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The Nicholasville City Commission’s Monday meeting was a spring cleaning of sorts for the body as it updated a few pre-existing agreements and personnel policies, and announced rate changes for select city employees.

Nicholasville Fire Chief Craig Cox asked Mayor Alex Carter to sign the Basic Life Support-Medical First Response Agreement (Affiliation Agreement) by and between the City of Nicholasville and the Jessamine County Ambulance Service. The agreement is an update to a pre-existing one.

Kathy Rhineheimer, the city’s human resource manager, said she is going through old job descriptions that the city has not updated in a while and is doing a “cleanup process.” There will be multiple updates by Rhineheimer in the next few sessions.

Several rate changes and new hires were approved by the Commission:

• Four Nicholasville Police Department recruits are receiving a rate change to $22.60 an hour for their completion of certification through the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.

• Mark Osborne has been promoted to Water Treatment Plant Senior Operator at the hourly rate of $22.60.

• Travis Ward has been promoted to business manager in Public Utilities and Finance at the hourly rate of $31.80.

• The city has also hired one of its part-time seasonal maintenance employees. Tim Corman has been hired at the hourly rate of $15.30 with no benefits, effective May 2, 2023. The Commission stated one of his duties would be watering downtown flowers.