Corbin City Commission recognizes CHS 4 X 400 state champs

Members of the Corbin High School 4 X 400 state champion relay team were recognized by the Corbin City Commission during its monthly meeting Monday.

During the meeting, Mayor Suzie Razmus recognized team members Connor Messer, Coleman Anderson, Ben Teague and Jayce Stewart, and named each of them Corbin Colonels.

“These young gentlemen did an amazing job at state,” Razmus noted.

Also, during Monday’s meeting, the commission approved appointments to several boards and commissions.

The commission approved the appointment of Mark Daniels to replace Bill Jones on the Corbin Public Library Board of Directors. It will be for a four-year term.

Ricky Lynch was reappointed to the Corbin Code Enforcement Board to a three-year term.

Terry Skinner was reappointed to the Corbin Planning Commission. His new term will expire on Sept. 30, 2027.

The commission reappointed Paige Pennington and John Ed Babb IV to the Corbin Tree Board, and reappointed Brian Baylor and Ron Herd to the Corbin Industrial Development Commission for three year terms.

The commission also reappointed Rob Miller to the Corbin Civil Service Commission.

In March 2023, the Corbin City Commission created an application that people can fill out if they want to serve on various city appointed boards and commissions.

The application is on the city’s Facebook page and on its website at https://corbin-ky.gov/.

Razmus noted that no one else applied for any of the positions on the planning commission, tree board, industrial development board or civil service commission, and she encouraged anyone interested in serving on one of the nine boards or commissions, which the city makes appointments to, to get on the website and apply, and/or give her office a call in the event the online process doesn’t work properly.

In other business, the commission:

• Met in executive session for just under half an hour to discuss potential selection of a bidder for the award of a local contract, but took no formal action.

After the meeting, Razmus explained that the potential contract being discussed was a proposal by Danny Wimer Productions for entertainment, acquisition, event promotion and management service for the Corbin Arena.

Razmus said that more information is needed before the commission makes a decision, such as the details regarding what the partnership would entail.

• Approved the hiring of Kayin Pickett, Jerry Inman and Troy Edwards as full-time employees in the public works department. Public Works Director Jeff Nantz noted that all three had been seasonal workers, who are being promoted.