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<v Speaker 1>Now we turn to the Kentucky Standard for news in

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown and Nelson County. Your reader today is Brian Hunt.

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<v Speaker 1>As a reminder, RADIOI is a reading service intended for

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<v Speaker 1>people who are blind or have other disabilities that make

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<v Speaker 1>it difficult to read printed material. We will begin with

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<v Speaker 1>the addition dated May twenty fourth. Primary results lead to

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<v Speaker 1>changes at NCSO, PVA and coroner's office. After nearly ten

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<v Speaker 1>thousand votes were cast in Tuesday's primary election in Nelson County,

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<v Speaker 1>residents will have a new sheriff, corner and property valuation

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<v Speaker 1>administrator next year, with incumbents in all three races getting

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<v Speaker 1>un upended by their challengers, according to unofficial vote totals

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<v Speaker 1>from Tuesday nine. With a number of key local races

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<v Speaker 1>on the ballot, including important contests for state Senate and

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<v Speaker 1>US Representative and Senate, Tuesday featured a hive voter turnout.

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<v Speaker 1>There were ninety five hundred ninety one ballots cast out

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty five thousand, six hundred sixty nine registered voters,

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<v Speaker 1>driving the percentage up to twenty six point eight nine percent.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the busiest election days in years. The biggest

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<v Speaker 1>surprise of the night was in the Democratic Sheriff's primary,

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<v Speaker 1>where challenger A. J. Lewis handily defeated Ramon Pinae Roo,

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<v Speaker 1>the two term incumbent, garnering just shy of sixty four

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the vote with a twenty six one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>sixty to fourteen hundred ninety eight margin. Lewis will face

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<v Speaker 1>south against his co worker as the Bardstown's Police Department

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<v Speaker 1>in November's general election. As Republican Jaron Culver did not

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<v Speaker 1>face opposition in his primary. Lewis said he had an

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelming and humbling day Tuesday. Outside of the election. Lewis

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<v Speaker 1>said he had other commitments, from coaching his baseball team

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<v Speaker 1>to running errands. As the night of the primaries wore on,

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<v Speaker 1>he said he was surrounded by friends and family when

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<v Speaker 1>the results began rolling in. Lewis said he thought it

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<v Speaker 1>would be challenging, however, he was blown away by the

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<v Speaker 1>support winning every precinct. He's looking to bring change to

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<v Speaker 1>the office if elected in November. I'm ready to make

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<v Speaker 1>some changes here for the better and be more community

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<v Speaker 1>involved and putting our community first. He said. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a good win. In the PVA and Warners races. The

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<v Speaker 1>incumbent office holders were both upset in the Republican primary,

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<v Speaker 1>and with no Democrats filing in either race, Tuesday's winners

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<v Speaker 1>will face no opposition. In November, Stephen Hibbs captured the

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<v Speaker 1>GOP primary for PVA, taking down incumbent Jay Williams by

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<v Speaker 1>a fifty four to forty six percent margin. Hibbs notched

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six hundred twelve votes to William's twenty two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four votes, thereby limiting Williams to one term in office.

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<v Speaker 1>Hibbs said the race was never about the incumbent, it

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<v Speaker 1>was about running for PBA. Hibbs said based on his

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<v Speaker 1>skills in his background in land surveying and property he

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<v Speaker 1>thought he would be a good fit for the office.

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<v Speaker 1>He said when he takes office next year, he is

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<v Speaker 1>going to make sure he has the right people in

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<v Speaker 1>place to get the job done. Hib said he will

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<v Speaker 1>be evaluating state requirements and aims to increase the frequency

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<v Speaker 1>of assessment process. I really want to work on trying

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<v Speaker 1>to increase the frequency of the assessment so it's not

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<v Speaker 1>such a financial burden, especially to the seniors, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>I said this in all the events that I support

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<v Speaker 1>any legislation that helped seniors on their property tax, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it be a freeze on assessment. I would like to

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<v Speaker 1>see seniors be exempt from property tax altogether, but that

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<v Speaker 1>is not something I have any control over. If. In

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<v Speaker 1>the GOP primary for Corner Carry, Monin upended in comment

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<v Speaker 1>Danielle Chaldeck after just one term. Monin grabbed fifty eight

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the vote, be Claudec by twenty eight hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixty eight to twenty two thousand and seventy seven margin.

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<v Speaker 1>Monin said he feels good about winning the Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>coroner position, and he's happy so many people have put

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<v Speaker 1>their faith in him. It isn't really about taking the

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<v Speaker 1>race from the incumbent, Monan said, It's something I've always

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do, and I truly feel I am the

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<v Speaker 1>right person for the job. I believe the people of

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson County know my reputation as being a lifelong emergency

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<v Speaker 1>worker and my commitment to this community for the last

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<v Speaker 1>forty years. He said. In the next six months, he'll

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<v Speaker 1>be preparing to take office and working on determining his

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<v Speaker 1>deputy coroner. Monin said he already knows the job. It

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<v Speaker 1>will now be a matter of figuring out what equipment

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<v Speaker 1>is needed. Claude P. D Roa and Williams weren't the

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<v Speaker 1>only incumbents to fall on Tuesday. After losing to Adam

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<v Speaker 1>Wheatley in the general election four years ago, in the

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<v Speaker 1>race for second District Magistrate, Gary Coulter changed registration to

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<v Speaker 1>Republican and turned the tables on Wheatley with a fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five point six percent of the vote, a margin of

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred and twenty two to four hundred ninety six.

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<v Speaker 1>Coulters served one termament office from twenty eighteen to twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two. No Democrat filed for the second district race.

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<v Speaker 1>M T. Harned advanced to November's general election, where he

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<v Speaker 1>will face Democrat Cameron Richards in an effort to retain

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<v Speaker 1>his third district magistrate seat. Harneed deveated David call in

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<v Speaker 1>the GOP primary with seventy seven point seven eight percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote. With incumbent John Snow not running for reelection,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be a new magistrate representing District five. Ted

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<v Speaker 1>Shields prevailed at a three way race for the Republican nomination,

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<v Speaker 1>taking sixty point nine percent of the vote, while Deborah

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<v Speaker 1>bought Vodchski under twenty two point eight percent and Bobby

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<v Speaker 1>Chesser claimed sixteen point two percent. No Democrat has filed

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<v Speaker 1>for the fifth district posts. Republican incumbent Judge Executive Tim

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<v Speaker 1>Hutchins got through in his primary with sixty six percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote, and he will take on Democrat J. T.

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<v Speaker 1>Roby in the fall. Roby dominated at a three way race

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<v Speaker 1>in his primary with just shy of sixty four percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote. Hutchins beat Don Thrasher thirty three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four seventeen hundred and four to grab the GOP knob,

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<v Speaker 1>while Roby tallied twenty four hundred and fifty seven votes

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<v Speaker 1>to Shamika Ashby's eight hundred and four and Ben Quarters

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred eighty five. It was Roby's first time running

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<v Speaker 1>for elected office. I am feeling humbled, Roby said. Shamika

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<v Speaker 1>and Ben were both very strong opponents and ran a

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<v Speaker 1>solid race up until the numbers started coming in. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was anyone's race to win. I was a

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<v Speaker 1>nerdivous wreck most of election day. Thank goodness, we had

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<v Speaker 1>an in service day at high school and a celebration

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<v Speaker 1>dinner that evening to celebrate our Nelson County students who

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<v Speaker 1>completed their associate degrees this year. This helped distract me

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<v Speaker 1>from thinking about the election. I didn't start listening to

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<v Speaker 1>results until seven forty five pm that night. I'm energeze

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<v Speaker 1>by the support from everyone and looked forward to the

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<v Speaker 1>next six months campaigning in state and national races. Andy

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<v Speaker 1>Barr carried Nelson County in the GOP US Senate primary,

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<v Speaker 1>edging out Daniel Cameron twenty three hundred seventy six to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one ninety nine in a crowded field. Those results

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<v Speaker 1>reflect to Nelson County vote totals only. Statewide, however, Bar dominated,

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<v Speaker 1>winning sixty percent of the vote to Cameron's thirty one percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Amy McGrath beat Charles Booker in the Nelson County in

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<v Speaker 1>the Democratic primary seventeen hundred twelve to fifteen twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>but Booker took the nomination by nominating dominating the vote

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<v Speaker 1>in Jefferson and Fayette County. Booker garnered forty seven percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote to just thirty six percent for McGrath.

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<v Speaker 1>Incumbent reports Publican US Congressman Brett Guthrie handily carried Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County in the second district GOP race and ran up

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<v Speaker 1>a similar wide state margin. Statewide, with eighty five percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote. Guthrie will face Democrat Magan Wingfield. In November.

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<v Speaker 1>Wingfield gathered forty one percent of the vote to win

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<v Speaker 1>her primary by twenty points. In the fourth district, newcomer

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<v Speaker 1>Ed Golraine outpaced incumbent Republican Thomas Massey with sixty one

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<v Speaker 1>point eight percent of Nelson County totals, and that carried

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<v Speaker 1>over statewide as well. On the strength of his endorsement

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<v Speaker 1>by President Donald Trump, gol Rain had a ten thousand

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<v Speaker 1>vote advantage over Massey and took fifty five percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the vote to forty five percent for Massey. Golrain will

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<v Speaker 1>face off with Democrat Melissa Strange. In November. Raine picked

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<v Speaker 1>up seventy two percent of the vote to defeat Jesse Brewer.

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<v Speaker 1>In the Republican primary for the fourth teenth District State

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<v Speaker 1>Senate seat, Dallas Robinson took twenty nine point two percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the Nelson County vote, Ben Mudd got twenty eight

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<v Speaker 1>point thirty three percent, and James Victory took twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six point one percent of the vote. However, after totaling

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<v Speaker 1>up all the votes in Nelson, Spencer Washington, Marion, and

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<v Speaker 1>Lbrue Counties. Mud was the overall winner with forty one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred twenty two votes thirty percent to Robinson's thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty nine twenty seven percent. Victory placed third

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<v Speaker 1>with fifteen percent of the overall vote. Mud was able

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<v Speaker 1>to pick up a key endorsement from retiring fourteenth District

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<v Speaker 1>State semenactor Jimmy Higden. On the Democratic side of the

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<v Speaker 1>fourteenth district race, Carrie Turrett handily beat Malcolm Jones with

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<v Speaker 1>nearly seventy percent of the vote in Nelson County, and

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<v Speaker 1>she enjoyed a larger margin district Wife with seventy three

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the vote's cast. Next, Barstown City Schools set

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<v Speaker 1>tentative budget. Barstown City Schools approved the fiscal year twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven tentative budget earlier this week at the BCS

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<v Speaker 1>Board of Education meeting on Tuesday. The school year is

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<v Speaker 1>coming to an end, but the BCS Board of Education

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<v Speaker 1>is looking ahead due next year. Tracy Rogers, BCS Director

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<v Speaker 1>of Finance, presented the board with the fiscal year twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven Tentative Budget, the second of three versions of

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<v Speaker 1>the budget. The budget total budget for the district is

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<v Speaker 1>fifty five point seven billion dollars. More than half of

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<v Speaker 1>the budget is in Fund one, the general fund at

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<v Speaker 1>forty two point two million. Rogers said they've projected the

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<v Speaker 1>district will have beginning balanced of four point nine million

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<v Speaker 1>in the general Fund. Additionally, the Kentucky Department of Education

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<v Speaker 1>sent out the forecast that Support Education Excellence in Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>SEEK calculations, which Rogers said was on par with what

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<v Speaker 1>they'd previously estimated. This year's estimate for SEEK is calculated

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<v Speaker 1>at a guaranteed base of forty six hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six dollars by the aggregated average daily attendance. Rogers said,

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<v Speaker 1>it is projected to bring in increase in state revenue

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<v Speaker 1>of five hundred sixty four thousand, ninety eight dollars base

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<v Speaker 1>funding increase to forty dollars per pupils. On the expenditure

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<v Speaker 1>side of the tentative budget, it's going to include a

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<v Speaker 1>recommended increase to the salary schedule. The Board of Education

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<v Speaker 1>will approve the proposed salary scheduled later this summer. The

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<v Speaker 1>budget includes a step and recommended increase to the salary schedule,

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<v Speaker 1>salary and benefits over eighty percent of one one. There

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<v Speaker 1>is also a reduction in the classified retirement rate from

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen point sixty two percent to seventeen point forty three percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Rogers said the most recent debt services schedule for outstanding

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<v Speaker 1>bonds and Kentucky Interlocal School Transportation Association obligations are also

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<v Speaker 1>included in the budget. They total four point eight million.

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<v Speaker 1>The tentative budget also includes a two point nine million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars contingency fund, which is seven point six percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the budget. Rogers will present a third and final budget

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<v Speaker 1>to the BOE in September. Looking ahead for the district,

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<v Speaker 1>Bargstown High School will celebrate graduation next Sunday, May thirtieth

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<v Speaker 1>at eleven a m at Garness Martin Fields. If there's

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<v Speaker 1>rain or inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown Elementary because of ongoing construction with the BHS gym.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bargstown Board of Education will meet next month on

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<v Speaker 1>June sixteenth at noon at the BCS Central Office. Next

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<v Speaker 1>Rotary to celebrate fiftieth Wine and Cheese next Sunday, Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>Birdstown Rotary Club is celebrating five decades of the annual

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<v Speaker 1>Wine and Cheese Festival next Saturday, as the flagship event

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<v Speaker 1>continues to grow. Saturday May thirtieth, at six p m,

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<v Speaker 1>the fiftieth Wine Cheese Festival will begin. The Bargstown Rotary

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<v Speaker 1>Club has hosted the event over the last five decades,

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<v Speaker 1>with each generation creating a new iteration of the beloved event.

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<v Speaker 1>This year's celebration will hold on to recent favorites like

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<v Speaker 1>the larger selection of wines and the expansive charcuteri board,

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<v Speaker 1>and bring in many exciting auction items. Tara Filiatrow, one

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<v Speaker 1>new editions is the three sixty photo booth. We are

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<v Speaker 1>year and expanding upon that. She said. We are praying

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<v Speaker 1>for good weather. We've got a lot of really good

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<v Speaker 1>auction items this year, some pretty wide wide range of

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<v Speaker 1>rare and limited bourbons and then subourbon themeed items. We

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<v Speaker 1>so a lot of good things for our auctions. Philiatroll

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<v Speaker 1>said they'll be expanding the Charcuteri board. This year, the

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<v Speaker 1>wine selection ranges from sweet to dry, with something for everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>There will also be specialty wines that will be available

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<v Speaker 1>to purchase and are not included in the ticket. If

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<v Speaker 1>wine isn't your drink of choice, Philiatrove said they'll have

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<v Speaker 1>In the past five years, the Wine and Chief Festival

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<v Speaker 1>This year's Wine and Cheese festival is also shadowed with

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<v Speaker 1>local club. Ed and Christine Hoven were in a fatal

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<v Speaker 1>car accident on May fifteenth, Ed passing away as a result,

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<v Speaker 1>a trying time for the Rotary family. She said both

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<v Speaker 1>were dedicated to serving their community. It's a difficult time

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<v Speaker 1>for the Rotary Club, but they remain in our thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>as we gather together this year, she said, we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>what they've done for us. It's going to be hard

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<v Speaker 1>to go on without them, but I know it would

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<v Speaker 1>make Ed proud. Tickets for this year's fiftieth Wine and

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<v Speaker 1>Cheese Festival can be found on the Barstown Rotary Club

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<v Speaker 1>website or on Facebook or their website at Bardstown Rotary

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<v Speaker 1>Club dot org. Next, Barstown celebrates student industry certifications on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Bardstown City Schools recognize students who earned certifications in one

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<v Speaker 1>Students at Bardstown High School earned one hundred fifty four

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<v Speaker 1>Education CTE program pass to Pro honored those students on

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday at the Bardstown Polytechnic School. Currently BTS offers pathways

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<v Speaker 1>and culinary, arts, construction, information technology, health science, government, law, engineering,

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<v Speaker 1>media and arts, education, business and transportation logistics. Five students

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<v Speaker 1>were honored with the Brenda Buffin Excellence in Career and

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<v Speaker 1>Technical Education Award. Buffin dedicated thirty years to Bardstown High

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<v Speaker 1>School and CTE. During her career, she worked to insure

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<v Speaker 1>for leadership, competition, networking, and personal growth. The Excellence in

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<v Speaker 1>five areas engineering, business marketing, health science, culinary, and construction.

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<v Speaker 1>This year's recipients were David Linton General Contacting, Construction, Lake

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<v Speaker 1>and Lucas Health Science, Emily Hill Engineering, Matthew Peniston Hospitality, culinary,

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<v Speaker 1>and John Slayton Business Marketing. Sixteen students from the district's

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<v Speaker 1>engineering pathways earned their National Occupational Competency Testing Institute Computer

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<v Speaker 1>caad Untechnical. Two students round the Culinary Arts program earned

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<v Speaker 1>their SERF Safe Manager certification, a first for Bargetown City Schools.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighteen certifications were awarded in the Business and Marketing Pathway

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<v Speaker 1>for the end of program assessments for accounting, administrative support,

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<v Speaker 1>and marketing. The Health Science program earned the most certification

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<v Speaker 1>certifications this year, with seventy seven. Students had the opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to earn eight separate accreditations and certifications, including Healthcare Core

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<v Speaker 1>forty two students, Medicaid Nurse Aid certification, seventeen students, Phlebotomy Technician,

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<v Speaker 1>eight students, EKG Technician, seven students, Patient Care Tech, one student,

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<v Speaker 1>certified Clinical Medical Assistant, one student, Veterinary Tech two students,

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<v Speaker 1>and Pharmacy Technician one student. Some forty four students from

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<v Speaker 1>the General Contracting Construction Pathway earned the home Builder Institute certification,

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<v Speaker 1>which is an industry recognized certification focused on foundational construction

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<v Speaker 1>and workplace skills. Next, Bloomfield to change garbage carriers Bloomfield

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<v Speaker 1>City Council briefs after a number of complaints in recent

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<v Speaker 1>months about the garbage pickup service provided by Waste Management.

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<v Speaker 1>The City of Bloomfield is making a change. The new

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<v Speaker 1>contract will be awarded to Rumkey, but it took a

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<v Speaker 1>contentious vote to make it happen, as Mayor Chris Dudgeon

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<v Speaker 1>cast a tie breaking vote as city council found itself

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<v Speaker 1>deadlocked in a three to three tie. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest complaints against Waste Management was their heavy restrictions on

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<v Speaker 1>what could and could not be picked up. Waste Management

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<v Speaker 1>uses a lift arm truck to pick up specialized garbage toats,

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<v Speaker 1>and the company typically would not pick up bagged trash

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<v Speaker 1>or items in an unimproved receptacles. Councilman John Hammond said

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<v Speaker 1>this was when the problem started with waste Management, as

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<v Speaker 1>some residents would be skipped over with trash accumulating by

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<v Speaker 1>the roadside on Other problems came when it came to

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<v Speaker 1>a ranging pickup for large bulky items. Hammond motioned to

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<v Speaker 1>accept the Rumkey in favor of Waste Management and Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>County Solid Waste. Rumkey had a representative at Munday's council

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<v Speaker 1>meeting to help explain some of the changes that would

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<v Speaker 1>come if Bloomfield shows their bit. Among them was that

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<v Speaker 1>Rumkey would have riders along with the trucks to pick

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<v Speaker 1>up items not in specialized toats, and Rumkey gave Bloomfield

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<v Speaker 1>customers the option to either use their specialized branded toats

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<v Speaker 1>or those residents could use their own receptacles. For comparison,

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<v Speaker 1>Rumkey would build twenty four dollars monthly if residents used

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<v Speaker 1>their toates or twenty two dollars if they used their

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<v Speaker 1>own receptacles. Waste management bid was twenty dollars seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>cents per month, while Nelson Counties was twenty one point

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<v Speaker 1>seven eight. Rumkey also permitted residents put out one large

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<v Speaker 1>bulky item per week as a part of their contracts.

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<v Speaker 1>While Hammond, Todd Swayzey, and Tina Long were in favor

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<v Speaker 1>of the Rumkey bid, fellow council members Laura Burnett, Scott Stevenson,

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<v Speaker 1>and Ken Lemon were not, as they preferred Nelson County

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<v Speaker 1>Solid Waste. I think we get more bang for the

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<v Speaker 1>buck if we go with the county. Stevenson said he

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<v Speaker 1>also liked the idea that the county would allow Bloomfield

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<v Speaker 1>residents to put out more coats, and they would also

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<v Speaker 1>get more access to the county landfield. Hyman noted that

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<v Speaker 1>the County garbage builing goes through Salt River Electric, but

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<v Speaker 1>that if the city went with Nelson County, Bloomfield City

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<v Speaker 1>Hall would still get all the customer complaints with Rumkey.

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<v Speaker 1>As with waste management, garbage billing would go through the city.

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<v Speaker 1>Stephenson said he preferred keeping the money in the county

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<v Speaker 1>rather than going through an outside entity such as Rumkey.

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<v Speaker 1>After the vote came up three to three, dudg and

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<v Speaker 1>cast at kybreaking voat to go with Rumkey. Y'all remember

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<v Speaker 1>that come November, Stephenson said, when Rumpky takes over garbage collection,

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<v Speaker 1>the pick up day will change from Wednesdays to Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>In Bloomfield. A will have a special call budget meeting

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