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[5:51] Call the meeting to order. the Ashlin
Board of City Commissioners. And if you
[5:55] will rise, we'll ask Commissioner Goo to
do our invocation. Mr. W, would you lead
[5:59] us in our pledge?
>> Let us pray. Lord, tonight we are
[6:04] thankful for our city and the
opportunity to serve and conduct city
[6:08] business. We ask and invite your Holy
Spirit to preside over our meeting
[6:12] tonight. We ask for wisdom and guidance
over this board of mayor commissioners
[6:16] as we strive to meet the needs of our
city and the citizens that live here.
[6:21] guide us in our decision making this
evening. Bless our city manager, our
[6:26] staff and employees and those in
attendance this evening. We pray in
[6:30] Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
>> Stand and salute. I aliance to the flag
[6:37] of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands. One
[6:43] nation under God, indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.
[6:52] Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Mr.
Wartz.
[6:56] » All right. Motion to uh receive and file
the agenda presented. So move
[7:00] » second discussion. All in favor say I.
I.
[7:03] » All opposed.
>> All right. We'll move into our um
[7:08] hearings for mayor and commissioners.
We'll start with Mr. Goot. I just want
[7:12] to welcome everybody to this evening
meeting and uh just want to say we had a
[7:17] successful work session at the Paramount
the other day and I think we discussed
[7:21] many positive projects and it was a it
was a great time and uh we had a good
[7:27] Labor Day celebration in Catlessburg.
Saw many of you there and uh tomorrow
[7:32] morning we're going to have a 911
service at the riverfront at 8:30.
[7:38] That's all I have mayor. Right,
Commissioner Martin. All right,
[7:42] » I just want to welcome everybody here
tonight. Uh ARF has a fundraising event
[7:45] until, I believe, 8:00 tonight at their
location in the county. So, if you have
[7:49] a chance, maybe uh check that out. Uh
they're taking donations for some of the
[7:54] the projects that they're doing. Uh and
tomorrow, as Commissioner G mentioned,
[7:58] we have our 911 ceremony. U it would be
good to see folks come out to that and
[8:02] support that.
>> 8:30.
[8:04] » 8:30.
>> All right. Commissioner Renfro,
[8:07] » I have nothing.
>> All right. I have just a couple of
[8:10] things. Uh before I do, I have a
proclamation I'd like to do today. But
[8:14] um exciting news on our conference
center that um a lot of work you've seen
[8:19] been going on uh down on the 14th in
Winchester. Uh nice big crane uh down
[8:26] there. That's a sign of progress. And I
understand that uh next week you'll
[8:31] start seeing things vertical that the uh
steel is going to be arriving next week
[8:36] and you'll see a lot of progress of
starting to go up and that's that's um
[8:41] really exciting for me. Uh just a word
of um uh information that Kentucky Power
[8:47] is about to dark embark on putting um
new meters on everybody's um uh homes
[8:54] and um for service. They're going to
start that in in October and you'll hear
[8:59] more about that in the in the future.
Just a just a heads up. Uh and our of
[9:05] course our 911 um ceremony tomorrow. Uh
that's going to be uh on the riverfront.
[9:11] But I do have a proclamation. This is uh
National Service Dog Month and I've
[9:18] asked Ashley Lane. She has a new
partner. Um, if you will come up to the
[9:24] front, I will uh read this proclamation.
[9:39] » I'll come out here.
>> Okay.
[9:47] » Do I need to go up? Okay.
>> Yeah, you're good.
[9:52] As a as a former canine officer in
Alexandria, Virginia, I worked a dog on
[9:57] the street for seven years. So, I know
uh what Miss Lane is is going through
[10:02] with a with a new partner and would like
to read this proclamation.
[10:08] Whereas we believe in the joyful
transformative power of the human canine
[10:14] bond and inclusivity of all citizens.
Whereas in the United States, more than
[10:20] seven 70 million adults and children
have a disability and only 16,000
[10:26] service dogs from accredited training
programs exist nationwide and the need
[10:32] is growing. Whereas K9 Companion is a
nonprofit organization that enhances the
[10:38] lives of people with dis disabilities by
providing expertly trained service dogs
[10:44] and ongoing support to ensure quality
partnerships. Whereas K9 companions and
[10:50] their service dogs empower people with
disabilities to lead a life with greater
[10:55] independence by providing best-in-class
training, ongoing followup and services,
[11:01] and a deeply committed community of
support. Whereas the National Service
[11:06] Dog Month aims to educate our community
about the benefits of service dogs and
[11:11] the laws protecting them. Whereas in the
250th year of our nation, the city of
[11:18] Ashlin continues to support uh toward
becoming an inclusive community in which
[11:26] all citizens and their trained service
dogs are embraced. Now, therefore, Mayor
[11:32] Chuck D. Charles along with our city
commission in recognition of service
[11:36] dogs and the adults and children with
disabilities in our community do hereby
[11:42] proclaim September to be National
Service Dog Month.
[12:00] » All right. Thank you. Thank you.
>> And good luck.
[12:04] » Thank you.
>> She's going through a lot of different
[12:08] training now and uh support training uh
with the which probably have for several
[12:14] more months to uh to work with uh her
new companion.
[12:20] » Good luck.
>> Thank you. See you later.
[12:24] » See you.
[12:34] Okay. Uh let's move on. The city manager
report.
[12:38] » I have no report uh at this time, sir.
>> Okay. We'll move into our public u
[12:43] participation if we have anybody in the
audience that'd like to address the
[12:47] commission. Now is the chance to do
that.
[12:53] » Okay. Hearing none,
we'll move into our old business. Item
[12:58] A, second reading and final adoption of
an ordinance entitled an ordinance of
[13:02] the city of Ashlin, Kentucky, amending
section two of ordinance number 59
[13:06] series of 2026, which is commonly known
and referred to as the FY2026 2027
[13:11] budget ordinance of the city of Ashland.
>> So move second.
[13:16] » Discussion. All in favor say I.
>> I. All opposed. Consent agenda. A
[13:22] resolution of the city of Ashlin,
Kentucky, adopting, authorizing, and
[13:25] approving the course of action presented
by the city manager on the items
[13:29] appearing on the consent agenda for the
regular meeting of the board of city
[13:32] commissioners of September 10th, 2026.
>> Second.
[13:37] » Yes.
>> Discussion.
[13:42] All in favor say I.
>> All opposed.
[13:46] New business. Item A,
[13:51] » first reading and approval of an
ordinance entitled an ordinance of the
[13:54] city of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing,
directing the mayor to execute a real
[13:57] estate purchase agreement between the
city of Ashlin, Kentucky and George and
[14:01] Sandy Arnold for the purchase of
property located at 1013 Carter Avenue
[14:05] by the city of Ashland in the amount of
$55,000 and authorizing the mayor to
[14:09] execute any and all documents associated
with andor necessary to complete said
[14:14] purchase of real property.
So move
[14:17] » second. Uh on the discussion, Chief, um
I I know there's tenants into that
[14:23] building. Do you have um a timeline of
what you're going to do with that
[14:29] » when?
>> We don't have any timeline established
[14:33] at this time.
>> Uh in the in the agreement, is there any
[14:37] mention of a tenant?
>> Uh no, I found out about that uh
[14:41] yesterday.
>> That's what I understood.
[14:43] Um
>> yeah, I think they're looking for a
[14:46] another location um at the time. That's
why I want to try to
[14:50] » Yeah. Well, ordinarily they'd be
entitled to 30-day notice.
[14:56] » Okay. How many tenants are in the
building? Do you know?
[14:58] » As far as I know, it's it's one possibly
a couple others that maybe do a sub
[15:04] lease situation. I'm not 100% sure.
>> These beauty salons, they rent
[15:08] substations to the different butians.
There there is u if if the commission
[15:16] wants to table it till the next meeting
to consider and we can reach out to them
[15:20] that's certainly an option. Um we
haven't done a title search yet. There
[15:25] is an appraisal that's been provided and
so we do have that. But there's
[15:28] certainly time that uh you know between
now and closing that something could be
[15:33] worked out with the tenants. Well, I
think, you know, I think we can proceed
[15:36] on this or I wouldn't care to as long as
we um and and they're aware that the
[15:43] » Well, they are, but I mean, they've just
been told, you know, that the property
[15:46] is being sold, and that's not
necessarily adequate notice.
[15:50] » Yeah, I I agree with that. Um, I mean, I
think probably what we need to do is
[15:55] either amend the agreement or we get
some kind of a waiver or consent from
[16:02] the tenant that, you know, the sale can
go forward. I mean, I
[16:07] » these people have rights and
>> they need to be recognized.
[16:11] » I want to make a motion to table this
until the next meeting that would allow
[16:16] um Mr. Wheeler to reach out to the
owner, see if there's some type of
[16:19] agreement in place. There is no lease,
but I'll reach out to the tenants
[16:23] directly and find out what what their
position is. I I'm
[16:28] was advised yesterday when I found out
that there was a tenant that there is no
[16:32] written lease, but
>> yeah, I just found out this morning
[16:34] still 30-day notes.
>> This is news to me also.
[16:38] » I I thought it was vacant.
>> Well, you know, we were just approached
[16:41] about the sale, not about anything else.
So,
[16:44] » yeah, I mean, I just found out that the
tenants exist this morning,
[16:47] » right? attendant called me and asked me
how many days she had before she had to
[16:51] get out.
Well,
[16:55] I'll get back with you.
>> Well, since everybody found out today, I
[16:58] found out about 14 minutes ago.
>> So, that's why I want to table this to
[17:03] the next meeting.
>> Move to table.
[17:07] » All right.
>> He already did. So,
[17:08] » he already did. All in favor of
tableabling say I. All opposed.
[17:14] » All right. Uh item B, first reading and
approval of an ordinance entitled an
[17:18] ordinance of the city of Ashlin,
Kentucky, authorizing directing the
[17:21] mayor to execute an agreement with the
Salvation Army of Ashlin, the subreient
[17:25] of $10,000 for operating costs for from
the community development block grant.
[17:30] » Move.
>> Second.
[17:33] » Second discussion.
>> All in favor say I. I.
[17:37] » All oppos
show Marty's abstension.
[17:41] » Yes.
Got
[17:45] it. Item C,
>> reading an adoption of a municipal order
[17:49] entitled a municipal order of the city
of Ashlin, Kentucky, authorizing the
[17:52] Ashlin Fire Department to submit an
application for the Marathon Petroleum
[17:56] Grant in the amount of $32,000 and if
awarded authorizing and directing the
[18:00] mayor to execute any and all other
documents related to the acceptance of
[18:04] said grant.
>> Some move second. Uh on on this one,
[18:11] Chief, does anybody have this uh system
in the area?
[18:20] » I mean, will be be the first or the
only?
[18:22] » I believe the only department that has
uh these capabilities currently is the
[18:27] Grayson Fire Department.
>> The Grayson. Okay. All right.
[18:31] » Okay. Anything else? Okay. All in favor
say I.
[18:35] » All opposed? Item D, reading an adoption
of municipal order entitled a municipal
[18:41] order of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky,
authorizing and directing the mayor to
[18:44] execute a grant agreement in the
approximate amount of $145,000
[18:49] between the city of Ashlin, Kentucky and
the county of Boyd, Kentucky, the county
[18:53] of Greenup, Kentucky, the Ashlin Boyd
County Airport Board, and the US
[18:57] Department of Transportation Federal
Aviation Administration for a project to
[19:01] construct slashexpand a hanger at the
Ashlin Regional Airport.
[19:08] So moved.
>> Second.
[19:10] » Uh discussion. Do we know if there'll be
a match to this? Is this 100% funded?
[19:15] » As far as I can tell,
>> it's probably I just spoke with um Mr.
[19:18] McGinness um this morning just to get a
little bit more detail and that I think
[19:25] they're um some of the work. This is
only the dirt work that they're actually
[19:30] doing. And they're going to add six more
hangers and kind of down toward where
[19:35] Ashen Oil's hanger was. Uh so this is
basically just the dirt work.
[19:40] » Okay.
[19:43] » Any other questions? All in favor say I.
>> I. All opposed.
[19:49] » Item E. Reading and adoption of
municipal order entitled a municipal
[19:53] order of the city of Ashlin, Kentucky,
authorizing and directing the mayor to
[19:56] execute an interlocal cooperative
agreement for the regional custody,
[20:00] maintenance, and shared use of an
underwater remotely operated vehicle ROV
[20:04] between the FICO area development
district and Boyd, Carter, Elliot,
[20:08] Greenup, and Lawrence County Emergency
Management Agencies designating the city
[20:11] of Ashlin, Ashlin Fire Department as the
custodial agency of said ROV.
[20:17] So move
Second.
[20:22] » Second
>> discussion.
[20:25] All in favor say I. I.
>> I. I'll show
[20:28] » show my abstension. I drafted the
agreement.
[20:30] » Yeah. Yeah.
>> Well, I'm glad that um it's going to
[20:36] stay with me.
>> We're the logical place to be the
[20:39] » Yes, I agree.
All right. Uh do we need to go into an
[20:45] executive session? We go into close uh
session to discuss individual personnel
[20:51] » um and also a uh a potential property
acquisition and actually there'll be one
[20:57] other individual personnel matter so
multiple individual.
[21:00] » Okay. All right. Motion second. All in
favor say I. High.
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[1:10:25] There we go. Okay. All right. We're back
in session and no action was taken, but
[1:10:30] I will entertain a motion
[1:10:35] that uh Chief Ryan Connley be designated
as the city's point man with the
[1:10:44] » representative
>> representative was the on the
[1:10:47] conference.
>> So,
[1:10:50] » and do we need to add in there the
contractual part of it that Mr. Wheeler
[1:10:55] would You want that in?
>> Yeah.
[1:10:58] » And then Mr. Wheeler act as a contact
for contractual issues.
[1:11:05] » Sick.
[1:11:08] » There you go. All right. All in favor
say I. I.
[1:11:12] » All opposed.
>> All right. Anything else need to come on
[1:11:17] the commission?
We are ajourned.
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