Fiscal Court discusses amending Planning Commission membership, votes to enter closed session

Judge Michael Mueller, county judge/executive, presided over a special Franklin County Fiscal Court video-teleconference on Aug. 7, 2023, during which the court discussed an ordinance amendment to Ordinance No. 39 (1989) that would change the Joint City-County Planning Commission’s number of members and set a meeting frequency. The record notes the session was a work session and that no ordinance action was taken that evening.

The meeting record lists Squire J.W. Blackburn, Squire Kelly Dycus, Squire Scotty Tracy, Squire Richard Tanner and Squire Eric Whisman as present alongside Judge Michael Mueller; Squire Sherry Sebastian was absent. County Attorney Max Comley and Fiscal Court Clerk Kim Cox were noted as in attendance at the public location, 321 West Main Street in Frankfort.

Squire Eric Whisman moved to enter a closed session under Kentucky Revised Statutes 61.810(1)(b) to deliberate the future acquisition or sale of real property; Squire Scotty Tracy seconded. The motion carried with Squires Blackburn, Dycus, Tracy, Tanner, Whisman and Judge Mueller voting in favor; Squire Sherry Sebastian was recorded as absent.

After the closed session, Squire Whisman moved and Squire Dycus seconded a motion to return to open session; the motion passed with the same voting pattern. Squire J.W. Blackburn then moved to adjourn, seconded by Squire Whisman; the court voted to adjourn and the meeting ended at 5:17 p.m.

The court’s minutes record that the meeting was a work session on the proposed ordinance amendment and that "no action was taken" on the ordinance itself. The record does not specify any proposed new membership numbers or a finalized meeting schedule for the Joint City-County Planning Commission. Any substantive changes to Ordinance No. 39 (1989) would require a future meeting and formal action not reflected in these minutes.