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 Edmonson County Fiscal Court met in session on Monday, February 12, 2024 at the upstairs courtroom in the Edmonson County Courthouse. In addition to discussions on the current county water situation and the decision to move the county's bank accounts to one single bank, other business was discussed. After basic county office reports were given, a discussion was held on whether or not a wet/dry vote could be held as requested in the Lincoln Fire District at the next election. County Attorney Adam Turner said in his opinion, there was no clear answer whether the county could or couldn't sign off to have the option placed on the ballot. He said he spoke with the Alcohol Control Board and the KY Association of Counties (KACO), and he said initially, he was only given instructions on how to handle a local option. Judge/Executive Scott Lindsey said the county would need to sign a letter stating whether or not the local request met the criteria for a vote, meaning that the request documentation met all the proper requirements. It would not mean that the county or Judge/Executive's Office would be in favor or against. Lindsey said with no case law in comparison with the local request, he would have to sign the letter. The court was not required to take any action, Co. Attorney Turner was only updating the court. Tracy Burba and Ashlee Jaggers, owners of a multi-vendor business on Main Street called "Creations by Tracy & Ashlee," spoke to the fiscal court about the parking issues their business has recently faced since the county created a new parking lot on the south side of the Community Center and Courthouse on East Jackson St. Both ladies claimed the former county administration was supposed to provide some assistance since they say the parking lot has now taken away public parking that was used for not only their business, but also for the Community Center and Courthouse, but that never happened and they need some solutions. The both said that they took parking into consideration when choosing to buy and remodel the building several years ago, but now, with no parking for the public available in the new lot or on Jackson St. with the addition of it becoming a two-way street, and now with a no parking space next to the stop sign at Jackson and Main, there is only a couple spots available for not only the customers but for employees of the businesses. The ladies said they house eleven different vendors in the building and have already lost one due to the lack of available parking. They asked that the county open up the new lot for public parking. Judge Lindsey said that he's had discussions with Brownsville Mayor Jerry Meredith and spots could possibly be added on Jackson Street.  Darren Doyle, President of the Edmonson County Chamber of Commerce spoke to the court about a county ordinance that requires the Chamber to provide a representative to serve on the county's Rec Tax Commission. Doyle asked magistrates to vote to amend the ordinance to remove the Chamber's requirement to sit on the commission for a number of reasons. The first was that the Chamber is a private nonprofit org with no county affiliation, second was that no Chamber member currently pays the Rec Tax, so the Chamber would have no real contribution to the commission, and third, although the Chamber supports the tax, its reasoning, and its beneficiary, which is Parks and Rec, Chambers normally advocate against taxes for businesses, so there was a conflict of interest. Magistrates took no action yesterday but are expected to discuss further at the next meeting. Magistrates also voted to:
The next Edmonson County Fiscal Court meeting is scheduled for February 26th at 4PM. 
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