On January 19, fiscal court members were forced to set the wet/dry voting deadline in motion for March 23, as the election date would determine if Leitchfield business owners would be able to sell alcohol in restaurants.

Grayson County County Clerk Carletta Farris explained in order for the special election to become official, the county had to receive certified signatures from 25 percent of Leitchfield residents that voted in the last preceding general election.

She added that over 800 signatures were turned in from the Citizens for Economic Growth.

"We only needed 516 names," Farris said, "and I have already certified 640. We got enough for it to go on the ballot."

There are nine precincts where Leitchfield residents can vote. Four of those locations are completely city, and five others are split between city and county.

Precinct workers for the special election must consist of two people against the petition and two for the petition.

According to Farris, there were 2,066 Leitchfield residents that voted in the last regular election.

Attorney Jerry Guffey assured the group, during the fiscal court meeting, that standard election laws must apply in this process.

The fiscal court has no choice but to set the election date," Guffey explained. "This does not dictate their position in any way."

If an election date is not specified on the petition, the Grayson County Judge-Executive has the right to set the date.

Under the Limited 100, if the vote passes on March 23, only restaurants with a seating capacity of at least 100 and at least 70 percent of their sales coming from food, would be allowed to sale alcohol.

In other business:

• The county will be applying for funding to do bridge improvements in the Bear Creek area.

Grayson County Emergency Management Deputy Director Larry Holeman explained there are three locations in the county and one in the city that needs bridge improvements.

Under FEMA guidelines, Pine Knob Road, Bloomington Road, Bear Creek and Shull White Road were chosen as top priority areas in need of repair.

Some of the criteria officials looked at for these low water crossings were the number of days closed, if another access was available and how many miles motorists had to travel to go around it.

Grayson County Emergency Management Deputy Director Larry Holeman explained it was a very lengthy process to get the money.

"We are competing for money that is for the whole state," Holeman said. "Each disaster FEMA has about 60 percent of funding set aside as Hazard Mitigation Money. It is a very lengthy process."

• Grayson County Judge-Executive Gary Logsdon talked about the county being approved to receive ADF funding again. The $980 in funding for the county will be used to purchase a new computer. Logsdon added that the money was split four way with other government entities in the county.

• Anita Van Meter resigned from the Anneta Fire Board as a firefighter member, and was reappointed as a citizen board member. Van Meter's term will expire on June 30, 2013. Herb Popham will be Van Meter's replacement for her previous position. Popham's term will expire on June 30, 2011. Van Meter replaced James Kinser Sr. on the board, because Kinser had decided to resign from his position.