An amendment to the personnel ordinance was passed by Georgetown City Council to create positions for a traffic unit, a body camera administrator, and a grants administrator. The amendment passed with one no vote, from councilman Alonzo Allen, who, during council comment, expressed support for the traffic unit and body camera administrator positions, and concern about the grant administrator position, which is a Grade 9 salary position with a range from a $53,000 minimum to a $87,400 maximum.
The body camera administrator position is a non-police officer whose job will entail, in part, responding to open-records requests for footage.
The amendment raises the number of officers that Georgetown Police Department is authorized for from 50 to 53, which allows for the creation of the traffic unit.
Council approved the city as the beneficiary of a grant from the Kentucky Product Development Initiative for Phase III of Lane’s Run Business Park, to encompass 78+ additional acres was approved by the City Council at a recent meeting. The council also approved $500,000 in matching funds for the grant. The grant from KPDI requires local matching funds, which will be split between Scott United, Scott County Fiscal Court, and the city of Georgetown.
Mayor Burney Jenkins presented the council with the budget preparation schedule for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. Jenkins will present his proposed budget at the May 13 council meeting, and the first reading of the budget ordinance will be held at the May 27 meeting. At the Feb. 26 council meeting, the council will be presented with a revenue forecasting project, and the results of the project will be presented at the March 25 meeting. A City Council work session will be held April 11 at 4 p.m., and there will be 4 special called finance meetings in this budget preparation cycle, on March 4, April 1, April 29, and May 6. Those meetings are in addition to the regular monthly Finance Committee meetings, held at 8 a.m. on the third Monday at the Georgetown Police Department. Committee meetings are open to the public.
