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Hopkinsville Council repeals cable oversight authority, OKs Lafayette Road MOU and appoints Small Business commissioner

City of Hopkinsville City Council · December 3, 2025

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At its Dec. 2 meeting, Hopkinsville City Council approved Ordinance 33-2025 to dissolve the Cable Television Oversight Authority, authorized an MOU with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for widening of Kentucky 107 (Lafayette Road), and confirmed an appointment to the Small Business Commission.

Hopkinsville City Council on Dec. 2 approved several routine but consequential items, including a repeal of the citys Cable Television Oversight Authority, authorization for a roadway project MOU with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and an appointment to the Hopkinsville Small Business Commission.

The council adopted Ordinance 33-2025 in its second reading, repealing sections 33.175—3.178 of the Hopkinsville code that established the Cable Television Oversight Authority. The ordinances text notes the authority itself recommended dissolution on Oct. 17, 2025 and that the council previously voted on Nov. 4, 2025 to dissolve the authority. Clerk-conducted roll call produced recorded "yes" votes and the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote.

Council also approved Municipal Order 48-2025 authorizing the mayor to sign a memorandum of understanding and deed of conveyance with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, for widening Kentucky 107 (Lafayette Road). The order cites project number 12F0FD520241505601R and states the project is intended to improve safety on Lafayette Road. The council moved, seconded and approved the order by voice vote.

In personnel business, the council approved Executive Order 48-2025, appointing Angie Graham to the Hopkinsville Small Business Commission to fill the unexpired term of Diana Sobe; the appointment term is listed as expiring June 1, 2029. The executive order requires council approval pursuant to ordinance 10-20-23.

Other items: the council approved minutes from the Nov. 18, 2025 regular meeting, heard a public announcement about the Jefferson Bend Environmental Centers "Christmas at the Bend" event and scheduled discussion of a proposed water park for the Dec. 16 council meeting, with Mike Perry expected to present paperwork. The meeting recessed into a closed session under KRS 61.810(1)(g) to discuss an economic development proposal; after returning, the council reported "there was no, no nothing done" in closed session and then adjourned.

"We do hereby proclaim December as Human Rights Month in all of Hopkinsville and Christian County," a city proclamation read at the start of the meeting, citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and urging residents to "focus on how human rights are a pathway to solutions." Public commenter Diane Crony Turner invited residents to Jefferson Bends Dec. 6 holiday event, saying, "It will be this coming up Saturday, December 6. It'll be from 11 to 1... Our cost is $5 a carload."