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East Clark County Water District (ECCWD), located at 118 Hopkins Lake, dedicates itself to serving Clark County by providing water throughout and more. 

At the most recent Clark County Fiscal Court meeting on Wednesday, March 12, it discussed matters with local Clark County Fiscal Court Judge-Executive Les Yates and the Magistrates in attendance. 

William Ballard, General Manager for ECCWD, spoke – initially noting that some matters he thought were previously addressed had run into complications.

“We had to sign the easements and the water tank property over to the county and the county signed it over to KACO,” he said, with KACO standing for the Kentucky Association of Counties. “The loans were all paid off, so last year I thought we were going to have it brought back to us. In the paperwork, KACO saw that it needed to go back to the county first.” 

He also addressed what operations he was looking to further continue. 

“We’re wanting to take that tank down that’s on Ecton Road,” he said. “Right now, it’s all in the county’s name…it costs about $35,000.” 

Addressing the first matter with KACO, Clark County attorney William Elkins spoke. 

“I think what happened is KACO, who was holding the lien, contracted with a law firm to write those deeds. My suggestion is that…we reach back out to whoever that was, and have them draft them in the form that we want them originally,” he said, later noting that this would involve the deed being transferred from the Fiscal Court to ECCWD. “It would be possible for my office to take that up on behalf of [East] Clark County Water District as I represent the Fiscal Court.” 

In theory, such changes might allow ECCWD to perform operations more independently. 

Ballard also mentioned that 90-day bids for the project were currently out. 

However, Elkins added that the project – or elements of it – did not seem most feasible at the current moment. 

“[We] just don’t have the manpower to do that right now,” he said. “The opportunity already presented itself to do it in the form that we’re suggesting now it should be done…it’s an incredible amount of work.” 

Judge-Executive Yates responded. 

“We’ll reach out to KACO and have their attorneys redo the deed,” he said. “We’ll get this one done immediately if we can, and then we’ll reach out and have them correct the rest of them.” 

With Ballard reiterating that the deed is in the Fiscal Court’s name, Elkins asserted he’d be willing to reach out to KACO.