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Casey to add voting machine to each precinct

May 18, 2005|BRENDA S. EDWARDS

LIBERTY - Casey Fiscal Court agreed to upgrade polling places and purchase additional voting machines to meet federal guidelines pertaining to election precincts.

The court decided Monday to adopt a policy to upgrade the voting precincts and add an extra voting machine at each of the 15 precincts. The cost is $75,000 and another $10,000 for a voting machine for absentee voters. The county will be reimbursed by the state Board of Elections for the costs, county Judge-Executive Ronald Wright said.

An evaluation to find out which of the 15 voting precincts needed modifications has been completed by county Clerk Eva S. Miller, and Art Mills, a member of the county Board of Elections, and Paul Sayers and C. David Coffman, volunteers.

The team looked at precincts scattered throughout the county that needed temporary or permanent modifications to improve accessibility to voters during elections. The report said the team's goal is to provide a site that is accessible to voters who are visually-impaired, who use wheelchairs or scooters or who have difficulty walking.

Team members also recommended the court provide 142 cones, 24 accessibility signs, four doorknob adapters (to change from doorknob to lever), and build three ramps using blacktop.

They asked for signs to help guide traffic during voting hours.

The court also went along with County Attorney Thomas M. Weddle Jr.'s suggestion to get written permission for the upgrades from property owners who allow the county to use their property for voting places.

First reading of $6 million budget

In money matters, the court gave first reading to a $6-million budget for the next fiscal year, and approved the treasurer's report and budget transfers.

The only fund with a negative balance was the jail, which shows a $104,571 deficit because the county has not received money owed to house state inmates.

Judge-Executive Ronald Wright said the state is behind in paying the jail costs, but the county is still in good financial shape and has a $1.8-million balance in all funds.

The court also accepted budgets from special taxing districts: Lake Cumberland Area Development District, $2.7 million; Parksville Water District, $469,054 (for water lines extended from Boyle to Casey County); Lake Cumberland District Health Department, $12 million; Cooperative Extension Service, $247,669; and Casey County Ambulance Service, $916,700.

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