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Bowling Green council adopts emergency measure to build shared-use path on North Main Street
Summary
Council gave third reading to Ordinance 9361, suspended the rules, adopted an emergency clause and voted unanimously to authorize design, engineering, right‑of‑way acquisition and construction contracting for a shared-use path on North Main Street from Po Road to Nims Road.
Bowling Green City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 9361, authorizing the municipal administrator to solicit qualifications, advertise for bids and enter contracts for the design, engineering, right-of-way acquisition and construction of a shared-use path on North Main Street from Po Road to Nims Road.
Why it matters: The ordinance moves the project from planning toward procurement and signals the city’s commitment to building pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure on a key corridor.
Council suspended the rules to allow third reading, then promptly moved and adopted an emergency clause to accelerate implementation. A recorded roll-call vote followed; the council adopted the ordinance with all members present voting in the affirmative. The meeting record shows the council agreed to the emergency clause and then to adoption of Ordinance 9361.
At the same meeting council also approved several other measures on the consent/legislative calendar: Resolution 3907 (authorizing the mayor to apply for and administer Community Development Block Grant entitlement funding) and Ordinance 9358 (authorizing the utilities director to enter an electric-rate stabilization agreement with American Municipal Power, Inc.). These were read, moved, seconded and adopted by recorded vote.
Procedure and next steps: With Ordinance 9361 adopted, the municipal administrator may proceed to solicit qualifications and bids and negotiate contracts for the shared-use path. Council scheduled a public hearing for Ordinance 9365 (accessory uses amendment) on Monday, July 20 at 6 p.m., where members of the public may provide comment on that separate zoning change.
Votes at a glance: Council recorded unanimous affirmative votes on Ordinance 9361 (emergency adoption), Resolution 3907 (CDBG application authority) and Ordinance 9358 (electric-rate stabilization). The minutes record voice and roll-call confirmations by the members present.
