Business

    SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Ever so slightly, property owners in Shepherdsville will get a break on the taxes.
    The Shepherdsville City Council voted 4-1 to lower its real estate property tax rate from 14 cents to 13.9 cents per $100 of assessed property.
    For a $100,000 home, the tax bill would reduce from $140 to $139.
    Those with personal property, such as automobiles, will see a decrease from 14 cents to 13.6 cents per $100 of assessed property.

    SHEPHERDSVILLE -- It appeared that there was a candidate to fill the vacant seat of planning administrator in Bullitt County.
    However, that appointment was not approved by members of Bullitt Fiscal Court.
    A panel interviewed four candidates for the planning administrator’s position, which was left vacant with the resignation of Brian Richardson.
    Deputy judge Lisa Craddock said the candidate who resides in Virginia was “heads and shoulders” above those interviewed.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Curtis Hockenbury visited 1,702 homes during his campaign to be the next mayor of Shepherdsville.

One of the overwhelming themes when Hockenbury talked with registered voters was that they had lost faith in their local government.

On a cloudy, cool Wednesday, Hockenbury was sworn in as the mayor of Shepherdsville for the next 27 months.

During that time, he hopes to eliminate the cloud sitting over the city’s boundaries and he hopes to restore confidence in government for the municipality’s 12,000 residents.

    The city of Shepherdsville will have a mayor Wednesday as Curtis Hockenbury won a secret ballot Tuesday evening.

With a standing room only audience, the Shepherdsville City Council selected Hockenbury, who was the first candidate to file this spring when a vacancy occurred in the final two years of Scott Ellis' ter.

However, after a legal battle dismissed the resignation and reinstated Ellis, the latest resignation from office and duties came too late to place a new election on the November ballot.