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Published January 10, 2009 03:31 pm - HORSE CAVE — The city’s former police chief’s request to speak to the city council at its Jan. 12 meeting has been denied. Ricky Sanders asked to be placed on the agenda so that he may address allegations made by Mayor Odell Martin regarding the misuse of police department funds. Former police chief disputes mayor’s claims By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times HORSE CAVE — The city’s former police chief’s request to speak to the city council at its Jan. 12 meeting has been denied.
Ricky Sanders asked to be placed on the agenda so that he may address allegations made by Mayor Odell Martin regarding the misuse of police department funds. Martin did not explain why Sanders would not be allowed to speak. “I don’t have any comments to make,” he said. During the council’s December meeting, Martin distributed a financial report that was entered into the council’s minutes. In the report, Martin said when he took office in January 2007 he received bills for guns and ammunition purchased by the city. Upon investigation, he said he learned the amount of the purchases exceeded the available amount in the city’s drug-seizure fund. A sum of $8,260.83 for the purchases had to be paid with monies from other funds. He pointed out the city council did not approve the purchases and the money was not allocated in the city’s budget. Martin was a member of the city council prior to being elected mayor. “We actually had a Deputy Sheriff from Metcalfe County, Kevin Thompson (e.g. Transaction 1-15548), charging police body equipment against Horse Cave’s general fund in the amount of $1,281.27,” Martin said in the report. Sanders said he can explain how the money was spent, and can present proof to the council that what he did was legal. He said he anticipated the mayor’s reaction to his request to speak to the council. “I’ve come to expect that from him,” he said. “He’s not going to let anyone with the truth speak.” Sanders intends on being present at the meeting and said he has a letter he will be distributing to council members that will offer an explanation for what Martin has been saying. In an earlier interview, Sanders said, “He has told me I would never be allowed to speak as long as he is mayor. If I had something on somebody and they did all this illegal activity, what better forum than a public forum to show what they’ve done?” Sanders also said the police equipment was purchased with drug fund monies and that the city’s mayor at the time, JoAnne Smith, was aware of it, as well as Hart County Attorney Mike Nichols. As for Metcalfe County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Thompson, Sanders said he was merely assisting Horse Cave police officers by bringing Metcalfe County’s K-9 unit along. 
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