Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Locations for jail, sewer plant unresolved
BY PATRICK CROWLEY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
CRESTVIEW HILLS — Dick Murgatroyd can't avoid the county jail debate. Ditto for Gary Moore and controversy over a new sewer plant.
Even as they helped deliver Tuesday's State of Northern Kentucky address, Mr. Moore, the Boone County judge-executive, and Mr. Murgatroyd, the judge-executive of Kenton County, fielded questions about those two not-in-my-back-yard issues.
Residents in western Boone County are fighting plans for a sewage treatment plant that Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky wants to build along the Ohio River near the small town of Belleview.
Kenton County Fiscal Court has encountered opposition from community groups as it tries to choose between sites in Covington, Taylor Mill and Elsmere for a
new county jail.
Mr. Moore said the Boone County Fiscal Court does not have a vote on where the plant will be built. But he did defend the site selection process, which he called fair and unbiased.
“We believe the process worked,” he said. “At this point, I don't plan to intervene.”
“This is the toughest issue I've faced to date,” said Mr. Moore, who was elected last year. “No one wants (a sewer plant) in their back yard or next to them. And we understand that, and we're trying to be open and listen and to understand all of the concerns.”
The fiscal court will monitor the planning, design and construction of the plant to make sure it is safe and “has as little impact on the community” as possible, Mr. Moore said.
Mr. Murgatroyd called finding a spot for a new county jail “a major decision for the county, and it's an ugly decision.”
“You got to have it, you got to put it somewhere; wherever you put it, they're not going to like it,” he said. “We're trying our best to really make a decision based on the future and the long-range needs of this county.”
A private company may eventually be hired to run the jail, taking over its general operation from the county, Mr. Murgatroyd said.
The decision has taken longer than the fiscal court had planned, but Mr. Murgatroyd said a site should be chosen by the end of summer.
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