Hopkinsville City Council adopts FY 2025-26 budgets, approves code supplement and multiple appointments

The Hopkinsville City Council on June 3 adopted its fiscal year 2025-26 operating and capital budgets, approved supplements and amendments to current-year budgets and ordinances, heard the city’s May financial report and confirmed a series of board and commission appointments.

Finance presenter Melissa Clayton summarized May financials before the council took votes. Clayton reported year-to-date general-fund revenue collections of $52,083,858 and year-to-date expenses of $48,000,008.65, leaving positive revenue over expenses of roughly $3,005,689. She said cash on hand at May 31 was $20,835,786, with available cash after encumbrances of $20,718,390 and an unassigned cash fund balance of about $19,000,004 (44.6% of the adjusted operating budget). Clayton also reported municipal road-aid fund activity and capital-fund balances and offered department-by-department percent-of-year-to-date spending figures.

During public comment, resident Natasha Francis asked the council to find funding for her neighborhood association, saying the group had…