A Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Coach William Falls, was honored with a proclamation prior to the Hopkinsville City Council meeting Tuesday night.
Mayor Carter Hendricks read the proclamation recognizing the accomplishments of Falls, whose coaching career spanned 45-years in Christian County.
Coach Falls and one of his players died on December 13, 1973 when he was taking three students home from school and his car was hit by a train on Lafayette Road.
Mayor Hendricks then proclaimed August 20, 2019 as William Falls Day and presented the proclamation to one of his former players, councilman Wendell Lynch.
During the meeting, council approved a memorandum of understanding in collaboration with Christian County Fiscal Court to apply for grant funding for just over $12,000. The grant will be allocated to the Christian County Juvenile Drug Court.
Council also heard an update from Community Vision Plan 2030 liaison Taylor Hayes regarding the public’s input on the two-question survey. Thus far, he says a little over 600 surveys have been submitted and he is looking for a minimum of 2,000. To take the Community Vision Plan 2030 survey, click here.
The Hopkinsville Committee of Whole meets Thursday evening at 6:00 at which time they will discuss the 2019 property tax rates. Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin will recommend taking the budgeted 4% increase and set the real property tax rate at 23.9 cents per $100 and leave the personal property tax rate the same at 25.1 cents.
(Related Community Vision Plan 2030 article, click here.)
