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Fiscal court officially declares support for coal
The Laurel County Fiscal Court declared its support for the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security Wednesday, signing a proclamation to the effect.
FACES is an alliance of people who have joined forces to educate lawmakers and the general public about the importance of coal and coal mining to local and national economies and to the nation’s energy security.
Laurel County Judge-Executive Lawrence Kuhl said Laurel County “gets a lot of money” courtesy of the Coal Severance Tax.
“We’re very dependent on foreign companies for their fuel,” he said. “We think coal could be converted to liquid fuels to be more independent.”
The proclamation states coal directly and indirectly supports 84,000 Kentucky jobs, generates half of the electricity consumed in the United States, and 90 percent of electricity in Kentucky.
The Fiscal Court unanimously agreed to sign the proclamation. Magistrate David Bruner was not at Wednesday’s special-called meeting.
In other action, Fiscal Court members:
• Unanimously agreed to buy three salt spreaders at a cost of $13,449.
• Unanimously agreed to pay $20,700 to Gilpin Masonry for cleaning and sealing the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.
• Unanimously agreed to pay $7,970 to Bruce Broughton, who built a bin to house the county’s salt stores.
Staff writer Tara Kaprowy can be reached by e-mail at tkaprowy@sentinel-echo.com.
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