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The summary states the parties desire a three-year agreement covering employment terms beginning July 1, 2025 and ending July 1, 2028; the agreement is attached as Exhibit A to the ordinance and would become a binding contract upon passage and publication of the summary. Council members asked for clarification of the July 1 end date (typical contracts run to June 30) and staff confirmed the dates as 07/01/2025 through 07/01/2028.

The council scheduled the ordinance’s second reading for the June 9 meeting.

No final vote on adoption took place at the session; the item remains on the June 9 agenda for formal action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","May 27, 2025 Special Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Council read an ordinance approving a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement between the city and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 80; the agreement runs from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2028 and will return for a second reading on June 9.","taxTitle","Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky","taxId",71516,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6224515,"Council debates personnel and pay classification ordinance; seeks outside legal review on job-description authority",4944,3389000,8333000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3550367-e59cf636a13accba584426653796b936&start=3389&end=8333","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3550367-e59cf636a13accba584426653796b936/thumbnail_3389000.jpg","/articles/6224515/Shepherdsville/Bullitt-County/Kentucky/Council-debates-personnel-and-pay-classification-ordinance-seeks-outside-legal-review-on-job-description-authority","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6224515-076c48b525e2b096d0b1b3735ad0d153/orig.mp4?Expires=1771026590&Signature=V4lkIOvADjocAszAklusRTA5Gn~wx8jdIlaDm1XMNSohuUfHBvwL2SviqPFHVkP4aQvgAB7RarLNOwfI4TuEeO62vdtBEB2qjNVRhQ~7CtuNrIBRXvJOR2zvsudulofTz-PSvwZWe33pG9OVriJMTqnj-RWxefJ1if~IfWsDAXimSWDqRL40EGgOMMj481usHdOc7JzwttNWRP92hG2P19jSO~2eCNETpX-fUdVQ9H2aiV1ZsUfc0hJ0DDDqgTg4fM2OY8-hYU1Yzsl9bROx3pvnS1zNfNqOvBfQMQ9Qsfo2qMYFdYdnhh3vHxnGlHq7r2Owi0gYOskXoC2rB1w4rw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Shepherdsville City Council conducted a lengthy review of a proposed personnel and pay-rate classification ordinance that would set minimum and maximum base pay rates, authorized staffing levels and related classification details for city employees.

The ordinance author (sponsored by Council member Brad Whitaker) establishes positions, pay ranges and authorized staffing levels for administrative, public works, wastewater, fire and police departments. Council members and staff spent much of the meeting debating whether the ordinance should include detailed job descriptions, qualifications and other classification elements or whether that level of detail is an executive function reserved for the mayor’s office.

City Attorney Catherine (last name not specified in transcript) advised that state statutes and precedent limit the council’s ability to perform executive functions, and she recommended separating the pay/classification plan from job-description content or obtaining additional counsel to confirm the city’s authority. Council member Bonnie (last name not specified in transcript) said the classification and pay plan statutes require two documents — a position classification plan and a pay plan — and argued that short job specifications help ensure equitable hiring and prevent misassignment of duties that previously contributed to fiscal problems.

The council also debated civil-service status for certain positions. Members discussed whether the major fire marshal should be included in classified civil service; after discussion the council directed that the position be included (removing the prior exclusion) and that the matter not require additional change pending legal clarification.

Other substantive topics included longevity pay (staff explained longevity is calculated on base pay and is separate from base-rate increases) and proposed new positions for parks and recreation — an athletics coordinator and two parks workers — to prepare for anticipated growth in programming and facilities.

On a procedural motion the council voted to obtain a second legal opinion on whether the council may adopt job descriptions and specific qualifications by ordinance rather than leaving those matters to the mayor’s executive authority. The roll call on that motion recorded a majority in favor (Bonnie yes; Brad no for now; Jennifer yes; Rob yes; Faith yes).

Council read the ordinance summary for the first time; staff said they will continue to refine the document and circulate job descriptions from department heads. If department heads propose a job description the council wants changed, councilors said they can address the funding/authorization by leaving a position at zero authorized slots until the matter is resolved in the budget.","Council read a draft personnel and pay classification ordinance and spent extensive time debating whether job descriptions, qualifications and civil-service status should be adopted by ordinance or remain an executive responsibility; council approved seeking a second legal opinion.",{"_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},6224520,"Shepherdsville council presses for line-item capital project list, schedules June 2 special meeting",2150,2265000,4415000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3550367-e59cf636a13accba584426653796b936&start=2265&end=4415","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3550367-e59cf636a13accba584426653796b936/thumbnail_2265000.jpg","/articles/6224520/Shepherdsville/Bullitt-County/Kentucky/Shepherdsville-council-presses-for-line-item-capital-project-list-schedules-June-2-special-meeting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6224520-3657f8d009d7a7b72207177e1820f582/orig.mp4?Expires=1771026590&Signature=HClAio-QMXoTBGzSbY6Py2ZSZeL5demwrcv3U9RW5G42kbUbGnUaCs6-aJ1Ufzz78b0NU5FKmH8qB0iyTJeQKsu4avvoHKpO-5KKB9bQqxxq0ZEC9RI4nKUnX~TB91nvSuNv74iKnA~Y3jFy1ULKkJp375K20nYvXHU85VeqhTAfU1AxfRU8GxdV5cZvjCIHIZ3Risywl0LTRk8chq6CFpFarRrK8WJd6Pw9KoPWieD0ap8LyhN1lwR2DgBjvDRuOBqhSEREfpwQWyPGJD0WeqrukgpLl7hdujNlxmnITTIWOECevRQDbARZ9ausWgQUT0p5YsYcUBMiwPJOPjz-zQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Shepherdsville council members on Tuesday renewed calls for greater budget transparency and for capital projects to be listed by project beneath each department’s total capital expense, and they scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. June 2 to review an itemized list.

The discussion began after council members said they had learned projects such as a skate park had not appeared in the current budget ordinance even though work had been authorized. Council member Jennifer (last name not specified in transcript) said, “I would like to see our budget when it has miscellaneous projects that those projects are specified.”

Council members and staff traded explanations about how the city now provides monthly itemized reports that show every department purchase and account activity, but several councillors said those monthly reports are not the same as the ordinance language they vote on. Mayor (name not specified in transcript) and department staff described a compromise: list capital projects by name under each department’s total capital expense in the ordinance but avoid attaching fixed dollar amounts that would require council amendments if project priorities change.

Staff and legal counsel described the procurement and bidding process that applied to recent park work. Tom (staff member) and other staff said certain park components were bid nationally or through state contracts because local contractors do not perform specialized skate-park or playground installs; other site work and materials were handled differently. Council raised a separate concern that a private donation intended for the skate park was temporarily recorded in the general fund and therefore was not shown as an allocated line in the ordinance. Staff said the donation was later earmarked for park plans once the funding allocation was reconciled.

Council members pressed for a practical solution that provides oversight without unduly restricting day-to-day operations. The council agreed to have Catherine (City Attorney) and staff prepare a “long report” — a monthly, itemized capital project report — and publish it publicly, and to place a department-by-department list of capital projects under each total capital expense line in the ordinance. That listing will not include fixed dollar amounts, staff said, to preserve flexibility for unavoidable purchases such as emergency repairs.

Council members also asked department heads to deliver itemized capital-expenditure lists by the next meeting; police, fire, public works and wastewater staff committed to send those lists to the city clerk/city staff and to Catherine for inclusion in the June 2 packet.

The council set a special meeting for 6 p.m. June 2 to review the itemized reports and to hold a first reading of the general and sewer budgets; a second reading of the ordinance will follow as scheduled at the June 9 meeting, staff said.

The debate illustrated friction between two transparency goals: providing the council and public with project-level visibility, and preserving administrative flexibility to respond to emergencies and to use general contractors where required by procurement rules. Council members said the itemized listing approach should allow both oversight and the ability to proceed with time-sensitive work without repeated ordinance amendments.

Staff said they would post the long report and the capital-project lists to the city’s online repository and circulate the itemized lists to council members ahead of the June 2 special meeting.

The council did not adopt a substantive budget amendment at Tuesday’s session; it directed staff to prepare the itemized materials and return to the special meeting.

The skate-park funding and bidding history will be reviewed as part of that June 2 agenda, staff said.","Council members and staff debated how detailed the annual budget ordinance should be after several capital projects, including a skate park, drew concern for not appearing in the current ordinance; council agreed to a special meeting on June 2 for an itemized capital projects report.","actionData","errors"]

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Shepherdsville council presses for line-item capital project list, schedules June 2 special meeting