Knott County Fiscal Court approves multiple Chestnut Ridge water and sewer resolutions and several voice payments

Knott County Fiscal Court on Feb. 16 approved a package of resolutions to advance Chestnut Ridge water and sewer projects and cleared several routine voice payments.

The court signed revised paperwork the state returned to correct a funding designation (transcript said some items were incorrectly labeled as state funds when they are federal funds). Court members said the corrected resolutions will allow KIA to release federal funds for water, sewer and engineering costs on Chestnut Ridge.

Specifically, the transcript references the following project codes and related resolutions: Chestnut Ridge Water Project (quoted in the record as 22EKW003 and 22EKW005), a Chesapeake Water item (22EKW004 as cited), and Chestnut Ridge Sewer Project items (22EKS003, 22EKS004, 22EKS005). Each resolution was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records affirmative voice votes but does not contain roll‑call tallies.

The court also approved voice payments: a public‑entity insurance policy for basketball/volleyball for $2,413.86; a payment connected with fitness equipment and to Dale Williams for $25,000 (the transcript also references that East Kentucky Fitness supplied roughly $200,000 worth of gym equipment); and a payment to the Kentucky State Treasurer for plumbing license renewal for $4,352. All three payments were approved by voice vote.

The items passed with no extended debate recorded in the transcript and will proceed to KIA or the listed payees as part of routine county operations.