Mayor: Kentucky native tapped as City of Bardstown’s new fire chief
By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 11 p.m. — Mayor John Royalty announced Tuesday night that the City of Bardstown has a new fire chief. The mayor’s appointment of Kentucky native Randy Walker as chief was unanimously approved by the Bardstown City Council.
RANDY WALKER
Walker currently serves as fire chief of the Palm Beach Shores Fire Department, a volunteer department that serves a town of about 1,179 located on Singer Island on the east coast of Florida.
According to his biography, Walker was born and raised in the Lawrence County, Ky., city of Louisa, located on the Big Sandy River on the Kentucky-West Virginia line. He began his firefighting career in 1979 as a volunteer firefighter in Lawrence County.
Walker has worked as a firefighter, instructor, fire marshal, fire officer and chief for various local, county and state governments. He has also worked in Tennessee and Georgia, prior to moving to Florida.
Walker has one daughter who lives in Chicago. His bio also said he enjoys sports, especially college basketball, and spending time with friends and family.
PENALTIES SET. The council held first reading of seven ordinances that establish financial penalties for violations of city regulations regarding signs, nuisances, property maintenance, drainage, animals, solid waste and occupational taxes.
Additionally, the solid waste ordinance also makes changes to bulky item pickup and adds specifics to item prohibited in regular city garbage collection.
Click these links to download the ordinances:
B2015 – Sign Regulations Penalty
B2015 – Nuisances Penalty
B2015 – Property Maintenance Code Penalty
B2015 – Drainage Control Penalty
B2015 – Animals Penalty
B2015 – Occupational Licenses Penalty
B2015 – Solid Waste Management Amendments
Currently, code enforcement violators receive a citation. The city has had no other way to pursue citations other than taking violators to court, a lengthy process that also makes enforcement costly.
The city’s new Code Enforcement Board will now be responsible for enforcing city ordinances, and if necessary, enact penalties for offenses.
The code enforcement board will handle all citations. The board’s decisions can be appealed to Nelson Circuit Court.
In other action, the council —
— authorized Mayor John Royalty to sign a conservation easement for the Tannery Hill property the city is purchasing.
— heard that a working session is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.
— approved the Historic Review Board’s recommendations for a garage demolition at 202 South Third St.; landscaping plans for a home at 117 West Broadway; plans for a new roof on the former Floyd building, 101 West Stephen Foster on the Court Square; and installation of storm windows at 202 West Flaget Ave.
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