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It’s back to the drawing board for those who sought to build an Islamic cemetery in Mount Washington.
After hearing from local residents who spoke out against the proposed cemetery, members of the Bullitt County Board of Adjustments voted to reject the Louisville Islamic Center’s request for a conditional use permit during a public meeting held in the Bullitt Fiscal Courtroom on Thursday.
The permit, which would have allowed the applicants to build a cemetery on 10 acres of agriculturally zoned land off Hubbards Lane in Mount Washington, was denied 5-1.

A signed memorandum of understanding is the only thing separating the city police and local fire department from obtaining the Spencer County Sheriff’s Department’s new radio frequency, Sheriff Donald “Buddy” Stump said during a radio demonstration during Monday night’s Fiscal Court meeting.
Once the Taylorsville Police Department and the Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Protection District have signed MOUs with the county, those agencies will be given the sheriff’s frequency improving communication between the agencies, Stump said.

Nearly six months after its formation, the EMS Privatization Committee of the Fiscal Court made an official recommendation Monday night not to privatize the county’s EMS services.
Magistrate Mike Moody brought up the topic at an August 2012 meeting, and Judge-Executive Bill Karrer appointed Moody, Magistrate Jerry Davis, Magistrate Woodie Cheek and EMS Director Jeff Coulter to the committee to investigate.