Council - Regular Meeting

the military child setting and then do the pledge. Yeah.

All right. All right. I'd like to I just want to say this on TV. Jeff Mayor Jeff Gregory's calling me right now. So, I just want to say that on TV so he he gets that. I'm interrupting my council meeting. All right. I'd like to call to order the regular scheduled council meeting for Tuesday, April 21st at 5:30. Uh this meeting is being held at Rackcliffe City Hall and being streamed live on Facebook and recorded by Harden County Television. Uh we're going to start off a little bit different than we normally do. We have some guests that are here today that are joining us and this is the month of the military child and they're going to be doing a ceremony and I unfortunately couldn't make an event that you all had but I sent our mayor proep down which was uh Miss Merl and she came and did a proclamation and I think you you met some of these folks.

I did and I I really enjoyed it. So I I'm glad that I was able to go and witness what you're going to do for us this evening. Um we have with us Anita Sander Angie Sanders. She's the president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 113 and she's the junior's coordinator and she has with her the juniors who are going to be doing the military child table setting. Miss Angie,

thank you for having us. and city council members. We are the juniors and we're from unit 113 American Legion Auxiliary in Etown. And these juniors are part of the auxiliary. They're a program of the auxiliary under the age of 18. And I'd like to introduce them to you today. So raise your hand when to call your name. Braden, Abby, Ariana, Dawson, Isabella. So at this time, if you don't know, April is the most military child. Purple is the color of the military child because when you add all of the colors of the branches of the military together, you get purple. And the dandelion is the flower of the military child because we as military children bloom wherever we're planted.

So we'd like to perform with you all the month of the military child the military child table today. So juniors come on up here with me. Miss Angie can't grab that microphone. Yes. May have to turn it on to switch that up. There you go. Hello.

Ariana, you're ready. As we honor our veterans, we must remember to honor the families left at home. We must remember the sacrifices the children make when a family member is deployed.

In 1986, Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger recognized the importance of military connected children and their role in the military families when he established the month of the military child. This day underscores the important role military children play in the armed forces community. April is the month of the military child. The Air Force officer was asked what he needed while deployed. His request was simple. Please not cookies, care packages, or socks. Just help take care of our children. In honor of the children, we present to you the military child's table setting ceremony. This table is inspired by our PM MIA ceremony to honor the sacrifices and contributions of our military children. The the potted flower plant symbolizes that the children of our deployed may flower and flourish wherever they are planted. The handspade recognizes that military children may be transplanted to a new location any place in the world at a moment's notice where they become fully immersed in the culture, make new friends, and acclimate themselves to a new school. The birthday cake and until candle unlit candles symbolize birthdays and special occasions that are sometimes missed by one or both parents while serving their country. The baseball love

and ball represents the games they have without the children from their loved ones. The ballet slippers signify that there are many special occasions that go with the deployed loved one sharing in the joys of that particular day. The family photo depicting children with their un with their uniform parent represents the foundation of our country's strength. Families are united in their commitment to national service and willing to make any sacrifice both at home and abroad.

To ensure that our flag continues to fly free. Amen. Ladies and gents, that is the military child table setting. HEY YEAH. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HELP US DO OUR PLEDGE, I BELIEVE. SO, we're going to do our invocation and then we'll do and you guys can lead us in our pledge. Okay. All right. So, we'll stand and do our invocation. Join us and stand.

Let us pray. Father, we thank you for this day and we thank you for your abundant blessings. We thank you for our mayor and our city council members and those that help lead this city forward. Father, today we especially pray in this month for our military families and the military children. We know that a lot of times they are left at home, Father, and bear the burden of their loved ones being deployed. So we thank you for them. We ask that you bless them. We ask that you comfort them and you keep them safe. Bless our service members who are serving both here and abroad. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. All right, I'll let you guys lead us in our pledge.

Okay to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Very good. Very good. All right. Well, thank you all. Yeah, we appreciate you guys coming and take take a picture with them. Yeah. Do you Yeah, we'll get a photo with you. Yeah.

And then Mr. Pike is always uh the voice of our voice of our panel. If you will, we let M. If you don't care, I'm going to let Mr. Pike read the the proclamation. And just so we know, um I know we presented it already, but we'll let Mr. Pike do. Huh? Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah. Yes.

Proclamation of the city of Rankliffe. Whereas the city of Rackcliffe celebrates the millions of children who have parents serving in our nation's armed forces, demonstrating remarkable strength and courage in the face of unique challenges. And whereas the city of Rackcliffe recognizes military connected children who serve alongside their parents, adapting to relocations, new schools, and extended separations from loved ones while maintaining their academic progress and personal growth. And whereas the city of Radcliffe joins with other communities, schools, and organizations to support military children, which is vital to their well-being and success. And whereas April has been designated as the month of the military child and provides an opportunity to recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices of military children. Therefore, I, James S. Duval Jr., Mayor of the city of Radcliffe, Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me, do hereby proclaim the month of April as month of the military child in the city of Radcliffe, and in doing so encourage all citizens to show appreciation for military children and to wear purple on April 15, 2026 as a visible way to show support and thank military children for their strength, courage, and sacrifices. Signed this first day of April, 2026. James S. Duval, Jr., mayor, city of Reckliff. Thank you, Mr. Thank you. We're gonna come up take a photo.

You want to hold it? One more relax.

Thank you guys. Thank God for Thank you for having us here. Appreciate it. Okay.

Thanks for having us. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Very nice. We we will all right we'll move on to ourformational portion up in here we have um

oh no I got to do all that don't I sir all I got so excited All right. Can we have roll call, please? Bell present. Brown here. D Ro here. Merl here. Owens here. Thompson here. All right. Motion carries. Or I don't know what I'm doing right now. I'm lost. We have a quorum. There we go. We have consideration approval for minutes March 17, 2026 regular meeting, April 13th, work session 2026. So moved. Second. Motion second. Any discussion? All in favor? I

any opposed? All right, I'll get through this. Now, we gotformational. Uh we, believe it or not, I messaged Chance um and said I thought Miss Mouser already been here. Like I felt like it was just and it's already been a year. That's unbelievable. So, y'all want to know, you guys want to come on up? Yeah. I can't believe it's already been a year. I just I think we were just a little bit later. Chance was back there. He was back there getting nervous when I asked where you were at. He thought he was going to have to do this. So, Oh, you're good. You You had plenty of time. You had plenty of time. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, as always, thank you um for many many years of service here and and doing this audit. Uh as usual, just because there's always new faces and places and people and if you can just explain what the audit actually does for us and why we do this audit and how the state requires, you know, that whole Yeah. Well, basically the audit is required by the RSS statute because of the size of the city. Most all cities have to have a very very small depends on the size of the city. Um so that's basically the reason behind having a year but it's good you know and a public organization have audit every year. So, you know, the the main purpose of of an audit is to is to conclude that these financial statements materially present the financial position of the city as of that date, you know, and the results of operations of income and expenses for that period. So, this is for the year ended June 30, 25. So, I think you may have been emailed a direct order previously or no.

Yes. So, this is your final copy this week. Um, I don't know if you had a chance to review the draft that went out, but it basically was exactly the same. Don't send out this one here. So the format of the report for those any of you who are new um of course the first couple pages of content and then our independent auditor's report that states as I said that these financial statements present in all material respect financial position of the city as of this date and the results of operations for that year end and the next section is management's discussion and analysis chance actually prepares his portion of the report it's pages three through nine And for general reading, it's probably the easiest portion, you know, to read. It gives some analysis of some of the numbers. It gives the comparative to prior year numbers and morning and after format, condensed financial information. The next section is where the financial statements actually start. The first one is the statement of position and then followed by the statement of activities. And these are prepared on the full method of accounting where fixed assets are capitalized. Long-term debt is reflected as long-term debt, but the city really didn't have any at this point. Everything was paid off in June of 25. There is some things up here as far as long-term debt which is the pension liabilities and liabilities but those aren't actually current obligations and hopefully with time be reduced by the by the rates that are being established currently for contributions. The next section um I mean those two statements are and then you start your fund financial statement. So this is how

you maintain your books until capital assets are expens other funds which is just fund and then we have revenues and expenditures And then we have the storm water separated from 16 and 17. So those are the balance sheets, revenues and expenditures for fund statements by the general general fund. I don't know if you have answer but I'd be glad to answer any questions about the report. The next section are the notes to the financial statements. Several pages, page 19 through 37. And the notes basically explain the accounting policies on the first couple of pages. And then it just gives a little more detail about some of the numbers in the report. A lot of information about the health insurance plan. On page 38, we have a budget to actual for just the general fund financial

revenues came in at like 2.3 million above did pretty much right on 360,000. Then there's several pages of pinching information 39 40 all the way through 45 detailed information and schedules for like the last 10 years information. So kind of you can see the trend of what the liabilities are over that 10ear period. Next page 49 just segregates that are presented in one column in the previous statements. And then we have our report on internal control compliance and there were no internal control compliance matters that needed to be reported. basically no significant findings at all. No findings.

So that's just a brief over. Yeah. And you know just for the public's awareness when we you know we've been doing these for a number of years. You've been our um auditor for I don't know how many years. We won't say been a long time. Um, and you know, it seems like we go through this pretty quickly uh as we're doing this, but ultimately this is just your opportunity. You just kind of go through it in a a brief. The council has an opportunity to review this, take it, and any questions that usually pop up, they usually can direct them to Chance or if they want to reach out to you and and talk to you about something that maybe they have a question about. So,

more than welcome to. And my contact information is on the bottom of page one, phone number, address, sure, you can as easily. Yeah. Was there was there any part of this that gave you heartburn? Anything that really jumped out at you, leaped out at you? No. Pretty much cut and dry. Gave me, but I did it during tax season.

That was But I don't know. We've just kind of gotten a little behind schedule over the last several years and trying to catch up, you know. So, do a little better getting in here a little bit earlier this year than last year. Maybe even better. I think Chen and I talked about that just recently that maybe we're going to try years ago we did it in the latter part of the year like October, November, December and it would really be nice to get back on that schedule but I'm trying to okay try to cut back on a couple of audits not any longer and try another person and trying to get it back better time of year but no but our financial wonderful job.

Our financials match up very well as far as

Yeah, we had I mean like no adjustments to his books. I mean there's a couple of things we record like the pension information. Um you know this is pretty much straight off I think we had one tiny, you know, a smaller he is pretty much right here. One of the things I'm curious about since you're outside the area, outside city of Radcliffe, you can be objective and I'm sure you have conversations with um our financial officer, Mr. Fox, h what what do you see economically? What are what are the trends? What's going on? How do you how do you see the outlook for the city and in the next few months?

I'm not sure that I'm the person to say that. I mean, I get into the detail of auditing the financial statements. I'm not like what's really broad on the horizons of where you're headed. You know what I'm saying? Sure. I pretty much come in on this area. Okay. And that's it. Thank you. I do do a few other city, but you know, I don't that's not my Yeah. A lot of a lot of what she does is you probably remember in the past, Mr. Brown, is just making sure that the numbers we submit and the numbers that should be there are equal. And I think from our past discussions, our financials are are improving each and every year. We're yeah we're getting very very almost

but as with auditing even though the numbers are always in very good shape and we don't have to make adjustments we still go through the same procedures to verify those numbers every year you know it's just just for example like one checking account you know you have many accounts and CDs and this and that you know just have one checking account you know we see what's on the books we get a copy of the bank reconciliation Make sure reconciliation that what it starts with the bank balance that actually matches the bank balance and we send a letter to the bank and they verify that that is the correct balances on that bank state any deposits send out sending checks of any size trace the next month you know it's just a lot of

sure detail oriented stuff

any questions followups anybody All right. Well, thank you. And like I said, if they have any questions or follow up, they're welcome to contact James and he can answer it. He'll let me know. Well, thank you so much. Great. Thank you all for Thank you. Chance, you want to stick around? You want to head out? just just

All right. Next uh we have on the agenda is public comments. We give you several minutes to come up address the council. If you have any public comments, now is an opportunity. Once going twice. Nobody. All right, we will move on now. We talked. We're good. All right, new business. All right, Mr. Pike, this is going to be a second reading of an ordinance amending chapter 2.

Yes, mayor. This is ordinance amending chapter 2 administration article 6 forestry and conservation board section 2-57 of the code of ordinances of the city of Rackcliffe. Whereas the city council of the city of Radcliffe, Kentucky adopted the code of ordinances for the city of Radcliffe on February 21st, 1978 as amended. And whereas the Rackcliffe City Council desires to amend the city's code of ordinances. Now therefore, be it ordained that the code of ordinances for the city of Rackcliffe is amended by the following changes to chapter 2, article 6, section 2-57. Article 6, Forestering Conservation Board, section 2-57, appointment of members, term of office, removal from office, and compensation. Paragraph G. Regular meetings of the board shall be held quarterly on the 3rd, Thursday of January, April, July, and October of each calendar year at 5:30 p.m. Meetings other than those regularly scheduled shall be special meetings publicized and held in accordance with the requirements of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act. That is second reading. Mayor, ready for motion to adopt. We have a motion.

Make a motion. Motion. We have a motion. We have a second. Do we have any discussion? Hearing none. A roll call vote, please. Bell, yes. Brown, yes. Dro, yes. Merl, yes. Owens, yes. Thompson, yes. All right. Motion carries. Number two is consideration approval of the policies and procedures domestic violence and bias uh based policy. Uh bias updated policy. Oh, this is updated numbers with the chief. We need a motion and a second. Some second. Motion and a second. Uh any questions for the chief? No, I've got just a comment or question. Um, I'm going to pass.

You sure? Either way, I was going to have him come up if you had a question. It's up to you, Mr. I think this is off this this is a different topic alto together. So, okay. It's I'm not sure. Well, I ain't gonna make you. Okay. Let me go and ask then. All right. If I don't like it, Jerry, I'm gonna make you I'm gonna take it back. I I would too, Chief. Yes, sir. Under biasedbased policing,

you have several um sentences, paragraphs about how officers should treat people that they pull over. I'm going read a couple of those. Officers should act with courtesy and professionalism on all stops and contacts. At this is um page 103. At the outset of a contact where feasible officers should introduce themselves and inform the person of the reason for the stop. This introduction is not required when the introduction would compromise the safety of the officer or any other person. Officers should answer questions posed by the persons stopped to the extent possible. An officer should provide his or her name and identification number when requested. It goes on, chief, our officers are held to a high high standard. We're professional. We're courteous. Our tone of voice, our manner, everything is to make sure that the stop is as easy as as possible for both parties, both the police officer and but obviously we all know that there's individuals who who react negatively, who may be under the influence, who may be um having psychotic problems. I know these officers are trained for that, but you know any anymore you go into an establishment and there'll be a sign that says u we we don't accept any verbal or physical abuse. Absolutely nothing at all. And yet our officers

come into it come into contact with this frequently. I don't know about daily, but I'm sure on a very frequent basis. How do we what's the what's the mission when they when they encounter something like that? What what are they told? I mean, they they can't keep they can't continually just keep saying yes and acquiescing. They they have to stop at something. Well, one of the one of the questions that I ask uh candidates when they're in my office for an interview is is in dealing with this and that's how are you going to handle yourself in the event that someone wants to come in there or that you encounter they want to talk bad about your mother or your wife or one of your family members um or belittle you yourself and that's one of the things that I want to know when I when I talk to someone, how are you going to handle that situation? And you get all kinds of answers. Um, but the the you know, you want to not get down to the level of someone else. You want to try to stay above that um and keep your cool. You don't want to um you want to deescalate the situation always if you can. Uh now there's times that uh you can't do that. We had an officer, two officers last week that were encountered a subject just like what you spoke about and he bit both of them and both of them had to go to the hospital.

But I mean you you still have to keep your cool and try not to you know bite back so to speak. You just got to, you know, you got to weather that storm.

Um, now I don't want my officers to get hurt. I don't want them let their guard down and and, you know, just lay down and not, you know, defend themselves. Uh, so we talk about that, we train for that. Um, we don't want to violate people's rights. We want to respect them and respect their rights. And you know, most times when you encounter people, you treat them the way you like to be treated and it doesn't turn out the way that you you know that you're describing. So, you know, you you rise to the level that you need to rise to to handle the situation uh and match the aggression as far as if there's any force used. Um, but that's just part of it. I mean, we we encounter people on their worst day. um they may not have anything against that officer individually, but the officer gets it taken out on them because there that's who's there at the time and you you got to you know a lot of stuff you got to let it just let it roll off your shoulders and and keep going. I've been doing it 33 years. Saturday was 33 years

and I love it as much today as I did the first day. Congratulations, Chief, on that. I I'd like I'd like I'd like to chime in too uh and just say that we also have use of force policies that go hand inand with what chief is talking about.

So your first level of force is verbal, right? It's speaking. It's communication. And if a an individual on the street needs to be warned of something or advised of something, then that's what the policy calls for. and it only escalates reasonably based on the subject's behavior and the environment and the officer's judgment. And last resort is a use of physical force always. And u and then in terms of levels of that, we have non-lethal force. We have lots of things we can do to get a subject to comply if they're acting dangerously or or looking to harm themselves or or officers or or bystanders if there are any. So, it it's a complicated matrix, but these policies are critical. We have to have these policies. We have to have them in writing. We have to have them clear. Uh these are good policies. And uh but you're right, that's the most dangerous job we have as police officer on the street because you never know. You literally never know what the day is going to hold. You have no idea what's coming and it could be you could have a stretch of boring days, right, with maybe a little bit of paperwork and not much to do and then you could be in a terrifying situation just like that. So these are good policies and I for one am thankful that chief is the head of our department. He does a fantastic job and I say that as city attorney, not as his friend. Um because you when the police department is not run well, you can tell in many many ways.

Thank you. 33. Thank you all. I appreciate you. Thank you, sir. All right. Any other questions before we call for the vote? We already had a motion. Second. Yes, sir. All right. Second. Pull your mic down two seconds. Yep. I thought I heard a loud voice. Oh, you're good. You're good. All right. Uh, hearing none. Can we have a roll call vote, please? Brown, yes. D Ro, yes. Merl, yes. Owens, yes. Thompson, yes. Bell, yes.

Motion carries. Next, uh, item number three is consideration approval for the bid excavator for stormwater department. We spoke about this at the, um, let me get my numbers here. Work session. Do you have any questions regarding that? Where's my bid form? No,

I'm do Jake. I believe that was something that you could get quickly because it's it's not brand new. You're not building it. It's something that you can actually get here quickly, right? Yeah. It's it's a used piece of equipment. And Jake, I know you mentioned it at work session, but how much new that would run us about? And so we're getting it for I just had it here. 187 187. Yeah, 187. Where did it go? There it is. 1875. All right. So, um, used piece of equipment. So, any other We have a motion. Do we have a motion? Move. Second. Have

a motion. We have a second. Any discussion? If not, hearing none. Roll call vote, please. George, yes. Merl, yes. Owens, yes. Thompson, yes. Bell, yes. Brown, yes. Motion carries. Next is going to be the consideration and approval for the turf bid at Call Community Center. Do we have a motion and a second? I'll make a motion. Second. Motion second. Here is the turf. Does everybody get to see the turf? I didn't touch it.

Pass that down. M. Sorry to mean stick it in the face. Um, that is the turf. Uh, the bid for that. I know some of the council members went out and had the opportunity to take a look at where we were putting that and that's going to be uh 76,240. And that's more than just that being laid on the ground. There's a lot of base and everything has to go with that. Um, and so but that is what the Yeah. and it's DWA turf. We had three um three quotes or three um submitts for that and this was the recommended and best according to the review by our director down there.

Anybody else? Did Kim? Did you get to see the turf or do you have a question about it? Spiky, huh? It's a little spiky for the tender feet of the youngsters. I think there were some people stood on it barefoot. Dame, did you all stand on it? I did. I stepped on it. It's very soft. You're welcome to step on it. We'll give her a spin. And I just want to comment if you don't mind. Um last week when we talked about the turf because I have turf at another facility. You're right. I was concerned about heat and I know you addressed that. I appreciate that.

And taking the time yesterday to walk me through and a couple other council members at whatever times they went. Um so I appreciate that. And I also had an opportunity to get a real quick quote from one of the suppliers that I've used two different artificial turf suppliers for um my facility. Anyway, this price is actually even lower than now that was a quick quote without him coming to look at it given the dimensions that you had. Um this is a lot less than what he just quoted me by the way real quickly. So, I think um I'm more comfortable since I had that opportunity to do that and to see the area and um actually just get another quick estimate. So, I appreciate you taking the time to do that. But I also want to make sure we put a sign out. I think you will that talks about spiky b umbrellas or chairs that don't have rubber. You know, anything that's going to protect it. I'm sure you guys will watch for that type of material on the turf just to protect it. Yes, our our clerks um they're really good about items.

Thank you. And real quick, Jake, I just want to ask you a quick question because I remember you if you remember we had that leak in the corner. The concrete's surrounded the the the concrete that's wrapped around the pool back there. It's it's got a bunch of plumbing and all kinds of stuff actually in the concrete. So, um I know we had discussed some of us had talked about uh opportunities to resurfacing some of that and looking at it and there's there's some things that may prohibit that and so um but I think maybe some things we can look at for upcoming budget that may freshen it but I just wanted to confirm that publicly that that there's quite a bit in that concrete that's

Yeah. So, um any other questions, comments? All right. Hearing none. Can we have a roll call vote, please? Merl, yes. Owens, yes. Thompson, yes. Bell, yes. Brown, yes. Dro, yes. All right, motion carries. Uh, next is the consideration approval for the bid resurfacing and we uh did talk about increasing that to the budget rate when we'll do that, but we're going to be approving what the price per ton was um and based on um what we currently have budgeted which has been brought in from the road fund aid. So, uh with that, we'll take a motion and a second.

Make a motion. A second. Second. All right. Do we have any discussion? And that bid was 9775 per ton. Um, which we're going to increase that to the four I think it's 465, but it's 439. Uh, 875. So, um, with that, we'll have no discussion. We'll have roll call vote, please. Owens, yes. Thompson, yes. Bell, yes. Brown, yes. D. Ro, yes. Merl, yes. All right, motion carries. Next is going to be a uh introduction for these number six. Item six is going to be a first reading and we need an introduction for that. I'd like an introduction.

All right. Thank you. This is summary of a zoning ordinance reszoning property located at 253 Battle Training Road, Elizabeth Town, Kentucky, PVA, map number 1810031 from R2 zone to R4 zone 26.631 acres. The city of Radcliffe Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on a zone map amendment request on April 2nd, 2026 made by applicant owner Powell and Kato LLC for 26.631 acres of property located at the south rightway of Battle Training Road, Kentucky 434 at its intersection with South Boundary Road, Rackcliffe, Kentucky, PVA number 18100 031. CD book 1434, page 667, also to the Harden County Clerk. The request was for an amendment from residential 2 single family zone to residential 4 highdensity single family and duplex zone. The planning commission recommended the zone map amendment request be granted as the request was supported by the evidence of record the city's comprehensive zoning plan and applicable law. The city council is now enacting an ordinance to change the property zoning. Please find the full ordinance on the website www.racliffe.org or by contacting the city clerk at ashley.russo atcliffky.gov by email. That's first reading mayor. All right. Thank you, Mr. Pike. Uh, number seven, uh, I need another introduction for first reading of an ordinance reszoning.

I'll make an introduction. Thank you.

It's a summary of a zoning ordinance reszoning property located on the south side of Battle Training Road, Kentucky 434 between the intersections of North Dixie Highway, US 31W and Blair Hill Lane, Elizabeth Town, Kentucky. PVA map 181 20006.02 from R2 zone to R4 zone 4.120 acres. The city of Radcliffe Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on a zone map a member request on April 2nd, 2026 made by applicant owner Pow and Kato LLC for 4.120 acres of property located on the south side of Battle Training Road, Kentucky 434 between the intersections of North Dixie Highway, US 31W and Blair Hill Lane, Elizabeth Town, Kentucky, PVA number 181-20-0000-006.02, CD book 1434, page 667, Office of the Harden County Clerk. The request was for an amendment from residential 2 single family zone to residential 4 highdensity single family and duplex zone. The planning commission recommended the zone map amendment request be granted as the request was supported by the evidence of record the city's comprehensive zoning plan and applicable law and the city council is now enacting an ordinance to change the property zoning. Please find the full ordinance on the website www.racliff.org or by contacting the city clerk at ashley.russocliffky.gov by email. All right. Item number eight, I need another introduction of the first reading. Reszoning property located at 3366 South Wilson.

I'll introduce, sir. Thank you. It's

a summary of a zoning ordinance. Reszoning property located at 3366 South Wilson Road, Rackcliffe, Kentucky, Lewis Ray Estate, section 1, lot 2A, PVA map number 181-10-0000-076 from R2 zone to CZ zone 1.1218 acres. The city of Radcliffe Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on a zone map amendment request on April 2nd, 2026 made by applicant owner Abound Credit Union, formerly known as Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, for 1.1218 acres of property located at 3366 South Wilson Road, Rackcliffe, Kentucky, Lewis Ray Estate, section 1, lot 2A, PVA number 181-10-0000-76, CD book 1040, page 238, Office of the Harden County Clerk. The request was for an amendment from residential to single family zone to commercial zone. The planning commission recommended the zone map amendment request be granted as the request was supported by the evidence of record, the city's comprehensive zoning plan and applicable law. And the city council is now enacting an ordinance to change the property zoning. Please find the full ordinance on the website www.racliff.org or by contacting the city clerk at ashley.russo at ragcliffky.gov by email. Number nine, item nine is need another introduction of a first reading of ordinance amending city rackliff's zoning ordinance and development regulations.

I'll aduce, sir. Thank you.

This is the longest title of an ordinance in Rackcliffe history, I think. Summary of an ordinance amending the city of Rackcliff zoning ordinance and development regulations. Article two, se definition section 2.1. Article 10, conditional use standard section two 10.9. Article 13, residential holding zone standards, section 13.2. Article 14, residential estate single family estate zone standards, section 14.1. Article 15, residential one, low density, low density single family standards, section 15.1. Article 16, residential two, low density single family zone standards, section 16.1. Article 17, my Latin's a little rusty. Residential three, medium density single family and duplex zone standards, section 17.1. Article 18, residential 4, highdensity single family and duplex zone standards, section 18.1. Article 21, residential 7, manufactured mobile homes uh zone standards, section 21.1. Article 23, commercial holding zone standards, section 23.2. Article 25, industrial holding zone standards, section 25.2. Article 27 A Urban Agricultural Zone Standards Section 27- A.2. Article 31, Rural Estate Zone Standards, Section 31.2, Appendex A, illustrated of selected minimum required standards for all zones. The city of Rackcliffe Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on an ordinance amending multiple provisions of the Rackcliffe zoning ordinance on April 2nd, 2026. The purpose of the amendments is to update the city's zoning ordinance in accordance with changes in state statutes regarding the definition and regulation of qualified manufactured homes as defined under state law. The planning commission recommended the zoning ordinance amendments be granted in order to comply with new revisions of state statutes becoming effective July 1, 2026. The city council is now enacting an ordinance to amend various sections of the Radcliffe zoning

ordinance accordingly. Please find the full ordinance on the website www.racliffe.org 4G or by contacting the city clerk at Ashley. Russo or cliffky.gov by email. All right, Mr. Pike. Thank you, sir. All right. Final item on our agenda number 10. That's going to be we have a close session. I need a motion to go into close session. KRS618101B, acquisition for sale of real property and G economic development. Make a motion. Motion second. Any discussion? All in favor?

Any oppose? Motion carries. We are going to be kind and let you all stay out here. If you want to stay, we're going to go back in my office. Hopefully, this won't take long, but I've said that before. So, yeah, you've heard that. Yes, you have. So, hopefully it won't be too long, but

All right, we're ready. Ron, you ready? All right. So, I would like to call back to order. Um, do I have a motion to go back into regular meeting? I'll make a motion. A second. Motion. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Let it be known that no official vote was taken while in executive session or official action. Or official action. Told you guys hopefully it wouldn't be that long. So that's less than 10 minutes.

All right, that's I don't think we'll ever have that happen again. All right, Mr. Pike. So, at this time, the mayor is going to ask the council for a motion uh authorizing the conveyance of lot 4 C consisting of approximately 15.117 acres. In the soontobe recorded amended record plat of Radcliffe Mill Pond Business Center, section 2, lot 4B. Uh the grantee will be

Midkenn. Yes, it's Mid Kentucky Kennel Club as previously discussed in open meetings for nominal consideration and to allow the mayor to execute a purchase agreement on behalf of the city containing terms agreeable between the parties. Thank you, Mr. Pike. All right. Do we have a motion and a second? So move. Motion second there. Who wants second? Anybody? I second again. All right. Motion second. Any discussion? All right, hearing none. Can we have a roll call vote, please?

Thompson, yes. Bell, yes. Brown, yes. D Ro, yes. Yes. Owens, yes. All right, motion carries. All right, we are now at the end. Mayor, council comments. I started with I think I started last week. Kim, I start with you on your side. Oh, nothing. Just enjoy that beautiful weather we have out there. That's all I got. Well, nothing for the group, sir.

May 5th, Tuesday, at Calvin Community Center, the Rackcliffe Women's Club is hosting a fundraiser called Pasta Performance and Pastries. The per pasta part is uh going to be provided by the women's club. The performance part is Algra Dance Studio and they're going to perform the Lion King. And the pastries are going to be provided and donated by local Radcliffe candidates um that are running for either mayor or city council um donated by and served by the candidates. The tickets are 15 a piece and five and under are free and it starts at 6:00 and the performance will start at 7. So if you go to the Rackcliffe Women's Club Facebook page, you can get your tickets through the QR code or you can buy them at the door. But it's the first fundraiser and we'd appreciate your support. Thank you.

I brought this up last week, but we have what's today? The 21st. So we have nine days left in April. April is spring cleanup. So, make sure that you set your uh items outside by the curb. Those items can include yard waste and limbs. Those should be separate from everything else, though. Let me preface that. Furniture up to 10 used tires, metal items, used motor oil. Appliances must have a sticker certifying freon has been removed. And then um prohibited items are propane tanks, spray paint, toxic chemicals, construction materials, or commercial refuse. Uh paint though is included in that pickup. So if you have those items, this is the month we're running out of time. So make sure you get them out there by the curbside and then call public works to come pick it up. So

tires, up to 10 tires, Nothing.

Uh, today is the day that we have to also remember the coming up Mother's Day. I know it's a little too soon, but the next meeting is going to be the 9th, I think. I don't want to forget it. Started thinking about your mother that brought you in this world and made you who you are. and it's the 10th of May. There are many areas around celebrating it, but celebrate it in your heart. Show if she's in a nursing home, if she is ill, if she needs some shopping, if she needs you to talk to her, keep her company the 10th of May. I wish you could do this every day, but if you do the 10th May, it's as good as it is. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. Want to remind everybody um that opening day is this Saturday, April 25th for the ball teams at Duvall Ballpark. Uh the ceremony starts at 11:00. So if you guys are available to be out there, um my schedule kind of got messed up, so I may or may not be there. It was funny because this weekend I was in Hamilton, Ohio, and Bob Mahana called me about a question and we started comparing how much it costs to have travel ball kits. And uh it's expensive. It's not cheap. And so, um, our little our kids, I have two that play, uh, football. It's like a seven on seven. It's a little bit different than what it's almost like backyard ball, but, um, they are going to Kansas for the, uh, a national championship, uh, with their team. They got they won their championship, which advances them. So, I may not be here this weekend. And so, um, if you guys can make it out to the ballpark, I'm sure they'd love to have you. and um they'll be able to uh participate in the ceremony. I'm sure they'll be happy at, you know, happy to have you all there. So, um Bob's offered to help fund this trip for me. I appreciate that, Bob.

But, uh it is and so we appreciate and it's exciting and you know u and we are uh excited to go out there and hopefully represent this area. It's a bunch of kids from North Harden, JTA and and North Middle. So, it should be fun fun little thing. So, um Ashley, is there anything else coming up? We did postpone the yard sale. I think uh Barbara has Barb, Miss Baker, you have an event. I do. Can you hear me? No, we probably come up here so you'd be on the mic. I mean, we could hear you, but folks at home may not be able to miss my mom throwing rocks at me.

Hi everybody. I just want to remind everybody that Friday, May the 8th, it's the Friday of Mother's Day weekend. The Tempest is going to be at the city park with Shakespeare in the park. It's free. We will have food available. And bring your own chairs. Bring your own blankets. 6:30. 6:30 to 8. And we'll pray for good weather. Hope everybody can come out. We'll say it one more time. Date. The date is Friday, May 8th at 6:30 at City Park. There you go. Shakespeare in the park. Thank you. Thank you.

All right. Anybody else for close out? Hearing none. Next meeting work session. It's already May. Uh speaking of that, Derby, we won't have a meeting for Derby. So, wish everybody good luck. Um folks, Derby and have fun with that. And so, uh it's already I can't believe it's already May 11th. Uh our meetings at 5:00 pm and our regular meetings on Tuesday, uh May 19th. So, with that, I will take a motion to adjurnn. So move second. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Any All in favor? Any oppose? All right. Motion carries. Thank you guys.