Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 4 (Winter 2012) 2012 Conference Highlights. Look Inside for: 2012 Executive Board. Annual State Conference Award Recipients

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1 kentucky.apwa.net American Public Works Association Kentucky Chapter APWA 2012 Executive Board President Robert Bruce Louisville Metro Government 595 Hubbards Lane Louisville, KY President-Elect Martha Horseman Kentucky Transportation Center 176 Raymond Building Lexington, KY Vice President David Becker Boone County 5645 Idlewild Rd. Burlington, KY Treasurer Richard Storm BA Engineers, Inc W. Broadway Ste. 204 Louisville, KY Secretary Susan Barati 5312 Meadow Stream Way Crestwood, KY Delegate Howard L. Leo McMillen 2887 Black Arrow Ct. Lexington, KY Conference Highlights The Kentucky Chapter APWA 2012 State Conference kicked off with a Roadeo on October 16th, followed by a golf scramble and a reception at the Ramada Plaza in Jeffersontown. The winners of the Roadeo competition were: Backhoe Daniel Doss with the city of Frankfort Skid Steer Nick Wohleeb with Louisville Water Company Truck Combo Alex Kenwright with Kenton County Public Works Truck Serpentine Shawn Shaw with Louisville Water Company Eleven golfers participated in the APWA Golf Scramble. Three teams participated in a skins game, which included the longest drive and closest to the hole contest. The turnout was light, but everyone still had a great time The reception, hosted by the City of Jeffersontown, was held in the pool area of the Ramada Plaza Hotel. Guests enjoyed live music and hors d oeuvres. The conference kicked off the next day, October 17th, with APWA Past President Diane Linderman as the keynote speaker. She discussed the strategic initiatives of APWA. There were nine breakout sessions throughout the day; three in the morning and six in the afternoon. The topics discussed ranged from ADA requirements to urban trees to road diets. Nearly 100 people attended the Awards Luncheon which recognizing the merits of various types of public work projects throughout our region. Thank you all who attended and supported the American Public Works Association. Look Inside for: Annual State Conference Award Recipients Branch News & Updates Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 4 (Winter 2012)

2 President s Message: It s hard to believe that the year is already coming to a close. I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to serve as your 2012 Kentucky Chapter APWA President. I was honored to host the conference in Louisville this year. We couldn t have asked for better weather for the roadeo and golf scramble. I appreciate all of those who worked behind the scenes. We couldn t have done it without you. I have enjoyed my time as your president and the opportunities I have had to meet other public works employees throughout the nation. Keep doing the great work that you do and know that your efforts effect your family, neighborhood and community for the better. Robert Bruce President Kentucky Chapter APWA 2 Support your KY Chapter Advertise in the APWA Newsletter! The Newsletter reaches more than 500 members of the public works community in Kentucky. Contact Darrell Harrell at

3 Your Newsletter is Going Digital! The APWA Kentucky Chapter Newsletter is going completely electronic. Not only is it a green solution, going electronic allows you to receive information in a more timely manner. In addition to hard copies of this issue being mailed, we also sent it to the addresses we have on file. If you did not receive an electronic copy of this issue, then we need your address. Stay up-to-date on all the branch news and highlights across the state by ing your contact information to amy.terry@uky.edu. Go Green Go Paperless WELCOME NEW MEMBER! Casey Mae Kaucher, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government First-time members get their first year of individual APWA membership at half price! Any employee or official of a governmental agency, manufacturer, supplier, contractor, or consulting firm who is actively engaged in the field of public works and has not previously been an APWA national association member is eligible for the First-Time Member Special Offer. The special offer is also available for adding first-time members to your existing group s roster or starting a new group membership. Individual membership is $82 for the first year. (Regularly $164) 3

4 2012 APWA Kentucky Chapter Project of the Year - Technology Riverbank Filtration Tunnel Louisville Water Company Project of the Year - Recreation Wilkinson Blvd. Multi-Use Trail Frankfort Project of the Year - Stornwater South Park Drainage Project Bowling Green Project of the Year - Environmental German-Paristown Rain Garden Louisville - MSD Outstanding Consultant of the Year URS Corporation Project of the Year - Streetscape Brownsboro Road Diet Louisville Public Works Project of the Year - Aviation Runway Rehabilitation Louisville International Airport 4 Roadeo Truck Combo Alex Kenwright, Kenton Co. Public Works Roadeo Skid Steer Competition Nik Wohleeb, Louisville Water Co.

5 Annual State Conference Awards Project of the Year - Historic Preservation General Hopkins Spring Garden Cemetery City of Henderson Project of the Year - Parks Smothers Park Owensboro Project of the Year - Municipal Building TARC - Maintenance Annex Building Louisville Project of the Year - Roadway Old Morgantown Roadway Bowling Green Project of the Year - Sanitary Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Shepherdsville Outstanding Contractor of the Year Flynn Brothers Roadeo Backhoe Competition Daniel Doss, City of Frankfort Roadeo Truck Serpentine Shawn Shaw, Louisville Water Co. 5

6 Kentucky Chapter APWA Delegates Report We reached 28,610 members by the end of October. This is an increase from last year. Members have use of free Click, Listen and Learn programs. New Chapter and branch officers need to be reported by December 1, Chapter budgets for 2013 must be submitted by January 15, Chapter Leadership Training workshops will be held February 26 through March 2, 2013 in Kansas City. Each branch and chapter should plan on sending at least one person. More information will be coming. The Winter Maintenance Supervisor Certificate program has been a success with over 215 certificates being awarded after the first three workshops. Thank You to the Sponsors of the 2012 Kentucky APWA Conference American Concrete Pipe Association BrewPro Inc. BTM Builders Exchange Earthwell Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment Flynn Brothers GRW Heritage Engineers Integrated Engineers Job Rentals & Sales Kentucky Transportation Center, Technology Transfer Program National Environmental Contracting, Inc. QK4 Site Supply, Inc. Stantec The Corradino Group URS 6

7 BRANCH NEWS Bluegrass Branch The Bluegrass Brand held their Roadeo on September 12 in Frankfort. The winners include: Snow Plow: 1st Place: Darrell Hearn & Johnny Jennings with the city of Frankfort 2nd Place: Don Warner and Roger Kelley with LFUCG - Water Quality 3rd Place: Cody Callis and Jason Colston with Franklin County Backhoe: 1st Place: Daniel Doss with the city of Frankfort 2nd Place: Stephen Hockensmith with Franklin County Bluegrass Branch Roadeo Snow Plow winners, 3rd Place: Aaron Johnson with LFUCG - Water Quality Darrell Hearn and Johnny Jennings with the city of Frankfort. A big thank you to all the participants! Central Branch During the October Board meeting, plans for the State Conference were finalized. The meeting was also a planning session for the FHWA seminar Designing for Wheelchair Accessibility which is to be held one week after the State Conference. It will be held at the Metro Safe Building in Louisville. It will be open to staff members involved in construction as well as engineers. The November Board meeting will be held on November 15th. During this meeting the ballot of officers for 2013 will be announced. Also, plans for the December Quarterly meeting will be confirmed see you there! Northern Branch The Northern Branch met on November 8 and the guest speaker was Mike Bezold from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. He talked about current and proposed highway projects in the Northern Kentucky Region. There were 46 in attendance and were treated with a chili 3-way and cheese Coney from Gold Star Chili. Our next meeting will be December 13 at the Florence City Building. It is our annual Christmas party and we will be electing our officers for Southern Branch Find more about branch activities and upcoming meetings at On September , the Southern Branch elected new officers at their meeting. The Southern Branch would like to welcome Sean O Bryan as Chairman, Kyle Hunt as Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Mike Hamilton as Secretary/Treasurer, Darrell Harrell as Executive Committee Member ( ), J. R. Stanley as Executive Committee Member ( ), Sheila Puckett as Executive Committee Member ( ) and Doug Boom as Executive Committee Member ( ). And, thank you to all who joined the meeting. The South Brand Roadeo took place on September 20, 2012 in Hopkinsville. The winners include: Snow Plow: 1st Place Team - Billy Cooper & Ronnie Ferguson representing the city of Owensboro; 2nd Place Team - Charlie Jean & Matt Jean representing Regional Water Resource Agency of Owensboro Skid Steer: 1st Place - Calvin Everett representing the city of Hopkinsville; 2nd Place - Jeff Lancaster representing the city of Hopkinsville Backhoe: 1st Place - Jeff Lancaster representing the city of Hopkinsville 2nd Place - Steve Cook representing Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority The Southern Branch would like to thank those that participated and the city of Hopkinsville for hosting the event. Also, our next meeting is scheduled for December 13, 2012 in Leitchfield and the Southern Branch would love to see all attend. 7

8 kentucky.apwa.net American Public Works Association APWA KENTUCKY CHAPTER 1555 OLD FRANKFORT PIKE LEXINGTON KY Nonprofit Org U.S. Postage Paid Lexington, KY Permit No Board Meeting Dates January 16 - Lexington March 20 - Bardstown April North American Snow Conference, Charlotte, NC May 15 - Lexington July 17 - Carrollton August International Congress, Chicago, IL October TBD - Kentucky Chapter State Conference, Lexington November 13 - Elizabethtown For more information on the Kentucky Chapter APWA visit