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E-Town council approves bonds for projects, contracts for music venue

todayAugust 6, 2024

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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.

The council approved on second reading an ordinance that approves general obligation bonds for city projects.

“This ordinance authorizes the issuance of, not to exceed, $11 million of the city’s general obligation bonds,” said City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the ordinance. “This will be series 2024, to be issued for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, and equipment of a new fire station, a police station expansion, and other public projects.”

The term of the bond repayment is not to exceed 25 years.

The council approved a contract with Congleton-Hacker company of Lexington for construction management services on the outdoor music venue the city is constructing on Commerce Drive in partnership with the Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau. City Administrator Ed Poppe said this contract concerns pre-construction services only.

“We will use this construction management firm to work with the design firm and evaluate their design and say ‘Wait a minute, if you used a concrete wall instead of a block wall, you could save this kind of money. You could do these kinds of things.’ And then they will work through the design,” Poppe said.

The council also approved a contract with engineering firm Kimley-Horn for development of a sewer design plan for the Commerce Drive extension in the area of the outdoor music venue. Poppe said the plan is for the project’s design team to give an update to the council sometime in September.

In other meeting news, the council approved a resolution that supports renaming an area highway in memory of former Elizabethtown police officer Billy Edwards and his wife Kathy, who were killed in a motorcycle collision on July 14. 

E-Town Fire Chief Mark Malone, Mayor Jeff Gregory, and Human Resources Manager Barbara Jones were each presented with the Kentucky National Guard’s Service Member Patriot Award, which recognizes an employer’s support of an employee that is serving in the Guard. Elizabethtown firefighter and Sergeant Major Seth Carter nominated the three as a way of showing his appreciation.

“The firefighters took care of my wife, the Army took care of my wife, made sure my kids were okay, all that good stuff, and I felt like it was something that needs to be bestowed upon our great city,” Carter said. “Just like the mayor said, I believe that this is the greatest city, and I believe that the Kentucky Army National Guard and the fire department, they’re two parts of my fabric. They are weaved inside of me and make me who I am.”

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet August 12.

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