Published: August 16, 2009 02:20 am      

FLOYD COUNTY: Greenville, Georgetown ask county for help

Greenville and Georgetown have approached the Floyd County Council looking for needed funds.

Greenville recently had to repair Cross Street, which runs off Ind. 64 and goes directly to Greenville Elementary School. Greenville Town Council President Talbotte Richardson called the repair an “emergency” since school buses travel on the road each day.

“I would say 95 percent of the traffic on that street is school traffic,” Richardson said. “We probably wouldn’t have done it had it not been for the school.”

Richardson said the town had to borrow $22,200 to pay for the repairs. He is hoping the county can reimburse the town some or all of that sum. Floyd County Council President Ted Heavrin told Richardson earlier this week the council would have an answer for him at its September meeting.

Georgetown recently had to make repairs to its Floyd County Garage Lift Station at a cost of $17,445. Jim Reynolds, Georgetown’s director of public works, asked the council to consider paying for half of the repair.

The pumps at the station were inadequate and had to be replaced, Reynolds said. Since there is no way to determine who was at fault when the original pumps were designed, Georgetown hopes the county will help pay for the repair. The council will make its decision at its September meeting.



IN OTHER BUSINESS

• The council approved $10,000 to come out of the rainy day fund to pay for overtime costs at the jail. The amount should get the county through the end of the year, according to Detective Capt. Jeff Topping, with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department.

He said corrections officers have worked overtime because of jail overpopulation, sickness and vacations. He also said when a corrections officer has to take an inmate to the hospital, another has to be called in to fill the void.

“We have to have enough to look over the jail so we don’t get hurt,” Topping said.

• The council approved $7,905.77 to be paid to Darlene McCoy — for vacation, sick and personal days — accumulated during her 20 years in county government. McCoy recently retired from Floyd County Superior Court No. 3 and previously worked in the treasurer’s office.

• The council gave Greenville $3,000 to pay for radios and a paint job for a police cruiser, which was purchased recently from Floyd County.

• Eastern Alliance will now carry workmen’s compensation insurance for the county.