ABC Ordinance Amended
Members of this year’s Leadership Class Tina Combs and Pam Deweese attended the City Council meeting. Photo | PJ Martin
By PJ Martin
Editor
The Herald-News
The Edmonton City Council met on Monday, March 3rd at the Edmonton City Hall for their monthly meeting.
A quorum was present and the minutes from the February 13th meeting were approved.
The second reading of Ordinance # 2024-25-20 amending Alcohol Beverage Control Ordinance #16-17-02 concerning signs and advertising by businesses selling alcoholic beverages in the City of Edmonton was heard.
The motion to accept the amendment was made by Council member Cathy Nunn and seconded by Council member Tommy England and was approved unanimously.
The Ordinance limits the number, size, and type of signage that the businesses can use. Other than the specific regulations listed in the ordinance, advertising is to follow the 14 items listed under KRS 244.130 regulations.
Following Parks and Recreation Director Brian Garrett’s report City Clerk/Administrator Dawn Devore relayed good news about a grant for the park.
“We applied for the land and water grant…to repave the street around the park or within the park and the concrete pads in underneath all the bleachers. And we did get that approved…It’s a 50/50 grant. It’s a $407,000 total. So, they’ll pay 200 and whatever the difference is. Now that’s just the street, I had put in for a separate grant for the parking lots and the walking trails.”
Edmonton Police Chief David Robertson presented the February department activity as: 9 arrests, 9 non-injury accidents, 5 alarms, 2 animal complaints, 3 domestic disputes, 1 DUI, 3 incomplete 911 calls, 7 new investigations, 8 motorists assisted, 6 medical assists, 47 traffic stops, 3 trash complaints, 7 warrants served, 3 funeral escorts, resulting in 42 complaints and 10 citations.
Edmonton Fire Chief Jerry Clemmons presented the February fire run totals as 8 lift assists, 2 non-injury accidents, and 3 fires 2 of which were structure fires and 1 was a rekindle. Clemmons asked the council to approve the purchase of 6 radio batteries, and the repair of the transmission in the brush truck.
The budget allows a specific amount for the fire department and as long as the work is under that amount it does not require approval; however, the council did approve the items.
Next, City Attorney Brian Pack spoke, “First in your packet, you will see an inter-local agreement. It’s similar to the one you all looked at maybe last month…So, the county met and discussed it, and they had a really good discussion. I think the feedback I got; I talked to Sharon Howard. She said the feedback that she had gotten is they were very positive about it, but one thing they were just slightly concerned, but they wanted some kind of control to make sure that they don’t get some huge bill they’re not expecting.”
“I mean, they obviously want some kind of protections there, just to make sure that their budgeting is done absolutely exactly. So really, what they had expressed to me, I thought was a legitimate, quite frankly, concern, and I thought it was something we would probably be okay with.”
“We would kind of lock-in that we would have one employee, whether it’s full-time or part-time, covering one shift…but we’re not going to have more than one paying one person at any one time, right? So that kind of fixes the cost.”
Pack went on to explain that a simple cost of living wage increase would not require fiscal court approval, but that any substantial increase would need the fiscal court’s approval.
He then asked 911 Interim Director Jordan Crump her thoughts on the interlocal agreement, “Yeah, so there may be certain circumstances where there’s, you know, an awful emergency where we have to call in a second person to come help one person that’s on a shift, but that’s the only thing that I could see. You know, as long as the wording allows for that, then that should work.”
Pack then asked Crump, who had not seen the agreement yet, to read over the agreement, and if any other items might need updating to contact him and let him know. Then he could work with County Attorney Sharon Howard.
He also reminded everyone, “…if this agreement gets approved by both bodies, we would dissolve the current board as part of that…”
No other business was discussed and the meeting adjourned.
