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Council Works On Agenda
03/09/10 WGC
The Brandenburg City Council swept through a lengthy agenda during their regular meeting Monday night. Beth Woolfolk, secretary of the Meade County Civil War Reenactment Committee spoke to the council regarding insurance for the upcoming reenactment in July in the Riverfront Park. She was seeking a rider policy or the group would have to come provide the insurance for the event.
Mayor Pace said that the city’s policy could not have a rider on it and that they would have to provide their own insurance. Woolfolk said that they had found a company who would write a policy for the two day event for about $800. After some discussion, the council approved giving $1,000 to the group to be used toward the insurance.
The city received a clean opinion during their recent annual audit conducted by Richardson, Pennington & Skinner. The representative commended City Clerk Molly Janes for her record keeping for the city. The council echoed the thought.
Council members approved a resolution to adopt the Lincoln Trail Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan. They also heard the first reading of an ordinance related to amending the planning and zoning permitted uses ordinance concerning the new property of the Meade County Public Library. The council received a presentation of a ordinance that pertains to buffer zones and green spaces with in the city limits on new construction for their review.
The council approved the lowest bid for a new sewer screener for the sewer plant’s intake. Public Works Director T.J. Hughes said the old unit was destroyed by a malfunction of a sensor and employees are manually separate the intake. The $53,552 part will take about three weeks to be built and will operate only when it detects flow, instead of running continuously. He said that old unit was the original screen when the plant started operation in 1992.
Police Chief Jeff Cox reported to the council that their resolutions they approved last month had been approved for about $4,000 worth of equipment. The funds will be received by the city for some time due to the funding source has yet to be secured. He also reported that Officer Stratford Young had resigned in order to continue his progress to work for the Kentucky State Police. Officer Young has been accepted into the State Police Academy and will be leaving the department at the end of the month.
During the meeting, Meade County Emergency Management Director Ron Dodson presented Officer Young with a plaque while Mayor David Pace along with Chief Cox presented him with a Certificate of Appreciation for his work and dedication to the city and it’s citizens.
You can hear the entire meeting in our "On Demand" section.
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