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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday.
Four ordinances were approved on their second readings. Two amended the zoning of 201 and 202 North Main Street from Neighborhood Office and Urban Residential General to Downtown Mixed Use (C-5). An ordinance approving amendments to the city’s code of ordinances concerning signs was approved, as was an ordinance approving the city’s annexation of 1331 Hayden School Road, with the property zoned Suburban Residential (R-2).
The council approved a municipal order for the purchase of 111 Pear Orchard Road for $125,000. That purchase is part of the city’s plans for improving the Pear Orchard Road/Pear Orchard Road Northwest corridor.
“The city has developed engineering plans for the next phase of street improvement along this corridor and has identified properties for purchase to assure the new street and sidewalk improvements are designed and constructed in a safe manner,” said City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the municipal order.
The council also approved a $1,149,898 bid from BCD Incorporated for the American Legion Park improvement project, as well as an interlocal agreement with the Elizabethtown Tourism and Convention Bureau concerning the financial responsibilities of the outdoor music venue project.
A swearing-in ceremony was held for Elizabethtown Police Department officers Sean Cofer and Detrick Cooper, who were promoted to deputy chief and sergeant, respectively.
“I can tell you, in the time that I have been here, both of these individuals have excelled in everything that we’ve asked them to do, and I’m excited just to be a small part of them being able to be here tonight to welcome their families, and if you look around and you see the number of personnel you have from the department, I think that’s a true reflection of the character of these two men and what they mean to this department,” said Elizabethtown Police Chief Jeremy Thompson.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet August 25.
The City of Elizabethtown is gearing up for this weekend’s Heartland Homecoming Parade. “It is one of the largest parades in the state of Kentucky,” Pyles said. “We have over a hundred entries this year made up of floats, walkers, fans, dignitaries, just about anybody you can imagine you’ll probably see them on that Saturday.” That’s City Events Manager Beth Pyles. The parade will step off from Public Square at […]
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