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Estill County1 year $16.04Sales Tax 0.96______________Total $17.00

Adj. Counties1 year $26.42Sales Tax 1.58______________Total $28.00

Kentucky1 year $30.19Sales Tax 1.81______________Total $32.00

Out of State1 year $32.00Sales Tax 0.00______________Total $32.00

The Irvine Council voted 4-2 duringa special meeting Thursday afternoonagainst a proposed one percent payrolltax. “(Employees)can’tuse(theirhealthin-surance)becausetheycan’taffordtopayaportionoutofpocket,”statedCouncilmanO’Brene Richardson who voted in favoroftheoccupationaltax. CouncilmanToboBryantsaidnotoneemployeehadstatedtohimtheycouldnotaffordtogotothedoctor. Byrantmentionedserioushealthprob-lems of a family member, and they hadmadearrangementstomakepayments. “I’d like for (the employees) to makemoremoneynow,”headded. “We don’t have 100 employees wholiveinthecityofIrvine(whoworkhere),”statedMayorW.J.Noland. He added the citykeeps the snow re-movedatthehospitalandparkinglotforem-ployeeswholiveoutsidecitylimitstouse. BryantsaidthecityiswantingjobsinIrvine,andheisafraidanothertaxonem-ployeeswillnothelp. “Trim. Trim. Trim,” said Council-womanNelleWilliams.Shesuggestedthecouncillookatthegarbageratestoseeiftheyareequitable. Richardson, a former director of Ir-vineHousingAuthority,saidthehousingprojecthasdumpstersbutstillhastopay

thecity$15monthlyforgarbageforeachhousingunit. Renaissance Apartments and MeadeApartmentsalsohavedumpstersandtheirtenantsmustpayamonthlygarbagebill. “It’sthehousingauthority’sdecisiontoputdumpstersin,”Bryantstated. “Let’s be fair,” Richardson stated. Headded that HUD had ordered the dump-sterstobeputin. After the vote against the payroll tax,Bryant explained why he thought Irvinewouldfinishintheblacknextyear. HestatedthefirstyearthatNolandwasmayor,thecityborrowed$75,000andpaiditbackbythenextyear. Thefollowingyear, thecityborrowed$50,000 and paid it back. He said thatmeansthecityhadgained$25,000. “This year, I’m hoping we will bein shape to borrow even less, maybe$25,000,”hestated. Headdedastateaudithadcostthecity$25,000,aonetimecost. “I’mthenhopinginanotheryearwe’llbeintheblack,”hestated.“Ifeellikewe’reinbettershapethanwhenthemayorcamein.I’mnotsayingwedon’tneedmorerev-enues.” Thecouncilthendiscussedthebudgetbeforeadjourning. Firstreadingofthebudgetmustbetak-enbyJune1.

The city clerk of Irvinepresented a rough draftof the next fiscal year’sto members of the Irvinecouncil on Monday night.Theroughdraftshowedthatprojectedrevenuesfornextyear would be about thesameasthisyear’salthoughit had gone down in someareas. The city clerk, RobinPowell, told the councilthatasofnowtherearestillabout 75 unpaid propertytaxbills thatwouldadduptoabout$12,000.Sheaddedthatasitstandsthecityhas$10,196whichdoesnotin-cludefeesaddedontothreeaccounts that are held atBB&T. Powellsaid thatshehadjust received notice aboutthefeesandaskedthecoun-cilhowsheshouldproceed.She said that she was toldthat unless each accounthad a balance of $1,500each month they would becharged $12 per month oneachaccount. That would add $576ontothebudget.Powellsaidshe could transfer moneyfrom the general fund intoeach account to get thoseaccountswheretheyneededtobe. CouncilmanToboBryantsaidhe felt like theyneed-ed toexploreotheroptionssuchasmovingthosethreeaccountstoCitizen’sGuar-anty Bank where the cityhas two of their accounts.Thecouncilagreedthattheycouldnotafford topay themonthlyfeeonthethreeac-

countsandaskedPowelltoshop around at other localbanks. Councilman TimBurkhartspokeupandsaidhe felt like the only waytheycouldmakethebudgetworknextyearwouldbetopullmoneyfromthedepre-ciation account or to raisegarbagerates. AfterspeakingwithBillyWilliamsofIMU,thecoun-cil foundout that therearesomewhere between 1,100to 1,300 customers in thecity who currently pay agarbage rate. CouncilmanBryantsaidhefeltliketheyshould wait on raising thegarbagerateuntilallmem-bers of the council werepresent. CouncilmanBillyArthuraskediftheywouldbesup-porting theEDAagain thisyear.Hesaidhefeltlikeascloseastheyarerunningonmoney within the budgetthathecouldn’tseewhattheEDAhaddone for thecityinthepastyear. Burkhart replied that inmore prosperous times thecity had to have an actingMainStreetManagerinor-dertoobtaingrants,andhefeltlikethe$10,000thatthecitypaystheEDAeachyearis a fairly small amountofthebudget. “Hereweareinadeficitand not able to give raisesand provide proper policeandfireprotectiontoourcit-izens.Thereissomewishy-washy stuff in the contractwiththeEDAandwecan’tdeterminewhatthatmoney

A chapter has closed inthe book ofWhitney HaysJohnson, children’s librar-ianattheEstillCountyPub-licLibrary. Johnson’slastdayatthelocallibrarywasFriday. She began her new jobaschildren’slibrarianattheLexington Public LibraryonMonday. JohnsongrewupinIuka,Illinois. She obtained abachelor’s degree at Ken-tuckyChristianCollege. ShewentbacktoIllinoisandgotajobasashelferatalibrary. “Thatwasmyfirstjobaf-tercollege,”shestated. “Ijustlovedbeingaroundkids, and around books,”shestated.“IlovedbeinginKentucky.” ShemovedbacktoKen-tucky and obtained herMaster’s degree in LibraryScience in May 2014.Thefollowing September, shewas hired as children’s li-

brarianattheEstillCountyPublicLibrary. Shewassingleandcom-mutingfromRichmondforthisjob. ShemetJoshuaJohnsononeharmony.comandtheymarriedlastSeptember. The paths of their liveswerecrossing,buttheyhadnever met personally. Shedescribes meeting him as“basicallyablinddate.” Whiletheyweretogether,shetalkedtohimaboutherfriends Kendra and Ryanwhomshemetwhileattend-ingUK. “Hefinallysaid,‘IknowKendra and Ryan,’” shestated. ThecouplewasinJoshuaandWhitney’swedding. “We all went to South-land Christian Church.”Sheaddedthatitwasabigchurch but she had nevernoticedJoshuathere. Her first apartment wasprobably within a quarter

mile of the home JoshuaownsinLexington. After marriage, MissWhitney moved into thehome that Joshua, an elec-tricalengineer,owns. CommutingtoIrvinedai-ly from Lexington helpedMissWhitneymakeherde-cisiontoapplyforthejobattheLexingtonLibrary. “She has been fabulous,andshe’sgoingtobesorelymissed,”statedKathyWat-son,headlibrarianattheEs-tillCountyPublicLibrary. Miss Whitney was cre-ative.Santajustdidn’tmakea usual visit to Storytime.HearrivedontherooftopoftheEstillCountyLibrary. Miss Whitney dressedfor thespecialevents.ThispastChristmasshehadaChristmas light necklacethat she got at Hallmark.Shealsohassomeredsus-penders that came from athriftstore. She isconstantlywatch-

ing to thrift shops at itemsthat she can use at Story-time. The local library is ac-ceptingapplicationsforthechildren’s librarian throughMay31.Watsonhopes thelibraryboardwillbeabletohiresomeonewhenitmeetsonJune15. Watson said that AmyHugheswillbefillinginforthechildren’slibrarianuntilanewoneishired. The librarian held a re-ception for Johnson onThursday. Irvine residentMyra Finney made a cakefor the event. It had twocakesshapedlikebooksontop.ThetopbookhadSeusson the spine and the otheronehadJohnson.ItwasforthebooktheyexpectJohn-sontowritesomeday. Johnsonwassurprisedatthereceptionwhenherhus-band dropped in unexpect-edly. She thought he wasworkingonajob.

Popular children’s librarianleaves for job in Lexington

Whitney Hays Johnson, children’s library at the Es-till County Public Library, was honored with a recep-tion on Thursday. She has resigned to take a similar position at the Lexington Public Library.

Council votes 4 to 2against payroll tax

isspenton,”statedCouncil-manO’BreneRichardson. “I can’t see paying forsomethingwhenwe’reget-ting nothing back,” addedArthur. Burkhartaskedifthefiredepartment had any lucksellingtheoldfiretruck. Firefighter Chad Nealsaidthatitwaslistedonsev-eraldifferentwebsitesbutinordertoputitonthegovern-mentauctionsiteheneededapprovalfromthecounciltocreateanaccountandknowwhattosetthereserveat. The council agreed thatthey should set the reserveat$10,000andpassedares-olutionauthorizingNeal tosetupanaccounttosellthetruck.

Irvine council talks of how to increase funds