Twenty-nine Kentucky counties will share 74-million dollars in coal severance tax dollars this year, and state officials say that’s the largest amount in a decade. Perry County will receive 3-point-8 million – more than 5 percent of the total. Perry Judge-Executive Scott Alexander said the funds are used to make the county a better place to live and work.
“That is money that we'll put back into her local economic development fund can be used for a lot of different varieties, but we try to use our coal severance as much as possible in economic growth, parks, recreation and quality of life issues now.”
