had been appointed in the past, but this time, Johnston wanted the court to vote on the appointments, entering them into the record. Johnston made a motion the fiscal court approve the appointment of Second District Magistrate Jason Bullock, Fifth District Magistrate Larry Morphew and Gerald Geary to the Jerusalem Ridge Committee. After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously. — The Oil and Gas Lease Committee met to discuss the possibility of leasing the oil or gas rights of county land. The committee decided it did not want to lease oil or gas rights on county land at this time. — The Road Committee met and decided to advertise for another seasonal employee at the county road department. Barnes made a motion to advertise for a seasonal employee at the road department. Morphew seconded the motion. After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously. The committee was also looking into the cost of a chip and seal machine and the trade in value of county road graders. — Morphew made a motion the fiscal court void the contract with Grider Construction to build two more bridges for the county, after not meeting the deadline on the first bridge, which affected the funding of the project. Small seconded the motion. According to Johnston, Grider Construction missed the deadline for finishing the construction of a bridge on Salem Road. The bridge also did not meet the specifications of the bid. After a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously. Barnes made a motion the court advertise for bids on the construction for bridges on Salem Road and Barnett’s Creek Road. Fourth District Magistrate Larry Keown seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. After the motions, Barnes told the court he believed the first bridge could be fixed and thought Grider Construction should be forced to do the repairs. If not, he believed there should be some monetary penalty applied to their payment for the job. Johnston said he would look into Barnes’ suggestion. Later in the meeting, Johnston said Grider Construction had already been paid for the work on the bridge and the court would have “wrestle with him to make him do what he’s got to do.” “And since he’s been fired, I don’t know how difficult it will be to do,” Johnston said. Keown and Johnston believed the county got a good deal on the bridge, despite it not meeting the bid specs, because Grider’s bid was about half of the other bids the county received. Barnes believed Grider should be responsible for fixing the bridge, but was unaware the court had already paid for the work.

Fiscal Court applies for grant, voids construction contract

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