The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.
The first reading was held on ordinances for three zoning changes: one for 108 East Memorial Drive from Neighborhood Office to High-Density Residential, one for 1031 Ring Road from Future Development Holding to Regional Commercial, and one for 2800 Rineyville Road from Future Development Holding to Regional Commercial and High-Density Residential. All three ordinances were recommended for approval by the city’s Planning Commission.
Mayor Jeff Gregory issued a proclamation recognizing the month of July as Parks and Recreation Month. The mayor had high praise for the city’s parks facilities and staff.
“Our parks, in my opinion, are some of the finest that we have in the state of Kentucky,” Gregory said. “We have a tremendous Parks and Recreation Department that works extremely hard under good leadership with all of the supervisors and obviously Seth’s (Breitner) ability as director.”
Gregory also praised the city’s lifeguards for their role in saving a pool visitor that had a reported medical issue and went under the water on June 28.
In other meeting news:
- Mark Malone was reappointed as the city’s search and rescue coordinator, with a term that runs to 2027.
- A bid by Phillips Brothers Construction Inc. not to exceed $977,700 was approved for phase three of the Meadow Lane project. Councilman Virgil Willoughby said he had been hopeful the work could be started prior to the school year to help limit traffic disruption. The city is working on communicating construction schedules with area schools.
- The donation of property on Miller Street to the Hardin County Habitat for Humanity for the construction of affordable housing was approved. Utility connection and other construction fees will also be waived for new homes built on the property.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet July 24.
