Glasgow City Council listens attentively to city employees recounting recent events and successes.
There was no case of the “Mondays” at the Glasgow City Council Meeting yesterday, with the council working together to adopt changes to a city-county agreement for animal control that had been tabled at last the last meeting, councilmembers also saw the adoption of two resolution for the city to apply for grants to better support our waste management infrastructure.
Starting off the meeting, Mayor Henry Royse saw to the one item under old business, that was the adoption of a new joint city-county agreement for countywide animal control and the advisory board that would oversee it. The agreement had been modified since the council last looked over it, with City Attorney Rich Alexander highlighting the changes.
The changes made included the elimination of the office of “city control officers” as a voting member on the animal control board, swapping instead the two elected citizens, one from the city limits of Glasgow and another from the county that would vote on the board, maintaining the original seven member design. Other changes included were additions to the legalese of the contract to better shoulder the responsibility between the city and county bodies.
Ultimately, the council voted to adopt the new agreement, which will now go back to the Barren County Fiscal Court to vote on the changes in their next meeting.
The council also agreed to two resolutions allowing April Russell, City Grant Writer, to apply for a Recycling and Composting grant through the Kentucky Pride Fund, the recycling grant would go toward equipment used in waste management and disposal, for example the recycling grant would go to a skid steer for the city. Both resolutions were passes unanimously.
The meeting wrapped up relatively quickly, with Royse and councilmembers sharing stories and anecdotes of the city’s recent success’ in various events. Present in the audience was Glasgow Director of Parks and Rec. Eddie Furlong who was brought before the council to talk about the recent Copter Hop event on Easter which, according to his staff, saw around 4,000 participants. The council also heard from Jim McGowan Director of Public Works who was fresh off of one of the busiest “clean-up” weeks the city had seen, with Mayor Royse, stating to McGowan that, “There had to be some records broken.”
With the meeting coming to a close, the energy in the room was best explained by Councilman Patrick Gaunce, who took time to thank the mayor and the city staff that have made these successes possible.
The council is expected to meet again on April 22nd at 6p.m.