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Hardin County Fiscal Court and Radcliff City Council host meetings

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their first meeting of the month Monday.

Hardin County Planning and Development Director Adam King reported on his office’s activities through the end of October. King said 82 plats have been recorded to that point this year, down from 105 to that point last year, but the number of lots is at 170, up from 126 last year. 

King said the county will be hosting an open house on Monday, November 24 at the Glendale Christian Church to present the draft of the Glendale Small Area Plan.

“It is an open house-style meeting,” King said. “It’ll go from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There’ll be about 15 different stations presenting information, getting feedback from the public, but again, this is kind of looking at Glendale all the way from Historic Downtown Glendale out to the interchange.”

Hardin County Public Works Director Stephanie Givens said the county saw a strong turnout at its free Landfill Service Day on September 9, but not quite as strong as what has previously been seen.

“We had 509 total vehicles come through, 279.95 tons of trash that came through,” Givens said “It was 70 degrees for that day, so it seems like we usually get a few more cars when the weather is rainy or colder, so it looks like we were down a little bit from 2024 to 2025.”

Givens said 31 recycling trailer runs were made in September and 33 in October, and the last free document shredding event will be held December 1.

The Hardin County Fiscal Court will next meet November 25.

Also meeting Monday was the Radcliff City Council for a called meeting and work session. After no official action was taken during a closed session in the called meeting, the council discussed a proposed zoning change for 238 Cedar Oak Drive in Vine Grove from Commercial to Residential-Four. City Attorney Mike Pike said this is the last tract Silver Gate Properties is asking to be rezoned for their planned development, but unlike the previous tract the property does not immediately touch Fort Knox, so he recommended the council follow the Radcliff Planning Commission’s recommendation.

“All of your arguments and everything that would be said, I submit to you is going to be in this transcript, so take a look at it if you’re so inclined, and the Planning Commission was unanimously in favor of recommending, and they heard and they asked questions, so it wasn’t a rubber stamp,” Pike said. “They asked good questions.”

The zoning amendment will have its first reading at the council’s next meeting on November 18.

New fee adjustment structure approved for KFW

The Kentucky General Assembly has approved a new “straightforward approach to the way license, tag, registration, and permit fees charged by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will be adjusted in the future.”

KFW says several key changes approved by state legislators are now in effect.

According to a release from KFW, among the changes is a reduced-cost sportsman’s license that is now available for resident first-time buyers. The $35 license for individuals who have not purchased an annual license since 1996 includes a resident hunting and fishing license and permits for spring turkey, fall turkey, trout, state migratory bird and waterfowl, and statewide deer. Other changes include a $10 permit for bobcat hunting, changing the motorboat registration fee to be based solely on vessel length, and fee changes for boat manufacturers and dealers.

Under new regulations, KFW will make incremental price adjustments every other year for licenses, tags, registrations, and permits. These changes will be based solely on the Consumer Price Index calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The next adjustment in January, based on the CPIs from 2024 and 2025, will affect the remaining license year and the 2026-2027 license year which begins March 1. KFW says the change was made to make adjustments smaller and more consistent.

Licenses, tags, and permits for the new license year go on sale December 1. Visit the My Profile app at fw.ky.gov to purchase.

Furever Friends #372

This week we get to meet Tula, a 1 1/2 year old tan and white boxer/beagle mix weighing  40 pounds, and Leo, a 3 month old grey tiger kitten with green eyes, 2 pets looking for new Furever homes. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the shelter at 270-769-3428, visit their Facebook page at Hardin County Animal Shelter – Elizabethtown or stop by in person at 220 Peterson Drive in E-town, Monday to Saturday from 12 noon through 4pm. Furever Friends is brought to you by locally veteran-owned, Pet Supplies Plus, at 209 Towne Drive in Elizabethtown.