Christian Fiscal Court on Tuesday approved an incentive resolution for the White Hydraulics expansion and gave the go-ahead for dollars from the industrial development authority revolving loan fund to go toward improvements at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport.
Judge-Executive Jerry Gilliam notes the $13 million investment by White Hydraulics will create 25 new jobs and the resolution approved Tuesday will rebate them 90 percent of increased property tax revenues at their site over the next 20 years to help pay for the expansion.
Darrell Gustafson of the Airport Board says they are looking to build 10 additional t-hangars and he received approval from Fiscal Court for $275,000 to come from the revolving loan fund to go with $300,000 of cash on hand to pay for the project.
Meanwhile, magistrates also approved a resolution accepting reimbursement from the state for purchase of new voting tablets, with County Clerk Melinda Humphries saying they are no longer using Tenex machines and have gone with KnowInk—a vendor that has facilities in Kentucky.
In other action, County Attorney Lincoln Foster announced the hiring of former assistant commonwealth’s attorney Jerad Smith as his new domestic violence prosecutor at a salary of $65,000, which is paid entirely by grand funds.