By Patricia A. ScheyerNKyTribune reporter
PARK HILLS
A recurring problem took center stage at the regular Park Hills city council as Attorney Daniel Braun read an ordinance concerning the procurement policy for the city. All the council members agree on the procurement policy. However, Council member Sarah Froelich had written up a municipal order format in an effort to be more transparent and to help residents be able to locate the policy with minimum effort. The disadvantage of the municipal order format is that municipal orders are not part of the codification process so they are not readily available to the public. A resident would have to go to the city building and ask the city clerk to obtain the order, and orders are filed by date of enactment, and not typically codified. Froelich said they could solve that by posting the policy on the website, making the process a two-step procedure. Attorney Braun and Mayor Kathy Zembrodt as well as Council member Pam Spoor advocated an ordinance format which would attach the actual policy as an exhibit. This way the policy would be available through the code of ordinances which is updated annually and available online, making it a one-step process…