Florence City Council passed first readings of two business-related ordinances on August 2, clearing the way for a 92-vehicle commercial parking lot for M&P Logistics and a fenced playground for an autism therapy clinic on Ewing Boulevard, according to NKY Tribune.
Council also formally seated five voting members on the city's new Transportation Improvement District board and authorized Mayor Julie Aubuchon to sign a $482,000 state agreement to resurface two Florence roads.
M&P Logistics truck lot
The truck lot ordinance allows a concept development plan change on approximately 1.7 acres between Tanners Gate Lane and Tanners Lane, accommodating 21 box trucks, 21 semi-tractors, and 50 passenger vehicles. The zoning change carries a condition: it cannot be transferred to a future property owner.
M&P Logistics, formerly Mackenzie and Paige Logistics LLC, is based at 7900 Tanners Gate Lane. In 2024, council approved a Kentucky Business Investment incentive tied to the company's plan to relocate operations within Florence and create 120 full-time jobs.
As we reported July 27, the truck lot had been working through Florence's planning process for weeks. Both this ordinance and the playground measure still require a second reading and final vote at a future council meeting before taking effect.
Autism clinic playground
The second ordinance approved on first reading allows a fenced playground in the front yard of an approximately 2.174-acre site at 7627 Ewing Boulevard, which houses a business serving children with autism. The approval is a special dispensation: if the business relocates, the fence must be removed.
TID board takes shape
Six municipal orders formally constituted the Florence TID board of trustees with staggered terms. Jim Henning and Tami Wilson received four-year terms. John Nugent was appointed to a three-year term, Michael Bova to two years, and G. Kalea P. Holland to one year. Thomas Szurlinsky was named a non-voting member for four years. Amy Stewart was named Project Director.
Florence created the TID by ordinance on February 25, 2025, passing 4-2, making it the first city-level Transportation Improvement District in Kentucky. The district lets the city pursue state, federal, and public-private funding for road improvements on corridors like KY 18 and US 42 that are under state control.
Eric Hall, Florence's Public Services Director, told council at the February 25, 2025 meeting that the TID "would provide the city with opportunities to secure funding from the state, federal, and public/private partnerships, granting local control over areas currently beyond its authority."
Road resurfacing funds
A separate resolution authorized Aubuchon to enter a Memorandum of Agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for $482,000 in reimbursement funding to resurface Hopeful Road and Sebree Drive.
The next Florence City Council business meeting has not been publicly scheduled, but second readings of both ordinances are expected at an upcoming session.
