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• City Projects 04.21.26

• 04.07.26 Meeting Minutes

The Purchasing Department has requested the code be amended to better align with the Kentucky Model Procurement Code (KRS 45A). By referencing the KRS statutes in the Municipal Code, as opposed to the specific language within each statute, it ensures continued compliance when KRS 45A is revised.

• 07-2026 Amend procurement code

Annexation request from Hunters Ridge Estates, LLC for property located at end of Hunters Ridge and Summer Valley Lane (Hunters Ridge Subdivision - Phase III) containing 55.578 acres. There will be an annexation incentive agreement.

• 08-2026 Annex Hunters Ridge, Summer Valley Lane Phase III

Mizkan, Inc. operates a food processing facility within the City containing approximately 56 acres and they have started an extensive expansion and the creation of additional full-time jobs. Mizkan, Inc. has requested that Lagoon Lane, which will serve as the new entrance for shipping and receiving to serve their facility, be renamed to Bertolli Way.

• 09-2026 Lagoon Lane Change to Bertolli Way.pdf

The City of Owensboro joined Sister Cities International in 1994, and has since recognized as its sister city the City of Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic. Owensboro Sister Cities and Regions, Inc., is a Kentucky non-profit corporation and plays an important and indispensable part in administering the sister cities program.  The bylaws of the Owensboro Sister Cities and Regions, Inc., has recently been reviewed by their Board of Directors and updates have been recommended for approval by the Owensboro Board of Commissioners.

• 12-2026 Owensboro Sister Cities Bylaws

The Owensboro Fire Department (OFD) has a new Training Center and with the addition of an Unhinged Modular Wall Prop, the new Training Center will be able to host necessary training for OFD and neighboring departments. OFD seeks to file an application for a FY2027 Training Facility Grant through the Kentucky Fire Commission in the amount of $23,290.85, the proceeds of which will be utilized by OFD to purchase an Unhinged Modular Wall Prop, no match required by the City.  

• 13-2026 OFD Fire Commission Grant.pdf

The City of Owensboro through its Owensboro Fire Department, Daviess County Fiscal Court through its Daviess County Fire Department, the City of Henderson, Kentucky through its Henderson Fire Department, and the City of Madisonville, Kentucky through its Madisonville Fire Department desire to collaborate with Owensboro Community and Technical College to provide coursework for their employees for an accelerated Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certificate, which program will better meet the need for emergency medical technicians in the area. The Parties now seek to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the terms and conditions for their collaboration in providing coursework for the accelerated EMT Certificate program.

• 14-2026 EMT Paramedic with OCTC, County, Henderson, Madisonville.pdf

• 03-2026 Financial Report

(NEW HIRE) PROBATIONARY, FULL-TIME, NON-CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENT:

Charles A. Boone –Maintenance Equipment Operator with the Public Works Street Department, effective May 4, 2026

REGULAR, FULL-TIME, NON-CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS:

Tyler D. Denson –Road Worker with the Public Works Street Department, effective April 28, 2026

Steven C. McLeish –Refuse Truck Driver with the Public Works Sanitation Department, effective April 28, 2026

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