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County Treasurer Joan Isaacs, standing at right, backs up Judge-Executive Steve Kelley s recommendation to temporarily have two Assistant Supervisors sharing duties while Pulaski County Fiscal Court searches for a new County Road Supervisor.
Following a vote two weeks ago to move County Road Supervisor Eugene Harness back into an operator s positions, Pulaski County Fiscal Court took action Tuesday to keep the department running smoothly while the search for a new supervisor gets underway.
Rather than name an interim supervisor, magistrates approved Judge-Executive Steve Kelley s recommendation to temporarily promote Road Tile Foreman Ryan Price as a second Assistant Supervisor joining veteran Assistant Supervisor Jordan Harris to split management duties until the vacancy can be filled.
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Deputy Judge-Executive Dan Price assured magistrates that Pulaski County should be getting some federal assistance for flooding that occurred in late February and early March.
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Pulaski County suffered a great deal of road damage in recent flooding and, according to county officials, have met the federal threshold for infrastructure assistance.
A hot topic at Tuesday s meeting of Pulaski County Fiscal Court was the recent announcement that President Joe Biden had approved a disaster declaration for a limited number of counties following the flooding that hit Kentucky in late February and early March.
District 4 Magistrate Mark Ranshaw expressed concern over the county s status since it wasn t included in last Friday s announcement. People are contacting me to ask why haven t we gotten this yet, he said.
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County Treasurer Joan Isaacs discusses a recommendation to replace the 911 phone system at Tuesday s meeting of Pulaski County Fiscal Court.
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Pulaski County Emergency Management/911 Director Aaron Ross presented several items during Tuesday s fiscal court meeting.
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While magistrates Mike Strunk, left, and Jason Turpen, center, listen, County Treasurer Joan Isaacs explains why the 911 center should contract with the state to replace its phone system.Â
Grants were a hot topic this week for Pulaski County Fiscal Court.
On Tuesday, Emergency Management/911 Director Aaron Ross asked permission on behalf of the Somerset-Pulaski County Special Response Team to apply for a radio tower grant. SRT, he explained, is applying because it s the only local agency eligible but the tower will be owned by the county and can be used by all first-responding agencies. If awarded, the grant would be 100-percent funded without a needed ma
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Pulaski County Fiscal Court voted 3-1 Tuesday to start the process of purchasing the old First and Farmers branch at Grand Central Place on behalf of the county clerk s office.
The Pulaski County Clerk s Office is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
To close out Tuesday s meeting of Pulaski County Fiscal Court, members entered into a near half-hour executive session in part to discuss potential property acquisition.
As the court reconvened in open session, Judge-Executive Steve Kelley announced that while no action was taken behind closed doors, magistrates would be entertaining a couple of motions in public.
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