Votes at a glance: Ashland commissions multiple ordinances, contracts and grants

The Ashland Board of Commissioners approved a range of ordinances, change orders, procurement contracts and municipal orders at its April 24 meeting. Several items were passed on second reading and final adoption; several procurement contracts and grant applications were approved on first reading and as municipal orders.

Key items approved included repeal of an earlier demolition contract authorization for property at 1213 Gallaher Drive; a change order increasing the Ashland Senior Center storefront rehabilitation contract; amendments to police department job classifications; repeal of the Ashland Conference Center Advisory Committee ordinance; a lease extension allowing the Paramount Art Center to continue operating the theater through Dec. 31, 2025; and multiple change orders and contracts for engineering and utility operations, including a change order to the Winchester Avenue improvements project that increased the contract amount.

The commission also approved procurement contracts for the utility operations and water-treatment divisions (chemical supply contracts for powdered activated carbon, hydrofluosilicic acid, sodium hypochlorite, potassium permanganate, aluminum sulfate, polymer, caustic soda, polyaluminum chloride), a community development block grant subrecipient agreement and contract for a fence replacement project for King's Daughters and Sons, a memorandum of agreement for the Kentucky combined sewer overflow coalition, and municipal grant applications including a Kentucky Fire Commission training facility grant application and an abandoned mine lands grant application for the Ashland Conference Center project.

Most items were approved by voice vote with motions moved and seconded; no extended debates were recorded on the bulk of these items in the transcript.

Votes and motions recorded on the agenda items are summarized below.