City Commissioners - Regular Meeting

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Hey, hey, hey. Call meeting order for the Ashlin board of city commission. If you will rise, we'll ask commissioner region to do our invocation and if you would do ourh pledge. Let us pray. Lord, we thank you for your blessing on our city and for your continued watch over us. We ask and invite your Holy Spirit to enter our

chambers and preside over our meeting today. Bless this board of mayor and commissioners with your wisdom and guidance as we strive to do city business in the best interest of our community and its citizens. Bless our city manager, our staff and employees, and those in attendance today. We pray always in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Stand and salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. I can keep up with I need a puffer.

Thank you, Mr. WZ and Commissioner Noot. Thank you. Uh motion to receive and file the agenda presented. So move second. Any discussion to additions? All in favor say I. I. All opposed. Motion to file the uh minutes uh that are for the regular meeting March 20 March 12th, 2026. So move. Second. Any corrections, additions? All in favor say I. All opposed. All right, we'll move into our hearings. Uh Commissioner Martin, we'll start with you today.

Uh just two things and try to be brief. We would like uh to express our um support and overwhelming sympathy to the family of Brooklyn Johnson whose life was lost in the East Ashland fire, 13-year-old child. Tragic, tragic loss. We thank the fire department for their efforts in fighting the fire and um it was terrible, terrible experience. And I also like to thank the Ashel Police Department for the tremendous investigative work. Uh uncommonly good investigative work that took a dangerous criminal off our streets. And uh such quick and and effective work and please express our thanks to the folks that were involved. I know they were tireless in their efforts and did a great job. Thank you. That's all I have.

Mr. Martin will uh adjourn our meeting today in in honor of uh of Brooklyn. Good. Thank you. All right. Commissioner Goo, I just want to welcome everybody today. We had a ribbon cutting on uh Melody Mountain with the new Taco Bell and uh we were all in attendance. And I want to make a mention we have a pancake breakfast coming up. Kowana's pancake breakfast this Saturday at First Baptist, which is Legacy Church. Now, what time does that start, Mayor? 7:00. 7:00. Will you be 7 to 12? I'll be there. You'll be flipping pancakes. I'll be flipping pancakes. Okay.

Uh, our annual Easter egg hunt will be in Central Park on April 4th, the day before Easter from 1 to 3. And, uh, last order of business, go Reds. Go Reds. That's all. All right. Commissioner Rhymer.

Yes. So, I want to welcome everybody to today's meeting. I want to echo the sentiments from Commissioner Martin about the tragedy, those affected by the fire. I want to thank our public service and our public safety, our police and our fire that were there. Those folks go in danger every day and it's and it's something that, you know, our community should be proud of that we have professional police and professional firefighters. So, my thoughts and prayers are with the family of those affected. Commissioner Renfro.

Uh I echo each of our commissioners up here on the fire and and police departments. Uh starting with the police department. Yeah, we got a a long time known criminal off the streets. Um I've been retired for almost 10 years now and I remember him. Um and the fire department. Uh I just, you know, it's a tragedy for the families. I feel so much for them, but we also have to think about the firemen that found the child. And uh we spent a lot of of time and resources in the east end of Ashlin and starting with the uh the fire on Ringo Street a few years ago. We had an outing had a nice outing up there last year. the kids came, had a blast, and you know, we just have to keep putting some resources in, especially that neighborhood. Thank you.

All right. Thank you. Of course, you all was well said and in honor of these individuals and um I am excited about we uh videoed um last week uh state of the city address for 2025. uh MyTown TV uh did that and we're excited about that being out any day and uh and we'll actually put that out on our website and our um uh social media, but we're excited about the accomplishments that we uh we had for 2025 and and I'm excited about sharing it with everybody because we're very proud of this commission and what they've been able to do. Um, I want to plug the uh our our middle school. They have a time tunnel and this year it's called Heritage on the River and it's about the history of Ashlin going along with our uh America 250 celebration and that's going to be April the 11th and starting from 10 to 4. And I encourage everyone to go there and and uh support the kids doing that. Along with that same line, the D uh conducted a essay and a visual arts um contest and we have the winners already chosen. Uh we'll have those at the next meeting and be able to honor those those kids for what they have uh done. also excited about a new bus app that uh our finance department has um uh got it running now and matter of fact I downloaded the other day and started playing with it and it's going to be outstanding where it can track all the buses because I thought it was so confusing if I wanted to go to to Calixburg or go to the grocery store it it was hard for me to even get in there and look at uh which bus do I catch what time it come through

there. But this will correct all of those problems and we'll we'll put that out in a a media campaign and and make sure that everybody uh has that uh in line to be able to uh get the app. Uh we do have a couple of um uh proclamations that I'd like to read. Um the first one, uh if we can have the um our um ladies from the American Red Cross come up,

you come too. We're so proud of what you all do all the time and um we're so happy to be able to do this again this year as being Red Cross Roth month. Whereas in March we celebrated the Red Cross month by honoring the neighbors and the volunteers who make the humanitarian mission of the American Red Cross possible in Ashland, Kentucky. And whereas for 145 years, the American Red Cross has embodied compassionate spirit of service, bringing relief, comfort, and hope when helped. And whereas the dedicated individuals of the American Red Cross Tri-State Chapter faithfully serve our community during times of emergency, delivering shelter, food, and comfort to families impacted by disasters. uh ensuring a safe and lifesaving blood supply for patients facing cancer treatments, childirth, complications, traumatic injuries, and other serious medical conditions. Supporting the military uh members, veterans, and their families with 247 global assistance and empowering citizens with life-saving skills such as first aid and CPR. And whereas these collective efforts demonstrate that the strength of Ashlin lies in our shared commitment to care for one another, ensuring that no one faces an emergency alone alone. Now therefore, I mayor Chuck D. Charles by virtue of the authority invested in me by the laws of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, do proclaim March 2026 as Red Cross Month. Congratulations.

And I do have one others uh with some individuals like for them to come up for Kathy and and Dan Deola.

Correct. We're so happy and excited about your commitment that you've had both with the American Red Cross in our community and with this proclamation. Whereas Dan and Kathy Dolo have demonstrated extraordinary commitment, compassion, and leadership through their service to the American Red Cross, becoming indispensable contributors to both the local community and the nation and national mission. Kathy has served for three years as a dedicated Red Cross board member, providing exceptional leadership, support, and guidance to have the advanced humanitarian efforts throughout the region. And whereas Dan began volunteering with the American Red Cross in February 2024 and together with Kathy, they have deployed seven times, five national deployments and two within the central Appalachian region, offering uh virtual assistance to individuals and families facing disa devastating uh disasters. And whereas Dan and and Kathy serve as an active member of their American Red Cross action team for the tri-state. Whereas Dan volunteers as blood transport specialists and preserving life saving blood products to hospitals and supporting the health and safety of patients and urgent need. Whereas Dan and Kathy, you exemplify the highest ideals of manipurian service uh inspiring both volunteers and community members through their leadership, teamwork, and steadfast dedication to improve lives. And whereas the city of Ashlin wishes to recognize and honor these exemplary

citizens whose actions strengthen our community and represent the best of the service to others. Now therefore, I Chuck D. Cheryl, mayor of the city of Ashlin, do hereby proclaim March 26th as Dan and Kathy day. Sorry about that.

Happy to serve. Yes, ma'am. We have one other and then uh Marty, we went and bought the most expensive card that we could for your birthday. God. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. All right. Uh let's move into our city manager report. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Our presenter this meeting is uh director Chris Pullham over community development.

Thank you city manager and thank you mayor and commission for allowing me this opportunity to address you here today and also want to thank Eden McKenzie who's been providing you with timely economic development updates. Um and I I certainly appreciate her efforts. That's why today I can sort of take a a turn from economic development, talk to you about an issue that's been discussed in our community and other communities around Kentucky for for at least since this general assembly passed a bill that that led to statute KRS 100.348 which deals with the treatment of manufactured homes within single family residential zones. And that's why that's been a concern. And if you haven't been tracking it, we certainly have in our department is many people saw that as great, now I can put a mobile home in a single family uh neighborhood and just go with it and and move on. And that's not if when you get into the meat of this statute, that's certainly not what it allows. It it defines the difference between a mobile home, a manufactured home, and a qualified manufactured home. And I'll try to get through this pretty quickly because it is pretty simple to understand once you read through the statute. But if you want to look at a manufactured home, a manufactured home, it it is constructed uh by a certain minimal HUD code standard. But there are other things that are left out of that manufactured home designation uh that are uh included in the qualified home designation that I want to go over. First off, manufactured home, mobile home. When you look at them aesthetically, they look very similar. The difference, mobile homes were uh built pre 1976. That's why they have the designation of mobile home. That means they are not constructed with those minimal HUD code standards. After 76 are the standards that what's that's what gets them to manufactured home. But then this this other category of qualified manufactured homes is what's allowed in single family residential in the state of Kentucky. And I'll go over just a

couple of differences. For qualified manufactured homes, um they have to be constructed no uh sooner than 5 years before installation of the property. So they can't you can't mothball them, build them, and and and sell them if it's if it's uh if they were constructed outside of 5 years from permanent placement, then they would not qualify as a qualified manufactured home. They must be at least 20 feet wide at their narrowest point. They must be at least uh 900 square ft and all mobility features have to be removed. And another thing with qualified manufactured homes is through that statute, it gives cities an opportunity to add some compatibility standards to their zoning ordinance to address other issues that may occur in a single family residential zone. As you see right there, that's just a basic graphic of what I was talking about. You can see the differences aesthetically between what you would call a mobile home or manufactured home and a qualified manufactured home. You can see there there's an aesthetic difference and how that might look in a neighborhood and affect property value.

I remember when they were going through this statute that the biggest problem was we were not going to be able to inspect plumbing, inspect electrical, and I guess that was going to be done through the state,

right? Well, we still have to inspect uh you know how the foundations are affixed to the to the ground. Uh with these types of homes, it's a lot different than stick built. Stick built, all the load is transferred to the outside walls. Everything in these homes, it's all sort of centered in the center point underneath by steel beams. So, that's where the permanent foundation comes into play. But the most important detail is that this statute gives us u the ability to set our own compatibility standards. And I'll just I'll read this one part to you. The compat compatibility standards shall be designed to ensure that when a qualified manufactured home is placed in a residential zone, it is compatible in terms of assessed value with existing housing located within within 1/8 of a mile of that property. So essentially, it must fit into the aesthetic theme of that neighborhood so it doesn't affect negatively property values around it. The way we can set those standards, as you can see, the highlight, well, you really can't see. I'm really bad at judging uh the size of my font in presentations. I apologize for that. But we can address things such as roof pitch, square footage of livable space, uh type and quality of exterior finishing materials, foundational skirting, that's a big one. We can make it so that must appear like a single family residential home instead of a manufactured home through that skirting around the perimeter of of the house. um existence of any type of uh attached structures, we can we can write we can change our zoning ordinance to address those issues and some other things with setback restrictions and and so on. So, what do we need to do next? Well, if you take a look at it, we're going to have to go ahead and amend our zoning ordinance to comply with this KRS and Katherine Uzinger has been working on that. that'll go in front of um in

front of you for consideration here at a future meeting. Um we have to also adopt language to narrow those compatibility standards so we've got some control over the uh aesthetic value of the property and the and the qualified manufactured home that goes onto that single family house. And those can't be designated just to manufactured homes. It has to be for all single family residents. So we're being very careful how we look at that. Katherine's talking to other communities who have already done this to get some examples of how they've done it to address it so it it doesn't impact developers uh too negatively going forward. And then, you know, we have to also write into that the approval process locally for uh local um ordinances, building codes, things like that. That'll all be rolled into that zoning ordinance. So, we're working on that. That'll be in front of you at a future commission meeting. And and then while I've got you here and we're talking about housing, I thought I would also bring up a couple questions that we get often about tiny homes. The first question we get is, can you build a tiny home in Ashland? Absolutely. You can do that right now. There's nothing stopping anyone from building a tiny home in Ashlin on any pre piece of property. We have nothing in our building code that sets a minimum square footage for construction. And what a lot of people think of tiny homes is that I can go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy one of those storage units and convert it into a tiny home. Well, that and that's my next question. Can you convert one of those into a tiny home? I mean, I guess technically you could. It's a very expensive venture because it still has to meet all modern building codes and standards. Still has to have plumbing inspection, electrical inspection, and so on. Our building inspectors have to have to inspect construction. You need your your final CO. I mean, it is a long process. Um, so you do need the building permit as the next question shows in order to build a

tiny home. Uh, can it go on a non-conforming lot? If you look at East Ashland right now, we have a lot of non-conforming lots, meaning that the width of the lot is too small to build a a traditional single family house. That's not actually true. You can build single family houses on those, but you still need a shotgun type house,

right? you still have that 4 foot setback you need to have on both sides between residential property lines, but those are perfect sites for tiny homes. Um, so you can definitely build on non-conforming lots. And then the final question we get is about building tiny home communities in the city of Ashland also allowed. That would go through the same process that we put any developer through for planned unit development. That's what PUB planned unit development. So that would have to go in front of the planning commission for approval. Every structure in that development would have to meet a modern building code. So that can happen. It would go in front of the planning commission and then it would come in front of the city commission for final approval. So that hopefully will clear up a few issues that I know they're out there in the community that we get asked a lot. You probably do too. And if anyone out there in the public has uh a thought of developing uh qualified uh manufactured housing or tiny homes, certainly give us a call before you start. We can help you walk through the process so you don't misstep and and waste money along the way. That would be me. It would be Katherryn Nutinger or it would be Scott Nice. And if you have any questions, I'll entertain them.

Can you bring a a tiny home in on a truck? So again, you you can, but it must meet all modern building code when you do. So it would have to be inspected all the footers, headers, foundation. If it's a residential unit, it has to have a permanent foundation. Has to be on block foundation. It Well, it has to be on a permanent foundation. Yes. What about containers like the Carol Jackson thing that I saw taken off with a crane?

Right. Again, it it it would have to meet all modern building code. So, I mean, there's several ways to go about it, but it would have to meet modern building code. And and the first thing I would do is advise anyone who has a plan, whether they're going with container housing or uh or what what what she just mentioned with the, you know, off-site construction, contact Scott Nice or Greg Weston or Katherine first and uh and get some direction from them because it's it's you can't just say yes, you can because it there's so many uh different nuanced uh levels to that that it's difficult to just say if I say yes, you can. I think I might be giving the wrong impression. So many different variables. Yeah.

Thank you. Excellent report. Thank you, Mr. Pulling. Thank you. Your report. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And let's uh move into our public participation. This allows uh individuals to address the commission on anything that's not on the agenda. You're allowed five minutes and we have a timer with going on here. if you'll uh state your name and your your address.

Sebastian Joy, 3850 Kobe Lane, Ashlin, Kentucky. Um I want to start out for by two things. I want to thank the Ashlin Park Parks Department. I have two boys who played for Ashlin Middle School. We didn't have a venue to play. Um the team manager called the parks department. I believe it was Miss Barry. Uh she was very kind and got the field ready at AK Steel Park in less than 36 hours notice. had it all striped, marked, ready to go and they were able to have a game against Round County last Saturday. So, we want to thank the city and Miss Barry in particular. Second of all, thanks to um the city um economic development director Chris Pull. Um I've been wondering about this tiny homes thing myself for for several months. That was going to be a question that I had. So, it answered a lot of questions for me. Uh we have a few lots in the city that are sitting empty. Um you know, that might be something that we may look at. So, uh which brings me to my third thing, which is the main thing I was here for. Um, some of you guys may know I'm an investor in the city. Um, for the past six, seven years, I purchased several properties, remodeled them, and sold them. Um, I built my house uh, a year and a half ago outside the city limits. Uh, in 10 months from the day I broke ground, I I moved in 10 months later. That would never happen in the city of Ashland. Never. Um, you guys, all of you guys, and I've talked to some of the city commissioners, you all really need to take a look at the non-commonensical approach that we have right now towards code code enforcement. Code enforcement is a huge impediment for every investor who is coming into town right now. Not because we don't want to follow code code enforcement and their regulations, because common sensically, it makes no sense what they are doing right now. um for with every every single investor that I've talked to in in this city who invests money in the city has the exact same issues with code enforcement. And you know, I'm going in front of code enforcement next week, but I just want to give you a brief overview. I purchased a property at auction uh on March of 2025, a year ago. Paid $3,000 for that particular

property. It was condemned when I purchased it. It was in horrible shape on Seller Street. It was probably the worst house on Seller Street. Um I got the master commissioner deed. uh midepptember approximately six months ago started remodeling it in it completely the day we started uh getting the uh got the master commissioner's deed in our name uh we b got uh permits for electrical got permits for plumbing uh we've redone all of it but yet I get a $250 fine two weeks ago and I get a letter from the city or the code enforcement saying here's a $250 fine doesn't say why so you got to call the city code enforcement and ask them what's the fine for? Oh, well, because you guys have had six months, you haven't done anything to the property. Well, that couldn't be further from the truth if you just look at the permits that's been pulled and and approved by the state co electrical inspector and the plumbing inspector. So, you know, common sense. I tell my kids this every day, common sense. Use your common sense. I tell jurors every day when I'm in trial, use your common sense. But our code enforcement cannot use common sense. Why? I mean, every single one of us in this room, we all have common sense we rely on. Use it. If they drive past that property, they see there is people doing work there every day. That house is nothing as what it was when I purchased it in March of 2025. I mean, I'm investing hundreds of thousand dollars and just like many other investors. But why can't they use their common sense when they're looking at these properties? That's all I'm asking. I just ask you guys as the city commissioners, as stewards of this city, a as people like me want we want to invest our money in this in the city because we get good returns, but at the same time, there is a limit to what we're going to do. And like I said, look at me. I want to build a house right outside the city limits for a reason. That's how much in property taxes you just lost just because I knew I could never get something like that done in 10 months.

So, thank you for taking the time to listen to me. Appreciate it. Thank you for your comments and thank you. Well, if if you can look into that and maybe report back to us, city manager. All right. Anybody else like to address the commission?

All right. Uh hearing none, we'll move into our old business item a Mr. Wheeler. Second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and approving change order number one between the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, Cosby Construction LLC for the Ferry Street and Pard Road sidewalk project increasing the contract in the amount of $18,000 for the Department of Community and Economic Development and paid from the community development block grant funds. Some move second discussion all in favor say I. I all opposed. Item B,

second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and approving change order number two between the city of Ashlin, Kentucky and CTB, Inc. for the Ashlin Senior Center Storefront Rehabilitation Project increasing the contract of $1,787 for the Department of Community and Economic Development. So move second discussion. Do we know when this project will be complete? Does it say it on here? April 30th. April 30th. I see it. Yeah, never mind. It's up the top here. All right. Any other questions? All in favor say I. I.

All opposed. Item C. Second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute an agreement between the city of Ashland and the William E. Robinson Living Trust regarding a construction encroachment on 10th Street at 100001 Winchester Avenue for a patio and outdoor dining at Good Morning Breakfast and Brunch LLC on the city's rideway. So moved. Second. Discussion. All in favor say I. I.

All opposed. Item D. Second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, closing a 15oot alley located between the 13th and 14th street running parallel to Winchester and Carter avenues in the city of Ashlin, Kentucky. So move second discussion. All in favor say I. I. All opposed. Item E,

second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashland, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a mutual aid agreement between the city of Ashland, Ashlin Fire Department and Boyd County Emergency Management and repealing ordinance number 139 series of 2022. So move second discussion. All in favor say I. I. All opposed. Item F,

second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a contract between the city of Ashland and Boyd County Sanitary Landfill Inc. Rumkey for a suitable landfill location for the receipt and disposal of compacted garbage and refugees rubble and rubbish collected by the city of Ashland for a period of one year in an amount not to exceed $23.74 per ton for the Department of Public Services Division of Sanitation. So move second discussion. All in favor say I. I.

All oppose. Item G. Second reading and final adoption of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky authorizing directing the mayor to execute an agreement between the city of Ashland and Boyd County Sanitary Landfill Inc. Rumkey for the disposal andor hauling of the sludge from the city of Ashlin wastewater treatment plant and water treatment plant for the department of utilities. So move. Second. Second. Discussion. All in favor say I. I. All opposed. All right. We'll move into our consent agenda.

A resolution of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, adopting, authorizing, and approving the course of action presented by the city manager on the items appearing on the consent agenda for the regular meeting of the board of city commissioners of March 26, 2026. Motion. So move. Second. Second. Discussion. Yeah. Uh I like that Michelle on item G on the payment to Judy. Does Judy on the wastewater treatment plant is that its own separate account within the city's finances?

Okay. Any other questions? All in favor say I. All opposed. New business. Item A. First reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashland, Kentucky, authorizing, directing the mayor to execute a contract between the city of Ashland and service pump and supply in the amount of $78,84857 for the removal and replacement of blower units at the 10th Street and 26th Street pump stations for the Department of Utilities Division of Wastewater Collection. So second first and a second. Any discussion? All in fa favor say I. I.

I. All opposed. Item B, first reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and approving change order number two, final adjusting between the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, and Southern Ohio Trenching and Excavating, Inc. decreasing the amount of the contract for the Spring Park sanitary sewer project in the amount of $60,920 and increasing the length of the contract 46 days for the departments of utility operations and engineering. So moved second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. All opposed. Item C,

first reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and approving change order number two, final adjusting between the city of Ashlin, Kentucky and Gullet Sanitation Services, Inc. for the Ashlin water treatment plant removal and dewatering of reservoir solids project. Increasing the contract in the amount of $142,96012 and increasing the length of the contract 56 days for the departments of utility operations and engineering. Motion move. Second.

Second. Yeah, I would like to go up there and take a look at this, Mr. Hall, if we get a chance. I would like to ask how much was removed and how did that compare to what we wanted removed? Um, I think it was 450 yards. Yeah.

Which is not what we wanted have removed. The weather actually caught up with us. We just had to refill the reservoir. But we do have a plan going forward where we think we can make some piping changes and discharge this sludge directly into the sewer system at a significant savings. No contractor involving the in the future. Can we get a microphone for the back of the room? I can uh No, you're good. Oh, I can hear you now, but I'm If the room was full in the future. Yeah,

in the future they're going to come up front. Okay. Okay. Any other questions? All in favor say I. All opposed. Item D. First reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a contract with Brentag Midsouth, Inc. for the purchase of liquid costic soda at a price of $1.149 per gallon and sodium hypocchlorite at a price of 1.70 1.7700 per gallon dollars per gallon for the department of utilities divisions of water production and wastewater treatment. So move second

discussion all in favor say I. All opposed. Item E, first reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance to the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a contract with Kimright Incorporated for the purchase of potassium permaganate at a price of $211 per pound for the Department of Utilities Divisions of Water Production and Wastewater Treatment. So moved. Second discussion. All in favor say I. I all oppose. Item F,

first reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a contract with Sitco water for the purchase of powdered activated carbon at a price of $125 per pound, aluminum sulfate at a price of $151 per pound per gallon, and sand at a price of103 per pound for the Department of Utilities Divisions of Water Production and Wastewater Treatment. So move second. I have a second. All right. All in favor say I. I. All opposed.

Item G. First reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance to the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing directing the mayor to execute a contract with Ivonic Corporation for the purchase of parasitic acid at a price of.752 per pound for the department of utility operations divisions of water production and wastewater treatment. Motion moved. Second. Second discussion. I just like seeing these decreases. There's decreases in the last couple here. Keep them coming. Heard to last year's numbers. Yeah. All in favor say I. I. All opposed. Item H.

First reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a contract with Polyine, Inc. for the purchase of liquid polymer for the water treatment plant at a price of $17.114 per gallon and for the wastewater treatment plant at a price of $15.308 per gallon and polymer cationic at a price of $248 per pound for the department of utility operations divisions of water production and wastewater treatment. Some move second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. All oppose. Item I.

First reading and approval of an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing directing the mayor to execute a contract with USAO LLC for the purchase of Poly aluminum chloride PAC at a price of $3.46 per gallon for the Department of Utilities Divisions of Water Production and Wastewater Treatment. So moved. Second. discussion. Yeah, I I joined with Commissioner Renfro noting the decrease. Uh, one of the items was $13,800 less. Yeah.

One was um $5,900 less and another $8,100 less. Yeah. While there were only three increases, there were five decreases. It's a pretty significant change. Oh, no. Certainly is. I think overall on the chemicals they they are $5,000 I think over no over the prior year, but that's very minimal. That is for sure. Very good. All right. All in favor say I. I. Opposed.

All right. We're going to move into these um item J, K, and L. Just a quick note, um that uh we're trying I'm trying to get all of the boards and all that. Uh we have a lot of them that's that's not been updated. So, I'm trying to update a lot of them. On item J, you're not filling the Vanover vacancy yet. No. Is that correct? No. All right. Item J. The mayor requests the board's concurrence on the appointments of Kim Jenkins and Charlie Hullbrook to the park board with terms retroactively effective October 18th, 2025 and expiring October 18th, 2027.

So move second discussion. All in favor say I. All oppose. Item K. The mayor requests the board's concurrence on the appointment of Daryl Smith to the code enforcement board for the term retroactive to March 1, 2026 and expiring March 1, 2029. So move. Second discussion. All in favor say I. All opposed. Item L. The mayor requests the board's concurrence on the appointment of Shawn McDaniel to the board of zoning adjustment for a term retroactive to February 28, 2026 and expiring February 28, 2030. So move second. Second.

All in favor say I. I. All oppose. Uh just to your um comment. U Commissioner Martin. Uh I'll probably bring that to the the replacements. The next one for Mr. Vanover. Great. Thank you. All right. Motion to um go into an executive session to discuss a individual personnel matter. uh and one u one pending litigation or potential litigation. Okay, I'll make the motion. Second. All in favor say I. All oppose.

I want to make mention, mayor, uh first of all, I want to thank Seawn Murray and Amber for getting the lights put back on. There was hundreds of pickle ballers out there the other night and the lights had gone out and they called me and you got you made quick order of it. Thank you very much. Secondly, the saw on Winchester Avenue looks tremendous. It looks clean. It looks tailored. It It really looks great. And the third thing, I want to adjourn the meeting and in memory of Brooklyn Johnson and Bob Vanover. Yeah. And I'm going to add um Brooklyn to that um adjournment too in memory.

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Heat. Heat. Hey, do it. Okay, we're back in uh session from our executive session for the individual personnel matter and no action. was taken. And so we are going to um recess our meeting today uh for our work session April the 1st at 100 p.m. And we do want to um recess in memory of um Brooklyn Johnson um who is a niece of one of our our bus drivers and her um house was also burnt and um also with Bob Vanover who for a long time was we just took in his

resignation from the park board and and passed away shortly after that. So, uh, uh, with that, can I say one thing? Yes, sir. Uh, Chief Alec, if you would, and I think I can speak for the commission on this, extend to the volunteer fire departments throughout the area. We appreciate so much their help. Yes, very much. We've already reached out to them and plan on more communication here later today.

Who were the volunteer fire departments with you? We had um Catsburg, Westwood, Russell that actually responded to the scene to assist us. Summit Ironville and Cannonsburg fire departments assisted with backfilling our firehouses while we were on that incident. Wow. Wow. Wow. We do want to uh send our appreciation With that we are resessed.