Board of Commissioners Meetings

City of Henderson, Kentucky NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2025 BEGINNING AT 4:00 P.M. March 27, 2025 Commissioner Kelsey Hargis Commissioner Rodney Thomas Commissioner Robert N. Pruitt Commissioner Nicholas Whitt Dear Board Members: Please take notice that as Mayor of the City of Henderson, Kentucky, I hereby call a special called meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be held on Friday, March 28, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. with the primary location for this meeting designated as the main entrance to the baseball field of the Henderson Sports Complex, 5845 Airline Road, Henderson, Kentucky. This is an in-person meeting and will not be live streamed. The purpose of this meeting is for the following: AGENDA 1. Roll Call 2. Resolution: Resolution Authorizing Filing and Acceptance, if Awarded, of a G.R.A.N.T. Program Matching Funds Grant 3. Adjournment Respectfully, Bradley S. Staton, Mayor Please mute or turn off all cell pltones for tlte duration of tit is meeting. A copy of the foregoing notice received and service thereof waived this 28 th day of March, 2025. Commissioner Kelsey Hargis Commissioner Rodney Thomas Commissioner Robert N. Pruitt Commissioner Nicholas Whitt Please mute or turn off all cell phones for the duration of this meeting.  City Commission Memorandum 25-102 March 27, 2025 TO: Mayor Bradley S. Staton and the Board of Commissioners FROM: Dylan H. Ward, City Manager · t ) ~ SUBJECT: Grant Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation (G.R.A.N.T.)-Grant Matching Grant Program The accompanying resolution authorizes the submittal of a grant application for the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation (G.R.A.N.T.) grant matching grant program with the Department for Local Government (DLG). The G.R.A.N.T. Program is to be used for eligible recipients to support a local government's non-federal match requirement when applying for a federal government grant program. The City is requesting authority to submit an application for the G.R.A.N.T. program for the local community two and one-half percent (2.5%) non- federal match for the federal Community Project Funding grand administered through the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (DOT/FAA) for the Runway Extension Project at the Henderson City-County Airport. Your approval of the attached resolution is requested. c: Chelsea Mills Jeannie Quatrocchi  RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE IF A WARDED, WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR ITS G.R.A.N.T. PROGRAM TO FUND THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT (2.5%) COMMUNITY LOCAL MATCH FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT AND AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT GRANT, ALL ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/FEDERAL AVIATION AMINISTRATION, FOR THE HENDERSON CITY- COUNTY EXTENSION PROJECT WHEREAS, during Regular Session 2023, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky enacted House Bill 9 (KRS 147A.150, et seq.) to support the priority communities in the Commonwealth as designated by the Interagency working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization established by Presidential Executive Order 14008, issued on January 27, 2021; and WHEREAS, the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program (G.R.A.N.T.) Program was created within the Department for Local Government (DLG) to enable priority communities to access federal funding for projects that are in the public interest and for a public purpose; and WHEREAS, the G.R.A.N.T. Program is to be used for eligible recipients to support a local government's non-federal match requirement when applying for a federal government grant program; and WHEREAS, the City desires to promote and carry out community development efforts on behalf of the residents of the City of Henderson by supporting the G .R.A.N. T. program of 2025 project; and WHEREAS, the City of Henderson is submitting for the G.R.A.N.T. program for the local community two and a half percent (2.5%) non-federal match for the federal Community Project Funding grant administered through the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (DOT/FAA) for the Runway Extension Project at the Henderson City-County Airport which the federal government awarded in the amount of TWELVE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($12,140,376.00) and the DOT/FAA Airport Improvement Grant in the amount ofNINE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($925,797.00); and WHEREAS, it recognizes that the G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2025 monies available to the city for the purposes stated herein, pursuant to KRS 147A.150 to KRS 147A.166, impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City and will require among other thigs: RESOLUTION NO.  RESOLUTION NO. CONT.) 1) Approval of a satisfactory application submitted to the Cabinet for Economic Development (CED); 2) Property registration to do business in the Commonwealth; and 3) Other obligations of the City in connection with receiving the G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2025 monies. WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends that the City apply for the G.R.A.N.T. Program with the Department of Local Government; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Henderson, Kentucky Board of Commissioners, that the City is authorized to apply for the G.R.A.N.T. with the Department of Local Government, for the community local two and a half percent (2.5%) match for the Community Project Funding grant, the Airport Improvement Program, and the Airport Improvement Grant through the DOT/FAA, and the and the Mayor is authorized to execute all necessary documents. On motion of Commissioner---~ seconded by Commissioner _ _ __ that the foregoing Resolution be adopted, the vote was called. On roll call the vote stood: Commissioner Hargis: Commissioner Whitt: - - - Commissioner Thomas: Mayor Staton: Commissioner Pruitt: WHEREUPON, Mayor Staton declared the Resolution adopted, affixed his signature and the date thereto and ordered that the same be recorded. Bradley S. Staton, Mayor ATTEST: Date: ----------- Jessa Brandon City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY THIS 27m DAY OF MARCH 2025. By: Dawn S. Kelsey City Attorney 2 RESOLUTION NO.