State pays $225K to remove statue

A bill for the cost of moving a confederate statue out of the capitol.

L3: abc 36 news white state pays $225,000 to remove jefferson davis statue frankfort moving confederate president jefferson davis' statue from the capitol rotunda...to his birthplace in western kentucky...will cost the state 225 hundred thousand dollars.

The lexington herald-leader reports the state finance and administration cabinet, recorded the no-bid contract on the same day the historic properties advisory commission...voted eleven-to-one to remove the statue.

The statue was out of the capitol the next day.

The cabinet says bidding the contract wasn't practical... because only a limited number of companies could