Pulaski Fiscal Court to receive more than $2.5 million in state road aid
TJ Adkins
Pulaski County Extension Agent T.J. Adkins updates Fiscal Court on the Extension Office's upcoming budget, as well as when their new building may be completed.
Pulaski County will be receiving funds from several different sources to help with fixing damaged roads.
Fiscal Court approved several resolutions during its Tuesday meeting, including one that would accept more than $2.5 million from the state in road aid.
That money will be available beginning July 1, the new fiscal year.
Pulaski County Judge-Executive Marshall Todd said that the state will be giving the county a total of $2,566,585. 'This is $170,000 more than we have in the current year, so it is somewhat of an increase,' he said.
The county also will receive $10,150 in funds from the Lake Cumberland Area Development District (LCADD) as part of their Safe Streets and Roads program.
'We have to do a little data collection on the roads, but the state highway does some of that for us, and the ADD is doing it for us,' Todd said.
He added that the state will send the county a list of the roads they feel need improvement to prevent wrecks, but that it doesn't mandate the county do anything to fix them.
Another source of income for road repairs will be through flex funds, of which there will be $523,000. Todd said that is a little more than $50,000 than what they have in the current fiscal year.
As part of Tuesday's meeting, the court heard from T.J. Adkins of the Pulaski County Extension Office.
Adkins presented the court with its planned budget for the next fiscal year, saying it is similar to the current budget.
When asked about the extension office's share of property tax, Adkins said the office is taking the 'compensating rate' for the new year, meaning they will take a rate in which they will take in as much money as they did for this fiscal year. Due to that, their share of the property tax rate will come down.
Adkins was also asked about the new Pulaski County Extension Office being built between Ky. 914 and Oak Hill Road.
'We're inching closer and closer (to being finished), if mother nature would cooperate just a little bit more,' Adkins said, adding that there have been 'minor setbacks' due to weather, such as lightning striking the building.
The hope is to be moved into the office in the next three to four weeks he said.
The new building will offer educational opportunities just as the office has in the past, he said. Agents will be able to give advice or conduct classes on subjects such as canning, growing a garden, raising cattle or even how to set up a roadside vegetable stand.
An open house for the new office is scheduled for May 20, Adkins said.
Head Start
Children from Lake Cumberland Head Start led Fiscal Court in the Pledge of Allegiance to start Tuesday's meeting.
Also at Tuesday's meeting:
– Pulaski County Clerk Tim Price asked the court for permission to get upgrades to the county's voting equipment from Harp Enterprises. This would be upgrades or repairs such as replacing batteries.
The court approved paying the invoice for the work when it is completed.
– Price also presented the court a check for $1,800, which he said was cash from the drawers of the nine workers who were laid off in February.
– Children from Lake Cumberland Head Start led the meeting by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
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