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Hopkinsville City Council approved a budget amendment on the first reading that includes allocating funds to cover the operations of the PACS public transportation for the remainder of this fiscal year. The Council’s approval of the budget amendment for fiscal year 2020-2021 increased the PACS public transportation budget by $26,000 and increased the prior year’s revenue by approximately $327,000 to a little over $1 million. The amended total expenses are just over $40.1 million. Council also approved a budget amendment transferring more than $301,000 to the capital fund for the replacement of audio/video equipment for the Informational Technology Department and two dump trucks for the Public Works Department. Council also approved a municipal order for the Capital Equipment Replacement Reserve Fund Purchases for the equipment and dump trucks. ....
The Hopkinsville City Council swore in new Hopkinsville Police Department officer Cassidy Martinez during Mayâs first city council meeting Tuesday night. Before Mayor Wendell Lynch recited the oath to Martinez, HPD Chief Clayton Sumner gave the council a background on the 21-year-old officer. Martinez, originally from New York, graduated from Christian County High School in 2017 and was hired as a Public Safety Officer for the department in April 2018. After graduating from the Department of Criminal Justice Training Police Academy in Richmond, Kentucky and turning 21, she was hired as an officer, Sumner said. Martinez will be working with senior police training officers within the department for the next six months and following her graduation from the internal program will be sent out on solo patrols, Sumner added. ....