by staff | Feb 12, 2025 | Solid Waste News
A Comprehensive Comparison Composting is a great way to reduce food waste and create nutrient-rich soil for your garden. But with so many different composting methods available, it can be hard to decide which one is right for you. Two options are given with Franklin...
by staff | Feb 7, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Week 1 is done, great job to all of our participating schools! Total aluminum can count so far: Franklin County High School: 352 Western Hills High School: 656 Frankfort High School: 0 Elkhorn Middle School: 0 Bondurant Middle School: 53 Bridgeport Elementary School:...
by staff | Feb 6, 2025 | News
Franklin County Fiscal CourtInvitation to Apply for Community Grants Franklin County Fiscal Court is now accepting applications from local non-profit agencies for Community Grants for fiscal year 2025-26. When considering funding requests, Fiscal Court must be assured...
by staff | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Michael Mueller, Franklin County Judge Executive, joined other community leaders this morning at the Frankfort Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the Community Breakfast. This was a fabulous opportunity for our elected and educational leaders to present...
by staff | Jan 24, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Requirements: -Participants must be a Frankfort-based school or nonprofit organization -Cannot have already participated in the 2024 program -Consent to picking up 15 miles of litter on a Saturday in 2025 -Provide W9 form upon selection Once you’ve applied,...
by staff | Jan 22, 2025 | Solid Waste News
Our new Franklin County Solid Waste Americorps Environmental Educator, Abigail Wafford, gave a presentation on plants native to Kentucky this morning. This is the first of a series of lectures to be held at the Capital City Activity Center. She will hold additional...
by staff | Jan 17, 2025 | News
Governor Andy Beshear made an exciting economic development announcement impacting our community at his weekly “Team Kentucky Update” on Thursday. He reported that Nitto, a global developer of state-of-the-art technology and provider of products and...
by staff | Jan 17, 2025 | Office Closing Announcements
All County administrative offices will be closed on Monday, January 20th, 2025, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. We will resume our normal operations on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, at 8 AM.
by staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Solid Waste News
County residents:Extra trash pickup is permitted by Republic for Monday and Friday routes this week, since those routes were missed last week.Drivers are running out of contract hours picking up extra trash on the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday routes. If you were...
by staff | Jan 10, 2025 | Legal Notices
Second reading and Approval of an Ordinance #1-2025 amending Ordinance #1-2009, Ordinance #8-2017, and Ordinance #5-2020, by amending The General Provisions Contained in Chapter 150 of The Franklin County Code of Ordinances to Update Permit and Review Fees for...
