Fiscal Court conducts meeting without public session

Judge Executive William Haynes convened a full Fiscal Court Oct. 10 without benefit of a public session. Judge Haynes decided prior to the meeting to forego public session by eliminating it from the agenda. When asked for comment after the meeting as to why there was no public session, he responded it wasn’t on the agenda. When further asked why it wasn’t on the agenda, he remarked there had been a full agenda and there wasn’t time. When this reporter commented that this was the shortest regular meeting of Fiscal Court in recent memory, less then 90 minutes, Judge Haynes replied that the new Animal Control Ordinance (ACO) wasn’t debated or read, and declined further comment.

Brandenburg City Council addresses citizen’s water problem

The Oct. 9 meeting of the Brandenburg City Council opened with Mayor Ronnie Joyner welcoming visitors. Sande Brown appeared before the council with a request for reimbursement of expenses incurred as a result of discolored water entering her house from a city line. The mayor recused himself from the discussion, and Councilmember Bradley Johnston was elected to stand in for him with regard to this issue.