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May 25, 2021 | 2:19 PM
With summer heat on the rise, the Hopkinsville Fire/EMS Department and Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation Department are teaming up again to help the community cool down.
The 2nd Annual Hoptown Hose Down partnership, beginning Tuesday, June 1st, will have an HFD-provided pumper truck traveling to six different parks from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during June to safely spray down attendees with a water hose and nozzle throughout Hopkinsville.
Use of the extra truck and personnel from the Fire Department will not take away from any regular services provided or emergencies responded to by HFD/EMS. Parks employees on site will be facilitating the mobile spray parks.
Futrell said their EMS run volume increased in the first quarter, but transfers have decreased.
He noted the COVID calls are continuing to decrease. He said they have gone from 20 to 60 in a month to one or two calls a week.
Futrell said they are starting a community risk assessment this summer that will data-driven which will allow them to see the deficiencies are in the city.
Council approved the implementation of the Lot Next Door program unanimously with councilmembers Alethea West, Terry Parker, Tom Johnson and Patricia Bell not present at Tuesday’s meeting which authorizes the mayor and Chief Administrative Office Troy Body to initiate legal action and release liens as needed to facilitate the program. The program is intended to transition vacant or unmaintained lots to new ownership through a year-long ‘sweat equity’ process.
Interested residents could become the owner of a lot attached to their existing property, following a 12-month period during which the individual was responsible for the upkeep of that lot. The participation fee is $25 and the application fee is $175, with applications to soon become available through the City of Hopkinsville.
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May 13, 2021 | 9:01 PM
The Hopkinsville City Council Committee of the Whole forwarded on Mayor Wendell Lynch’s $40.5 million budget for the next fiscal year with only one small amendment Thursday night.
The amendment, which like the budget was approved unanimously, gives Community Development Services another $31,000 that was requested.
Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin says there’s no projected property tax increase and while he believes payroll tax revenues will meet or exceed pre-pandemic numbers, he was still conservative in his estimates.
Each department head talked about their requests and Police Chief Clayton Sumner says while he thinks his department will be ok on fuel even if prices do rise more because he is understaffed and has fewer vehicles on the street, he may need additional funds for gasoline if the cost goes up significantly.