Votes at a glance: promotions, hires, resignations, appointments, surplus property and procurement actions approved

The Richmond Board of Commissioners approved a package of routine and substantive orders by unanimous voice or roll call vote.

Personnel actions approved included: Order 25‑175 promoting Brian Richmond to battalion chief (effective payroll 12/26/2025, fire pay grade 6); Order 25‑184 promoting Stephen Moyer to fire captain; and Order 25‑176 promoting Clayton Cornett, Travis Newman and Cordell Markham to Firefighter 2 effective 11/26/2025. The board also approved hiring Janet Townsend as human resources director (Order 25‑172, effective 12/15/2025), Daniel Weekly for the recycle department (Order 25‑174), and two parks hires, Steven Snowden and Charles Burns (Order 25‑177). Resignations accepted included Tyler Stone (planning & zoning, Order 25‑179, effective Dec. 1) and Jamie Cates (police records, Order 25‑180, effective Dec. 5).

Appointments and reappointments included Wilma Walker and Adrian Millett reappointed to the Madison County Airport Board for terms ending 01/01/2030, contingent on joint board approval. The board declared surplus property (Order 25‑173) to be sold via electronic auction in accordance with KRS 82.083 and accepted related procurement procedures.

The board authorized the purchase of a Southeast Apparatus rescue truck from Victory Fire Equipment of Corbin for $339,999 (Order 25‑187) from the fire department capital outlay account. It also adopted agreements to participate in the Bluegrass Recovery Initiative (Order 25‑186), a regional program to manage opioid settlement funds for prevention, treatment, recovery and interdiction activities; the mayor was authorized to execute both agreements.

During a closed session the board returned to open session and voted to direct the city attorney to pursue institution of litigation concerning a property at 405 Moberly Avenue; commissioners then publicly authorized the attorney to proceed.

All listed motions were moved, seconded and recorded in the public roll call as approved; where effective dates or pay grades were read into the record those details are included above. The minutes and related documentation for each order are on file with city administration.