Georgetown needs new police car

Georgetown Police Chief Dennis Kunkel needs a new car, and he is hoping the Floyd County Council will help pay for it. Chief Kunkel is driving a 1999 model and he says it is "unsafe to be on the road". Kunkel said his department currently has four cars in its fleet and he would like to start replacing the cars with a five-year plan. Floyd County Sheriff Darrell Mills informed the council that he intends to ask for seven additional correction officers early next year; he said the officers are needed since the jail is housing an average of 330 inmates a day -- he could hire all seven as part-time employees which would save the county money