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The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Tuesday.
The court approved three ordinances on their second readings. The first approved a budget amendment to accommodate ambulance upgrades and bridge and road repair money. The second amends the county’s standing order to pre-approve recurring expenses to include lease payments on ambulance equipment. The third updates definitions in the county’s flood damage prevention ordinance to match state definitions.
The court approved two resolutions which awarded FEMA contracts to GSI for work on roads damaged in storms and flooding earlier this year. The first was for Stovall Road.
“The total cost is around $353,000 that we need for the contractor to do this work,” said Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul. “The county has the obligation of the county portion which is 13 percent for a FEMA contract like this. That’s about $46,000.”
The second contract was for work on Hall Road for about $229,000.
The court tabled two resolutions, one of which was an occupancy agreement with West Hardin Fire and Rescue which would allow Hardin County EMS to house an ambulance at their building in White Mills, and the other of which was an agreement with the Lincoln Trail Area Development District for engineering and GIS services. The measures were tabled in order to allow for the county attorney to review them.
Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt said the shelter has adopted out 151 dogs year to date, which is down from 172 to this point last year. He said the shelter’s 10 percent rescue rate is up, and the live release rate is currently over 90 percent for the fiscal year.
“The (no-kill shelter) award is done by calendar, so I’m hoping that it continues and we can actually start chipping away,” McNutt said. “We’re at like 86 percent right now for the calendar year. I’m hoping to make it go back the other way.”
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet October 28. The next county town hall forum will be held in the fiscal courtroom at 5:30 p.m. on October 27.
Registration is open for Helping Hand of Hope’s annual Christmas assistance. “This is just a program that’s very dear to all of our hearts here at Helping Hand of Hope, and we couldn’t do it without the love of the community, and we just want to do ‘for good’ in the community and have this available for our neighbors that are really struggling this holiday season,” said Helping Hand of […]
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