Council OK’s purchase of garbage truck, bargain-priced analog TV converters
By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette
Councilman Bobby Simpson, left, and Tommy Reed examine a document during Tuesday’s Bardstown City Council meeting.
Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, 3 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council approved a bid to replace one of the city’s garbage trucks lost in a fire earlier this summer at the Nelson County Landfill.
The city staff recommended the second-lowest bid of $129,700 for a 2012 Freightliner chassis equipped with a garbage compactor. The recommendation for the slightly more expensive truck was due to the fact the compactor was the same type used on the rest of the city’s garbage trucks. The insurance payment the city received for the loss will be applied toward the new truck. The vote also included revising the city budget to reflect the insurance monies received and the purchase of the truck.
CABLE SERVICES. The council approved a bid from Ken Gray and Graycomm LLC for installer services for the cable TV installations. A number of companies were invited to bid, but Graycomm was the only bidder.
Councilman Francis Lydina
The council also approved an agreement to purchase unneeded digital converter boxes from the Frankfort municipal cable TV system. Frankfort had 6,000 surplus converters after it moved its basic cable TV channels to digital, and offered them for sale for approximately half the retail price. Frankfort will warranty the converters for 90 days from date of installation.
In other business the council:
– heard a report of the city’s transition from Nextel to Sprint. The city is taking advantage of a multi-state price contract with Spring, and the service will be less expensive than Nextel’s old price.
– listened to City Attorney Tom Donan discuss recent rulings by the Kentucky Attorney General that cited its violations of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act;
– approved first reading of amendments to two ordinances that annexed Nelson County High School and Thomas Nelson High School. According to the city attorney, the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office requested the city correct typographical errors in the ordinances. The survey calls, map data and legal descriptions must match, he explained. The amended ordinances will require a second reading.
– approved the tax assessment moratorium for 206. W. Flaget Ave. The application was presented to the council at an earlier meeting, but it was tabled in order to gather more detailed information.
– approved a request to close several streets on South Third Street near St. Monica Catholic Church for Buttermilk Days Festival. The street closures will begin on Thursday rather than Friday. block road south of Payne without blocking entrance to St. Monica.
– took action on a complaint by Brenda J. Ford about parking problems on the west side of South Fourth between Fitch and Muir. Councilman Reed suggested accommodating the residents on the west side South Fourth by creating a no-parking zone from the middle of the block south to the corner of Muir and South Fourth Street. The municipal order was approved 6-0.
– approved the appointment Kirk Brown to the Property Maintenance Board of Appeals.
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