The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the new year Monday.
The first reading was held for an ordinance that requires the certification of recovery residences providing treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse. That ordinance follows Kentucky law to create a multi-point set of rules and regulations for said facilities and will allow for the city’s inspection officer to ensure facilities are in compliance. Facilities must be in compliance by March 15. Mayor Jeff Gregory said other communities in the state are looking to E-Town to take the lead on enforcement as there are more than 150 facilities in the city. A meeting will be held for property owners on the new ordinance at the Elizabethtown Police Department on January 29.
The council approved a municipal order that accepted certain streets into city maintenance. Included in the municipal order are several streets in the Magnolia Gardens and Ashton Park subdivisions. All of the accepted streets passed city inspections.
The council approved a resolution in support of the Elizabethtown Tourism Bureau for the Buffalo Lake Trail Phase One project. The portion of the trail that will be worked on in this phase starts at the Haycraft, and a groundbreaking is planned for this month.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet January 16.
