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Nicholasville commission approves ordinances, MOAs, personnel pay changes and $974,217.21 in bills; moves to closed session
Summary
At a Nov. 18 special meeting, the Nicholasville City Commission approved multiple ordinances and agreements, ratified FEMA/Flood Insurance filings, authorized software and MOA signings, approved several personnel pay changes and $974,217.21 in accounts payable, and then entered closed session to discuss real-property deliberations.
The Nicholasville City Commission on Nov. 18 unanimously approved a series of ordinances, memoranda of agreement, personnel pay changes and an accounts-payable batch totaling $974,217.21, then recessed into a closed session to discuss potential acquisition or sale of real property.
Commissioners gave first reading approval to ordinance 170-2024 to amend Article 6 of Chapter 21 of the code of ordinances to align local transient room tax definitions with newly described state language so the tax’s collection can apply to campgrounds, RV parks and certain short-term accommodations. City staff said tourism requested the clarification and recommended the change.
The commission also approved ordinance 173-2024, which revises city code to restrict commercial vehicles to federal and state routes and prohibit their routine use on residential streets except for direct access, a change staff said will make enforcement more practical than naming individual streets.
The body authorized the mayor to sign memoranda of agreement with DWH Properties LLC and with Saha and Rebecca J. Saha for mixed‑use residential/commercial developments; staff said the Saha amendment preserves about six acres of open space and sets exaction fees of $1,500 per single-family or townhouse lot with a two‑year grace period on fee increases.
By motion and roll call, commissioners ratified the mayor’s signature on the FEMA Community Rating System (CRS) community certification form tied to the National Flood Insurance Program, and approved a FEMA federal-clause form needed by Bartow, Fla., to seek mutual-aid reimbursement for recent storm response. Paul, the city’s CRS coordinator, said the city currently holds a Class‑8 CRS rating that yields about a 10% discount on flood insurance.
The commission approved procurement of an agenda and meeting-management system from CivicPlus (build-out and staff training to follow), and accepted several personnel adjustments: a $1 hourly increase for Ashley Blaine Bowman (water distribution), a rate adjustment for Daniel Justice to $24.01/hour, a salary adjustment for Laurie Young to $73.86/hour, and a 5% increase for Joe Iulius following Class 3 operator certification. The city also approved financial reports for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2024, and accounts payable of $974,217.21 covering Oct. 26 through Nov. 14.
Before adjourning into closed session under the cited Kentucky Revised Statute language (transcribed at the meeting as KRS 6 1.8101 b) for deliberations on future acquisition or sale of real property, commissioners offered routine business updates including a downtown-development meeting, a UK Federal Credit Union ribbon-cutting and holiday notes. The chair announced that no action would be taken while the commission was in closed session.
Votes and formal actions taken at the meeting were recorded by roll call; the commission’s motions on the items above were moved, seconded and carried as announced on the record.
