gutshot II
Regular Member
A KC3 board member needed to return a cable TV box to FEWPB. For those not familiar with FEWPB, it is the municipal utility company for all of Frankfort and Franklin Co., parts of Woodford Co and parts of Shelby Co. FEWPB supplies electric service, drinking water, cable TV and internet services to those areas. It is a very large company. Our board member took his cable TV box to the main office and was told he would have to return it to a different office on Hickory Dr. When he arrived at that building he found a sign saying that concealed weapons were not allowed on the premises. You can see a picture of the sign here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uepez302qm7ss50/IMG_0679%20%281%29.JPG?dl=0
This is the only "No Guns" sign on FEWPB property that I have been able to find.
I did a little investigating into who owns FEWPB and what authority they might have to ban guns and decided that they have none. I sent an Open Records Request for any policy that they might have and got this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vystdhwqcczq50t/FEWPB%20POLICY%283%29.pdf?dl=0
I have since been in touch with a staff attorney for FEWPB several times. They were completely unaware of KRS 65.870 and their responsibilities under it. The man I talked to said he was "shocked" that such a law would exist. I told him I was "shocked" that they would violate any law. It has been a long, hard education process to get him to unserstand that FEWPB has no authority to ban guns. He, in turn, has had to pass that along to the board members. This was all supposed to be fixed at the monthly board meeting in July. I went to that meeting and found out that they intended to pass a policy that was "word for word" the same the City of Frankfort's ordinance banning concealed weapons. I had to stop them and try to explain that they didn't have the authority to do that. They decided to scrap that idea and do a little more research. This Tuesday evening, August 21, they will have the August meeting. I have been told that at this meeting the attorney is going to recommend that they rescind all policies on firearms and remove the sign. The final decision will be with the board members and they will be the only ones to vote on any changes. I will be there just in case there are any misunderstandings again. Some of the board members are not happy about this and some of them don't understand it, so there could be some votes against this plan, but this should be the end of this problem, assuming all goes well. I'll post the final results after the meeting.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uepez302qm7ss50/IMG_0679%20%281%29.JPG?dl=0
This is the only "No Guns" sign on FEWPB property that I have been able to find.
I did a little investigating into who owns FEWPB and what authority they might have to ban guns and decided that they have none. I sent an Open Records Request for any policy that they might have and got this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vystdhwqcczq50t/FEWPB%20POLICY%283%29.pdf?dl=0
I have since been in touch with a staff attorney for FEWPB several times. They were completely unaware of KRS 65.870 and their responsibilities under it. The man I talked to said he was "shocked" that such a law would exist. I told him I was "shocked" that they would violate any law. It has been a long, hard education process to get him to unserstand that FEWPB has no authority to ban guns. He, in turn, has had to pass that along to the board members. This was all supposed to be fixed at the monthly board meeting in July. I went to that meeting and found out that they intended to pass a policy that was "word for word" the same the City of Frankfort's ordinance banning concealed weapons. I had to stop them and try to explain that they didn't have the authority to do that. They decided to scrap that idea and do a little more research. This Tuesday evening, August 21, they will have the August meeting. I have been told that at this meeting the attorney is going to recommend that they rescind all policies on firearms and remove the sign. The final decision will be with the board members and they will be the only ones to vote on any changes. I will be there just in case there are any misunderstandings again. Some of the board members are not happy about this and some of them don't understand it, so there could be some votes against this plan, but this should be the end of this problem, assuming all goes well. I'll post the final results after the meeting.
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