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First reading held for Leitchfield's 2026 comprehensive plan; final vote scheduled July 29
Summary
At a July 28 meeting, the Leitchfield City Council heard a first reading of an ordinance to adopt the 2026 comprehensive plan. Staff highlighted edits (utilities cooperation, added parks and airports) and said the plan will be voted on at the council's next meeting on July 29.
Arlene read the ordinance language and highlighted edits to the proposed 2026 comprehensive plan during a first reading at the Leitchfield City Council's July 28 meeting. She told the council the plan incorporates changes suggested by council members and explained the 90-day statutory window for council action after the planning commission forwarded the document.
Arlene cited KRS 100.197 and said a public hearing was held before the Planning and Zoning Board on April 13, 2026, and that the plan was presented to the council on May 4, 2026 by Tyler Harrell (the transcript also shows the surname once as "Harold"). She said the ordinance would adopt the 2026 plan in its entirety and revoke the 2015 comprehensive plan. "Again, this is a 1st reading, so we will not vote today," Arlene said. "It'll be voted on tomorrow."
She summarized specific edits the council requested: insertion of cooperative language with Leitchfield utilities for goals that require utility support; addition of Owensboro and Bowling Green among locally used airports in the air travel section; insertion of the word "Road" after Hubert Logston in the roads-and-streets section; inclusion of private schools and day care centers under community education facilities; addition of Loxton Valley Park as a major facility; and a change to list seven parks/softball/baseball fields in the recreational facilities chart. Arlene offered to email a redlined copy showing the edits in bold red text before the council's next meeting.
Regarding public access, Arlene said a copy of the full plan is available at City Hall and that it would be published online in the city's codification system "eventually." A staff member explained that American Legal typically performs annual codification and that posting often occurs in the March–June window of the following year; staff said that timeline may delay the online posting of the full-year codification.
Next steps: the council is scheduled to take the second reading and a final vote on the ordinance on July 29, 2026.
