Grayson Co. Fiscal Court took up whether to adopt legislation that allows ATVs and UTVs to be used on all county roadways except the Western Kentucky Parkway at Thursday’s meeting.
Magistrates were asked by three citizens their collective stance on Senate Bill 63, which calls for off-road vehicles to be treated as motor vehicles in all ways, from registering the vehicle with the County Clerks Office, to paying yearly taxes, and outfitting the vehicles with seat belts along with many other requirements.
The bill, which was passed during the last General Assembly, went into effect late last month.
The entire 22-page bill can be found by clicking here.
Magistrates, who were aware of the legislation, said more study on the matter was needed before a vote on whether to adopt Senate Bill 63 can be held.
In the meantime, K105 is polling readers regarding their stance on whether to allow ATVs and UTVs to be legally driven on roadways in the county:
Do you support off-road vehicles like ATVs and UTVs to be used on all county roadways?
In other Fiscal Court news, it was announced that Jailer Jason Woosley and the Grayson County Detention Center have donated a Ford F-250 truck to Grayson Co. Emergency Management.
The vehicle will be used to pull a new 26-foot Community Response Trailer that was outfitted via a $18,450 grant facilitated by the Grayson Co. Health Department and Grayson Co. Board of Health.
Ideally, Grayson Co. Emergency Management Director Carey Sims said the Community Response Trailer will provide the following services:
- E-911 could use the trailer as its backup communication platform
- EMS could be augmented by the trailer with additional triage supplies for mass casualty events
- Search and rescue command and control could use the trailer when responding to drownings and missing persons calls
- When responding to natural and man-made disasters the trailer provides the ability to communicate outside of Grayson Co.
- The trailer could serve as an alternate care site command and control center for hospital response
- The trailer would allow community outreach to provide information about emergency preparedness to the public
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
