The Cadiz City Council moved on two critical topics Tuesday night, kicking off the new fiscal year with a decision on medical marijuana, and the swearing in of a new city clerk.
After advisement from City Attorney Allen Wilson, and the more than 120 pages of Senate Bill 47, members opted to follow in the footsteps of county decisions made Monday — sending clinical cannabis to referendum this November.
Asked by Brenda Price if constituents would have to vote twice on the subject if they lived inside city limits, Wilson noted the language is not yet clear — and more guidance has to come from the Kentucky League of Cities and Kentucky Association of Counties before that language is made certain.
Whatever the case may be, Wilson said the community gets to decide.
Council members also confirmed the appointment of long-time City of Cadiz employee Susan Hyde as the next city clerk — following in the footsteps of Barbie Johnson and Connie Allen.
Mayor Todd King thanked Allen for her “tireless efforts,” and swore in Hyde with her family in attendance.
In May 2021, Hyde and former Public Works Director Kerry Fowler served as interim tandem in city clerk roles following the resignation of Brian Ahart — who had served the community more than a decade.
In other council news:
— Council members unanimously approved the appointments of Jamie Gapp and Janay Futrell to the Code Enforcement Board, a timely maneuver. Tim Bridges and King both noted the condemnation of the corner building on Main Street, opposite the County Clerk’s Office, needed to result in demolition, and the CEB could expedite this process before the Trigg County Country Ham Festival. Ornate as the facade is, it is in a state of disrepair.
— Craig Stallons and Todd Wallace, representatives of the Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission, brought forth the long-discussed planning & zoning map for the city’s viewing. Its last true approval came after a 1985 drafting and a 1989 ratifying, while a 2013 effort was incomplete. With the help of Chappell Wilson and others on the commission, Wallace once again confirmed it took more than two years to bring the cartography up to code, and more efforts are pending.
— King said while several parties have inquired about it, no officials bids have come in for the city’s old fire truck, which was recently replaced. It is headed out for rebidding.
— And Public Works Director Craig Oakley said “nearly 200 loads of brush” have been brought in from the Memorial Day weekend storms, with much more still to accomplish.
