The Brandenburg City Council discussed issues related to three possible annexations to the city during their regular monthly meeting Monday (8/9) night.
The three properties are located on different sides of town and some have not officially expressed desire for annexation. The preliminary conversations have been made with inquiries for city sewer lines to be extended to a agriculture parcel at the corner of the Bypass and Kentucky 228 owned by Chris McGehee. In the mentioned conversations, McGehee has committed to developing a residential area on part of the 120 acres, if city sewer is extended to the his property. He appears to be willing to further develop the property based upon the sales of the first 30 lots.
Mayor Ronnie Joyner said the discussion related to the other property was to provide the council a notice that this was ahead in the decision making. The other properties are the lot off of Ekron Road at the Huevas Dias, which is already on the city sewer and the West Body Shop property just outside of the city limits on Kentucky 313 near the intersection of 933. Newcomb Oil is inquiring about sewer service for a new Five Star gas station. The consensus of the council was to allow the property owners to voluntarily annex their property into the city in order to construct new sewer lines.
The council voted in favor of proceeding further on the annexation request by McGehee, which prompts the city attorney to draft a ordinance for that property’s annexation to be read twice and approved by the council before being adopted. No action was taken on the other two properties.
In other business, the council congratulated James Devries as being the recipient of the August Yard of the Month. Council members also approved the first reading of an amendment to the city’s planning zoning ordinance related to the addition of RV Park definitions to the planning and zoning regulations. The Council is expected to hear the second reading during their September meeting.
Mayor Ronnie Joyner reported that the Main Street Sidewalk project is being re-evaluated after seeking bids for construction and the price tag majorly increased to about $1.3 million. He said that he has asked the architect to see what adjustments can be made in order to salvage the project. Joyner said the major cost was to build a new retaining wall in the curve of Main Street to allow the removal of the buildings embedded into the hillside.
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