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Votes at a glance: travel approvals, appointments, personnel orders, MOA and other routine business
Summary
The Winchester City Commission approved multiple routine items including travel requests for staff and officers, a memorandum of agreement for stream restoration, numerous appointments, personnel orders and a motion to adjourn into closed session for personnel and industrial prospects.
The Winchester City Commission approved a bundle of routine agenda items during the meeting, including travel requests, board appointments, personnel actions, a memorandum of agreement for a stream restoration project and a motion to adjourn to closed session.
Key approvals and votes recorded by the commission (motion/second and outcome):
- Item 2a: Out-of-state travel for Finance Director Alicia May and Deputy Finance Director Tammy Butler to attend the Government Finance Officers Association training in Washington, D.C., June 26–July 2, 2025. Motion passed by voice vote.
- Item 2b: Out-of-state travel for officers Jameson Thomas, Bryce Harrison, Elizabeth Begley and Detective Matthew Sturgill to attend the 2025 Police Explorer Winterfest in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Feb. 6–9, 2025. Motion passed by voice vote.
- Item 5a–5i: Multiple appointments to commissions and committees were approved, including appointing Commissioner Joe Chenault to the Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission (two-year term); appointing Shannon Cox and Hannah Toole to the Revenue Sharing Committee; Kitty Strode and Joe Chenault to the Public Works Committee (two-year terms); Kitty Strode as mayor pro tem (two-year term); and reappointing Cassandra Riddell to the Winchester-Clark County Board of Adjustments (four-year term). Motions were passed by voice vote as recorded in the transcript.
- Item 5j: Acceptance of H And B Construction’s bid for the Jackson Street bridge removal and waterline relocation ($415,739.98) was approved (see separate article for details).
- Item 5k: The commission accepted and approved a memorandum of agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the City of Winchester stream restoration project on Fifth Street in the amount of $350,000. Motion passed by voice vote.
- Item 5v: Appointment of Ronnie Anne Denham to the Winchester Board of Ethics for a three-year term was approved by voice vote.
- Personnel (Item 6A–6D): The commission approved amendments to position descriptions in the Public Works Department pay classification plan (6A); rescinded an earlier employment order employing Zachary Schoolmaster as police officer I (6B); approved educational certification incentive salary increases for certain personnel (6C); and appointed Jesse McCoy as interim engineering technician (6D). Motions passed by voice vote.
- Closed session: The commission voted to adjourn into closed session to discuss personnel matters under KRS Chapter 61.81(1)(f) and industrial prospects under KRS Chapter 61.81(1)(g)(3). The motion to adjourn to closed session and to adjourn the regular meeting at the close of the closed session was moved and seconded and approved.
All items listed above were recorded in the meeting transcript as approved by voice vote unless otherwise noted in the transcript roll-call prompts.
