The seven magistrates, representing the seven districts that make up Barren County, met on the third floor of the Barren County Government Building on Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. to discuss and approves various agenda items. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1.
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
The Barren County Fiscal Court, with its seven magistrates and Judge-Executive Jamie Bewley Byrd, met in the court chambers to discuss and approve a variety of agenda items, including bids for construction and maintenance on three separate county projects.
The meeting was called to order by Byrd at 4 p.m. and lasted roughly 17 minutes in the court chambers on the third floor of the county government building.
Halfway through the court agenda came the discussion of the first bid, which concerned Happy Hollow Loop Road Low Water Ford. According to the low water ford bid, Bluegrass Concrete and Associates, which is located on Donnelley Drive in Glasgow, had the lowest bid at $55,700.
Byrd pointed out that the funds for this particular project came from the state government rather than solely from Barren County.
“This is extra money, this is emergency money that we asked Frankfort for and they gave us,” Byrd said. “So we put it to bid and we had two bids come in.”
According to the bid, the estimated start date is “as soon as weather permits” with the estimated completion date being summer 2024 “at the latest.”
With District 3 Magistrate Tim Durham making the motion and District 2 Magistrate Derek Pedigo seconding it, the bid was approved by the court.
The second bid concerned Ritters Mill Road. Just like Happy Hollow Loop Road this bid related to the construction of a low water ford. Scott and Murphy submitted the bid that was presented at the special-called meeting. According to the bid, the cost of the ford is $528,377 with roughly $50,000 of that being for a 5-foot guardrail, Byrd said.
“It would be my recommendation, as well as American Engineers, to include the rail,” Byrd said. “For the safety issue I would recommend we put the guardrail.”
“Money well spent,” Durham added.
Byrd said originally the state earmarked $155,000 for this project with Barren County making up the remaining cost, but state increased its funds to $275,000. The start date is June 1 of next year though Byrd said she “is pushing as hard as she can” to move that date up. The end date is July 31, 2024.
“This is a project everybody wants to see happen including me,” Byrd said. “Depending on the water levels is when the project will start.”
The bid was approved by the magistrates unanimously with Durham making the motion and District 1 Magistrate Jeff Botts seconding.
The third bid involved a “one-time maintenance non-contract” on the HVAC system to the old U.S. Bank building — now tentatively being called the Barren County Development Center. Byrd said this discussion and approval did not commit them long-term to any one particular company as the Health Department — which is moving to the first floor of the BCDC — will help cover the cost of a maintenance contract. The one-time maintenance non-contract bid was submitted by HVAC Services Inc. The bid includes “servicing both boilers and cooling towers” at the cost of $3,680.
This bid was approved unanimously by the court.
Other court business included approving payment to Parlayne Outdoor Solutions for field work at Jackie Browning Park, approving payments of road maintenance invoices and acknowledging receipts and approving personnel actions, which, Byrd said, relates mostly to individuals at the Barren County Detention Center opting to go to the newly created “non-hazardous” correctional officer position.
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