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A
All
right
well,
thanks
for
being
here
today,
that's
representative,
Iams
and
I
or
the
audience
it
looks
like
so
so,
but
we
are
on
KET.
So
so
we'll
be
okay.
But
if
you
don't
mind,
please
silence
your
cell
phones
just
put
those
on
vibrate
and
we
can
call
the
roll
and
there's
no
need
for
a
quorum
today.
So
we
are
okay,
we're
just
information
items,
but
if
you
can,
you
can
go
ahead
and
call
the
roll.
A
Present,
thank
you.
Our
first
presenter
today
for
local
government
is
the
department
for
local
government
and
the
office
of
federal
grants
and
Billy
Johnson
executive
director
is
with
us
today
and
I've
reminded
each
guest
to
try
to
limit
what
you
say
to
around
15
minutes
and
there
might
might
be
a
question
or
two.
So
if
you
care
go
ahead
and
proceed,
thank.
C
You
good
afternoon,
chairman
Freeland
and
members
of
the
committee
and
thank
you
again
for
extending
an
invitation
to
come
and
speak
to
you
today.
My
name
is
Billy
Johnson
I'm,
the
executive
director
for
the
office
of
federal
grants
within
the
department
for
local
government
also
in
attendance
with
me
today
are
my
staff.
My
Community
Development
block
grant
branch
managers,
Jennifer
Peters,
Travis,
Weber,
Mark,
Williams,
Gabe,
nickel,
Travis
Weber,
also
oversees
the
land
and
water
conservation,
funds
and
recreational
trails,
and
then
Scott
sharp
is
the
manager
of
our
Appalachian
Regional
Commission
and
Delta
Regional
Authority.
C
C
So,
as
you
know,
our
community
development
block
grants
is
a
funding
that
comes
from
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
which
is
HUD
dlg,
administers
those
funds
allocated
to
all
cities
and
counties
in
Kentucky
if
they
are
eligible,
except
for
entitlement
communities.
Now
our
entitlement
communities
are
Ashland,
Bowling,
Green,
Covington,
Elizabethtown,
Henderson,
Hopkinsville,
Owensboro,
Lexington,
Fayette,
County
and
Louisville
and
Jefferson
County
Metro.
C
If
you
go
to
the
right,
we
have
our
Economic
Development
section
of
cdbg.
A
participating
party
has
two
years
to
meet
our
national
objectives
generally.
They
cannot
participate
greater
than
one-third
of
the
total
project
and
you
must
benefit
51
percent
of
the
low
to
moderate
income
individuals.
C
Now,
as
it's
listed
here
for
public
facilities
and
Community
projects
and
housing
and
the
types
of
projects
that
that
the
money
is
established
for
we're.
Looking
at
an
allocation
of
about
25.7
million
that
will
be
awarded.
Hopefully,
our
grant
agreement
is
due
any
day
from
HUD.
It
still
has
not
arrived,
though.
Community
projects
will
receive
about
a
5.8
million
dollar
funding
for
those
types
of
projects
and
each
project
you
can
max
out
at
requesting
750
000.
for
housing,
we're
looking
at
about
3.2
and
the
maximum
on
requesting
funding.
C
For
that
or
is
a
million
dollars.
We've
got
about
5
million
set
aside
for
the
economic
development
section
and
for
public
facilities
about
8.8
million
with
the
million
dollar
Max
Now
application
date
will
open
up
on
April
1st
and
we'll
go
for
most
of
those
projects
through
September
1.,
Economic
Development
and
the
recovery
section.
Those
applications
can
go
into
January
the
end
of
January
of
next
year.
C
The
application
process,
as
you
see
here,
is
very
tailored
step
by
step.
What
I
want
to
stress
and
I
think
the
area
development
districts
are
going
to
be
coming
up
and,
speaking
to
you
all
next
across
the
state,
they
are
our
eyes
and
ears
on
the
ground.
They
have
great
administrators
housed
in
those
particular
offices,
and
usually
counties
and
cities
can
consult
with
them
on
what
types
of
grants
that
our
office
has
for
them
to
apply.
C
They
also
do
get
some
funding
to
help
with
economic
development
planning
and
Grant
Administration
on
behalf
of
the
ads
that
help
them
also
as
well.
Today,
you're
seeing
about
a
30
000
foot
view
of
what
we
do
in
the
office
of
federal
grants.
Last
week,
I
did
about
a
30-minute
presentation
to
all
of
our
local
officials.
C
That
was
probably
about
a
fifteen
thousand
foot
view,
but
thanks
to
our
ads
the
whole
month
of
February,
we
are
going
going
to
about
12
out
of
15
of
those
ads
and
we
are
conducting
trainings
with
all
new
local
elected
officials
and
they
are
do
have
those
options.
We
extend
any
invites
to
any
legislators
that
would
like
to
come
to
those
ads
as
well.
If
they
want
to
hear
more
in
detail
what
the
office
of
federal
grants
provides
go
ahead,
the
national
objectives
that
I
mentioned
earlier
are
listed.
C
These
are
per
our
HUD
regulations,
the
benefit
of
low
to
motor
income,
the
prevention
of
or
elimination
of
slums
and
blights
and
urgent
need
on
our
website.
We
do
have
all
of
our
information
detailing
our
grants.
The
application
dates.
Also,
this
is
a
inbox
that
we
accept
applications
to
on
a
regular
basis
or
our
officials,
or
even
our
ad
directors
or
ad
staff
can
send
questions
to
those
if
they
don't
contact
our
branch
managers
directly.
C
So
as
for
my
staff
listed
behind
me
and-
and
these
are
the
guys
and
gals
that
I
say
that
are
professionals
when
it
comes
to
these
grants
and
I'm
very
thankful
to
have
them
Travis
Weber-
who
is
over
my
shoulder
here?
He
he
does
the
community
and
housing
projects
and
does
have
staff
available
in
the
office
to
help
him
Jennifer
Peters
over
my
left.
Shoulder
is
the
branch
manager
for
public
facilities
go
ahead.
C
The
other
Federal
he
funded
grants
that
we
have
are
recreational
trail
programs
and
land
and
water
I've
paired
them
both
here
together
to
try
to
save
on
a
little
bit
of
time.
As
you
can
tell
the
fhwa
are
they
are
the
ones
that
approve
the
rec
Trail
program
grants
and
then
your
land
and
water
conservation
goes
through
the
National
Park
Service.
C
The
matching
portion
of
these
grants
is
something
that
we
have
to
stress.
We
do
get
a
lot
of
applications
in
on
a
yearly
basis
and
that
application
window
has
now
opened
and
will
run
through
the
end
of
May
and,
of
course,
you
see
at
the
bottom
there,
the
maximum
on
the
grant
is
250
000..
Now
the
land
and
water,
these
grants
eligible
projects
are
parks,
docks
fishing,
piers,
amphitheaters,
Etc,
of
course,
on
the
recreational
Trails.
That's
the
development
and
Rehab
of
a
Trailside
or
Trail
ahead
facilities
or
acquisition
of
maybe
easements
and
properties.
C
The
timelines
on
these
are
a
little
bit
lengthy.
Once
you
do
apply.
Land
and
water
has
an
Advisory
board
that
will
meet
in
November.
Usually
we
hold
in-person
meetings,
of
course,
through
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
they
were
online,
but
we've
had
our
first
in-person
meetings
and
usually
their
Grant
administrators
either.
A
representative
from
the
ad
will
come
and
present
on
the
project
to
The
Advisory
Board,
the
same
situation
for
the
recreational
trail
projects.
C
There
is
an
Advisory
Board
there
they
meet,
usually
in
September,
so
probably
project
selections
on
these
is
not
going
to
be
till
next
year
in
January,
and
we
hope
that
these
projects
can
get
underway
once
the
National
Park
Service
and
once
fhwa
puts
their
approval,
that
they
can
start
in
the
summer
and
fall
of
2024.
C
C
Our
next
and
finishing
up
is
our
Arc
Appalachian
Regional
Commission
and
Delta
Regional
Authority
Appalachian,
Regional
Commission
is
made
up
of
13
states
and
back
in
January,
governor
beshear
was
named
the
arc
co-chair.
So
that
is
something
that
is
actually
we're
very
happy
for
that
to
happen.
It's
it's
a
a
year,
they
rotate
and
so
we're
glad
that
Kentucky
has
that
year
to
be
the
the
leaders
of
Appalachian
Regional
Commission.
C
There
is
some
matching
portions
on
this.
The
I'll
show
you
the
map
coming
up.
Next,
there
is
54
counties
listed
in
the
arc
region.
These
Counties
have
an
economic
status,
and
if
anybody
has
questions
about
these
specific
counties
to
figure
out,
if
they
are
distressed
at
risk
or
a
transitional
County,
they
can
contact
Scott,
sharp
or
Sherry
Mahan
in
our
office,
and
they
can
give
you
that
information
to
let
you
know
what
the
matching
requirements,
if
you
have
an
application
to
be
submitted,
the
pre-applications
for
Arc
are
what
are
eligible
right
now.
C
Delta
Regional
Authority.
This
is
something
that
I
can
brag
on
this
guy
sitting
here.
Beside
of
me,
that
was
very
nice
to
help
me
with
my
PowerPoint
today,
but
the
dra
is
set
up
and
only
covers
three
areas
of
AD
districts
in
the
state
and
that's
down
in
Western
Kentucky
and
then
a
few
of
the
Green
River
at
at
as
well.
These
are
basic
public
infrastructure
grants.
Transportation
infrastructure
I
know
that
we
have
two
different
types
of
funds,
but
in
the
past
year
or
past
two
years
we
have
really
done
well.
C
I
think
Jason
will
attest
to
that
with
the
dra
and
but
they
pretty
much
make
the
decisions
after
we
submit
the
applications.
C
A
D
You
know
when
you,
when
you
were
talking
about
the
appellation
region,
the
map
like,
why
would
like
Edmondson
County,
be
on
there,
but
not
Butler
County?
Who
who,
who
makes
that
decision.
E
And
I'll
speak
to
actually
both
programs
on
this.
That
map
is
drawn
by
Congress
Edmondson
and
Hart.
County
were
the
most
recent
counties
to
be
added.
They,
along
with
I,
believe
it
was
Robinson.
County
was
added
back
in
the
early
2000s
before
that
we
had
51
counties
in
the
arc
region,
but
Congress
through
representative
Rogers
and
everyone
on
the
Congressional
staff
lobbied
to
have
that
region
redrawn
to
include
those
counties
in
Kentucky.
There
was
also
some
counties
and
some
other
states
that
were
added
at
that
at
that
particular
time.
D
Can
you
can
I
ask,
can
you
like
point
to
a
specific
project
or
program
that
Arc
or
the
Delta
has
helped
I
mean
just
so
I
can
get
a
grip
of
for.
D
No
anywhere
really
just
I'm
sure,
there's
numerous.
E
Just
well
yeah,
it
would
probably
be
better
to
explain
the
types
of
projects
the
vast
majority
of
projects
we
do
with
Arc
are
like
water
Wastewater
projects.
That's
that's
what
we
end
up
doing
the
most
of
it
seems
like,
but
it's
it's
an
economic
development
agency.
So
if
we've
got
a
project
that
in
some
way
is
encouraging
Economic
Development
Arc
wants
to
try
to
be
a
part
of
that
it
could
be
the
renovation
of
a
building.
It
could
be
running
water,
sewer
lines,
electrical
lines,
gas
lines
to
an
industrial
park.
E
How
does
it
get
administered
how
the
process
works,
pre-applications
are
submitted,
the
governor
will
make
selections
or
recommendations
to
Arc
for
approval,
and
then
Arc
will
do
the
final
approval.
Now,
if
it's
a
construction
project,
it
has
to
have
what's
called
a
basic
agency
and
that's
an
another
entity
that
handles
federal
funds
in
in
Kentucky.
E
Other
entities
that
serve
as
basic
agencies
here
in
Kentucky,
the
big
one
would
be
USDA
Rd
and
it
would
be
handled
the
same
notice
to
obligate
funds
would
go
to
USDA
Rd
and
then
they
would
administer
those
by
it's
just
like
they
administer
their
Rd
projects,
the
other
one
that
we
use.
Sometimes
it's
only
if
they
have
money
in
it
economically
about
Eda
Economic
Development
agency,
they
will
administer
those
projects
have
those,
but
those
are
the
three.
We
have
that
service
basic
agencies
for
construction
projects.
D
And
also
just
one
last
thing:
I'm,
you
know
I'm
from
Louisville
and
I'm
kind
of
ignorant
on
a
lot
of
this.
But
you
know:
I've
got
a
lot
of
there's.
Only
three
of
us,
so
I'm
gonna
get
all
I
can
get
out
of
you.
F
D
G
F
F
Are
we
are
part
of
the
Delta
Regional
Authority
that
Billy
talked
about
earlier
and
to
your
question?
We're
actually
going
to
go
into
a
little
detail
about
a
project
that
was
recently
funded
by
the
Delta
Regional
Authority
and
just
give
you
an
overview
of
how
that
process
worked
and
what
it
has
led
to
Great.
D
The
recreational
Trails-
that's
been
a
big
thing
through
our
legislature,
and
so
do
you
like
yeah,
go
back
there.
If
you
don't
mind,
oh.
D
Counties
they've
come
up
with
a
compact
right.
The
do
you
know
about
the
is
this
like.
The
the
like
I
know,
it's
Perry
County
and
some
of
those
other
counties
that
have
these
Mountain
recreational
Trails
is
that
oh.
C
A
Thank
you,
I
just
had
one
question:
it
was
with
the
recreational
trails
and
the
land
and
water
conservation
I'm
from
West
Kentucky,
where
the
tornadoes
came
through
and
I
know.
East
Kentucky
has
had
the
flooding
issues.
A
Has
there
been
any
issues?
I
know
a
lot
of
the
trails
had
to
be
cleaned
up
in
in
our
area
and
there's
debris
still
in
the
water
or
I
know.
Most
of
that
is
through
FEMA.
Have
there
been
any
issues
with
the
two
where
or
maybe
they're
saying?
Well,
you
need
to
use
FEMA
or
FEMA
saying
you
need
to
use
the
state.
Are
there
issues
with
that
that
are
keeping
things
from
getting
done?
Go.
G
H
No,
we
have.
We
have
had
some
efforts
of
local
volunteers
and
organizations
that
have
pitched
in
to
kind
of
do
a
lot
of
the
cleanup
on
those
trails
that
we've
heard
locally,
but
from
our
perspective,
These
funds
really
wouldn't
be
able
to
assist
with
that.
A
C
A
A
We'll
let
Jason
get
situated
he's
with
the
area,
development,
districts
and
I
know
Jason
well,
he's
Penny,
rile
and
purchase
area
or
two.
I
A
F
So
we'll
just
first
start
off
I
guess
by
introducing
ourselves,
but
I
do
want
to
follow
up
with
with
Billy.
It
is
a
true
partnership
with
dlg
and
the
area
development
districts
across
the
state,
and,
quite
frankly,
we
couldn't
do
what
we
do
without
that
partnership
and-
and
you
know
the
the
main
reason
that
partnership
is
so
important-
is
because
of
the
dividends
that
it
pays
to
our
local
communities
and
the
access
that
they
have
to
all
of
these
funding
opportunities.
But
we'll
kick
things
off
if
it's
okay,
Mr
chairman
by
introducing
ourselves.
I
F
Is
Jason
Vincent
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
Pennyrile
area.
Development
District,
located
down
in
Hopkinsville
I,
also
currently
have
the
honor
of
serving
as
our
chair
of
our
Statewide
Association
of
the
Kentucky
Association
of
District
directors
for
about
four
four
or
five
more
months.
I.
Believe
then
turning
it
over
to
him,
but
Eric.
K
My
name
is
Adam
Onan
I'm,
a
Union
County,
judge,
executive
and
and
current
proud
owner
or
a
member
of
the
Green
River
area
development.
We
proud
of
our
district
foreign.
I
I'm
Steve
Henry
I'm,
the
Webster,
County
judge
executive
and
also
the
chairman
of
the
Green
River
area
development
District
a
very
proud
to
be
here
this
morning
and
for
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
talk
to
you
all.
F
F
L
K
J
F
Pay
thanks
to
thanks
to
the
general
assembly
back
in
1972,
KRS
147a
did
bring
the
ads
officially
into
existence
as
public
agencies
and,
as
you
all
know,
today,
15
of
us
exist
across
the
state.
Of
course,
our
Focus
across
the
Commonwealth
is
to
provide
Regional
planning
and
Regional
guidance
to
all
of
our
units
of
local
government.
F
Well,
you
won't
see
on
the
screen,
but
our
board
of
directors
is
made
up
of
judges,
County
Judge,
Executives
Mayors,
and
we
also
have
citizen
members
from
each
of
the
counties
that
we
serve
and
our
board
of
directors
are
responsible
for
setting
policy
and
approving
our
budgets
and
with
their
oversight.
We
operate
many
Regional
initiatives
which
you're
going
to
hear
about
a
little
bit
here
in
just
a
second
and
even
work
through
committees
that
help
improve
the
quality
of
life
of
the
citizens
that
we
serve
now.
F
As
part
of
our
planning
efforts,
we
maintain
Financial
accountability
to
Federal,
to
State
and
to
local
funders,
and
while
our
boards
contain
elected
officials,
we
always
try
to
operate
in
a
non-partisan
manner,
all
while
providing
technical
assistance
to
our
local
governments
and
communities
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Eric.
Now,
who's
going
to
talk
just
briefly
about
some
of
our
process.
Sure.
J
Thank
you,
Jason.
Thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today.
As
our
friends
at
dlg
spoke
and
have
mentioned,
the
ads
provide
technical
assistance
with
several
federal
and
state
state
grants.
We
inform
our
communities
when
those
grant
opportunities
become
available
and
offer
assistance
to
them,
and
the
technical
writing
and
administration
of
those
grants
from
start
to
finish.
One
opportunity
that
we
provide
certified
grant
writing
staff,
for
is
the
Community
Development
block
grant
program.
J
J
It's
already
been
mentioned.
The
western
part
of
the
Commonwealth
works
with
the
Delta
Regional
Authority,
which
allows
them
to
partner
with
the
federal
government
to
improve
Regional
economic
opportunities,
and
similarly
the
the
54
counties
in
the
arc
footprint
have
have
a
similar
mission
of
improving
economic
outcomes
through
project
planning
and
development.
J
J
So
that's
an
example
of
a
type
of
project
that
could
be
worked
with
both
of
those
grants,
and
so
the
main
thing
that
we
want
you
to
know
are
the
ads
is
here
to
help
assist
communities
by
providing
that
technical
staff
to
help
develop,
apply
for
and
administer
Project
funding,
and
we
think
the
best
way
for
you
to
really
understand
what
we
do
is
to
hear
the
voice
of
those
that
we
serve.
J
I
Again,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
This
is
one
a
particular
project,
but
within
my
six
years
of
being
judge
executive,
we've
done
several
just
like
some
of
our
other
counties
done
and
I
really
appreciate
the
question
from
representative
bratcher
about
you
know
some
of
these
specific
projects.
This
one
right
here
is
the
Lisbon
Workforce
Center
This
was
done
with
help
of
a
cdbg,
you
may
or
may
not
know.
Webster
County
is
a
or
was
a
co-producing
county.
I
We
historically
have
been
a
coal
mining
Community,
since
really
coal
actually
began
being
mined
in
Kentucky.
Unfortunately,
as
that
industry
has
taking
a
lot
of
loss
over
the
last
several
years.
This
particular
location
here
was
the
former
dotiki
mine
site.
Dotiki
was
the
longest
running
active
coal
mines
in
Kentucky.
They
ran
approximately
52
years
before
shutting
down
in
2019..
I
There
wasn't
a
place
in
West
Kentucky
that
was
able
to
train
lineman.
As
you
all
know,
that
has
become
something
that
has
really
a
lot
of
a
need
for
over
the
last
few
years.
Still
continues
to
be
so,
and
so
we
were
able
to
buy
this
property
and
then
work
with
Madisonville
Community
College.
On
developing
a
Workforce
Center,
they
also
do
CDL
training
and
then
just
recently
won
a
grant
the
Department
of
Labor
for
diesel
mechanic
training.
This
is
all
possible
just
simply
because
of
the
cdbg
webcam
itself.
I
I
It's
just
so
important
for
those
federal
dollars
that
come
down
for
projects
like
these
and
other
ones
that
that
just
came
to
mind
when
you
ask
that
question
is
going
back
to
our
vocational.
We
have
a
Vortex
school
there
next
to
our
high
school,
and
so
they
had
equipment.
We
did
about
a
350,
000,
dra
Grant
with
that
and
before
I
forget
dra
was
also
a
part
of
this
Workforce
Center,
so
we
had
some
employers.
I
That
said,
you
know
we
would
love
to
hire
these
folks
right
out
of
right
out
of
our
trade
school,
but
unfortunately,
they're
not
being
trained
on
the
equipment
that
we
use
today.
They're
outdated
equipment
because
that's
all
that
they
had
to
train
on
so
we
could
hire
them
right
now
if
we
had
them
training
on
the
equipment
that
is
really
more
up
to
date,
so
we
applied
for
that.
I
Dra
Grant
was
able
to
get
that
and
now
we've
you
know,
went
in
and
be
able
to
bring
in
that
equipment
that
will
help
our
folks
get
trained.
So
the
importance
of
it,
especially
with
dra
is,
is
the
fact
that
we
need
more
federal
dollars
to
come
into
Kentucky.
I
We
don't
get
quite
the
amount
of
funding
that
the
art
gets,
but
you
know
there
is
more
counties
there,
but
it's
something!
That's
that's
very
very
important
and
we
certainly
could
not
do
the
things
that
we
do
without
it.
K
You
may
be
able
to
hear
me
as
I
begin.
My
portion
of
this
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
our
project
in
particular,
is
a
fantastic
representation,
a
mosaic,
if
you
will
of
several
entities
coming
together.
Several
funding
sources,
I
I
leaned,
to
judge
here
and
I
said.
That's
a
perfect
question
for
us
and
I
appreciate
you
asking
our
project
is
going
to
be
roughly
six
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
a
infrastructure
sanitary
sewer
system
upgrade
in
in
Earl
C
Clemens,
Job,
Corps,
Earl,
C
Clemens.
K
As
of
now
they
they
train
young
people
from
all
over
the
country
actually
around
the
world
to
come
in
for
these
type
of
of
jobs.
That
judge
Henry
was
just
referring
to.
Unfortunately,
the
the
Earl
C
Clements
sanitary
system
was
designed
for
50
000
troops
in
the
40s,
and
so
we
don't
have
that
population
on
Center
now
so
those
infrastructure
Parts
began
to
deteriorate
and
we
had
to
get
those
fixed
because
our
our
entire
Morganfield
city
sewer
system
runs
through
that
property.
All
of
our
industrial
parks
run
through
that
property.
K
K
In
fact,
our
system
or
our
Center
is
so
well
respected
that
when
Mercedes-Benz
instituted
their
Apprentice
program
for
an
automotive
employee,
they
selected
one
from
Earl
C,
Clements,
Job
Corps
out
of
our
Advanced,
Automotive,
mechanics
and
so
fantastic
opportunity
for
that
young
man,
and
it
is
so
essential
to
our
city
and
our
County,
because
we
are
going
to
be
at
a
roughly
six
and
a
half
to
seven
million
dollars.
Part
of
that
came
from
Eda
part
of
that
was
the
dra.
Some
cdbg
money
was
in
that
and
some
coal
Severance.
K
So
we
had
so
many
different
aspects
to
fill
that
pot
for
us
and
eventually
what
that
full
pot
means
is
that
my
taxpayers,
the
people
that
I
represent,
are
not
the
sole
burden
holder
for
that
refurbished
project.
So
I
say
all
that
to
say
this
dlg
and
all
the
Departments
that
work
there,
along
with,
in
particular
the
Green
River
area,
development
District.
But
you
could
insert
any
development
District
into
that
formula.
K
It's
the
lifeblood
to
counties
in
Kentucky
in
the
constituents
that
we
all
represent
and
desire
to
serve
and
serve
well,
and
so
it
is
they
they
have
ideas.
They
have.
Our
ad
districts
have
grant
writers
that
walk
us
through
these
projects.
They
they
take
us
from
from
front
to
back.
They
they
they.
They
call
dlg
on
our
behalf
to
see
what
we
need
to
get
in
order
to
do
these.
They
do
a
fantastic
job.
K
Dlg
I
can't
imagine
my
job
without
either
of
those
organizations,
because
they
both
work
so
well
together,
ultimately
to
to
bring
the
money
that
in
many
instances
you
all
have
appropriated
for
us
in
our
counties
and
see
that
that
money
gets
from
the
well-meaning
place
that
you
put
it
to
where
you
designed
it
goes,
and
so
they
walk
us
from
from
start
to
finish.
K
We
are
very
much
a
team
oriented
when
we
do
that,
and
we
rely
on
each
other
from
from
checking
contract
lists
to
to
going
through
a
checklist
to
make
sure
it
was
all
done
correctly
when
we're
finished
to
be
accountable
to
those
dollars,
and
so
I
cannot.
Thank
you
enough.
For
our
time
that
we've
had
with
you
this
morning
and
judge
Henry
may
have
something
else
that
he'd
like
to
add,
but
our
our
ad
districts,
I'll
just
say
and
I,
know
him
well
enough
to
he's
going
to
say
this
as
well.
K
We
need
funding
for
our
ad
districts
and
and
we
we
need
support,
we
are
going
to
support.
We
want
to
support
them
because
we
simply
couldn't
do
the
things
we
we
do.
In
fact,
our
last
cdbg
project
that
we've
worked
on
is
a
an
elevator
for
our
historic
Courthouse
that
will
provide
equal
access
to
all
levels
of
our
Courthouse
to
all
members
of
my
community
and
get
our
County
attorney
back
in
the
courthouse
where
she
desires
to
be
to
serve
people
better,
and
so
they
helped
us
do
that
again.
I
And
I
appreciate
that,
well
again,
not
just
to
Echo,
but
for
sure
we
have
to
have
these
dollars
in
order
to
provide
for
our
residents,
and
we
could
not
do
that
without
our
area.
Development,
districts
and-
and
so
I,
do
appreciate
that
funding
from
this
past
year,
but
certainly
that
wasn't
a
statute,
so
we'll
be
coming
back
again
to
keep
that
going
and
maybe
some
more.
But
we
certainly
do
appreciate
your
time
today.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and
just
one
quick
question,
Jason
and
I
know
from
speaking
with
the
Mayors
and
judges
you
you
reach
out
to
them.
They
reach
out
to
you.
There's
good
communication.
Yes,
sir,
on
a
building
like
that,
like
that
job
that
happened
in
these
gentlemen's
counties,
whose
idea
is
that
something
that
you
come
to
them
with,
do
they
come
to
you?
Is
it
a
partnership?
How
does
that
process
start.
F
Well,
I'm
going
to
say:
first
it's
a
partnership
and
and
I
think
you
would
see
across
the
state
that
the
area
development
districts
are
continually
meeting
with
all
of
our
local
officials,
so
that
we
better
understand
what
their
vision
is,
what
their
needs
are
for
their
communities
and
that
way
we
know
what
those
needs
are
and
when
a
particular
funding
opportunity
comes
around,
we
can
pick
up
the
phone
call,
hey
judge.
This
has
come
available.
You
need
to
think
about
that's
how
that
might
work.
A
All
right
well,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
Thank
you
so
much
thanks
for
making
the
trip,
and
we
do
have
one
more
presenter
today,
Mr
Josh,
Keats.
A
You
can
make
make
his
way
to
the
table.
Also
guest
Kentucky
office
of.
A
L
All
right,
Mr
chairman,
with
your
permission,
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started.
I
know
we're
under
some
time
constraints.
Yes,
please
do
just
introduce
yourselves
Roger
that
I'm
Josh
Keats
I'm
the
executive
director
for
the
Kentucky
office,
Homeland
Security.
L
All
right,
sir,
since
I
know
we're
under
some
constraints.
I'll
give
you
just
the
cliff
notes:
the
high
level
overview
of
kohs,
we're
sort
of
a
three-legged
stool
operation.
We
have
the
Kentucky
intelligence,
Fusion
Center,
our
911
Advisory
Board,
and
we
also
have
our
grants
operations.
L
The
bottom
line
objectives
for
kohs
is
to
be
the
center
point
of
gravity
for
all
intelligence
operations,
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Kentucky
to
provide
meaningful
and
substantive
intelligence
reports
to
the
governor's
office,
as
well
as
to
help
fuse
together
disparate
law
enforcement
and
Public
Safety
agencies
across
the
Commonwealth
in
the
fight
against
terrorism
and
organized
crime.
M
Thank
you
Josh
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
the
committee
today,
so
I've
been
with
the
office
of
Homeland
Security
since
2016
and
the
administrator
of
the
911
services
board
since
the
beginning
of
2018.
prior
to
that
I
spent
the
previous
20
years
as
a
staffer
for
the
legislative
research
commission,
which
I
held
various
roles,
including
the
last
17
in
the
public
information
office,
so
good
to
see
some
familiar
faces
here.
So
we're
going
to
start
off
talking
about
the
911
services
board.
M
What
we
do,
the
primary
Duty
that
we
have
is
collecting
and
distributing
Wireless
911
fees
and
it's
important
to
distinguish
because
the
any
fees
on
your
landlines
is
still
set
collected
and
spent
all
at
a
local
level.
So,
at
a
point,
when
cell
phones
came
into
prominence,
local
governments
eventually
threw
up
their
hands
and
cried
uncle
and
said
the
state
can
take
over
the
collection
of
the
wireless
fees,
as
a
number
of
providers
continue
to
grow
and
grow.
So
we
collect
that
the
fees
are
as
follows.
M
It
would
run
out
so
you'd
go
out
and
buy
a
card,
a
physical
card
that
would
add
additional
minutes
to
your
plan
and
would
re-up
your
subscription
at
that
point.
So
it
was
determined
that
people
who
had
phones
of
that
type
did
a
refresh
of
those
on
a
scale
that
equated
out
to
93
cents
being
the
same
approximate
yearly
fee
as
the
post
paid
at
70
cents.
So
it's
approximation
there
now
in
the
meantime,
there
are
a
lot
of
carriers
now
offer
plans
that
are
month
to
month.
M
They
look
just
like
a
traditional
post-paid
plan,
but
you're
just
paying
for
one
month
of
service
in
advance
at
a
time,
so
that
still
counts
prepaid.
So
that's
collected,
along
with
sales
tax
forwarded
to
the
Department
of
Revenue,
which
then
forwards
the
fees
to
the
9-1-1
Services
board
on
a
monthly
basis
so
of
every
dollar
that
comes
in
through
the
wireless
911
fee
structure.
Ninety
seven
and
a
half
cents
goes
right
back
out
to
your
local
911
call
centers,
and
you
might
see
the
tournament
here.
M
M
Seven
and
a
half
percent
goes
into
a
competitive
Grant
fund
that
Grant
fund
for
2023
opened
up
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
and
you've
got
folks
probably
from
your
home
areas
that
are
scrambling
to
get
together.
Applications
for
this
cycle,
which
closes
at
the
end
of
March
and
that
fund,
is
capped
at
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
a
year.
M
The
final
two
and
a
half
percent
is
used
for
administrative
fees,
which
pays
for
the
911
Service
Board
staff
and
operations
all
right,
so
some
funding
Trends
back
in
2015
fiscal
year,
the
board
brought
in
26.5
million
dollars
a
year
fiscal
year.
2019
shows
the
first
real
impact
of
that
new
prepaid
addition
to
the
funding
stream,
and
you
saw
a
pretty
good
climb
in
fees
from
26.5
million
to
34
million
in
just
four
years.
M
By
last
year,
the
last
full
Year's
data
we
have
36
and
a
half
million,
so
10
million
dollars
increase
in
funding
coming
into
the
911
services
board
over
that
seven
year
period,
of
which
10
million
came
from
prepaid.
There
was
a
mechanism
within
the
previous
fee
structure
to
collect
from
prepaid
providers,
but
it
only
provided
about
20
percent
of
the
funding
that
is
currently
so.
The
majority
of
that
increase
that
you
see
in
funding
from
15
to
22
is
from
the
increase
in
the
the
prepaid.
M
The
new
prepaid
structure,
all
right,
so
landlines,
raise
your
hand
still
have
a
landline
at
home,
see
a
lot
of
raised
hands
even
the
audience
right,
so
not
a
whole
lot
of
those
and
they're
they're
going
away.
So
you
know
we
talked
about
in
the
beginning
how
the
for
your
landlines
that
fee
is
set
collected
and
spent
all
at
a
local
level.
So
what
you've
seen
in
your
local
governments
is
a
precipitous
falling
amount
of
9-1-1
funding
coming
through
your
landlines.
M
So
there
is
the
ability
for
local
governments
to
assess
fees
based
on
either
a
utility,
water,
electric
or
even
a
property.
Well,
there's
a
tax
or
parcel
some
other,
so
a
lot
of
communities
has
looked
ways
to
broaden
that
base
back
out.
Instead
of
trying
to
keep
increasing
the
Fiona
ever
shrinking
number
of
landlines,
you
broaden
the
base
back
out
by
looking
at
a
utility
or
a
property
tax
and
those
you
in
the
in
the
smaller
communities.
M
M
That
three-legged
stool
used
to
be
a
lot
more
even
seven
eight
years
ago,
because
things
are
getting
more
expensive
that
that
what
used
to
come
from
landline
fees
is
now
getting
pushed
over
to
your
general
fund
contributions
from
your
local
governments.
M
M
All
right,
so
what
does
the
future
hold?
Next,
Generation
9-1-1!
It's
a
term
that
really
is
all-encompassing
for
a
whole
set
of
Technologies
features
and
functionality
and
how
you
answer.
What
is
9-1-1
often
depends
on
who
you
might
ask
from
a
call
rounding
perspective.
It's
a
transition
from
cell
phone
tower,
triangulation
to
geospatial,
call
routing,
and
that's
some
fancy
terminology
for
currently.
When
you
make
a
wireless
call
from
anywhere
in
the
Commonwealth,
it
hits
a
cell
tower
that
cell
tower
is
assigned
a
range
based
on
the
geometry
of
where
that
cell.
M
That
call
hits
if
it
hits
in
this
area.
It's
going
to
get
routed
to
Marshall
County
it's
over.
Here
it's
going
to
get
round
to
Callaway,
as
you
can
imagine,
it's
not
the
most
exact
science
and
it's
a
pretty
common
occurrence
for
a
call
to
be
made
in
one
County
and
have
it
actually
directed
to
a
neighboring
County.
M
That
happens,
then,
the
county
that
takes
the
call
has
to
take
the
time
to
transfer
it
to
the
proper
place
which,
with
in
Kentucky
120
counties,
seven
bordering
states
means
not
only
do
a
lot
of
calls
get
rounded
to
the
wrong
County.
They
actually
can
go
across
a
river
across
a
land
border
to
a
neighboring
state
and
in
the
world
of
9-1-1
and
emergency
response.
That's
an
absolutely
critical
issue,
because
in
in
often
times
the
difference
could
be
in
the
matter
between
life
and
depth
so
seconds
matter.
M
It
also
allows
the
end
user
to
be
able
to
do
things
like
send
text,
photos,
video
to
9-1-1
and
the
other
way,
and
also
from
IP
standpoint.
Our
it
standpoint.
It
allows
for
the
all
of
our
911
call
centers
to
be
connected
on
a
single
Network,
so
in
the
event
of
a
natural
disaster
or
a
man-made
event,
a
fire
catastrophe
flooding
whatever
all
call
traffic,
can
be
routed
with
a
flick
of
a
switch
to
not
just
a
neighboring
County
but
anywhere
within
the
network.
M
So
it
allows
that
that
interoperability
across
the
state,
so
the
most
important
thing
to
come
across
with
to
you
all
from
a
standpoint
of
Public
Safety
is
next
Generation
9-1-1
will
reduce
response
time
and
save
lives
right.
So
what
kind
of
challenges
do
we
have
to
meeting
our
next
Generation
initiatives
at
a
local
level?
Well,
when
we
mentioned,
we've
got
the
ever
diminishing
landline
fees,
which
puts
less
money
into
the
the
general
funding
pool
peace.
Apps
are
suffering
from
Staffing
issues,
as
you
can
imagine.
M
The
fact
that
you
know
we
now
have
these
updated
standards
that
require
us
to
have
the
most
detailed,
accurate
mapping
possible
to
be
able
to
do
our
next
generational
or
next
Generation
9-1-1
Endeavors.
That
is
placing
a
burden
on
some
of
our
smaller
counties.
Who
may
not
have
the
resources?
You
know
the
last
folks
we
presented
heard
from
was
area
development
districts.
A
lot
of
them
are
more
rural
counties
rely
on
ads
to
provide
their
GIS
services
for
them
because
they
may
not
have
that
capability
within
City
or
County
Government.
M
So
what
kind
of
resources
do
we
have
available
to
our
folks
out
on
in
our
local
county
level,
city
county
level?
We
have
our
competitive
grants,
which
we
talked
about.
A
bit
earlier,
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
a
year
goes
out
to
help
our
911
call
centers
get
the
equipment
they
need
to
be
next
Generation,
9-1-1
ready
and
that
grant
program
has
been
in
effect
for
well
over
a
decades
provided
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
of
funding
and
our
our
call
centers
in
a
pretty
good
state
of
Readiness.
M
That
pool
was
set
up
to
help
offset
the
telcos
cost
of
building
up
the
infrastructure
to
handle
Wireless
9-1-1
and
that
sunsetted
back
in
2019,
and
it
was
replaced
in
2020,
with
a
new
funding
pool
no
increase
in
the
fees
just
redirected
that
sun
setting
fund
into
a
new
pool
to
start
our
our
foundational
next-gen
projects
and
in
last
year's
session.
We
bolster
that
we
double
the
size
of
it
from
Two
and
a
half
percent
to
five
percent.
M
Through
legislation
sponsored
by
representative
Mark
Hart,
and
that
is
going
to
allow
us
to
maintain
the
projects
we
have
going
now
and
then
we
have
our
federal
next-gen
911
grants.
Kentucky
qualified
for
a
Federal
grant
last
in
2019.
M
that
provided
2.2
million
dollars
from
the
federal
government
required
a
40
project
match,
which
was
1.4
million
for
a
total
project
value
of
3.6
million
dollars
to
really
launch
our
foundational
endeavors
and
important.
To
note
that
of
that
money,
the
1.4
million
and
the
local
mesh
that
came
100
out
of
the
administrative
fund
of
the
911
services
board
didn't
take
any
money
away
from
your
local
peace
apps
and
it
wasn't
a
draw
off
the
general
fund
or
any
appropriation
through
the
budgetary
process
next
slide.
M
So
the
federal
program
that
we
just
wrapped
up
in
March
of
last
year,
we
updated
our
state
Next
Generation
9-1-1
roadmap,
which
had
been
first
created
in
2009
hadn't
been
updated.
Since
so
we
have
a
fresh
mapped
roadmap
to
follow.
We
invested
in
Statewide,
GIS
mapping.
We
went
into
a
contract
with
a
third
party
who
now
takes
every
data
set
that
is
created
at
a
local
level.
M
Runs
it
through
a
qaqc
reports,
the
errors
back
to
the
local
psap,
who
then
remediates
those
errors
once
those
errors
are
corrected,
they
go
integrated
into
a
Statewide
map
which
I'm
going
to
show
you
here
in
a
minute
for
display
and
the
other
project.
You're
good
here
is
called
our
supplemental
data
portal.
We
want
to
get
away
from
the
siloing
of
information
right.
M
That's
the
whole
reason
that
Homeland
Security
is,
as
a
federal
agency
in
the
state
operation
came
into
being,
was
to
get
away
from
taking
data,
keeping
it
for
yourself,
not
sharing
it
with
others.
We
want
to
adopt
that
same
methodology
and
strategy
with
our
911
call
centers
as
well,
and
we
also
invested
in
aerial
photography
initiative.
That's
through
the
Commonwealth
office
of
Technology,
it's
called
Kentucky
from
above.
It
is
about
a
eight
million
dollar
a
year
program.
M
So
this
is
what
we
created
with
that
that
program.
So
all
of
the
data
that
goes
into
your
mapping
is
all
done.
A
local
level
there's
responsibility
of
your
local
call
center.
So
they
take
that
data.
They
push
it
up
to
our
third
party
integrator.
They
do
that
qaqc
bounce
back
for
remediation
and
go
with
the
next
one.
So
it
is
then
aggregated
put
together
into
a
Statewide
map
which
we
then
put
into
the
cot
has
a
department
of
geographic
information,
they're
the
state
Clearinghouse
for
all
things
GIS.
M
So
anything
mapping
wise
goes
into
that
Clearinghouse.
So
that
is
the
repository
for
our
aggregated
and
validated
Statewide
data.
It
then,
is
pushed
back
out
through
this
data
portal.
We
created
through
another
contract
with
another
provider
to
make
it
available
not
just
to
the
psap
that
created
the
data
but
to
every
piece
app
in
the
Commonwealth.
So
we
now
have
not
just
a
validated
mapping
data,
but
all
the
other
data
resources
that
the
department
of
geographic
information
has
everything
from
trailheads
Railways
water
sewer
lines,
an
incredible
amount
of
data.
M
Your
911
call
center
has
access
to
more
mapping
data
at
their
fingertips
than
any
state
in
the
country.
We're
pretty
proud
of
that
so
to
wrap
up
accomplishments
we've
achieved
since
the
Federal
grant.
We
issued
a
new
new
roadmap
in
December
of
2020.
The
board
funded
the
next
year,
I
believe
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
a
wave
of
that
high
resolution.
Aerial
photography,
initiative
that
covered
10
counties
in
March
of
last
year,
when
the
as
the
Federal
grant
was
wrapping
up,
we
had
distributed
700
monitors
and
workstations.
M
We
wanted
every
911
call
center
to
have
a
dedicated
monitor
to
show
that
Statewide
map,
so
that
would
be
the
primary
map
they
would
use
in
their
call
center
operations.
Part
of
that
provided
that
to
them
free
of
charge
and
a
computer
to
run
it
if
they
needed
it
by
May
of
last
year,
all
certified
peace
apps
had
done
their
initial
GIS
upload
by
June
of
that
year.
M
M
Apps
live
with
this
radius
mapping
that
the
big
reason
we
don't
have
all
117
is
because
KSP
is
undergoing
a
major
equipment
refresh
and
they
wanted
to
wait
until
they
finished
their
project
before
they
got
uploaded
so
that
16
of
our
peace,
apps
plus
Fulton
County,
operates
as
a
satellite
off
that
Network.
And
then
we
have
one
more
that
just
moved
into
a
new
center
they're,
actually
getting
live
with
radius
here
in
the
next
week,
and
another
element
that
came
with
this
project
is
called
Eclipse
analytics.
M
That
allows
really
in-depth
analytical
tools
of
call
center
operations
to
help
increase
efficiency.
So
my
goal
going
into
2022
was
to
have
half
of
our
psaps
their
GIS,
dated
to
be
next-gen,
911,
ready
and
pleased
to
report
to
the
group
that
we
finished
the
year
with
more
than
60
peace.
Apps
that
reached
that
threshold
and
one
of
the
things
we
did
to
create
an
incentive.
If
you
could
toggle
over.
M
Oh,
did
we
lose
it?
Oh
yeah
click
on
the
link.
Here
we
created
a
dashboard
and
that
will
oh,
no
oh,
wait.
Wait
go
to
the
last
tab.
Go
one
tab
to
the
left
there.
It
is
so
we're
going
to
create
a
little
competition
amongst
our
call
centers.
So
we
had
the
Creator
this
map
that
shows
that
the
current
status
of
everyone's
mapping
data
and
color-coded
it
based
on
where
their
their
current
status
is.
So
you
can
see
any
County
that
is
in
green,
has
had
their
data
meet
the
next
gen
threshold.
M
M
So
if
you
click
on
any
County,
it's
going
to
tell
you
the
last
time
they
uploaded
their
data,
their
current
accuracy,
the
number
of
critical
errors,
so
Marshall
County
there
they're
so
close
they're
at
99.997
percent,
so
they
only
have
20
critical
errors
left
and
you
can
scroll
down
a
little
bit.
You
see
that
on
the
in
this,
you
see
the
total
number
of
features.
M
So
some
of
these
counties-
you
might
click
on
it-
shows
I,
have
20
000
critical
errors,
but,
as
you
can
see,
with
Marshall
here,
they've
got
almost
a
million
features,
so
a
million
different
data
elements
within
that
package
from
pretty
rural
County.
So
that's
actually
pretty
high
for
a
small
County,
which
means
you've
got
very
detailed
mapping
going
on
in
your
area
and
that's
wonderful,
because
the
whole
premise
of
Next
Generation
9-1-1
is
that
geospatial
call
routing
the
more
accurate
mapping
information
you
have,
the
better
off.
M
You
are
and
I'll
take
just
a
moment
to
share
how
it's
critically
important
I
think
that
we
did
it
the
way
we
we
did.
A
lot
of
other
states
got
really
enamored
with
that
IP
connectivity
that
networking
and
the
geospatial
call
routing,
because
the
fancy
bells
and
whistles
that
come
with
it,
they
spent
millions
of
dollars
to
spin
up
this
system
only
to
realize
when
they
tried
to
cut
people
over
from
the
Legacy
environment
to
the
new
system.
They
couldn't
trust
their
mapping.
M
If
you
can't
trust
your
map
and
you
can't
route
your
calls,
so
we
turned
that
model
on
his
head-
we're
investing
heavily
on
the
mapping
first.
So
when
we
are
get
the
funding,
we
do
get
the
funding
for
the
the
core
Services,
the
call
routing
and
the
connectivity.
We
can
cut
people
over
much
faster
because
you
have
to
maintain
both
systems
concurrently
as
they're
switching
over
to
the
new
system,
so
toggle
that
go
over
and
get
back
to
our
slideshow.
M
Next
slide:
okay,
so
what's
next,
so
we
have
done
all
the
foundational
elements
we
can
do
with
the
structure
that
we
have.
So
the
next
steps
is
what's
called
ESI
net
and
that's
that
IP
connectivity
to
put
everyone
on
the
singular
Network
and
that
what
they
called
core
Services,
which
is
a
geospatial,
call
routing.
Now
there
is
potential
for
another
round
of
Federal
grant
funding.
M
There's
been
multiple
attempts
at
the
last
couple
years
to
get
some
funding
in
it's
been
in
language
that
passed
the
house,
but
not
the
Senate
right
now,
there's
some
language
in
a
FCC
spectrum,
auction
authorization
act
that
is
going
to
be
up
for
consideration
the
next
month.
But
of
course
you
can't
count
on
that.
Next,
you
can
skip
that
one,
because
we
got
our
website
to
work
so
where
we
are
currently
is
we've
done
all
we
can
do
with
the
money
that
we
have
we've
maxed
out
our
existing
resources.
We
juggle
funds
around.
M
We
were
directed
from
one
pool
to
another.
We've
got
enough
funding
to
keep
those
foundational
projects
that
we
have
currently
going
moving
into
the
future.
So,
what's
it
going
to
cost
to
get
us
to
the
next
phases?
What
has
evolved
in
the
last
couple
of
years
from
states
that
have
gone
down
this
path
before
us?
M
So
that's
the
kind
of
money
we're
looking
at
to
take
us
into
that
final
feduation,
full
Statewide,
Next,
Generation
9-1-1
with
the
IP
connectivity,
the
geospatial
call
routing,
and
it's
it's
a
lowest
figure
as
it
is,
which
is
far
lower
than
some
of
the
states
that
have
gone
before
us,
because
the
technology
has
evolved
over
the
last
several
years
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
the
leg.
Work.
That's
going
to
help
that
transition
go
a
lot
more
smoothly
and
that's
going
to
provide
thanks
to
your
call
centers.
A
G
G
A
Presentation
but
I'd.
N
Hey
you
walk
in
and
and
presenting
all
of
this
to
us.
I
am
married
to
the
judge
executive
in
Callaway
County,
so
I
hear
about
the
9-1-1
a
lot.
M
M
Thank
you
and
we
provide
a
significant
GIS
Grant
to
Callaway
County
and
the
last
couple
years
and
they're
doing
some
wonderful
things,
including
the
three-dimensional
mapping
of
all
your
buildings
there
on
campus.
So
you
guys
are
going
to
have
some
great
mapping.
We
showed
how
representative
Freeland
is
at
99.997
I,
believe
Callaway
is
at
98
and
a
half
percent
and
part
of
that
hurls,
because
you've
done
so
much
on
your
on
your
your
latest
mapping
initiative
that
you're
very
close
as
well.