CITY OF
PROSPECT
CITY
COUNCIL MEETING
September 15, 1997
PRESENT:
Mayor Lonnie Falk; Council Members Harold Smith, Sandra Tucci, Nan Milliman
and Alan Simon; City Attorney John Evans; Police Chief Lewis Nugent; City
Administrator Ann Simms; Recording Secretary Phyllis A. O’Donnell.
Absent: Council Members Raymond Burse and Lee Zimmerman.
Mayor Falk called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES:
Council Member Smith moved approval of the minutes of the regular City
Council Meeting of August 18, 1997; Council Member Simon seconded; passed
unanimously.
COMMENTS
FROM RESIDENTS:
There were no comments from residents.
POLICE
REPORT:
Chief Lewis Nugent reported that plans for the Safety-Security Fair
to be held on Oct. 19 were coming along nicely. Officer Larry Bush will
be on hand explaining bicycle safety and rules. Chief Nugent will also be
on hand for identification kits for children. Prospect has had a rash of
thefts lately including golf clubs and miscellaneous items. The Prospect
police are following up on several leads and also have recovered some of
the stolen goods. The video cameras have been installed in two police cars
and are working. Chief Nugent also reported the possibility of obtaining
two more cameras being donated by insurance companies.
FINANCIAL
REPORT:
Mayor Falk explained that the audit for 1996-97 is almost finished,
and financial reports will not be available until the audit is done.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS:
No unfinished business.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Mayor Falk asked that the council appropriate money for replacing bushes,
shrubs and trees lost from blight, drowning and old age throughout the City.
Also there would be planting of annuals and bulbs at subdivision entrances
and at various other locations for a total of approximately $30,000 in a
number of different projects. Council Member Simon moved approval but asked
that $500 be added for additional trees for the Don Cowley Open Space for
screening of the port-a-potties; Council Member Smith seconded; passed unanimously.
Council Member Milliman gave FIRST READING, ORDINANCE NO. 347, SERIES 1997: AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PROSPECT, KENTUCKY.
Council Member Simon moved that THE COUNCIL WILL CONSENT TO THE MAYOR’S NOMINATION PERSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 345, SERIES 1997 OF THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF PROSPECT: Fran Berg, Robert Bivens, Scott Buckingham, Jan Fleck and Dan Shomer; Council Member Smith seconded; passed unanimously.
Council Member Tucci moved the City expend $5,000 for electrical work to be done at the entrance of Fox Harbor. Council Member Tucci explained that because Fox Harbor is one of the older subdivisions that the electrical system desperately needed to be upgraded. Council Member Simon seconded; passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION:
Council Member Simon moved the Council to meet in Executive Session
for the purpose of possible litigation; Council Member Milliman seconded.
The Council met in Executive Session from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
OPEN
SESSION:
Council Member Smith moved that THE CITY OF PROSPECT PROCEED WITH A PLAN,
SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE
KENTUCKY DIVISION OF WATER, TO DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT A SEWER SYSTEM SERVING
THE CITY AND OTHER POTENTIAL USERS, WHICH WILL DISCHARGE INTO THE OHIO RIVER
AND ELIMINATE THE SEWER DISCHARGE OF THE CITY WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND POTENTIALLY
OTHERS INTO HARRODS’ CREEK; Council Member Simon seconded; passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT:
Council Member Simon moved adjournment; Council Member Milliman seconded;
passed unanimously. Mayor Falk declared the meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.