Evarts City Council members began reviewing a map of emergency address changes in the city of Evarts on Tuesday. The changes will be implemented over the projected course of a year, not only in Evarts, but throughout the county.

Evarts City Clerk Kristi Lamb said the changes are a result of duplicate street names throughout the county. Lamb added the changes will help ambulance drivers find homes they are dispatched to and present an easier method of addressing a new house being built.

“There’s not a lot of changes we have to make, so I’m kind of glad about that,” Lamb said.

Lamb took her time to explain to the council members the roads set to be renamed in Evarts, answering any and all questions they had regarding the map and name changes.

Lamb said after the changes are submitted and the Harlan County Fiscal Court approves its “side of the changes,” the post offices will then be given an updated list of emergency addresses.

“The post offices will be responsible for notifying the residents of their updated 911 address,” Lamb said.

Though the changes will begin taking place soon, there is no precise timeline of how long the project may take.

For more information regarding streets in Evarts, call 606-837-2477.

The council also motioned to:

• accept the financial report forAugust;

• accept the minutes from both the regular scheduled meeting held Aug. 20 and the special-called meeting held Aug. 26. During reflection of the Aug. 26 special-called meeting, council members said they were pleased with the 2019 property tax ordinance, leaving the current tax of 41.50 cents per $100 of assessed value;

• accept the police report for August. Evarts Police Department Chief Owen Noe reported a total of 11 arrests, two reported traffic collisions, 25 citations, 41 complaints responses and 624 man hours;

• accept the water loss report for August. Evarts Water Plant operator Woody Fields reported the plant produced a total of 14,986,000 gallons during the month of August, with 10,981,200 residential gallons sold. Total gallons accounted for was 1,200,000 gallons and 2,804,800 gallons unaccounted for. Gallons lost per day totaled 90,477 gallons, and gallons lost per minute totaled 63 gallons.