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Government

  • Bids for county facility are 72% over budget

    Plans for new road and recycling buildings went off the road when officials opened project bids at the Feb. 7 fiscal court meeting.

    “We’re all in shock over the prices that came in,” said Magistrate Brent Likins, chair of the building construction and maintenance committee last week.

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  • Ethics panel reviews Oldham property assessor’s family hire

    An ethics hearing for Oldham County’s property assessor continued last week in Frankfort.

    Ron Winters is one of 11 property valuation administrators across the state accused of nepotism in a case that began in 2008. If found guilty, penalties can range up to $5,000.

    The county PVA is elected to assess the value of property for property taxes.

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  • La Grange man files for U.S. representative seat

    A La Grange resident is entering the race for the U.S. congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Geoff Davis.

    Brian Oerther, a conservative Republican who teaches math for Jefferson County Public Schools, is the third candidate for the position.

    Republicans are filing for the election after Davis, a four-term Republican congressman, announced Dec. 15 he will not run again in 2012 for the 4th Congressional district. Davis said he wants to devote more time to his family.

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  • Task Force ‘like a boat without a rudder’

    After three meetings, members of the Fire and EMS Task Force remain unsure of their purpose.

    “We’re like a boat without a rudder,” said committee member Albert Harrison. 

    Judge-Executive David Voegele formed the committee in July and tasked members with determining if the current fire and EMS models are the most effective and efficient.

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  • Inmate labor fuels county government

    They’re behind the scenes, staffing the recycling center, cutting grass and stringing Christmas lights. They’re polite, hardworking and hard to miss in their orange shirts.

    These county jail inmates do a lot of work around Oldham County as part of the jail’s work detail program. Inmates logged more than 29,700 hours of work from January to August this year.

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  • Need to reach the City of Pewee Valley?

    Pewee Valley Town Hall
    312 Mt. Mercy Drive, PO Box 769
    Pewee Valley, Ky. 40056
    (502) 241-8343

    Town council meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of the month at Town Hall.


    Mayor Bob Rogers
    (502) 241-7340

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  • Need to reach the City of La Grange?

    La Grange City Hall
    307 W. Jefferson Street
    La Grange, KY 40031
    Phone: (502) 222-1433
    Open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

    City council meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of the month in the Fiscal Court Room, 100 W. Jefferson St., La Grange.

     

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  • Need to speak to Oldham fiscal court members?

    Need to speak with members of Oldham County Fiscal Court? Here is contact information for the Oldham County Judge-Executive and eight magistrates:

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  • Need to reach the City of Goshen?

    Bob Thacker
    Mayor, City of Goshen
    1014 Rollingwood Lane
    Goshen, Ky.  40026
    Phone: (502) 228-2672
    Contact for: Newsletter/webite, health and safety

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  • Judge-exec under fire for 911 calls

    (Audio files for this story are linked in the story and at the bottom. When you click on the link, you'll be taken to a Google Documents screen with a "Download File" button in the top-right corner.)

    The county judge-executive is drawing fire this week after several 911 calls he made to the county’s dispatch center in 2011 became public. 

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