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Owensboro holds required public hearing on use of state road funds; residents urge backyard-chicken rule change
Summary
At a June 3 public hearing required before expending state-derived road tax money, city staff said the approved FY 2025-26 budget includes $1.4 million for municipal road aid. In open forum, a resident asked the commission to amend city code to allow backyard chickens and several public commenters raised unrelated matters.
The Owensboro Board of Commissioners conducted a public hearing June 3, as staff said is required under state law, to take public input before expending state-derived tax revenues for roads. City staff member Angela Waniger told attendees the city's approved FY 2025-26 budget contains $1,400,000 for municipal road aid and $16,000 for local government economic assistance.
"It requires us to have a public hearing by any local government before expending state derived tax revenues on its roads to take the sense of the public regarding the use of these…
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