Bowling Green commission approves slate of promotions, appointments, grants and purchases in unanimous votes

The Bowling Green Board of Commissioners approved a slate of 18 municipal orders on Jan. 7, 2025, at a regular meeting at City Hall, adopting personnel actions, grant acceptance, capital purchases and contract renewals.

The votes covered routine minutes approval, multiple personnel appointments in the police and parks departments, municipal purchases for parks and public safety, acceptance of a $57,000 Appalachia HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) grant, and continuation of the city employee clinic agreement with Premise Health/CareHere. The meeting also included acceptances of subdivision improvements and various board appointments.

Why it matters: The package of votes advances the city’s staffing, parks capital program and public-safety initiatives already budgeted for fiscal year 2025. Several items authorize spending from capital budgets or accept external grant funds that support law enforcement overtime and community facilities.

Summary of municipal orders and formal actions (text condensed from motions as stated on the record):

1) Municipal Order 2025-1 — Approval of the Dec. 17, 2024 regular meeting minutes. Moved by Commissioner Melinda Hill; seconded by Commissioner Sue Perrigan. Vote: unanimous approval recorded on the roll call (all present voted yes). Outcome: approved.

2) Municipal Order 2025-2 — Electing Dana Beasley Brown as mayor pro tem. Moved and seconded on the floor; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved; Dana Beasley Brown was named mayor pro tem.

3) Municipal Order 2025-3 — Promotion of Thomas Busch to police sergeant. Moved by Commissioner Perrigan; second by…