Originally appeared in The News-Enterprise | July 10, 2024

After at first considering an ordinance to deny medical marijuana businesses in city limits, Elizabethtown City Council confirmed unanimously Monday an ordinance to allow the facilities.

The second reading and approval of the ordinance was one of several items on the agenda for a special meeting of council.

Moving forward with a fourth fire station for the city to be located off North Mulberry Street, council accepted a bid from Jenkins-Essex Construction for the station’s construction. The $4.993 million bid came in under budget and a design was presented at a February meeting of council.

Council also approved a municipal order authorizing a grant agreement for Elizabethtown Parks and Trails Conservancy Project. This project will be awarded $1 million that was secured by Sen. Matt Deneen, a former council member. The money will go towards a design plan to construct a building for public use at the Nature Park in the future as well as additional park improvements.

In another $1 million move, council went into closed session to consider a loan. Once returning to open session, council voted to extend an up to $1 million loan to the Elizabethtown-Hardin County Industrial Foundation for a future land purchase.

A Municipal order to accept a bid from Compass Minerals for road salt also was accepted at the price of $103 a ton, which was a decrease from the previous years at $117 a ton. It is the same agreement Radcliff City Council discussed in its work session Monday.

Council also heard first reading of an ordinance amending the zoning map from neighborhood commercial, or C-2, to regional commercial, or C-3, for property 1151 Ring Road.

Elizabethtown City Council next meets at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Pritchard Community Center.