Owensboro Board of Commissioners
January 05, 2021 5:00 PM
Special Called Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Tom Watson
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Please silence your cell phone during Commission Meeting.

2. ROLL CALL
City Clerk Beth Cecil
3. INVOCATION & PLEDGE
Mayor Tom Watson
4. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE
Honorable Jay A. Wethington, Daviess Circuit Court Judge, Division I
5. PRESENTATION
5.A. Cap Gardner Award 2020
6. BUSINESS
6.A. Election of Mayor Pro Tem
6.B. Consider Approval of Minutes dated December 1, 2020.
Attachments
6.C. Board Appointments
6.C.1. Consider Board Appointments
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GRADD Board of Directors – Appoint Lauren Osowicz as a joint city-county appointment to a three-year term effective January 1, 2021

Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission – Appoint Jerry Ray Davis to fill the remainder of a term ending December 31, 2021

Audubon Area Community Services Board – Appoint Matt Fitzgerald to serve as the Mayor’s designee to a term ending December 31, 2024

City Utility Commission – Reappoint Ted Lolley and Dr. Tom Maddox to a three-year term effective January 8, 2021

 

6.C.2. Consider Board Appointment
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Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors – Appoint Mark Castlen to a one-year term effective January 1, 2021.

6.C.3. Consider Board Appointment
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Owensboro-Daviess County Drug and Alcohol Steering Committee – Appoint Larry Maglinger to fill the remainder of a term ending October 4, 2023

 

7. ORDINANCES - 2nd READING
7.A. Consider Ordinance 23-2020 entitled AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF A 10-FOOT WIDE ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY CONTAINING 0.153 ACRES WHICH IS OFF EAST 15TH STREET AND ADJACENT TO 1501 HAYNES AVENUE FROM 1527 JACKSON STREET TO 1719 JACKSON STREET, OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY, AT THE REQUEST OF SOUTHERN TANK & MANUFACTURING, INC.
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Southern Tank & Manufacturing, Inc. has petitioned the City for the closing of a 0.153-acre portion of the right-of-way alley which is off East 15th Street and adjacent to 1501 Haynes Avenue from 1527 Jackson Street to 1719 Jackson Street. All adjoining and/or abutting property owners have consented to the closure.

Attachments
8. ORDINANCES - 1st READING
8.A. Consider Ordinance 1-2021 entitled AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2-18 OF THE CITY OF OWENSBORO CODE OF ORDINANCES REINSTATING THE NONPARTISAN PRIMARY FOR THE ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY OFFICES OF MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
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On July 7, 2015, the Owensboro Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance eliminating nonpartisan primary elections. The Owensboro Board of Commissioners wishes to reinstate the practice of conducting nonpartisan primaries in future elections.

Attachments
9. CITY MANAGER ITEMS
9.A. Consider Personnel Appointments
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PROMOTIONAL/PROBATIONARY STATUS:

Sarah D. Henry – Probationary, full-time, non-civil service, promotional appointment to Laborer/Maintenance Helper with the Public Works Grounds Department, effective January 18, 2021

Jeremiah A. Pye – Probationary, full-time, non-civil service, promotional appointment to Bus Driver with the Public Works Transit Department, effective January 18, 2021

REGULAR STATUS:

Kevin D. Lang – Regular, full-time, non-civil service appointment to Police Officer with the Police Department, effective January 1, 2021

Brad N. Hall – Regular, full-time, non-civil service appointment to Firefighter with the Fire Department, effective January 6, 2021

9.B. City Manager Comments
10. COMMUNICATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
11. ADJOURNMENT