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The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.

The council approved a zoning map amendment on second reading for 3941 South Wilson Road from R-3 to R-4. The bid from Scotty’s Contracting and Stone for the city’s street resurfacing contract was approved at $97.05 per ton. The council also approved a resolution opposing the centralized collection of taxes, which opposes taking the collection of occupational taxes and licensing fees from municipalities and turning it over to the state.

At the invitation of Council Member Maria Bell, members of the North Hardin High School Advanced Choir performed during the meeting. Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall presented the choir with an official recognition for their talents.

City Forestry and Conservation Board Member Barbara Baker said the next Full Moon Hike at Saunder Springs is scheduled for March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Baker also said Radcliff Parks and Rec is excited to welcome Kentucky Shakespeare to the city amphitheatre for a performance of Macbeth.

“This will be Thursday, April 24 from 6:30 to 8,” Baker said. “We will have food trucks on site. If the weather is bad, we will move that location to the community center.”

The Radcliff City Council will next meet March 10.

When it gets cold outside, animals need special attention. 

With frigid temperatures in the forecast for the rest of the week, Hardin County Animal Care and Control Director Mike McNutt has some advice for dog owners.

“A lot of people are under the impression that dogs have fur and they can handle the cold better than humans, and that’s like an old wives tale, and the truth of the matter is that some dogs are built for the cold, you know, your huskies, your thicker-furred animals are built for being out in the cold, but as for just your run of the mill dogs, they are not built to be out in the cold, so the rule of thumb is if you are cold, they are cold,” McNutt said.

McNutt goes on to say if possible, bring your dog into your house or provide it with shelter of some kind. Another way to keep your animal warm is to provide it with straw.

“Straw generates heat,” McNutt said. “We currently have straw vouchers available at the shelter at 220 Peterson Drive, provided to us by the Friends of Hardin County Animal Shelter, so if you need a straw voucher, please stop in and see us Monday through Saturday 12 to 4 p.m.”

The vouchers can be redeemed at Pepper’s Hardin County Milling Company. For more information go to the Hardin County Animal Shelter Facebook page or hcky.org.

After a brief respite from precipitation Monday, another round of winter weather appears to be on its way to the area.

“We’ve got another snow event coming through, probably in the E-Town area between about 6 and 8 p.m. Tuesday evening, probably somewhere between 4 and 6 inches of snow by Wednesday morning,” said Meteorologist John Gordon with the National Weather Service in Louisville. “It will be a dry snow, and the worst snow will be from about probably 9 p.m. to about 3 in the morning.”

Impacts to Wednesday morning travel are expected, and Gordon said cold temperatures mean freezing is likely for areas still impacted by flooding from the weekend rain.

“We’re going to be very cold during the day on Wednesday,” Gordon said. “Temperatures will be in the teens. Wind chill is in the teens. It’s just kind of an ugly time. There is good news, though, because we’ll be in the 40s by Sunday, Sunday and Monday, so we have to suffer a little but there will be some rejoicing at the end of the week.”

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four says area roads were pretreated ahead of the weather on Monday.

Governor Andy Beshear, who declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm, said the White House has approved an emergency disaster declaration for all 120 counties in Kentucky. During an update Monday morning, Beshear said the Team Kentucky Storm Relief Fund has been activated in order to assist families impacted by the severe weather.

“The help’s needed, because we can now confirm 11 fatalities from this event,” Beshear said. “That number may still grow. That’s an addition of two since last night. Those include an adult male in Hardin County and an adult male in Floyd County.”

State officials say as of Monday morning more than 14,000 customers across the commonwealth are without power, more than 17,000 are without water, and more than 28,000 are under boil water advisories. 344 state highways are closed due to flooding, 14 from mudslides, and three from rock slides.