Bowling Green residents can expect new traffic signs and development in the near future because of city council decisions Monday night.

Municipal Administrator Lori Tretter reported several Traffic Commission updates to the council.

The first update included the approval of signage at the new Ridge Park in Ward One. Parking will only be allowed at the park during operating hours with no overnight parking permitted. These parking regulations follow those of other parks within the city.

Also from the Traffic Commission, Tretter announced that the commission will be instituting signs prohibiting right turns on red lights from Court Street onto Main Street in both directions. Other signs considered to make the intersection safer included signs to keep motorists from blocking the intersection and signs reminding drivers to yield to the left turn.

“Because it’s a jog, when people are going straight and other folks are trying to turn left, they may not quite understand, especially if you’re from out of town and not familiar with that intersection,” Tretter said.

Tretter said that the engineering department has 90 days to come up with solutions which will be presented to council in January.

In her report, Tretter also said that the school board met Monday morning, deciding on an agreement with Bowling Green Holdings, LLC., which would do business at the Fairfield Inn. She encouraged council to give related legislation its third reading to move forward with the agreement.

The council passed Ordinance 3607, giving Tretter the authorization to sign the agreement between the City of Bowling Green City and Bowling Green Holdings, LLC., “to provide incentives available for project development” in Bowling Green Community Reinvestment Area Number 4.

“This is an opportunity to use our Community Reinvestment areas, and those are created to kind of jump start some possible projects and create incentives for people to come in and create new businesses and new jobs in the city,” said council member Bruce Jeffers.

A second piece of legislation, Ordinance 3603, was also passed, giving Tretter the authorization to sign similar agreements between the City of Bowling Green and Kroger Co. for development in Bowling Green Community Reinvestment Area Number 5.

“We’re trying to promote development wherever possible, and we find it necessary and or desirable to offer some of these incentives,” Jeffers said.

Also at the meeting, Mayor Richard Edwards had the opportunity to swear in Gordon Finger as Bowling Green’s newest police sergeant. Along with Finger stood Arci, a Belgian Malinois K9 now servicing the city.

Arci, originally from Holland, listens to all Dutch commands. Finger said that he and Arci have been back in the city for roughly 10 weeks after training at Shallow Creek Kennels in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.

“All he really likes to do is work,” Finger said.

Finger said that he calls Arci the Gentle Ninja because “he would do what he needs to do, but he’s always so friendly.”