Votes at a glance: Hopkinsville City Council actions, Oct. 21, 2025

Hopkinsville City Council took several formal actions at its Oct. 21 meeting. Below are the items the council voted on or approved and their outcomes.

Deepwood Drive speed-limit ordinance (first reading) The council passed on first reading an ordinance reducing the speed limit on Deepwood Drive from 30 mph to 25 mph. The ordinance text as read referenced “CARES 1 89.390” (as stated in the record). The motion was offered by Council member Don (mover) and seconded by Travis (second). The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; all council members present voted yes (Velez; Bell; Drowd; Smith; Stallings; Marsh; Crabtree; Martin; Sumner; Meek; Bogard). The ordinance passed first reading.

Sewer and water wholesale-rate ordinance (first reading) The council passed on first reading an ordinance amending Chapter 53 to set phased wholesale water rates per 1,000 gallons (phase 1: $25.03; phase 2: $26.53; phase 3: $27.98 as presented). Motion by Don; second by Travis. The clerk called the roll; all members present voted yes. The ordinance passed first reading.

Municipal Order authorizing KIA loan application (HWA SRF Phase 9 sewer rehabilitations) Municipal Order 42-2025 authorized the Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority to submit a Kentucky Infrastructure Authority loan application (WRIS project SX2104-7031) for $7,044,000 with $1,627,006.71 in loan forgiveness and permitted additional grant/bonding support not to exceed $1,455,009.50 for a total potential funding request of $8,500,000. Motion by Chuck; second by Marsh. The council approved the municipal order by voice vote.

Rabbit's Nest LLC downtown-incentive deadline extension Municipal Order 43-2025 extended the deadline for a downtown development incentive previously authorized for Rabbit’s Nest LLC; the council approved the extension to June 30, 2026. Motion and second noted on the record; approved by voice vote.

Phoenix Property Group incentive extension (correction/amendment) Municipal Order 44-2025 extended the deadline for previously authorized downtown incentives for Phoenix Property Group of WKY LLC for one year. Council members noted a clerical date error in the motion and amended the motion on the record; the amended motion passed by voice vote.

Inner-city residential enterprise-zone funding reprogramming Municipal Order 45-2025, upon recommendation of the Legacy Hopkinsville Committee, reprogrammed $30,000 within the inner-city residential enterprise-zone budget from the mayor’s downtown-initiative account to a neighborhood network program coordinator line. The council approved the municipal order by voice vote.

Surplus property (police department items) Municipal Order 46-2025 declared a listed set of vehicles and furniture used by the Hopkinsville Police Department to be surplus property, authorizing disposition under KRS 82.083. Motion and second recorded; approved by voice vote.

Appointments and routine items The council approved minutes for the Sept. 16, 2025 regular meeting and the Sept. 18 special call meeting; approved an executive order appointing Kenneth Gribara to the Western Hills Municipal Golf Course Board to fill an unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2026; and accepted the annual board of ethics report and the September financial report.

How to read these outcomes - “First reading” indicates the ordinance advanced on its initial council reading and will return for second reading and final passage according to the city’s ordinance schedule. - Several municipal orders were approved by voice vote; where the clerk recorded a roll-call (ordinances above), the individual council members’ yeas were read into the record.

Full actions and records are available in the official meeting minutes.