Wednesday, April 07, 1999
Kenton commission nears jail decision
BY RAY SCHAEFER
Enquirer Contributor
INDEPENDENCE — Kenton County Judge-executive Dick Murgatroyd said Tuesday that county commissioners could announce which sites — if any — would work for a 576-bed, low-rise jail at next Tuesday's Fiscal Court meeting.
The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. at the county courthouse in Independence.
Tuesday, commissioners heard the choices in an executive session at the end of the fiscal court session. No action was taken.
Mr. Murgatroyd said that if one or more sites is chosen a public hearing would be scheduled for early May. If none is picked, Mr. Murgatroyd said, the county would then proceed to the next alternative, a jail of six or seven stories.
Last month, commissioners decided the jail should be a one- or two-story facility. County Project Manager Rob Thrun said such a building on a 20- to 30-acre parcel would provide room to expand if needed.
During Tuesday's meeting, Edgewood City Councilman Ray Spears presented a list of reasons for not building the jail on the southeast side of Ky. 17, also known as the 3L Highway, near Interstate 275. The site is in Covington, close to homes on Dudley Road in Edgewood.
The five-page report said putting a jail there would cost at least $6.3 million, place part of the facility in a flood plain, increase traffic by some 700 vehicles a day and lower property values in Edgewood.
In other action, commissioners appointed Bary Lusby to be emergency management/solid waste director.
Mr. Lusby was disaster and emergency services director in Owen County from 1988-96 and emergency safety director at Rumpke since then. He replaces Bill Martin, who held the job on an interim basis.
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