about the summary. I need a motion. Second. Okay, motion by Council Member Henson, second by Council Member Farmer to approve the summary. And I would simply, for Farmer, ask Council Members to go to page three of the docket where Vice Mayor Gorton spoke, and the comment was about Council Member Martin recusing himself on the zone change, and I said that was disrespectful. I was not referring to... I think that's out of context. If you could just remove... Vice Mayor Gorton said this was disrespectful because it had nothing to do with Council Member Martin and what he said. No second. Would someone? Move to remove. Council Member Ellinger moved to remove and Council Member McCord moved to second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Thank you. Are there other changes? or a discussion about the summary? Okay. If not, all those in favor of approving the amended summary say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Thank you very much. Although there are no budget amendments in the packet, last Tuesday we did ask for a budget amendment to be tabled until today and be brought back today. So does budgeting have that? You all will remember that had to do with, well, Ryan's going to explain it. We tabled it until today. Mr. Barrow. Yes, the budget amendment was in reference to the default housing loan. We discussed in more detail at the budget retreat. It was approximately $443,000 to put a budget line item to pay that. And the Council has not approved that. It was brought to us last Tuesday and was to come off the table today. Do you need a motion to get it approved? I believe to get it back on the docket, yes. Do I hear any motions? Move to re-tourism to the docket. Second. So Councilmember Blues moved to return it to the docket. Councilmember Beard seconded it. Is there any discussion of it? We did have an explanation at the budget retreat. If Councilmembers want to hear that again in brief. I found it. Is there any discussion? No one needs to hear an explanation. So that being said, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Thank you, Mr. Barrow. Next on the agenda is new business. Moved approved. Second. Council Member Ellinger moves approval. Council Member Beard seconds. This is pages 8 through 42 in your packet. Are there any questions or comments or discussion? This is items A through J. Thank you. really renovations more, just regular maintenance and repairs to keep it up to code? There are a few code items as well as some of the motor and some of the control numbers going to be changed and updated. Part of the consulting fee includes a complete and thorough condition assessment of every unit and then coming up with about two or three different options for us to be able to, obviously the codes would be the number one issue. We need to make sure we meet all those. And the next one would be actually trying to see which option would give us the biggest expansion of useful life cycle for each of those units. It's a combination of many different items wrapped into one. Do you anticipate there'll be any other, in other words, more cost lighter, or do you think this will be required? That $56,000 should take care of all the consulting fee that we need for this project. Okay. Yes. Thank you very much. Sure. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Number B, the sidewalks at Tays Creek. Is that Keith Leving? I'd say it's Keith. Could you give me an update and see where we're at here? Sure. What's going on? We are in the process of acquiring right-of-way, and we've still got about seven properties that we need MOU signed and then we'll go through the declosing. Hope to have all this completed sometime in March for the right-of-way and then we'll be able to begin submitting the plans for approval to the state. Looks like construction is going to be late summer. We're going to start construction this summer. With completion at what time, hopefully? Probably end of the year, first part of next year. And we've got so many unknowns that it's hard to give an exact date, but we are moving forward. Thank you so much. Is there anyone else? Councilmember Beard, I think you dropped off our list. Did you want to speak? Okay. Councilmember Beard. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Keith, the $130,000, is that an estimate of what it's going to take for the ones that you have got agreement from and the ones you haven't? No, that's an estimate for everything. We went ahead and we've got appraisals for all the property that we need, and so that covers all of the right-of-way for this project. Okay. I guess I just wasn't clear about the apportioning of the money and whether you're going to have to see it again or not. If for whatever reason we don't get a piece of property, then we don't spend that money. Yeah, I understand. And you turn it back to the council office, is that the way it works? Yeah. Well, we don't get it, so we haven't spent it. I'm sorry that had to go over your head, but everybody backed out of the way after that. Thank you. Okay. Councilmember Farmer. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I know this represents a lot of work just to have gotten this far, and we have kind of a stakeholders meeting set up for the next week. I just wanted to discuss with the council members that are involved with this project the issues we've got with some of the property that we need to acquire. Just wanted to bring you all up to speed and let you know where we are and where we stand. I appreciate that very much. Look forward to that meeting and to the completion of this fine project. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Is that meeting set? That meeting is next Wednesday? February the 8th, I believe. I invited just the three council districts, but you're more than welcome to attend if you want to. It is. I know it's next Wednesday at 2, isn't it? I thought it was 10, too. Okay, it is at 10, yes. That's why calendars are so beautiful. I'll look forward to hearing from my colleagues how it goes. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Council Member Lane? Right. My question is, could you give me a general idea of how the valuation of that land was made? I know you had an appraisal. Is there some type of a linear foot, square foot, or how does that work? It's a square foot basis, and we got the property appraised, and then we just attached that value for each property. The same value would apply all the way down the road pretty much. And would you also just for the record state how we're paying for that, how we're funding that? It is through the congestion mitigation and air quality grant. It's a federal grant that we acquired a couple years ago. Okay. Thank you. Good job. Council Member Kay. Thank you, Vice Mayor. This is a separate item. I don't know if anybody else had anything for Keith. Okay, thank you. My question is on item D, which is a consulting service agreement. And I don't know if there's anybody present who can speak to that issue. The main question is why, is this not capacity we have within government or why there's a substantial consulting agreement for this work? Apologize. Jane had asked me to speak on behalf. If you recall, we've mentioned several times in the budget process there was efficiency throughout government. I think the estimate was $250,000. This is one of the finance components of the banking procurement. We as a government have hundreds of accounts, and we want to have a systematic review of all our accounts. Each account we have open requires a certain fee associated with that. We currently have all our money come into one pot, and then we parse it out. So it's not just the procurement of banking services in and of itself. It's a total restructure of the cash flow within government that will then have the next step of additional banking services procurement. So Jane's done this in Louisville, and the consultant more than paid for themselves in terms of being able to close accounts and revise the cash flow process within metro government in Louisville. Do you want to add anything to Cindy? The other pieces of this are also a needs assessment. They're going to conduct a banking needs assessment to understand what services we need, make some recommendations on services we should be using that we haven't even thought about, and try to centralize the purchase. The ultimate goal of this will be to help advise us, and we will bid a new bank contract. We feel that our fees and the payment that we are making for services are much higher than they should be. And it's kind of a niche market, banking and the way banking bids, contracts, et cetera. It is helpful to have a third party help us understand what they're actually bidding on and use the same terminology. Does that make sense? So is it fair to say that that capacity does not exist within government? and that typically maybe Jane when she was in Louisville and other governments would typically engage someone like this to assist with this process? Yes, their client list is huge, major cities, Ohio State University, other large not-for-profit entities, because they tend to engage services as they need them and then trying to pull it all together under one umbrella and bid it out to a bank in such a way that the bank can understand it and leverage their own service capacity, it's really a little bit beyond our ability. And from what we have seen through this RFP process, most entities use a third party. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Council members, does anyone else wish to speak about new business? If not, all those in favor of approving say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. We'll move right along to continuing business. First, does someone have an MDF motion to bring? Motion to approve. Aye. Council Member McCord moved. Council Member Blue seconded to approve the Neighborhood Development Funds. Any questions, comments? All those in favor, say aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Item B is a general government committee update. Council Member Lane. Thank you, Vice Mayor. This is a report on three meetings that have been held in the last month or so because we had the vacation in between. November 15th, and this is a summary of that meeting, The Parks Acquisition Fund reported a $1.44 million balance as of 10-31-11. Jill Burlinson of the Parks Advisory Board presented the aquatics management plan that recommended closing Berry Hill and Constitution Pools and reinventing the other pools at a cost of $1.33 million. Lee Myers, the chair of the Parks Advisory Board, presented the golf management plan. and then that meeting ran long and the committee scheduled a special meeting on December 1st to continue discussion on the aquatic and golf management plans. There were no motions presented to the council. On December 1st, the golf management plan was discussed in more detail. Vice Mayor Gorton made a motion for Parks and Recreation to meet with the CAO and others to develop an updated set of policy recommendations to provide more flexibility for golf operations. That was seconded by Council Member McCord, and it passed without dissent. That is not a motion that we're bringing to the Council, but a recommendation of the Committee. Council Member Myers made a motion to have the LFUCG Golf Pros prepare a plan to improve the management and operation of the golf courses. that was seconded by Council Member Beard, and that passed without dissent. The January 10 meeting, the Gulf and Aquatics Management Plan were further discussed. Council Member Stenet requested a report from Parks to demolish Berry Hill and Constitution Pools and to provide costs to reprogram each for new uses, and that was placed on the February 7, 2000 agenda for the committee. And we also confirmed that Director Jerry Hancock will present a management summary of the Parks Master Plan and any recommendations for revisions on that February 7th meeting. The committee voted to delete the graffiti trash abatement from the items in committee. There was no further action, and the committee adjourned at 1240 p.m. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. You might have a question coming up. Council Member McCord, did you have a question? Not a question. I want to bring a clarification to one of the items. As Council Member Lane said, we had the golf management report out, and in that report out we saw that we are currently subsidizing golf in Lexington about $1.2 million. That plan brought forward a way of saving money, $400,000 plus. I'll round it up to $500,000. And so in July, I'd asked for that to be brought forward to us, and I'd asked that Goff bring us a plan that shows us revenue neutral, what it would take. So this council would understand, the administration would understand, what we're looking at if Goff was to make enough money to sustain itself. So that plan didn't quite meet that objective. And so one of the things that we're going to bring forward here in the next week or so is a resolution that I've been working with the General Services Commissioner and Commissioner of Law on as to what it is that this council, from a policy standpoint, is willing to subsidize golf. So what we have is a $1.2 million loss. We bring in $2 million. We spend $3.2 million. I think that's a very large subsidy. We've seen where this action plan may shave that down, $500,000. I still believe $700,000 to subsidize golf. when we're browning out fire stations and we've got some of the issues that we've got with our employees and so forth, is not an acceptable number for me. So I'll be bringing forward a resolution to find out exactly where this council lands on what we will subsidize golf with. And probably a Part B of that is to move golf to an enterprise fund so they can keep their own money inside that and then find out exactly what that subsidy is. And so the administration going into the budget season and the council going into budget season and golf going into budget season understands what they have to work with. So I just want to make a point of clarification that we mentioned this at the budget retreat on Thursday, but I'll be bringing forward that resolution, Council Member Lane, in the next week or so. And we'll see as a council, as a policy matter, what we want to do as it relates to subsidizing golf. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other comments or questions for Council Member Lane? All right. Thank you very much. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Next is the Social Service Community Development Committee update. Council Member Myers is not here. Council Member Henson, you're the vice chair. Will you be reporting? Yes, vice mayor. Okay. That's on page 44. There is a detailed minutes in your packet, I have a brief summary that was prepared by Council Member Myers. The Social Services and Community Development Committee met on January 17th to determine which elements in each of the current Community Development Block Grant public improvement slated projects would be eligible for funding through the stormwater quality management fee. As well, we received an update from Director Irene Gooding on the CDBG and home funds. There did not seem to be any opportunity for transferring any of the CDBG projects to the Stormwater Quality Management Fund. So no motions were made. The next committee will meet February 7th, and we'll hear a presentation on Section 108 CDBG loan funding program, as well as have an update from Commissioner Mills on the recovery of social services and its partner agencies. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for Council Member Henson? Thank you, Council Member Henson. Next is Council Reports. And we have first up Councilmember Doug Martin. As everybody knows, today is the filing deadline for council races in Lexington. And as it was indicated in the paper today, I'm not running. I think four years is plenty of this. And I have certainly a new level of respect for council members who do this for a long time. It is an overwhelming task. and four years has been a vigorous and wealthy end of this year have been quite a long enough run. I have young children. My mom's 91, and so I think for those reasons and to actually get back to working for a living, I have decided not to run again. So it has been really a sincere privilege and an honor to serve with such distinguished folks here on the council, and I look forward to vigorous conclusions and debates for the rest of this year. I also wanted to say that Judge Shepard in Franklin County is issued an injunction on the filing deadline for legislative offices. And so more interesting times ahead of us on the state level, But it has been an honor to serve with fellow council members, and I look forward to this year as well. Thank you, Mayor. Vice Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Martin. I think that I heard that Council Member Blues is forming a lame duck club. I don't know if he's invited you yet or not. Well, you know, Council Member Kay actually quacked at me at the Harrods Hill Neighborhood Association. So I can tell you, I was told by a former council member, close friend, that once you get off the council, you're just a sack of potatoes again. And so I didn't realize it was once you announced that you're not coming back to council that you'd be a sack of potatoes. So it was very good quacking, though, Steve. Thank you. Well, we look forward to almost a whole year of folks who are getting off the council. So thank you. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And I just want to say to those of you that have decided not to hang in there with us, but each of you, I think, you know, I've said many, many times that I think we have an excellent council. And I've watched council meetings for many years prior to coming on council. And maybe it's because I'm sitting here, but it just seems that we have such a good group. so you will be missed. And I know Jay McCord, and I'm like, I get so sick of hearing about staying healthy and running. But you are right, honey. And you're a wonderful father. Riley couldn't be more of a luckier young lady. And I just want to say to member Blues to keep his shoes on. He's going to be running off in the mountains without his shoes. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Retreat information. But, and Casey, good luck to you. And we've still got another year to finish up. And same to you, Council Member Martin. I think you're all great people, and I know how hard we work. So I do, hopefully my time hasn't run out. I have a question. I have a big concern about the corrections, community corrections. We've recently passed the collective bargaining. It seems that I'm really hoping that things are turning around out there, but I wanted to ask about the hiring of the new director. Commissioner Mason. I guess I'm concerned you have advertised for the position, and I was told that there were some really good candidates. That's correct. But my concern is that because it's in committee to study the best practices for the detention center, would that cause problems with us hiring a really good director that we might have the opportunity to get? I don't think there's any question, but it would. A governance study, as you all heard in the last special public safety committee meeting, has a lot of moving parts. It has a lot of complexity, some of which are legal. Some are basic questions of liability that have not been answered. There's been no firm proposal presented in terms of whether there's a real cost savings by transferring governance. And we feel like this administration needs to move forward to go ahead and hire somebody and put the question to rest. With the lingering question, there is reluctance of applicants to commit. We have already conducted a round of interviews, have a couple of very outstanding candidates, and both of them asked that question. I've had some mention of an interest in having this position become appointed rather than a civil service. Is that possible? That's a state law. So, again, we'd be back to trying to deal with something in Frankfurt. I would defer to the law commissioner for specifics on that, but my basic understanding is that it's a KRS, so we would have to, again, go to Frankfurt and request their assistance in making a change. Okay, thank you. I guess I do think this is a matter that it is in Social Services Committee, and I know that committee is overloaded. Public safety. I'm sorry. Public safety. And I think we need to move forward on this probably faster than it's going. So thank you. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Did you want to respond to Council Member Henson? Okay. Do you want to come back? Okay, that's fine. I think Council Member Henson brought up some excellent points. and I had a question for Commissioner Mason. I was under the impression that Lyme Bishop was appointed. I don't think so. No, he was not. He was civil service. Okay, and where are you in the hiring process other than it being advertised? Have interviews started? Yes, we've started interviews. We have a second interview tomorrow. And who's doing the interviews? Staff here, Commissioner Level, along with Jeff Reed. Is that the normal process for hiring a director? As far as I know, yes. Okay. And were any of those applicants that are being considered people who currently work in our corrections facility? I really don't think it's appropriate to get into details about the applicant pool. Okay. I think it's an HR kind of question. Okay. Thank you. Council members, we have other council members who want to speak to this topic, if we could take them. Council Member Martin. Thank you. Commissioner, I just have, I guess, a question. And this may have been asked again, but so this position will be a civil service position? Yes. And I guess my follow-up question is for legal. what would it take to make this a commissioner-level position subject to be retained at the will of the mayor, at the pleasure of the mayor, to serve at the pleasure of the mayor? I haven't researched that, but I think there's both a provision in the charter, and I believe that there's a state statute that the community corrections director is civil service. I'd have to look at that. But I think at one point I was asked that, and we took a look, and I believe there's a state statutory provision on that, too. Could you come back and talk to us about that? Because I'm not comfortable hiring a new director under the existing framework. There's not enough oversight and management. And I like the idea of the mayor's office being able to make a change if it's not working. And so if you could look at that and either e-mail us or come back and talk to us about what has to happen in order to make that a commissioner type of position, I personally would be interested in that. Okay. I should be able to send out an e-mail, and then if there are questions, we can address them Thursday night if that sounds okay. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak on this exact topic? Okay. Very good. Councilmember Kay. Thank you, Vice Mayor. A couple things. First, I'm going to do my best not to quack again at Councilmember Martin or any of the other lame ducks, but I can't make any promises. You never know. Secondly, there are kind of many heavy responsibilities that come with being in public office, and so I invite all of my colleagues tonight to Cosmic Charlie's following the Tennessee game or while it's going on. I've been asked to judge the whiskers competition. The what? Whiskers competition. They're having a whiskers competition. I don't know. Whiskers? Whiskers. Do we bring our pets? No, I think it's human whiskers, but I don't know. So there will be a whiskers competition. Cosme Chollies after the game tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Kay. Council Member McCord. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Just a quick announcement that as the Clay's Mill Road project proceeds, sometime in the next week it looks like there's an opportunity for us to gain some ground by closing down Clay's Mill, all of it, for a brief period of time during one day. And so I just want to give constituents a heads up that that certainly would be signaged and passed out through the neighborhood associations and through the e-mail lists, but that there would be potentially a period of time on one particular day for a number of hours where we may close so that we can get this done and not have to stretch it out over a couple days. So I just want to let folks know. Thank you. Is there any other council member with a council report? If not, I have one item. Council members, you'll recall when we had first reading of the collective bargaining agreement for community corrections, you asked for a workshop presentation. and we identified one date where we didn't have a conflict, February 16th for a workshop, and the attorney who has dealt with the collective bargaining for corrections cannot be here that day. So I would like to propose, and our council administrator actually emailed all of you about this, that we have this as a presentation on February 14th at work session, which will be before the second reading on the 16th, so I just wanted to be sure that suits you. And if there are no complaints about that, I'll ask our council administrator to go ahead and schedule that as a presentation on February 14th for the community corrections bargaining agreement. Council Member Lawless. Yes, I just wanted to remind people in the Imperial Precinct, which used to be in Council Member Henson's district, that they are now in the 3rd district, and the Triangle Park Precinct that used to be in the 2nd district, Dr. Blue's, are both now in the 3rd district. And so I'm sending out a notice, but just wanted to remind people, if you live in those areas, I'm now your council member with 3rd District. You're now in the 3rd District, so welcome to the 3rd District. And I've been trying to make my way around, but just wanted to let folks know that. Thank you. Thank you. Any other council reports? There is no mayor's report. Is there any public comment? Issues not on the agenda. Anyone from the public wish to speak? We have a motion by Council Member Stenet, second by Council Member Crosby. All those in favor say aye. Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you very much. Thank you.