Hopkinsville City Council approved the first reading of the tax levy for real property and personal property for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Mayor Carter Hendricks acknowledged the property tax levy was recommended by Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin and favorably approved by the Committee of the Whole at the last meeting to keep the tax rates the same as the past few years.
The ordinance passed by a vote of 8-0 with council members Phillip Brooks, Thomas Grant, Tom Johnson and Kimberly McCarley absent from the meeting.
In other business, council approved the downtown development incentive policy, and a loan and WINS budget amendment that swaps out $100,000 previously allocated toward the Joe Mumford Park toward construction costs with East 2nd Park.
During awards and recognitions, 17-year old Svanah Martin was recognized for recently winning the Tennessee Walking Horse Reserve World Champion title. Mayor Hendricks informed council she is the current world champion as well as a multi-time world champion. Svanah said she started showing Tennessee Walking Horses when she was 6-years old and won her first world championship reserve at the age of 9 on a mare called Showboat Silk, and has continued to be a champion.
Svanah has also worked the past two summers as an intern in our news department and reported on several events.
The next Hopkinsville Committee of the Whole meeting will be September 20 and the next council meeting will be September 25.
