City Commission - Regular Meeting

I call the Danville City Commission regular meeting to order for today. Today is Monday, June the 22nd, 2026. The time is 433, 434. I'd like to call us to order. We're gonna be opened up with a brief prayer led by Commissioner Holland, and then we're gonna be led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag by Mr. Martin Geary. Ms. Holland?

Sure. Let us pray. Lord, I ask that for your wisdom and guidance today during this meeting, help us to remember what a great privilege it is to serve each other, ask for protection over our community, and help us be agents of positive change. to ensure a community where everybody is equally valued and respected and where truth leads and the needs of the most vulnerable are met and help us to be a blessing to others. In Christ's name, amen.

Amen. Thank you, ma'am. Mr. Geary?

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, with liberty and justice for all.

In case you all are wondering who that young man is, he's a Danville High School graduate, but he's been an advocate. He's been working the mayor for four years to get a White Castle to come to Danville. But I told him he needed to find a pool of money and do it for himself, right? Thank you, sir. Next on our agenda is to have the commission approve the agenda. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented. I'll move that we approve the agenda as presented. Thank you, sir.

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Any additions or deletions? Hearing none, all those in favor of approving today's agenda as presented, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. Thank you all. Next on our agenda is where we hear the public. Those who are in attendance today who desire to speak to us about an item on our agenda may do so at this time. If you will raise your hand, be recognized. We'll let you come to the podium and we'll give you three minutes or less to talk to us and we promise to listen to you. That's all we can promise you today is just to listen to you. Anyone desiring to speak to the commission? Hearing none, we'll move right along then. Next item is approval of the minutes of our previous meetings. Chair, would you entertain a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of June 8th as presented.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, ma'am. Any corrections, additions, or deletions to our minutes? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. And minutes have been approved. Next on our agenda is we have the opportunity to recognize two members of the Danville High School class of 2026. They're two very outstanding young people in our community. And they are very much the same, but very different in lots of different ways. The first one is Anna Watson. She's a member of the graduating class. She has been commissioned to serve our country at the West Point Military Academy. Very unusual. And she has decided to continue her pursuit of higher education at Xavier University in Ohio. Is that Xavier, Ohio? Is that the city it's in? Okay. All right. And then the next person is Mr. Wyatt Gale, G-A-L-E. Did I pronounce that right? He's also a Danville High School graduate and has been commissioned and appointed to West Point. But he is a four-year letterman on the Danville High School baseball team, and he served as the captain of the baseball team For two years or four years? Three. Three years as the captain of the baseball team. So congratulations. You guys come forward. Bring your parents with you. We like this. Thank you. We'd like to present you all with certificates and also like to present you all with a, I said, a lapel-sized key to the city of Danville, all right? Congratulations. Dan, you get on the bar for a break.

There you go. All right. I just did.

See, they're going to put their bars on. That's right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you. Okay, I was afraid to say this, but I can say it out loud now. Anna Watson has been the first female in our community to be commissioned to West Point. So what an honor. We've had a few, but it doesn't happen too often.

I feel bad. I feel bad because I'm bringing down the IQ points. Oh, okay. They are way smarter.

Ms. Lewis is a successful crossing guard. She knows all of them. Yes, she knows them. Ms. Lewis? She says they're my children's home. Get a picture with them, right? We got them safely across that street. That's right.

That's neat. Okay. All right. That was pretty good.

Next on our agenda is... An update from the Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mr. Clinton, you want to come forward?

You always have good, exciting news for us as well, okay? Yeah, this is good news. I'm here for one thing specifically. The annual economic impact information for the Kentucky Department of Tourism was released recently, so I wanted to go over those numbers tonight and also give a little bit more information about how we've trended over the past eight years or so in Boyle County. So We increased in three of the four categories that they measure, one of them being labor income, overall economic impact, as well as state and local taxes generated through tourism. The only number we saw drop in was employment, overall employment supported by tourism. That went down by 17 positions from 24 to 25, so saw a small dip there. But as you can see in the, information I gave you. The labor income was $19.9 million. That was up slightly. It was $19.8 million the year before. State and local taxes paid through visitors was $6.7 million, and overall spending was $84.5 million, which was a million dollars over the previous year. This information is compiled by a company called Tourism Economics. They took over this task back in 2018, and when they did, they changed the method by which they collected data. They've got about 10 or 11 different data sets they use, everything from Visa credit card data to census information. So I went back to 2018 and looked at our numbers, Will County's numbers each year, from 2018 forward minus 2020 for obvious reasons. And what that shows is that since 2018, Boyle County has seen a 7.1% increase in tourism supported employment. Statewide, that's 2.97%, so we're ahead of state averages on that. The labor income grew from $15.22 million to $19.9 million, which is a 30.7% increase. That outpaced the statewide average, which was 22.3%. And then the state and local taxes generated by tourism went from $4.8 million to $6.7 million, which was a 39% increase. Statewide, the average was 31%. So we're growing in all those categories. And finally, the overall spending in 2018, it was 63.4 million, and this past year is 84.5 million. So 33% increase, statewide average was 27%. So we are just above statewide average in all the four categories that they measure. So this is the data we use to measure the economic impact of tourism in the state and in Boyle County. And as it shows, we are a very strong county for tourism. And through the next year, we'll continue to promote it like we have in the past through spending on print ads, digital ads, streaming videos, social media. email blasts, all the different things that we always do. We passed our budget recently and we're going to spend about $100,000 through various marketing campaigns with our agency of record. We've got money in there for brochures, social media, all the things we normally do. We'll do that, promote everything we have and hope for another good year this year. That's all I have.

Thank you, sir. Questions or comments from the commission?

I have a couple. I know I've known this before in the past, but What businesses or whatever come under the heading of tourism? What do you all look at? I know it's hotels and restaurants.

Hotels, restaurants, any front-line businesses that support tourism. And these are full-time positions, not part-time. So it's anybody who has a position that helps support tourism. They interact with these people when they come to town.

My other comment, more than anything, was the... The visitor spending being up, I think, is a good indicator because that's other people's dollars coming in. We're not recycling our own dollars like we do a lot. So I think that's really great how much that went up. Other questions or comments?

Yes.

No comments? Well, again, thanks for an excellent report. Thank you, sir. I said good news. That was good news. Yeah. Because I always say after his report, I want to say jobs, jobs, and more jobs, right? Still a good report. All right. Next on our agenda is a proclamation honoring June 10th celebration that was just held this past weekend. So, Commissioner Pink, you want to read that proclamation for us please, ma'am?

Whereas Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who have been enslaved in the United States, and whereas President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, declaring the slaves in Confederate territory free, paving the way for the passing of the 13th Amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States of America. And whereas two years later on June 19th, 1865, General Gordon Granger announced that slaves in Texas were free by order of the President of the United States. And whereas freedmen in Texas organized the first of what became the annual celebration of Jubilee Day on June 19th. And whereas June 19th has a special meaning to African Americans and is called Juneteenth, combining the words June and 19th, and has been celebrated by the African American community for over 150 years. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Mayor James J.H. Atkins and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Danville do hereby proclaim June 19th, 2026 as Juneteenth in the City of Danville and urge all citizens to observe Juneteenth as an opportunity to reflect, rejoice, and plan for a brighter future as we continue to address racial injustices in our society today.

Thank you, ma'am. I move we... Approve this proclamation into the record, please.

Thank you, sir. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments? It was really exciting to read the proclamation that started the celebration Friday. And in our proclamation, I guess Ashley knew what she was doing, all of the questions that were asked about Juneteenth as a part of a public quiz were answered by way of our proclamation. And I tried to prepare the audience for that as I read it, but some were listening and some were not listening. It was really neat that the hands went up like crazy. Any other questions or comments? If not, all those in favor of approving this Juneteenth proclamation for 2026, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Thank you. Motion carries. Next item is County Assessment and Appeals Board a reappointment. So the Chair would like to entertain a motion to reappoint Mr. Showalter.

I move that we reappoint Phil Showalter to the County Assessments and Appeals Board for a three-year term. Thank you, sir.

Is there a second?

I second it.

Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments about Mr. Showmutter's reappointment? Bless his heart. He loves it. That's what's amazing. He's good at it. He's good at it. Pretty good at it, yes. He's been a real estate person for a long time. All right. All those in favor say, excuse me, say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, motion carries. Thank you all. Next item is second reading of ordinance number 20, 2065 zoning ordinance amendment. Madam Clerk, you want to read that to us?

This is the second reading of ordinance number 2065, an ordinance of the City of Danville, Kentucky, amending articles two and four of the zoning ordinance Boyle County, the cities of Danville, Junction City, and Parable, in order to align local regulations with state mandated standards pertaining to qualified manufactured homes and all rules and regulations pertaining thereto.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion?

I'll move to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2065. DAVID BURRAGE.

Second. JENNA HALIGAS.

Second.

DAVID BURRAGE. Thank you, ma'am. Ms. Gray, you want to make a few comments?

Madam Clerk, roll call vote. JENNA HALIGAS.

Commissioner Caudill. DAVID BURRAGE. Yes. JENNA HALIGAS.

Commissioner Peek.

JENNA HALIGAS.

Yes. JENNA HALIGAS. Mayor Atkins. DAVID BURRAGE. Yes, ma'am. JENNA HALIGAS. Commissioner Holland. JENNA HALIGAS. Yes. JENNA HALIGAS. Commissioner Saris.

JENNA HALIGAS.

Yes.

DAVID BURRAGE. Motion carries. Thank you all. Next item is resolution 2026-06-2201, parks and rec surplus list. DAVID BURRAGE.

Thank you, Mayor. I'll take it. As we're renovating some of the courts, we do have some scrap basketball goals that we need to get rid of rather than leave them piled up. And staff is requesting those are declared surplus and authorize the disposition of those along with some various scrap metal that we picked up along the course of the normal business year.

Okay.

Resolution 2606-2201 authorizes and declares such.

Move for approval of Resolution 2026, 06-2201. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, sir.

Is there a second? JENNA HALIGAS I second it. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments?

GREG BRUDNICKI I was just going to say that the Michael Smith Park basketball court looks great. JENNA HALIGAS It does. GREG BRUDNICKI It was full of people the other day and it looks awesome.

We can't use these anywhere else?

No, a lot of them are just damaged over time.

Other questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you all. Next item is first reading of Ordinance 2070-2070. Madam Chair, do you want to read that for us?

I have to get to it first, hold on. This is the first reading of ordinance number 2070 and ordinance amending CDO 2-96 pertaining to the classification plan, compensation plan, and policies and procedures for city personnel.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion? I'll move to approve the first reading. Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second?

I second it.

Thank you, ma'am. Mr. Boyd, you have some comments you'd like to make?

Just to summarize that this was the proposal that was discussed through the budget process that was presented by staff when we presented the compensation plan. And so it summarizes the proposal for the salary adjustments to the comp plan and the authorized positions for fiscal year 27.

Thank you, sir. Any other questions or comments? Madam Clerk, roll call vote, please.

Commissioner Peek?

Yes.

Mayor Atkins? Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Holland? Yes. Commissioner Sayers? Yes. Commissioner Caudill?

Yes. Thank you all. Next item is Resolution 2606-2202, Fiscal Year 27 Authorized Positions List. Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2606-2202. Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second?

Second. Thank you, sir. Mr. Boyd, do you want to make some comments?

Just one, Mayor, that your total authorized full-time positions are 182, which is equivalent to physical year 26, but there were some movements between the general fund and the utility fund that offset through organizational changes, but your total number of positions remain the same. Thank you, sir.

Any other questions or comments?

Look, I'm not great, but You, for a long time, said everybody should make at least $15 an hour that works for the city, and I think we've achieved that across the board, I believe.

Yes, there's a couple areas that I think we'll focus on going forward. The market's always changed, but we're getting close to that, yes. There's a couple positions we would still like to hit that benchmark in water utilities, but outside of that, yes, we've hit that benchmark. And that was a goal that we had set out. when we originally laid out our plan about five years ago. So, we're slowly getting closer to that benchmark. Problem is, every time we get close to it, the environment changes. So, it's a, it's, we're constantly chasing that carrot, I guess, you should say.

Well, and the, and the real carrot has moved forward now until it's around $25 an hour. Yeah. Not $15 anymore. That's the scary part, but we got to keep moving toward it. So, that's good. Other questions or comments? The key is that there are no additional authorized full-time positions in this year's budget. Okay.

No, there are. There's public works, right? And the detective.

Yep, they were all set. Yeah, the general fund went up two positions, but the utility fund went down by two just through organizational changes. So when you look at it in totality, the numbers stay equal, but the funds change. Yeah.

We would hope to drop one mid-year on the general fund side so that you have one net increase. To continue on, we keep all the employees. Therefore, the number is one higher than it will be. We anticipate mid-year.

Other questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of passing Resolution 2606-2202 say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Thank you. Motion carries. Next on the list is the city manager's report.

Thank you, Mayor, Commissioners. We'd like to start out by saying June 10th was very successful, we felt like. Michael Smith Park was just chump full of people, which was a terrific experience if you went down there. The events at Jenny Rogers was a good community lunch, really, and celebration, and so we appreciate all those that attended and that opportunity. The next big dates that I noted were just really our commission meetings in June and July. The 13th is the July meeting. The disruptions, of course, over the next couple weeks, we have a lot of community events. We're going to see the Brass Band Festival this weekend. You're going to see the third and fourth events with the military parade, which is covered in your packet. The schedule for that is on the brochure on the second sheet. Beginning early that morning on the 4th of July, you're going to have the flag-raising opening ceremonies at Whisker Park. 930, you're going to have the parade line up at Center College. 11, the parade will be down Main Street. We expect that to be a good military parade, which is what it is, but we hope to have flyovers and all the things. It should be just a wonderful event honoring those who served and also be a good kickoff to that day, the fireworks later in that day. 1 p.m., there will be some patriotic performances at Whiziger. And you'll have the traveling wall in downtown located in Whiziger Park as well, the Vietnam Wall. which the events on Saturday will follow the events Friday night at Millennium Park, where we will have the concert, the Eddie Montgomery concert, which I think a lot of folks are excited about. So the next couple of weeks will be a disruption to normal operations, and it should be just a terrific couple of weeks. And we think the landscaping around town has gotten done. um signs are picked up around town that that are loose signs that are really issues and and so we we feel good with how town looks unless you all see a complaint this week please pass that on and we'll see if public works can address that and and uh keep us on track um The next issue is the garbage communication. Again, that brochure is in your packet. We are continuing to re-communicate and communicate several issues as they pop up. Certainly please forward that to us, but we are transitioning. The transition will occur July 1st, where each resident will get one can. Recycling will be voluntary. You'll have to call to ultimately get a recycling can. We hope that makes sense. As we've started to communicate outwardly the allowable recyclables at the Danville-Bull County Recycling Center, they're active there. All the recycling, regardless of collection point, will end up there for our community, and we think that's a terrific win. They do take glass. Glass will be on site at Danville. the center not in your cans so there was a little bit of confusion there last week and uh hopefully that's clear same glass too right glass at the styrofoam at the center yeah yeah um coffee with commissioners is july 7th 8 30 a.m at the hub on ponder court that's mr commissioner peak um then uh The government series, the next one is June 14th, 6 p.m., Michael Smith Park. That's a Parks and Rec event. And that's really the last one as far as I understand. So that's really a little celebration of the overall program. Pioneer Playhouse, they're associated with the 250th. They're doing a production of the Iron Baby Angel, the book, the historic book that everybody refers to that was really centered on Danville. So they've adapted it to a screen, well, not a screenplay, but a play. And so we're anxious to see how that plays out. They'll be live June 30th through July 18th, June 30th being the first night. Aside from that, you have the budget cover letter that's on, transmittal letter that's in front of you there that we will distribute. We want to make sure you see a copy of that and have access to it. We really didn't go into too elaborate of forecasting, but we did restate some of the budget facts and numbers like you would hope. We appreciate Lee's input on that. She worked very hard on throwing that together with us and certainly took the lead on it. We appreciate her effort on that, as well as Melanie's, who backfilled with some proofreading for us. So we appreciate their effort. If you have any questions, certainly we'll certainly accept those related to the budget. And the next thing is we've gotten a lot of complaints on scooters and bicycles and whatnot. I know Commissioner Holland sees a lot of it. Houstonville Road is the primary corridor, really, where we see those folks going to the south side that want to travel with scooters and electric scooters. transportation devices, we'll say. I would, because it is so confusing, I told the Chief right before the meeting that we would give the floor to him for a minute to talk about the enforcement of those and how those are treated. And Chief, do you have, are you ready? I guess.

It's about as clear as mud, to be honest. So you have e-bikes, you have electric scooters. Uh, if it's an e-bike and the electric scooter, they're pretty much treated as bicycles. They can use the sidewalks and they can use bicycle paths. Uh, some of your bigger cities like Louisville has created ordinances to deal with these things. But, uh, they don't have to have insurance. They don't have to have helmets. It could be a traffic concern at times, but it's a very complicated law dealing with these things. Like I said, they're primarily treated as bicycles for the most part. There are e-bikes and electric things that people sit on that depending on the motor size can be considered like a motorcycle and that puts it in a different category. But most of the things that we're seeing are falling into the bicycle realm and those issues.

So around all the confusion at the end of the day, they have the right to be in those spaces as conflicted with vehicles as they seem to be, in the same way just a pedestrian bicycle is. And speaking from someone who's been in a pedestrian bicycle accident. So it is... becoming more active in that space, they're very affordable, and they're easy to scoot around town on, as you'll see. If you all have any direction or anything we can provide specific to that other than to make sure the general public knows that we do watch that, the police do. There is enforcement whenever they are misbehaving, inconsistent with what those are, but they have to be caught just like any other traffic violation is, which isn't always... We see those, we see them violate things, but they're nowhere near a police officer and you reporting it, they're not going to necessarily be mobilized at a time that they can make a correction on that violation.

Go ahead. One of the biggest problems we have is third and fourth streets are one-way streets. How do you get to the other side of the street? If you're going down Houston Road and you're going southbound and you gotta get on the east side or something. So a lot of people will go down, they'll be on that east side of 4th Street going what looks like the wrong way in a bike lane. But if you stop and think about it, if they're on that right side of the road and they're going down, there's really no way for them to cross the street there. about Houstonville Road and, and Baldwin to be the only place really safely for them to, to cross with the, in the intersection.

Yeah, I always thought that Biggie was the, we all put helmets on our heads.

There, there's no requirement just like, you know, kind of the bicycle thing. There's no, there's not a requirement for those. Yeah.

Motorcycles either, right?

Well, motorcycles do, and even the, they call the scooter motorcycles that you sit down they have an engine over I think 50 cc's or something like that. I think they're required to have helmets but we don't really see as many of those on the road anymore as you think. A lot of them are the 35 cc's which fall up under that requirement. So it's a very It's a very, very confusing and difficult issue, especially probably for a city our size. You know, Louisville that's got interstates and Lexington that got, you know, they put ordinances about those things in those areas. But now, most cities are not really touching that in those low speed areas and districts.

They're still, even though they can be apparently on the sidewalk, they can't be on the downtown sidewalk, right?

I thought that was a... It just says sidewalk. I always thought that was a no-no. It says in there that they are supposed to slow down if there isn't a congested area. But I mean, it's just like a bicyclist. If you got a kid on a bicycle, you wouldn't necessarily want that child in in the bicycle lane as you would on the, on the sidewalk. GREG BRUDNICKI I guess, watch out. BILLY RADER Believe me, we, we started, I think Earl can tell you, we started looking at this a little bit about two months ago. And, uh, we're still not settled on anything. We've had these two or three big events that are coming up. with the month of June. But it's something that we will look at again in July once we get through these two or three major special events coming up. But it's very complicated. If you get on there, you can Google KRS e-bikes, KRS electric scooters, and it's very, very complicated.

All right. Good discussion. Anything else, Mr. City Manager?

No, sir.

Any other questions for the City Manager? All right. Well, thank you, sir. Thank you, Chief, for your comments as well. Okay. Next item is our second hearing of the public. This is where folks get recognized and approach the podium and speak to us about things that are not on the agenda. agenda and I'm going to take the privilege of calling Mr. Martin Gary first since he came in early and signed up. Come up to the microphone and share with us your thoughts. Yeah. And be careful now because I just gave you a gift.

Yeah.

Don't make me have to take it back, right?

I'll make sure it's all positive. Yes, sir.

I know you will.

Okay. I think we should have more places in town like um the pioneer playhouse and and like and i feel like we should have like opera houses in town and dance halls and ballrooms and i feel like we should i have another marathon gas station and like more gas stations and um sporting goods stores and um and like more like different businesses and restaurants and I think that more land should be flattened out all over town for like more like businesses and homes and that kind of thing. And I'm curious about what's going on where like where the pizza pub was and I'm curious like what they're gonna put in like where they just moved the Center College bookstore out of the hub. And I'm curious about what they're gonna do where Bricks and Brews just went out of business and every other idea I mentioned to you all. I hope you are still like taking in consideration. And I wish we also had a Hardee's over here in Danville. and more like supernatural and paranormal museums and a train museum and an animal museum and like a children's museum and something like a natural history museum and more like eating places and whatever Daniel's trying to do. I wish they could possibly speed it up. Two more last things I want to say from the bottom of my heart. I wish Michael Mingy was still alive so he could be here to speak. Mr. Atkins, I thank you all. the Chamber of Commerce for like two years ago when you all directed me to the BBB when I had the problem with Dwayne at the barbershop. That's all.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

And you didn't mention White Castle in that list.

I figured that's out of the question.

I'm still hoping.

I'm still hoping.

Hold on. We don't answer people on these situations. But there's a lady back there. Her name is Crossfield. You know Ms. Crossfield, right?

Her?

Yeah. Her. Her. That one? When you see her around town, you stop her and give her all this information, right? She's dying to get a hold of it.

All right.

All right. Ms. Calhoun, you want to come up next? Yeah. She charges a fee to work with you, though.

Charges a fee for what?

To work with you. Mrs. Calhoun?

I got two agendas about the picture of Michael M. Smith Memorial Park need to be done over. Like you have some kind of coating, you know, like a little shine to it. Because it's like dulling out his picture.

I went up to his wife's house. All right. Okay. To be redone.

And also out there at the cemetery on Duncan Hill, on the right side facing Duncan Hill, next to the Singleton's home, it's an old fence. The new one hasn't been put up. It's got a big hole on the middle part of it. It's old. How come the new one wasn't put up like the rest of them, the new iron post fence?

Are you asking me that question?

No, I'm asking it.

Well, you know we don't answer people tonight, right? That's right. Well, I'm well, too. You got something else?

That's it.

Okay.

Because the rest of them can't answer. Thank you, ma'am.

Ms. Lewis? Oh, I thought you hit your head. I'm sorry. Wake up back there. Okay, let's go on then. Next on our agenda is we have commissioner comments and updates.

I have something I'd like to ask, if I could. For some reason, I stood still too long, and Tony Wilder put me in charge of getting volunteers for the Eddie Montgomery concert. So I'm calling out for help. So if anybody, particularly on the 3rd and 5th, if you have some time on those days to load in and load out of the equipment, that would be appreciated. Otherwise, I might do it all myself. And the other thing I was going to say is that all the Juneteenth stuff was, I thought, outstanding, and I enjoyed being a part of it.

But your request for help has been put out to the whole community. Yes. Yeah, but to you all first because you didn't hear it and it goes out. Oh, okay. All right.

Anybody else? Thanks to Parks and Rec for all their work at the Juneteenth celebration down at the park and cooking. And they ran out of hamburgers and hot dogs again, I think he said, like 400 of them. So that's a lot. But it was a good event.

Tommy offers free food and they show up.

Tommy's a regular griller.

He's got some skills. We did the Unity Bench ceremony since the last time we met and I wanted to toast that out because that was an outstanding project for the entire community and again want to say thanks to the Cary family who traveled today to be a part of that. Well attended and Tell all of my fellow city employees I'm still waiting for a chance to meet you at the bench for a picture.

Hint, hint. Because Louie's got a good picture at the bench.

And then the other thing I'd like to talk about is that the military parade, the lineup starts at 930. I'd like to see all the commissioners and also see any citizens who want to join me. I have a space in the parade lineup. It's a walking spot. We're going to march. We're not going to ride. We're going to walk the parade route. Wear your red, white, and blue, or wear your green and white, or just wear whatever you want to wear, but put something on and come walk with us. I have a spot, so please come and walk with us, all right?

Kevin has a Stars and Stripes cutoff T-shirt. Was that acceptable for such an event, Mayor? I think you should be specific in your dress attire, Mr. Cotter.

I got some short shorts to go with them.

Well, he's about to show up about 9.30 that evening with that outfit on, right? But no, I think it'll be grand if a bunch of us get together. Well, I've asked fellow citizens, and I've asked folks who are running for political office if they want to join me or whatever. It's nice to have a nice little group of people walking in the parade. to show our support as well. And then the other thing I want to talk about is the flags on the poles out there. Boy, somebody did a real good job with that. Military appreciation event. I won't call it a name, but she didn't like to get her picture taken, so you all know who I'm talking about by just saying that, right?

Give Melanie some credit for that. That program required a lot of man hours and a lot of hands-on, but they're up, and they're really cool, and so we certainly appreciate Melanie's effort. Thank you.

And I've been asked, I talked to her about it, people for next year, and so they're already contacting her for next year on the wait list.

So we love taking your money. But he has been received very positively. And there were a lot of people in town, unfortunately, because of E.G. Plummer's funeral. And it was amazing the number of his former students and track athletes who talked about, they wish they had known about the flag stuff. So I said, well, you still can. Just call 238-1200 and ask for mail.

Just welcome the governor scholars. I've seen him everywhere Kevin that might be a good volunteer group for the concert governor scholars and I just was gonna say to the the recycle The text has been working but the email for like every neighbor I have hasn't so I know Josh isn't here but I I know email didn't work for me either, but texting works to sign up for the recycle.

I called. Okay. Waiting for the meeting to start and got a live person and got it all done over the phone in about 30 seconds. And I just sent my fellow commissioners a text with the two numbers, one for the recycle information and one for just anything about Republic. So when you get them. Yes, ma'am. It's 9-1-1. No, we'll get it to you. She knows that I've just missed. See, we've been missing her, right?

That's right. Any other commissioning comments? You need to come to every meeting, man.

Other comments? Just the mural looks amazing. Wow. It really brings the whole area together at that Weezinger Park.

What mural are you talking about? What does it say? Oh, okay. Other comments? Oh, I'm trying to have a little fun. All right, let's go on. I have down there, besides comments, I have sidewalks down beside comments. Why did I write sidewalks on my agenda? Besides comments.

Oh, it is Maple Avenue.

Okay. Yeah, Baldwin Avenue got some good comments. Oh, I know what it is. On Maple Avenue, it's a completed project right close to Lexington Avenue and Maple. There's probably about a slab of, I guess it ran out of concrete. They just put five cones up around it.

We're just going to leave it like that.

Some of the joggers and the walkers have called it to my attention, so that's why I put that down.

You've got a wheelie across that one. What's that? You've got a wheelie across that one.

Always. All right. Other comments? Let's go on. Okay. Next item on the agenda is payment of bills. Chair, we entertain a motion to pay the bills as presented. So moved. Thank you, Graham. Second. Thank you, sir. Any questions about the bills?

In the amount of $377,374.07. Oh, thank you, ma'am.

You're welcome. She said $377,000, right?

$377,000.

Okay, I thought you said another number. Okay. Okay, all those in favor of paying our bills, so we can feel relaxed back there, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. All right, let's move right along. Okay, next item is second reading of Ordinance No. 22. 2066, fiscal year 27 budget. Madam Clerk, do you want to do the second reading for us?

Yes, this is the second reading of ordinance number 2066, an ordinance of the City of Danville, Kentucky, adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year 7-1-2026 through 6-30-2027 by appropriating funds for the operation of city government.

Thank you, ma'am.

Is there a motion? I move we approve the second reading of ordinance 2066.

Thank you, sir. Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Ms. Compton, any comments before we vote?

No, just as Earl said, you have with you your budget transmittal letter that discusses the budget at a high level. Melanie doesn't know it yet, but she's going to get an email requesting she put the budget line item budget out on the website for the public. And then we have our full budget book in draft for hopefully a pretty substantial version to be reviewed at the end of July.

She said, she said it's already done.

It's, it's a pre, you can, if you don't know this, you can make an option on your email to send at a specific time. And it's set for 6 30. So it'll just shoot it off. Tonight. You can do it tomorrow. I, I will just not be here, so.

Okay, Madam Clerk, we'll do roll call vote, please.

Mayor Atkins. Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Hollins. Yes. Commissioner Sayers. Yes. Commissioner Caudill. Yes. Commissioner Peek.

Yes.

Thank you all. Next is the second reading of Ordinance 2067, Bond Ordinance. Madam Clerk, want to read that before we please? Yes.

This is the second reading of Ordinance Number 2067, an ordinance of the City of Danville, Kentucky, authorizing the issuance of its general obligation improvement bonds series 2026 to finance and refinance costs of public projects and to retire outstanding general obligation notes of the city approving the form of the bonds authorizing designated officers of the city to execute and deliver the bonds providing for the payment and security of the bonds creating a bond payment fund maintaining the here to support created sinking fund approving and authorizing the advertisement and acceptance of bids for the purchase of the bond undertaking continuing disclosure obligations with respect to the bond and repealing inconsistent ordinances.

I want to ask you to repeat that please ma'am.

I will if that is your desire. Thank you ma'am.

Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve the second reading of ordinance 2067. Thank you ma'am.

Is there a second?

I second it.

Thank you ma'am. Any questions or comments?

And just a reminder for the public, this was for the issuance of full bonds for a bond anticipation note the City undertook in 2023 for some utility projects including Phase 3 of the Parable Road water line, the Phase 1 of the wastewater treatment plant, and our McKinney water line project.

Thank you, ma'am. Other questions or comments? Roll call vote again.

Commissioner Hawley. Yes. Commissioner Saris. Yes. Commissioner Caudill. Yes. Commissioner Peek. Yes. Mayor Atkins.

Yes, ma'am. Next item is first reading of Ordinance 2071. I'd encourage you on your Monday tonight.

This is the first reading of Ordinance Number 2071, an ordinance amending a portion of Ordinance Number 2049, which established The City of Danville, Kentucky annual budget for the fiscal year 7-1-2025 through 6-30-2026 by appropriating funds for the operation of city government.

GREG BRUDNICKI Oh, that one's pretty short. Is there a motion?

JENNA HALIGAS I'll move to approve the first reading of Ordinance 2071. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am.

JENNA HALIGAS I second. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am. Questions or comments?

Ms. Compton, you want to make any comments? So it is a routine practice for the City of Danville and most cities to amend their budget throughout the year. Some cities, especially those medium to small cities like us, amend them at the end of the year. Some larger cities amend them monthly or quarterly. We are amending our original FY26 budget from $74,450,016 to $75,493,000. Of those big dollars, we have four individual funds that will be amended. Our general fund is increasing $929,000. Our streetscape fund is increasing $39,000. Our cemetery fund is increasing $61,000 and our garbage fund is increasing $14,000. The largest of those funds, the general fund increase, is related to operational changes throughout each fund. So, for instance, if your cemetery fund has larger medical care for the year than we projected, then we would increase the transfer to that fund or, you know, a project... specifically this year for the cemetery or Bellevue Cemetery, the fence project that we did in FY25, the timing resulted in the invoicing happening in FY26. Your garbage fund has a minimal adjustment to tie your actual expenses to our budget. So this is a routine process. It lays out the details of where we've amended those budget items by category within those funds. And I've included a memo kind of detailing that.

Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments? Madam Clerk?

Commissioner Saris? Yes. Commissioner Caudill?

Yes.

Commissioner Peek? Yes. Mayor Atkins? Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Holland?

Yes.

Wow. Mr. Carrier, Resolution 202606-2203, Scrap Metal Surplus.

Thank you, Mayor. This is for scrap metal surplus for municipal utilities. Various departments. We've got various pipe fittings, broken hydrants that are unrepairable, sections of ductile and cast iron pipe sections that are broken, unusable, various metal parts from clarifiers at the wastewater plant, some scrap aluminum pieces from the 2023 upgrade, and parts from an old sampling unit. All these are for scrap disposal and no longer functional. Thank you, sir. Is there a motion?

Make a motion to approve resolution 2026-06-2203.

Thank you, ma'am. Second. Thank you, sir. Any questions to Mr. Carrier? Hearing none, all those in favor?

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you all. Next item is resolution 202606-2204, EDA Road Funding. Josh Morgan is not present, so.

I'm gonna handle that for Josh. The EDA requested funding in the budget process for FY26 related to the North Sturge Lane Road project. It's just taken a lot longer for it to get to actual construction than they had planned, and we had as a body discussed when that project was underway, we would take action on funding for it. So this is a request to fund half of the construction cost of this project up to $193,000, which would match what the county has contributed to this individual project.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion?

Move for approval of Resolution 2026-06-2204.

Thank you, sir. Second. Thank you, ma'am. Questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries. Josh has the next one, so are you taking care of that one too?

I can take care of that one as well.

Okay, let's let Madam Clerk read the second reading for us.

This is a second reading of Ordinance Number 2068, an ordinance amending the municipal stormwater management fee schedule in Chapter 6.5, Flood Prevention and Stormwater Management, Article 4, Stormwater Management Fee, Section 6.5, 356, Rates, in the City of Danville Code of Ordinances.

GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion?

I'll move to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2068. GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am.

I second it.

GREG BRUDNICKI Thank you, ma'am. Any questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of, oh, sorry, Roe? Madam Clerk looked at me like, what? Madam Clerk, Roe called vote again, right?

Commissioner Caudill?

Yes.

Commissioner Peek? Yes. Mayor Atkins?

Yes, ma'am.

Commissioner Hollins? Yes. Commissioner Sarris? Yes.

Thank you all. Motion carries. You've been saving all those up or something, haven't you?

Apparently.

Man, a lot of them.

I feel like I don't get to talking after a meeting. So, you know, just throw them all on here together.

Wait, what was that last comment?

I have one more to read, too, so. We're not done yet.

Oh, okay. Did we do a roll call vote on that one?

You did.

Want to do it again?

I'll be on the next one.

Next item in second reading is ordinance number 2069. Oh, this is a good one here. Chief Gray. Oh, wait, wait, I'm sorry. Let her go ahead and read it.

This is the second reading of Ordinance Number 2069, an ordinance amending City of Danville, Kentucky, Code of Ordinance Chapter 13, pertaining to the operation of food trucks in the City of Danville.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2069.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. All right, Chief Gray, you want to talk about this one for us?

It's pretty simple. It allows for food trucks to set up at the corner of 4th and Main, and then the hours of operation have increased three hours. It was ending at 9 p.m., and now it ends at midnight.

Well, food trucks downtown from 4th and Main until midnight. Oh. Bring back the 1970s, right? Thank you, sir. Any questions or comments? If not, roll call vote again.

Commissioner Peek.

Yes.

Mayor Atkins.

I want to say no. Oh, yes, ma'am.

Commissioner Hollins. Yes. Commissioner Sayers. Yes. Commissioner Caudill.

Yes.

Thank you all.

Wow. Some good stuff. That's a whole lot of them in one meeting. Getting ready for vacation or something. Okay, the next two items, Chief Gray, you have the next two items off. Next one is 2026-06-2205 9-1-1 radio grant acceptance.

Yes, the Director Butler and Assistant Chief Matano have applied for a grant for the radio software updates. The total amount of the grant is $54,866. $49,379.40 is going to be reimbursable from the grant, leaving the city on $5,506.60. And that's already been approved in the budget already. Thank you, sir. That's a pretty good grant. Yeah. I like that.

I move we approve resolution 2026-06-2205. Thank you, sir.

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments?

Just thanks for getting grants. Grants are great.

All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. The next one is resolution 2606-2206, 9-1-1, required grant acceptance.

Yes, the same duo that applied for another grant for through the 9-1-1 services, excuse me, through the 9-1-1 services board again. This grant is for the a new recorder that keeps tracks of all the 9-1-1 calls and other calls that come through the dispatch center. The total amount of the grant is $28,758.60. The reimbursable part of the grant is $26,000 through the 911 service board, leaving the city only $2,758.60, which also has been budgeted in the approved budget.

Thank you, sir. Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 20-26-06-22-06. Thank you, ma'am.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Any questions or comments?

Thank you again.

Big bucks. I hope the community understands the value of these grants. All of our staff should be commended because it goes across all our departments. They're finding grants to help improve things for our citizens and at the same time save money for our citizens. You all should be commended. That's my little soap opera for today, okay. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, motion carries. Well, thank you all, fellow commissioners and staff for the professional way you all conducted yourselves. I just had some fun tonight with you, but I'm trying to get over something, but that's okay. Is there a need for an executive session?

There is for personnel.

I'd only accept the motion to say it's for a very brief executive session for personnel.

I'll make a motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel matter pursuant to CARES 61810-1F.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second?

Second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Thank you, ma'am. All those in favor say aye. Aye. We're back in regular session. I think city manager has a few things for us.

Thank you, mayor, commissioners. We would like to ask that you accept the resignation of Jamison Burdine from the water distribution and Matthew Hampton as a police officer.

So moved. Thank you. Second?

Second. Thank you, sir. Any questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.

Staff is recommending the hiring of Steven Pater to the position of police officer.

Second. Thank you both. Any questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Congratulations. Welcome back.

Staff is recommending the hiring of Matthew Knacker to the position of wastewater operator trainee in rehab. So moved.

Second.

Thank you, ladies. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Do we have a motion to adjourn?

I'll move to adjourn.

Second. All right. All those in favor, say aye.

Aye.