The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday evening.
The court approved a lease agreement with West Hardin Fire and Rescue, which will allow Hardin County EMS to locate a “satellite emergency medical service station” at West Hardin’s Station Two facility located in White Mills. The agreement is for one year with automatic renewal unless one of the parties opts out.
Hardin County Judge/Executive Keith Taul said the lease agreement had been “a bit of a work in progress”, but he said hard work went into making the agreement possible.
“All that goes with it, and all the work that went into making this station suitable for a 24-hour ambulance as needed was impressive, and we have some of our West Hardin folks here from Eastview and the White Mills area of the county, the western part of the county, so I just wanted to, before we vote, acknowledge how much work you all put into this and thank you for doing that,” Taul said.
Taul said during the fiscal court’s Town Hall Forum Monday that if the lease was approved he would announce ambulance plans Wednesday.
In other meeting news, the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office reported 181 arrests were made, 335 citations were issued, and 206 warrants were served in August and September. Hardin County Coroner Pat Elmore said his office worked on 90 cases in August and 89 cases in September, and noted drug overdose deaths year to date are down from 42 last year to 25 this year. Hardin County Quick Response Team Director Justin Blair said the QRT was busy making community connections in August and September.
“We went to 67 residential units, and in 27 of those we actually got to engage with the homeowner,” Blair said. “We distributed 18 naloxones and 51 resource guides so that they would know what resources are available to them.”
Learn more on the Quick Response Team – Hardin County Facebook page.
The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet November 10.
