By DAVID A. MANN
The Jeffersonville City Council hired Greg Clark as its attorney during a Monday night meeting.
Clark already works for the city’s drainage board and replaces former council attorney Larry Wilder, who resigned in late June.
He will be paid a retainer of $1,000 per month, which covers 10 hours of work. Any effort beyond that will net Clark $100 per hour.
“He’s done a good job for the drainage board,” said council President Connie Sellers.
She serves as a liaison between that board and the council. She was unsure how long he has worked for the board, or when he would start representing the council.
Sellers headed the council’s attorney search committee, which was formed after Wilder’s resignation was accepted. The committee never met; rather it made its recommendation to hire Clark based on his past experience.
Five others applied for the job.
In other business
• The council approved a zoning change near the corner of Eighth Street and Watt Street, allowing Mason Funeral Home to knock down an old house and build a larger parking lot. The council changed the zoning from residential to institutional.
• The council approved an update to a trash ordinance that made headlines earlier this year because it required residents to have a certain type of trash can.
The initial ordinance had required residents to have 48-gallon or 96-gallon trash cans. Monday’s change removed references to size. Residents are still required to have wheeled, lidded cans that have a bar that allow city trucks to tip it automatically.
• The council approved a resolution welcoming a World War II era LST to Jeffersonville. The ship’s visit to the city’s waterfront coincides with an American Legion convention in Louisville.
It will arrive at about 1 p.m. Thursday and will be open for public tours Friday through Aug. 30.
Entertainment is scheduled at nearby RiverStage on every night of the ship’s visit and the Howard Steamboat Museum is hosting a special exhibit in commemoration.
“This ought to be an event,” Mayor Tom Galligan said. “It’s great to have them here. LSTs were made in Jeffersonville [during the war]. And this will be a great event.”
