Board approves contingency grants, ratifies grant support letters and confirms flood emergency; appoints members and reaffirms Project Delta commitment

The Scott County Board of Supervisors took multiple formal actions at its March meeting, approving several community grants from contingency funds, ratifying letters of support for grant applications, confirming a local emergency declaration related to February flooding, and making several board appointments.

Votes at a glance

- Contingency grant for Nicholsville Days: The board approved $1,000 from the contingency fund to support Nicholsville Days. The motion passed by voice vote; the minutes record the allocation and identify the funding source as the contingency fund.

- Scott County Community Garden: Supervisors approved $735 from contingency to support the Scott County Community Garden project; motion carried by voice vote.

- Ratify letter of support — Planning District’s Appalachian Regional Commission grant: The board ratified a previously signed letter of support for the planning district’s ARC application. The motion to ratify passed by voice vote.

- Ratify letter of support — Scott County Telephone BEAD/BEAT broadband grant: The board ratified a letter of support for Scott County Telephone’s infrastructure grant application to expand broadband capacity (the submission referenced boosting bandwidth to 10 gigabit capability). The motion carried by voice vote.

- Confirm and close local emergency for February flood event: Supervisors confirmed the county had declared a local emergency on Feb. 16 and ended that emergency on March 5; the board voted to confirm and approve the record.

- Claims and appropriations: The board approved payment of claims presented at the meeting and a series of bookkeeping appropriations described in the packet (examples included elections, emergency services and capital project funds). The motion to pay bills passed by voice vote.

- Appointments and reappointments: The board carried several appointment votes, including filling two Public Service Authority seats (Joe Horton and Eddie Skeens were appointed after the board’s vote), reappointing members to recreation advisory positions where applicants were unopposed, and noting other advertised vacancies with no applicants.

- Reaffirmation of prior Project Delta commitment: Following a closed session discussion about a prospective industry (Project Delta) and economic development negotiations, the board voted in open session to reaffirm and re‑ratify a moral obligation previously committed by an earlier board in the amount discussed for Project Delta. The board recorded the motion and it passed by voice vote.

Procedural notes

Several of the votes were recorded as voice votes; the transcript does not include roll‑call tallies for those motions. For motions where specific vote counts were not read into the record, the minutes record the motion, whether a second was offered, and that the motion carried.

What this means

The board’s contingency allocations provide modest support for community events and local projects. Ratified letters of support may assist regional planning and broadband funding applications. Confirming the local emergency creates a record for any further state or federal assistance; the board indicated ongoing coordination with FEMA and other agencies regarding houses and infrastructure affected by the February flooding.

The board’s reaffirmation of the Project Delta commitment records continued county support for the economic development effort discussed in closed session; the board approved that reaffirmation by voice vote in open session.