By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET
for Glasgow News 1
Monday’s regular meeting of the Glasgow Common Council is to be kicked off with a presentation by Maureen Carpenter, president and CEO of Barren Inc., followed by the swearing in of a new city police officer, according to the distributed agenda.
Action items include one item of old business – second reading of an ordinance amending the budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30 – and, under new business, two municipal orders.
The council unanimously approved first reading of the budget-amendment ordinance Aug. 12. The amendment would transfer a total of $685,000 from the unappropriated General Fund as follows: $330,000.00 to the Pool Contractual Improvements Account for the American Legion aquatic center project, $40,000 to the Parks and Recreation Contractual Improvements Account for the American Legion aquatic center project, and $315,000.00 to the Administrative Contractual Improvements Account for the farmers market project.
It would also transfer the sum of $241,500 from the unappropriated Sanitation/Landfill Fund to the Landfill Construction Equipment Account for acquisition of a dump truck.
These items were in the prior fiscal year’s budget, but some of the bills hadn’t come in until after July 1, when the current fiscal year began, so the expenditures needed to be accurately reflected from that budget.
The first of the municipal orders would formally appoint Victoria Simmons as the new city treasurer, although she started the job Aug. 11. Highlights of her resume were offered when she attended the council’s finance committee meeting last week.
The other municipal order would approve the use of opioid settlement monies to fund the salary of a social worker/victim advocate for the police department. In advance of the July 14 council meeting, Mayor Henry Royse provided notice to the council members that he had signed an executive order establishing the position title.
Announcements to be made at Monday’s meeting include the following:
– The Groove & Glow hot-air balloon event is Sept. 13 at the Glasgow Municipal Airport;
– The Old Timers Reunion annual fundraiser featuring Tyrone Dunn & Kin-Folk is at 7 p.m. Friday at the Plaza Theatre; and
– The Glasgow Parks and Recreation Department is taking registrations for its adult (at least 16 years old) fall volleyball league, its fall soccer league and its girls’ youth (fourth through eighth grades) volleyball league.
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