Hopkinsville City Council is urging recycling options be explored before program is phased out. Tuesday night, the first reading of the dissolution of the program was approved, but only after a lengthy discussion. Councilman Clayton Sumner says he thought they were already going to have options.
click to download audioChief Financial Officer, Melissa Clayton says the current ordinance needs to be amended and they had planned to bring that to the Committee of the Whole meeting.
click to download audioCouncilman Travis Martin was the lone no vote on the ordinance.
City Council also approved reallocating over $144,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding from the Hopkinsville Home Improvement Program to the Public Facilities Improvement Program. Funds will be used to repave public parking lots, starting with the Boys and Girls Club. Several council members voted no to this: Jason Bell, Brandi Stallons, and Brittanie Bogard.
