CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – The clock is ticking for Christian County residents to sign up for the new trash service that has been approved by the fiscal court, with officials discussing the change and other important business during the June 9 meeting.
Blake James with Impact Waste shared that roughly 1,300 households have signed up for the new residential trash service out of around 4,900 county residents. Current GFL customers must sign up on the Impact Waste website by June 12 to allow new containers to be delivered before they start service.
“If they don’t call and set up the service, I have no way of delivering them a trash container because we have no information on them,” James told the magistrates. For Christian County residents, new bins will start to be delivered in mid-June, but Impact’s pickup service will not begin until July 1. The current trash service, GFL, will continue through June 30 and will remove their equipment and service items in early July.
All Christian County residents outside of the city limits of Hopkinsville, Oak Grove, Crofton and Pembroke will be impacted by this change. Oak Grove also recently entered into a franchise agreement with the same service, but this is completely separate from the fiscal court’s agreement. Oak Grove residents will be automatically transferred to Impact.
Magistrate Magaline Ferguson stressed the importance of getting this information out, particularly seniors, who may not be aware of the upcoming shift. The fiscal court approved a Solid Waste Franchise Impact Waste Service ordinance, and the franchise agreement during the meeting.
To sign up or ask questions, residents can contact Impact Waste at (270) 660-8331 or (270) 584-9030, or email them at impactwasteservice@gmail.com.
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Election audit, budget approval, animal shelter agreement
The fiscal court also approved the second and final reading of 2026-27 budget. Next fiscal year’s budget is higher than the current, rising from $52 million to $60.8 million. There is an overall 3% increase in operational costs which includes raises for county employees and the $17 million purchase of Commerce Park II along with other capital projects.
The complete budget will soon be available for public viewing on the Christian County website.
County Clerk Melinda Humphries shared details of the mandatory audit that was conducted after the primary election to evaluate the accuracy of the voting machines. The audit was conducted on May 22 following the May 19 election.
Two random candidates were chosen for the audit, and the physical ballots were retrieved by hand from and compared to the digital results under the observation of a local judge and the Christian County Board of Elections. Humphries said, “It matched perfectly so I’m grateful that the actual scanners that we have did a really good job.”
In other business, the fiscal court continued their agreement with neighboring Todd and Trigg County which permits their surrendered or lost animals to be housed at the Christian County Animal Shelter. These counties do not have their own shelter to facilitate the adoption and rescue of pets.
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