Looking to expedite a pair of important processes, Cadiz City Council briefly met in special session Tuesday evening — hearing second reading of the new Trigg County Country Ham Festival ordinance, while approving a bid of demolition for 67 Madison Street.
City Administrative Officer Jack Lingenfelter opened, noting the City of Cadiz desires to establish a “transparent, sustainable, community-centered governance model for the annual” celebration.
In its entirety, this governance includes purpose, membership terms, vacancies, removals, officers, funding, regular meeting times, subcommittees and volunteer engagement, as well as severability, and it fully cements the creation of a group that, at no point, should have fewer than 17 members working to collaborate and preserve one of west Kentucky’s longer-running community celebrations.
Standing subcommittees moving forward will, at the very least, include entertainment, sponsored and auxiliary events, vendor registration, logistics, media and communications, as well as festival operations and public engagement.
As for 67 Madison Street, Lingenfelter and Cadiz Mayor Todd King both confirmed the property had become “dilapidated,” and in councilman Craig Stallons’ words “should be condemned.”
However, its proximity to the city’s sewer treatment plant seemed beneficial and valuable, should serious measures take root in a hopeful sewer rebuild or expansion.
