Thank you. I'll see how that works how's that louder I'm not used to using it but we'll try one more time Welcome, everyone. Greetings, everyone. We have a nicely packed house tonight, and we appreciate everyone who has joined us tonight. Our procedure is that we first have a roll call of our council, and then we will have an invocation. So, Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Mr. Martin. Here. Mr. McCord. Here. Mr. Myers. Here. Mr. Stennett. Mr. Beard, Mr. Blues, Ms. Crosby, Mr. Ellinger, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Ford, Ms. Gorton, Ms. Henson, Mr. K, Mr. Lane, and Ms. Lawless. And I'll denote Mr. Farmer's presence. Thank you, Susan. our invocation tonight will be offered by Ms. Tanya Tyler who is a minister in the Disciples of Christ and she is Tanya is serving as moderator of the board of the Christian Church of Kentucky at this time Tanya thank you for joining us tonight will you pray with me God of us all, we have gathered here once more to do the work of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. We ask you to be with us now to grant us your wisdom as we make decisions for the good of and in the best interest of the citizens of Lexington. Thank you, God, for each member of the Urban County Council for their dedication to Lexington and to their constituents. Keep them focused and optimistic and enthusiastic as they listen and learn and lead. Thank you, God, for our new mayor. Continue to lead and guide him over the years of his service. God, we thank you for our city. May it continue to grow. May it continue to be a hospitable and welcoming place, always moving forward with courage, innovation, and integrity. Let your spirit of justice, compassion, and respect prevail in this council work session tonight, and may your spirit of love and peace and unity be the light unto all our paths, now and forevermore. Amen. Thank you, Tanya. Next on our agenda tonight, I'm going to ask, before we have a moment of silence out of respect for our many friends in Japan, I'm going to ask that Kim Swayze, who is here tonight with us from Toyota, and Wynn Stevens, who is here with us tonight from the Red Cross, will share, if you all would, at the podium, Kim, just share with us what is underway today in connection with planning for relief and contributions to Japan. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for having me here tonight. One of the things that I just wanted to quickly mention, as everyone knows that Toyota has a very great relationship with many of our friends in Japan. And I think so many folks in Kentucky know this. And we have been overwhelmed over the past week or so of people from all over the state calling us and asking us, what can we do? They've been devastated by what they've seen on television, and it's not something that they can just pick up and go to Japan and be able to help. But it's trying to be able to reach out and see what they can do as private citizens. And we have just been asked this so many times, and we wanted to be able to provide some type of outlet. So we sat down yesterday and said, what can we do? And we came up with the idea of trying to do at least some type of public gathering a walk. And what we've come up with is something called the Bluegrass Community Walk for Tsunami Relief. And we are partnering with the American Red Cross, the Bluegrass chapter here, to be able to do this, to give our citizens an outlet for this outpouring of support that has touched us so deeply. And I just want to say thank you to the citizens of Lexington and Central Kentucky. you have amazed us and touched us and brought us to tears so many times this week by how you have touched our hearts. So thank you so much. And I'm going to turn it over to Wynn Stevens who will tell you a little bit about this event coming up a week from this Saturday. Mr. Mayor and members of the council and fine citizens of Lexington. The event is going to be March 26th at Cold Stream beginning at 10 a.m. and this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to to come out and show your support to the people of Japan. If you'd like to make a contribution, you certainly will be welcome to do that, but if you just feel like what you can give is to come and show your support, we welcome you to do that as well. And on behalf of the Bluegrass Chapter of the American Red Cross, the American Red Cross, and the International Red Cross, I would like to thank everyone for their outpouring of support that we've received so far. The latest reports that I got today is there are 480,000 people who are homeless from this tragedy as we speak. So all the support that we can give all the thoughts and prayers that we can send their way will certainly be thought Be grateful for thank you Thank you. Thank you all Thanks, man. Thanks Kim Councilmember Doug Martin had suggested and two wonderful idea to at this time to have a Let's all stand in a moment of silence out of respect for our many friends in Japan Thank you all. Next on our agenda, I'm going to walk around to that podium so I can follow these instructions for all these awards that we're going to get for you guys and pictures, okay? Okay, that worked pretty quickly, didn't it? Good. Pardon? We're all right. Yeah, I think we're going to get, in just a minute, we're going to get everybody to come around and get a picture up here. So first, this is a special opportunity this evening to honor the winners of Kentucky Americans Water Science Fair, and it's celebrating its 27th year this year. It's coordinated by the Fayette County Public Schools, and this year's fair was held on February 12th. Central Kentucky's regional competition was Saturday, February 19th. And how many students competed? 600 students competed in grades 4 through 12. Contests involve students in both public and private schools. So welcome to all of you guys tonight. There are more downstairs. I'll go through this procedure because we're going to work through it pretty quickly but we're not going to abbreviate it because everybody's work here is so important to recognize. Representing Kentucky American is Susan Lancho, External Affairs Manager, and Cheryl Norton who is President of Kentucky American, and representing Fayette County Schools is David Helm who is the school's science specialist. Okay, and also big welcome to all the students and parents and friends. Alright, big job. Now, okay, so tonight we got lots of proud parents and we got lots of proud winners and we're going to break our honorees into three groups elementary middle and high school we got certificates for everybody but now we're gonna we're gonna hand them out downstairs after we take the pictures so the parents and the kids the children will be able to get their certificates downstairs in the lobby so now let's go through this real quickly we've been bring we got our elementary school students in now. Real quickly, we'll go through this quickly. Raise your hand if you attend private school or home school. Private school or home school. Good deal. How about Ashland? All right, Ashland. Athens-Charlesburg. There we go. Booker T. Washington. Booker T. Washington. Okay. Cassidy. There we go for Cassidy. Dixie. Glendover. Glendover. James Lane Allen. James Lane Allen. All right. Julius Marks. We got a Julius. One, two, three. Good deal. Liberty Elementary. Metathorpe. Metathorpe. Picadome. Rosa Parks. Sandersville. All right. Proud. Veterans Park. All right. Good job. Let's give them all a hand. Okay. All right, guys. Now we're going to take a picture right over here, and let's get the council member behind you guys. Okay? Council members, can y'all get up behind them? Y'all used to doing this? And Susan and David and Cheryl? Yeah. Can you come here and take pictures? Okay, if parents want to come up here close and take pictures, any parents who want to come up close and take pictures, come on up here. Don't be shy. Thank you. Okay guys, we're going to pop about three shots off. I hope a lot of credit to do this. You guys want real big, real quick. Alright guys, put this away, this is a nice pump. Hold that, very nice guys. Here we go, ready? Alright guys, nice team. Very good. All right. Do that again one more time. Beautiful. One more. Good luck, gang. All right. There we go. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Here's one shot. They got them. They got what they wanted, Linda. They got the kids. There we go. All right. One mother said you said Scapa and Maxwell. Oh, did I forget Scapa and Maxwell? Scapa and Maxwell, hold up your hand. Oh, sorry about that, guys. Shucks. Whoo. Thanks for reminding me. Okay. All right. Now, you guys, if you all can go, we'll shift downstairs and pick up your certificates. Thanks a bunch. Okay, now we're going to bring our elementary. Now we're going to bring our middle school students in. while they're coming in while we got our middle school students coming in Any of you all get to go to the science fair? Anybody get to go? I got to. It was inspiring. It was great. Lots of amazing, the really, really amazing, the projects that the kids, that the students have done. Okay. Okay, we're just about... Got the middle school students down? Okay, y'all. There's more of you guys? More of y'all? There's more coming on? Okay. Come on, right up here. Right up here. Middle school. Middle school. Come on, come on, guys. Come on, right on up here. Oh, the middle school. Yep, yep. Now you all may want to make a double line here. Okay? Scoot on over. Come on over. All right. While they're coming in, let's go ahead and recognize all of you guys who attended private or home school. Raise your hand. All right. Good deal. Thank you all. Okay. Beaumont. Raise your hand if you went to Beaumont. If you're at Beaumont today. All right. Good job. Brian Station. Brian Station. All right. Edith Hayes. How about Edith Hayes? All right. Jesse Clark. How about Jesse Clark? Raise your hand for Jesse Clark. Morton. Tate's Creek. Winburn. Okey-dokey. Good job. Okay, y'all, let's give another big hand. Now, what we're doing, y'all, is we're going to take a picture now with all the council members. So I asked y'all to kind of back up against the council. Against the... the horseshoe there. And Ed will give you directions. I'm just kidding about four. All right, guys. Here are going to be three. Everybody look at me. Very nice, guys. Very nice. Hold that. There you go. Hold that. And one more. Good luck, guys. Okay. All right. Next group. Parents, if you would please exit with the children out this door here, please, too. If you'll exit this way when you get ready to exit. Who's talking? Oh, Susan. Which door? Y'all go through this door right here. Okay? Thank you all. Big hands. Okay, the next group is our senior high winners. Thanky dokey. Thank you. Happy St. Pass to you all. Thanks buddy, thanks. Great to meet your daughter. Your granddaughter. Yeah, yeah. Okay. That's a big crowd, wasn't it? Big crowd, wasn't it, Pastor Owen? Pastor Gaines, good to see you all. All right, we've got our senior high winners now who are coming up to the front. Now, all of these winners are from Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School. Okay, and these are our high school science fair winners. We're all very proud of you guys, and congratulations to you. We can really accelerate this. We're going to. Thank you. many more winners than this, but a lot of the students who were from Dunbar or Purdue University in West Lafayette this week participating in a robotics competition that's an international competition up there, so they had the choice of going up there to compete or being able to stay here in town and stay in class and go to school. They chose to go to West Lafayette. So they couldn't make it tonight. Hopefully some other time we'll be able to get them here and get them taken care of. So just wanted to let you all know. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. One more time again. And one more after that. Thank you all. Great. Thank you, ma'am. It does remind us of why we're all here. Thank you all for being here. All right, next on our agenda tonight is a presentation by Commonwealth Economics, and I will recognize Council Member Peggy Henson for the introduction. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the, as chair of the Affordable Housing Task Force, I would like to introduce John Ferris with Commonwealth Economics, who will be doing a presentation that he was selected by the task force to do a study on implementing an affordable housing trust fund through the means of local insurance taxes. and they are not recommending economic, Commonwealth Economics is not recommending or suggesting the certain tax. They are providing us with information, results of this impact study, that increasing an insurance tax, the benefits of that, and the costs involved. So I'll turn it over to John. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman, Councilperson Henson. I think that there's a PowerPoint that's supposed to be – it's coming. Okay. All right. Thank you. But just to get started while we're waiting for the PowerPoint to load. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund Task Force asked us to specifically look at nine questions and do an economic analysis of the nine questions that the task force was looking to examine how certain taxes would impact the creation of an Affordable Housing Trust Fund. And then once the trust fund is created, what sort of economic and social impacts would the affordable housing trust fund have on our community of Lexington? So we go – do I have the ability to – just a little bit about us. We were charged by the task force and we were looking again at nine questions regarding the affordable housing trust fund. Excuse me just a second. Sure. Just for protocol, are you timing this season? What sort of a time are you expecting on this? 10 to 15 minutes. Okay, right. Typical would be a 15-minute presentation. So thank you very much. Okay. Okay, so the first question was what would the yield on various levels of increases in insurance tax and what is the cost to the average household? The increase, we looked at different increases as suggested by the task force. We looked at the 0.5 percent increase. We looked at it with health insurance and without health insurance being part of the increase. Same with we looked at a .75 increase. We looked at it with health insurance and without health insurance increase and then 1 percent. Most of the study then is based on the 1 percent increase approximately yields what the affordable housing trust fund was looking for around $4 million. And we then looked at, the question is, what's the impact per household? And we used an M-Plan model, which is a well-respected economic input-output model that does almost a yearly census-type economic numbers. And for purposes of analysis, their data shows that there's approximately 127,000 households in the Lexington-Fayette Urban County area. So the impact per household would be approximately between $30 and $35 on the 1% level. On the 0.75% increase, it would be $26. And then it ranges on down to $15 with the 0.5% increase. It should be noted that the data as available through the Department of Revenue here at the city does not distinguish between households and businesses. Therefore, the average impact is per household, but the actual increase will be likely to both businesses and households. So how many trusts, the third question, how many affordable housing units will be created and are rehabilitated each year? Well, first you have to understand some of the cost. We estimated approximately $85,000 for a unit and $30,000 for rehabilitation. And then you think about it another way which is not all of the money will go to construction. There will be other categories where the spending will be used in the trust fund, some for acquisition, some for rehab, some for new construction and other types of programs for different types of renters. So working with the task force we came up with an estimate of, and this is not a suggestion or recommendation, but this is just sort of an analysis based on previous work that, okay, how would we, what categories would the money be spent in? And that allowed us to come up with a construction number. So if we assume that of the, we also assumed an eight to one leverage ratio on affordable Housing Trust Fund, meaning funds typically in this arena get leveraged somewhere between four and ten to one. So we assumed eight to one because it's a local program. And our analysis to get to the meat of it, 150 new units and rehabilitate up to 320 distressed units and that's an annual impact for the $4 million trust fund. How many jobs? Just to cut to the chase, approximately 300 jobs annually impacted by construction, just from the construction and the rehabilitation of the units. That's 300 new jobs within Lexington per year. The financial impact, there's number of different financial impacts. Here's just one on wages, $10 million in wage impact based on the construction. What are some of the other financial impacts? There's impacts on household spending. These numbers are a little small, but you can see that approximately 2,000 families will benefit. That's when the program is fully up and running and into its year of stabilization, approximately 2,000 families in the area would benefit annually. And there are the different impacts, approximately 6 million total in indirect, induced, indirect impacts. Some other financial impacts, you have impacts of the tax revenue, that's the tax revenue of the spending and those are relatively minor compared to the other positive impacts. Another question that the task force had is what is the impact on surrounding areas and property values when new units are created? This is important. There's a number of studies. We looked at them, literally dozens. The most consistent finding is that there's a well implemented, if there's a well implemented program, there's no negative impact on property values in the area. In fact, some assume that there's a positive impact that will happen to surrounding areas with a good affordable housing program. Another question, is the six to one match attainable? Remember Remember the match is used to assume a leverage ratio. If Lexington puts in $4 million, what will other agencies, both state, federal, other community development agencies, how will they match that money? There are a number of programs set up to match existing funds through a trust fund, including a Kentucky State program. The Kentucky program has averaged a four to one leverage ratio, but that's a state program. And because we would be able to leverage their dollars after talking to them and looking at other numbers, we assume that the six to one match is certainly attainable. And the eight to one match used in the study is also attainable. And in some sense, the estimate used there is conservative and useful in analysis. Looking at the, just to look at the economic impacts, if we look at a 5 to 1 leverage ratio, we don't assume we'll get to 8, 227 jobs per year and a total economic impact of approximately 27 million on the output. On an 8 to 1, again, it's 363 jobs and a $43 million impact from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. On a 10 to 1 leverage ratio, it's 453 jobs and a $54 million impact. Again, the leverage ratio is just a ratio of how our funds would be matched by other programs. Another question, what are the unquantifiable impacts to social quality of life, affordable housing trust fund? There are a number of studies, academic studies and others, socioeconomic impact studies that show that there's a positive impact on health, family, stability and education, welfare to work. There's environmental benefits. And there are some minor negative effects including any time you issue a tax and use that money to fund one program, there's a tradeoff on that not to fund another program. There's administrative cost to the program and other things along those lines. I think that concludes our presentation and I want to open it up for questions. Hopefully you all have a copy of the study and they were distributed last week. And if you haven't had a chance to read it and if you do get a chance to read it and have questions, I'm available anytime to answer your questions. Thank you, Mr. Ferris. Any members of the council wish to comment or ask a question? Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, John. I – if no council member has any questions, I wanted to make a motion that this be reviewed by the Economic Community Development Committee. I second that motion. There's a motion and a second. Council Member Ford, do you wish to comment on the motion? At this time, you indicated. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. And I thank you, Council Member Henson. And thank you, sir, for your presentation. I'm very excited this afternoon that we have an opportunity to present to Council and to the community at large an in-depth study on just the economic impacts. As most of you know, I'm very supportive of trying to find a new way to address some of our housing needs. But tonight's activity is just to focus on what it will mean for our community economically. We recognize we're in some trying times. But simply this report shows that we have some real opportunities with investment, job creation, and more importantly than anything, improved housing. So I gladly support Council Member Henson's motion and would ask for the Economic and Community Development Committee to help us in reviewing the overall contents. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Ford, we are speaking to the motion now. Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I just had a procedural question. Is this already in a committee of the council, one of our standing committees? Sorry. The study was brought forward through the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Task Force. now I am asking for it to be reviewed by economic community development committee I understand what you're asking and did come back I was just curious if it was because this is something we've heard a lot of so I was just wondering if it was currently in one of our committees that's all and then the question was going to be has it been reported out to that committee that's all okay thank you councilmember stannett thank you mayor just going to sort of the same question is this the final report out of the task force so the task force work complete so how does this work in conjunction because as we move down that path in the Economic Development Committee how to how are we supposed to take into the I guess I mean there's a lot of other issues with this trust fund that we need to look at when are you all planning on reporting out to us on those other issues so we can also take those into as we analyze this our Our plan is to let you review it and we would review it as well, I guess. We would, we can go way, way back on this to November of 09 and luckily we did get this impact study. So we would like your expertise in the Economic and Community Development Committee take a look at it and then bring back your thoughts to the task force then we would report out okay fair enough thank you mayor all right any other comments by any council members hearing none ready to take a vote all right all in favor please indicate by saying aye aye all opposed no motion carries thank you Thank you, Mr. Ferris. Thank you. We do have some members of the audience who have signed up to speak and suggested we just go ahead and do that now. I have Pastor Owens, Pastor Joe Owens, Pastor Richard Gaines, Catherine Goetz. You all want to just speak now to the issue? Pastor Owens? Our usual protocol for public comment is three minutes, and I know how accustomed you all are to time. So I know that that won't be a problem. Pastor Owens. Go ahead. Pastor Owens. Thank you. Pastor Owens, would you give your... Thank you, Mayor. Also, the protocol is, if you would please, sir, give the name and address. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mayor Gray. I'm a resident of 1205 Hickory Creek Circle, where Mr. Meyer is my council person. Also, pastor of the Shatlock Baptist Church at 237 East Fifth Street, where Mr. Ford is the council person. and certainly I'm delighted to hear this going on to this committee. I believe firmly as a citizen and a servant that this is a win-win situation for our city to make this kind of investment that will have this type of return. So I yield the rest of my minutes to Pastor Gaines. Thank you sir. My name is Catherine Getz. I live at 2151 Hume Road in Lexington. Councilman Ed Lane, you are my district representative. Steve Kay, Linda Gorton, Chuck Ellinger, as members of the Council at Large, you also represent me. Mayor Gray, you too represent me. I urge all of you to support the Affordable Housing Trust not only for its humanitarian features but also for the potential good in economic impact. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, councilpersons. My name is Richard Gaines. I'm a 2960 Majestic View. Councilman Blue is my councilman. I also serve the Consolidated Baptist Church as senior pastor, that is in Mr. Blue's district as well. But among parishioners, all of you are represented, and so we appreciate the work you're doing. Let me ditto what Mr. Farris, Councilman Ford, and others before me have already said. We appreciate your support in moving forward in this area. All the data I was going to share has been shared already, so there's no need to repeat that. But we are in full support as a member of this community. And as I look back, if this were simply an economic decision, it wouldn't be difficult at all. where you can get a return of six to eight on any single dollar. I don't think anybody here would say no to that. The opportunity you have, and I'm moving forward on to be a blessing to this entire community, is beyond measure in this economy that we're in. And so I'm excited about the decisions you've made tonight to move forward in this area. And having said that, I will yield and move out of the way. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Gaines. Mr. Mayor, members of the council, my name is Forrest Wiley. I reside at 299 Hedgewood Court. Councilman Casey Cosby is my council member, council representative. And the mayor and all of you represent the city. And I really urge you to act on behalf of the city to do what you can to fund the Affordable Housing Trust for increasing the economic and social impact on our low to moderate citizens. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Wiley. Good evening. My name is Catherine Akers. I live at 3436 Saybrook and Councilman McCord is my representative and I work at Mary Queen the Holy Rosary also in his district. I'm very excited about the possibilities of this to make Lexington a better place for so many people. I think economically to give people a good life to just to have a chance to succeed I think that this has a real opportunity to make Lexington a better place and I urge you to support it. My name is Mary Alice Pratt. I live at 278 Zandale and Councilman Beard is my representative, but I also worship and work as a lay minister in Councilmember Henson's district. And I ask the council at large, Steve Kay, Linda Gorton as Vice Mayor, and Chuck Ellinger pleased to support this recommendation. And also, Mayor Gray, I recommend that what you have promised in your campaign that you will fulfill by supporting this recommendation. Thank you. You're very attentive. Thank you, Mary Alice. Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir. Members of the council, my name is Bill Moody, and I live at 4890 Keene Road, Lexington. My comments are directed to all the council, but specifically in the interest of time, I'm going to focus on two council members. Council Martin, you're my council member. Council Lawless, my church is in your council. I strongly urge you to vote for Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Thank you. Hello, Adam. My name is Adam Jones. I live at 909 Somerville Drive here in Lexington. I'm in Council Member Henson's district, as is my congregation open door. I wanted to speak briefly about the need that this trust fund will address. Roughly a third of my congregation pays over half their income for their rent, and they don't have a lot left over. I brought a friend with me who agreed that I could this junior is one of our folks and he agreed that I could disclose his situation because it's it's a situation that we have all over our congregation and in our neighborhoods junior is on a fixed income he's unable to work due to health problems beyond his control he he told me I could tell you that he makes roughly in his in his fixed income $700 and 360 of that goes to his rent. 360 is a really good rent. It's hard to find that, frankly, in Lexington. But nonetheless, it's half. And then beyond that, he has medical bills that he has to pay. And so often at the end of the month, Junior is struggling and pinching pennies. And this trust fund could provide reasonable, affordable housing for my friends like Junior and others. I have another couple in our congregation, Stephen and Tina. They are ex-offenders, and so it is very difficult for them to get hired permanently anywhere. They have been working for two years trying to get ahead, trying to pay their rent over and over and over, and eventually they couldn't, so they had to move in with several other family members all into one house to be able to afford to pay the rent. That's outside of other bills, utility bills and so forth. So I just want to urge you, Councilmember Henson and Councilmember Ellinger and Mayor and Vice Mayor Gordon, to support this trust fund. Its impact will be far-reaching in our economy. The measures of it, I know this study showed you a lot of measurements and numbers, but I believe there's so many benefits beyond that for our people and our community. Thank you. Thank you all very much for joining us tonight. We appreciate it. Next on our agenda is a committee reports and I'll ask Vice Mayor Gorton to provide the committee of the whole reports. Excuse, oh excuse, yeah, Council Member, Council Member Lawless. Yes, I know this is out of our normal order, but I would like to say how much I appreciate all the work, Council Member Henson and and others did on this. And I also want to say we've been struggling about reclaiming neighborhoods and having neighborhoods where people can workforce housing, where people can live, work, and play. And with the Zota limiting density, we have a lot of housing stock in several neighborhoods that now if there was a program where people could rehab and purchase those homes, it would also lift up the neighborhoods as well as the people in them. And I fully support this and I thank all of you for all your hard work and devotion. Thank you and thank you for that. Thank you all again for being with us tonight, all the representatives from BUILD. Thank you all. All right. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. I have several items on my report tonight from the Committee of the Whole Work Session on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. First, the summary was approved. Second, I bring forward a motion to schedule a special council meeting to have a police disciplinary hearing for April 26, 2011 at 5 p.m. So moved. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Councilmember Blues. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I bring forward a motion to refer to the Public Safety Public Works Committee updates from the investigations by Sheriff Witt at the corrections, the fire investigation, the E-9-1-1 investigation. So moved. Motion by the Vice Mayor, seconded by Council Member Beard. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I bring forward a motion to refer to the General Government Committee the issue of the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles for government. So move. Motion by the Vice Mayor. Second by, who was it? Farmer. Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I bring forward a motion to ask the government to prepare a resolution of support for the leadership Lexington for the American Heart Association Heart Walk on April 23rd at Commonwealth Stadium and to ask the mayor to read a Fit City proclamation on April 23rd to start off the Heart Walk. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, seconded by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. I bring forward a motion to schedule a special meeting of the Environmental Quality Committee for April 19, 2011, at 11 o'clock a.m. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton, seconded by Council Member Blues. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. And then finally, this is not in the form of a motion. It's simply a report which was brought forth Tuesday appointing members of the fiscal year 2012 budget links for the council and the assignments are as follows. General government, CIO, administrative services, council clerk, and citizens advocate will be chaired by Councilmember Ed Lane with members Doug Martin and Kevin Stinnett. The Finance, Budgeting, Social Services Outside Agencies link will be chaired by Councilmember Julian Beard with members serving Chuck Ellinger and Chris Ford. The General Services Budget link will be chaired by Councilmember Steve Kaye and Councilmembers Casey Crosby and Diane Lawless will serve. The Public Safety Link will be chaired by Councilmember George Myers with Councilmembers Linda Gorton and Peggy Henson serving. And the Public Works and Environmental Quality Budget Link will be chaired by Councilmember Farmer with Councilmembers Tom Blues and Jay McCord serving. And that ends my report, Mayor. Thank you, Vice Mayor. That takes us up to item number five on our agenda, which is a second reading of ordinances. Madam, is there a – okay, Mr. Farmer, I didn't see – do you want to speak now? Did that require a motion or was it just to report out? No, that did not require a motion. Did it? Did that require a motion, Vice Mayor? Excuse me. I'm sorry. Excuse me. I'm sorry. Do you have a question? Oh, there's a question, Councilmember Farmer, whether or not you last report out. Did the report out of the links require a motion and a second to be adopted? I don't believe so. That's fine. All right. What is the timeframe for those groups to work? We'll be meeting with the budget and finance to go over the timetable on Tuesday to try to set the the rest of the course out for the budget hearings in the process so we'll be discussing that and bring that forward but the mayor is going to be presenting the budget I think on the 12th and from that the council links will be going forward but we want to go ahead and be proactive here because the mayor's hearings have been going on and they'll everybody know what they're going to be assigned to but we'll be dealing with that issue with the whole with the budget and finance on Tuesday, and we'll be reporting that out to the full council. So we would take up that group of work after the presentation of the mayor's budget? Yes, sir. Actually, since the chairs are known and the committees are known, it's now in the hands in a lot of ways of the length themselves to go ahead, and if they want to go ahead and start scheduling meetings, but the budget itself won't be presented until the council until the 12th. But I want to go ahead and let everybody know what they're going to be working on if the chairs wanted to go ahead and start doing some initial research and know what length they're going to be involved in. And I had spoken briefly with the vice mayor before we began. I'm just wondering, is there interest on behalf of the council? We had a budget workshop scheduled for the council, and the mayor and the commissioners and the directors made a report during that time, but really the council didn't have a period of conversation. And I'm wondering, does this body desire to have that kind of conversation before we get into the links and the presentation of the budget? And I guess I was asking you, Vice Mayor. I would say the whole council would need to weigh in on that. Well, then I would make a motion, asking that the council have a meeting of the whole, I guess, or a budget workshop at some time, hopefully before the mayor has presented his budget and ask for a second in discussion. There's a motion and a second. The floor is available for discussion. Vice Mayor Gordon. Mr. Farmer, what would you recommend be on the agenda? Well, I'm disturbed because our only input so far has been via SurveyMonkey back to Councilmember Ellinger about the topics which were initially covered during the workshop that we had Monday a week ago. And I'm just wondering, as a deliberative body that we are, are there other themes, topics, answers, subjects of interest that this group wants to take up in any capacity as a whole before the mayor makes his budget presentation. Because I enjoyed the presentation that day. I found it fruitful. I think we could have had great discussion at the end of it, but everybody ran out of time. I'm wondering, does the council want to take that time for itself before budget presentation? That's my motion and commentary. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. This might also be an opportunity to hear from, I guess, UK about the, I guess, the calculations that go into what our budget assumptions are. I know that in past years we've had, you know, I guess it was Mr. Trotsky or some other folks at UK bring to us their economic studies which served as the basis for our revenue assumptions. And so I think that would be it. You're asking for what would go on the agenda, Vice Mayor, and so I think that would be certainly a thing that I'd like to see because I thought it was very helpful in years past. Councilman Blues. Thank you, Mayor. To this point, we have had that presentation by the Mayor and Professor Trotsky. We've also had a survey of the Council members on their at least preliminary budget priorities. Before I supported this motion, I would want to see an agenda by those who bring this suggestion forward. I'd like to see some specific topics of discussion. We'd be most willing to entertain that. But I should say I won't support the motion until we do see what specifically, Council Member Farmer, you might have in mind for this. Council Member Lane. My thought is that it was reported in the paper I guess from one of the meetings that we would probably have a $25 million shortfall between revenue and expenditure unless we do make some cuts in the government and restructuring. And I mean I think it would be beneficial to have a meeting where we could you know council committee of the whole could discuss it and what you know what ideas that you have I mean I like unless you're planning just to bring the budget to us and let us then look it over I don't know what's your sooner or later you got to do that I've got less than three weeks I said sooner or later that's what we've got to do right and that's why we had this meeting to inform ahead of time and the numbers that were presented last Monday were the numbers that were presented in the newspaper as well right no I understand but my My point is we know there's a $25 million shortfall but we, I guess my question is do you want to give us some lead information? What we've done, Council Member Lane, is exactly what was presented according to the schedule that was shared with the Council. Okay. So I'm just saying I don't know, now listen, y'all can, don't misunderstand me. If the council needs to have a meeting to discuss before April 12th, that's fine. So I'm just saying right now what we're doing is proceeding according to the schedule that we all agreed on. Could I finish my comment? What I'm trying to say is I'm on your side. We've got to cut the fat, lean the government out. We've got to stay within our budget because I don't think we have any other option. But I'm trying to get a feeling for how we're going to go forward from here. Are you planning to, just with your team, work out the budget and submit it to us with all the cuts you're proposing and then we go over it at that time? Or did you want to discuss any ideas, you know, with the council prior to that that you might have? I realize there's a sensitivity when you're working on the budget not to bring it all out in the forefront until you've sort of put it together. I'm just trying to get a sense of how you want to go forward. That was my question. How do you see us progressing? What we're doing now is taking and collecting the collecting numbers, collecting suggestions throughout the government from directors, and we are compiling then consistent with responsibilities of the mayor, consistent with the charter, the budget, and going to present it then to the council. So any ideas that anyone has before then, I think, you know, certainly welcome those ideas. Council Member McCord. Thank you, Mayor. I just would say that some of the difficulty is Council Member Ellinger's, I guess, first stab at trying to get our priorities in line and how we think and so forth was a good first effort. But one of the flaws in that is when you go back and you look at what we prioritized, you'll actually see that if you went by, if the administration said, well, we want to look at what the council prioritized and we want to factor that in, one of the things that I was approached by some public safety folks that we actually have some of the fire prevention type stuff, the community type stuff ahead of the front line guys that actually put out fires. So at the end of the day, our priorities may not actually reflect, If you go by the numbers and the way that we did the survey and so forth, the way that we would definitely like to portray our priorities to the administration. So just my thought would be is that if we are going to meet together, that we can clarify some of those types of things and have better information because I applaud Council Member Ellinger for actually trying to pull this together ahead of time because we haven't had that opportunity before. So I would just say that some of our priorities, if it was just laid out there and the average public looked at it, you would realize that those things might not necessarily be what we actually thought they were, or some of us actually voted to put a 5 instead of a 1 where a 1 was where a 5 was. So some of the numbers don't accurately reflect the entire council's priorities. So it would be fruitful for me if we had that kind of conversation. Council Member Farmer, I'd support the motion. Council Member Gorton, Vice Mayor Gorton. Thank you, Mayor. Just a couple things occur to me. One of the things that we did say is that we wanted to try to have a more collaborative process, and we knew that the administration wasn't on board. we had a change in administrations and we did not have confirmed commissioners until, I believe, February perhaps. And we recognized, and Commissioner Driscoll said, we recognized this was an imperfect process this year. We did not have time to actually have a process that we felt was complete. so it was a beginning to the kind of process we would like and we would like next year to start in November or December so I think it's important to keep in mind this was just the first baby step I I think some value could be had in a meeting not necessarily a full-blown workshop but a meeting where council members discuss the priority list again and I think that that would be easy to pull together quickly I do know that several council members are going out of town on our break which is coming up so unless we waited until April the week of April the 12th which is impractical we will have a portion of council members out of town so just realizing those limitations it seems to me scheduling a meeting to look over priorities again might be the most productive use of our time it's just a suggestion Councilmember Ford. Thank you, Mayor. I agree as well as I follow Vice Mayor Gordon's comments. I support Councilmember Farmers' request for a workshop or meeting, however we want to describe a convening of the Councilmembers just to get discussion out there. I'm certain that there are some observations and opinions and hopefully some great ideas kind of where we go forward. But until we can get around the table and just kind of talk about them, I don't think that we're perhaps doing the council and the government the best service. As a new council member, when we had the workshop, and I do applaud the administration and government as well, personally, I was quite surprised when I got to the third floor of the Phoenix Building and all of government was there, the division directors and commissioners. I misunderstood and I thought it was going to be just a small group workshop of the council. But nonetheless, I think that was a great event. It brought information that we didn't have, that I did not have prior to. Now, such a meeting as Council Member Farmer is requesting, it allows us to take it a step further, to talk and put some ideas out on the table and kind of give and take. So I support your motion. Councilmember, well, actually, Councilmember Farmer, since you've already spoken, can we let these other folks first? Councilmember Beard, then Kay, then Myers, and Lawless. Thank you, Mayor. I really have no problem with a meeting, although it's somewhat a concept of ready, fire, aim. the administration is going down a path to bring us a balanced budget. And it may select to focus on one area of government versus another. And if we were to come in in the middle of that and say, well, no, well, we won't know, actually. And so we come up with another path for the administration to take that is somewhat in opposition to each other. And that part can cause contention, and that worries me a little bit, that I just don't see where a meeting is going to get the job done. and we are flying blind. We don't have any of the data that they've been collecting and gathering since actually prior to January 1st. And we're, again, just going to be guessing, so to speak. And I just don't see what that gains. As soon as we get the budget, however, and before the lengths start, it would be a good idea to have that, and we can kind of see, you know, peel the onion back at that point. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Kay. Thank you, Mayor. A couple of comments. First, on the budget hearing, there was an opportunity to receive a lot of information. It was not an opportunity for a lot of discussion. So the council members did not have an opportunity to weigh in at that time. And I understand why that was the case given the time limitations, but that was the case. The priority list was, as someone else has already said, a first cut. It is not, I would agree, it is not a reliable guide for a variety of reasons. And I think it either should be discarded or possibly, if the council is so inclined, to have a meeting to have that be an agenda item which would be a review of that priority list to see if we could shape it up so that it does reflect more of the council wishes another option I think is to if if people favor a meeting is to ask council members to generate before that meeting some possible statements that council could support that would actually provide guidance for the mayor and his staff as they move forward on these budget issues. And then finally, I think it's fair to say that this, as has already been said, I kind of reiterate, this is a new process. And it's done in the beginning of a new administration. So we're working kind of on it as we go, and we don't have the opportunity to begin at the beginning, which should be, you know, six months ago. So given all of those conditions, I think we're doing a good job. I appreciate the mayor's office being willing to kind of review the way in which the budget is generated and to work on a collaborative process. But I think given all of the kind of limitations, especially of time, that the best we can hope for is a short meeting that might look at a few very specific things. Thank you. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I've had a lot of good conversation this evening, And I would like to say that I appreciate, too, as I said before we had that meeting, the new administration's willingness to allow the council to work with them collaboratively on the front end of this process. And I appreciate Councilman Ellinger's leadership in helping us put together that survey that we had. I, too, kind of thought that that Monday meeting was going to be more like some of the retreats that we've had in the past, where the administration kind of opined on maybe two or three, four different options that they had, different paths that they could go down to get the budget where it needs to be. And then what was really of value for me was that we had an opportunity to kind of have a dialogue back and forth with the administration to kind of pick their brain on what they're thinking, how they're kind of leaning, that kind of thing. But also, I think with the survey that we had and the document that we were given in the beginning, when we have this meeting, to have the administration there and be able to ask some questions and get some more input on the different line items, I think it will help inform the council and bring more understanding to the council as to what each line item means so that, as Councilmember McCord said, we'll have more understanding about what we're looking at. And so I appreciate the mayor's willingness to continue to work with this, and I hope that we can have this meeting, and I hope that the commissioners will be there and the mayor will be there and his team and be able to work collaboratively as we move forward. Thank you. Council Member Lawless. I think that first of all that the meeting that we had was the first one I had experienced with the administration since I've been on council so early on and I felt it was very informative but I also am aware that as they as the administration has been having meetings with the different divisions and departments they have publicized those for any councilmember to attend is that correct and that they even changed the schedule around our committees so I think that's an opportunity for anyone who wants more information about one or more or all of the divisions and and how they're working on that budget to to get more information as far as the survey it was difficult for me to fill out the survey because you know it had so many breakdowns so but I do think I mean if If we want to have a meeting, let's have a meeting, but using the traditional LINCS report out might be a helpful way to then have that discussion. So, I want to, again, it's been more open and collaborative than it's ever been, and I appreciate that, and I encourage everybody to go to those division meetings that they're having. Councilmember Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. We've had lots of great discussion like several council members have mentioned and clearly the budget is the most important thing that we do as a body up here and while I wouldn't be opposed to having a meeting with my colleagues to discuss our priorities, I have to agree with Councilmember Beard when he said that the administration is probably pretty knee-deep in this budget. It's got to be reported out to us less than a month away now and while I believe there's effective dialogue that could take place about our priorities I believe we do that also during our link workshops and then we have all of our budget hearings after the mayor's proposed budget is presented to us so again I'm not opposed to having a meeting I just I'm just not sure if we're not too far into the process to where our priorities I don't want to say even matter but if I would imagine that that we share similar priorities with the administration and we know we've got to make some tough cuts and the appropriate time might just be during our links and as everybody knows we have several hearings afterwards where we hash out what they've cut and if we don't agree with something in the budget we can work to change what's been proposed to us so I would just ask that we keep that in mind. Thank you. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. I, too, appreciate Council Member Ellinger's efforts on the poll. I think it is good for the council to begin the process of working early to understand where our priorities are. I think it was a good first step. I don't think the poll particularly reflects the priorities of the council yet. I think there was some confusion about how it's filled out and just looking at the poll I think that many of us would probably disagree with some of the priorities that bubbled to the top and so being that the poll and the results of the poll really weren't approved or voted on by the council I think it was a good idea to sit down and sort of talk about and look at it and see where it comes out and you know we can it's possible we can move some things around and maybe give the administration a clear understanding of what our priorities are. Also I wanted to really just put a pitch if we're going to have a meeting to really talk about the revenue projections. The projections in that were presented to us was assuming a four percent increase in the net profits tax. We present, you know, we keep getting these presumed increases and we yet we have pretty large shortfalls. This year I guess we're currently experiencing an 8% shortfall in our net profits tax. So I would like to have more conversation about what the basis of a 4% increase is versus the current 8% shortfall. So I think it's healthy to sit down, particularly since we, the council, are going to be approving the budget, to talk about things and to sort of start the dialogue that we're going to be continuing throughout April, May, and June in putting this budget together. Thank you, Mayor. House Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. I listened to the comment and I agree with a lot of what's been said and that when we did this it was just a new process and I guess when I envisioned it, I thought we'd be doing it similar to what we did the retreat out at Takes Creek and I was kind of like you all when I walked in. It was a little overpowering when we saw how many people were there because I was expecting a little more give and take. And when we did the survey, and it was a very rough survey, it was a first attempt attempt and I appreciate everybody's help in trying to get some things down there that we could get some some discussion and I think that's where we've probably dropped the balls we haven't really had the discussion at this point on getting we had a survey now I'm not sure exactly how helpful it was but I think it did it did illustrate a few things one for for instance I just thought paving really hit the top where I we don't really talk a lot about I know Mr. McCord, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Lane talk a lot about it, but I think that for the council, it really went to the top, and I think that's something the administration needs to really take a look at is just the issue on paving. But what I'd like to do, and I talked to the vice mayor, is the only time if we don't meet before the 23rd, we go on basically on, we don't have a meeting scheduled between after the 23rd of March until we actually come back on the 12th, so we're really not going to be meeting. If we could possibly do it on Tuesday before the budget and finance, and we could have maybe an hour, hour and a half, and kind of talk about things through with the priorities, I think that would be helpful. And I think what we're doing here is trying to have the administration look at what the council thinks is the priorities when they set the budget. And this is something we haven't really done in the past. We received the budget, and then it's the council's budget. Our hope when we were doing this is that we would be working in a collaborative manner, that when the budget was given to us, we had that input that they knew this is what we thought should be in the budget. Because we're eventually going to be the ones who's going to be voting on the budget. We get it. It's the mayor's proposed, but the council passes it. So with that, we were just trying to make sure both parties were involved in it. And I appreciate you bringing this motion forward. I will support it, but I think the only time we probably could do it would be, and if the Vice Mayor wants to call a cow on Tuesday before the budget finance, I think that would be appropriate, and then we could talk about the priorities that, and maybe, as somebody said, give guidance or give some sentences of what we think should be in there. But at this point, it's going to be more of a general guidance than specifics, but at least we can talk about what we think are important priorities that need to be in the budget, and that we'd like the administration to look for. But the final say is it's still going to be the mayor's budget presented to the council. Thank you, Mayor. Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, if the motion passes, which I will be supportive of the motion to have a cow, that is, for public, that is committee of the whole. We may have other cows, but at 1130 on the 22nd of March, and the agenda I would presume would be based on the recommendations that come in from council members. Going back to what Council Member Kaye suggested is council members could actually submit a question or something they would like to discuss, and between 11.30 and 1 we would have time to do that, and I would, if we decide to do that and the motion passes, I will coordinate some sort of something to eat so that people don't have to miss lunch. Councilman Lawless. Is there any possibility that we could do it after budget and finance because, um, huh? Oh, okay. Um, okay. There's conflicts. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I would just encourage us to do maybe two hours and make it 11 to 1, especially if we're going to have some type of food present. Thank you. Councilman Farmer. First, I just wanted to make an amendment to my motion to ask that we schedule a committee meeting of the whole on March 22nd from 11 until 1 for purposes of... Pardon me? So I had a motion. I was making a comment. I saw someone say they couldn't be here, so I stopped short. I was trying to say 11 until 1, but if it's the council's wish to do 1130 to 1, that's quite fine with me. I just can't tell you all how much I enjoy the discussion we're having now. And this part of this isn't about mayor or administration. It is about council. And if we had the time on Tuesday and we could pick up some of the points that may have been in the workshop format when the vice mayor laid it out we could bring those things in too but in looking around I think I would just say 1130 until 1 rather than 11 until 1 and ask for a second on that please sir say that's an amendment all right motion to amend and a second by councilmember farmer seconded by councilmember Ford is there any discussion all in favor please say aye I'll oppose no motion carries all right you ready to vote on the motion then on the original motion before the meeting okay all in favor please say aye all opposed no motion carries motion carries still okay there are two against it right two or three three four all right just all right okay motion does carry them all right so y'all's having a meeting thank you all very much Thank you, Mayor. Yes, sir. All right. Can we move now to item number five? Council Clerk, Madam Clerk Susan Lamb. You want to give us a second reading? Thank you, ma'am. Ordinance number one. An ordinance changes the zone from a townhouse residential R1-T zone to a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone for 0.299 net, 0.420 gross acre, for property located at 412 South Mill Street, a portion of, subject to certain use restrictions, imposed as conditions of granting the zone change, WML Properties, LLC. Number two, an ordinance submitting certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayton-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 99. Number three, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of Highway Safety to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are on the amount of $25,000 federal funds are for the click-it or ticket safety belt enforcement mobilization, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 100 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number four, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $100,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds from the Law Enforcement Service Fee Program, are for support of the cost of police overtime hours for traffic, Alcohol Patrol, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds appropriating funds pursuant to FY2012 Schedule No. 4 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. No. 5, an ordinance authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an addendum to the lease agreement with Gray Television Licensee, LLC, doing business as WKYT-TV for an extension of the term of the leased space for the 800 megahertz trunked radio system effective January 1, 2011 at a cost not to exceed $7,392 for the first year of the addendum and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 101. No. 6, an ordinance submitting Section 22-52 of the Code of Ordinances, creating two positions, instruction supervisor part-time, Grade 1-18-E, in the Division of Waste Management and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 97. Number 7, an ordinance submitting Section 22-52 of the Code of Ordinances, creating one position of Project Engineering Coordinator, Grade 119E, for a three-year term in the Division of Water Quality and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 98 and No. 8. An ordinance submitting Section 2-151B of the Code of Ordinances to provide that members of the Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission may be employed in Fayette County to be eligible for board membership. Is there a motion to approve? Move approval. A motion by Council Member Crosby, seconded by Council Member Myers. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, would you call the roll please? Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. And Ms. Lawless? Yes. Thank you. All right. The vote reflects passage on the second reading of the ordinances. Madam Clerk, are you ready for the first reading of ordinances? Let's rock and roll. Alright. Let's rock and roll. Number 9, an ordinance accepting the bid of the Southern Group incorporated in the amount of $109,791 for Kearney Hills golf course irrigation replacement for the Division of Parks and Recreation and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule Number 108. Number 8, an ordinance ratifying the 2010 Division of Community Corrections Policy and Procedure Manual manual and adopting it in lieu of? Council Member Lawless. I'm sorry. I had a question on number nine. Oh, okay. If Mr. Hancock is here. Mr. Hancock is here. It says there were three bids and this is the non-low. Yes, ma'am. Are they local? None of the companies are local, Councilman Lawless. This is effectively a piece of software that controls all the pumps and switches and whatnot to turn the water on. This isn't to put the pipes in the ground, they exist. So what we're recommending is a piece of software that better suits our needs than the one that was a few thousand dollars cheaper. All right. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mayor. lost our quorum can you help us round them up council member Ellinger council member Henson and council member all right council member Lane is here who else have we we got it all right okay continue right do we get that satisfied then councilman Lawless you okay with yes sir thank you mayor Okay, Madam Clerk, you may continue then please. Thank you. Number 10, an ordinance ratifying the 2010 Division of Community Corrections Policy and Procedure Manual and adopting it in lieu of the policy and procedure manual adopted in Ordinance number 133-2009 which provides procedures for the general management public information inmate information system and inmate records budgeting and accounting inmate accounts commissary staffing disciplinary actions, sworn status, appearance, code of ethics, court proceedings, personnel records, physical fitness, training requirements, off-duty employment, drug-free workplace policy, employee assistance program, tobacco-free, no smoking designation, admissions, commitment authority, inmate records, inmate searches, inmate property, orientation, transfer and release, objective classification, security assessments, custody assessments, disciplinary segregation, administrative segregation, inmate supervision, security procedures, inspections, searches, transportation of inmates, use of restraints, use of force, weapons, use of firearms, emergency procedures and operations, inmate health care, food service procedures, equipment, maintenance, and control and use of dangerous materials, sanitation, hygiene, inmate services unit, statement of inmate rights, disciplinary offenses, hearing procedures, inmate grievance procedures, probation services unit, community alternative program goals, drug testing unit, and community service unit. Number 11, excuse me, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fade Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule number 110. Number 12, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $320,320 FHWA Planning, $48,400 Federal Transit Administration, Section 5303, $102,000 Mobility Office, SLX, $54,000 Air Quality Planning, SLX, $67,200 Congestion Management, SLX, and $52,800 Bikeped SLX. Federal funds are for the Division of Planning Unified Work Program FY2002, the acceptance of which obligates the Irvin County Government, for the expenditure of $60,060 FHWA Planning, $12,100 Federal Transit Administration, $25,500 Mobility Office SLX, $13,500 Air Quality Planning SLX, SLX, $16,800 congestion management SLX, and $13,200 bike pad SLX as a local match. Subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in FY 2012, appropriating funds pursuant to FY 2012 Schedule No. 6 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. No. 13. An ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $490,000 federal funds are for the Lexington Traffic Movement and Revitalization Study, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 103 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 14, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the National Association of Police Athletic Activities League, Inc., to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $30,000 federal funds, our 4A juvenile mentoring program in the Division of Police, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule 102 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 15, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency, which grant funds are in the amount of $98,700 federal funds and $15,792 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds are for the Lexington Fayette County Comprehensive Hazard Mitigation Plan, the acceptance of which obligates the Irvin County Government for the expenditure of $17,108 as a local match, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 104 and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. No. 16, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, which grant funds are in the amount of $97,125 federal funds and $15,540 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds, offer the replacement of a generator at Fire Station 1, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $16,835 as a local match, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 105 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 17. An ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, which grant funds are in the amount of $388,400 federal funds, offer the continuation of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government for the expenditure of funds, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 106 and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 18. An ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved. Which grant funds are in the amount of $448,036 federal funds are for the continuation of the new chance program in the Division of Family Services, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds appropriating funds pursuant FY 2012 Schedule number 5 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget and number 19 and ordinance amending section 2252 of the code of ordinances creating one position of administrative specialist part-time grade 110 in the division of emergency management 911 and appropriating funds pursuant to schedule number 107. Thank You madam clerk Councilmember Lawless Thank you Number 19, is there someone here that can answer the creation of an administrative specialist part-time? Yes, ma'am. Is that in the E911 call center and is there a – that's a new position? That will be in Division of Environmental Management and it will be a grant funded position for part time. Okay. Thank you. Environmental – right. was deem now okay okay dim I guess all right thank you there any no motions all right madam clerk can move on to the resolutions resolution number one a resolution accepting the bid of PIE management LLC establishing a price contract for temporary labor for the Department of General Services and the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Chesapeake Bay coatings in the amount of $10,609.40 for pool paint for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number three, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application which grant funds are on the amount of $270,000 federal funds that are for continuation of the street sales drug enforcement project for FY2012. Number four, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky for space and the University of Kentucky Hospital Emergency Room for use as a clinical practice area for the sexual assault treatment program at a cost not to exceed $3,000. Number five, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute Amendment No. 13 to the contract with NTRAN, formerly known as American Consulting Engineers PLC for professional services for the Newtown Pike Extension Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $241,964 from $6,614,351.51 to $6,856,315.51. Number 6, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with Young Marines Captain Reginald Underwood unit, Inc. $550. Bryan Station High School PTSA, Inc. $200 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Number seven, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Contract 5797, Resolution No. 693-2006 with the Kentucky Theater Management Group, Inc. extending the term of management for an additional seven months through October 31, 2011. Number eight, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the contract with Architectural Graphics, Incorporated for the Lexington Wayfinding Program, increasing the contract price by this sum of $14,096.39, from $389,145.79 to $403,242.18. sense. Number nine, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with chestnut health systems incorporated gain coordination center for data storage and data sharing for the purpose of assessing youth substance abuse for the divisions of youth and family services that cost not to exceed $820. Number 10, a resolution authorizing the division of water quality on behalf of the urban county government to purchase three mixing compressions for the town branch wastewater treatment plant from Seahe Pumps Incorporated, care of Kentucky Sherman and Schroeder Equipment Company, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $40,689. And number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-86 to install multi-way stop signs at Ridgecane Way, excuse me, Ridgecane Road and Sebastian Lane. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve? Second. Motion to approve by Council Member Martin. Second by Council Member Ellinger. The floor is available for a question. Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I had a question on number five. I've got to actually question on two different ones. Is there anybody here for number five? Sorry. Can you tell us what this is for? My understanding in talking with Marwan's group is that the money for that particular project comes in sections or units and that some of these in fact I see you know 10 or 12 change orders and so I've been asking about that and usually it's because each time a grant has just released another chunk of money I believe that's the case here but I'll have to follow up and make sure so you think I guess I'm not Irene may know something more about it just sorry that's it just appears that we've had a lot of change orders with this I guess what I have found in some of these which is different for me as well but some of them have had like a series of change orders over a number of like even a decade where money comes in in sections but a little bit of information this This project started about 10 years ago and it's at change order 13 and there will be more. But this particular one is for the design, you can help with this, the design of the box culvert that they're going to relocate. And the other significant thing that's covered here is they have a community person, a community resource person, it's a contract. person is under contract and they usually extend it six months at a time. So money to pay that person is included in this change order. From the grant? Yes. It's all grant funded. No, I know. But the – so it's not a change in the actual project where anything was changed to cause the increase with the design? The only change is the box culvert and they – this is a change. They are changing the location of that box culvert. Okay. Thank you. And you can explain what the box culvert is. Any other questions or comments? Yeah, I had a question on the change on number eight. I was just curious – it could be just because we've had so much discussion on this, but Is this the only change order we've had on this one or is this another one that we've… I'm not sure if this is the only change order. I know Kevin told me that part of that had to do with some of the acquisition of right away and some of the polls that we had to place, the base had to be changed. So I think he came and addressed that in some detail and I may have that detail, but I can run and check. I was just wondering if we'd had previous change orders that we have. that's what I thought thank you not sorry I didn't know maybe one there's been one right all right any other questions comments on do you happen to know what that I mean do you know the amount well we can get it for you though it's oh that's I think it was I was following it pretty closely you were too weren't you it's pretty nominal really yeah thank you all right all right okay we have a motion in a second we'll need to do a roll call vote if y'all are ready okay madam clerk mr. Martin yes mr. McCord mr. Myers yes mr. Stenet mr. Beard aye mr. Blues miss Crosby mr. Ellinger mr. Farmer yes ma'am mr. Ford yes miss Gorton I miss Henson yes mr. K yes mr. Lane yes and miss lawless you vote flex passage of the resolutions on second read madam clerk you as soon as you your screens up for first reading go right ahead thank you ma'am resolution number 12 a resolution accepting the bid of R&B cleaning services, establishing a price contract for custodial services, recycling center for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 13, a resolution accepting the bid of Comphumeric Engineering Incorporated, doing business as secure, establishing a price contract for trash and recycling containers for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number 14, a resolution accepting the bids of Herb Getty's Fence Company Incorporated, S&T Fencing Incorporated, Rio Grande Fence, Chuck Fence Incorporated, Chuck Fence Company Incorporated, Myers Fence LLC, and A&W Fence Company Incorporated establishing price contracts for fencing for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number 15, a resolution accepting the bid of Global Environmental Solutions, LLC establishing a price contract for electronics waste recycling for the Division of Waste Management. Number 16, a resolution accepting the bid of Machinix Technologies Incorporated in the amount of $106,440 for Eddy Current Separator Thompson Road Material Recovery Facility for the Division of Waste Management. 17. A resolution accepting the bid of Amtech in the amount of $84,750 for electrical upgrades, Thompson Road Recycling Center for the Division of Waste Management. 18. A resolution accepting the bid of Allied Technical Services Incorporated establishing a price contract for temporary pumping services, generators, and emergency waste water treatment plant equipment rental for the Division of Water Quality. Number 19, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Incorporated, for support of emergency housing for homeless families at a cost not to exceed $8,000. 20, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for extension of the Versailles Road Corridor Enhancements Project through June 30, 2011, at no cost to the urban county government. 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute Change Order No. 7 to the contract with Nesbitt Engineering Incorporated for design of the Meadows-Northland Arlington Public Improvements Project, sub-phase 3D, increasing the contract price by the sum of $3,200 from $260,458.78 to $263,658.78, since and demanding resolution number 411-2010 related to change order number six for the project to reflect that the correct sub phase is sub phase 3d 22 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf the urban county government madam clerk I think is this where we need the public hearing public yes sure exactly right we're 22 right yes sir uh okie-dokie all right we need to declare a second I'll open the open the floor for a public meeting is there anyone to speak on resolution number 22. If there's no one here to speak on resolution 22 then chair will declare the meeting closed and the clerk may give first reading to the resolution. Thank you madam clerk. Resolution number 22. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irvine County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department for local government and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are on the amount of $75,000 federal funds and are for improvements at Heissel Farm Park. 23. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a contract modification to the Engineering Services Agreement with GRW Engineers, Inc. for design of the Liberty Road, Todd's Road, Section 2 Public Improvement Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $271,053 from $399,992 to the to $671,045. Twenty-four, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute agreements with Bluegrass Community Foundation, $450, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Bluegrass, $450, Lexington Dolphins Incorporated, $300, and Girls on the Run, $450 for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Twenty-five, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with University of Kentucky for parking at the UK Polk-Dalton Clinic at no cost to the urban county government. Madam Clerk, Council Member Beard has a question on number 25. Thank you, Mayor. I guess I'm a little curious more than anything else. I guess first step is where is the UK Polk Dalton Clinic and why do we need parking there? I just don't understand anything about this piece here. It may be just very benign, but I just don't – I'm sorry. I'm not – Sure. We're glad to provide the information. The clinic is located across the street from Lyric Theater. area we're going to utilize would be sort of an auxiliary parking for events and activities. This is due to the fact that not sufficient parking that area available. Okay I was aware that we were going to do something of the sort for the Lyric but I was in the dark about exactly where this specific one was. Thank you very much. Sure. Thank You Chair I'm Sheen. Okay. Madam Clerk continue please. Number 26, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Demetria Kimball, Environmental Inspector 2, Grade 117E, 1009-14-56 biweekly, Kevin Lynn, Environmental Inspector 2, Grade 117E, 1008-97-84 biweekly, Benny Begley, Sewer Line Maintenance Superintendent, Grade 116E, 2004-30-48 biweekly, in the Division of Water Quality, effective March 7, 2011. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of John Kerry, Telecommunicator Supervisor, Grade 116E, Jason Eason, Kevin Owens, Telecommunicator, Grade 111N, in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective February 28, 2011. Ratifying the unclassified civil service appointments to the Office of the Urban County Council of Leah Boggs, Aid to Council, Grade 000E, 205769, biweekly, in the Council Office, effective February 28, 2011. ratifying the unclassified civil service pay increases in the office of the urban county council of melinda melbourne jameson aid to council grade 00 e increase from 2000 bi-weekly to 2057 69 bi-weekly effective february 28 2011 scott seymour aid to council grade 000 e increase from 1900 42 31 bi-weekly to 2057 69 bi-weekly effective february 28 2011 ratifying the temporary appointment in the office of the Irvin County Council of Donna Jeanette Williams, Council Administrator, Grade 121E, 2002-4992, biweekly, effective February 21, 2011. Excuse me, Madam Clerk. Council Member Stennett. I just had a question on number six, and maybe Leslie can answer it for us. Back in December, the Council extended the positions of folks that were scheduled to be laid off in December through the end of March. and this being our last council meeting, what's going to happen to those positions if they're not listed to continue on in number 26? Will they be losing their jobs at the end of the March? All five of them? There are five total? Three total? They will be? Have they been notified? Can you come to the mic and make sure we all understand this? My concern was us, since this is our last meeting, I mean, if anything was going to be done by the council, it would already have been done or be in number 26. There are three positions remaining. The funding that we provided for January, February, and March, that will run out on March the 31st. Recommendations have been made. Okay. But we haven't received any confirmation of whether or not we can fund those for three months or what will happen to the positions. Okay. So, again, what's the proper procedure here? I mean, we've got two weeks left of the month. Are we not going to notify them whether or not they have a job? Yes, we will notify them. But waiting for approval of whether or not we can find the funding to keep them or whether or not we need to. Okay. So there's no concrete plans yet? No. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. I'm sorry thank you mayor. Ms. Jarvis are these three positions the three two positions in human resources and one in parks okay and okay thank you. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. Leslie, you said that you had the funding, though, correct, for them originally? I guess when we spoke a few weeks ago. The funding was made available through March. I have proposed funding through the operational budget of human resources to extend the two through June through Operations for Human Resources, but that doesn't cover the one from Parks and Recreation. Okay. So the two you have are covered. I have proposed what I think, but it's dependent upon... Hasn't been approved. Right. Okay. We'll ask Richard. Right now we are looking at all options and I think hopefully by Monday and Tuesday we're putting numbers together for the remainder of this year and right now as it is, it's going through the process that the 31st is still on the table for them to be the job to be terminated because of what was voted on last year But we are looking at all options and hopefully we'll have an answer Monday or Tuesday next week on those positions. Thank you. Alright. Madam Clerk, continue. Number 27, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Donald L. Crane Esquire, attorney with Frost Brown and Todd LLC for collective bargaining negotiations at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Number 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to Bluegrass Pride, Incorporated in the amount of $19,200. Number 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to WGPL Neighborhood Association, incorporated in the amount of $7,700. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project for the Colony Unit 4 Community Association, incorporated in the amount of $35,248.10. Thirty-one, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to Kentucky River Watershed Watch, incorporated in the amount of $1,800. 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irvine County Government to execute a modification to the agreement awarding a Class A neighborhood incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to Southern Heights Neighborhood Association Incorporated, increasing the grant amount by the sum of $9,369.60 from $40,630.40 to $50,000. Thirty-three, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an assignment of easement and an amendment to license agreement with the Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway Company and Don Jacobs Incorporated at the cost not to exceed $4,350. and $50 and then number 34, which was walked on through the committee's report, a resolution supporting and encouraging all residents of Lexington Fayette County to participate in the American Heart Association's Central Kentucky Start Heart Walk on April 23, 2011 at Commonwealth Stadium and supporting the leadership Lexington concept of Lexington Fayette County becoming a fit city. That's number. All right. Are there any? Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to add the installation of a multi-way stop for the intersection of Forest Hill Drive at Ginger Mill Lane. Thank you. You all should have received the traffic engineering report in your mailboxes and there's no objection to this. This has been studied for, I think, two years. We've been trying to get this done, so I appreciate your support. Thank you. Motion and a second. Motion by Council Member Crosby. Who's a second by? Council Member Blues. All right. All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket a resolution, authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a partial release of utility easement, releasing a portion of the utility easement on a property located at 2260 Thunderstick Drive. So moved. Motion by Council Member Stennett, seconded by Council Member Crosby. Is there any discussion? All in favor please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Thank you, Mayor. Are there any other walk-ons? All right. So you've given the first – you need to give the first reading? All right. Thank you. Madam Clerk. Okay, number 35 is a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering install a multi-way stop at the intersection of Forest Hill Drive and Ginger Mill Lane and number 36 is a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute a partial release of utility easement releasing a portion of a utility easement on property located at 2260 Thunder Stick Drive. Thank You Madam Clerk. All right, Councilor Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. I have been asked by the administration to move to suspend the rules. We have five water quality incentive grants on this docket. They're fully budgeted and the work must begin before we get back off of our break. So I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 and would like to add 34 the resolution for the heart walk. How about just holding for the and get one motion on all of them. Okay. That was number 34 was your last one Vice Mayor. All right. Yes. All right. Are there any – Council Member Crosby? I'd like to add number 35 to the list, please. All right. 35. Council Member Martin. Thank you, Mayor. At the request of the administration, I'm requesting a second reading for item 17, item 20, and item 22. Thank you. That was 17, 20, and 22. Council Member Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. I've been asked by the administration to move for a second reading on item 27. Item 27. Thank you. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. Given that this is our last meeting for almost over a month, I would ask that number 36 go ahead and be read twice so the easement can be released. Number 36? Yes, sir. All right, sir. Thank you. Councilmember, are you, okay, I think my monitors, is that all we've got then? Council Vice Mayor. Vice Mayor. Oh, thank you, Mayor. Well, Councilmember Stenet made a good point that we won't be voting again for at least three weeks. I would like to give second reading to number 12, which is a bid, and number 13, which is a contract. That's number 12 and 13. All right. I'll read these ones I've got. 12, 13, 17, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, and 36. Vice Mayor. Well, I have a question. Mayor, there are other bids on here and I'm wondering how important it is that we get those accepted tonight. There's a price contract on 15 and a bid on 16 and a bid on 18 and I don't know if it will harm these to wait three weeks. Is anybody here that knows about that? And 14. I think we could, we would have, if we would have heard about it if we would have, if it had been time sensitive. So I think we're okay on these. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. 17 was asked for a second read. So that was one that's time sensitive. All right. So the Chair will accept a motion on the second reads? Second. Motion by Council Member Blue, second by Vice Mayor Gorton. All right. We'll need a – just to suspend the rules, we need a voice vote on that. Voice vote. All right. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. Councilman Martin, my monitor was showing you. Okay. All right. Next on our agenda. I need to. Oh, you've got to do the second reading. Yes, ma'am. I was accelerating on you. Sorry about that. All right. Resolution number 12 for second reading. Resolution accepting the bid of R&B Cleaning Services, establishing price contract for custodial services recycling center for the division of facility and fleet management. Number thirteen a resolution accepting the bid of Compumeric Engineering Incorporated doing business as secure establishing a price contract for trash and recycling containers for the division of Parks and Recreation. Number seventeen a resolution accepting the bid of Amtech in the amount of eighty four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for the electrical upgrades Thompson Road Recycling Center for the division of waste management. Number 20, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for extension of the Versailles Road Corridor Enhancements Project through June 30, 2011 at no cost to the urban county government. 22, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department for Local Government and to provide any additional information and requests in connection with this grant application which grant funds are in the amount of $75,000 federal funds and are for improvements for Hysel Farm Park 27, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Donald L. Crane, Esquire Attorney for Frost Brown and Todd LLC for collective bargaining and rent negotiations at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Twenty-eight, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvine County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to Bluegrass Pride Incorporated in the amount of $19,200. Twenty-nine, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvine County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to WGPL Neighborhood Association Incorporated in the amount of $7,700. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to the Colony Unit 4 Community Association Incorporated in the amount of $35,248.10. Number 31, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a grant award agreement awarding a Class A incentive grant for a stormwater quality Project to Kentucky River Watershed Watch, Incorporated, in the amount of $1,800.32. A resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a modification to the agreement awarding a Class A neighborhood incentive grant for a stormwater quality project to Southern Heights Neighborhood Association, Incorporated, increasing the grant amount by the sum of $9,369.60 from $40,630.40 to $50,000. Number 34, a resolution supporting and encouraging all residents of Lexington Fayette County to participate in the American Heart Association's Central Kentucky Start Heart Walk on April 23, 2011 at Commonwealth Stadium and supporting the leadership Lexington concept of Lexington Fayette County becoming a fit city. Number 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install a multi-way stop at the intersection of Forest Hill Drive and Ginger Mill Lane. And number 36 is a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a partial lease of a utility easement, releasing a portion of a utility easement on property located at 2260 Thunder Stick Drive. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve the suspended resolutions? Motion by Council Member Beard, seconded by Council Member Crosby. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, will you call the roll? Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Aye. Ms. Crosby? Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. And Ms. Lawless? Thank you. Thank you. Vote reflects passage. Next item on the agenda, communications from the mayor. Is there a motion to approve? Motion by Council Member Stennett, seconded by Council Member McCord. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor please say aye. Aye. All opposed no. Motion carries. Item 10, no actions necessary on communications. I can ask a question. Mayor, but there is a question. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. With the temporary appointment of the commissioner, do we need to do a confirmation area for the commissioner, or is that with the temporary, is that not required, Vice Mayor? I don't think there's any. No. Thank you. And how long can a temporary be? I think Glenda's going to... Is it 90 days? There's a nod. 90 days. That's correct. Generally we do temporary and acting positions for 90 days and that's set out in the ordinance. Thank you. All right. Council Member Lawless. Yeah. Wasn't Susan Bush the acting commissioner of environmental quality for – That's just a question I'm throwing out there. We'll check. We can ask that question and find the answer to it. I don't know the answer. Okay. All right. Any other questions? Procedurally, I think the question is if someone holds that position for longer than 90 days or is in a temporary position for longer than 90 days, then it should come back before the council. Would that be a... Sorry, we should ask that earlier, right? If you would like for us to do that, if it's going to be longer than 90 days, we can, but as the ordinance states, you're supposed to be in an acting or temporary position for 90 days. The way I interpreted the question was, if we have had precedent, the way I interpreted the question was, has there been precedent where someone held a position for longer than 90 days, and was there any action taken? We didn't come back, no. All right. It was a further than 90 days. I think that is a heads up to be alert to the 90 days. Okay. Okay. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I guess then I would ask the question, is it then, is it your intention to keep him in there permanently and we should expect you to come back in 90 days? Or are you doing a search and you're going to fill the position after 90 days? Mr. Maloney. John Cheese agreed to stay on here for 90 days and once we get through the budget process, We didn't feel it was right to bring somebody on now with the budget going on and then go through the confirm and all that. It just felt like it would be best to let him sit through, have been through the budget process, and hopefully after we get through the budget, then we'll go from there. That's why we did not, his intent is just to say what about Donnie does. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. All right. Are there any announcements? No announcements? We do have some folks that signed up for public comment. Mayor, we also have two fire disciplinaries. Oh, we do. I missed that. Excuse me. Chief? Sorry about that. Chief Gribben? Thank you, sir. Mayor, council members. I bring before you two disciplinary actions tonight for your consideration. On each of these, the employee has signed the agreement of conformity. The first one is an allegation that has been made that Firefighter Rodney Mullinex, employee number 37593, has committed the offense of misconduct in violation of KRS 95450 in the LFUCG Uniform Disciplinary Code. The recommended discipline for that is a written reprimand. Second. Second. Motion by Council Member McCord and a second by Vice Mayor Gordon. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Chief. The second one is an allegation that has been made that Firefighter Joseph Mauser, employee number 41182, has committed the offense of being AWOL or absent without leave for a training class that is also a recommended written reprimand for that offense. Motion by Council Member McCord, seconded by Vice Mayor Gorton. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please and KVS saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Now, the floor is available for public comment. The first person who signed up for public comment is Nikita Moy. Is Ms. Moy here? All right. Second person who signed up is Joe Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan. My name is Joe Sullivan. I live at 600 Freeman Drive. I came to talk to you about a piece of property on 737 Woodward Lane. Mayor, I believe at the time you were vice mayor in 2006, if I'm not mistaken. Correct? No, I wasn't in until 277. Well, early 2007. Okay, right, right. Well, hey, I came close to the date, okay? There you go. I'm not a politician. Give me a break. I don't know where you're going. But you know where I'm going? Anyway, it was a sewer project that was done, okay? And my father, my mother had been taking care of my father for the last 15 years with Alzheimer's. She was unable to get out to any meetings to find out anything about donating or buying easement rights or anything whatsoever to her property when they came through with sanitations. There have been several people on the street that have been paid for their easement rights. I contacted Mr. Phillip Overstreet. contacted him several times and the discussion finally got to the point that he even threatened me that he could even take my mother's property under eminent domain if he wanted to. At which time I contacted an attorney. I never wanted this thing to come public because I think it could get very, very out of hand if it goes to court or if it goes too publicly. But my mother's 83 years old. She lives on a very, very low fixed income, and I think she deserves to have her easement rights paid for. And although Mr. Royce was paid $3,400 for two pieces of property, one was two years after he was paid for the first one. So I don't understand the issue, and there's one here in the last couple of months has been offered $1,200 for her easement rights, which is just going across the corner of her property. So I don't understand why my mother's been denied hers totally. And the only thing I know at this point is to just, I mean, I have asked my attorney to request under open records, under everybody that has not gotten their easement rights donated or signed over to the city. I understand it's a $3,400 of what they've been paying and my mother's property is one of the largest pieces of property out there. She would settle for a $2,500 settlement in order to get it out of the process. And I think that's very, very fair, considering the city hasn't even allowed her to know the knowledge of it since 2006 when the project started. and Joe thank you very much for sharing that with us we have a we have a time limit of three minutes looking close to that and what I was going to suggest to you is that you've got several folks here that in cases like this when someone comes for the council with an issue we suggest that they get with I'd say Mr. Maloney he's right here and you can share the point of view of the facts with him he's hold his hand up yep right there you know him don't you Good deal. So if you'll just get with him, now everybody understands it, and here's the point of view that you're sharing with us. So thank you for being here. Mr. Farmer informed me that if I can get due process, I won't go away. Right. I was here for eight and a half years the first time before a process member went away. Home of the land of the free and home of the brave. Thank you, sir. All right. Mr. Cooper. Is Mr. Cooper here? Oh, Jamie. Oh. I was reading wrong. And then Robert Dalton. No Robertson. My name is Jamie Cooper. I live at 3600 Laredo Drive. And I also work for the Division of Community Corrections. I don't have collective bargaining, though. I work in the administration area. And I know there's been a lot of emails and questions about some employees, some council aides that are going to be getting a pay adjustment. And there was a lot of misunderstanding. Some people thought they were getting a pay raise, which we haven't had raises for many years. So there was a lot of hurt feelings and a lot of confusion. But it appears to me that the person that was hired February 28th at the far end of the pay range created an inversion for two other council aides. And, you know, in a perfect world when there's plenty of money and all that, anyone that has been inverted or disadvantaged, their salary is also brought up to that limit, and it makes it fair and equitable and everyone's happy. However, most of the employees in the city, well a lot of the employees in the city had the understanding there was a moratorium on the inversion adjustments. Do you all know if that moratorium has been lifted? I mean, because if it has been lifted, there are several other employees who are inverted. Are their salaries going to be adjusted? I mean, these are things that need to be considered. I just wanted you to think that. I mean, looking at what I'm reading, that appears that's what happened, and that's why you all are asking that the other two aides' salaries are brought up. And I might be wrong about that. And if the moratorium's been lifted, then, you know, I think these two people getting the increase, that's great, but there's a lot of other employees throughout the city that are inverted, and their salaries need to be looked at also. So please don't forget all of us. This is a major problem that's been going on since Mercer was implemented, and I think you all are seeing it with your employees. It's not fair. I mean, you know, someone new comes in, they make more than someone that's been there for five years, and they're a great employee, and they've got education and all that. How does that happen? Well, this is what's happening all across the city. So if the moratorium has been lifted, I wish you'd look at all of the other employees that are inverted as well. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Jamie. And we'll look into – I don't – it's not – Council Member Lawless, are you asking – you're not asking to speak, are you? My monitor is showing the current speaker as Diane Lawless, but I don't – I don't think that's me, but it might be. Well, that's why I was – You'd be getting a whole lot of the other. There's a little bit of. All right. Mr. Dalton. Robert. I was just about to get there. Yes, sir. Robert Dalton, 520 Douglas Avenue. Thank you. Mayor, vice mayor, esteemed council members. I came here about two months ago seeking your assistance from members in this building, in this room, and also from those people that are watching at home to contact their Kentucky state legislators to support House Bill 202, which would be essentially making it easier for Kentucky veterans to get their Kentucky Class A CDL. It passed both chambers unanimously two weeks ago, and this coming Tuesday it will be signed into law along with several other veteran oriented bills by the governor. So I'm here tonight just to say for myself and for all the veterans, those that will be affected by this, thank you. I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. It's been three hard, long years to get this done, but thank you. Thank you, Robert. Thanks for being with us tonight. All right. Is there anything more to come before the council this evening? Vice Mayor? Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810.1C for the purpose of discussing potential litigation in pursuant to KRS 61.810-1F for the purpose of discussions which might lead to the discipline or dismissal of an employee. The motion and the second. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. The Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 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