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Bowling Green commission approves hires, playground, fiber and grant application
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Bowling Green Board approved a series of municipal orders: promotions and probationary hires in police, HR, IT and parks; purchase of fiber and routers for radio tower sites ($279,386.25); a KYTC grant application for roadway work ($669,586.14); GameTime playground contract ($549,378.49); asphalt change order ($196,000; total $237,500); and an option to purchase 500 East Main Avenue.
The Bowling Green Board of Commissioners on Sept. 16 approved a slate of municipal orders and personnel actions across city departments.
Key actions included promotions and probationary appointments: promotion of Benjamin Craig to police sergeant (municipal order 2025-221) and approval of probationary hires in human resources and parks and recreation (municipal order 2025-222). The commission also approved the appointment of Jordan Miller as an IT system analyst (municipal order 2025-223) and Aaron Britton as a landscape gardener (municipal order 2025-224). All personnel actions passed on roll call.
On infrastructure and equipment, commissioners approved a sole-source purchase of fiber for public-safety radio tower sites and service aggregation routers from Motorola Solutions Inc. through Bowling Green Municipal Utilities for $279,386.25 (municipal order 2025-225). IT staff said the work provides redundant communications paths for 911/public-safety radios and will avoid replacing some aerial equipment.
The commission authorized staff to apply to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet County Priority Projects program for $669,586.14 to resurface about 1.1 miles of roadway (Riverview Drive and Plum Springs Loop) with a required 20% local match (~$167,000) if awarded (municipal order 2025-226). City staff said they would await the grant decision before reallocating overlay funds.
Capital projects approved included a $549,378.49 contract for Lovers Lane Playground improvements with GameTime under the Omnia Partners cooperative (municipal order 2025-229), including inclusive pour-in-place surfacing; and a change order to Scotty’s Contracting/Stone LLC for asphalt purchase in the amount of $196,000 (total project cost $237,500) to support several FY26 paving projects (municipal order 2025-230).
Following a closed session, the commission approved municipal order 2025-231 authorizing an option to purchase property at 500 East Main Avenue (owned by US Bank) to provide interim downtown office space as part of long-range downtown campus planning.
All listed municipal orders and ordinances voted on during the meeting were approved by roll call; the transcript records affirmative roll-call votes by Commissioners Hill, Perrigan, Bailey, Beasley Brown and Mayor Alcott on those items.
