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The Kentucky Association of Counties held a special executive committee meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 400 Englewood Drive in Frankfort, Kentucky.
The roll was called. The following Directors were present: President Elbert Bennett, Caldwell Co. Magistrate; President-Elect Gary Moore, Boone Co. Judge/Executive; 1st Vice President Reagan Taylor, Madison Co. Judge/Executive; 2nd Vice President Phil Sammons, Boyle Co. Magistrate; and Immediate Past President David Nicholson, Jefferson Co. Circuit Clerk.
Others present were: Brian Roy, Executive Director/CEO; Jim Henderson, Deputy Director; Karen Basham, Chief Financial Officer; Grant Satterly, Director of Financial Services; Tim Sturgill, General Counsel; and Sonya Chesser, Executive Secretary.
President Bennett called the meeting to order at 10:14 a.m.
Motion made by Phil Sammons, seconded by David Nicholson, to approve the minutes of the December 20, 2018 meeting. Motion carried.
President Bennett requested approval to reappoint Pendleton Co. Judge/Executive David Fields and Scott Co. Magistrate David Livingston to the KACo Unemployment Insurance Fund for a three year term beginning January 1, 2019 and to expire December 31, 2021.
Motion made by Phil Sammons, seconded by Reagan Taylor, to reappoint Pendleton Co. Judge/Executive David Fields and Scott Co. Magistrate David Livingston to the KACo Unemployment Insurance Fund Board for a three year term. Motion carried.
Ms. Basham presented and discussed the following financial reports: FY 2018/19 consolidated budget report for July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018; statement of financial position as of December 31, 2018; statement of activities for July 2018 through December 2018; and the FY 2018/19 PAF budgets for all programs for period July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. She also presented copies of the credit card reports and the out-of-state travel report for the month of December 2018.
Motion made by Phil Sammons, seconded by Gary Moore, to acknowledge receipt of the financial reports as presented. Motion carried.
Mr. Nicholson asked Mr. Roy to inform the KACo Board, at its March meeting, that we will see an increase in the NACo Activities budget line because KACo now has three members, in addition to NACo 2nd Vice President Gary Moore, serving on the NACo Board and receiving reimbursement for travel to attend the NACo board meetings.
Mr. Satterly presented and discussed the investment report for December 2018 including the security position changes for the month of December and his personal view of the economic outlook for January 2019.
Motion made by David Nicholson, seconded by Phil Sammons, to acknowledge receipt of the investment report and to approve the security position changes as presented. Motion carried.
President Bennett requested approval of a resolution in memory of former Clay County Judge/Executive Carl "Crawdad" Sizemore.
Motion made by Reagan Taylor, seconded by Gary Moore, to adopt the resolution as presented. Motion carried
Mr. Roy requested approval of a resolution appointing KACo's Director of Insurance Temple Juett as KACo's designee to the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP). He said that KACo, as the sponsoring agency of the insurance pools will be the named member of AGRiP, but the KACo All Lines Fund and the KACo Workers Compensation Fund will reimburse KACo for the membership dues.
Motion made by Phil Sammons, seconded by Gary Moore, to approve the resolution designating Temple Juett as KACo's representative to the Association of Governmental Risk Pools. Motion carried.
Mr. Roy said he received a proposal from Agility, a disaster recovery company to provide services to KACo should a disaster strike. However, after review, it was determined that services for disaster recovery would have to be bid out due to the bid exceeding $20,000. Therefore, a request for proposal will be sent out for this service.
Mr. Roy provided details concerning the annual NACo legislative conference to be held March 2-6 in Washington, DC and provided an update on the NCCAE Presidents & Executives meeting that he and President Bennett attended in January.
Mr. Roy provided information on Vestige, a mentorship program for executive directors and CEOs. He said he more information concerning the benefits of program would be provided at the next meeting.
Mr. Roy said a strategic plan is in the works and requested that the executive committee hold a two-day retreat in March and include the full board. The scheduled next meeting will be held February 28th at noon.
Motion made by Reagan Taylor, seconded by Phil Sammons, to adjourn the meeting at 11:14 a.m. Motion carried.
