Ashland Board of City Commissioners digest: 3/19/10

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March 18, 2010

John Cannon/The Independent The Daily Independent Thu Mar 18, 2010, 11:48 PM EDT

Ashland — In action during a brief meeting Thursday night, commissioners approved without comment the following items on the consent agenda:

‰a request from Safe Harbor to conduct a “Puppets in the Park” from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 24 in the Central Park garden area.

‰the submission of a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Local Government’s Land and Water Conservation Fund for improvement to the Ashland American Little League fields at John Oliverio Park.

‰the payment of $20,475 to Hennecke Drilling for emergency repairs on Lowman Drive.

‰the payment of $63,036 to U.S. Bearing and Power Transmission Corp. for an aerator gearbox for the wastewater treatment plant.

‰the payment of $557,811 to Smith Contractors Inc. for completed work on the riverfront project.

‰the payment of $40,112 to KYOVA Electric Inc. for underground electrical service for the new police station, the Jesse Stuart Foundation and the city building.

‰sending two fire inspectors for training mandatory for their continued certification.

The commission also declared as an “emergency” an ordinance authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Kentucky Housing Corp. for an “emergency shelter grant” and approved it on first and second readings. Funds from the grant will be shared by Safe Harbor of Northeastern Kentucky, the Shelter of Hope, the Community Assistance and Referral Service and the Ashland Citadel of Salvation Army. The grants is for the continuation of a program that helps the homeless find suitable housing.

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