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Votes at a glance: Georgetown City Council, Sept. 22, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Sept. 22 council meeting including budgets, purchases, grants and ordinances; all listed actions passed by majority vote or unanimous voice vote.
The Georgetown City Council on Sept. 22 took votes on a range of routine and substantive items. The following is a concise list of motions and decisions recorded on the meeting record.
- Added to agenda: Resolution to seek funding for asphalt resurfacing on Delaplane Road and Main Avenue through the county priority projects program — added by motion and approved. - Approval of minutes from the morning meeting — approved by motion. - Municipal order: Authorize participation in proposed opioid settlement funds — approved (see separate article for details). - Municipal order: Intersection cameras and license‑plate readers expansion — approved (see separate article). - Municipal order: Ladder truck purchase from Atlantic Emergency Solutions — approved; related lease‑purchase financing with PNC approved (7‑year amortization) — both approved. - First readings introduced (publicly read for first time): ordinance creating a training incentive program for elected officials; ordinance to increase CAD administrator positions at the Georgetown‑Scott County 9‑1‑1 center from 1 to 2; property tax levy ordinance setting the fiscal year 2025‑26 city rates at 6.2¢ per $100 for real and personal property and 16.8¢ per $100 for motor vehicles and watercraft (public hearing to follow prior to second reading). - Purchase/contract approvals and pay requests (consent/finance items approved): Petco Inc. – raw water basin cleaning ($19,119.60); Frankfort Toyota – vehicle purchase ($39,959); DessoTech – carbon change out at Wastewater Plant No. 2 ($59,624.75); Judy Construction – pay request for WWTP No. 1 upgrade ($256,084.25). - Municipal order: School Resource Officer (SRO) Memorandum of Understanding – approved; formal introduction of SRO Jim Wright. - Municipal order: Surplus property disposition and donation of eight in‑car printers to nearby department — approved; staff removed hard drives from surplus PCs containing CJIS information before sale. - Resolution: Authorize application for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant for victim services — approved. - Resolution: Accept Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant for playground equipment at Ed Davis/Boston Community Park — approved; staff confirmed a $250,000 local match was budgeted and carried forward in Parks & Rec capital projects. - Municipal order: Adopt traffic calming program — approved. - Walk‑on resolution: Authorize application to county priority projects program for Delaplane Road and Main Avenue (80/20 match) — approved; local 20% match estimated at $116,002.61 and staff confirmed MAP funds may be used for the local match.
All motions listed above were recorded on the meeting record; where seconding members were recorded, those names are shown in the minutes. The meeting record indicates the items passed by voice vote with no recorded opposing votes.
