The Leitchfield City Council continues to battle Comcast Cable over the franchise license agreement that expired last year. Comcast has submitted a request and the council has submitted its proposal but the two cannot reach an agreement. This was discussed in closed session during the Monday night council meeting.

Details of the proposals have not been released at this time but the city council has set up a public hearing on March 1.

“Comcast offered a new term for 10 years,” said Leitchfield Mayor William H. Thomason. “But we are not accepting them and going ahead with a public hearing and ask all residents who have a complaint with Comcast to attend that meeting on March1 at 6 p.m.”

The Comcast representative, Tim Hagan, was scheduled to attend the meeting but did not show up.

In other business:

• The council recommended that two new officers be hired on the Leitchfield Police Department. Chris Bates will start on Monday February 22 and the second officer, that was not named in the meeting, will start after the next meeting on March 1.

• The council approved the Mission Statement for the city of Leitchfield.

The statement reads; The City of Leitchfield strives to empower our citizens and employees through trust, balance, creativity and service.

• The council received a request for help from the members of the Grayson County Clothesline of Quilts. With 48 quilts hanging around the county the group asked the city to work with them to get some local businesses involved.

The group is hoping that some of the stores or business along the quilt trail would offer a discount if someone is traveling the trail and that the city would assist them in this endeavor.

•The council received the second quarter budget report. The total revenues for the six-month period, which ended December 31, are $2,719,802.76 or 46 percent of the budget. Total expenditures for the same period of time are $2, 857,814 or 46 percent of the budget. The net loss as of December 31 is $138,012.

• Two of the volunteers from the Humane Society addressed the council and asked for a city employee to supervise the inmates from the detention center that help care for the animals.

“It is difficult to care for all the animals with just the volunteers we have,” said Linda Shaffer. “We rely on the detention center for help and we are in need for a worker to supervise these inmates for approximately three hours a day.”

The shelter is run strictly on donations and volunteers and saves over 800 animals each year.

“If we could get a few more volunteers to help for about three hours each week that would greatly help,” said Shaffer. “But I feel educating the public on the importance of spaying and neutering their animals is so important. We would love to be out of a job and there be no need for this. It is the hardest job I have ever had but also the most rewarding. “

With a $7,000 veterinarian bill that needs to be paid the society is looking for ways to raise money.

The council not only approved the use of a city worker but agreed to match whatever funds are raised for the bill.