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LEBANON JUNCTION – If you wish to sell fireworks in one Bullitt County city, expect to pay a higher fee. The Lebanon Junction City Council heard the first reading to amend its business license ordinance. The fee to have a temporary fireworks stand in Lebanon Junction would increase from $100 to $1,000. However, $900 of the new price would go to the fire department’s public education program. City attorney Hayden Sweat said the amended ordinance was patterned after Shepherdsville’s regulations. ....
LEBANON JUNCTION – Desired or not, it’s coming. As prime land for development becomes scarce in Bullitt County, the attention will continue to move south. And as Lebanon Junction is a prime location on Interstate 65, city officials are looking to take a progressive step toward its future. Matt Curtis, who serves as the city’s engineering consultant on projects, told Lebanon Junction City Council members that the growth will be coming their way. ....
LEBANON JUNCTION — As the rules get a bit more clear on how government agencies can spend federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, actual projects are starting to be announced. The Lebanon Junction City Council has around $500,000 overall to spend. The money will be sent in staggered payments. In amending its current budget to reflect the additional revenue and expenditures, Lebanon Junction looks to spend its first half of funding on a variety of projects. ....
LEBANON JUNCTION – Police officers in the city of Lebanon Junction will soon be wearing body cameras. And, as soon as they initiate any contact outside their cruisers, their cameras will have to be activated. Lebanon Junction police chief Terry Phillips talked with city officials about the implementation of the body camera policy. The six cameras, which will cost $2,500, will be used following the Kentucky League of Cities recommended policy, said Phillips. ....
LEBANON JUNCTION – Periodically, Lebanon Junction mayor Larry Dangerfield gets a call about someone riding as a passenger in a city-owned vehicle. Under the city’s ordinance from 2000, there is a prohibition from anyone other than an employee being in a vehicle. The mayor told members of the Lebanon Junction City Council that he would make sure all employees know about that policy. And they will sign on the dotted line that they understand. “We don’t need someone to get hurt in one of our vehicles,” said Dangerfield. ....