The Brandenburg City Council worked through generally short business agenda during their regular meeting held Monday (8/10) night.
At the beginning of the meeting, the council revisited a business license request from April Bentley related to a mobile massage therapy business. The council tabled action during their July meeting in order to get clarification on the type of services Bentley was planning to provide. Monday night, Bentley told council members that she was planning to do in home massage therapy for people who wasn’t able to get out or even nursing facilities. She was not intending to have a vehicle where customers would have access to her services. After some discussion, the council decided to change the business type to in home services and approved her business license request.
The council awarded the August Yard of The Month to Danny and Marvetta Tate, who reside on Lawrence Street. The council moved to enter a closed session for the purpose to discuss the potential sale or purchase of property and litigation on behave to the city in accordance to KRS 61.810 Section 1. After the nearly 45 minute closed session, the council returned with no action taken.
In other business, the council discussed payments of bills related to the recent water line project where the city was reimbursed for payment through grants funding by Lincoln Trail Area Development District. The council also discussed the expenses related to having a fulltime mowing crew in stead of having a contractor to mow city owned property. The council took action related to the mowing discussion.
Police Chief Brian Hagg reported only 2 arrests were made during the Meade County Fair. He also congratulated Devin Prewitt, who won the electric bike at the Brandenburg Police fair booth. Chief Hagg told council members that he is looking to fill a vacant patrol position in the department. The person who was selected to fill the vacancy decided to not accept the position. At the end of the meeting, Councilman David Woodward asked Chief Hagg if the salary listed on the displayed job ad was attractive enough for recruitment efforts. Chief Hagg said that position could be paid up to $53,414 based upon the the city’s pay scale along with the state provisional funding up to $4,653. Chief Hagg said that the ad was broad because of the variety of experience of the potential applicants. Council woman Donna Brown inquired about the cost of the fair booth prize and how it the prize selected. She also took issue quested why the city provided security at the Meade County Fair. Chief Hagg explained that the fairgrounds are located under the jurisdiction of the city police and the department budget has always allocated funding for the fair security.
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