The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.
The council approved a municipal order approving the purchase of 522 Commerce Drive for $25,000. The purchase is part of work on the Commerce Drive Corridor Road Improvement Project.
“The city has budgeted funds for the expansion and extension of Commerce Drive from Executive Drive to its terminus at Springfield Road, to include the acquisition of additional public street right-of-way and the acquisition of utility and drainage easements,” said Elizabethtown City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the municipal order.
The city is hosting an open-house style neighborhood meeting to discuss the North Downtown Master Plan Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Central Avenue Baptist Church. City Administrator Ed Poppe said this is the next area the city is targeting for Community Development Block Grant funding.
“We hope to spend a number of years in the neighborhood helping to redevelop the area, place some infill residential housing in some areas, upgrade pedestrian access through sidewalks and trails in the area, and also probably look at street lighting,” said Poppe.
Also meeting for a regular meeting Tuesday night was the Radcliff City Council.
The council approved the sale of the former FFO building and property, located at 987 North Dixie Boulevard, to John Tindall. Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall said Tindall’s bid was for $508,500, and Tindall included the required reserve amount for the bid.
The council recognized the efforts of Radcliff Fire Department Lieutenant Sean O’Donley to rescue a homeowner during a December 14 residential fire. Radcliff Fire Chief Timothy Marsh said O’Donley was on his way home after a shift change when the report of the fire came in.
“He turned around and was on scene within a minute,” Marsh said. “He was the first one on scene, and he didn’t hesitate. He confirmed that there was somebody inside the house, that the house was on fire, and at that point in time he proceeded to enter the house to pull the homeowner out.”
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet February 23, and the Radcliff City Council will next meet March 9.
