During Monday’s Pennyrile Area Development District collective, members unanimously approved for Pennyrile Allied Community Services to once again receive the three-year contract for Homecare & Title III services for fiscal years 2024-26.
Contingent, though, upon the renewal of PACS’ personal service certification to the Office of Inspector General.
It would’ve been a non-descript line item, as Jill Collins — director for the Pennyrile Area Agency on Aging & Independent Living — asked for its motion, following a recommendation from Scott Marshall and a Request For Proposal scoring committee.
However, several questions and concerns came from the gallery — the first regarding PACS’ certification timeline.
Will PACS receive its certification when this new three-year contract comes into play July 1?
Stan Humphries, judge-executive of Trigg County, asked Collins how many other agencies applied for the same contract.
Elkton Mayor Arthur Green, who has served as PACS’ board chair, urged that he’d vote in favor of the contract, but pleaded with other board members to be more transparent about current and future issues within the organization.
Namely: communication.
PACS offers a number of important services for Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg counties.
In other PADD news:
— Martha Jane King, spokeswoman for the Beshear office, said the governor will be near Madisonville for a special presentation Monday, May 15.
— Trigg County’s Beth Sumner and Todd Wallace were both unanimously approved to join PADD on an unexpired term, as well as a new three-year term running through summer 2026.
