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City Commission approves speed limit change

August 01, 2007|Lisa King

The Nicholasville City Commission voted last Wednesday to increase the speed limit on Johns Watts Drive from 25 to 35 mph.

The commission approved the speed limit increase at the request of Wayne Foster, director of the Jessamine County Economic Development Authority. Foster reported that employees of factories in that area were complaining that the speed limit was too low for that area, and the commissioners agreed.

Jessamine County Attorney Brian Goettl, who is also president of Nicholasville Now, asked the city to reconsider his prior request to fund $35,000 to Nicholasville Now for the coming fiscal year. The city had agreed to give the organization $20,000, but will take Goettl's request under consideration at its 5:30 p.m. workshop Thursday.

The commission also approved several personnel items, including the hiring of two new police officers. Also, the commission changed the title of Water Treatment Plant employee Corey Johnson from water treatment operator to laboratory technician. In other personnel matters, the city has appointed Johnny Collier and John Horne to the Water Management Task Force.

Also at the meeting, the commission authorized the mayor to sign the Nicholasville Streetscape Master Plan which is being coordinated between the City and the CDP Engineers, and will involve a nine-block downtown area. Mayor Russ Meyer said that the plan will deal with downtown revitalization and will address such issues as streetlights, new sidewalks and landscaping. The plan costs $25,000 to prepare and will be paid for jointly by the city and county, who are contributing $10,000 each, and the local tourism commission, which will contribute $5,000. Meyer said the plan must be in place in order to qualify for grant funding for the revitalization project.

The commissioners also agreed to hire Permadoc to get all city ordinances and other documents scanned into the city's database. City Clerk Roberta Warren said this will allow citizens to views ordinances online. Also, the process will create a Web-hosted filing system which she can use as well as the public.

"I will be working with the Department of Libraries and Archives to get some of the documents microfiched," she said. "It will take a while to do; it's a work in progress."

The commission also authorized the mayor to draw up a contract for the purchase of the North Main Street property, on which the new city hall will be built.

The city had agreed last week to purchase the old Marathon Station and the Hager Construction properties on Main Street as a place to build a bigger city hall.

According to that approval, the city can spend up to $2 million on the purchase of the property.

The city has recommended that Murphy Graves to be the architect for the project.

They have also approved the addition of the words, "Founded 1798," to be added to the city's welcome signs, at the request of the Jessamine County Historical Society.

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