Council members Mitch Castle, Gary Robertson and Matt Brown. Video and story by Wade Queen.
LOUISA CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING TO VOTE ON FIRST READINGS OF FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS
CITY RECEIVES MONEY AWARDS FROM STATE AND FUNDS RAISED FROM SUMMER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TO BE USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY PROPERTY
OCTOBER 16, 2019 – written by WADE QUEEN
The Louisa city council held a special meeting Tuesday evening, October 15, to make up for a meeting from the previous Tuesday that unexpectedly had to be called off due to a lack of quorum.
Last night’s meeting went quickly and business was finished and over within less than a half an hour.
The main business parts for the meeting was the approval of an April 2019 resolution for the city to execute an agreement with the Transportation Cabinet, Kentucky Department of Highways; a first reading of a June 2019 ordinance creating a Franchise for the operation and maintenance of a cable system in the City; a second reading of a July 2019 ordinance of the city council for the advertisement and sale of a Franchise authorizing the owner to maintain, construct and operate electric power transmission and distribution lines upon, over, and under public places in the city; on advertisement for bids on recreational trails.
All of these matters were passed unanimously by the city council after the explanations by mayor Slone and Louisa attorney Eldred “Bud” Adams.
The first order of business was Louisa Mayor, Harold Slone, bringing up a matter meant for the scuttled city council meeting, the scheduled Fire Prevention Week in Louisa, where the Louisa Fire Department gave rides on the fire trucks every weekday in the late afternoon to several hundreds of the local school children, as well as teaching seminars at the schools. Mayor Slone touted the success of the annual program, highlighting that the Louisa Fire Chief, Eddie Preston, used some of his personal work vacation days to help with the fire truck drives.
Mayor Slone announced the city had received large grants from both the state (via the federal government) as well a rare FIVCO funding to help expand and improve facilities at the city park.
Toward the end of the council meeting, council member Matt Brown made a $3500 donation to the city via his basketball program RiseAbove from proceeds from this year’s tournament at the city park this past June & July (which got a unanimous applause by everyone attending the city council meeting); as well as to fund in the creation of residential trails through Louisa city areas.
Mayor Slone then reported that new upkeep at the Senior Citizen Center, to maintain, and expand the ‘Feed The Hungry’ program for those local residents who are in need.
After official council businesses was quintessentially finished, the mayor, city attorney, and council members went into executive session. After about five minutes, everyone returned. Mayor Slone stated that they discussed a litigation matter involving the city, and also a real estate deal involving the city was discussed. No action was taken on either issue.
Mayor Slone adjourned the city council meeting just before 7:30 P.M.
After the meeting Mayor Slone told The Lazer that Foothills had agreed in principal, to establish a tech office “hub’ for any future Louisa Foothills customers (and anyone in the county who lived close by to the city to choose that option) to pay bills, and technical customer issues, by communicating with a live video link with a Foothills customer representative.
See the entire meeting on the video above.
We desperately need a new cable/internet provider for Louisa. Lycoms pricing is totally off the rails and many residents can’t afford the service. One example is the internet service which comes in at $65 per month for basic service compared to only $40 per month from AT&T. Now I’m no mathematician, but I believe that’s a little over 62% higher and the service is just as good and even better when it comes to paying your bill because AT&T has a system online that allows more flexibility for the customer such as being able to choose a different pay date as well as the option to split the payment into 2 parts which is a big deal if for example the customer is having a financial issue for the month and may not be able to pay the entire amount at once. We were sold a bill of goods when Lycom was rallying to be our provider. Hopefully with Foothills we won’t be raked over the coals just for basic service. I’m all for supporting our local businesses, but when they hike their prices to the point of being unreasonable, then its time to look elsewhere for a better deal. In small town America It’s a “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” way of living, but the problem with Lycom is that we have been scratching their back for years, but when our back itches we have to either scratch it ourselves or find someone else who will.
I had ATT and although in theory the price sounded great the service was not so great and you guessed it was not unlimited! With Lycom, I pay a little more but the service is unlimited and more reliable! If I have an issue they are local so I call and they get it resolved quickly!! I also get a higher speed for the more money so in the end when it all comes out in the wash Lycom is the better choice!! You truly do get what you pay for! Oh and did I mention calling AT&T I got transferred a million times and had to repeat myself over and over and scheduled several service calls where my service wasn’t fixed! Oh and I always got people who in other countries who I wasn’t able to communicate with well which further frustrated me! Keep it local and we all win!
you are right about AT&T you get what you pay for
It amazes me each time I read comments in regards to “cable/internet” providers and their pricing. The average person has absolutely zero idea the cost involved for these companies to provide you these services! The FCC released an article recently that showed where the cost to run fiber to a customers home ranges anywhere from $3,000-8,000 PER HOME. Just think about that… that’s just to get the cable/internet connection to your house, not to mention the cost to provide you the cable packages/channels, internet, etc. etc. etc.
I agree on the cost to run fiber optics… it’s expensive! It amazes me that AT&T advertises their service as fiber optic and their own service men after multiple trips to my home told me that we truly do not have fiber optics like the bigger cities and that’s the reason my service didn’t work and went out every time it drizzled or rained! Lycom is well worth the money and I gladly pay more! Cheap isn’t always better!
I’m thinking it’s time to do something about the OVER WORKED sewage plant.
go on a diet ?
Why can’t any and all companies come to Louisa?
I have had Lycom cable ever since they came to Louisa, I think they were Green Tree then, but I have been pleased with the service & also I have had AT&T since it stopped being Bell South, along time ago so I’m satisfied with both.
We have lived in Louisa 6 yrs and started out with Lycom but it seemed to increase quite often until it was to expensive. I had little to no problems with them when it came to service. I switched to AT&T due to price. I haven’t really had many issues with them. I work from home and would like the internet to be faster but it is okay I would like to see foothills come in and put some fire under the competition
would it be like all the gasoline prices so much for competition
KAG
See how you like it a year from now!