Trigg County magistrates approved to appoint a new county historian and appointed a new ethics committee during their Monday night meeting.
Judge/Executive Hollis Alexander says Virginia Alexander previously served as the county historian, but with her passing over six months ago, there has not been one since. Alexander asked the court to consider longtime resident and former Trigg County Public Schools Superintendent Jim Wallace.
Magistrates approved the nomination unanimously. The approval comes about a month and a half shy of the county celebrating its bicentennial.
Additionally, magistrates approved five appointments to the county’s ethics committee. The nominations include; Jim Wallace, Eric Bleidt, Cammie Evans, Dr. Tom Martin, and Paxton Redd. Alexander notes their terms will begin on December 1 and remain effective through November 30, 2022.
Magistrates also learned about the Trigg County Leadership class project to build a new stage in downtown Cadiz where the Renaissance Stage stands now. The cost of the project is unknown, but would be funded by donations from the community. The stage would be renamed Bicentennial Stage and the class hopes it would be used by the community, instead of only really being used for the Trigg County Country Ham Festival.
In addition, magistrate Cameron Sumner asked fellow magistrates to sign a letter to send to state lawmakers to have the transportation cabinet conduct a traffic study at the Highway 139/68-80 intersection. Countless community members consider the intersection to be extremely dangerous and feel it warrants a traffic light.
Trigg County Sheriff Jason Barnes notes it takes the cabinet 2 to 3 years to conduct a study to determine the need for a traffic light. The safety of the intersection comes into question on the heels of an accident that claimed the lives of two Johnson County residents on November 7 and the expansion of 68-80 into a four-lane highway.
