Homemakers, 4-H Club Proclamations at Fiscal Court

Bids Read for Sunfish-Roundhill Road and Pickleball Courts

Members of the Edmonson County Homemakers and Edmonson County 4-H were recognized with proclamations by the EC Fiscal Court.

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Edmonson County Fiscal Court honored local homemakers and 4-H members at today's meeting with a proclamation for each group. 

Statewide, the Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association celebrates Homemakers Week October 12th-18th in 2025. The Fiscal Court signed a proclamation today that acknowledged it here in Edmonson County. While National 4-H Week was during fall break last week, the court also presented local 4-H members with the same honor.

In other business, Judge Executive Scott Lindsey read aloud sealed bids for pickleball courts for the county park system. Five different bids were read that ranged from the lowest price of $62,200 all the way up to $182,000. The court voted to receive all bids, study each one, and vote to award the bid to one contractor at the next meeting.

In the same manner, bids for the rebuilding of Sunfish-Roundhill Road were also read aloud. Two different sealed bids were read, which included one from Cleary in the amount of $915,000 and the other from Scotty's in the amount of $498,793. 

While FEMA has committed to funding the rebuild, it will be a reimbursement for the costs that the county must first cover. In March of 2024, the court voted to apply for a line of credit through KACo Leasing and Trust to ensure the county had the up-front money for the project. Lindsey previously said that delays in the bidding process and scope of work pushed the process back. The original plan was to have the road rebuilt by the end of this year.

The court voted to receive the bids and make a decision at the next meeting.

The court also voted to purchase a new vehicle for the Jailer's Office. Deputy Jailer Ray Willhite shared with magistrates that the Jailer had nearly a $100K surplus in their budget, resulting from fewer prisoners which leads to fewer health costs for them. All of which is on the county's dime. Willhite said out of the $600K budget, $400K goes towards housing prisoners. He asked for three vehicles, including a used one, but magistrates voted for the one new purchase.

The court also voted to:

• Acknowledge Edmonson County Schools 2025 Tax Rate of .459 per $100, (down from last year's .478 per $100).
• Approve to remove 2003 Chevy Trailblazer VIN#1GNDT13S332110746 from the Surplus List and place back in County Vehicle Inventory.
• Approve Resolution EC25-28, Inter-local Agreement with City of Brownsville-Oak Hill Road Repairs, which consist of splitting $9K for patches along the road.