Trimble County Schools Closer to Having New Athletic Facility

    The Trimble County Board of Education met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday June 5. The board heard from David Eddy, a representative from the Family Resource Center. The Family Resource Center operates under the Kentucky Education Reform Act. Eddy says he helps families with children in grades Kindergarten through Grade 5, while Denise Hall assists students in the middle and high schools. Eddy explained his position within the district as,”30% social worker, 50% educator, and 20% everything else.” He said the main part of his job was to remove barriers for academic success for all students. Eddy said it is alarming how many families in Trimble County truly need assistance. He went on to explain many of the programs that the Family Resource Center offers local families with children enrolled in Trimble County schools. One of the programs includes the weekend backpack program that Eddy explained is to, “help eliminate weekend hunger.”  The backpack program feeds nearly 162 children per week.  In addition to helping the children, the Family Resource Center helps parents earn their GEDs and offers them referrals to help find employment.

     In other news, the board heard from Bob Haferman from K. Norman Berry Associates Architects from Louisville, KY about Phase II of the athletic grounds project. He informed that board that there were some minor changes but everything was going according to plans. He said that after reviewing the cost they are between $85-90 thousand higher than initially expected. Haferman added that contractors will have to pay approximately $75 for plans to bid on the project. Plans will be made available August 6, 2013. Contractors will have 21 days to review the plans and submit sealed bids by August 27. If everything continues to go as planned construction on the new athletic compound is set to begin on Monday, September 30.

     The next school board meeting will be held Wednesday June 19 at 5:30 in the Trimble County Board of Education building. 

Milton City Commission Meeting on 5/9/13

     The Milton City Commission met for its regularly scheduled meeting last Thursday, May 9, 2013 in the Milton Municipal Building. The commission discussed the upcoming Swap Meet to be held at the Milton City Park the weekend of May 11-12, 2013. Mayor Denny Jackson informed the Commissioners about a phone call conversation he had with a resident expressing concern about the care of the animals at the Swap Meet. Jackson instructed board members to walk around and make sure the animals are being cared for over the weekend. Commissioners also expressed ideas about what to do about vendors who set up a day early. The concern is that these vendors get a free day to distribute their ware because they show up and begin selling the day before the Swap Meet begins. Commissioner Lynn Comeaux asked the board, “If they (vendors) come early should they pay more?”  The Commissioners agreed to take time to look around Friday and discuss it more at another meeting.

     

     In other business, the Mayor reminded the board that they needed to finalize the annual operating budget for fiscal year 2013-2014. The Commissioners will have a budget workshop Monday, May 13 at 6PM. Among the concerns Commissioners face when preparing the budget will be to discuss increasing revenue by raising taxes. Once the board finishes the budget, they will have two public readings of the budget before it can be enacted by the end of June.

     The Milton City Commission meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7PM in the Milton Municipal Building located at 10179 HWY 421 North in Milton. The meetings are open to the public and residents are encouraged to attend. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be June 13. 

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