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From the Desk of Mayor Daniel L. Bell
Summer  2016
City of Taylor Mill
Greetings!
  

The City of Taylor Mill, in conjunction with Independent Auditing Firm VonLehman & Company recently wrapped up all of our auditing requirements for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015.  As part of the process we use feedback from the auditing process to continually strengthen internal controls and improve operating efficiency.  As in the past, the Audit demonstrated no instances of non-compliance under the Government Accounting Standards Board Guidelines.  In summary, the City is in sound financial condition and continues to operate on a debt free basis.
  
The Taylor Mill City Commission and Staff are proud to acknowledge our continued debt free status.  As you may know we work hard to provide high quality government services for the lowest dollar amount possible.  Keeping taxes low is a major challenge in this day and age with significant rising costs associated with the provision of Police and Fire Services and providing high quality skilled and specially trained individuals.  Recently, we have lost several of these individuals to other jurisdictions due to lower median market salaries.  In response to that  the City Commission increased salaries for staff members in an effort to retain our talented and highly skilled personnel, especially all of our emergency first responders.  We anticipate these increases will allow us to be more competitive with other surrounding employers/communities.  As a service provider we recognize that the quality of staffers who provide the service is essential to its successful delivery.   
   
A full copy of our audit for July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 can be found on our website at www.taylormillky.gov for your review. 
  
Additionally, we want to inform you that the Kenton County Fiscal Court is proposing to replace the current 911 infrastructure by upgrading the system from analog to an 900 megahertz system.  This upgrade which will require all new radio equipment to be purchased is certainly long overdue and will enhance the response time of emergency responders and the overall safety of all.  While the upgrade is necessary to maintain the integrity of the system it comes at a significant cost to the cities of Kenton County as members of the Fiscal Court are proposing that cities pay their proportionate share of the upgrade which will be placed in city police and fire vehicles.  The current estimated cost of the upgrade for Taylor Mill is $175,362.00 with a transition date of 2018.  Kenton County Judge Knochelman will be in attendance at an upcoming Commission Meeting to discuss more details of the proposal with the Taylor Mill City Commission.  As more information becomes available we will keep you informed.   
  
In closing, many of you may not be aware that I have been selected to serve on the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) Executive Board.  This board is responsible for overseeing the operations of KLC in addition to developing city friendly legislation during the KY General Assembly Legislative Sessions conducted in Frankfort.
   
For example, one type of legislation that will be presented on behalf of KLC to our State Legislators involves Local Road Aid Programs.  Currently, KY's formula for funding the construction and maintenance of secondary and rural roads has remained unchanged since its enactment in 1948. This formula is focused primarily on highway mileage and geographic size without consideration for highway usage.  As a result highway funding often flows toward lesser traveled rural roads at the expense of more heavily traveled urban streets.  By statute 48.2% of Kentucky Motor Fuel Taxes are distributed to local jurisdictions as follows:
  
County Roads = 18.2%
Rural Secondary Aid = 7.7%
City Municipal Road Aid = 7.7%
   
As you can see by the distribution the amount of road aid money received by Cities is far less then the Counties when in fact there are more road miles in cities than in most Ky counties.
  
The Kentucky League of Cities is trying to change this formula to funnel more road aid money to cities such as ours that contain most of the road miles driven in a given county.  Currently 61% of annual miles traveled in KY are on local rural roads that receive 85% of road aid funds allocated to local governments.  Conversely local roads account for 39% of the vehicle miles traveled but cities only receive 15% of the total distribution through the state road aid formulas.  Because of this disparity cities must use more city tax dollars to repair roads and streets.  Whereas if the was changed cities would receive more money from the state and then be able to repair more streets and roads without out using more and more general fund city tax dollars.  We support KLC in their efforts to reform State Aid Money!
  
Please have a safe and happy summer, and contact any of your local elected officials or City Administrator Jill Cain  Bailey at 859.581.3234 or [email protected] for further assistance.   
   
Warmest Regards, 

Daniel L. Bell, Mayor
City of Taylor Mill
 
  
 

         
       
The Taylor Mill City Commission and Staff are honored to announce - The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be coming to the City of Taylor Mill this summer!  We anticipate this event will be a powerful and moving experience for everyone in our region who has an opportunity to be part of its visit to the Taylor Mill Community.  The Moving Wall will be at Pride Park from July 28, 2016 to August 1, 2016 and open to the public 24 hours a day. 
 
To volunteer to be part of this powerful and moving experience please email our Recreation Director Gena Forsyth at [email protected].

     

 
CITY OF TAYLOR MILL
QUICK CONNECT REFERENCE GUIDE

Looking for more information about local government issues, operations or just in need of assistance please contact any of your locally elected officials or City Administrator Jill Cain Bailey at [email protected] or  859.581.3234.

You can also connect with us at www.taylormillky.gov   or via the various department/staff members below.  We look forward to hearing from you!



Jill Cain Bailey, City Administrative Officer
 
Steve Knauf, Asst CAO/Chief of Police
 
John Stager, Fire/EMS Chief
 
Marc Roden, Maintenance Director


City Administrative Offices         859.581.3234
Police Dept - Non Emergency    859.581.1192
Fire/EMS Dept - Non Emergency   859.581.6565
EMERGENCY - Police/Fire        911
Maintenance Department           859.581.3359

General Info Email   -    [email protected]
  
In This Issue
Upcoming Events
 

 

Taylor Mill Commission Meeting

Wednesday, July 13

7:00 pm

 

Tasty Tuesday

Moose Lodge

Fish & Chips

Tuesday, July 12

5 pm to 8 pm

 

Tasty Tuesday

Skyline Chili

Tuesday, July 19

5 pm to 8 pm

 

Sweet Treats Tuesday

Graeter's Ice Cream

Tuesday, July 26

5 pm to 8 pm

 

The Moving Wall

Vietnam Memorial

Pride Park

July 28 to August 1

 

For more information visit us at www.taylormillky.gov 

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Passports Anyone?
  
Don't forget the City of Taylor Mill can take care of your passport needs.
Forms are available at the City Building for first time applicants, as well as, forms for renewing your passport.
 
Current processing times for both first time applicants and renewals are approximately 4 to 6 weeks.  So please plan in advance of your trip.
 
Residents are encouraged to contact the Administration Department at 859.581.3234 for specific document requirements, additional questions, and before coming into to process their passport applications to make sure a passport agent is available to assist them. 
 
 
  
Taylor Mill
Traffic Signals
  
 
As you may know the traffic signals at the intersection of Pride Parkway and Wayman Branch have been active for some time now.  We believe that this intersection is now much safer for our residents, visitors, and upcoming school bus traffic.  We also believe the traffic signal will provide a much needed break in traffic flow for those who live just north of the new signal.
 
The traffic signal for the intersection of Pride Parkway and Honey (aka Sawmill Drive) is still in the planning and permitting stages so it will be a few more months before plans are approved and construction is underway.  We will keep you posted as things continue to move forward.
 
 
  
Learn more about our new LoveLock LoveScape  Community Art Project
at Pride Park by clicking on the link below.
 
Participants are encouraged to send selfies of their love locking moment to [email protected]
 
  For more information please see the link below 

     
  
   
During the month of June, members of the Taylor Mill Police Explorers Program attended a Law Enforcement Explorer Academy in Alabama at the University of Montevallo. 
   
This academy is run in a para military format where explorers are tested both physically and mentally demonstrating their skills and training with firearms, domestic violence, and burglary response. This was the second year that our group of Explorers participated and we had both first time attendees and second year attendees.  All of which did an outstanding job.
  
Congratulations to all who attended and to the following Explorers who received Individual Awards while at the academy.
   
Cameron Arnsperger
1st Place and 1st Year
Firearms
  
Donald Williams
1st Place and 1st Year
Academic
  
Colin Parsons
1st Place and 2nd Year
Firearms
  
Chad Eapmon
1st Place and 2nd Year
Academic

City of Taylor Mill | 5225 Taylor Mill Road | Taylor Mill | KY | 41015