The meeting featured community updates, including information about upcoming local events like Fire Friday, Poke Landing Days, and a mental health resources proclamation for 988. Commissioners discussed the city's ongoing interest in acquiring a coke plant property to facilitate an industrial project and their stance on using eminent domain to protect water line infrastructure. A departmental update provided progress on the wastewater treatment plant (water resource recovery facility), highlighting project milestones, completion status, and construction details.
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The Board of Commissioners discussed various ordinances and contracts, including the purchase of road salt, renewal of insurance trust and workers' compensation premiums, a two-year uniform rental contract, and zoning amendments regarding recreational vehicles. Key agenda items featured approvals for the demolition of unsafe structures, payments for environmental consulting services for a Brownfield project, and significant progress on the Water Resource Recovery Facility expansion. The board also reviewed several community development block grant agreements to support local organizations, approved a website redesign agreement, and addressed municipal orders regarding voting delegates for the Kentucky Rural Water Association and brownfield liability relief for a future farmers' market site.
May 28, 2026·Board meeting
Ashland Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
The board discussed multiple ordinances and resolutions, including the approval of the 2026 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grants, salary and compensation plan adjustments, and a $10 million water and sewer revenue bond ordinance for infrastructure improvements. Key agenda items featured budget adoptions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, various public works and utility contract payments, demolition clearances, and zoning ordinance amendments regarding manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, and tiny homes. Additionally, the board approved a Safe Streets and Roads for All safety action plan and formally designated a new city representative for the conference center project.
May 20, 2026·Board meeting
Ashland Board Of Commissioners Recessed Meeting
The board addressed several ordinances regarding the demolition of properties, property tax levies, and regulatory license fees for alcoholic beverages. Key discussions included a federal grant for streetscape planning, updates to procurement regulations, and the renewal of health and vision insurance administrative services. The meeting also involved a review of payments for conference center design, the procurement of new heavy equipment for water distribution, and the ratification of an emergency declaration due to a raw water intake line failure. Additionally, the board conducted a budget worksession, approved salary chart adjustments, authorized the issuance of revenue bonds for a waterline replacement program, and reviewed the 2026-2027 fiscal budget.
