I'll call the meeting to order and ask the clerk, Madam Clerk, if you will please call the roll. Susan, thank you. Ms. Gordon? Here. Ms. Henson? Here. Mr. K? Here. Mr. Lane? Here. Ms. Lawless? Here. Mr. Martin. Here. Mr. McCord. Here. Mr. Myers. Here. Mr. Stennett. Here. Mr. Beard. Present. Mr. Blues. Here. Ms. Crosby. Mr. Ellinger. Here. Mr. Farmer. Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Ford. Here. Thank you. Thank you, Susan. The Reverend Joe Owens was scheduled to provide the invocation tonight, but he wasn't able to make it, and so I will ask if we will all stand for a moment of silence. Thank you. Thank you. A quick announcement to the council members. The cake that was in the caucus room was sent courtesy of Joanne Miller down the street at Barney Miller's. It's their 89th birthday this year. They're celebrating it, and little Miss Joanne said she wants every council member to have a piece of cake tonight. to sweeten us up because it may be a long night and we'll need all the calories we can get. All right. Okay. Our presentation tonight is courtesy of Council Member Peggy Henson. Hello. We have a couple of presentations tonight. This is Patricia Knight. She's a wonderful person. She's chair of the Keep Lakes the Beautiful Commission. So she and I both have a presentation to give out. But she's very valuable in our community and does a fantastic job. So I want to recognize her, and I'll do my presentation, and then she will have one as well. So I can ask Mike Welch to come up. You know, recently on April 30th, we had a Cardinal Valley stream claim. and Modern Property Management went over the top in their efforts in helping this be a successful event. What we did find was that if you have food, they will come. So Modern Property Management provided hamburgers and hot dogs for all the cleanup volunteers. And at that event, we had 135 volunteers. We cleaned 1.5 miles of Wolf Run Creek, removed 20 tires, 45 pounds of batteries, 20 pounds of plastic bottles that were recycled, removed 200 bags of garbage and debris from the creek. They cleaned up two illegal dumps, planted 300 trees, and cleaned up the park area. So I'm very grateful. This was all of the volunteers that were involved in this. But Modern Property Management was just so kind to feed the volunteers, and I wanted to present this to you. You're welcome. Do you want to say something? I appreciate this, Peggy, and on behalf of Modern Property Management, as being a part of the community, we want to keep it as clean as possible and do our part. Thank you. Thank you. I also want to say there were many, many other organizations and agencies involved in the cleanup. And every opportunity we get, we need to make notice to the citizens of Fayette County how important, the importance of keeping our streams clean and our community clean. But I'm going to turn it over to Patricia Knight so she can do her presentation. Hello, everyone. Thank you for having us here today. Keep Lexington Beautiful is a new organization we were created last August. And so this is our first year. As Peggy was talking about the cleanup, this year during the Great American Cleanup, we had 70 events, which is amazing for a first-year event for us. But we're here today to thank Valvoline Instant Oil Change for their sponsorship. Earlier this year, Valvoline Instant Oil Change became a national sponsor of Keep America Beautiful. As part of the sponsorship, Valvoline Instant Oil Change selected 12 cities across the United States for an environmental effort. Valvoline Instant Oil Change selected Lexington as one of the 12 cities and partnered with the Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission to sponsor the Great American Cleanup event at Shillitoe Park. On May the 21st, more than two dozen Valvoline Instant Oil Change employees, along with their families, joined community volunteers and LFUCG staff to clean up a section of Shillitoe Park. During the cleanup, more than 1,000 pounds of trash, 700 pounds of recyclable materials, and 11 tons of trees, brush, and other debris were collected. In addition to this cleanup event, Valvoline Instant Oil Change through Keep America Beautiful made a generous donation to the Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission. Valvoline Instant Oil Change is involved with many local projects and is a valuable community partner for our city. The Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission would like to thank Valvoline Instant Oil Change for their generosity and commends them for serving as an example of a great corporate citizen. Thank you, Valvoline. Thank you. On behalf of all of the Valvoline and Valvoline and Snowball Change employees, we just wanted to say thank you. We feel passionate about making a difference in our communities, as well as in what products we bring to market. We have a new recycled motor oil. We'd love to see you at Bavalin Instant Oil Change because we can all make a difference. Thank you. Why don't you all come up here, Peggy, Peggy, Peggy, Peggy. Why don't you all come up here, and that way we can all get in the picture, and we can all get in the picture. Yep, yep, yep. We're going to do it in record time. Yes, we will. Got it, Ed? You got it, buddy. There we go. Say budget. Say veto. Say override. You're good, dude. There we go. Good. How much fun we have up here. It's like a beat up. That was great. That was great. That was fun. It's helpful. Thank you. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Council Member Henson, and thanks to our guests for being here. Okay, next on our agenda is committee reports. And this is a report from the Committee of the Whole, which will be presented by Vice Mayor Gordon. Thank you, Mayor. The Committee of the Whole work session was held on June 21, 2011. And most of these are motions. And the first is a motion to table number seven on tonight's docket under resolutions of second reading until the August 16, 2011, Committee of the Whole Work Session. This is the Richmond Road address change. Richmond Avenue, excuse me. Thank you. It's a motion by the Vice Mayor, second by Council Member Ellinger. Is there any discussion related to the motion? Hearing none, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Vice Mayor. The second is a motion to refer to the docket tonight, the job descriptions of two council administrator specialists and one research analyst, which are recommendations from the core staff work group, as well as changes to the council rules. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Kaye. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. The motion carries. Vice Mayor. Thank you. I move to refer to the docket amending the Code of Ordinances, Section 2.189-2.197, changing the name of the Commission of Community Services for Older Persons to Senior Services Commission. It's a motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And, Mayor, I will read this, but it's not a motion for the docket. docket. Simply the motion is to table the May 12, 2011 Special Social Services Committee update until July 5, 2011 Committee of the Whole Work Session due to the absence of the Chair and Vice Chair, if we can just vote to table that. That is a motion to table. All right. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Farmer? Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Vice Mayor. I move to place on tonight's docket the resolution for open data. Motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, second by Council Member Lane. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. And this next motion is a little bit lengthy, but, Councilmembers, you'll remember on June the 9th, 2011, the motion was made to place into public safety and public works the issue as to whether the sheriff should run the jail and best practices. I move to amend the referral to remove direct reference to the sheriff's office and to refer to the Public Safety Committee a review of the reports of the jail and discussion of the best system of management for the Fayette County Jail. A motion by Vice Mayor Gordon, seconded by Council Member McCord. Is there any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. That concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. All right. Next on our agenda is the second reading of ordinances. I'll ask the clerk if she will give the second reading of the ordinances. And the Vice Mayor has indicated that on number 16, that is the budget ordinance, that there will likely be some discussion. So I will pause then, and we'll pause then. We can then take that up on the vote later. Mayor. Take it. I'll ask for council members for discussion before that ordinance is read. Council Member Crosby. I was going to ask if maybe it's the will of the Council that we just separate it out and go through all of the other ones and then do that after we take care of the other items. So move. All right. There's a motion to separate out the budget ordinance number 16. The motion and a second. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. All opposed, no. Motion carried. Okay. Mr. Farmer, recognized as a no vote. All right, the motion does carry. All right, so Madam Clerk, are you clear on what we're doing? Thank you, ma'am. Ordinance number one, an ordinance change in the zone from a single-family residential R1C zone to a single-family residential R1E zone for 0.3329 net, 0.4017 gross acre, for property located at 221 Devonia Drive, Lexington Habitat for Humanity Incorporated. Mr. Myers, did you speak? No? Okay. Okay. Number two, an ordinance change in the zone from a high-density residential R4 zone to a professional office P1 zone for 1.26 net, 3.99 gross acres with dimensional variances for property located at 858 Malibu Drive, a portion of SRG Properties, Incorporated. Number three. Madam Clerk, it looks like we've got a request to speak on number three. My monitor is not sure. Okay, now it is. Council Member Beard. Thank you, Mayor. I too would like to see number three, the specific items separated out, so they may be loaded on separately and considered separately. Okay. All right. There's a motion to separate number three and to, So is the motion to separate it out and discuss it at the conclusion of the second reading? Right, okay. And the reading as well? And the reading as well? And the reading of it, yeah. Do you want it to be read during the normal process, or do you want it to wait until the end of the other second reading ordinances? I would say wait until the second reading. Thank you, sir. All right. So the motion is a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All right. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Madam Clerk. All right. I will go on to number four. Ordinance number four, an ordinance admitting certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette-Irban County government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds. Schedule number 123. Number five, an ordinance creating and establishing a bid of a non-exclusive electric franchise for the placement of facilities for transmission, distribution, and sale of electrical energy within the public rights of way of Fayette County for a six-month duration, with an additional extension of time not to exceed six months if a long-term franchise is not offered prior to expiration. expiration in return for payment to the urban county government of the sum of at least 3% of each franchisee's gross annual revenues received from electric service within Fayette County and further providing for compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards of performance bond indemnification, insurance, access to property and inspections, reporting, audits, notice of filings with the Public Service Commission, cancellation or termination, penalties for violations, and bid requirements, all effective on date of passage. Number six, an ordinance creating and establishing a bid of non-exclusive gas franchise for the placement of facilities for the transmission, distribution, and sale of gas for heating and other purposes within the public rights of Way of Fayette County for a six-month duration with an additional extension of time not to exceed six months if a long-term franchise is not offered prior to expiration in return for payment to the urban county government of the sum of at least 3% of each franchisee's gross annual revenues received from the sale, distribution, and or delivery of gas within Fayette County, and further providing for compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards, a performance bond, indemnification, insurance, access to property, and inspections, reporting, audits, notice of filings with the Public Service Commission, cancellation or termination, penalties for violations, and bid requirements, all effective on date of passage. Number 7. grant budget. Number eight, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $1,963,475 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds are for police training incentive funds, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds appropriating funds pursuant to FY2012, Schedule number 12, and authorizing the Mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number nine, an ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute supplemental agreement. Number two, with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal funds for the Newtown Pike Extension Project in the amount of $5,088,000 in appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule number 122. Number ten, an ordinance creating and enacting Chapter 2B of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette-Irvin County Government pertaining to code enforcement, administrative hearing boards created pursuant to KRS 65.8801, and providing for creation of boards, membership, appointment, reappointment, alternate terms, residency, and vacancies of members, organization and meetings, powers enforcement, proceedings and civil citations, hearings, procedure, and final orders, appeals, liens, releases, and personal liability, immediate abatement actions, amending section 12-16B of the Code to provide for 30 days to appeal, amending sections 13-73.5, 16-76, 16-76.1, 17-4.1, and 17-4.2, and subsections 16-8H, 16-50F, G, H, I, 16-202B, and 16-206C and F of the Code to reference and be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 2B of the Code, deleting sections 16-77, 16-79, 16-80, 16-81, 16-82, 17-4.3, 17-4.5, 17-4.6, and 17-4.7 of the code, and the mending sections 16-78, 16-83, and 17-4.4 of the code, to be consistent with the provisions of Chapter 2B of the code, and renumbering to Sections 16-77, 16-78, and 17-4.3 of the Code, all effective on July 1, 2011. Number 11, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Faylor County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $3,796.91 from Neighborhood Development Funds in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services for purchase of training equipment and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule Number 124. Number 12, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fade, Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $1,000 from neighborhood development funds in the Division of Parks and Recreation for purchase of a scoreboard for the Kenwick Community Center and appropriating and reappropriating funds Schedule No. 125. Number 13, an ordinance amending Section 4-12.5D7 of the Code of Ordinances relating to standards for kennels to require that a tether for a dog be at least 12 feet in length. Number 14, an ordinance amending Section 2-382 of the Code of Ordinances relating to the Court-appointed Special Advocate Board to change the length of term for Board members from two years to four years and to remove the Fayette County Family Court judges as ex-officio Board members. Number 15, an ordinance amending Section 18-129, subsection 2 of the Code of Ordinances related to parking of vehicles in any residential section to prohibit parking in residential backyards. And number 17, skipping number 16 until later. Number 17, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Faderman County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds to Schedule number 129. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. There's a motion by Council Member Ellinger to approve, second by Council Member Lawless. Is there any discussion on these motions? Hearing none. Hearing none. We're ready to take a roll call vote. Madam Clerk. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Yes. Mr. Beard? Yes. Mr. Blues? Yes. Ms. Crosby? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Ford? Yes. Thank you. All right. The vote reflects passage of those ordinances, and now we can move to number three and number 16. All right. So if you all, council members will indicate your interest in speaking electronically on number three. All right. That's me. All right, Mr. Beard. First signed on is Mr. Beard. Thank you, Mayor. This was somewhat triggered by a discussion we had maybe three weeks ago concerning the question of the dissolving of the position of the CIO. So, and while I understand from a throughput point of view to try to attempt to say grace over all of these various and sundry changes, that some of them have some validity in having further discussion. and up to this point I had heard nothing from the administration about my opinion and a couple of few other of my colleagues' opinion concerning that issue and other issues that maybe need further investigation as to the need and requirement for those positions positions and or the dissolution of those positions. As you can see, well, it's two and a half pages long of changes within primarily resolving I think, around the reorganization of the administration. And, you know, I don't want to paint this all with a black brush, so to speak, but at the same time, I think it is valid for us to look underneath the cover somewhat and see just exactly what is happening and who's going to do what, when, and how. so that we're somewhat in the loop, because I feel like right now we aren't. I personally don't know if I've got any votes to do anything other than just to make my feelings known. There may be others that might have something to say, but it's a process question of just exactly how we go back about doing our jobs and how that dovetails with the administration doing their job. Thank you, Mayor. I will. I want to see if anybody else had anything to say before I will have a motion. But, Council Member Myers, you were up. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I did have some questions, and I apologize for not asking them before now, but I don't know if Commissioner Taylor's here or Richard, if you could answer for me regarding streets and roads. Okay. I wanted to know how many positions they currently have in streets and roads and how many will they have after the reorg? I need to go back and double check myself, but we're moving, I think we'll have 55 left after the re-run. But I have to double check myself. I'm sorry. Okay. I get, I'm just, I just want to make sure that the work, you know, these, if we have another bad storm winter like we had this past winter. Yes. I want to make sure our streets are going to be cleaned and that they can get to it. That's going to take some updating of the plan, but we've already said it. We're having a meeting early in July to revise the plan for the next year, and what it does mean is we certainly have scooted some people that normally drive snow plows. It's the same work. They're just in a different organization, and we'll have to come up with a clear agreement across that boundary that we're sharing the same people and the same drivers. Okay. Because normally in the snow plan, you know this already, but although a lot of the work is done from streets and roads, we do already use about 20 to 25 percent of the total snow plowing is done with water quality people now. So it's just going to up that percentage, and we'll have to have an agreement and a cooperation about the equipment and the people. So these folks are moving to water quality, correct? That's what we've proposed. We're trying to line up the water functions under one umbrella. But that does mean we still have to be able to flex back and forth across the boundary. They're currently 77. Thank you, Sam. There's currently 77. Yes, I'm sorry. What job functions will they have when they, what would be their job functions in water quality? The folks that are moving are people that are currently funded already through the water quality fees or sanitary sewer fees. They're mostly water quality fees. But those people do the stormwater maintenance, and so that operating group is moving over into water quality. Okay. So I'm not sure I'm answering your question. So it's like? Right now in Streets, Roads, and Forestry, it's really an operating function as it is today, and they have different crews, although they flex back and forth depending on weather and what's needed, different crews have different functions. We have the Mr. Manhole crew. We have the Pothole crew. We have different crews of people that have a focus. We have the forestry team that goes out and does the cutback program. And we have one crew that is primarily stormwater maintenance. That's what they do. And part of the confusion that we've found, particularly me over the last few years, is when you have a water issue, we literally send trucks from both divisions out to the same site because we have to figure out whose responsibility it is sometimes. You don't have enough information. By putting all of the water functions under one umbrella, and then Sam and Charlie have discussed where we're going to have curb to curb and who covers what, we're trying to clarify who does what function depending on the problem. And if it's a water-related function, it's going to be in the Division of Water Quality. And we think that's going to be a lot less confusing for the public and for the council, and really for me too, frankly. You have to figure out each situation and decide what's the appropriate group to respond. So the function, their job duties are pretty much going to stay the same. It's just they're going to move to a different division. Right. and we're moving some equipment and we're moving people and they're going to continue to maintain the stormwater systems as they do today. I mean, it's similar for work. We have 51 stormwater maintenance spots that we have to keep up with that Streets and Roads have been handling as part of the consent decree. So we have a federal report on those 51 spots that have to be addressed every month. And Streets and Roads has been handling that even though all the reporting comes through the water quality. So it's been a lot of coordination back and forth between the groups to get it done to date, and we just think that function makes more sense to line up there. But recognize Sam will not let me forget that snow is vitally important, and we're going to take care of it. I promise. Sam, we are going to meet in July, and we will update the plan and come up with a cooperative strategy for that to be covered. I remember when they talked about selling off the trucks and the equipment, and I was concerned they wouldn't have enough equipment if we had a large snow event. So I just want to make sure that our streets will be taken care of. I know a lot of the job duties you mentioned are seasonal. They don't fill potholes too much in the winter, I don't think. They're a really flexible group. People work back and forth across the boundaries depending on what the need is. But most people have a core function, and then they're able to flex in and out and do other things as required. So if we have a huge storm event, snow, and would those folks then go under Sam so that he could direct them to get the snow removed? It would be, and since we haven't really updated it, I won't tell you exactly because we're going to still talk about this, but it would be at least as flexible as it is today. Right now, the point person on all snow, as everybody knows, is Sam. He's the face of snow. So all work related to snow, dotted line, reports to Sam. Even if they are water quality employees, they are supposed to report to Sam. And, of course, managing across boundaries, there's always issues here and there. But I think people did a really fine job this winter on very difficult circumstances, and that was with cooperation across boundaries. Yeah, I think they did too. And I just want to make sure that if we have another winter like last winter, that we'll get the same service for the citizens. You'll get better. I mean, we're going to get it better every year. We're constantly trying to improve the process. Okay. Thank you. Okay, thanks. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. I had some questions about the reorg as well. But I see our urban forester, Tim Querrey, out in the audience, and I'd like to have him come forward and see if he has any comments before I make mine. Thank you. Good evening. Council Member Myers, I guess I'm a little confused. I've always been under the impression that in order to provide the best service for the public through the urban forestry program, that we would move the entire program one day from streets and roads. So moving my position and one other position, I can already tell that's not, it's already confusing to me, and I think it will be confusing to the public. You've sent a couple emails to the council. Can you elaborate on, so that the people that haven't had the opportunity to read the emails understand what your concerns are? Well, for example, my position under the proposed reorganization, my position and an arborist technician position that doesn't directly report to me is moving to the Division of Environmental Policy. Just yesterday, we had a situation where my enforcement officer, who would still be in streets and roads, is sending notices of violations to property owners who have ash trees with emerald ash borer. The trees are dying, and me reporting to Susan Bush, and no disrespect to that manager, it's going to get confusing because that person is going to still be under the Division of Streets and Roads but he's my citation officer. So she was asking me a question about the notices of violation that have gone out and in the meantime there's these emails that are going back and forth and once I transfer to that division who does the arborist now report to? I would have to go I assume through Sam Williams. to get answers. That's just part of the problem that I recognize. That's a part of our enforcement branch in education. When it comes to operational functions of this program, I am the point contact for the public. I worked with a lot of neighborhood associations in town. I've worked with every neighborhood association in Lexington at one time or another. When it comes to tree issues, whether it's in a street, corridor, median, park, wherever, I'm the person that they contact. If I'm in a different division and the operations are in a different division, there's a disconnect there. And the public won't understand that. We try to provide the best service possible to the public, and I just don't understand how we're going to achieve that. Thank you. I know I was on council staff when we made this change and moved urban forestry under streets and roads and made it streets and roads and urban forestry. This is one of the things that are in the reorg that's difficult for me to understand, how this is going to provide a better quality and level of service to our constituents than the way it currently operates. So I appreciate you sharing that with the council. So the second thing that deeply concerns me about the RE-ORG is this idea of moving director of budgeting and budgeting underneath the commissioner of finance. And I know that I served on a link a couple of years ago when we didn't have a director of budgeting, and the issue was the administration wanted us to fill the position of a special advisor to the mayor that was over budgeting rather than the director of budgeting position. And during that time, the acting commissioner, everybody that we talked to, said that it was a bad move to put budgeting under finance. And we've heard Connie Underwood, who served in our government in budgeting for almost 30 years, who came back as an employee for the council and did brilliant work for us during this budget cycle, has on a couple of occasions come before the council and expressed her deep concerns about this and written to us in emails about our deep concerns. And one of the things that she said was that it puts the mayor in between the civil service employees and budgeting and the council. And when I first came on the council, many of us that were either on the council when I came on or came on with me, that was one of the biggest concerns that we had in this government was trying to get accurate, detailed, correct information from budgeting. And some changes were made to address that issue. I believe that if we make this change, send this reorg, we're going right back to that situation again. And we have a situation where now the budgeting director, rather than being free to come to the microphone or answer an email or provide information, speak freely what he feels to be the accurate information, he's got to go through the commissioner to provide that information to us. and whether that filter ends up being a not-so-good filter or not isn't what I'm trying to commentate on. What I'm simply saying is that it's not the right direction for our government to put them in that position. And so I know that the other day we had a motion when I wasn't here to try to separate this issue out. I know there's some other motions that might come forward, so I'm going to hold off right now and make an emotion and see how the rest of the conversation goes about the restructure. But these are two concerns I have are urban forestry and what they're doing to that department and then moving budgeting under finance. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Myers. What we might do is go ahead and ask Council Members to go through the request for speaking from Council Members and then perhaps ask Commissioners to respond. Is that okay? to reply to the... All right. Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I had initially signed up to ask a question about something else, which I will second, but since we're on this topic, I just happened to notice that our chair of our tree board was in the audience, and I just wasn't sure if the tree board had come out with any positions or had discussed this move, and I know they work very closely with us on these issues, So I was just going to ask if she might briefly be able to comment and remind and also know that I have another question for Commissioner Taylor in a second. All right. So Karen Angelusi is the chairman of the tree board. That's the question. Chairman Angelusi. I was curious as to whether or not this is something since Council Member Myers brought this up. We have gotten some e-mails, but there's a lot of back and forth. And so I was just wondering if you all have discussed this during your board meetings and the effect it has with what you all do and how it will affect this division. Well, I know for – I've been chair of the tree board for three years now, and this is what we've talked about a lot almost every month, about finding a new home for urban forestry, giving it a place that can be nurtured. I won't go into the fact that all the trees we're going to lose, We'll talk about that another day. But we need to more focus on urban forestry. And while Tim and his guys do a great job, I think it's just more of a directional thing. And they can get that better under Susan Bush, who's the state forester at one point. Let's see. I just think I've worked really hard for this move. I know a lot of people aren't real happy with it, but to us and a lot of people on the tree board, It sounds like a good thing. It sounds like it's going to get a better home. Trees are at the bottom of the rung on the ladder. But when the trees die of the emerald ash borer and we have 500,000 of those, it's going to be hot out there. And I think people are going to appreciate that we're proactive in trying to get a better urban forestry program. Granted, if the word is taken off of a truck, I think it's more than that. They won't lose their identity. Trees are still trees. And I think it's a very good streamlined process. Thank you very much. I appreciate your comments. And then I have a question for Commissioner Taylor. All right. Thank you. I'm going to go back to what Council Member Henson was discussing about the move from some of the employees with streets and roads under environmental quality. And I know some of the frustration that the link had last year was tracking of employees as they fall under the fees that are paid by the taxpayers with this. And will this more accurately track the work that's being done on water quality? Because we had concerns that people from other divisions that there wasn't a very good system of tracking. and here we have a dedicated fee for this. And so my question is, will this be more accurately tracked by moving them into this division? My opinion is it will be more easily tracked. Right now we try very hard to track everywhere. That's how we knew what money went into streets and roads and how it was used to pay for that function. But it's a separate budget and a separate area, and you have a lot of people involved in keeping that juggle. In this case, we'll be moving that funding back under the same umbrella, and that will be tracked specifically through that fee. When the revenues come in, that's what it's used for. So it will make a more direct contact and a lot less across the boundary kind of thing that we'll have to deal with. So they won't be going back across the other way by moving over. Will they still be then doing work that's not under water quality, where you will then be having to track their time under just the general budget? Those folks typically do all stormwater work, and that's where they'll be doing stormwater work with the exception of the snow issue, and we've got a tracking system there when people flex across and do snow. Water covers some portions of it because they have a lot of the equipment. The majority of it comes out of streets and roads, and that's where the salt all is as well. I'm not sure I answered your question. I think you did. You said it basically cleans it up to where there's better tracking. It lines up the water functions in the same place that the funding goes to water, and what's been happening up until this year is then water moves that money through the budgeting process into line items for streets and roads so that they can then do that water function. But it will eliminate that transfer that all stays in water quality. They get the revenue, we track it, and it stays there. Thank you. So it should be easier. Thank you. Council Member Lawless. Actually, Casey, Council Member Casey Crosby asked the same question. I was going to ask if Ms. Angelucci was here, and also I was in the same link that Council Member Crosby Crosby and Vice Mayor Gorton were in, I think it was last year, where we saw water quality was paying salaries and streets and roads for water quality work. And it did seem very confusing and would be very hard to track. So I do support this, and we do have a lot of problems with trees, and it's not just it is a water quality issue and stormwater issue as well as quality of life, and it does get hot out there. So anyway, I support that move and echo that. Thank you. Three. All right. Mr. Stenet. Thank you, Mayor. I guess I want to go back at the question that hasn't been asked, Commissioner Taylor, is why not just move the whole Division of Forestry? What's the rationale of keeping half of it in streets and roads? Because I'll tell you an example that we probably need to reevaluate here in January is our striping crews that we move from traffic engineering to streets and roads. It's created another layer of bureaucracy that any time our traffic guys need something striped, they have to send a work order to streets and roads. That's the fear I have when keeping forestry separated. What's the fear of moving them all together? I'm not sure the rationale. The way I'm looking at it is there's programmatic forestry and there's operational forestry. I look at it, I guess, as Richard said, I run it like a factory. And you have certain functions that are more administrative and programmatic. And in this case, forestry, the operation is still very much needed, very important function in the city. They take care of the diseased trees, the cutback programs, all those things that they do are critically important. And for the most part, though, they require chainsaws, equipment, trucks, CDLs, and operational drivers at the garage. That's the kind of thing that they deal with on a daily basis. Programmatically, the kind of thing that we want to do and evolve for this city is a very proactive, really state-of-the-art forestry program. And we've not been successful in being able to do that because we're very enmeshed in the day-to-day operation that has to be dealt with. In a proactive forestry program, you would include things about air quality, tree canopy, the downtown trees. We would have neighborhood outreach and education, which we currently already have in Susan Bush's area. We already have enforcement in Susan Bush's area, and that's an area that we could then discuss that could move as well. We still have a lot of details to work out because since this hasn't been approved, we've been sort of reluctant to get into too much. Susan, of course, has been trying to get up to speed and has had a lot of interaction with Tim lately, so I do feel like Tim probably is a little confused at this point with the direction, but what we want to do is move the program and evolve the program. It's a similar thing that we did with public outreach and education because it really cuts across all the divisions, Trees and greenery and clean air and canopy and forestry is a huge quality of life piece. It's very, our neighborhoods love the tree programs. They love to plant trees. Right now, the sustainability grants come out of Susan's shop. There's education in Susan's shop. There's enforcement. So programmatically, we think that's a very good place to grow a program. Now, long term, as a city, we can decide where we want to put things. But operations, in my mind, is one thing, and programmatic function is a separate piece. So then why would keeping operations separate affect, if you moved them with the forestry, affect the program? I mean, how does it hinder the program from doing what you say we want it to grow to, having operations with it, and call it one whole department of forestry? Well, the people that work in the forestry operations department flex in and out of the pothole crews. They flex in and out of the other crews. That's what I was trying to get to. So they do other work for fast-forward. Yeah, they do other work. They're a big part of our snow program, frankly. That's another piece of it. And having them engaged with the other operating teams with the same hours that they work, the times that they're in, the safety meetings, the types of risks they're exposed to on the job, all those are very similar on a daily basis. Programmatically, I want to try to make this a much stronger program. It has an energy component, an air component, a water component, quality of life, green roofs, canopy. So to me, there's a lot of great opportunity, and I just want to give it a chance to be grown that way. Sure. I still don't think the operations hinder that from happening. But if it's your opinion, they do other work within streets and roads besides just forestry. So I don't think that's been said tonight. I hadn't been shared with you. No, I don't think so. In my head, I have the org chart spread out. And, you know, Sam has it organized in different teams. But as I mentioned earlier, people work across those boundaries constantly, depending on what the issue is. One last question. Who's going to be the quarterback over the snow removal? Will it still be Sam? Sam's the man. Okay. He's the case there. But Sam holds me accountable to make sure he has the right hand. But we'll still have one person over snow removal. Sam is in charge. And he's, you know, for whether he likes it or not, he's the face of snow. But he does hold me accountable, and he lets me know what he thinks. So, you know, my commitment to him is to make sure he has what he needs. I'd like to speak to this since I've been involved in it as well and had conversations about it. To me, this is a classic management question. The questions are appropriate. And some of this language is very arcane, and it's management speak to a lot of folks. But in an efficiently operating enterprise like we're trying to engage all of us are, council, administration, what Commissioner Taylor is describing, the separation of operations, program, and administration, are significant issues. And it's not unexpected. I understand Tim entirely. We talked this afternoon. I understand that he wouldn't want to have an operational responsibility separated or removed. That's not at all unexpected. I have folks, as I described to you, Tim, a lot of times in my experience in business, they're used to being hands-on. They want to have that operating responsibility, want the folks right there to be available. What Commissioner Taylor has described and what Susan Bush brings to the table are the skill sets to really focus on the programmatic dimensions, aspects, what are so essential to really move the strategy forward. In doing that, sometimes, as I said to Tim this afternoon, we have to make adjustments in our reporting systems. We have to adapt and adjust. I didn't always like changing reporting myself or making adjustments. But sometimes, especially when you have special skill sets like Susan brings to the table, this can be an added value. And that's the reason that when it was presented by Susan and by Cheryl, it made sense to me. Anybody else have any questions? All right. We have a – Councilman Beard. Thank you. In this discussion about separation of issues in this reorganization, I would like to move that we move the chief information officer position out from underneath item number three for further study and discussion before we finally Make a final decision. All right. Let me describe the motion as I understand it, Council Member Beard, that the chief information officer role would be removed from item number three, ordinance number three. That's right. And immediately examined. All right. So is there a second to the motion? Is there a second to the motion? Motion, unless I'm here in a second, the motion will die for lack of a second. All right. All right. Are there any other motions? Council Member Myers. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. I'm going to move that we separate out moving budgeting under the Finance Commissioner and vote on that one separately. Second. Okay. There's a motion to remove the budget role and vote on it separately or? In terms of your reorg, I want to separate budgets move under finance out. So we can vote on the rest of the reorg as one unless somebody wants to separate something else out. Okay. And then we vote on that piece separate. Okay. Okay. The reason I'm looking at the, we do have a slew of support staff here, I believe, tonight. So, Glenn, you all understand the motion. Is that, okay. Is there any issues with it? Okay. All right. Is there a second to the motion, Council Member Ellinger? A motion by Council Member Myers, second by Council Member Ellinger to separate out the budget roll from the ordinance and vote on it separately. Okay. All right. Is there any discussion? Okay. All right. If not, then we can vote on the motion. All in favor of the motion, Council Member Lawless. This is a comment or to the motion? This is on the motion. On the motion. All right. Is it to pull that out or to place it somewhere differently? I understood that my understanding of it was to vote on it separately so there would be a clear record of the vote. Okay. Is that correct? Okay. Okay. All right. So we're ready for a vote? All right. All in favor of the motion to separate out the budget role, budget director role, the budget office role, and vote on it separately, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Okay. Why don't we do a show of hands in. All in favor of separating it out and voting on it separately. Okay, we've got the electronic monitor working. All right. All in favor of it electronically. Okay. All right, one, two, three, four, five, six. What's the, give me a count, help me. Two vote on it separately. It failed. I mean, it succeeds. Eight, seven, thank you. All right. The motion does pass. All right. So there will be a separate vote on the budget office roll. All right, okay. All right. All right. So now it's appropriate for it. Council Member McCord, do you want to speak on? I want to go ahead. I'll just separate out the separation in environmental quality that we've heard tonight as well. I think it's just another area where we can get some clarity and see where the direction of the council is. So I make a motion that we separate out the movement of forestry into environmental quality. All right. There's a motion to separate out the environmental quality adjustment, and there is a motion by Council Member McCord, second by Council Member Myers. Is there any discussion? All in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. All opposed? All right, let's do it electronically. All in favor, please indicate by. All right, motion fails. All right. Now I believe, unless there are any other motions, all right, then Madam Clerk can read the, is that right? Okay. Give us just a quick second so that we know and make sure I read it correctly. Actually, Mayor. Okay. Mayor. Mayor. Mayor. Mayor. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. Actually, could we go ahead and vote on the budget piece first before we do the rest of the rest of the structure? No, I don't. So we voted to separate them out. We're already into this right now. I don't see any need to make that adjustment right now. How are we into it? We're ready. Wait a minute. She hasn't read it yet. I'm not clear on the question. We can state your question so that we can all understand it. We separate. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. We separated looking at the budget piece out from the rest of the restructure. Okay. I'm asking that we vote on the budget piece first. Okay, I'm sorry. I was thinking you were moving from this to the budget. No, no, no. You're talking about the budget. No hurry to do that. I was like, whoa. No hurry to do that. Now that would be a transition. That was going to be hard for me to follow, George. I'm sorry. All right, so do you all understand the question? So it sounds like we need to be able to read the ordinance that's going to be separated with the budget roll first. Yes. Okay, so we'll read that first. And then after that was done, then do the rest of the restructure. Okay. Thank you. One second. And what will end up happening is we'll have 3 and 3A. 3 will be the current one that's on the docket amended, and 3A will be the one with just the budget roll. All right. Thank you, ma'am. You still need a little time to work on it. Okay. That's all right. Precision. Precision. Precision. Precision. Okay. Ordinance number 3A. An ordinance pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Lexington-Fade Urban County Government Charter transferring the Division of Budgeting from the Office of Policy and Budget to the Department of Finance and Administration. That's that one ordinance. So there will be a motion. That's actually first reading of that ordinance. Okay. So help us through that, Glenda. So do you want to go ahead and vote on that? Because if this fails, then it stays the way it is. I'm sorry, there's no vote on first reading. I apologize. Yeah. If you want to give it second reading, we need a motion to suspend the rules and give it two readings. All right. I have a question. Wait a minute. What's the... Council Member Stinnick, can we have a conversation here since you're the parliamentarian? I need some help here, I'll admit it. Yeah, the chair recommends the conversation. Well, there has been no change to it. We just divided the question for purposes of voting only, not the ordinance. So the votes are separate, but they've both already been read once publicly. We didn't change the wording or anything. We just divided the questions for voting only. It's the same wording that we've already read publicly. Except we've amended the ordinance. No. We divided the question for voting. So I think what he's saying, am I understanding that it might not be a 3A and 3 then? No. It would just be a separate. No, I think what I'm interpreting is that the objection is that if we separate, is this correct, Glenda? If we separate and identify them as 3A and 3, then that would occasion a new first reading, right? All right. Is there another way to separate and get the vote? My interpretation is that Council Member Meyer's motion is to record the vote on this issue, on this question, on this itself. So what are you all saying? I think Council Member Stennett and I have a difference of opinion. If the motion was to amend it, you're correct. It was a motion to amend number three and remove budgeting. What was the motion then? The motion was to separate out. Voting purposes. So you're saying we can't separate something for voting purposes without amending the ordinance. Correct. Then it's truly amending the ordinance, yes. All right, he said separating out, but he's actually amending the ordinance. Then if we have two, yes, we need them. All right. So can we suspend? All right, so take us through it then, if you would, Glenda. I think we've got an agreement between Councilman and... Okay, so we have given first reading to the ordinance that's transferring the Division of Budgeting from the Office of Policy and Budget to the Department of Finance. So if we want to give that second reading, we would need a motion to suspend the rules to give it a second reading, and then the council could vote. Motion to suspend the rules to give a second reading. So motion to suspend and give a second read by Council Member Ellinger, second by Council Member Myers. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Now we can give a second read. Now, we'll clarify this for anybody who's got any questions so that we know what we're doing here. Okay, ordinance number 3A for second reading. And ordinance pursuant to section 6.12 of the Lexington-Fayton-Urban County Government Charter, transferring the Division of Budgeting from the Office of Policy and Budget to the Department of Finance and Administration. And now there will need to be a roll call vote, a motion to approve, and a roll call vote. on that ordinance. All right. Is there a motion to approve? Move. Motion by Council Member Ellinger, seconded by Council Member Myers. All right. Now we get a roll call vote on it. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. The floor is available for discussion on the motion. Council Member Ellinger. No, Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. Could the motion or the second just give me a brief synopsis of what we're driving at with this separate vote? I'm going to give my interpretation and I'm going to ask Council Member Myers to confirm or adjust it. My interpretation is that Council Member Myers wishes to be able to confirm the council members or the vote, you know, on this adjustment itself within the body of the full reorganization ordinance. That's my interpretation. I think you're interpreting fine. Yeah. I appreciate that. But I guess underneath all that, is this pursuant to some of the background conversation that's gone on, pursuant to the reorganization, has to do with the wiseness or unwiseness of combining these two functions? Absolutely. So it is my hope that we conclude that it's not wise to do this and we vote this down. Because it's not wise because the two functions would be under the same director, commissioner, boss? Same commissioner, same philosophy as Connie Underwood articulated before. Budget has one way of looking at things, one philosophy of looking at things. Finance has another. And to put budget under finance then begins to blur that line because of who is over finance. So now you've got the director of budgeting and the budgeting department losing its autonomy and its independence underneath the commissioner of finance. And I think that one of the ways you see that operationalized is now when you check with budgeting for information, it now goes through the Commissioner of Finance rather than when it used to be, you'd request something from the Director of Budgeting and you got it. And so now, and I'm not saying that it necessarily gets filtered, but it used to not be that way, and now that it is. Mayor, in drawing the reorganization, what was the game theory on combining these two? You know, I'd like to ask Commissioner Driscoll and Director, is Ryan here tonight? He is, okay. Because there's lots of conversation between these folks about this and when they developed it. I think that's what we're looking for now. And I believe, was this discussed, it was also discussed this week? It may have been. Yeah, I know you weren't present. Thank you. I believe it was discussed on Tuesday. Then just a synopsis. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, precision is important on these issues. Sure. Thank you for letting me address this. First, as I said to you before, first and foremost, my responsibility is to you, to the mayor, and to the community about the fiscal integrity of this government. That is the number one goal. the one thing I've learned, and with all due respect to Connie, actually was in graduate school with my master's program with Connie, so we go back a ways. In my 25 years of experience, the most critical thing I've learned is how important it is on how the financial functions of the government relate to one another. This structure certainly would effectively allow us to move forward with some of the financial strategies, sound financial management strategies that we'd like to put in place that I talked to you about in my confirmation hearing six months ago. We did do a lot of research. There are a lot of cities in terms of whether there are a lot of organizational structures. Let me say that first. So there are choices, certainly, throughout the country. But there are significant agencies, the city of Atlanta, the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, the city of Louisville. You know, I've been in a lot of budget organizations at the state level, at the county level, at a city level, at a merged government level. And, again, the most important thing is how these relate together. We are a team. I think you all have seen that demonstrated since I've been here, revenue, accounting, budget, and myself, and purchasing. You know, we work together as a team. We will continue to do that as we move forward. I'm not sure if there are some other specifics. Again, I've met with officials from GFOA, which is the Governor's Finance Officers Association. I represent us, U.S. Council Mayors, at the national level on a board. You know, all of those folks, you know, we've talked to about organizational structures, and they would support this type of organization. So I appreciate the opportunity to address you. Just then one follow-up. So this would set the stage similar to one that you worked with when you did this job in Louisville? It would, but that wasn't the reason. I would say I started in the budget office at the state, which was independent. But if we want to compare apples to apples, they're very different organizations. and how they go about the budget process, et cetera, are very different as well. But, yes, in Louisville I actually had budget along with some other pieces of the government that aren't in this proposed reorganization. I'm sure it varies according to the opportunity given municipality. I'm fine. Thank you, Mayor. Did you want Ryan? Yeah. Ryan, would you want to comment on this at all? Just a few of the comments. I guess my goal is to serve the citizens, and we're going to provide unfettered information the most accurate as possible. As many of you have heard before, I clearly see a line between process and putting forth data to make decisions to policymakers. I would classify this in more of the policy realm, and for that, you know, I can guarantee that the data is going to be accurate to the best of our ability. our whole team will provide that no matter how we report up in the structure. But, again, I'd rather not upon on a direct policy decision. Okay. Council Member Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. I think a number of reasonable concerns have been raised on this issue. I've seen the memos, and I've talked to a fair number of people about this. And I also believe that the Council is clearly tasked with approving this reorganization. It's not left to the administration. But having said that, I believe that absent any kind of compelling or overriding reason, that we ought to defer to the administration because they are the people who will have to make this work. So I will support this reorganization. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor. Just for clarity, the motion, as I understand it, is to approve the reorganization of the budget office to report to the Commissioner of Finance. Okay, I understand that. The question I have is, my understanding as I read the ordinance, is that we're transferring the Division of Budgeting from the Office of Policy and Budget. The question I would have for Mr. Myers, and I think this does speak to the motion to be very important, is that he has indicated his desire that this motion not pass in order to prevent that reorganization. If that were the case, Mr. Myers, who would you prefer that the division to facilitate the reorg, if it were to fail? Who would you prefer that the Division of Budgeting report to? Sure. Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Myers. Thank you, Mayor. That's a great question, and I would refer back to where the charter put it. I believe it right where the charter has it put. The reason, when the charter was created, it separated these two functions clearly, and that's where I believe it is, right where the founders of our government wrote it in. And where is that, Mr. Myers? I'm just asking. It's right where the charter, actually where it is right now. In the chief administrative, reporting to the chief administrative officer? Yes. Okay. Thank you. I'll be supporting the motion to, as Council Member Kaye indicated, to allow the administration the flexibility to carry on the reorganization as it can. As I read this ordinance, apparently the director of budgeting is currently in an office of policy and budget. he is not being transferred from the chief administrative officer because in the previous administration, that charter required position was left vacant. If we were to allow the previous administration the flexibility to do so, I think we owe it to this administration to do so as well. So I'll be supporting the reorganization as presented. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Stenet. Thank you, Mayor. I was just going to point out to my colleagues that when the Office of Policy and Budget was vacated under the prior administration, that the Office of Budget and Ryan, you correct me if I'm wrong, reported to the Commissioner of Finance the last two years anyway. So I haven't seen anything wrong with that. There hasn't been any issues with that. So that's who they've been reporting to under the prior administration already, whether or not the charter says so or not. But that's who they were reporting to the last two years. Council Member Lawless. Thank you. I'm going to also support the administration's reorg on this. I think in 1974, was it, that the charter was written, we had a very different accounting finance system, and separation of duties was very important, and we didn't have the checks and balances we have now with this kind of reporting. So from my previous life as a business in accounting, I understand in 74 why it was written that way. I don't see the problem with it now because of the checks and balances we have with the very new. I mean, we used adding machines. we didn't have handheld calculators. So I'm not, I'm going to support it as written and give it a chance. Thank you. And I also appreciate your concern. Council Member Lane. I'm going to support the resolution the way it was originally proposed. Thank you. Councilman Blues. Thank you, Mayor. The last few questions about the structure of the office as set forth in the Charter, I think raises an issue. I agree that times have changed, but the charter is not. And the charter is not in our power to change. So I would like to hear from law on this, whether we do, according to the charter, have an option here. Yes, Council Member Blase, you do have an option here. Council Member Myers is correct. When the charter was originally written, it did put the Division of Budgeting under the CAO. However, there is a section of the charter that gives us the ability, or gives the council the ability to consolidate, divide, or otherwise restructure the organization of all departments, offices, and divisions of the government. So if you wanted to move budgeting someplace else, you could. Thank you very much. That's helpful. Councilor Byers. Thank you, Mayor. I guess I would ask a question. I'm not sure who would answer this question, but it was said earlier that budget reported to the Commissioner of Finance the last two years. And then it was also talked about the flexibility that we gave the last administration. That flexibility put budgeting underneath a special advisor to the mayor, not under finance. And I believe, and I'm not sure if budgeting reported to the Commissioner of Finance the last two years or if they reported to Joe Kelly, who was the special advisor to the mayor, who was essentially the CAO. When he started out, he was acting CAO. They changed his title. But he maintained the same role in government. So I guess my question would be, did budgeting report to Joe Kelly the last two years, or did it report to the Commissioner of Finance? I don't know who. Okay, Brian. A lot of high fives on the way over here, Brian. I guess the answer should be simple. It's not. I would like to, I think as it's demonstrated many times, when the council asked me to do something, I'd do it. When Joe asked me to do something, I did it. Well, Linda, the same. Can't say I ever had an evaluation filled out since I've been here. I've been here a short period of time. Operationally, I think it's true. Yes, I reported to the Commissioner of Finance, but was responsible to all the entities that the citizens have put in place to run this government. But the ore chart I was given said different, and it had a line to the mayor's office. So, again, I don't really know how to answer that directly. But operationally, I've been reporting the Commissioner of Finance since I've been here. I have one question to ask of you. And let me say this, too, because when the Commissioner came up, I have a tremendous amount of respect for you, and we work very well together. The difficulty in bringing this issue up is that, and I purposely didn't name people and things, because it's not about the personality. It's not about, Ryan, it's not about you, Commissioner. The last thing I want to do is give the impression that I or anybody else here is concerned about you and your ethics and your integrity, et cetera, Commissioner, because we're not. Okay, let me be clear on that. So none of this discussion from me or anybody else that is concerned about this move has to do with the people in office and what they might do or might not do. If I could ask one final thing, though. So before this change kind of was put into place here, if I emailed you and asked you for something, then I just got it from you and you didn't, at least that I know of, send a copy of what you sent me to anybody else or let anybody else know that I asked for that information. Can you continue to do that with this change in place? So if I email you and ask you for some numbers on something or some information on something pertaining to the budget, But can you just email me directly without providing insight to anybody else that I asked you for that information or that you gave me the information? So just so I'm clear, direct communication, so not to check with the mayor's office or anybody else, direct response. I guess it depends on the vote, what you vote. I'm sorry, I didn't hear. It depends on what council has the ability to structure me in any place in this organization. So if I'm reporting to Commissioner of Finance, clearly I need to go through the chain of command. So if we adopt this the way it's written without my amendment, then if I call or I email you and say, hey, I need some numbers on such and such, and I just ask for some information, before you can give that to me, you've got to go through the chain of command, which is what, or which will be what? Well, I guess I may phrase that in terms of checking with somebody. As was articulated earlier, finance is a way of looking at things, and budgeting has a way of looking at things. For me to give a complete answer back to the policymakers I serve, I need to make sure I get both perspectives. So on almost everything that we produce, we need to check with accounting to have some verification or revenue or another piece of the department. And it is important, regardless of how we report, that we do function as a unit on those subsides. That's part of the concern for me, because if I ask you for some information, I want budgeting's perspective. If I want revenues or finances perspective, then I'll ask the same information or whatever questions necessary of finance. That's the very thing that I'm concerned with. So six months ago, if I'd asked you a question, you didn't run it through finance to get that perspective. You just gave me the answer from budgeting's perspective. That's what I want to see happen in the future, and that's my concern with moving budgeting under finance. So if you get moved to finance and you can answer a council member's question without having to put the other perspective in there, that's what I'm looking for. because I can get the other perspective from finance. I can ask finance the same question and get their perspective on that. In other words, for example, throughout this budget process, we utilize Connie to get our budget information. Connie didn't send any information to finance to get finance's perspective on it. She got budgeting's perspective because that's what the council asked for, and that's my concern. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Any other? All right. No further discussion on the motion. We're ready for a roll call. Right? Mayor. Council Member Crosby. Can you please repeat the motion? Yeah, I need help. The motion is second reading. It's to approve the Ordinance 3A. Which is to you? The motion is to approve 3A, Ordinance 3A, as it was read. Yes, ma'am. Right. Okay. Yeah. No, no problem. Yeah, we need to be clear. Good question. All right. Ready for vote? Then the clerk will call the roll. No. That's correct. Time out. Council Member Martin. And just to clarify, if we vote yes, we are approving the move from the CAO to finance. Is that correct? Yes. That's correct. Thank you, Mayor. But ultimately, it is under the CAO because finance is under the CAO. So the reporting direction, it is still in the same line of reporting. Yeah. If you say yes. Yes, right. That's correct. All right. Ms. Gorton. No. Ms. Henson. Yes. Mr. K. Yes. Mr. Lane. Yes. Ms. Lawless. Yes. Mr. Martin. No. Mr. McCord. Yes. Mr. Myers. No. Mr. Stennett. Mr. Beard. Yes. Mr. Blues? Ms. Crosby? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. And Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Ford? Yes. Thank you. The vote does reflect passage of the motion, of the ordinance and the motion. All right. No, not of the ordinance. of the separation. Okay, now we need to give Ordinance Number 3 as amended. I'm sorry, Susan. No, no, you're fine. Go ahead. You go ahead, please. No, no. The Ordinance 3 as amended will get a new... It will get a second reading as amended. All right. Please proceed with the second reading as amended. I certainly will. Council Member Farmer. So it was amended by virtue of us separating it? That is correct. You have a recorded vote. That's the relevance of it. Okay. Thank you. It is not changing. You now have confirmed through this vote and the recorded vote how each Council Member essentially feels about that particular... This ordinance will be read without the portion of budgeting. Okay, but, yeah, because it's removed, right. That is correct. It will be read in its amended form. But the effect of the action is the same. Right. Okay. Number three, an ordinance pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Lexington-Fayton-Irban County Government Charter consolidating the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Public Works and Development and creating the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, creating the office of the Chief Development Officer, abolishing the office of the Chief Information Officer, changing the name of the Department of Finance Administration to the Department of Finance, changing the name of the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry to the Division of Streets and Roads, changing the name of the Division of Community Development to the Division of Grants and Special Programs, transferring the Divisions of Environmental Policy, Water Quality, and Waste Management from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, transferring the Divisions of Engineering, Streets and Roads, and Forestry, parentheses, streets and roads, and Traffic Engineering from the Department of Public Works and Development, Department of Public Works, to the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, transferring the divisions of community development and risk management from the Department of Finance and Administration Department of Finance to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, transferring the divisions of computer services, government communications, enterprise solutions from the Office of the Chief Information Officer to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, transferring the divisions of historic preservation, planning, and Purchase of Development Rights from the Department of Public Works and Development, parenthesis, Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, transferring the Division of Human Resources from the Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Finance, in parenthesis, to the Department of Law, transferring the Division of Building Inspection from the Department of Public Works and Development, parenthesis, Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, to the Department of Public Safety, transferring the Office of Economic Development from the Office of the Senior Advisor to the Office of the Chief Development Officer, amending Section 21-52 of the Code of Ordinances, creating one position of Human Resources Manager, Grade 119E, one position of Payroll Analyst, Grade 115E, and one position of Administrative Specialist, Grade 110N, all in the Division of Accounting, abolishing one position of Human Resources Manager Grade 119E, one position of Payroll Analyst Grade 115E, and one position of Administrative Specialist Grade 110N, all in the Division of Human Resources, creating two positions of Skilled Trades Worker Senior Grade 112N and one position of Trade Supervisor Grade 113N, all in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, abolishing one position of Operations Manager Grade 116E, five positions of Trade Supervisor Grade 113N, Six positions of skilled trades worker, senior, grade 112 in. One position of public service supervisor, grade 111 in. Five positions of skilled trades worker, grade 111 in. One position of staff assistant senior, grade 108 in. One position of public service worker, senior, grade 107 in. One position of stores clerk, grade 107 in. Four positions of trades worker, grade 107 in. One position of public service worker, grade 106 in. All in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. creating four positions of Trade Supervisor, Grade 113N, one position of Public Service Supervisor, Grade 111N, one position of Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 108N, four positions of Trade Worker, Grade 107N, one position of Stores Clerk, Grade 107N, one position of Public Service Worker, Senior Grade 107N, one position of Public Service Worker, Grade 106N, five positions of Skilled Trades Worker, Grade 111N, four positions of skilled trades worker senior grade 112N, and one position of operations manager grade 116E, all in the Division of Parks and Recreation, abolishing one position of urban forester grade 116E, one position of arborist technician grade 112N, two positions of public service supervisor grade 111N, six positions of public service worker senior grade 107N, two positions of trades worker senior grade 109N, and two positions of Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 109, all in the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry, parentheses, Division of Streets and Roads, abolishing one position of Municipal Engineer Senior, Grade 119E, one position of Engineering Technician Principal, Grade 115E, one position of Associate Engineer Technician Principal or Tech Principal, Grade 114E, and four positions of Engineering Tech, Grade 111N, all in the Division of Engineering, creating one position of municipal engineer senior grade 119e, one position of engineering tech principal grade 115e, one position of associate engineer tech principal grade 114e, four positions of engineering tech grade 111n, two positions of public service supervisor grade 111n, six positions of public service worker senior grade 107n, two positions of trades worker senior grade 109n, and two positions of equipment operator senior grade 109n, all in the Division of Water Quality, creating one position of Urban Forester, Grade 116E, and one position of Arborist Technician, Grade 112N, all in the Division of Environmental Policy, and creating three positions of Managing Attorney, Grade 123E, all in the Department of Law, amending Section 22-52 of the Code of Ordinances, abolishing one position of Senior Advisor, Grade 212E, and three positions of Administrative Aid to the Mayor, Grade 118E, all in the Office of the Mayor, creating one position of Chief Development Officer, Grade 212E, in the office of the Chief Development Officer, creating one position of Administrative Specialist Senior, Grade 112N, in the Division of Accounting, creating three positions of Administrative Officer, Grade 118E, in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer, and abolishing one position of senior advisor grade 212E and one position of administrative specialist principal grade 114E in the office of the chief administrative officer transferring all incumbents and all vacant positions at their current job classification, pay grade, and salary, amending section 21-52 and 22-52 of the code of ordinances to renumber the effective sections effective July 1, 2011. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion related to ordinance number three? Motion by Council Member Stennett, second by Council Member Lane. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, you can call the roll. You may call the roll. Thank you. Ms. Gorton. Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Mr. Martin? No. Mr. McCord? Yes. And if you would please make sure you record your votes when you vote please. Thank you. Electronically. Mr. McCord, you said yes. Mr. Myers? No. Mr. Stennett? No. Mr. Beard? No. Mr. Blues? Yes. Ms. Crosby? Yes. Mr. Ellinger, Mr. Farmer, and Mr. Ford. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. The vote reflects passage of the ordinance. Okay. Now number 16. The next one is number 16. The next one is number 16. We do have some folks that have signed up from public comment that have indicated they do want to speak to the budget. Is anyone, those who have, unless there's a, is that okay with the council? Public comment for three minutes. All right. And then we'll open for the council discussion. Anyone who wishes to speak on the budget, who signed up, please come to the podium now. If you would, please identify yourself. And I routinely say that I have the unpopular duty of informing you that you've got about three minutes. You've got three minutes. And when that three minutes is up, I'll indicate to you. If you just give your name, please, and where you live. My name is Greg Rickert. I live on 241 Leawood in Lexington. First question, is it possible for other members that came with me to defer their time to me? It is. Okay. I believe I have one member that would like to defer their time. Great. Okay. I'll try to be brief. Yes, sir. I'm representing the Bluegrass Disc Golf Association, and I'm here in reference to the bond proposal for $150,000 to add disc golf courses at Coldstream Park and Jacobson Park. I do want to thank my 13-year-old son who joined me tonight in support. He leaned over to me about 20 minutes ago and said, I ain't never going into politics. But really, I really want to get information out with regard to this proposal in that it's not just about going out and throwing Frisbees. that the Disc Golf Association really believes the addition of these facilities will be a benefit to our community. And the three things that I want to touch on is the need for the facilities, because of the popularity and increase in participation in the sport, high value of the facilities for relatively low investment, and the potential economic impact of the facilities. The Professional Disc Golf Association, the International Association, currently boasts a roster of over 50,000 members, and that's steadily increased each year. The number of courses in the United States has almost tripled in the last 10 years. And locally, if you visit Shilado or Veterans Park on the weekend and most weekdays, you'll see that the sport is definitely popular in our area as well. The sport is so accessible, it can be played by a 5-year-old or a 75-year-old. It's a low-impact activity, a recreational activity that everyone can participate in. Currently, all of our courses are free, and the cost for startup equipment can be one disc for less than $10. I also want to focus on the value for a relatively low cost. The proposed amount of $150,000, it's my understanding that it includes the equipment for the courses, But also there would need to be infrastructure changes at the parks, adding roadways to access cold stream and possibly bathroom facilities as well. But the courses do have a low environmental impact in that it requires very little to prepare the area for the courses other than clearing, you know, probably brush lines. Also, the maintenance and general upkeep is very inexpensive. It only requires regular mowing, and often members of our disc golf association take care of that before big tournaments for the city. Play does not require to be monitored by paid staff like our ball golf courses do. And also with regard to the Coldstream project, we all know that trash is an issue in that area. Adding a disc golf course could give us a chance to address those issues and hopefully alleviate that problem in the future. And finally, I want to focus on the economic impact. I looked at the website for the Professional Disc Golf Association, and I was actually surprised to find that in 2010, the state of Kentucky offered the fifth highest number of sanctioned tournaments in the nation. We were the number five state in sanctioned disc golf tournaments. The addition of two competition-level courses in this area provides us the opportunity to offer larger tournaments, bringing more people from out of town and out of state into our community. We have very good disc golf courses in our neighboring communities. The addition of these two courses could position Lexington to potentially petition for a World Disc Golf Championship in central Kentucky. We can just look a few miles to our southwest to the city of Bowling Green as an example of potential economic impact. That city has eight competition-level courses, and each year they host one of the largest amateur disc golf events in the world, attracting anywhere from 500 to 700 disc golf players to their town for four to five days to participate in this tournament. I thank you for your time, Mayor and Council, and I would appreciate your support on the bond proposal for the disc golf courses. Thank you. Thank you, Greg. Thank you. Yes, sir. How do you do? My name is James Miller. I live at 3297 Belfont Drive here in Lexington. I'm also speaking on behalf of DISCOF. However, I approach it from a slightly different level. I was the one who ramrodded, along with Councilman Myers, River Hill Park that we built off of Crosby Drive in Councilman Myers' district. It was my honor to stand on the podium and dedicate that course with the previous mayor and Councilman Myers. My question is, I'm thinking that $150,000, I would love to have the courses, love to have everything there, but it's just too much money. I've got to look at the responsibility and so forth of saying, I spoke to Innova today. 18 baskets cost us $300 apiece. That's $5,400. That's a full 18-hole course. The concrete T-pads themselves, if you want to get outrageous with them, are less than $1,000. I mean, a panel on a sidewalk is $400, and we're only looking at one and a half of those. So the math doesn't add up to me for the amount of money that we're looking to spend. Because for the $50,000, we could easily put in the two championship-level courses that we're looking at. I don't see borrowing money to get something that extreme when that could easily be spent somewhere else. I would love to have the courses more than anything else that I can think of, but at the same time, I can't in good conscience take my sport and put the city into more debt than it actually needs to be in. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Yes, ma'am. My name is Andrea Tapia. Yes, I guess right. I work with Adult and Tenant Services under the Department of Social Services, and we can use that money that he doesn't need for the positions. We have five positions on the line to be cut from Adult and Tenant Services. Those positions are actually funded across the board from youth services, family services and adult attendant services, but in fact all those people were really working in adult attendant services. When we lose those positions, it will also effectively shut down the Carmel Valley Center. And I have to say that I was before the transition to the intake center, I was the manager over at the Carmel Valley Center. And we did, you know, we served everybody. We served. It wasn't just, you know, Latinos. It was everybody. And that really started when eligibility counselors were sent over to the Corona Valley Center from Adult and Tenant Services. As an intake center, I do agree that those services are completely redundant. I mean, there does not – it functioned as a call center. These are calls that 311 took before and could easily take now, and they've just been transferring them for no good reason. and people now have to be transferred twice if they call there, and it's a social services thing. So in that respect, I do agree with the council's decision that the intake center is a redundant. But the Karma Valley Center itself, as the services that it provides for the whole community, people walk there, there's a bus right there. The Cornell Valley Center, I mean, it provides not just navigation through the social, to other social services agencies, but to the courts, to corrections, anybody in the city who doesn't really know how to navigate those systems, we were able to help. And so I just have to say that the four people who went over to the Cardinal Valley Center did so, they volunteered for that position for those to work over at the Cardinal Valley Center. One person was already there, and then four people transitioned over. They were told by the then commissioner, Marlene Helms, that this would not adversely affect their employment in any way. And in fact, those four people are losing their job. So the services are badly needed, and in that area, it provides services for a community and across the board to folks who are new to our community. So I guess that's all I have to say. Thank you, Andrea. Thank you very much. Thanks very much. All right. That is all then who wishes to speak. All in the public comment opportunity for addressing the budget item on the agenda. Next I will, as chair, I'll open the floor for comments on number 16 to council members. So if council members will indicate a desire to speak, please indicate electronically. And Council Member Stenick. Move approval of number 16. The ordinance number 16 hasn't been given second reading yet, so a motion would be appropriate after it was given second reading. So I was giving it, I was opening it, open the floor for discussion. All right. No discussion? Then second reading. Madam Clerk. Ordinance number 16 for second reading. An ordinance appropriating the revenues, expenditures, expenses, and inter-fund transfers for the General Services District Fund, the Tenant Relocation Fund, the Urban Services Districts Fund, the Police Confiscated Federal Fund, the Police Confiscated State Fund, the Public Safety Fund, the Sveigh and Neuter Fund, the Municipal Aid Program Fund, the County Aid Program Fund, the Mineral Severance Fund, the Coal Severance Fund, the Miscellaneous Special Revenue Fund, the Police Confiscated Treasury Fund, the FY2012 Bond Projects Funds, the Sanitary Sewer Revenue and Operating Fund, the Sanitary Sewer Construction Fund, the Lexington Fayette-Irban County Government Public Facilities Corporation General Fund, the Lexington Fayette-Irban County Government Public Facilities Corporation Parks Projects Fund, the Lexington Fayette-Irban County Government Public Parking Corporation Fund, the Water Quality Management Fund, the Landfill Fund, the Right-of-Way Program Fund, the Extended School Program Fund, the Prisoner's Account Fund, the Enhanced 911 Fund, the LexVan Program Fund, the Lexington Fayette-Irban County Government Public Library Corporation Fund, the City Employees Pension Fund, the Police and Fire Retirement Fund of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government, the Medical Insurance Fund, the Property and Casualty Claims Fund, and the Reallocation of Bond Project Funds on a divisional level by four control levels for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, approving and adopting the Capital Improvement Program for fiscal years FY 2012 through FY 2017 as a portion of the fiscal year 2012 annual capital improvements budget and approving funding for the Lexington-Fayette-Irban County Tourist and Convention Commission from the transient room tax said funding to equal 99.5% of the revenue from the tax. Now a motion would be appropriate. Mr. Frithman. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor Gorton to approve. Second by Council Member Stennett. Is there any discussion? Okay, please sign up electronically. Oops, we lost it. I saw Council Member Lawless. That was my fault. I set the vote. It was Ms. Lawless. All right. Council Member Lawless. Speaking to several of these items, parks is one place where the public will come out and support and contribute. and I so appreciate the enthusiasm, you all mowing, picking up trash. We don't have an overall parks plan, which we've asked for over and over. And I think that that, like planning and zoning, when you do it piecemeal here and there, I do support, I think it's a quality of life issue, but the city is broke. We do not have the money for luxuries. And so for that reason, I'm not going to support this budget that the council passed because I feel like it has put us in a very bad financial situation. We can always, if things turn around and it rains money on us, we can always do budget amendments, and we can put things back in. And I hope that we can start a Parks Conservancy fundraising group to take on some of these things. And so I don't want you to think I'm anti-park. I'm anti-exercise for myself, but I highly recommend it for others. But there are many things in here that are not essential services, and that's where we are right now. We have people with raw sewage coming up in their backyards and in their basements, flooding, lease, fire needs, potholes, roads, waste management. Those are the basic essential services that we have to, at the core, are responsible for providing. And then we can do the other things. And those other things may be well done by people getting together and raising the money to do those things that are important to them. So thank you. The clerk has alerted me that she's already set the system for voting. So if you'll indicate she want to speak, just hold your hand up, okay? And then I'll just recognize if anybody does wish to speak. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor, and I'll be brief in my comments. I've battled since our meeting on Tuesday and most of the day in deciding how I'm going to cast a vote in regards to this budget. I've been able to share comments with some of my council colleagues since that time to look back on the work that we've done. I think some good work and perhaps some opportunities for improvement exist in this budget. I am very much excited about what I learned during the link process, working with finance and social services, Council Member Beard and Ellinger. However, I do express disappointment in how the process panned out in regards to the Committee of the Whole, how we went down the late items list in the council member recommendations. For example, some of the projects that we are bonding are ideal projects that would have been proposed for funding under the mayor's proposed budget with the capital improvement plan bond proceeds. We've got to find a better process. With all that said, I do recognize that we'll never have a perfect budget. I also recognize that the budget work won't end tonight, irregardless of the vote. With that said, I look forward to hopefully working with the rest of the council and the administration as we try to find ways to collaborate as we continue to work this budget. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Members. Anybody else wish to speak? All right. If there are none, then Madam Clerk may call the roll. Ms. Gorton? No. Ms. Henson? Sorry. Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Mr. Martin? No. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Mr. Beard? Oh, I'm sorry. He's absent. Mr. Blues? Yes. Ms. Crosby? No. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Ford? Yes. Mr. Myers, what was your vote? Mr. Myers, what was your vote? Yes. Okay, thank you. Is Mr. Beard not available? All right. All right. The vote. Mayor? Yes. In deference to Council Member Beard, is it possible to delay finalizing the vote until he returns? No. Let's wait. Let's take a minute. Wait and see. Yeah. Let's go see if we can find him. Take a breath. Yeah, yeah, I'm sure he wants to. Yeah. Get him? All right. We'll pause for just a minute more. We know on a vote like this, Council Member wants to be here. Yeah. We'll just recess for a couple of minutes, but nobody leave. Thank you. ¶¶ Thank you. The End Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. . . . This is an important one. All right. That was an I. Now, you want to punch that button, too. Punch that button. You got it? You did it. All right. Yes. The vote reflects passage. All right. All right. All right. Madam Clerk, next on our agenda. Wait just a second. It wasn't. First reading of resolutions. Nope. First reading of ordinances. Thank you, ma'am. Yes, sir. Let's rock and roll. Madam Clerk, please give us a first reading of ordinances. Ordinance number 18. An ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Bluegrass Area Development District to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $10,080 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds, are for the renovation of the Dunbar Community Center kitchen, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, appropriating funds pursuant to FY2012 Schedule No. 14 and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 19, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal funds for the ticketing aggressive cars and trucks program in the amount of $25,000, acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $6,250 as a local match and appropriating funds pursuant to schedule number 127. Number 20, an ordinance authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which grant funds are in the amount of $348,000 federal funds are for the ITS-CMS Intelligent Transportation System Congestion Management System Traffic Improvements Project, the acceptance of which obligates the Irvin County Government for the expenditure of $87,000 as a local match, appropriating funds pursuant to FY 2012, Schedule No. 13, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. And No. 21, an ordinance authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a change order to the contract with RRT Design and Construction for additional engineering and design services for the materials recovery facility, increasing the contract price by the sum of $70,675 from $1,382,345 to $1,453,020 in appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule No. 128 and No. 22 as walked on through the Committee of the Whole Report and Ordinance of Mining Sections 2-189 through 2-197 of the Code of Ordinances changing the name of the Commission on Community Services for Older Persons to Senior Services Commission. That's all, sir. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any motions? Nope. All right. Then we can move on. Resolutions, first reading. Second reading. Madam Clerk. Resolution number one. A resolution accepting the bid of Bradley Hook It Up Mobile, LLC, establishing a price contract for vehicle steam cleaning for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. 2. A resolution accepting the bids of National Coding and Supplies, Freedom Dodge, Chrysler Jeep, Lexington Truck Sales Incorporated, Worldwide Equipment, Republic Diesel, Alton Blakely, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Honda, Nandino Industrial Electric Incorporated, S&S Tire Truck Alignment and Brake Center Incorporated, Cummins Crosspoint LLC, Paul Miller Ford, Napa Auto Parts, General Parts Distribution LLC, doing business as CarQuest Auto Parts, Gilly Hyde, Ford, Lincoln, Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Peterbilt of Lill. Louisville, Bluegrass International, Clark Power Services, KOI Auto Parts, Powertrain of Kentucky, Lexington Auto, Spring Company, Truck Pro, and Fleet Pride establishing price contract for automotive and truck parts for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Red River Ranch LLC in the amount of $103,361 for compost pond discharge improvements for the Division of Waste Management. Number four, a resolution accepting the bid of Leak Eliminators LLC in the amount of $225,060 for Haley Pike Landfill Leachate Treatment System, Wetlands Improvements for the Division of Waste Management. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Moore-Gabbard Bridges General Contractor in the amount of $184,800 for Building Renovation Electronics Recycling Center for the Division of Waste Management. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of National Workwear for Work Shoes for the Divisions of Waste Management, Facilities and Fleet Management, Streets, Roads, and Forestry, and Water Quality. Number 7 was tabled. So we'll go on to number 8, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a contract modification with M2D Design Group for the design of corridor enhancement grant for the Newtown Pike Landscaping Project at a cost not to exceed $10,000. Number 9, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $1,806,712.50 federal funds and $289,074 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and are for the acquisition and demolition of 12 residential properties on Lansdowne Drive, Medlock Road, and Argonne Circle. Number 10. I'm sorry. Do we have a quorum? One, two, three, four. One, two. Okay, we do now. Number 10, a resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management 911 on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase the Zumro Air Shelters and Equipment under the Metropolitan Medical Response System Project from Zumro Incorporated, a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $69,055.20. Number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvine County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $143,243 federal funds under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program and are for reimbursement of costs related to the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens. Number 12. Valley Neighborhood Association Incorporated $1,270. CASA for Children of Lexington $1,000. Joyland Neighborhood Association $100. Tates Brook Neighborhood Association Incorporated $2,080. Andover Neighborhood Association Incorporated $300. Wellington Elementary PTA Corporation $500. Bluegrass Community Foundation Incorporated $2,500. Beaumont Center Family YMCA $875. Hope Center Incorporated $2,325. American Lung Association of Kentucky Incorporated $1,600. Chrysalis House Incorporated $1,400. Downtown Lexington Corporation $1,000. Lexington Humane Society $1,125. The Temple of Prayer of God in Christ $300. Herod Hills Neighborhood Association Incorporated $900. Dogwood Trace Neighborhood Association Incorporated $900. And Garden Springs Neighborhood Association Incorporated $900. for the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sums stated. Number 13, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a right of entry with Commonwealth of Kentucky, Division of Waste Management for performance of remedial activities at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary at no cost to the Urban County Government. Number 14, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointment of Kenneth Newby, Public Service Supervisor, Grade 111N, 19.089, hourly in the Division of Water Quality, Effective May 30, 2011. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Cynthia Schuster, administrative officer, senior, grade 120E. In the Department of Finance and Administration, effective May 22, 2011. Shondra McCauley, stores clerk, grade 107N. Effective April 26, 2011. Nelson Wright, vehicle and equipment mechanic, grade 110N. Effective April 29, 2011. Anthony King, public service supervisor, senior, grade 114E. Effective April 25, 2011. In the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry. Charles Burchett, Computer Analyst, Grade 1, 15E, in the Division of Computer Services, effective April 25, 2011, ratifying the unclassified civil service appointment of Linda Taylor, Program Administrator, Grade 1, 17E, $2,463.92, biweekly, in the Division of Youth Services, effective June 13, 2011. Number 15, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Chrysalis House, Incorporated, for participation in the Police Activities League. and number 16, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute agreements with Pasadena Neighborhood Association, Inc., $900, and Neighbors United for South Elkhorn Creek, Inc., $692, for the office of the Irvin County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve resolutions? Motion by Council Member Martin. Is there a second? Second by Council Member Stennett. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, you may call the roll. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Aye. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues, Ms. Crosby, Mr. Ellinger, Mr. Farmer, and Mr. Ford. The vote reflects passage. All right, next on our agenda are resolutions. First reading of resolutions, and as soon as you're ready, Madam Clerk. Susan? Resolution number 17, a resolution accepting the bid of Clonch Construction, LLC, in the amount of $787,999.10 for the Meadows, Northland, Arlington Neighborhood Improvements Project Phase 3D for the Division of Community Development and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreement with Clonch Construction, LLC, related to the bid. Number 18, a resolution accepting the bid of CNR Asphalt establishing a unit price contract for crack sealing in the amount of $1.15 per pound for the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry. Number 19, a resolution accepting the bid of American Pavements Incorporated establishing a unit price contract for asphalt emulsion slurry seal in the amount of $2.18 per square yard for the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry. Number 20, a resolution accepting the bid of Pavement Technology, Inc., establishing a unit price contract for asphalt surface maintenance with an asphalt rejuvenating agent in the amount of $0.74 per square yard for the Division of Streets, Roads, and Forestry. 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Irwin County Government to accept the proposal from Securus Technologies for a provision of offender telephone service at the detention center. Twenty-two, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to CHDO agreement with the Fayette County Local Development Corporation for an additional $15,656 in home investment partnership program funds for development for four rental housing units. Twenty-three, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Fayette County Local Development Corporation and G.P. Russell Apartments, LLLP, for an additional $194,000 in-home funds for development of the Russell School property into rental unit for the elderly. Twenty-four, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute Adopt-a-Spot program agreements with Lexington Swingers Golf Club Incorporated, $1,616. Alpha Kappa, $1,023.12, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Etero Chapter, $636.12, for participation in the Adopt-a-Spot roadway cleanups program at a cost not to exceed $3,275.24. 25, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute Amendment No. 14 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 $2,088,076 from $6,856,315.51 to $8,944,391.51. Twenty-six, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement for cost sharing for the Central Kentucky E911 network with Jessamine County, Woodford County, and additional jurisdictions approved by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government's E911 board at no cost to the urban county government. Twenty-seven, a resolution authorizing the Division of Emergency Management 9-1-1 to obtain professional services related to the acquisition of a new public safety radio system from RCC Consultants, incorporated a sole source provider at a cost not to exceed $100,000, and authorizing the mayor to execute any necessary documents. Twenty-eight, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a statement of compliance with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Transportation Cabinet for Bridge Posting Requirements. Twenty-nine, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a contract with services for Group CJ of Lexington, Kentucky for Stormwater Public Outreach and Education for the Division of Environmental Policy at a cost enough to exceed $209,000. Number thirty, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a lease agreement with Mary D. Teeter, doing business as Teeter Hetz for lease of 126 North Broadway. Number 31, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to lease with legal aid of the Bougarists to amend contract 143-2010 for use of additional space and rent at Black and Williams Community Center. Number 32, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a quitclaim deed transferring 3,257 square feet of land located at 211 Corral Street from the Urban County Government to William L. Hassett, Jr. as a trustee under the restated revocable living trust for the benefit of William L. Hassett, Jr., Charles D. Mitchell, Jr., Elizabeth Mitchell, Executrix Estate of James L. Mitchell, and Anne Hassett-Zell upon the expiration of the contract extension for the 166 North Martin Luther King Boulevard on December 31, 2011. Number 33, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointment of Brian Reynolds, Environmental Inspector, Grade 113N, 17.132 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective June 27, 2011. Ratifying the probationary sworn appointment of Matthew Brotherton, Police Sergeant, Grade 315N, 28.588 hourly in the Division of Police, effective May 23, 2011. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointment of Pamela Proctor, accountant, Grade 113E, in the Division of Accounting, effective June 13, 2011. Number 34, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following. Hourly, Eric Wheeler, 16.814. Hourly, Equipment Operator, Senior, Grade 109N, in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage and authorizing the beginning employment upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required. 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a partial release of sanitary sewer easement, releasing a portion of a sanitary sewer easement on property located at 3050 Spur Road. Number 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a partial release of easements, releasing a portion of utility easement and a portion of a stormwater detention easement on property located at 1650 Bryan Station Road. Number 37, a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a settlement agreement with TCF National Bank for payment of liens and securing of Pennington Place, 205-215-245 Codale Drive. Number 38. A resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept the proposals for FY2012 for excess workers' compensation insurance from New York Marine and General Insurance Company at a cost not to exceed $303,672. $472.00, excess property boiler and machinery insurance from Public Entity Property Insurance Program at a cost not to exceed $260,806, excess special liability from National Casualty Company at a cost not to exceed $460,995, and aviation liability from Old Republic Insurance Company and Phoenix Aviation Managers at a cost not to exceed $8,054, and subject to sufficient funds being appropriated for the purposes and authorizing the Mayor to execute all relevant documents. Number 39, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to specialty vehicle acquisition, Corporation SVAC, doing business as ASC, pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act created by House Bill 3 of the 2009 Extraordinaire Legislative Session, whereby Lexington Fayette-Urban County Government agrees to forego the collection of 1% of the occupational license fees that would otherwise be due to it, which shall be retained by ASC for a term of not longer than 10 years from the activation date established by the Kentucky Business Investment Program, subject to the limitations contained in the Kentucky Business Investment Act and any agreement ASC has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Madam Clerk, hold on. Let me excuse you, Ms. Chessman. I need to ask that we kind of calm down just a little bit so we can hear the clerk reading the ordinances. Thank you all very much. Number 40, a resolution authorizing the granting of an inducement to transposagin biopharmaceuticals incorporated as pursuant to the Kentucky business investment act created by House Bill 3 of the 2009 extraordinary legislative session, whereby Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government agrees to forego the collection of 1% of the occupational license fee that would otherwise be due to it, which shall be retained by Transposagin Biopharmaceuticals Incorporated for a term of not longer than 10 years from the activation date established by the Kentucky Business Investment Program, subject to the limitations contained in the Kentucky Business Investment Act and in any agreement Transposagin Biopharmaceuticals Incorporated has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 41, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Lockheed Martin Corporation pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act created by House Bill 3 of the 2009 Extraordinary Legislative Session, whereby Lexington-Fayden-Arbor County Government agrees to forego the collection of the 1% of the occupational license fee that would otherwise be due to it, which shall be retained by Lockheed Martin Corporation for a term not longer than 10 years from the activation date established by the Kentucky Business Investment Program subject to limitations contained in the Kentucky Business Investment Act and any agreement Lockheed Martin Corporation has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. 42, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Neogen Corporation pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act created by House Bill 3 of the 2009 Extraordinary Legislative Session, whereby Lexington-Fayden-Urban County Government agrees to forego the collection of 1% of the occupational license fees that otherwise would be due to it, which shall be retained by Neogen Corporation for a term of not longer than 10 years from the activation date established by the Kentucky Business Investment Program subject to limitations contained in the Kentucky Business Investment Act and any agreement Neogen Corporation has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. 43, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Tempur-Pedic National pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act created by House Bill 3 of the 2009 Extraordinary Legislative Session, whereby Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Government agrees to forego the collection of 1% of the occupational license fee that would otherwise be due to it, which shall be retained by Tempur-Pedic International for a term of not longer than 10 years from the activation date established by the Kentucky Business Investment Program, subject to the limitations contained in the Kentucky Business Investment Act and any agreement Tempur-Pedic International has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority and the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 44, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute facility usage agreements with various youth baseball leagues for the use of baseball fields. 45, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a donation from the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association of various items and $660 for the Junior Citizen Police Academy program and $350 for supplies to the Bureau of Patrol Division of Police. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an ACH credit authorization with open portal solutions incorporated for credit deposits. Number 47, as walked on during the Committee of the Whole report, a resolution promoting open and transparent government and open data and directing the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to develop agreements with regional partners to publish and maintain public data sets that are open and freely available, develop a strategy to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media, and organize regional contests to encourage the development of software applications to collect, organize, and share public data. Number 47, as walked on during the Committee of the Whole, a resolution amending Section 1.102 of the Council Rules revising the job responsibilities and supervision of the Council Administrator to include serving as budget analyst and responsibility for training. council members, council aides, and core staff providing that the term of appointment for the core staff shall be four years with the initial term ending on December 31, 2014, and specifying that council aides shall perform only government-related work. Okay, that one was 48, and this one's 49. That's what happens when you don't have numbers in front of you and your brain's tired. 49. A resolution approving the job descriptions for the positions of research analyst, grade 118E, and council administrative specialist, grade 115E, for the Urban County Council Office. And that is all that has been processed. Are there any motions for walk-ons? Council Member Blues. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place on the docket a resolution authorizing the mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for water quality sampling and analysis in the West Heckman watershed at a cost not to exceed $57,923. So move. That's a motion. Council Member Blue, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, take a vote. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Opposed, no. Motion passes. Madam Clerk, can you give a first reading? This will be resolution number 50, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for Water Quality Sampling and Analysis in the West Hickman Watershed at a cost not to exceed $57,923. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Are there any other walk-alls? No. All right. Are there any motions for suspensions of the rules for second reading? Council Member Crosby. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to suspend the rules and get a second reading on number 37. Many of you all have toured this property with us. It is Pennington Place. This agreement that we have with law will allow them to go ahead and secure the property and take care of what needs to be done on that property to get it up to code. And if there's further questions, it's up for master sale, in fact, this week. But this also gives them the ability to have until November 10th, as I understand it. And if it does not sell by that time, then in December it will go up for master sale. So I just wanted to request a second reading. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Crosby. Unless there's an objection, we'll do these in Globo and Mass and take all of them together, all of the second reading. It looks like we've got more. So Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. Number 36, I'd like to have a second reading. This is holding up the Bryan Station Kroger current expansion project, so this will allow them to continue their work. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Ford. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to Resolutions 22 and 23. This is for the Fayette Local Development Corporation to allow them to continue their housing work, particularly with the Russell School redevelopment. Thank you. Council Member Ford. Are there more suspensions? My notes say... Mayor. Yeah, Glenda. Oh, that's right. Thank you. On behalf of the administration, we're requesting second reading on number 30. This piece of property is located at the Broadway shops, and the tenant needs to move out of her current location and would like to move into the Broadway shops this weekend, and we need to execute a lease with her. The second one is number 31, which is an amendment to the lease with legal aid of the Bluegrass. They actually have summer interns, and they need additional space to place those individuals, so they will be renting additional space from us, and we need to amend their lease. Number 32, we need to extend the contract for this piece of property. It actually expires on June the 30th, and we will be extending it until December the 31st. Number 34, which is the personnel resolution that authorizes us to make conditional offers to these employees so that we can send them for their physical and direct screening. And then the last one is number 38, which is the insurance. Our current policy expires on June 30th, and so we need to have approval prior to July 1st. There's a motion to approve. Let me just identify the ones again. I've got 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, and 38. I have a motion from Council Member Ellinger, a second from Vice Mayor Gordon to approve. I'm sorry, Mayor, I missed one. I apologize. Oh, okay. Number 35, it's a partial easement release, and this needs to be done so that the project can continue. All right. Council Member Ellinger moved to approve, seconded by Vice Mayor Gordon. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, ready for a vote. To suspend. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Madam Clerk, would you give a second reading, please? Most certainly will. Second reading to the suspended resolutions. Number 22, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to CHDO agreement with the Fayette County Local Development Corporation for an additional $15,656 in home investment partnership program funds for the development of four rental housing units. Number 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Fayette County Local Development Corporation and G.P. Russell Apartments, LLLP, for an additional $194,000 in home funds for the development of the Russell School property into rental unit for the elderly. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute a lease agreement with Mary D. Teeter, doing business as Teeter Hats for lease at 126 North Broadway. 31, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irvin County Government to execute an amendment to lease with the legal aid of the Bluegrass to amend contract number 143-2010 for the use of additional space and rent at Black and Williams Community Center. 32. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a quitclaim deed transferring 3,257 square feet of land located at 211 Corral Street from the urban county government to William L. Hassett, Jr. as a trustee under the restated Revocable Living Trust for the benefit of William L. Hassett, Jr., Charles D. Mitchell, Jr., Elizabeth Mitchell, Executives, the State of James L. Mitchell, and Anne Hassett-Zell upon the expiration of the contract extension for the 166 North Martin Luther King Boulevard on December 31, 2011. 34. A resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following, David Price, 12.459 hourly. Andrew Jackson, 12.097 hourly. Sherman Cook, 13.912 hourly. Carson Ritchie, 12.459 hourly. Sonia Taylor, 16.814 hourly. Anthony Sullivan, 12.459 hourly. Ross Strong, 13.524 hourly. Robert Bailey, 18.750 hourly. Eric Wheeler, 16.814 hourly. Equipment operator senior, grade 109 in. The Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage, and authorizing the beginning employment upon successful completion of a physical or medical examination as required. Number 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a partial release of sanitary sewer easement, releasing a portion of sanitary sewer easement on property located at 3050 Spur Road. 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a partial release of easements, releasing a portion of a utility easement and a portion of a stormwater detention easement on a property located at 1650 Bryan Station Road. Number 37, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a settlement agreement with TCF National Bank for payment of liens and securing of Pennington Place 205-215-245 Codale Drive. Section 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept the proposals for FY2012 for excess workers' compensation insurance from New York Marine and General Insurance Company at a cost not to exceed $303,672. Excess property boiler and machinery insurance from public entity property insurance program at a cost not to exceed $260,806. Excess special liability from national casualty company at a cost not to exceed $460,995. An aviation liability from Old Republic Insurance Company and Phoenix Aviation managers at a cost not to exceed $8,054. and subject to sufficient funds being appropriated for the purpose and authorizing purposes and authorizing the mayor to execute all relevant documents. And, oh, that's it. That's it. Thank you, Madam Clerk. There's a motion to approve by Council Member Ellinger. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member McCord. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, I ask Susan, if you'll be able to approve. please call the roll. Thank you. Ms. Gordon? Aye. Ms. Henson? Aye. Mr. Kay? Yes. Mr. Lane? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Mr. Martin? Yes. Mr. McCord? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes. Mr. Stennett? Aye. Mr. Beard? Aye. Mr. Blues? Yes. Ms. Crosby? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Mr. Farmer? Yes. And Mr. Ford? Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the second readings of the ordinances. Next on our agenda, communications from the mayor. Second. Who made the motion? Council Member Farmer. Motion by Council Member Farmer, second by Vice Mayor Gorton. Is there any discussion? Mr. Stenet. Thank you, Mayor. On number three, on the reappointment to the Board of Health, I know I had a conversation earlier with your office in regards to an update. I think that update would be beneficial to the full council. So if we can schedule a time to kind of bring us all back in the loop, given what's happened in the past with the airport board, the library board. I know there's been some issues out here back in February. I don't think we've had an update as a whole. So if we can give an update as to what's happening with the primary care center and the relationship with the Board of Health, as well as, you know, I have no problem with these board appointments or holding them up tonight. I understand we've got to get them on board to do some budgeting. So I would think it would be beneficial to have an update on the situation out there. So however we can do it, as soon as we can do it, let us do it. Sure thing. Yep. We will do that. I think Jeffrey's here. Was available. If there were questions, I think you talked to Jeff today, Councilman Stenet, And Dr. Leach was here as well, but it looks like he's not here. But we'll arrange that. We'll need to do that. Thank you. And Council Member Blues is on that board as well. Oh, Council Member Lane. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. This is just merely a technical question, but I noticed that item number seven, Chris Ford to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. And that's in his capacity as a district council member. But his term as district council member expires before January 14, 2015. So maybe the term should be for the term of his current tenure in the council and with reappointment at a later date. It's just a technical issue. I think you should ask for it. That's what we can count on. Obviously, there's no objection. We can count on close inspection around this horseshoe. There we go. Council Member, I think it'd be okay to make that adjustment. Council Member Ford. That'd be fine. We'll take one step at a time. We can do that. Thank you. Council Member Lawless. Yes. Is this the each council member recommends a representative from their district? Is this different than that? Okay, thank you. Anybody else? Okay. All right. Ready for a vote? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. All opposed, no. Motion carries. Next on our agenda, announcements. The floor is available for announcements by any council member. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I don't really have an announcement, but I do have a question about in the past on our dockets, we've received any resignations by employees, and I've asked this several times, I think, resignations or terminations. And I don't know. I just like to track that per department or division, see if we can't get that on the docket. If I may address that, that comes to our office, and that comes from the Division of Human Resources. And so when we receive them, we do put them on there. Okay. Maybe there hasn't been any, but... That's the way I understand it. I mean, I'm not Division of Human Resources, but. If Commissioner Graham, if you could make sure that that, I appreciate it. Thanks. Thank you, Council Member Henson. I know that come up before when I was a council member and Council Member Ellinger was asking those questions. I was asking those questions. I hope it's not something that may have slipped up on us. It may have. But we, pardon, yeah, I doubt it, though. You said you hoped there hadn't been any, but I doubt it. So, Janet, you might, you know, check with Leslie on that, because if you'll look back historically, and Susan can probably help you show you where those have occurred in the past in terms of the record. And it is worthwhile because it allows the council to see trends if there are some that are helpful. Okay. Any other announcements? Nobody signed on. Okay. All right. Next on the agenda is public comment. Now, some folks have already spoken. Bernard, you've been really patient, been with us all night. Thank you, sir. For the record, my name is Bernard McCarthy and my address is 515 Harry Street. First off, I want to say that you should not be bribing businesses to move here by giving them lower tax rates than the businesses that are already here. and I say this not from a competitive standpoint, but from a standpoint of the fact that the tax rates you charge in occupational license tax, property tax, etc., they just barely cover if you charged everybody that moves here the same rate as those that are here all along. That just barely covers the increase in this government's operating expenses caused by the growth. you're not getting anything towards the infrastructure needs created by growth of our population and businesses. If anything, if a business moves into a building that has sat vacant, they should still pay at least as much in taxes as a business that's been here all along. If they put up a brand new building on land that was empty, you should, if anything, be charging them impact fees as part of the price of the building permit on top of the normal taxes that everybody has to pay every year. Having pointed that out, I will also say that we need more effort put into transportation across the board. While I'm particular about roads, we also need sidewalks, bike lanes, and probably more buses as well. And believe it or not, I actually have ridden Let's Tram buses twice within the past week. because it just so happened that my bicycle got a flat tire and my pickup truck malfunctioned all in the same weekend. Thank you, Bernard. Anyone else wish to have an opportunity for public comment? All right. No one else signed up. All right. Thank you so much. There's nothing further on the agenda. However, I'm aware that there is a closed session for council business, right? Council Member Stennett? Yes, sir. All right, sir. I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.8101F for the purpose of discussions which might lead to an appointment or dismissal of an employee. I got it. It's a motion to go into closed session by Council Member Stennett, second by Council Member Hanson. Is there any discussion? All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, no. Motion passes. If I could ask the audience is vacating the chambers. This is the process, folks, for you all who haven't been here before. Now the council is going into a closed session for personnel issues. Thank you all for coming tonight. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Do I have a motion to, well, first of all, we want to thank Mr. Alden Marlow for his long service to urban county government. Yes. Thank you, Alden. We wish you well. Do I hear a motion to adjourn? Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anybody opposed? Have a good weekend. We're adjourned.