The Board of Commissioners of the City of Ashland, Kentucky, at a recessed meeting on Jan. 9 gave second reading and final adoption to six ordinances and recessed the meeting until Jan. 22 at 11 a.m.

The measures approved included a repeal of a prior ordinance, an amendment fixing the board’s regular meeting schedule, authorization to establish a temporary line of credit for fiscal-year operating expenses, approval of a change order for the 26th Street pump station rehabilitation project, adoption of a Housing Choice Voucher Program utility-allowance schedule for the community development assisted-housing division, and an amendment to establish the Ashland Conference Center Advisory Committee.

The ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 164, Series 2023 was adopted on second reading and described in the meeting as restoring the effect of a Kentucky statute cited in the ordinance text. The meeting record as read aloud contains a statute citation that appears garbled; the text presented at the meeting did not specify a standard Kentucky Revised Statute citation in clear form.

The board also approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor, the city manager and the assistant finance director to establish a line of credit on behalf of the city to borrow funds for operational expenses for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

An ordinance approving Change Order No. 1 between the City of Ashland and Mechanical Construction Company for the 26th Street pump station rehabilitation project was adopted, increasing the contract by $25,976.09 for the Department of Engineering.

The board adopted the Housing Choice Voucher Program utility-allowance schedule for the City of Ashland Community and Economic Development Department, Division of Assisted Housing (Section 8). The meeting record used the phrase "housing chores voucher program," which appears to be a transcription error; the ordinance text as read refers to the Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher utility-allowance schedule.

An amendment to Ordinance No. 55, Series 2013, as previously amended, which fixes the days, time and place for meetings of the Board of Commissioners was adopted on second reading and final adoption.

The board also approved an amendment to Ordinance No. 151, Series 2023, establishing the Ashland Conference Center Advisory Committee.

All items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with aye recorded; no opposition was recorded on the meeting transcript excerpt.

After the ordinances were adopted, the board voted to recess the meeting until Jan. 22 at 11 a.m.

Minutes and ordinance texts should be consulted for the full language, individual vote counts and any ordinance numbers or statutory citations that the meeting summary read aloud did not make clear.