After a three-year absence, a waste tire collection event will be May 3-5 at the Warren County salt barn off Louisville Road.

Warren County Fiscal Court approved Friday a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Division of Waste Management to hold the event again this spring.

“It has been an extraordinarily successful event in the past,” Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon said.

Stan Reagan, coordinator of the county’s Division for Environmental Planning and Assistance, said the state Division of Waste Management comes to each of the state’s 15 area development districts on a rotating basis for the waste tire collection events.

Reagan said the May event will be open to residents of the 10-county Barren River region.

“We’re the host site, so we provide the labor and promotion, but it’s not limited to Warren County,” he said. “We get tires from Edmonson County, Barren County, anywhere in the BRADD region.”

Reagan said “50,000 to 75,000” tires have been collected at previous events. They are recycled for such uses as fuel, rubber mulch and asphalt.

Fiscal court also took action Friday to continue the process of opening up the county to new cable television and broadband internet providers. The magistrates approved the second and final reading of an ordinance creating a competitive franchise for cable providers in the unincorporated portions of the county.

Buchanon explained in January, when the first reading of the ordinance was passed, that the county and the city of Bowling Green are now operating under an expired franchise agreement with Spectrum to provide cable and broadband service.

Because of that expired agreement, Buchanon said this is an ideal time to open up the franchise to all interested cable providers.

“High-speed broadband has become a necessity for modern living,” Buchanon said.

The magistrates also approved spending $15,000 to continue using a pictometry device that aids the sheriff’s office and the property valuation administrator’s office. The device, used in partnership with the city of Bowling Green, captures aerial views of properties to help police officers and other users view landscapes.

An affiliation agreement between the Barren River District Health Department and Warren County Emergency Management approved by the magistrates Friday will allow for continued participation in the BRADD Citizen Corps.

The volunteer Citizens Corps program includes the Medical Reserve Corps and the Community Emergency Response Teams that assist with both preparedness for and response to emergencies and natural disasters.

The magistrates also approved on second reading three rezonings from agriculture to residential estate. The properties on Stump Bluff, Old Greenhill and Alvaton-Scottsville roads will be developed into a total of eight single-family homes. The properties had been recommended for approval by the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County.