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McCreary County special meeting, May 14, 2026

20 min · 0 public speakers

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What happened at this meeting

Board takes up motion to reestablish elementary football with $10,000 for equipment 13:57

  • Motions were made to send out an RFP on the timber harvest, to accept change orders for a layback project at the high school and to accept the FY27 insurance renewal. 2:32
  • A district staff member asked the board to bring the youth football league into the school district and to buy helmets, at an estimated cost of $8,750. 3:05
Item by item (6)
  1. Call to order and roll call 0:00
    • The meeting was called to order as a special board meeting on May 14th, 2026, at 5:30 PM at the Central Office, followed by a roll call. 0:00
  2. Timber harvest RFP 0:14
    • A speaker said that instead of having the road project contractor doze and burn the timber, the district could harvest usable timber to recoup some money and donate lower-value wood such as pines and hemlocks to the FFA, which has a sawmill. 0:27
    • A speaker proposed a select cut of adjacent mature timber and said an RFP would be worked on and brought back to the board to pick somebody to do the work. 1:17
    • A motion was made to send out an RFP on the timber harvest and the surplus timber, and it was seconded. 2:32
  3. Elementary football program 2:55
    • A district staff member said the youth football program had been run through a league in Pulaski County for the last 5 or 6 years and that about 170 families travel toward Somerset every weekend during the season. 3:05
    • The staff member said the goal was a self-sufficient league paid for through home games, playing fees and concessions, and asked to buy 25 helmets for each school at an estimated $8,750. 3:05
    • The staff member said coaching positions would be non-paid volunteer spots posted each year with background checks, and that the previous league's board voted to let the district keep the equipment. 8:09
    • On a motion to reestablish the elementary football program and set $10,000 to purchase equipment, each member called in the roll call responded aye. 13:57
  4. High school project change orders 14:35
    • A speaker said funds were found while closing out documentation for a completed project and could be used for work in the auditorium, listing an increase of $56,000 for the CMV and $502,378 for general trades, and said unused money would go back to the grant. 14:45
    • A speaker said the original project came in under budget and that SFCC granted the money and approved its use in this manner. 16:27
    • Speakers said the work would include lighting, handicap accessible seating, most everything except the curtains, and doors for some shops. 16:49
    • On a motion to accept the change orders, each member called in the roll call responded aye. 17:45
  5. Insurance renewal proposal 18:01
    • A speaker said buildings and contents coverage would increase by $62.7 million, bringing it to the KDE recommended value per square footage. 18:12
    • The speaker said the wind deductible would go down to $10,000, the hail deductible to $100,000 and auto deductibles from $5,000 to $2,500, with an additional total package cost of $79,000. 18:12
    • On a motion to accept the FY27 insurance renewal, each member called in the roll call responded aye. 19:36
  6. Adjournment 19:48
    • The chair called for a motion and second to adjourn. 19:48

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Video: posted by the district as “Special Board Meeting 5/14/2026”