The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday.
The council approved a municipal order approving a change order for the Commerce Drive project to rehabilitate the roadway between Sutton Lane and Executive Drive.
“Due to the anticipated increase in traffic upon completion of the road, particularly during events at the outdoor music venue, it is critical that this portion of Commerce Drive be reconstructed to assure a proper and stable full-depth road base,” said City Attorney Ken Howard, reading from the municipal order.
The change order was approved for $324,883.48, which is within the approved change order range for the project, but the city wanted to get council approval regardless due to the large sum. A bid from Western Construction Inc. to relocate a gas main on Commerce Drive was also approved for $72,283.
The council also approved the city’s 2026-2027 Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant funding, with a focus on projects in the North Downtown Neighborhood.
“The action plan outlines activities that implement the city’s allocation of $230,656 for the program year,” said Howard, reading from the municipal order.
Representatives from JustServe were on hand to present the city with designation as a JustServe City in recognition of volunteer and community work. Elizabethtown is the second Kentucky city to receive the designation.
A professional services agreement with Prime AE was approved for design work on the Valley Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion project, in an amount not to exceed $7 million.
“These professional services shall include the evaluation of all operations at the facility, the design of new and retrofit of existing buildings and treatment process equipment to ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations for the proper treatment and processing of wastewater in the city,” said Howard, reading from the municipal order.
The council also approved a $50,000 agreement with Prime AE for evaluating dewatering at the plant, which Elizabethtown Wastewater Director Corey Bond said was approved separately in order to not get delayed by required design approvals from the Kentucky Department of Water.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet May 11.
