Local Government

Wendell Lynch, who will be sworn in as interim mayor Sunday, said he and other council members received numerous calls from constituents about the tax increase.

Lynch, a Democrat, was the Ward 6 councilman up until his appointment as interim mayor.

The council will have a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, to approve the tax ordinances on second reading.

Council members serve a two-year term. Voters will cast ballots within the wards in the May primary and citywide in the November general election.

Concerns about the ICREZ budget stem, in part, from the growing burden of dilapidated structures – that have been abandoned in many cases by owners – in Hopkinsville’s oldest neighborhoods.