Government

June 1 – Ray Purvis, Ball Hollow Road, Buffalo – residence

June 4 – Keith Corum, E. Leafdale Road, Hodgenville – residence

June 4 – Brian Cornett, Salem Lake Road, Hodgenville – deck

June 7 – Stewart Marcum, S. Greensburg Street, Hodgenville – deck

June 7 – Jason Wolford, Eugenia Avenue, Hodgenville – deck

June 8 – John Roberts, Salem Church Road, Hodgenville – garage

June 8 – Asa Whitlock, Whitlock Spur Road, Hodgenville – residence

 LaRue County Fiscal Court, meeting at the courthouse in Hodgenville July 10, declared several items as surplus in preparation for public auction.

“LaRue County Schools are having their surplus auction July 21 at the bus garage and they invited us to join them with our surplus items,” said Tommy Turner, judge-executive. 

Among those items are several vehicles, engines, and two central air conditioners.

The magistrates heard second reading of a Planning and Zoning ordinance amendment that clarified the ordinance’s language.

 The Auditor of Public Accounts has completed the LaRue County Sheriff Bobby Shoffner's audit for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011.

The audit found excess fees increased by $9,969 from the prior year, resulting in excess fees of $13,714 at year’s end. Revenues increased by $15,949 from the prior year and expenditures increased by $5,980.

The audit found the Sheriff’s operating expenses exceeded the amount fixed by LaRue Fiscal Court.

The Kentucky Department of Revenue has set the 2012 State Real Property Tax Rate at 12.2 cents per $100 of assessed value. 

Kentucky Revised Statute 132.020 requires the Department of Revenue to set the real property rate no later than July 1 of each year. This rate is based on the revenue generated from the increase in taxable real property assessments from 2011 to 2012.