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Lawrenceburg mayor asks council to shelve riverfront project after flood-control opposition
Summary
Mayor Kelly Mon told the Lawrenceburg City Council the local flood control district would not issue a required letter of no objection for the riverfront project and recommended shelving the project; council voted 4–1 to shelve it and preserve existing engineering work for a future administration.
Mayor Kelly Mon recommended that the Lawrenceburg City Council shelve the city’s riverfront project after saying the local flood control district would not provide a required letter of no objection.
"Throughout my time as mayor, I've always made decisions with the best interest of the city and residents in mind," Mon said, reading a prepared statement. She said the city had coordinated engineering work with the local flood control district (LCD) and the Army Corps of Engineers but that the LCD "was never going to approve this letter," adding, "not for technical reasons but, in my opinion, for personal ones."
The mayor told council the administration approved the riverfront project more than two years earlier and that the engineering and planning already completed could be preserved for a future administration if circumstances change. She asked the council to "step away from this project at this time" and moved to shelve it.
Council took a roll call vote after the motion and second. Councilperson Tony Abbott and Councilperson Dylan Little voted "aye." Councilperson Tommy Roulette voted "nay." Councilperson Lenny Fryman and Councilperson Brett Bondert voted "aye." The motion to shelve the project passed 4–1.
The transcript record shows the mayor framed the decision around the LCD’s refusal to issue a letter of no objection for work that would affect the levee; she explicitly cited coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers but said the LCD’s refusal appeared to be for nontechnical reasons. The mayor also said the city could preserve the completed engineering and planning for possible future use and suggested redirecting attention to other priorities, such as senior housing and other city improvements.
The council’s action was limited to shelving the project; no ordinance, budget appropriation, or change to previously completed engineering work was reported as adopted at the meeting. The mayor characterized the vote as a temporary pause and recommended keeping project materials available for a future administration should the LCD’s position change.
No additional formal direction to staff, timelines for reopening the project, or conditions for reconsideration were recorded in the meeting transcript.
