Muldraugh City Council discusses city’s plans to progress with E-911 By KAREN KENNEDY At its Feb. 26 special called meeting of the Muldraugh City Council, the last topic on the agenda was the discussion of the Meade County Enhanced 911 street and numbering system. Mayor Danny Joe Tate shared that he recently sat in a meeting with Judge Executive Harry Craycroft, 911 Director Mark Bennett, and Brandenburg Mayor David Pace. Tate said he thinks they’ve come to a solution to the “problem,” which was the fact that Muldraugh was reluctant to go with E-911’s proposed metered addressing system – a system that calculates new addresses every 5.28 feet. The city of Brandenburg has also had issues with changing over to the metered system of addressing. Muldraugh will continue with its current addressing system, said Tate, but with some needed changes. The city will do away with addresses that are “halves,” such as 201 ½ Green Street. Also there are several street names that are either identical to other street names within the county or else are too similar to another street name in the city and could cause confusion in an emergency situation. Tate predicts at least five street name changes. There will no longer be “east” and “west” streets, either. Another change that will affect some homeowners is the city will now require that homes be addressed by their front doors, meaning whatever street a front door faces is the home’s street address. Under the new plan, trailer parks will no longer have “lots,” and each building will have a visual address. Qualified personnel will have to GPS (Global Positioning System, which is a satellite navigation system) every structure – homes, businesses, and even garages – in Muldraugh. Any new structures built within the city, said Tate, will need to obtain a GPS reading done by the county surveyor before they can even be built. No outside surveyors will be permitted to complete the GPS work. Right now it’s not certain who will do the GPS readings for all of Muldraugh, but Tate said he’s trying to get the county to do the survey and GPS readings. He also said the city would need to enter into an interlocal agreement with the county that states the city is opting out of the 5.28 scale. Tate said he spent some time considering the options and even consulted with delivery companies. “Delivery people say it’s (the metered system) a mess in a small community,” said Tate. “A company like UPS thinks house number 60 is a long way off from house number 30. But, in a metered system, it’s not. The delivery person gets all turned around.” Tate says he feels confident everything will be worked out between the cities of Muldraugh and Brandenburg and the county. Click Here to Go Back
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