Fiscal court holds public properties meeting

    The Pendleton Public Properties Corporation (the “Corporation”) is a nonprofit, no-stock corporation created and organized for public, civic and governmental purposes to serve as an agency and instrumentality and as the constituted authority of the County of Pendleton, Kentucky (the “County”) in the construction and installation and financing of public governmental projects in the furtherance of the proper public purpose of the County.
    The only project under the Pendleton County auspice is the Judicial Center.
    County Attorney Stacey Sanning explained that the public properties is designed to sell municipal bonds. They were sold to build the judicial center in Pendleton County. There is over six million dollars sold.
    Each year fiscal court has to hold a public properties meeting and name officers.
    District 1 Magistrate made the motion to reappoint the officers as they were in 2020. The motion passed unanimoiusly.
    Chairperson is Judge David Fields, Vice President Josh Plummer, Secretary Darrin Gregg and Treasurer Rick Mineer.
    In regular court action, the court approved a resolution of ethics for the ethics board for Northern Kentucky.
    Gregg asked what the board is.
    Fields answered, “It is the enforcement committee if someone wants to file a complaint against a fiscal court member. If a member of the community thinks he has done something wrong, they could file a complaint there.”
    Sanning was asked to look at a clarification of the recently passed alcohol ordinance. Fields had a question about the training requirements. It requires county approved training and the question whether it was for the owner or everyone that would be selling at that business establishment.
    “If it is each person that sells it, it becomes very expensive for the business. It is $45 for the training and I was informed it takes three hours to watch,” said Fields. The owner would be responsible for the training fee and paying each employee the three hours.
    Sanning advised the court that the owner is the only one that would have to do the required training and then it would be the responsibility of the owner to make sure their employees are properly trained.
    In the remarks portion at the end of the meeting, Mineer asked about the bridges for Milford Road.  Fields told him that it would take four weeks to replace the bridge.
    Gregg stated again that he feels they need to move forward on the road shouldering machine and Gumlick Road needs it. Fields told him that with the six-figure emergency bridges, he needs to see where the road funds stand and they may have to move it to the new fiscal year.
    Discussion among the magistrates and judges led to some possibilities of the county road crew building their own option that would do the same thing and save the county $30,000.
    Plummer inquired about which businesses had applied for alcohol license. Fields indicated again that Butler Market is the guinea pig and that the state rep would be visiting them sometime this week to evaluate the site. He mentioned that the Butler Shell Station has applied and the application from Phillip Turner has gone through the state.
    Whaley first commented and other magistrates added they had heard similar complaints about county offices not being open or available at hours they are supposed to be open.
    The court next meets in a caucus setting on Tuesday, February 2 at 6 p.m.