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Surplus logs will not be used in Uncle Tom's replica

December 09, 2008|JONATHAN SCHWAB

LANCASTER - Garrard County Fiscal Court agreed Monday to declare logs from a building next to County Attorney Jeff Moss' office on Stanford Street as surplus materials.

The logs were considered for use in the construction of the replica of Uncle Tom's cabin at the Owsley House, but they were "not compatible with the ones we're using for the cabin," Garrard County Judge-Executive John Wilson said.

Wilson will accept sealed bids at his office and open them next week. If not sold, the logs will be taken to the landfill because the building soon will be demolished to make way for the county's new judicial center.

Wilson said the logs "aren't in great shape, but there are not significant environmental hazards in them." The replica cabin has about 75 percent of the number of logs needed for completion, Wilson said.

In other business, the court:

* Approved combining three tracts of land near Tanyard Branch into two, despite the tracts being less than the required size of one acre.

Two of the tracts, owned by A.J. Stacey and Larry Humes, will be combined into one. Even though the combined plat still is less than an acre, the court approved it because the health department determined the plat is large enough to accommodate a septic system.

* Approved the transfer of a state grant of $85,000 for C&M Demolition to clean up the dumpsite on Fisher Ford Road, from Farmers National Bank to First Southern National Bank. The grant was given to the Garrard County solid waste department and will stay in an interest-bearing account.

* Approved a one-time salary adjustment of an additional $50 for all full-time Fiscal Court employees.

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