Franklin County’s judge-executive says recovery efforts from the historic April flood are going well. Michael Mueller said Monday night’s town hall with Frankfort Mayor Layne Wilkerson was well-attended and there’s been plenty of support from state agencies, FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration and American Red Cross.
“I talked to Congressman Comer multiple times. He's the one that kind of got it done for us. There was a lot of politics involved, which I hate. But, you know, the public assistance is there, and it seemed like it really kind of put a lot of people at ease.”
Franklin is one of 13 Kentucky counties approved for disaster unemployment assistance and Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance for April flood victims. As for lessons learned, Mueller said he hopes to meet with Governor Beshear soon to talk about the Kentucky River.
“I think the river needs to be dredged. You know, I think it hasn't been dredged in years, and there's a lot of silt in the bottom of it. And I think that's why we saw areas in Frankfort and Franklin County that were flooded, that have never flooded before.”
Mueller says more than 500 structures were damaged, more than a third of them severely.
