Christian Fiscal Court heard an update on Sunday’s storms at Tuesday morning’s meeting, and approved measures related to county health insurance.
Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham says that while there was county-wide damage from Sunday’s storms, the brunt of the damage occurred in the southern portion of Christian County, resulting in numerous power outages and damage to homes. He says a proclamation declaring a state of emergency for the county has been sent to the state.
The biggest issue they’re facing right now is power poles down and trees over electrical wires—a bulk of the county remains without power, but Graham says mutual aid has come in to help get the lights back on.
Mack Major of Higgins Insurance is the county’s insurance agent and says after reviewing all of the information, he and the insurance committee decided it remains much more affordable to maintain the county’s self-insured structure for health coverage. But he did make a recommendation to switch carriers to Sun Life Canada.
Magistrates approved that unanimously. In other action, magistrates accepted the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recommendations for repaving of rural and secondary roads in the coming year.
Part of the plan includes $1.3 million to go towards maintaining roadways in the county, including paving a portion of KY 345, a portion of KY 800 and a portion of KY 507.