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Key outcomes at a glance

- Police probationary appointments (Municipal Order No. 2025-88): The commission approved probationary appointments for 12 individuals to the Bowling Green Police Department. The motion was moved by Commissioner Perrigan and seconded by Commissioner Beasley Brown; roll call was unanimous.

- Parks appointment (Municipal Order No. 2025-89): The commission approved the probationary employment of Casey Johnson to the position of landscape gardener in Parks and Recreation (position filled due to resignation). Motion moved by Commissioner Brown and seconded by Commissioner Bailey; roll call unanimous.

- Purchase: downtown transit facility furniture (Municipal Order No. 2025-90): The commission approved purchase of office furniture for the downtown public transit facility in the amount of $75,367.03 from Office Resources Inc. through Omnia Partners (cooperative purchasing). Moved by Commissioner Perrigan; second by Commissioner Beasley Brown; funds from transit grant sources.

- Purchase: shelving for Public Safety Training Center (Municipal Order No. 2025-91): The commission approved $128,822.94 with Patterson Pope Inc. through Sourcewell for shelving and related fixtures at the training center located at Fire Station 5. Moved by Commissioner Hill; second by Commissioner Haley; funding noted as part of facility outfitting.

- Annexation (Ordinance BG2025-5, first reading, nonbinding): The commission gave first reading to a voluntary annexation request for approximately 5.0269 acres at 5165 Scottsville Road owned by Greenwood Baptist Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Inc. The annexation is voluntary and was presented to the county and approved there; the item proceeded as a first reading and will return for subsequent readings.

- Emergency declaration ratified (Municipal Order No. 2025-92): The commission ratified the city's local declaration of emergency related to the April flooding (see separate coverage). Motion carried unanimously.

- Appointments and reappointments: The commission approved several board appointments and reappointments, including Angie Basham to the Housing Authority of Bowling Green (Municipal Order No. 2025-93), reappointments to various boards referenced by the clerk and staff (numbers and board names provided on the meeting agenda), Thomas Dooley and Sandra Franklin to the Hobson House Commission (Municipal Order No. 2025-95), and reappointments to the Bowling Green Audit Committee.

- Travel and budget items: The commission approved travel reimbursement for Commissioner Sue Perrigan to attend Kentucky League of Cities events (Municipal Order No. 2025-97) and the first reading of Ordinance BG2025-6, an amendment to the FY2025 operating budget (third amendment), which includes adjustments for donations, housing choice voucher grant expenditures and other technical fund cleanups. Staff indicated another budget amendment is likely in June to close the fiscal year.

All roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes were unanimous in favor of the listed motions. Where amounts, municipal order numbers, and ordinance numbers were provided during the meeting, they are reported above; if an item listed on the meeting agenda did not include details in the public discussion, the clerk's agenda contains the formal language and will be posted with the finalized minutes.

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The action formalizes the city's earlier declaration and clears the way for state and federal assistance if the president issues a disaster declaration. City staff said FEMA teams were in Bowling Green to verify damage assessments and urged affected residents to register at the Buchanan Park site being used for intake and verification.

The emergency matter followed extended public comment from residents of Stonecrest, Cave Mill Road and neighboring subdivisions who described repeated or historic flooding at finished-floor elevations, ruined personal property and displacement. \"My garage was about 5 foot of water in it,\" said Marshall Beech, who lives on Cave Mill Road and said the flood left hardwood floors buckled and destroyed business equipment. \"I don't know what I'm gonna do about my house right now.\"

Several Stonecrest residents told commissioners they believe a nearby development removed an important retention area and routed water toward their neighborhood. \"We tried to say this isn't a good idea,\" said Joel Mallett, a Stonecrest resident of 29 years. \"You're building these complexes at the expense of us.\" Residents described ongoing, sometimes annual basement or crawl-space flooding and urged the city to require stronger protections for future developments.

City staff and officials acknowledged the severity of the event and that this storm behaved differently than prior storms. City staff said the incident was driven in part by groundwater and karst conditions: prolonged rainfall had saturated underground cave systems that normally accept stormwater, and runoff manifested later as surface flooding in basins and yards. City staff said those phenomena can cause areas that don't usually flood to see standing water when subterranean conduits are full.

Officials urged residents who have not yet registered with FEMA or local intake to do so. The city said it has submitted property- and public-infrastructure damage estimates to state and federal agencies, and that those figures were part of a larger regional damage compilation; staff said the city had recorded millions in individual property assessments and substantial public costs and expected the federal review to continue.

Commissioners said they would use lessons from the event to review stormwater rules, evaluate whether existing development standards and retention requirements are adequate, and prioritize neighborhood-level retrofit options. City staff cautioned there is no single, low-cost fix that eliminates all risk: some neighborhoods could require large infrastructure investments to materially reduce repeated flood risk.

For residents seeking immediate help, the city advised: register with FEMA at the Buchanan Park intake site (hours and staffing were announced by city public information staff), contact local nonprofit partners that are coordinating donations and short-term shelter, and keep documentation of damages for insurance and federal applications. City staff said they are compiling neighborhood-level damage reports and will return to the commission with recommended funding or engineering measures where feasible.

Minutes and city orders from the meeting show the commission formally ratified the local declaration of emergency and discussed operations and next steps. No specific mitigation projects or new mandatory assessments were adopted at the April 15 meeting; commissioners said staff will present options and estimated costs in follow-up briefings.

Residents with storm damage who have not registered with local intake or FEMA were directed to the city's information channels and local relief partners for assistance.","The Bowling Green Board of Commissioners on April 15 ratified a local state of emergency after heavy rains and multi-day flooding damaged homes and infrastructure across parts of the city and county.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6595887,"Bowling Green Works: local hiring platform shows rising placements and employer engagement",427,313000,740000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3021650-9a4767de81d932d76fb8418095c6e7f8&start=313&end=740","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3021650-9a4767de81d932d76fb8418095c6e7f8/thumbnail_313000.jpg","/articles/6595887/Bowling-Green/Warren-County/Kentucky/Bowling-Green-Works-local-hiring-platform-shows-rising-placements-and-employer-engagement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6595887-740b909b5f05a4cafe51a3ad4d249510/orig.mp4?Expires=1771197430&Signature=EX1KEEUJKKu~E6XSFJcqQfENInll1j--TB1Wbetjb7FRL5UwjX6QQBaVHtUMo38ymfrRoJ-fwRsvMhgRY5Jzmr6miXylFxaF82nVOC3jBOfffuSSMFphkoJVSjgpQWzrASTH0MCSfiR2Eu~IoV5SWkcuucKGrnOQwsj7Omy2fkL6zxY2QZhfmG4MWkCxQGgPLSXnOjn~UjV0WO2S~xwtz3y7MMyBB8XKESqNzR4hMBs4oyyjihfZ5iXS-IH0HAjEHBCwY6RRbHf4j62-0NwstyzdJKAtQYBCYSRQyTTK~fNuypvAp3F5DaUJt5Ub1oOhPKdhfZ8G6JwJIinNIJQkIQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","CrowdSouth CEO Jason Heflin briefed the Board of Commissioners on April 15 about Bowling Green Works, the city's joint workforce campaign with the county, saying program metrics have improved since inception and recommending the commission consider renewing funding ahead of a July 1 renewal decision.

Heflin presented a dashboard showing the program's hiring rate had risen from 17.6 to 25.5 (meaning roughly 25.5 hires per 100 applications), nearly 23,000 applications have been sent to employers since the campaign began, and 5,863 total jobs have been filled through the initiative. He said the program averages about 172 jobs filled per month and had 166 employers on the platform as of March 2025.

\"One out of every four applicants is getting hired through the program,\" Heflin said, and he noted approximately 60% of applicants use the platform's \"attachment\" feature to upload a resume or additional information. Heflin said that higher engagement with attachments is indicative of applicants pursuing a range of positions beyond entry-level listings.

Commissioners asked for additional breakdowns. Commissioner Hill asked whether the 23,000 figure represented unique people or unique applications; Heflin clarified the number counts applications (one person may submit multiple applications). Commissioner Bailey asked for geographic breakdowns; Heflin said most applicants are from the city's 10-county region and nearby Northern Tennessee counties and said he could provide exact local/hometown numbers on request.

Heflin named several employers that have been most active in 2025, including Fruit of the Loom, Bendix, Bowling Green Warehousing and Graves Gilbert Clinic. He told commissioners employers who actively manage their profiles achieve the best results, and he invited commissioners to meet with him for any additional detail. The city and county are scheduled to consider program renewal on July 1, 2025.

No formal action to renew funding was taken at the April 15 meeting; Heflin said he would provide more detailed local applicant and hiring-location breakdowns on request.

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