Hopkinsville City Council heard an update on a Non-Partisan Elections special committee and approved some budget amendments at Tuesday’s meeting.
Mayor Wendell Lynch informed the council that the process is underway to select those who will serve on the committee, calling it a ‘citizens committee’, to make sure the public is being heard on the topic of non-partisan elections.
He says he intends to bring the appropriate paperwork to the April 6 meeting that would allow them to establish the committee so it can begin its work.
During the monthly financial report, Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin says that the PACS transportation budget is set to go seriously over budget, due to a variety of record keeping issues in the past. He says it’s something that will need to be addressed in the near future with some type of budget amendment.
Councilmember Tom Johnson says he wants to see some documentation and reports, detailing where the previous finance directors went wrong and how those issues are being addressed now.
In other action, city council approved amendments to the operational and capitol budgets that adds new COVID-19 federal relief funding and increases the capitol budget at the Hopkinsville Police Department up to $475,000 and allocates $330,000 to go towards renovations at the Old First City Bank building.
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