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Boone County to sell surplus vehicles, wheels

The Boone County Fiscal Court is selling various county vehicles and wheels after they were declared to be surplus items. The items include eight retired pursuit vehicles and one minivan from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office; three vehicles and one boat from Boone County Water Rescue; two vehicles from the parks department; and one totaled […]

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Frogtown Connector Road to get a new sidewalk

A new sidewalk along Frogtown Connector Road is in Boone County’s future.  During Tuesday’s regular session, the Boone County Fiscal Court approved an agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that clears the way to partially finance the project with grant funding.  “This agreement with KYTC is simply the mechanism by which the county will be reimbursed […]

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Supply chain issues impact Boone County vehicle fleet

Boone County officials are attributing a vehicle shortage to supply chain issues. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is awaiting 31 vehicles, Boone County Assistant County Administrator/County Engineer Rob Franxman said.  “Once you go to the sheriff’s department, I think we’re waiting on 16 (Chevrolet) Tahoes and 15 (Ford) Explorers,” Franxman said. “As far as county […]

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Boone County adds two emergency dispatchers

The Boone County Fiscal Court has approved hiring a pair of individuals to help address its emergency dispatcher shortage. Brice Lovell and Samuel Moreno have been added to the Public Safety Communications Center staff. Boone County Human Resources Director Lori Zombek noted the center is now down six dispatchers. “Brice comes to us with customer […]

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Boone County now has more say in when, how sexually-oriented businesses operate

Sixteen years after adopting an ordinance relating to when and how sexually-oriented businesses operate, Boone County has a new regulatory resource in place.  Boone County can now strictly regulate the time, place and manner a sexually-oriented business operates, said Chattanooga, Tennessee-based attorney Scott Bergthold, who helped craft the new legislation. After its second reading the […]

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