An unscheduled discussion during the regular meeting Meade County Fiscal Court Tuesday (6/14) night led to the elimination of two controversial ordinances that has been tabled for months.
Close to the end of the meeting, Third District Magistrate Billy Sipes made a motion to untable the nuisance and abandoned property ordinances for discussion. Once untabled, Sipes made another motion for the court to “eliminate” or “kill” the respective ordinances in order to make the county leaders take a stand on the issue. After several minutes of discussion, the court took a vote approving the motion. The only course of action for a citizen to take is to pursue a civil court case.
In other business, the court approved the appointments of Ron Barger to the Library Board; Charlie Wilkins, Sr. to the Flaherty Fire Department District; Mickey Chism to the Water District Board; Ron Richardson to the Ekron Fire District; and Don Bewley to the River Port Authority.
Judge Executive Gerry Lynn announced the change in the upcoming Riverport Authority’s next meeting to be held on Thursday, July 7 at 5 pm at the Consolidated Grain Barge Company’s grain elevator. The court accepted $6,807.90 in excess fees from County Clerk Judy Jordan. Court members approved the deeding of an easement to the Meade County Water District for a new pumping station in Flaherty. They also approved the County Road Aid Agreement of $1,172,718.
Magistrates heard and approved the second reading of ordinances accepting the update to the state procurement code and the proposed 2016-17 budget and pay scale. The court also approved a first reading of an amendment to the Solid Waste ordinance.
The court approved the hiring of additional employees for EMS. Interviews are still scheduled and ongoing but the approval is to allow the hiring of the candidates for the vacancies once the interviews are complete. Magistrates approved entering into a lease agreement for a news roll off truck for Solid Waste. The lease agreement allows for the county to use a new truck for a year term and then update to a new truck or purchase the truck already in their possession at the end of the year term.
The next meeting of Meade County Fiscal Court is set for 8 AM June 24 at 8 am to close out the final bills for the current fiscal year budget.
You can watch the entire regular monthly meeting of the Meade County Fiscal Court in our “On Demand” section.
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