City Commission - Regular Meeting

I want to welcome you to your Danville City Commission regular meeting. Today is Monday, July the 13th, 2026. The time is 4.30 p.m. I'm going to call this meeting to order. We're going to be led in prayer this afternoon by Commissioner Cottle.

I'm going to wait until our city attorney.

Followed by the pleasure of allegiance to the flag. Commissioner Cottle.

Thank you. Heavenly Father, we appreciate the chance to join here again in freedom to discuss the needs of our city and our citizens. We ask, as we always do, we pray for peace, and we thank those who are helping us attain that peace. Watch over us tonight as we conduct the business of the city. It's in your name we pray. Amen.

Thank you all. Next on our agenda is a motion to approve tonight's printed agenda with the admission of the last item on the agenda. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the agenda as amended. So moved. Thank you, ma'am.

Second.

Thank you, sir. Any other questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of the... Approving the amended agenda. Say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you all. At this next item is that when we hear the public and those who are present can speak to the commission about items that are on the agenda. There will be a second time later on where we hear from the public about items that may or may not be on the agenda. So is there anyone who wants to speak to the commission about an item on the agenda at this time? Thank you all. Hearing none, we'll move right along. Next item is approval of the minutes of the previous meetings. The chair will entertain a motion to approve our minutes.

I'll make a motion to approve the amendments of 6-22-2026. Thank you, ma'am.

Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you all. Any corrections, additions, or deletions through our minutes? Hearing none, then all those in favor of approving the amendments as presented say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed? Motion carries. We have two guests who have not arrived yet, so we'll come back to that on our agenda if they arrive. OK, so let's go to the next item. Next item is a proclamation in honor of Parks and Recreation Month, which is this month. And Commissioner Pink, would you read that proclamation for us?

Yes. Whereas parks and recreation is an integral part of communities throughout this country, including Danville-Bowl County, and whereas parks and recreation promotes health and wellness by improving the physical and mental health of people in the community, encouraging active lifestyles through sports, trails, pools, and other recreational opportunities, and fostering time spent in nature, which enhances cognitive performance and well-being while helping alleviate illnesses such as depression, attention deficit orders and Alzheimer's. And whereas parks and recreation programming and education activities including out of school time programming, youth sports and physical education are critical to childhood development and provide opportunities for people of all ages to connect with nature and recreate recreate outdoors, and whereas parks and recreation provides essential community infrastructure that enhances quality of life, supports environmental stewardship, strengthens communities, and contributes to the economic prosperity through increased tourism, business attraction and retention, and crime reduction, and whereas the U.S. House of Representatives has designated July as Parks and Recreation Month, and whereas the city of Danville recognizes the many benefits derived from parks and recreation resources, Now, therefore, it be resolved by Mayor James J.H. Atkins and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Danville that they do hereby proclaim the month of July as Parks and Recreation Month in the City of Danville this 13th day of July 2026.

Thank you, ma'am. I move that we put this proclamation into the record.

Thank you, sir. Is there a second?

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Any questions or comments about this proclamation? Hearing none, the chair would like to call for the question. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We have some representatives here from our Parks and Rec Board, and you all want to come forward. We want to present the proclamation to you, take a couple of pictures with you, and in getting yourself prepared for that, in case the citizens don't realize this, this is the But the exciting part of city government, because you guys impact and influence every citizen from, what, the newborn to the folks who are way beyond my age. So you have the whole gamut of the community. And we appreciate you all. And the 40-hour work week was never intended for employees of Parks and Rec. We fully understand that. And I hope you all do, too. So let's give them a round of applause before they do that. I brought the management team here, Morgan, Amber, and Yvette,

Really, I manage them, but they manage over 120 part-time staff. And that staff is of all ages, from 15 to 75. And it's always changing and evolving. So they do a great job representing the city and working with their staff. So we appreciate it. And we get to get a nice tan while we're working. You don't have faith in the team, right?

Nope.

Mayor, while you guys are walking up, I want to say a special thanks to you guys for your work over the last three weeks, recovering from the 4th of July festivities and including the 4th of July festivities. It is fitting that July is a proclamation honoring Parks and Rec because you guys put forth an above and beyond and significant extra effort. So on behalf of the community, I want to thank you all.

Thank you. Thank you.

Well, we talk about the number of people that they impact, but we also need to talk about the number of facilities that they operate and manage. It's really amazing how Parks and Rec is such a vital part of our community.

And they're gone. But I was impressed, too. Yes. It's a great. They did a lot of work.

OK. The next item is a zone change recommendation. Hannah Gray, you want to come forward, please? I guess I'll entertain a motion to approve the zone change recommendation, and then we'll let you talk to us about it. Is there a motion to zone change on 115 East Walnut Street?

I'll move to approve the zone change recommendation by the Planning Commission.

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

All right. This one is located at 115 East Walnut Street, and this is a zone change from RM3 to CB. The Danville-Bowell County Planning and Zoning Commission met in a regular meeting on May 27th, 2026 in the Danville City Commission Chambers. Eight members were present to consider the proposed zoning map amendment. Following a public hearing, the Planning Commission voted eight yays and zero nays to recommend approval of the amendment with conditions to the Danville City Commission. And I believe you all have those conditions in front of you. There was two conditions that we approved this zone change contingent to. Landscape buffering, creating a buffer between the existing apartment building and the proposed historic log cabin that will be donated to the Boyle County Fiscal Court. and plat recording, the recording of the plat for Bull Landmark Trust, this day approved, contingent upon City Commission zoning map approval. So this was, eventually there will be a historic log cabin on that, and so right now there's a fence that sits right there, so that's what we discussed, is taking out that fencing, taking out that current vegetation landscaping buffer, putting that log cabin there, and then putting landscaping between the log cabin and the current apartment buildings.

Okay. Any questions or comments? Here and then, all those in favor of... I have a quick one.

Where exactly is this?

It is directly behind the tavern, right behind Constitution Square. Yeah, Grayson Tavern.

Thank you.

I mean, can we get maps in the future? Yes, yeah. Just for visual.

Absolutely, yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

Other questions or comments? Here and then, all those in favor of this resolution,

Mayor, I'm gonna have to recuse myself for item number five as a resident of the adjoining property.

I'm gonna step out.

Will someone come get me afterwards?

Chair, would you entertain a motion for the Zone Change Recommendation of Stoneland LLC?

I'll make a motion to approve the recommendation from P&Z.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second? I second. Thank you, ma'am. Ms. Bray, you want to talk to us about this one?

Yeah. So this one is south of the DCA. right there on Shaker Town Road. And the Danville County Planning and Zoning Commission met in a regular meeting on May 27th, 2026 in the Danville City Commission Chambers. Eight members were present to consider the proposed zoning map amendment. Following a public hearing, the Planning Commission voted eight yays and zero nays to recommend approval. of the amendment with conditions to the Danville City Commission, and those conditions included Brook Cove prohibition, Brook Cove connection to be prohibited, an exception from the Comprehensive Plan's connectivity requirements is justified by the condition of the road, by the narrowness of that road specifically, and an interest in preserving the rock wall on the property. A traffic study was required, and applicants are required to follow all of those recommendations by KYTC. The drainage plan was recommended, or required, a vegetation buffer, and again, a restriction to connect to Brook Cove. Okay.

Any questions or comments?

Again, I'd like to have a map.

Yes, yeah. I don't have one of that. I understand.

Is this the same property we... last year the zone change came through on the property for the subdivision?

Do you know what time last year?

No, it's not. This is a different property. This is the farm just north on the west side of Bergen Road, north of Brook Cove.

Okay. Right before the radio station. Okay.

Sound of the radio station, Northbrook Cove.

I thought it was the same one. I was making sure the restrictions we put in place.

Yeah, sure. No, that was a separate subdivision. I don't remember the name of that one off, but that one is closer to town.

Okay.

Before Streamland. Right. In between Dexter Court and Streamland. Right.

Okay. But that's not this one. Okay. They all run together, I know. Right.

Other questions or comments?

I think this is one, and I don't know whether I don't want to put City Engineer on the spot, but I do think that this is probably an appropriate time for either staff or the commission to at least look at some of the conditions on this particular property that was made. There is a connection prohibition that is noted here as a condition. Test, there we go. I think that is certainly within the purview of the Planning Commission to do that. When they do so, I think you need to obviously look at that or at least have comment from staff as far as how that meshes with our transportation plan, whether that is, I can't remember from that hearing if it was an agreed upon condition or not. However, I do think when there is a deviation from your approved transportation plan, that at least it's a matter that's discussed. So I don't know if Josh would like to speak to that or not, but if you do, now would be the time, sir.

You know, our transportation plan in the comprehensive plan had that road connecting in. I mean, Brook Cove was stubbed there originally for this connection. It's been a long time, so it's kind of grown into place as it is. There's not a good turnaround on Brook Cove, which I think needs to be addressed if this Doesn't, if these two roads do not connect. Our concern is always if we build a new neighborhood that only has one entrance or exit out of it, and that's what we'll be doing here if we restrict this connection. We did ask that, and you can see this on the drawing, we did ask that a road be stubbed out to the north into any future developments. So one day, if the property to the north gets developed, we'll be able to create a second access point into this neighborhood. But for the meantime, this property is being changed now. There will only be one entrance and exit. I think that's kind of... It's not only a connectivity issue from a transportation standpoint, but it's a connectivity issue for public safety. Having two ways in and out of a neighborhood is always a good thing. We do have some concerns with it. When you go out there and you look at it in person, you can see why there's concerns to not do it with the way the grade changes and the old stone fence. It's understandable, but we always have concerns about new neighborhoods with only one entrance and exit. And like I said, I wish Brook Cove had a better, it doesn't have a cul-de-sac or anything, I wish it had a better turnaround. But yeah, those are kind of some of our concerns with not having a connection. I would at least like for there to be, and this is something we talked about in Tech Review and we've discussed before, and I would at least like there to be a pedestrian connection between some of these neighborhoods so that we can continue to progress to the north with pedestrian connectivity to maybe one day get it to the 2168 trail. So that's one thing. It's not showing up as a condition, but it's something that I want to work with the developer on as we get into the construction plan phase of there being more pedestrian connections through the property from south to north to kind of one day create a path all the way from downtown to 2168. So it's kind of something we've talked about in tech review that doesn't show up here, but it's something we're thinking about as well. So if there's not a road connection, we would at least like there to be a

pedestrian connection between the two and again specifically the what happens when you when you don't have good connectivity by joining parcels you increase loading on intersections immediately on a through road which is Bergen Road and and so by not having internal connectivity you're you're increasing traffic movements on those roads specifically which is why it's typically considered good planning to provide connectivity. So I appreciate the sentiment that neighbors sometimes have, but the reality is that is poor planning to not provide connectivity. And so I would have some concern that planning zoning expressed an idea or a concept that we decrease connectivity as a matter of planning practice. right, that's just tended not to be good planning when you don't have that internal connectivity.

And I will say in that motion we made, we did have to be very specific about it going against our comp plan goals and objectives of connectivity, so.

Yeah, it was thoroughly discussed was my point, but I think it's, one manner in which we can improve communication between the bodies are when there are deviations of the plan that they are actually noted and that they're discussed so you have full idea of what is transpiring. But furthermore, I think when it's important for you to say as a body whether or not there are certain deviations that you tolerate or not. So those recommendations are made to you that there be a deviation from your existing transportation plan. That was the well discussed or robustly discussed item at the Planning Commission, but I think you ultimately need to at least review it and say, are we comfortable with that deviation? I'm not saying there are times where it's not appropriate to deviate from it. That's not my point and your decision is irrelevant to me. I think it's merely a point of discussion that you know that has transpired and that you have to take it under consideration whether you think it is of benefit to do so in this particular circumstance or any other circumstance in the future with not only a transportation condition, but any condition for that matter.

I think as staff too, we would probably like a little more guidance on the vegetative buffer. There's a condition that requires a vegetative buffer. We don't have a lot of guidance on that. I think that's really hard for us to implement as staff. We don't have details. Also, what are we buffering? I think we can go back through the discussions in the meeting and figure it out, but there's not a lot of guidance there for us. I think the connectivity to the roads is the same kind of concept of Is it good planning to create isolated pockets, which is what some of these conditions are guiding us towards, isolated pockets. And that's not really what our comprehensive plan is telling us to do as far as building these neighborhoods, more robust, more diverse neighborhoods that have a lot of connectivity and a lot of interaction between them that create a better environment for the neighbors being able to interact. And also, when this becomes if these two neighborhoods feel like one neighborhood, they stay cohesive, right? They don't feel like two separate entities that have separate property values, separate, you know, kind of neighborhoods in general. So I think, I'm not saying that well, but I think this is something that as we kind of go into some of these conditions, we will implement these conditions the best I think the staff can when we look at the construction plans. Yeah, it's kind of creating a kind of a, dividing our neighborhoods apart from each other, which isn't really what our comprehensive plans kind of guided us to do.

you know, ultimately, this is the last thing I'll speak, and I'm speaking in general, not just to this particular zone change, but I think in this community, and this isn't unique just to Danville, Boyle County, but what we're seeing are zone changes that have more and more conditions. And I don't know that that is a healthy thing to do, as a matter of fact, because when we create somewhat subjective standards like must have a vegetation buffer, then what does the enforcement of that look like on the staff perspective? And ultimately, at a zone change level, conditions are often added to address certain concerns that are raised from various interested parties that are in the room and while that may make a vote on the matter easier it may not equal good planning but it is meant to address concerns that are raised in the room I think that's probably a fair assessment of why conditions are implemented However, ultimately, the Planning Commission is charged with making the determination, is the requested zone appropriate? I would say on its face, without having a list of five or six items that might make it more palatable for a few people in the room. I think it's something for us to be conscious of going forward, and I think a communication from this body to planning and zoning on your expectation for conditions or the lack thereof or what type of conditions you'll find acceptable is an important conversation to have. Because if they know that you do not like to entertain conditions on certain matters, well, then you should make that known. And again, I'm not saying that in this particular case. I'm saying it's something to be thoughtful of and mindful of going forward on all matters because we're seeing more and more conditions with each zone change recommendation.

Questions or comments?

I mean, hearing that, I mean, I would like, when there's a deviation from something, I would like that to be pointed out. Okay. That would help me.

From the goals and objectives? Right. Okay.

You know, if there's something that we're deviating from, I think that would be helpful to me. And again, I think a map, I understand you know that, but it's like the vegetation buffer. Where is it going to be? All the things. Where are they going to be? So for me to be able to vote on something, I think I need to see that. Yeah. That's just me.

And to kind of piggyback off that as well, I think one of our discussions during this was kind of what you said is, is it relevant, you know, when it starts developing? And so, yeah, I will make sure that information is. Thank you.

So the limestone, the brick wall, it's on the north end of Brook Cove. Separate these two properties. Okay.

Yes, there's an old stone fence that runs along the north side of that area of Streamland and along the end of Brook Cove. And like I said, the other interesting thing about Brook Cove is that it kind of dead ends into a hillside. So there's a grade change up onto this property, which is the thing I've kind of noticed that was one of the things going through my head when I was looking at it. There's actually a significant grade change here, too. But yeah, that stone wall, there's several stone walls on this property, and they're shown on the maps. That was part of the discussion, is try to develop this in a way that protects those to the best of their ability. They don't design a road right down where one of the fences are, that kind of consideration.

I believe that's where the vegetation buffer came from when discussing potentially the pedestrian walkway, maybe buffering between that.

Yeah, we've thrown around ideas about, you know, pedestrian walkway around the edges or, you know, some way to, because I think that's part of the connectivity, too. I think there's two parts of the connectivity. One, you know, and I've kind of expressed this a better way, is if someone lives in Brookhove and they want to go to one of these new commercial businesses that's going to be in this development at the front, they'll now have to drive out onto Checkertown Road, make two dangerous left turns, to get back into this commercial area if they connected the street into it. But if we at least provide pedestrian connectivity, they could at least walk. you know, they could walk over there. So I think that's something we just have to think about holistically as we put this together, like how do we make this a functioning kind of neighborhood, considering all the parts of it, Brook Cove, Streamland, the new development, even Colonial Heights across the street. How does this impact it and make it part of this neighborhood? So I think we've got to look at all that together.

And drainage is on there, but drainage is an issue.

Yes.

Especially on that side of town. You've got to be careful.

The good thing about this project, and I'll say this from, you know, when I first looked at this project and this property in general, the front part of it drains directly to Spears Creek and heads downstream out of town. So that's, it should have a pretty minimal impact. I think we need to make sure that the culvert under Shaker Town Road isn't, you know, it's already have an issue, you know, it already gets inundated now. We don't want to contribute to that anymore. And when I say the culvert under Shaker Town, I'm talking about the one that's north of Brick Cove. So not the main one that over, that gets inundated now at Spring Hill, downstream two more culverts as it wraps under Checkertown Road. The back part drains into this weird area of Streamland where the property kind of comes together at a point and there's the backyards of two different kind of cul-de-sacs meet there. We have drainage issues there now with water coming off of this farm. So I think this gives us an opportunity to address those through this project. We can kind of redirect this flow off of this farm into a detention basin because they'll be required to do those anyway. And we can kind of hopefully address some of those issues. So I think this is actually an opportunity for us to address some kind of long-term issues in Streamland. I mean, Earl's been dealing with that back there in the back part of Streamland for a long time, for decades. So I think this, we actually have, we can use this as an opportunity to make improvements. So I'm kind of excited about that if this, when it gets built. Yeah.

But I think the beginning of the discussion was that Brook Cove is one way in and one way out, and then we're creating another one on the same end of town. Very much adjacent to this, it's going to have one way in and one way out as well.

I would have recommended to defer to the traffic study so that if the transportation cabinet and the traffic study indicated connection is necessary, then I wouldn't necessarily prohibit that per se, but that would have been my recommendation to the Plain Zone Commission is defer to the traffic study results.

And I believe in that condition, that is what we established as well. So in that KYTC, I think the motion was very explicit and we will take those recommendations and make sure that they are actually implemented.

I struggle with justifying the condition of the road as just being narrow because the road itself was meeting subdivision regulations within planning and zoning for a connector road, which is why it stubs out to the property. So then to say that our subdivision regulations aren't qualified seems a little bit misjudged, in my opinion, and probably... you know, I would struggle.

And as we've discussed before, narrow's a good thing. Narrow keeps speeds down. So if you're gonna, you know, if you have connectivity, the road being a little bit narrow is a good thing because if people are gonna use it, they're gonna have to go a lower speed. So they're not gonna use it as a high-speed cut-through They're going to, okay, if I don't have other options and this is my best way, I'm going to go this way, but I'm going to have to go slow because I know I'm in, it feels like a neighborhood street that I need to go slow on. So narrow is actually a good thing when it comes to some of these connectivity discussions. I think that, you know, we don't, that's a traffic, we've talked about this before with traffic studies. Traffic studies are always going to recommend bigger, faster, and that's not always a good thing. when we talk about our neighborhood streets. We want to go smaller and slower, make them a little bit uncomfortable to drive on because that's what makes them safer, especially when you're talking about people walking and children being out playing in the yards and those kind of things you want narrow and slow. So I think that's another part of it. It meets our current standards. It's a 20-foot wide road. It meets our current neighborhood street standards.

Other questions or comments? We have a motion and a second to approve this recommendation. We had a lot of discussion. So is there someone who wants to call for the question on this motion? Are you seeing your motion?

I would like to have, and I don't want to stall the process, but I would like to have a map so I can see it and understand it better prior to voting for it. And I don't know on the actual land if there's a way to do a second exit. from another side of the subdivision. Again, I don't know.

Yeah, there will be the potential to go to, if it develops to the north, and we can have the maps at the first reading. We can have those available at the first reading, I would think.

Right, I was going to say, we can still, today you're just accepting a recommendation in general, and I just prepare the ordinance moving forward. if you're, I mean, we're talking about a nitpicky part of it, and are really kind of just talking about some planning zoning conversations in general on this matter, but I would recommend to you, if you're inclined to proceed, that we draft the ordinance, accepting the recommendation, and in our next meeting packet also include the maps that we have, and so that way we can keep the ball rolling on this current timeline, and also maybe allow some discussions to transpire about the connectivity. it's my memory from that hearing that the developer was amenable to whatever the Planning Commission recommended. I don't think it was something that they really wanted something or didn't really want something. And again, this is why my preference and I think the preference of the city is to not have those types of discussions which feel very much like site plan meetings at the zone change level. And I think ultimately that's what our preference is that we move away from in the zone change hearing. But I think at some point you as a body are going to have to direct the commission, the planning commission to that regard. The law didn't never contemplated having site plan review at a zone change hearing. And that is really where we have transpired through no fault of staff. It's very hard in a room full of your peers and volunteer board members to not look at their neighbors and want to hear their comments. Staff has done a masterful job, in my opinion, of trying to steer the conversation into the narrow channel that it needs to be, but that is an often tough battle or swimming upstream kind of the whole time in those types of hearings. So we know that, but I think it's helpful if you can instruct the commission that you have an expectation that those hearings won't become site plans reviews, which in my opinion, have become that.

Okay.

And I'll make sure I have the full meeting materials as well next time. Yeah.

Okay, with all of this said, I call for the question. And all those in favor of the recommendation of Stoneland LCC, the zone change recommendation be approved. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. The next meeting, we'll do it with all of them again. Okay.

Next item is zone change. Somebody want to get our compadre?

Oh, no, he's out there. He's out there. He's rocking with the cupcakes, right?

They're good. I'm trying to forget you. All right.

Okay. Next item is Zone Change Recommendation on the Chin Property, U.S. 127. Chair, we entertain a motion to accept the Zone Change Recommendation.

So moved. I'll make a motion.

Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, sir. Ms. Gray, you want to give us some

The Danville-Boyle County Planning and Zoning Commission met in a regular meeting on May 27, 2026 and June 24, 2026 in the Danville City Commission Chambers. Eight members were present to consider the proposed zoning map amendment. Following a public hearing, the Planning Commission voted five yays and three nays to recommend approval of the amendment with conditions to the Danville City Commission. And so this is a 133.85 acre parcel of land along US Highway 127 directly behind Walmart. And this zone change will be changed from AG to highway business, office professional, general business, and multifamily RM2 and RM3. The conditions that are listed with this zone change include the GB parcel restriction. The GB general business zoned parcel shall be restricted to clubhouse operations. The RM3 parcel restriction, the RM3 parcel shall be restricted to single level quadplexes or single family dwellings. A traffic study is conditioned upon completion, or approval is conditioned upon completion of a KYTC traffic study and the applicant shall implement all recommended infrastructure improvements. Agriculture border requirement, the applicant shall install a border sufficient to protect adjacent farms, including a barrier adequate to prevent dogs from entering those properties, and a lighting standard. All lighting shall be down lighting.

Thank you, ma'am. Questions or comments?

I guess my one, yeah, again, the same question. One question is, it says it meets our comp, In the flume, everything meets. And I know that you may not be able to answer that. The three that voted against it, who were they and were there reasons for that?

If it meets our... Well, I don't know that we should surmise. I mean, I think the minutes speak for themselves. And I don't know that we should maybe say... what their reasoning reasons were. You can speak to that if you want to. I don't know if they're in the minutes. I don't remember offhand. But I think, I mean, they're noted who voted against it. In general, I believe there were some just kinda offhanded comments while they, there were concerns about, they thought, somebody said they didn't like additional traffic in that area. Maybe, and somebody said they, somebody made some comment about stars not being able to be seen.

I guess, I mean, my thoughts are we're told to follow the guideline and recommendations. And if it fits, it fits. And we should move forward unless we have reasons to go otherwise. That was just my question. I saw one say it didn't fit the comp plan they didn't believe.

Yes.

So I'm assuming they voted no.

I believe that was one of the commissioner's reasons. That was just my question.

Yeah.

And that was a discussion of if the GB fit the flume, the GB parcel specifically because that was the biggest discussion about the general business because that was why they wanted it to be general business, to be a clubhouse operation and not, that's why there's that restriction on there. And I think that was the biggest discussion is the GB wasn't planned for that area, so does it still fit the flume if it's not exactly? So that was the discussion. Does it meet the spirit of a flume? Is it going in the right direction? Is this the vision that we wanted to implement there regardless of what we thought would be there?

So I think there was in a discussion of how to interpret the flume always In that I would say that was a robust healthy discussion as well on that particular matter and I can't remember if it was Hannah or Council who noted, I think it was Hannah who'd said, and she's right, that the flume is not meant, was never intended to be and shouldn't be used as a straitjacket. That was you. Okay. It was a great line. I like that. Thank you. It's meant to be a snapshot in time of what a group, a committee that's then adoptive thinks is going to be best for the next five years. It's not supposed to be a jail cell or a straitjacket, but it is intended to be a guide. And the law is clear is but one part of the comp plan. It is irresponsible for the commission to vote solely based on the flume without equal regard to the comprehensive plan in its entirety. That is ab initio the way the law is intended to be. What was that word? On its face. Thank you. The way the law is supposed to be. Center Eastern. Right here. And I know we're talking about some kind of 10,000-foot view planning zoning issues today, but I think these are healthy conversations that are necessary because if there are no votes, there should be justifications of why it doesn't meet the comp plan and not a subjective reason for it, but one that is rooted in the text of the comp plan. Right. So we shouldn't hide behind the flume and we shouldn't also use it as a sword. It should be one tool of many involved in a comprehensive review of zone change materials. So we had some of that in this hearing, but those are gonna be a part of all those types of process. But it's a good question because it kind of looks at the root of that problem, which is the zone change process is something that is a high-level process that should be a flyover with serious consideration, but rooted in the comp plan in total, not just the flow. There's no justification under the law for flume amendments. That is a made up process that is not healthy for communities and one that we have worked hard to try to get away from as saying it's unnecessary. And it also makes developers or future development make you fight twice on something that's completely unhealthy. But your point's well taken.

And we actually have gotten rid of that flim amendment application in process altogether. I applaud you for that.

Other questions or comments on this?

Steven, I don't know if this is a good... We discussed this early on with the developer, and I think they're on board with this. If you saw their conceptual plan, you would see this in there. But we really need to make sure Popowell Lane is upgraded. As part of this development, I don't know, Stephen, can that be added as a condition through our process or how should we handle that?

I think it's site plan review because it is shown on the transportation plan being connectivity. So I think you have complete authority. And it's shown in their conceptual plan.

Right.

If that's good, if that's sufficient, I think we're good. I don't think that has to be a stated condition in order to, as a contingency for zone change approval.

All of that traditionally is inside of the site plan process, for sure.

Hannah, I was able to go to the first meeting. It was good to hear from the residents. And I really just wanted to tell you, I appreciate the planning commission taking a month to drive out there, really study it, and then come up with an approval with conditions. So well done. Thank you.

Other comments, suggestions? Hearing none, then the chair would call for the question. All those in favor of accepting this change recommendation on the Chen property, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed? Thank you all. The motion carries. Thank you, ma'am. Next is Resolution 2026-07-1301, Green Central Agreement. Brandon? Brandon? Oh, there he is. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Mayor and Commissioners. In your agenda package, you should see terms proposed by RingCentral. RingCentral is a VoIP provider used for telephone communications. The city currently utilizes a third party hosted RingCentral platform. This has actively been deployed across all the sub-locations across the city. During our implementation here at City Hall, we identified several issues with that provider. By going with RingCentral directly, this will provide enhanced functionality and greater administrative control over the system and its users, while delivering a more defined support structure. In addition to these improvements, the revised terms also deliver a significant cost benefit Under our current agreement, we incur an annual cost of $45,840. The proposed terms will reduce this to $36,990, representing a savings of $8,850 annually across all of the participating departments. Given the combination of expanded functionality, improved support, and cost reduction, I'm asking for the approval of these terms as presented.

Thank you, sir.

I will make a motion that we approve Resolution 202607-1301. Thank you, sir.

Is there a second? Second. Thank you, ma'am. Any questions or comments to Brandon?

I like saving money.

Saving money. That's a good thing. And more efficiency, right? Yeah. All right. All those in favor of Resolution 202607-1301 say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, sir. Thanks. You got off real easy. Next item is second reading of ordinance 2070. This is the year 27 compensation classification plan. Madam Clerk, do you want to read that for us?

Yes. This is the second reading of ordinance number 2070, an ordinance amending CDO 296 pertaining to the classification plan, compensation plan, and policies and procedures for city personnel.

Should we do that again? We couldn't hear your prayer. Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve the second reading of ordinance 2070.

Is there a second?

I'll second.

Thank you, ladies. Mr. Boyd, you want to make a brief comment?

Just that I think staff discussed it during the budget process and at the last meeting that this is all aligned with the compensation proposal for the Cully increase for full-time personnel. Thank you, sir.

Madam Clerk, you ready? Roll call vote.

Commissioner Cottle?

Yes.

Commissioner Peek? Yes. Mayor Atkins?

Yes, ma'am.

Commissioner Holland? Yes. Commissioner Sayers? Yes.

Thank you all. Next item is Resolution 2026-07-1302, KRWA Apprenticeship Agreement. Is there a motion to accept Resolution 2026 or to reject Resolution 2026-07-1302? I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-07-1302. Thank you, ma'am. Is there a second? Thank you, ma'am.

Mr. Board, brief comments? Yes, Mayor. Just a couple of updates for the commission and the general public. This apprenticeship program, we entered into this in 2023 as part of our succession plan with preparing for future water operator development based on retirements. We've talked about the critical nature of water utility operators, not only at the local level with Danville, but at the critical state with State of Kentucky, we currently have three apprentices that are in the program, and I'm happy to say that the program's going well, and it has been fast-tracked to really get new, higher, what we call trainees, from no licensing to a class three license within 18 months. That's both on water and wastewater, so I think it's positioned us well to close that gap whenever we do see those key retirements of experienced operators.

Thank you, sir. Randy, how do you go about, how did we pick who's the apprentices?

So it's basically, the hiring process is the same. So whenever we go through and we have a full-time job, we go through the hiring process by committee. When we extend the job offer to the trainee, this is, the apprenticeship participation is part of the conditional job offer. It's part of their terms and conditions. And so when they get When they are hired, they sign an apprenticeship program. So what that means is they go through 4,000 hours of on-the-job training. We assign them a mentor to handle that, which typically is your superintendent at whatever sector or water that they're working in. And then they have 244 hours of classroom instruction. So it becomes a condition of the job that they have to complete that apprenticeship program. So we have it lined out and set those expectations up front. But as far as the hiring process, it's all the same. It's only added whenever we extend the job offer when we make that offer to the candidate.

Okay.

Thank you.

And I assume when you finish the training, move up in status and move up in pay.

They do. Now, they do have to take the exam and pass the exam. We don't necessarily set requirements on them passing the first time because there are difficult exams. The one thing I like about the apprenticeship program, it's not only education on the material, but it's teaching them test-taking skills and helping overcome test-taking anxiety, etc., But to answer your question, Mary, yes, we have a different grade for every water operator from trainee to class four. And so what the city does is it has that career map laid out. And so those individual paths are created for them when they're starting with city. But our job is to educate the trainees when they're coming in about the expectations. Typically, we talk about that during the interview and explain all that in detail to them. But the career path is there, and I think, like I said, we have three trainees in there right now. I know two are getting ready, started in January, and they're eligible to take their class two license, I think, this fall. And also, we are looking at submitting additional prior relevant work experience where the Division of Water would give them up to six months credit. So that also helps fast track their license. So what I mean by that is someone comes in and say, water distribution, they have a heavy equipment experience, maybe they work for a contractor, installing lines, they can get up to six months credit already off the bat to their class one. But there is still work, the apprentices still have to do the work. We've laid it out. We have accountability to hold them accountable to do the work, but it is to their benefit and it's to the city's benefit.

Pretty neat.

I started to say a long time ago, it took Earl knows what, how many years to get your license 10 years to be in the job, so that's a huge benefit for the city.

It is, and I'll say there's still a lot of things that are trying to, I know I'm part of the CAFR group, which is Kentucky Public HR. They have a seat on the KLC board. That's one of our lobbying items is to try to continue to put education towards operators, KLC, I know is working on it, because it is, if you look at their legislative agendas every year, that's always in that discussion. I don't know where it goes over the long term with the General Assembly, but it is something that is continuing to be pushed to put more into water, just like you do. Because it is public safety, right? Even though they're non-hazardous by definition, they are still public safety positions. And I don't think that can be lost in this conversation either.

Thank you, sir. Any other questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of Resolution 2026-07-1302, say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Board. Next item is Resolution 2026-07-1303, CoStar Contract.

Mr. Crossfield. I thought we were leaving this until the last item, weren't we? Well, okay.

You're so mean to me.

Good evening, we have, CoStar is a company that we have actually made connection with through ICSC and our membership in that group. And what they do is basically provide you this all-encompassing collection of data on commercial real estate in our community. So that helps us guide potential businesses, it also helps us with educating property owners on values and opportunities in their property they also have global connections with tenants so potential new businesses that might relocate here and they gather information that determines whether that business is downsizing or growing or willing to relocate and gives you access contact information and good way to track business development outside of your community so that you know who to target to bring into your community so this contract that we have here would be for three years it will provide us with two users so this is a platform that we would go online have an account and be able to look up real-time data about market trends and things that would affect our businesses here The cost is $602 a month with the discount that they're offering because we're great friends. And that would be for three years and that would be for two users. So hopefully I would be one of those users. And Earl would also have access to that or anybody else that needed it to collect that information.

It helps, too, so you really know just about every layer with your local economy, from your industrial users, your industrial ownerships, your... Yeah, I have a packet here.

This is kind of a broad overview of what CoStar does. It isn't necessarily, in the contract or what's in your packet, does describe a little bit better about what was discussed specifically for Danville, but this packet gives you kind of an overview of what they do on all levels,

Is this, I'm just curious, is this something you found that other cities do in your travels to like Las Vegas and points west and east?

So this is akin to AutoCAD. So in the same way Josh uses AutoCAD and Marshall in the engineering space, This is software for community development space. So as we get a call from someone that is interested in relocating their business to Danville, this gives Melanie immediate access to tools to help guide, help advise, help be the liaison that the position necessitates. And so we're energized that we actually found it. It is something that's not uncommon for folks to do.

Sorry, I don't mean to interrupt you, but it is relatively just this month-to-month user access. You'll be able to talk to other people who can provide this type of data, but it's really expensive. So to be able to kind of have just that user level and be able to have someone that we can communicate regularly about analyzing the data that we're seeing and how we can use it on a case-by-case basis for... uh local property owners so someone that's interested in knowing like what is the potential here what can i do with this property if somebody comes to them and you know sometimes we fear that those people might be predatory and so do our our our property owners our local property owners aware of the value and potential in their location

I think it's a great idea. I was curious if somebody had recommended this particular company or you just scouted them out.

We met them through ICSE. Some other cities that we work with, they do kind of spring for those higher level data packages. But I think where we're at right now, this is a great way to learn a lot about our community and learn about the potential tenants, that would work here.

Yeah, you can walk into the environment. And what my analogy with AutoCAD is, at the price point, it's very similar to a seat. And each individual user is about $3,500. And so that's about what you're going to get for AutoCAD or one of the other major software platforms.

This is probably a very simple explanation, but after looking at the, doing a little demo with the software, it's as simple as saying like, hey, you meet a potential investor or developer at a show and they say, I have relationships with X, Y, and Z companies. you know, why should I come to Danville? Or how close is the other X, Y, and Z from me? You could pull up on an iPad, zone in on a particular business, and they can tell you dimensionally how close the next X, Y, or Z store is from Danville, and why that might be a good fit. You can pull up population data, You can also pull up contacts for particular businesses and find who you need to talk to about that discussion. It is a robust and powerful thing for economic development. And I think it sets you apart by being able to answer questions on the spot by merely having them on a tablet, which other communities would then have to go research and come back to you. But with this, Melanie wouldn't have to do that.

So the weeks of digging for those building permits from all the surrounding counties that we did prior to the Vegas, we wouldn't necessarily have to do that. We could have the information in front of us when those questions are asked. That's a great point.

That would be great. Are you going to give us a demo when it's up and running and stuff?

Yeah, yeah. I think it would be cool. We can test it out. Like I said, this has just some broad data. You can look it up online, too. Mm-hmm. We'll definitely show off what we can do with it once I learn how to use all the features. Okay.

Is there a motion? Oh, we didn't have one? Yes, we did.

There we are.

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-07-1303. Thank you, ma'am.

Is there a second? Second. Thank you, sir. Any other questions, comments?

Okay, thank you.

Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, ma'am. Next item is 7-1304. Mr. Calfee?

Thank you, Mayor, Commissioners. We have two things that have been ongoing for a while. The next two items on the agenda address comprehensively the indoor recreation and aquatics. Where we're at now, based on the work over the last three or four or five months, is you have Resolution 2607-1304, with the Brant Sarah Carroll that authorizes an evaluation into the economics of an expansion of the Wellness Center. It would help you understand in partnership with the hospital what the revenue for an expanded facility would be, and what the design point for that facility would be in terms of square footage, in terms of capacity. And so from that, you would actually have the tools necessary to negotiate what the Operations agreement might be. And so this is really we talked about going through the conceptual phase that that has happened after that conceptual phase. We met with the hospital with with Commissioner Peak was there. Um and and the collective recommendation from the hospital administration and myself and will allow Commissioner Peek to speak for herself, but with me, was let's proceed into the next phase, which is a continued evaluation of a pro forma for the indoor recreation center as a partnership between the hospital and the city. Now that does not currently include the county, so right now we are comfortable with going through the process of developing the pro forma and the operations agreement, and once the joint committee for capital construction with Parks and Rec is well established, if the city commission wants us to, we can take it back to that group and talk to what role, if any, the county wants to play in that partnership, if that's what you all choose to do by way of proceeding.

Okay.

It is a shared expense intended to be 50-50 between the city and the hospital. The total cost is $30,000 for the stays. It's $15,000 each.

Okay. Is there a motion?

I'll move to approve Resolution 20-26-07-1304. Second.

Any other questions or comments? Beat you to it, Ed. Any other comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of 07-1304, say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed? Motion carries. Thank you all. Next one is Resolution 07-1305, Branstad or Carroll Aquatic Center Feasibility. Kofi?

As you recall, we have two options that are leading currently for the aquatics. So if the indoor wreck can be solved at the Wellness Center facility in a partnership way, then the two logical locations to replace the Bunny Davis Center pool is the area at Millennium Park between the pickleball installation and the skate park. So to assess that location for capacity, number of users, therefore revenue and operating expenses at that location. Also combine that with the option of maybe doing something at the fairgrounds also. So you wanna compare both of those in terms of what revenue would be generated from a facility at a certain design capacity and then what would the operating expenses be for that facility at those two locations. and continue to develop that concept. We will take this to the Parks and Rec Committee because this is at Millennium Park as an option and therefore it is a 50-50 partnership with the county projected. So we would like to have this conversation with that committee and certainly want the county's input in that design process. as that plays out. So that would be the next step. If you all authorize the work to continue, then we would take it to that rec committee to see if the county's interested in participating at this point. If they are not, we would advise that we would like to proceed at the full amount and get through this pro forma so that we know really the nuts and bolts of what a pool will cost us at that location. The primary thing is understanding what the load will be on the pool. Understand how many users we would expect to see at that location and really understand the things that drive cost associated with it. That's what this does for us and that's where we're at in the design process. Be good to know, yeah.

Is there a motion for approval of Resolution 0713?

Move that one, yes. So moved.

Second. Second. You didn't say they're gonna study Millennium Park as well as the fairgrounds?

So we wanna make sure we have two options. We wanna make sure we're talking about two different things just so you can continue to so you don't have to drop back and go back to something different in the future. I just wanna make sure I heard it right.

Other questions or comments? Well, when are we gonna just make it one?

One big facility?

Yeah, all Millennium Park.

Well, it depends on if the hospital, how the wellness center program goes.

No, the fairgrounds and Millennium all run.

Through this process, it could play out that way, yes.

Right, right, okay. Throwing that out there.

Well, other questions or comments?

It's also wonderful to see us at this stage finally. So well done staff and Earl working on partnerships. And I'm so glad to be working with the county on this as well. Thanks.

Other comments? Hearing none, all those in favor of 07-1305 say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Okay. Next item is a city manager report.

Thank you, Mayor, Commissioners. It has been a little bit, and it has been a busy three weeks. I want to absolutely thank all the city staff, the police, the fire, Public Works, Parks and Rec, everybody that was involved with all the effort that went on. We had a tremendous 250th celebration that culminated in fireworks that we have received a lot of positive comments on. The concert Friday night was terrific. The event Saturday morning, if you didn't have a chance to participate in the veterans event, that was downtown. That was really significant as well. We had the traveling wall. It was what we considered well attended. And all the events as it played out that day. Of course, Brass Band was before that and since the last commission meeting. So we didn't add a lot to the city manager report just strictly because we'd been The city as an organization had been busy. And so we would like to say, though, that tomorrow night will be the last civic engagement local governance series at 6 p.m. at Michael Smith Park. We'll be celebrating Parks and Recreation. And so we'll have some hot dogs and hamburgers there. And we'd like also to point out that the Pioneer Playhouse, the Iron Baby Angel play, is still ongoing through the 18th of July. So we'd encourage you to go see that and it is a terrific opportunity. That's really all we would add for tonight other than I roll up and I see garbage. We're still dealing with the garbage communication and I know there's a lot of comments and folks are worried about the recycling and that's correct. And so as we continue to go through that transition, we will continue to try to communicate with those folks that reach out.

Any questions for the city manager?

Earl, do you think it would be beneficial to have Ms. Muncie out to go over all that again? What can be recycled and what can't?

We absolutely should, and we will do that. We will invite her to a commission meeting, and we'll go through that process.

Yes, sir. And I know that the Republicans As far as changing out cans, they're going as fast as they can. I mean, I get that. Just, you know, people are anxious.

Yeah, and what we're discovering is that, you know, we... we're, they're taking phone calls and emails from folks and they're, we had a little hiccup about how they were applying to folks. We think we have that figured out. We think we're, they're doing, we think they're doing a better job at that. But a lot of folks were really misunderstood what they were paying for prior to us making these changes. So it's been kind of an education of what you were doing and now the education of what you're going to do. So it's like, it's, we've, we've talked about, we talked about this last week, uh, downstairs it's like we're this is gonna be the next couple of months gonna be a lot of growing pains but we're gonna come out the other side of this a lot in a lot better shape just how we how we do things but also the public is gonna be much more aware of what they're paying for and what services they're getting after we get through this kind of couple of months here I think July you know they're gonna be picking up cans throughout July recycling cans and we have a lot of people that are turning in extra containers now because they didn't real they still did not realize they were paying for extra containers that they don't want So Republic is going to be picking up thousands of containers. There were over 7,000 recycling containers out in our community. We don't know what the number is going to land out of people that are opting in, but I'm assuming it's going to be a lot less than that. So I think there's going to be thousands of containers collected. So it's going to take a little bit of time. But like we keep talking downstairs, I try to be encouraging. Six months from now, we're going to look back and be like, this is the best thing we ever did. This is going to take a few months here. A lot of education, people are still kind of learning one at a time. We put out a lot of stuff online, but it's still kind of one phone call at a time. Jenna deals with it up here in the city manager's office. One phone call at a time, we're kind of having to re-educate everyone about how we do our solid waste collection.

I hadn't thought about that. People didn't really know what they were paying for before, so.

It was kind of hitting on their water bill, which is another, I think it's kind of a benefit we're seeing of this, we didn't even think about, is that where we had those, you know, folks just had, they just had a line item on their water bill and they were just paying, it was buried in a, you know, usually a bill, for a lot of folks it's over $100, so they weren't really, you know, any kind of changes that were happening to it, they weren't, They just weren't paying attention to it. But now that we're kind of calling it out, they're more aware, which I think at the end of the day is a good thing, that folks are truly aware of the extra stuff that they're paying for if they're paying for anything extra. So I think this is going to be great.

Can you do a refresher? Sorry. Can you do a refresher just to say, if I have a can and I want it picked up, do I put it out with my trash or...?

So what we've been told by Republic is that if you have a recycling container that you're wanting to turn in, you haven't called and you have not opted in for recycling collection, you set it out on what has traditionally been your recycling day, and they will pick it up. But they have not guaranteed us they will actually pick them up on that day because what they're realizing is they cannot pick them all up on one day. But what they have told us is just leave them out. Okay. We don't really love that because I've noticed some of my neighborhoods sitting out for a few days, a week now. So we're trying to encourage them, hey, is there something? Now, folks can call them and schedule a date for them to come pick up their recycling container. But like I said, if that's 5,000 people, that's probably not a reasonable process for each to schedule one at a time. I think it's better if people just keep setting them out on the recycling day. And I guess they just want them to leave them out, is what they've told us so far. We're yet to see that kind of like a rapid collection of containers. They're going to have to do this a lot faster than I think they even anticipated. So, yeah, that's what we've been told as of this point. But we kind of check with them every few days of like, is this still the way we're doing things? Because it's hard. People don't like doing that. They do not like leaving their container out at the road for days at a time. But, you know, we at my house, we opted in. I sent my recycling out last week on our regular day, it got emptied, and they left the container, which I was happy to see, so we rolled our back, and we'll just keep rolling it out every two weeks. So, you know, worked in our situation where we opted in, we're kind of seeing if it works for folks that opted out, if they can get all these containers picked up.

Okay.

It was just amazing to me the number of folks who stopped me and said they didn't understand why we were going to charge for the recycling now since they've been free all these years. I know. It was like that. I said, wait a minute, you've been paying for trash and recycling from day one, right? It's weird, yeah. But I'm like, Josh, I think it's working well for the... Yeah.

And to Republic's credit, I'm sorry, go ahead.

No, you're right.

I was just going to say, to Republic's credit, I think I emailed them on a Friday, hit that email address that's on our webpage, and they got back with me on Monday. My can's still sitting there, but they did acknowledge the fact that they were going to pick it up. So, yeah.

And I think we want to reiterate to folks, do not call the 1-800 number. They've traditionally had us call. All our stuff we put on the website and Facebook lately about this change, there's a phone number specifically for this kind of change we've made here. Make sure you call that number because if you call the 1-800 number, they're not going to know. you're talking about so you got to call that and we've been we've been there's someone at Republic with a cell phone with that number that here locally that answers those calls and I feel really bad for her some days because I think she's taking a lot of calls but that's she's there to answer those calls they leave a voicemail she'll call you back but yeah definitely make sure you call that number not the 1-800 number because they won't they won't know what to do

Next item is here to public. At this point in our meeting, we allow public to be recognized and to speak to us about items not on the agenda. Mr. Phillips, do you want to speak to us? Thank you for your patience. Locust, locust, yeah, locust.

I got pictures from this weekend.

My name's James Phillips. And I came to talk about the rain on the road in my neighborhood where my daughter lives. It's flooding every time it rains. I put a brand new air conditioning, new flooring in my house there. And this is getting in my house. It's backing up through the sewer system. I mean, I've Spoke before, blowing the daggone sewer tops off the daggone things. What was that street again, sir? Name of the street again? Locust Street. Locust, okay. Yes, sir. I got, I mean, I should have printed them off. I didn't have time. I had a little bit of something I had to get done today before I got the pictures done. But I'm printing some pictures off or sending them to Josh to show him what the water looks like there. It's in front of this one house, and I know that the drain runs through that person's property, either under the house or through the side of the house. But again, I didn't bring the picture of it. It's growed up. It's got weeds almost to the top of it, growed around it. Cat poop, snake poop, rat poop, whatever kind of poop you can think of, they throw it in the front yard. They dump out there. They've got snakes, cats, and about six frigging dogs in the house. They dumped the, I mean, I'm sure it's cat poop, because it's got the crud in it, but I found piles of it in their front yard there.

Have you asked Coles about that? Huh? Have you talked to Coles about that?

Well, I thought. Is that who I need to speak with?

I'm just throwing stuff out. We're taking notes. We'll talk with the chief back there and we'll figure out what's going on. I can't comment on it just right now.

I understand that. I'm just pointing out the fact that I walked out there and that crap's laying in the yard there and I've seen them and it's dumped in a pile because it's all in a pile. Most of that driveway is mine anyway. So anyway, I'm getting a little bit tired of phoning with them.

Yeah, I'm sure. Appreciate it.

And let's see, the zone change on this 127. Jesus Christ, anybody drive up and down 27? I'm sure y'all do. Y'all see the traffic? You see what caused? The traffic is caused when they put up the little fruit stands there. what the kind of traffic and the accidents that just about happened. You know, they have had a few accidents. It might be something to think about on the, putting the businesses out there. We got enough to be like. Okay. Anyway, appreciate you listening to me.

It's all griping, but anyway. We don't go into that. You're always welcome to come and let us know.

If you don't gripe, you're not going to get no point across, are you?

You don't speak up? I'm pretty good at speaking up. I've been here a long time. You're not griping. I've heard some people gripe.

I'd just like for something to get done. I know we can do something. We spent a lot of money on other things. I mean, we spent $67,000 looking at water down on the end of Main Street. We're talking about a problem out on Bergen Road now. We're trying to add to it, you know, water problems in Streamland and all that. So I like, you know, we've got water issues. Yes.

Thank you all. Thank you, sir. Next on our agenda is Commissioner updates and comments. Everybody going to pass on this one? No, go ahead.

I just want to say, I don't even know. I mean, you've said thank you to the staff. I just want to say that again. I mean, so much is going on in our community, and I don't know how they keep up with all that they do. So I appreciate what they do. It's just a lot. good things all the good things so thank you and like you said if you haven't seen the iron baby angel go see it it's interesting it was it's a good and i told the commissioners in the office and there was the people that choose to come to danville just to visit it's interesting at that they had a girls weekend and they chose danville and they wanted to come see the things here and i thought they could have went anywhere so it was pretty neat

They knew they was gonna get in the set with you, Commissioner. That's it, I'm sure.

Absolutely not.

You represented the town well. Other comments?

And just to add, Iron Baby Angel has a lot of local talent, so you will see some familiar faces as well. And I really like how Public Works repurposed the planters at the 4th Street lot. Looks amazing. So good.

Have to buy me lunch down there, don't you? Other comments?

OK, let's move along then.

Payment of bills. Chair would entertain a motion to pay the bills as presented. So moved. Thank you, ma'am. If you want to just indict, someone else make a second. Second. Thank you, sir. Any questions or comments about the bills? Are you going to read the amount?

I don't want to read the amount, but I can. I'm sure Lee likes it in there. Read the amount. $1,890,841.28, or $641.

Should we repeat that, please?

No.

Thank you, ma'am. Other comments about the bills? Hearing none, all those in favor of paying our bills as presented, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. All right. Second reading of Ordinance No. 2071, our fiscal year 26 budget amendment. Chair, entertain a motion?

I'll move to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2071.

You see little Ashley Jr. looking at me? Oh, you want to read the second reading there, ma'am?

Yes. This is the second reading of Ordinance 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.

Would you repeat that again, please? Any questions or comments about the second reading? We do have a motion? We do?

Not a second. We don't have a second. We need a second. Who made the motion? I made the motion.

I so.

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. I went too fast. I'm sorry. All right. Hearing no other comments or questions, then Madam Clerk, roll call vote, please.

Commissioner Peek. Yes. Mayor Atkins. Yes, ma'am. Commissioner Holland. Yes. Commissioner Sayers. Yes. Commissioner Cottle.

Yes. Thank you, ma'am. Resolution, I mean, ordinance passes. Next item is Resolution 2607-1306, Emergency Purchase, Booster, Airport Road Tower.

Mr. Carrier. Thank you, Mayor.

Okay.

This agenda item is in regards to a request from our Utilities Department for an emergency purchase of a new booster pump station from Wascone Sales and Services Incorporated, located near the existing Airport Road water tower. This booster pump station will be critical to maintain adequate drinking water capacity via the newly installed cross-country water line from existing Airport Road tower into the McKinney connection. This connection is timely and critical to provide capacity for the McKinney system and into its extremities. So a little bit of background. This is part of the McKinney Water Line project, the new cross-country water line from Airport Road down to 300 and beyond into the new McKinney Tower in their system. So some of this was anticipated. It got expedited a little bit due to a little bit of background. You all are probably aware of Lake Liberty's capacity concerns that have been... going on for about the past month. Liberty and East Casey Water reached out to us some weeks ago about the need for additional water capacity in the area. Obviously, it's a critical need for Lake Liberty, but to kind of give you a visual, Lake Liberty, its primary system's pretty small right there in Liberty. But it also wholesales to East Casey. Well, you say East Casey, and in your mind you think of just the eastern portion of Casey County, but it's not. East Casey is actually the remainder of all of Casey County.

Right.

Which Casey's a very large county by itself. So obviously the need for additional drinking water is critical, and still is critical today. So they reached out to us about ways to maybe look at potential interconnects with Houstonville, which is a wholesaler for the city of Danville, and also McKinney, who is now a wholesaler for the city of Danville. Those two interconnects don't currently exist, but they're working between those two entities to try to get a new connection made for future needs to try to help curb some of the issues that are probably gonna come back in the future over time during droughts. So coming back to the main point at hand, this serves twofold. This serves our ability to provide the water we've already committed to McKinney, which we're already providing water now, but now they've got their tanks constructed or near construction. This allows us to adhere to what we've already agreed to with McKinney, but also potentially provide future capacity as a pass-through into East Casey to help them in the future.

Okay. Chair, would you like to entertain a motion to approve Resolution 07-1306?

I move for the approval of the Resolution 202607-1306. Thank you, sir.

Is there a second? Second. Someone state the amount, please. I didn't ask you to do that.

$35,000 from Capital Utilities.

Get that in the record, okay? Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Here and then, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you. Motion carries. Public service, oh, public services, public safety. Last items are Chief Gray, resolution 2607, 1307, 08, and 09. Yes, sir. 07, please.

Mayor and commissioners, you have a copy of a contract with Applied Digital Solutions. It's a one-year contract. for our recorder vendor maintenance contract for labor and access to after-hours emergency assistance. It's been a budgeted amount for $7,873.06 for the fiscal year.

Thank you, sir. Is there a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 202607-1308. Is there a second?

Thank you, ma'am. Any questions or comments? Hearing none, all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Motion carries. Next one is 7-1308, Chief Grigg.

Again, you have another contract, and we do these every July, so here they come. These are all dispatch contracts. This one is for the 911 phone system. Same thing, it's a one-year contract that covers remote monitoring, the window system management, endpoint detection and response security, and hardware support for dispatch. Again, this is a budgeted amount for the one-year contract, $18,737.67. Thank you, sir. Is there a motion? Oh, I'm sorry. I got him out of order there. I'm sorry I had that one in the wrong order.

That one is 7-1309. The last one there.

I'm sorry. I move for approval of 202-607-1309. Thank you, sir.

Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Any other questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? And that was 08. Now we're going to work on 09, right?

No, that one was the 18,000. They were both with AK Maintenance. Yes. That one was the 20-26-07-13-09. Chief Gray got a little out of order on you. Yes.

The 09 was the 7,137? 07 was the 7,000. All right.

And Commissioner Cottle's motion was correct.

Yes. Yes.

Now we're on 08.

It's late in the afternoon. I understand.

Mr. Atkins, your math teaching skills failed me one year.

That's why I thought government history. That's right. No math. Oh, income taxes, though, but no math, right? Come on, Chief.

We'll circle back to 08 here.

Yes, sir.

This is, again, this is a one-year contract, again, associated with our dispatch. AK Associates is the vendor that does the maintenance for the 911 center's phone system. This is a one-year contract that covers the weekly visit sites, remote services, and access to after-hours emergency assistance. This one-year contract's been budgeted for $39,000. Oh, okay.

That's why he skipped that one, right? Thank you, sir. Questions or comments? Entertain a motion? I would, but I don't know what number we're on.

Move that we approve resolution number 202-607-1308. Thank you, sir. Is there a second?

Second. Go ahead.

Thank you, ladies. Questions or comments? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. Chair would like to entertain a motion to adjourn.

Uh-oh. We do need an executive session for persons.

Chair would entertain a motion for a brief executive session, you said for personnel? I'll do it.

I'll make a motion to go into executive session to discuss personnel matter pursuant KRS 61.8101F.

Thank you, ma'am. Second. Thank you, sir. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. Mr. City Manager, do you have some items for us?

Thank you, Mayor, Commissioners. Staff is requesting that you accept the resignation of Matthew Hampton from a police officer position. So moved.

Thank you, sir. Is there a second? I second. Thank you, ma'am. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries.

Staff is asking that you accept the resignation of Heather Riley from the position of telecommunications officer.

So moved.

Thank you, ma'am.

Is there a second? Second.

Thank you, ma'am. Who was that? Was that you? That was me. All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Next item.

Staff is recommending the hiring of Levi Crowe to the position of equipment operator three. inside of Public Works.

Thank you, sir. Is there a motion? So moved. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, ma'am. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. One more.

Staff is recommending the hiring of Chayton Pruitt to the position of maintenance worker within Public Works.

So moved.

Thank you. Second?

Second.

Thank you. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. That's it? That's it. Thank you all. Chair, we entertain a motion to adjourn.

I'll move to adjourn.

Thank you, ma'am. Second. Thank you, sir. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Y'all notice that they're clocked up our heads, what? Oh, 620. 620 p.m. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right. Thank you all.