Hardin County Fiscal Court approves EMS agreement with Bullitt County for West Point

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

The court approved an interlocal agreement with Bullitt County, under which Bullitt County Emergency Medical Services will respond to the city of West Point. West Point Mayor Richard Ciresi said that agreement will have a critical impact on the city.

“This will reduce our ambulance response time in West Point from somewhere between 20 and 25 minutes to five to seven minutes,” Ciresi said. “That’s huge. That’s life and death.”

Hardin County Sheriff John Ward reported that his office made 258 arrests, issued 405 citations, and served 234 warrants in February and March. Sheriff’s Office CFO Teri Benentt said county residents have paid about $95.8 million of the more than $97 million the sheriff’s office is charged with collecting, a collection rate of more than 99 percent.

Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith presented area high school student Karsten Ingalls with a special honor.

“Karsten, who is not yet old enough to vote, has three times won the Secretary of State’s Statewide Essay Award, bringing honor and recognition to our community, and so I felt that was worthy of special recognition, and so Karsten, we we going to give you the honorary title of Hardin County Election Ambassador,” Smith said.

The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet May 13. The next Hardin County Town Hall Forum will be held in the fiscal courtroom at 5:30 p.m. on April 28.