Daviess County Treasurer Jim Hendrix announced Thursday he intends to retire from his position on Nov. 30, 2022, after 13 years of service.
After he retires from treasurer, he will serve as Director of Administrative Services until his official last day on Dec. 31 to allow time to prepare the required treasure’s final statement.
“I am honored to serve as the treasurer of Daviess County. I am quite proud of the financial staff, the
high quality and accuracy of their work, and the commitment they show to their positions,” Hendrix said.
In other business during Fiscal Court’s meeting Thursday, Director of Legislative Services David Smith presented a contract for the design of a residual landfill to open new space.
“We have about 7 years left of air space. Just in the last week, we found out there could be some major demolition projects in the community that will take one year off of it, and then quite honestly, after the events of this last weekend, it made us realize that we could have a natural disaster here that fills up that landfill extremely fast,” Smith said.
The estimate for a new space for the landfill will be about 30-40 acres — roughly the size of the present landfill — which should last roughly 20+ years.
Fiscal Court also declared January 2022 National Volunteer Blood Donor Month to raise awareness for the donations in the community.
Vicki Ellis, Director of Communications and Development for the Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center, said that this past week has been busier than usual. Thanks to the people who donated last week, Ellis said they were able to supply blood for victims of the Dec. 10 tornado.
“That’s one of the reasons that National Blood Donor Month is really important, to our blood centers and to blood centers across the United States,” Ellis said. “It’s that awareness and mindfulness and a reminder to donate blood.”
She said during the tornado there was zero communication available, which showed the Western Kentucky Blood Center ways to improve in emergency situations.
Additionally, the Court approved the ability to apply for a Firefighter Equipment Grant for $308,000 and Kentucky Ambulance Block Grant Program for the Fiscal Year 2022-23.
A bid for Landfill Administration Office Renovation to replace the HVAC system and water damage was accepted for the price of $77,300.
Solid Waste Heavy Equipment Operator Steve Ford will be retiring from his position effective Dec. 31 after 27 years of service. Keary Boone was promoted to Landfill Solid waste Heavy Equipment Operator effective Dec. 20, and Eric Smith was hired as Landfill Mechanic effective Dec. 20.
