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AMERICORPS ENIVORNMENTAL EDUCATOR GIVES NATIVE PLANT PRESENTATION
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...
NITTO ANNOUNCEMENT
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 services for...
MLK DAY CLOSURE
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.
1/16/25 SOLID WASTE COLLECTION UPDATE
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...
WINTER STORM UPDATE 1/10/25
Michael Mueller, Franklin County Judge Executive shares an update about the upcoming winter storm. This includes information from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office KY, Ready Frankfort, Franklin County Fire Department, and Franklin County KY Solid Waste. If you...
REPUBLIC SERVICES SURVEY
Judge Mueller and Solid Waste Coordinator Ally Hall had their quarterly meeting with a Republic Services representative today. We are all working to find immediate and permanent solutions for any inconsistencies with trash/recycling routes, apart from weather...
COUNTY SOLID WASTE EVENING UPDATE 1/6/25
County Residents: (red/blue cans) Tuesday routes will run on Wednesday, and all of the following days will run a day behind. Monday routes will get picked up on 1/13, with extra trash pick up permitted. When putting your carts out, please place them as close to the...
1/6/25 SOLID WASTE UPDATE
County residents with solid waste collection through Republic Services will not be picked up today. Their current plan is to treat this as a holiday and have all routes delayed by one day. This means Monday routes will be collected on Tuesday, Tuesday on Wednesday,...
COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE CLOSURE JANUARY 6, 2025
Due to the ongoing snow storm, ALL Franklin County administrative offices will be closed tomorrow, January 6, 2025. This includes the Fiscal Court, Planning & Zoning, Occupational Tax Office, the County Clerk, PVA and Judicial Center/Court House. Emergency and...
2025 WINTER STORM ASSISTANCE
Franklin County will be under a WINTER STORM WARNING tomorrow morning beginning at 4 AM. Governor Andy Beshear has already declared a state of emergency ahead of this storm. It is expected to impact our area tomorrow morning and last into Monday. If you have an...