Planned water outage & boil water notice for East Fulton beginning December 20, 2022

In order to complete a major valve repair on Cedar Street, it will be necessary for Fulton Public Works to interrupt the water flow December 20, 2022, Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM.  This interruption will affect all residents on the East side of the railroad from the Fulton Electric System Office to East Drive and South of OK Clifton.   This interruption should last approximately one (1) hour.  Following the repair completion, the City of Fulton will be required issue a boil water notice for this same area that will remain in effect until water samples sent to the lab have been analyzed.  The boil water notice should be resolved on Thursday December 22, 2022.  Please continue to check our website www.fulton-ky.com and the Current Newspaper sites for updates.


Fulton County & Twin Cities Housing Workshops Scheduled

Fulton County along with South Fulton has been designated one of 40 counties in the United States that will participate in the new Federal Rural Partners Network.  This is a Partnership with multiple Federal Funding Agencies designed to assist communities that have suffered from persistent poverty.  This Partnership will bring opportunities to our community for funding of projects designed to reverse  economic decline.  As we move forward with this Partnership, we will post on this FB page, opportunities that become available to assist Fulton County and South Fulton residents.

Our Fulton County Rural Partners Network Team has chosen housing as one of our first programs. Currently we are working with USDA and their housing loan and grant programs to assist our residents with housing needs.  These programs can assist with making home repairs or financing of new homes, both existing and new construction.  

To start, we propose to conduct two workshops to provide information on loans and grants to residents and measure the level of citizen interest in the housing program.  One workshop to be held in Hickman for residents of the Hickman area and one in Fulton for the residents of the Fulton and South Fulton area.

Workshop 1 November 21, 2022 at 5pm Hickman City Hall 

Workshop 2 November 22, 2022 at 5pm Fulton City Hall (South Fulton & Fulton Residents) 


Advertisement for Open Position (Police Officer)

The purpose of this position is to protect life and property by enforcing all city statutes, ordinances and the laws and regulations of the state of Kentucky. Police officers are selected after completing a rigorous testing process, consisting of written, physical skills, oral interview, polygraph, and personality profile testing, as well as a complete background investigation. Each phase must be successfully completed before continuing to the next.

Minimum Requirements:
–           Must be a U.S. citizen.
–           Must be at least 21 years old.
–           Must have a valid driver’s license.
–           No convictions of a felony or domestic violence offense.
–           High School diploma. Preference will be given to individuals with 60 college credit hours OR 4 years  military service (active or reserve) OR certified officers not currently under contract with another law enforcement agency.
–           There are no specific height requirements or weight requirements; candidates must pass physical agility  test.

The applicant must successfully complete all phases of the Peace Officer Professional Standards testing as required by law.

Full job description may be obtained from the City Clerk at Fulton City Hall or the City website 
www.fulton-ky.com. Applications plus a resume will be accepted until the position is filled.
Applications may be submitted to the City Clerk:
City of Fulton, Kentucky PO Box 1350
101 Nelson Tripp Place Fulton, KY 42041 [email protected] 270-472-1320
The City of Fulton is “An Equal Opportunity Employer”


Advertisement for Open Position (Public Works Director)

The City of Fulton, Kentucky is now accepting applications for an open position within the City for 
a Director of Public Works Department. The City of Fulton, Kentucky is a unique and extremely 
historic City and part of a Twin City Community (South Fulton, TN) located on the 
Kentucky/Tennessee line and has a estimated community population of 5,000. The community is 
situated on the Canadian National Rail Line and the Southernmost section of I69 in Kentucky about 
forty-five minutes south of Paducah, KY and two and half hours Northwest of Nashville, TN.

The City Commission is seeking a Public Works Director. The Director under general administrative 
direction, serve as the principal administrative officer for the Public Works Department; to plan, 
direct, review, and manage department activities and operations focused on providing a wide range 
of public services activities; and to perform other duties as required. The position has overall 
responsibility for managing a wide range of public service activities including streets, parks, 
cemeteries, facilities, and fleet maintenance; permit issuances; potable water system; wastewater 
system and natural gas system. Capital Improvement Project Programs; inspections; citizen 
complaints and various emergency management functions. The Public Works Director is accountable for 
achieving programmatic goals and objectives and for ensuring that the community is provided with 
desired and mandated services in an effective, cost- efficient manner.

Full job description may be obtained from the City Clerk at Fulton City Hall or the City website 
www.fulton-ky.com. Applications plus a resume will be accepted until the position is filled.
Applications may be submitted to the City Clerk:
City of Fulton, Kentucky PO Box 1350
101 Nelson Tripp Place Fulton, KY 42041 [email protected] 270-472-1320
The City of Fulton is “An Equal Opportunity Employer,” “Any applicant who needs an ADA accommoda    
request the accommodation from the city clerk in writing. 

Click Here for Job Description

 


IMPORTANT HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR FULTON COUNTY AND SOUTH FULTON

NEW HOUSING PROGRAM AVAILALBE NOW IN FULTON COUNTY AND SOUTH FULTON

Fulton County along with South Fulton has been designated one of 40 counties in the United States that will participate in the new Federal Rural Partners Network.  This is a Partnership with multiple Federal Funding Agencies designed to assist communities that have suffered from persistent poverty.  This Partnership will bring opportunities to our community for funding of projects designed to reverse  economic decline.  As we move forward with this Partnership, we will post on this FB page, opportunities that become available to assist Fulton County and South Fulton residents.

Our Fulton County Rural Partners Network Team has chosen housing as one of our first programs. Currently we are working with USDA and their housing loan and grant programs to assist our residents with housing needs.  These programs can assist with making home repairs or financing of new homes, both existing and new construction.  

 

To start, we propose to conduct two workshops to provide information on loans and grants to residents and measure the level of citizen interest in the housing program.  One workshop to be held in Hickman for residents of the Hickman area and one in Fulton for the residents of the Fulton and South Fulton area.

If you are interested in attending either of these workshops, please let us know by calling the County Judge’s office at 270-236-2594 or emailing to [email protected].  This is a great opportunity to get your home repairs made and buy or build a new home.  We need to demonstrate to USDA that we have residents which are interested in these programs.  If we can determine there is enough interest in these housing programs, we can move forward with arranging a workshop where USDA will attend to discuss the programs and assist with application for the grants and loans.  Please let the County Judges office know of your interest and workshops can be arranged.   (270-236-2594 or [email protected])

When calling or emailing please provide the following information:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Phone number and email address
  • Which workshop you would like to attend

At the workshops we will be discussing the following USDA grant and loan programs:

  1. Section 504 Home Repair Program.
    1. To qualify for a grant, you must:
      1. Be the owner and occupy the home
      2. Be unable to obtain affordable credit elsewhere
      3. Have a family income considered Very Low Income

1 person family – $12,750

2 person family – $14,750

3 person family – $16,400

4 person family – $18,200

5 person family – $19,700

  1. For grant applicants must be at least 62 years of age
  2. The grant amount can be up to $36,520
  3. Loan and grant can be combined up to $76,520
  4. The loan portion is at an interest rate of 1%
  1. Grant and Loan can be used to make home repairs, improve or modernize homes, or to remove health and safety hazards.

 

  1. Section 502 Direct Home Loan Program.
    1. This program can assist low and very low-income families buy or build decent, safe and sanitary housing.
    2. Applicants must:
      1. Be without decent, safe and sanitary housing
      2. Be unable to obtain a loan from other resources on terms and conditions that can reasonably be expected to met
      3. Agree to occupy the home as their principal residence
      4. Have legal capacity to incur a loan obligation
      5. Meet citizenship or eligible noncitizen requirements
      6. Not be suspended or debarred from participation in federal programs
      7. Have family income of

1–4-person family – $48,550

5–8-person family – $64,100

  1. Terms of the Loan
    1. 38 Years
    2. Interest 3.25%