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Bowling Green commission approves slate of promotions, appointments, grants and purchases in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting, the Bowling Green Board of Commissioners approved 18 municipal orders including personnel promotions and appointments, acceptance of a $57,000 HIDTA grant, purchases for parks and public safety, and continuing the city employee clinic agreement. Most actions passed unanimously; one promotion had a commissioner recusal.
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 Commissioner Carlos Bailey. Commissioner Dana Beasley Brown recused from this vote (declared familial relation). Roll call recorded the remainder of the commission voting yes; outcome: approved (recusal noted).
4) Municipal Order 2025-4 — Probationary appointment of Evan Webster to police cadet II (academy training position), moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
5) Municipal Order 2025-5 — Probationary appointment of Kayla (Kayla Wingfield) to Communications Dispatcher I (911 dispatcher). Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
6) Municipal Order 2025-6 — Probationary appointment of Zachary Holder as golf professional (parks and recreation). Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
7) Municipal Order 2025-7 — Revisions to the city’s risk management manual (personnel and safety updates including references to the new Kentucky medical cannabis law, drug- and alcohol-free workplace language, emergency action planning, lockout/tagout, and updated ladder/aerial/safety procedures). Moved by Commissioner Dana Beasley Brown; seconded by Commissioner Hill. Roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
8) Municipal Order 2025-8 — Acceptance of 2025 grant funds from the Appalachia HIDTA program (Office of National Drug Control Policy) in the amount of $57,000. Moved by Commissioner Perrigan; second by Commissioner Bailey. Vote: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved. The grant will fund overtime costs for three officers who serve on the Warren County Drug Task Force; no local match required.
9) Municipal Order 2025-9 — Acceptance/approval to construct and accept maintenance for Greystone subdivision Section 18 (acceptance of 1,365 linear feet of street—approximately 0.26 miles—sidewalk and storm sewer). Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
10) Municipal Order 2025-10 — Purchase and installation of six LED scoreboards for Lampkin Park and Hopson Grove Park with NEFCO Sports LLC through Sourcewell cooperative contract, amount $66,960.53. Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
11) Municipal Order 2025-11 — Purchase of playground replacements for Parker Bennett Park and Reservoir Hill (C. F. Smith Park) with GameTime through Omnia Partners cooperative contract in the amount of $707,991.84. Moved by Commissioner Carlos Bailey; second by Commissioner Hill. After discussion (see separate coverage), roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
12) Municipal Order 2025-12 — Purchase of furniture for the public safety training center and Fire Station No. 5 from Office Resources Inc. via Omnia Partners and TIPS cooperative contracts, amount $251,595.47. Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
13) Municipal Order 2025-13 — Authorization to continue the agreement with Premise Health Employer Solutions, LLC (CareHere) to administer the on-site employee medical clinic at the City Care Center through calendar year 2026 (per-member pricing, no overall price increase). Moved and seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
14) Municipal Order 2025-14 — Appointment of Commissioner Carlos Bailey to the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Board. Moved/seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
15) Municipal Order 2025-15 — Appointment of Commissioner Dana Beasley Brown to the Job Development Incentive Program Committee and the Housing Authority of Bowling Green. Moved/seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
16) Municipal Order 2025-16 — Appointment of Commissioner Melinda Hill to the Job Development Incentive Program Committee and Warren County Downtown Economic Development Authority, Inc. Moved/seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
17) Municipal Order 2025-17 — Appointment of Commissioner Sue Perrigan to the Bowling Green Audit Committee. Moved/seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
18) Municipal Order 2025-18 — Appointment of Mayor Todd Alcott to the Barren River Health District Board, the Bowling Green–Warren County Drug Task Force, and the Bowling Green–Warren County Local Emergency Planning Committee. Moved/seconded; roll call: unanimous yes. Outcome: approved.
Additional meeting business: The commission scheduled a closed session under KRS 61.810(1)(b) to discuss the prospective acquisition of real property (city staff stated publicity would likely affect property value). The commission announced the next regular meeting for Jan. 21, 2025, and said it would recognize Bowling Green High School girls’ and cheer squads at that meeting.
Ending: The actions taken at this meeting primarily implement staffing, capital and safety items set in the FY2025 budget and accept one federal grant supporting law-enforcement overtime. Several board appointments realign commissioner representation on boards and committees for 2025.
