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‘TRICK OR TREAT’ NIGHT SET FOR OCTOBER 31 IN LOUISA

COUNCIL BALKS ON NEW CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH FOOTHILLS

Wade Queen by Wade Queen
September 13, 2019
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CITY COUNCIL GETS SIDETRACKED AS PLANNED FIRST READING OF CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT GETS DELAYED AFTER SUDDEN DISAGREEMENT OVER WORDING OF “TWO PARAGRAPHS’ OF THE EXTENSIVE CONTRACT

MEETING INSTEAD TURNS TO PAIR OF UNANNOUNCED AGENDAS, INVOLVING DISPUTE WITH AEP OVER REBATES ON STREET LAMPS; MAYOR GIVES PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER ‘CHILD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN LOUISA’, AFTER PRESENTATION BY LOCAL CANCER SURVIVORS

 

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 – written by WADE QUEEN

 

LOUISA, KY. — The regular September meeting of the Louisa Council got turned on its head, after the main agenda subject declared for meeting had to be delayed until at least next month, after a small hiccup in an otherwise very large initial business agreement.

Mayor Harold Slone, and  4 of the 6 council members present at the meeting (Gary Robertson, John Nolan, Matt Brown and Tom Parsons) and  the rest of those who were attending the city meeting received the update on the Foothills application for a city franchise.

Mayor Slone reported that he thought he would be presenting the initial agreement of the city with Foothills and others cable companies on the Cable Franchise Agreement, but at the last minute there was a disagreement over some of the wording of the contract, to which Louisa Attorney, Eldred “Bud” Adams, remarked that the dispute involved some terminology in just a ‘couple’ of paragraphs’ of the lengthy contract agreement.

Mayor Slone also addressed the issue he brought before several months earlier concerning the long standing franchise agreement the city had with Kentucky Power that has been in place for at least 20 years, if not longer, in which the city was supposed to get 25 percent on the street lamps in the city. But under the wording of the agreement the city has with Kentucky Power, as in the recent years as the city has been replacing the older street lamps with the newer street lamps, they were not getting a full rebate on the new street lights. After several meetings and some negotiations with Kentucky Power officials, the company agreed to provide full 25 percent rebates on all lights in the city (minus city flood lights), Slone said.

Mayor Slone brought up with AEP the effects of using regular bulbs vs LED lights, and whether the discounts would apply to any new lights that would be placed in any future annexation areas into the city.

LOUISA ATTORNEY ELDRED ADAMS FOUND TWO PARAGRAPHS IN THE NEW CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT “NEED TO BE ADDRESSED” AT TUESDAY’S COUNCIL MEETING.

Overall, according to the mayor, who was backed up by city clerk Kathy Compton, while rebate payback through the years that AEP sent at the end of each year was not too large of an amount (around $5,000 or so), Ms. Compton stated that when the money came back each end of every year , it came at the right time, because, it turned out it was needed badly to cover unexpected city expenses.

In both cases both sides said they would have the new franchise contracts ready for next month’s council meeting.

Mayor Slone gave a proclamation that  the city recognize September as ‘Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’ (which it is recognized national designation) This was a personal initiative brought to the mayor’s attention by several local student advocates and their parents. While reading the proclamation, Mayor Slone read some sobering statistics:

* Cancer was the leading cause of death of in children in the US each year.

* One in 285 children in the US are diagnosed by their 20th birthday each year.

* 43 children each day, or 15780, are diagnosed annually in the US.

* 40,000 children are on active cancer treatment at any given time in the US

* The average age of cancer diagnosis in children is 6 years old, compared to 66 years old in adults.

* 80 percent of cancer diagnosis in children is in late stage with metastatic growth.

* The annual rate of the growth number of children diagnosis every years has been is 0.6 percent since the mid-1970s, for a total growth childhood cancer has gone a total of 24 percent in the last 40 years.

* 2/3 of the children will get chronic health issues due to the toxicity of their treatment.

* 1/4 of child patients conditions are considered serious to life-threatening

* 1/2 of child cancer families experience financial hardship due to costs of paying for treatments via out of pocket expenses.

* Only 4 medications for treatment of of children with cancer have been approved by the FDA

At the end of his proclamation speech, Mayor Slone posed with his proclamation with a pair of local young child cancer survivors.

Mayor Slone in a statement to the council said that he had visited a child cancer treatment center in Lexington not long ago where some local children were being treated, and he was taken back by the sheer number being treated there, remarking seeing all the children who surrounding the playing piano inside the entrance to the center left him near speechless.

Next Mayor Slone held a vote on approving of the minutes of the city council meetings, on July 16, August 1, and August 29, which all passed unanimously.

After mayor Slone gave a brief update about Cable Franchise Agreement that got snagged the last minute before he would have introduced at the meeting, in which he had the city clerk to move that agenda to the October regular city council meeting, the mood turned when Mayor Slone joked with city clerk Compton that she ‘forgot’ to put the most important event of the year on the agenda, which was since it was September, the need to set the date trick n treat in Louisa next month.

The mayor stated he was setting officially as Thursday, October 31, 6-8 P.M.; and that the last 2 to 3 years they had kept putting it on the last Saturday of October so as it would not interfere with the “Nightmare in the Park” in downtown Louisa. 

Mayor Slone said he had spoken to the committee that handled Nightmare in the Park, and they wanted to have their festival on the same evening as the city mandated time for trick and treat time (Halloween night). Slone said that committee was making changes in direction due to the numbers of those who attended had gone down the past 2 or 3 years, and he believed that it would be of beneficial results for the community in the whole Halloween celebration experience. However, the mayor said he would change the date if necessary if forecast weather conditions were of severe haphazardness that would be a safety risk for everyone.

The city council voted unanimously on setting the date for trick and treat night as Thursday, October 31, from 6 to 8 P.M.

After turning over to council if they had any personal questions regarding the meeting so far, a council member brought up the street lights situation again, due to business owner wanting street lights on along the 644 roadway to be installed on his property, Mayor Slone said that could not be done as being paid by city for the monthly bill because the said property had not been annexed yet, if and when, they could, by the city, the city could install the lights, but the power company would come and turn them on. He said the lights were not property of the power company, after they would pay for the upkeep of the lights. That would be the responsibility of a property owner to pay the monthly bill, not the city, which has led to the owners then rebuffing and telling that they did not want the street lights to be turned on.

Mayor Slone further said that even with the street lights owned by the power company, when there were problems with any of their street lights, and the city reported the problems in the past, the power company rarely did anything to fix them, other than sometimes coming to change the bulbs in their lights.

 

Doggone it, move those dogs!

 

Finally, in the last piece of council business,  the final  third of the just under an hour council meeting, the mayor invited a Louisa resident to speak up on a personal situation. Jim Kiitts, spoke up to the council on a second return back in recent weeks, to complain again about problems he and his neighbors were having with a dog kennel lot that is owned by former Lawrence County sheriff Bobby Workman.

Kitts stated that there is a constant odor from the dog lot, but his main concern was that Workman had recently dug two new trenches from the lot and has been wash dog fecal waste out of the kennel into the trenches and then would wash them onto the street, into neighboring grasses, and into drains near a city water main.

Mr. Kitts reminded the mayor of the photos he had sent him, to which then Mayor showed to the rest of the attending council members and city attorney Adams. The mayor spoke that there had been changes in the animal control ordinance, as well as a change related to that in the nuisance law. The city clerk brought out both ordinances for the mayor and the city attorney to review. This led Ms. Compton to make the offhand remark that, “situations like this is going to one day lead to one person causing everybody in Louisa to be not allowed to own a dog.”

Police Chief Greg Fugitt spoke up to Mayor Slone, that he had recently inspected the dog property and took photos as well. He stated he did not see any dog waste or smell any odor in the neighborhood, but once he got right up to the property, the odor was definitely strong.

Jim Kitts further stated  that he thought that there was ‘something definitely wrong mentally’ for the actions of Workman by washing the dog waste into areas were local children played, and that he thought the city should regard it as a significant health hazard.

Kitts also said one neighbor had moved, and the family that was renovating the vacant house afterwards, had a lot of trouble with the odor, and Kitts tried to get the neighbor to come to the meeting, but that the man decided against it.

Kitts

Mr. Kitts reminded the mayor at first appearance, which Mr. Workman appeared, and told the council he would put protected extra fencing to block the spreading of the dog waste; but Mayor Slone claimed in the various photos it showed that added fencing was flimsy at best.

Attorney Adams said that if the city fined Mr. Workman over the dog kennel lot, it would be via the nuisance law, not the animal control law, it would be $25 dollar per violation, that the matter would have to be taken care in district court, since there are no police courts anywhere in Kentucky anymore. Adams also clarified to Mayor Slone that the city would not get any money from any fines imposed.

Mayor Slone ended the matter by stating that he and Chief Fugitt would speak again to Bobby Workman about the dog kennel lot, and both Slone and city attorney Adams told Jim Kitts he might ought to consider hiring a private attorney and take action by filing a civil lawsuit against Mr. Workman.

After couple of more minutes of general unrelated material between the Mayor and city council, with no more speak up from those else attending, mayor Slone motioned the end of the council meeting, which started at 7:05 P.M. and ended just around 8 P.M.

 

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  1. Avatar Louisa resident says:
    3 months ago

    Mr kitts your a idiot

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  2. Avatar James says:
    3 months ago

    FINALLY! Halloween is on HALLOWEEN! I never get the change the holiday thing. Nobody tries to move Christmas to the weekend.

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  3. Avatar HEADACHE says:
    3 months ago

    It literally makes my head throb, trying to read this “writer’s” work. It’s worse than reading my kindergarten-age grandson’s school work. And I’ve never heard of a city totally banning dogs! LOL.
    By the way, was it necessary to point out that Mr. Workman is a “local preacher”? Religious persecution?

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    • Avatar Citizen says:
      3 months ago

      I know right and they leave a comment saying all was discussed at the meeting lol well you guys need to word your articles better it would have anyone sidetrack.

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      • Avatar admin says:
        3 months ago

        OK.

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    • Avatar STUPID says:
      3 months ago

      YES, what does him being a local preacher have to do with anything here??!!

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  4. Avatar Pest says:
    3 months ago

    What a goofy city. Mr. Kitts should have a fresh oxygen dome installed over his property. I mean…what if a squirrel farts on his lawn.

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    • Avatar Always4thekids says:
      3 months ago

      Sorry but I have to agree with Mr Kitts in this one. The smell in that area at certain times is horrendous and I have even gone to City Hall about it myself. There is more than one dog in the kennel so it isnt like this is a vendetta against dog owners. If I had to live next to it, I would not be happy. When you choose to live in the city in close proximity to your neighbors (after being raised in the country), there are certain lifestyle changes that you have to make and having a bunch of dogs in a kennel where their poop collects and smells up the neighborhood is one of those changes. I mean most subdivisions specify that you cannot do that, why doesn’t the city?

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  5. Avatar Citizen says:
    3 months ago

    I thought I was going to read about trick or treat, totally sidetrack. – it’s like 3 articles in one. How do you go from trick or treat to foothills and Bobby Workman’s dog kennels. –

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    • Avatar admin says:
      3 months ago

      Editor — All were discussed at the meeting. Attend one and you will see.

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      • Avatar Citizen says:
        3 months ago

        Ok well you all need to word your articles a little better!!!

        I might be one less citizen reading them!

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        • Avatar admin says:
          3 months ago

          To “Citizen”… You need to use your real name if you’re going to criticize on here. We don’t claim to be perfect and remember this was the first regular meeting for our reporter so if you are going to quit reading The Lazer because of it, it’s your choice.

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          • Avatar Citizen says:
            3 months ago

            I wasn’t criticizing at all, I’m sorry you took it that way. I never said anything about anyone being perfect.

          • Avatar Charles says:
            3 months ago

            If you represent the Levisa Lazer, get the facts on the cable franchise and post it, for the good of the people?

  6. Avatar Citizen says:
    3 months ago

    Is the city going to say citizens can’t have dogs outside? I would be surprised. Leave Bobby and his coon dogs alone.

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  7. Avatar Citizen says:
    3 months ago

    Jim Kitts lives in Fort Gay. Look into it.

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  8. Avatar John says:
    3 months ago

    Yes, Jim does live in Fort Gay (thats a fact). He is complaining because he has rental property close to there and his tenant is complaining . If he wants to stir the crap, he needs to do it where he lives.

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    • Avatar Always4thekids says:
      3 months ago

      And if he ever wants to sell his property, he will have a hard time because coon dog kennel smell doesn’t improve the value of your property.

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      • Avatar John says:
        3 months ago

        Who cares

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  9. Avatar Alma lois says:
    3 months ago

    We live in the country with cow, goats, and ah dog and cat. There are more important problems than animals like durgs children that are abuse or going through thing you can help with. So people get real take care of the people first.
    Thank you
    Alma

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  10. Avatar Big Bertha Louise says:
    3 months ago

    I don’t mean to offend anyone. I just want to point out that this website is completely free to use. We aren’t paying for a subscription, so we really shouldn’t complain when things aren’t worded the best. If those paying for advertising don’t like it, they have a right to complain or pull their ads. This site is so much better than the poor website that the Big Sandy News once ran.

    (I’m talking about wording, grammer, etc. If something is written in an offensive manner, we should point that out.)

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  11. Avatar Carol says:
    3 months ago

    Jim and I have respect for the people that rent from us and listen to them about what is going on.When it sound like a coon hunters case at 4 o’clock am and some people have to get rest because they didn’t get of work until midnight and dogs keeping them up barking , there is some people that do work for a living and needs sleep. Then when they do have a day off wanting to relax with family have a cookout well that’s a problem because of the dog feces and urine smell plus lets not forget the RATS that are big as cats .I understand some people have no pride about keeping thing clean about their own house and that’s totally up to you but please show respect for others , that work hard everyday .

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    • Avatar John says:
      3 months ago

      If you don’t like it, sell you rental and buy one in Fort Gay.

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  12. Avatar Stinky says:
    3 months ago

    So…. what’s the difference in dog kennel smell and that awful crap odor that comes from the sewage treatment facility in town???? That has got to be one of the biggest and nastiest odors coming from that town without anyone doing anything about that!!!!

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  13. Avatar walker says:
    3 months ago

    I walk past here daily and it stinks bad… i have a dog i pick up her shit in bags so no one smells it or steps in it (should be a fine for not doing it) im not against anyone having a dog but when it effects other people living in that area its wrong

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  14. Avatar Charles says:
    3 months ago

    You all completely ignored the cable franchise that the city wants, and will be your worst nightmare! Ignoring important things and commenting on dog manure and who lives where, is stupidity! But people normally do just that! A franchise gives ONE cable provider the right to charge what they want, I lived it and saw cable go from $9 per month to $120 per month. A franchise gives them the total right to do that and after its done, its to late to cry! NOW you could stop it, but you are to worried about dog manure, and other peoples grammar? Do you think the cable company that gets the franchise, pad the palms of your city and county leaders? THEY DO! Who pays in the end? YOU DO! Wake the hell up. I can’t believe no one has mentioned it…or cares? DAMN!

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  15. Avatar Louisa resident! says:
    2 months ago

    I live just a hop, skip, and a jump away from said dog kennel and I too agree that the smell and noise from these dogs are beyond horrible! I have a dog and I pick up his waste with a bag as should everyone else living in such close proximity to one another. It’s simply the respectful thing to do, I don’t enjoy stepping in a big steamy pile of dog crap and I’m sure nobody else does either. I believe he should have to clean his kennels when they get all pooped up not just spray it out into the road like I’ve seen him do myself. The smell coming from these said dogs is just totally overwhelming! It literally takes my breath when I attempt to walk by them. I think he should bath those nasty stinky dogs and their horrible kennels out of respect for his neighborhood. It is bad and if you haven’t walked by there I suggest you do and then comment until then don’t just take Mr. Workman’s side just because of who he is smh and that’s really all it’s about. If it was anyone else they would have been fined and probably had to remove their dogs the first report of this! That’s what Louisa has always been about, who you know and how big your bank account is! Another thing I agree with the person who commented about Levisa Lazer being free to all of us and i bet if you ran it you wouldn’t waste time making sure every word was spelled correctly. You just obviously like to complain about every single little thing you can. If you don’t like it how about you start your own online news website and let all of us nit pick at your every word there grammar queen!

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