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Sharpsburg
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the new business, they would
have to bore under Hwy. 36
and would have to buy prop-
erty near the Dollar General
Store to place a grinder pump
for the sewer. She said it
would be too costly for the city
to take on, especially with the
city’s current- payments and
ongoing expenses for its own
sewer plant.
She also noted that the city
is not yet aware how much in
federal funds they will receive
or how they can be spent.
City Council member David
Jones agreed and said, “We
gave it our best effort on that
project before. We had the
money, we did the survey,
and would have gotten on the
[funding] priority list. They
thought we only wanted tax-
es.”
Clemons said if Calvert
wants his residence to be an-
nexed into the city, there is pa-
perwork he can file to do that.
Council member Rocky
Roberts said these requests
were “politically motivated.”
Council member
Richardson added that the
city had previous been asked
to provide sewer service to
the Barnyard Venue, Which is
located over a mile from Main
Street on Hwy. 36.. She noted
there were no residences on
the west side ‘of Hwy. 36.
Clemons said she had been
contacted on another occasion
by Steve Calvert, who had of-
fered to mow a property at 239
Main Street which is located
Asphalt
cont. from pg. 1
“laydown” work for larger
road paving jobs.
Freedom Asphalt is a
batch-style plant and can
produce different mixes
for different needs, suit-
able for smallervcontrac-
tors and county and city
road departments.
The plant can produce 4
tons of blacktop every min-
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next to another property he
owns. She explained that
people cannot step on private
property and just start mow-
ing. Council members voted
to send a letter to the prop-
erty owner requesting that the
yard be mowed, along with a
copy of the city‘s nuisance or-
dinance.
She said she was also con-
tacted by Fran Toy, who had
purchased a residence in the
city and wanted to find out
who owned an unkempt prop-
erty next door. She told him
she would contact the PVA of-
fice to find the current owner
and then send the owner a nui-
sance letter as well. ‘
Clemons gave updates
on several properties in the
city on which back taxes are
owed, including two proper-
ties which have sold in the
past several months for which
the city‘s back tax liens were
not included with the property
transfer information.
She said, after a few people
have paid their delinquent tax-
es this year, the outstanding
balance is $2353.
Clemons also told council
members she was recently
contacted by Wl‘VQ Channel
36 regarding the status of a
property for which they gave
the wrong street address but
which turned out to be the
derelict property belonging
to the Fellowship Tabernacle
Church on Main Street.
She said she told Channel
36 the city had attempted to
alert the owners of the church
several years ago, which is the
trustees of the church, but
there was no reply. She said
ing on the nééds of the
contractor.
“You can line up 10
trucks in a row, and load
them with 10 different mix-
es,” he said. .
He said the plant is flexi-
ble with no minimum-sized
order required.
The Owingsville plant
will also have a paving
crew available on site, and
he will be hiring 3-4 more
people to work there.
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COMMUNITY
she directed the Channel 36
reporter to the trustees.
Council members discussed
the community center “wish
list” for 2021. Top priorities for
this year include exterior paint-
ing, more rock for the parking
lot across the street, window
blinds for the gymnasium, and
replacement of outside fights
by the front door.
Council member Roberts
asked Mayor Clemons to con-
tact Tomrny Little Painting of
Winchester for an estimate for
painting the community cen-
., ter. ’lhe council has received
tWo estimates, one from Har-
old Massey of Carlisle, for
$7550, and RI Construction of
Vanceburg, for $11,185.
Clemons also shared an
email from Christi ’Crump
from the Sharpsburg Branch
Library, who said the library
has received a grant from the
Bluegrass Community Foun-
dation for $400 per week for
the library to remain open
four extra hours each day. ’lhe
summer hours for the Sharps-
burg Branch will be 9:30 am.
to 5:30 pm. Monday through
Friday, but no hours on Satur-
day.
The Bookmobile will be
headquartered at the Sharps-
burg Branch, and the driver,
Diane Brunson, will be work-
ing at the branch, as well as
the children’s librarian, 'Ihe-
resa Colman, in addition to
Crump.
The next Sharpsburg City
Council meeting will be held
on Tuesday, July 6, at 6 pm.
due to the July 4 weekend holi-
day.
and enjoys hunting. He
said his daughter, Eliza-
beth, just graduated at age
20 from Marshall Universi-
ty, and heads her own pav-
ing crew for their company.
The Owingsville plant
opens at 6 am. and closes
at 5 pm. but will stay open
until the last customer is
loaded.
For more information,
you can call Freedom As-
phalt at 606-674—2220.
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Renovation
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an equitable distribution
of state funding for school
construction and technol-
ogy based on the unmet
needs of Kentucky’s 171
school districts.
The ARPA money is be-
ing allocated as gap fund-
ing. The state education
commissioner needs to
approve the offers and
then the local school dis-
tricts must accept or de-
cline the offer.
“Gap funds cover what
is beyond the ability of the
school district to bond or
finance. This money is a
bridge to carry important
projects to completion,”
added Gov. Beshear.
Each school district in
Kentucky must maintain
a standing facilities plan.
Those plans are priori-
tized at the state level by
the SFCC. If one of the
chosen school districts
does not accept the allo-
cated funding, the funds
will be applied to the next
project on the state’s pri-
ority list.
Bath County Board of 1
Education members held
a special called meeting
in April to discuss the dis-
trict’s facility needs and
bonding potential to fund
building and renovation
projects.
At the top of the list for
facilities needs was Bath
County Middle School,
which was constructed in
1938 and has served the
district since that time as
Owingsville High School,
Bath County High School,
and since 2010 as Bath
County Middle School.
Lincoln Theinart, with
RSA Advisors, a public fi-
nance agency, told board
members at the April
meeting that the district
has approximately $11
million in bonding poten—
tial for facilities projects
with additional assistance
from the SFCC..
This latest announce-
ment from the SFCC is
yet another injection of
funding potential for con-
struotion and renovation
projects.
In addition to the SF CC
funds, the district is also
slated to receive $8 mil-
lion in additional federal
coronavirus assistance
this year through El-
ementary and Second-
ary School Emergency
Funds, known as ESSER.
School Board members
voted last month to ap-
prove the 2021-22 Fiscal
Year tentative budget,
which will include $3.7
million in ESSER—II funds,
to be used for summer
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school and instructional
needs. The $8 million in
ESSER-III funds can be
used for a variety of other
district needs, including
facilities.
Supt. Harvey Tackett,
who will be retiring June
30, expressed his excite-
ment upon hearing the
funding announcement
for the district. .
“Bath County Schools
is so excited for the SFCC
state award announce-
ment that included $7.1
million funding for reno-
vation to Bath County
Middle School. With our
current bond potential
funding being near eleven
million dollars, and the
plan towards placing six
million dollars from ES
SER III to facilities up-
grades, our school district
is in a very advantageous
position to address all
school building facilities’
needs. This additional
$7.1 million award for
BCMS will allow the build-
ing to be given a needed
restoration to make it
current to address the
academic/facility needs/
upgrades for our children
and staff,” Tackett said.
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