Votes at a glance: Bowling Green commission actions Oct. 21, 2025

At its Oct. 21, 2025 regular meeting the Bowling Green Board of Commissioners approved a series of municipal orders, ordinances and personnel actions. The following is a concise roll-call summary of each action taken as recorded in the meeting transcript. All items listed below were approved by the commission unless noted otherwise.

1) Municipal Order 2025-232 — Approve probationary firefighter appointments: Motion to approve probationary appointments of 12 firefighter recruits (names listed in transcript). Moved: Commissioner Kerrigan. Second: Commissioner Bailey. Vote: 5–0 (Ayes: Bailey, Beasley Brown, Hill, Alcott, Perrigan).

2) Municipal Order 2025-233 — Career path advancement: Approve advancement of Nick Updegraf to medium heavy truck technician master, Public Works. Moved: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

3) Municipal Order 2025-234 — Promotion: Approve promotion of Delana Moore to communications dispatcher supervisor, Police Department. Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

4) Municipal Order 2025-235 & 2025-236 — Transfers: Approve transfer of Nicole Wright and Richard Harrison to Dispatcher 2 (police). Moved: Commissioner Hill (and separately Commissioner Melinda Hill and Commissioner Bailey for the other). Vote: 5–0.

5) Municipal Order 2025-237 — Appointment: Approve probationary appointment of Emily Gentry to Office Associate I, Neighborhood and Community Services. Moved: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

6) Municipal Order 2025-238 — Appointments: Approve probationary appointments of Brandon Vita and Justin Wilson to System Engineer I, IT Department. Moved: Commission. Vote: 5–0.

7) Ordinance BG2025-24 — First reading (nonbinding): Amend classification pay schedule for FY2026 (classification changes and new part-time driver positions). Moved: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Roll call: unanimous approval to advance.

8) Municipal Order 2025-239 — Appointments to Human Rights Commission: Appoint Lane Pham and reappoint Phyllis Anderson, Michael Coleman, Lisa Cook. Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Vote: 5–0.

9) Municipal Order 2025-240 — Ratify mayor’s signature on lease for Bowling Green International Festival (Circus Square Park): Ratify lease and waive fees associated with September event. Moved: Commissioner Hill. Second: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Vote: 5–0.

10) Municipal Order 2025-241 — Accept LWCF/ORLP grant: Authorize acceptance of $3,640,000 National Park Service grant for Barren River Whitewater Park (described earlier). Moved: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

11) Municipal Order 2025-242 — Accept FEMA AFG grant: Authorize acceptance of $188,615.49 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (with 10% local match). Moved: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Second: Commissioner Perrigan. Vote: 5–0.

12) Municipal Order 2025-243 — Accept Kentucky Transportation Cabinet carbon reduction funds: Authorize acceptance up to $592,000 for right-of-way acquisition for Scottsville Road multi-use path. Moved: Commissioner Brown. Second: Commissioner Bailey. Vote: 5–0.

13) Municipal Order 2025-244 — Accept Kentucky CDBG-DR funding: Authorize acceptance of $5,000,000 for infrastructure to support 70 attainable housing units with Habitat for Humanity. Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

14) Municipal Order 2025-245 — Purchase turnout gear: Authorize purchase of turnout gear (cooperative purchase) in the amount of $100,800; funding split between AFG grant and Fire Improvement Fund. Moved: Commissioner Hill. Second: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Vote: 5–0.

15) Municipal Order 2025-246 — Authorize master plan contract for Russell Sims Aquatic Center: Approve contract with Luckett & Farley, amount not to exceed $124,100. Moved: Commissioner Bailey. Second: Commissioner (record). Vote: 5–0.

16) Municipal Order 2025-247 — Renew ammunition contract: Exercise first-year option for police ammunition with Kiesler Police Supply Inc. and TXAT LLC based on unit prices. Moved: Commissioner Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

17) Municipal Order 2025-248 — Authorize nonemergency call automation contract: Approve vendor award to Needle Inc. (Aurelian) for automation, $85,000 annually (3-year total $255,000). Moved: Commissioner Hill. Second: Commissioner Bailey. Vote: 5–0.

18) Municipal Order 2025-249 — Approve purchase of Ford F-750 truck via Sourcewell, $192,920.70. Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Vote: 5–0.

19) Municipal Order 2025-250 — Approve purchase of Freightliner plow package via Sourcewell, $255,560. Moved: Commissioner Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

20) Municipal Order 2025-251 — Authorize overhead electrical installation at Butler County Landfill (sole source) $123,343.13. Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

21) Municipal Order 2025-252 — Approve change order No. 2 to Scott & Ritter sinkhole contract ($750,000; new total $1,180,000). Moved: Commissioner Hill. Second: Commissioner Perrigan. Vote: 5–0.

22) Municipal Order 2025-253 — Annual pavement condition survey and street-level imagery collection (CycloMedia), $121,740. Moved: Commissioner Hill. Second: Commissioner (record). Vote: 5–0.

23) Ordinance BG2025-25 — First reading nonbinding: Rename Cypress Wood Lane to Gatorway (requested by Warren County Public Schools). Moved: Commissioner Perrigan. Second: Commissioner Beasley Brown. Vote: unanimous to advance.

24) Municipal Order 2025-254 — Approve FY26–FY30 Capital Improvement Program. Moved: Commissioner Bailey. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

25) Municipal Order 2025-255 — Ratify payment of an arbitrage rebate to IRS related to Intermodal Transportation Authority GO bonds series 2021A. Moved: Commissioner Brown. Second: Commissioner Hill. Vote: 5–0.

26) Municipal Orders 2025-256 through 2025-259 — Job development incentive credits: Approve agreements with SCS2 LLC; Peak Precision Manufacturing LLC; Casa Innovations LLC; Augmentum ARC LLC (collectively creating and supporting announced jobs and investments). Each motion passed by roll call (votes recorded in transcript as unanimous).

27) Municipal Orders 2025-260 through 2025-266 — Travel and conference authorizations for mayor, commissioners and city manager to attend Leadership Kentucky and the Kentucky League of Cities conference (Owensboro). Motions moved and approved on roll call.

28) Ordinance BG2025-233 — Second reading (binding): City cable franchise ordinance (approval recorded by roll call vote).

Several items were first readings and nonbinding (ordinances) and will return for a final reading as required; municipal orders above were carried by unanimous roll-call votes as recorded in the meeting transcript. Where names or specifics were not provided in detail in the transcript (for example, some mover names were generic in the record), this summary reports the motion text and recorded vote as stated.