Approximately 80 supporters for Russellville’s new park showed up last night at a special called meeting of the city council to express their desire for park plans to continue.
Last week, the council voted 5-1 to put the city’s new park plans on the back burner and allow the city attorney to amend the budget taking out the funds set aside for construction.
Councilman Lanny McPherson made the motion to stop plans last week, saying he was worried about how much it would cost the city to maintain it after it was built.
The city received $1.5 million from the state’s Energy & Environmental Protection Cabinet from a settlement with Rockwell International. The money is earmarked to build the park.
After hearing from almost all who attended and being told by Mayor Gene Zick that the EPPC would take back the money if the park didn’t continue, the council rescinded its original vote and gave mayor Zick the authority to continue with the park plans.
The park, located on Armory Drive, is expected to have soccer and baseball fields, a climbing wall, nature trail, concessions and a wetland.
Orange will pay for Auburn ambulance
During post agenda, Magistrate Jo Orange told the court she was willing to personally pay the next 14 months of $250 a month to the Auburn Rural Fire Department (who owns the ambulance station in Auburn) to assure an ambulance is placed in the city.
Judge Logan Chick said he didn’t think Orange needed to take that cost on her own shoulders and said he had already spoken with Jim Duke owner/operator of Com-Care, Inc. the county’s new ambulance provider, who offered to pay the utilities on the Auburn substation.
Chick said he felt another meeting with the Auburn Rural Fire Department as well as the city of Auburn needed to be organized to see what can be worked out.
According to Duke it would be beneficial to have an ambulance parked in the Auburn substation because of its location and it can service a large part of the county from that location.
Sports update
The Logan County High School softball team got off to a shaky start against Russellville on Tuesday, but came away with a 6-2 victory.
The Lady Cougars are now 4-0 in District 13 play with just games against Franklin-Simpson and Todd County Central remaining.
The Russellville High School baseball team held on for an 8-7 win at Logan County on Tuesday.
The Panthers led 8-2 through five innings, but the Cougars scored five in the sixth and had two runners on base in the seventh when RHS closed out the game.
For more on these and other stories, be sure and read Friday's edition of the News-Democrat & Leader.
Post a Comment
