Hopkinsville City Council is looking at the implementation of $270,000 in Community Block Grants and $75,000 in potential grant funds with a match. Tuesday night, City Council approved the anticipated Block Grant funds, which City Clerk Crissy Fletcher explained.
click to download audioOf the funds, $40,000 would go to the Boys and Girls Club, $54,000 to administration of the grants, and $78,000 to rehabilitation programs in inner city neighborhoods. The other $97,000 would go to debt services.
Fletcher also read the proposed Municipal Order for a National Endowment For the Arts grant application.
click to download audioWard 4 Councilman Chuck Crabtree questioned the matching funds, which Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin says are in the budget.
click to download audioCouncil also approved amending the compensation plan approved previously because the pay grade for 9A was left at the 2021-2022 level and not changed to reflect the cost of living increase approved by council.
Meanwhile, Atmos Energy Supervisor Ryan Tolbert says they are working to finish the low pressure project on Phelps Avenue but supply chain issues have made getting concrete hard.
click to download audioMayor Wendell Lynch appointed Police Chief Clayton Sumner and Fire Chief Steve Futrell to the Policemen’s and Firemen’s Pension Fund Board of Trustees for one year.
