Hardin County

Grayson County

Jeremy Woosley Manager Grayson County Water District gcwd@graysonwater.com 270-259-2917 (O) 270-230-7038 (C)

Legislative Priority One: Receiving assistance with the lead service line inventory in order to stay in compliance. One of the Grayson County Water District’s top priorities is to receive help with funding to provide assistance with completion of the lead service line inventory process to maintain compliance with DOW. Legislative Priority Two: Assistance with possible infrastructure growth in the east end of the county as a result of the BlueOval SK Battery Park. The Grayson County Water District will need funding to make the necessary infrastructure improvements required to support possible growth surrounding the construction of the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Glendale.

Hardin County

Rick Games President Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation

Elizabethtown/Hardin County Industrial Foundation is supportive of all Hardin County and city governments’ submitted priorities.

Hardin County

Stephen Hogan General Manager Hardin County Water District No. 1 shogan@hcwd.com 270-351-3222 270-219-2182

Legislative Priority One: Water infrastructure funding related to the Pirtle Spring Water Treatment Facility. Hardin County Water District No. 1 has identified $20 million worth of improvements for upgrades to the Pirtle Spring Water Treatment Facility, including the facility’s transmission main. This funding would provide volume capacity for growth.

Legislative Priority Two: Water infrastructure funding related to the Louisville Water Company. Hardin County Water District No. 1 has identified $20 million to go toward a transmission main and pump system interconnect with the Louisville Water Company. This funding would allow a supplemental connection for Hardin County, along with Meade County and Fort Knox, and would allow a resilient water source for supporting growth for all of Hardin and Meade counties.

Legislative Priority Three: Water infrastructure funding related to pipe replacements.- $10 million for old cast iron pipe replacement to replace failing pipe. Hardin County Water District No. 1 has identified $10 million worth of improvements to replace failing and antiquated old cast iron pipes, many of which are over 70 years old. The funding will allow for aggressive replacements of the pipes, providing a reliable water distribution system for Hardin County, Radcliff, West Point, and support to Vine Grove.

Hardin County

Margy Poorman

President Hardin County Chamber of Commerce margy@hardinchamber.com 270-765-4334 (O) 270-681-0070 (C)

Legislative Priority One: Creating a Competitive Tax Climate for Business

The state has taken steps to make Kentucky more competitive by making reforms to business taxes and a system to reduce and eventually phase out individual income taxes.

Legislative Priority Two: Solving Workforce Issues

Several areas are being addressed to reduce barriers for many people to join (or rejoin) the workforce: such as transitioning off public benefits (Benefits Cliffs), childcare options of affordability and availability of day care and working through an employer-led benefit program, as well as recovery and re-entry from substance and criminal background with expungement and fair chance opportunities.

Legislative Priority Three: A local issue for the Chamber to focus on is the Conversion of Parkways to Interstates Conversion of the Bluegrass and Western Kentucky Parkways

Benefits to converting parkways to auxiliary interstate highways include: • Implementation of road design enhancements which might take decades to achieve otherwise • Improvements in parkway safety • Putting Elizabethtown on three different interstate highways which • will enhance economic development efforts and new job creation • Putting cities like Bardstown, Leitchfield, and Lawrenceburg on an • interstate highway for the first time, enhancing those communities’ • economic development efforts