Fiscal court approves applying for hazardous-waste collection grant; county share set at 25%

Christian County Fiscal Court voted to apply for a hazardous-waste collection grant and approved hosting the event at the county's prior facility.

Lexi, introduced to the court as the staff member handling the program, described the grant and the county's share. "So we usually do about $10,000 and we're actually asking for about $20,000 and the county is only responsible for 25% of that," Lexi said. She said the county would host the collection at the original facility and that Chris Powell has offered to facilitate the event.

Lexi listed typical accepted items (paint cans, batteries, computers and TVs) and clarified that tires are not included in this grant and are handled separately by a tire collection program that runs every three years. The court moved, seconded and approved applying for the grant by voice vote.

Officials said the county's portion would come from grant match funds in the budget and that staff will coordinate logistics with Chris Powell and volunteers if the grant is awarded.