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Radcliff City Council approves 2024-2025 budget

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The Radcliff City Council met for a regular meeting Tuesday.

The council approved the 2024-2025 city budget ordinances on their second readings.

“That is our last and second reading of the budget, so thank you all so much,” said Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall. “That is our 2024-2025 budget, so thank you all for your hard work and hopefully there’s some things in there we’ll be able to get done this year.”

The total budget is valued at about $17 million. 

Total resources available in the budget show:
-General Fund: $16,407,100
-Road LGEA Funds: $542,000 
-Stormwater Utility Fund $1,334,000

Total appropriations in the budget show: 
-General Fund $16,407,100 
-Road LGEA Funds: $542,000
-Stormwater Utility Fund: $1,334,000

The council also held the first reading on an ordinance that rezones 155 Morgan Street from R-7 to Planned Unit Development Zone, which will accommodate the conversion of a former trailer park to 19 single-family housing units.

City engineering firm QK4 presented a review of the city’s community rating system progress report, which fulfills requirements for the city concerning federal floodplain standards and qualifies Radcliff residents for discounts on flood insurance coverage. QK4 says the city maintained the same values from last year, so no changes to the city’s rating are expected.

The Radcliff City Council will next meet July 8.

Summer fun on the schedule at the 2024 Breckinridge County Fair

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Great events, exciting rides, entertaining shows, and delicious food await you at the fairgrounds in Hardinsburg as the 2024 Breckinridge County Fair gets officially underway Wednesday.

“We’re really looking forward to it,” said Breckinridge County Fair Chairman Jacyln Walden. “We’re going to have a great week. The weather looks a little warm but, overall, perfect for a county fair. We’ve got our carnival setting up right now. We’ve got our shows pulling in and getting set up, and I think we’re going to have a really good week.”

4H participants will be showcasing their hard work in the livestock shows, with cows and goats featured Wednesday night and swine and sheep Thursday. The youth premium livestock auction will be held Thursday evening.

Each night features annual fair staples at the arena and special performances at the main pavilion.

“Our main event Wednesday night, we have the horse show,” Walden said. “Thursday and Friday are both demolition derbies with different classes each night, and Saturday is our truck and tractor pull put on by KTPA.”

Walden says the fair has lots of events for everyone to enjoy.

“There’s several free events for the kids to participate in,” Walden said. “We’re really looking forward to watching our kids in the livestock auction, all the hard work and stuff that they’ve put in throughout the year. It’s just a time to celebrate all the things of Breckinridge County and to really showcase our kids and our local participants, and really just have a good time.”

The annual fair pageants were held earlier this week. Scarlett Fuller was crowned Miss Pre-Teen Breckinridge County Fair, Bella Franklin was crowned Miss Teen Breckinridge County Fair, Keiley Johnson was crowned Miss Breckinridge County Fair, and Rachel Graves was crowned Ms./Mrs. Breckinridge County Fair.

Fair admission is $10 on Wednesday and Thursday, and $15 on Friday and Saturday. Visit the Breckinridge County Fair Facebook page or website for a complete schedule of events.

Stephen Foster Story kicks off summer concert series Monday

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The annual summer concert series at the Stephen Foster Story kicks off Monday.

The 2024 Live at the Park Concert Series, hosted by the Stephen Foster Drama Association, will bring five regional bands to the stage at My Old Kentucky Home State Park this summer.

The first of this year’s shows will be June 24, when The Crashers take to the stage at 8 p.m. The Louisville-based party band performs a blend of Top 40, classic rock, oldies, and more. Members of The Crashers have performed with top-selling artists such as Aerosmith, Blake Shelton, and Kid Rock.

The 2024 Live at the Park Concert Series will also feature The Return: The Ultimate Beatles Experience on July 22, The Monarchs on August 5, Creedence Revived on August 16, and Midnight Rider: the Music of the Allman Brothers on September 6.

Pre-show festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets can be purchased for individual shows or a season pass is available. Visit www.stephenfoster.com/concerts or call 502-348-5971 for ticket information.

Josh Henderson selected as Elizabethtown High School principal

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Elizabethtown High School has found its next leader.

Elizabethtown Independent School District Superintendent Paul Mullins announced Monday that Josh Henderson has been appointed as the high school’s new principal.

Mullins said Henderson is a good fit for the position.

“He came to us with five years of high school principal experience, and it’s a tough job, and he’s done a wonderful job in Cumberland County High School, and then speaking with his superintendent and with others, we just know Mr. Henderson is going to be a good fit for us at Elizabethtown,” Mullins said.

EIS says Henderson began his education career as a social studies teacher at LaRue County High School in 2007. He took jobs in other school districts including in Hart County before becoming Cumberland County High School’s principal in 2019.

Mullins thanked the hard work of the district’s selection committee in running the principal search and interview process.

“First we created a survey, and from that survey we took that data and created criteria, and that criteria that came from our survey created the questions for the principal interviews, and in the end we narrowed it down to four school administrators, and we conducted interviews last week,” Mullins said.

Mullins said he is excited to see Henderson get to work.

“I know that he’s going to hit the ground running,” Mullins said. “I know he’s got a lot of work to do, and I also want to say thanks to Mr. Tim Mudd who’s serving as the interim principal at Elizabethtown High School. He has also agreed to serve in that role in transition through the end of July.”

Henderson is a graduate of Caverna High School, with a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University and a master’s from the University of the Cumberlands. He and his wife Samantha have one son.

Elizabethtown City Council approves budget

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The Elizabethtown City Council met for their second meeting of the month Monday.

The council approved a zoning map amendment for 712 College Street Road that changes the property from R-3 to R-6/C-2, allowing for commercial and multi-family residential development. The council also approved the 2024-2025 city budget. The budget includes about $149.9 million in total funds available and about $119.7 million in total expenditures. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory thanked department heads and city staff for their work on a budget that he said is responsible but ambitious.

“We are at a different time in our city’s history, and we have a lot of things that we need to make sure that we stay ahead of, and this budget allows us to reinvest in our community to be able to accomplish those goals and to keep this what I consider the best city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” Gregory said.

First readings were held on ordinances that amend the city’s sewer use ordinance and approve the operation of medical cannabis facilities in the city. Both will go up for approval on their second readings at the next council meeting.

The council approved several municipal orders including bids related to paving that were awarded to Scotty’s Contracting and Stone, a $110,000 proposal from MCCI LLC for the implementation of online permitting software for the city, and a $91,300 contract for roofing contractor Bluegrass Brothers to replace the canopy on Elizabethtown City Hall which is often damaged by trucks turning onto U.S. 62.

“We’re going to a different method,” Gregory said. “They’re going to take the canopy down, put the band board around it, and it’s going to be basically flush with the brick which will alleviate that issue in the future, so that’s what that project is. That’s what we’re headed towards now.”

Following a closed session, the council approved the appointment of Bobby Tabb to complete the term of late Council Member Bill Wiseman. A release from the city says Tabb, who previously served a term on the council from 2016 to 2017, will be sworn in by Mayor Gregory Tuesday and assume responsibilities on the council immediately.

The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet July 8.