November 20th, 2014, and this is our Thursday night council meeting. Welcome. And first up, I'd like to ask our clerk to call the roll. Mr. Clark? I'm here. Mr. Ellinger? Here. Mr. Farmer? Mr. Ford? Here. Ms. Gordon? Here. Ms. Henson? Mr. Kay? Here. Mr. Lane? Ms. Lawless? Here. Ms. Massadi? Here. Mr. Myers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Gutchfield? Here. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. And Mr. Beard? Present. Thank you. Thank you very much. and now I'd like to introduce Pastor Josh Brown from Remnant Community Church, and he's here to offer our invocation. Welcome. Thank you for this opportunity. If you will bow your heads. Father God, in the name of Jesus, God, we just thank you, God. We thank you for this day, God, that you have allowed us to see. And, oh, God, I just pray, God, oh, God, that during this council meeting, oh, God, that you would be here, God, that your spirit would rest, rule, and abide here, God. We thank you, God, for what you're doing, God, in the midst of this city council, God. We pray for our mayor, God. We pray, God, that you would give some wisdom and strength, God, oh, God, to lead this city, God. I thank you, God, for what you're going to do in the midst of here, God. I pray for each and every council member, God. We thank you, God, for their call, God, to lead this city, God, and I pray, God, that you would give them peace, God, even as they make difficult decisions, God, even as they have to deal with difficult issues, God. Lord, we just thank you for what you're doing in the midst of here, God. We thank you for wisdom, God. You said that if we would ask for wisdom, that you would give it to us, God. And we just thank you and praise you in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you very much, Pastor Brown. Do I hear a motion about the minutes of October 23rd? Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Akers motioned and Council Member Beard seconded to approve October 23rd minutes. All those in favor, please say, is there any discussion, first of all? All those in favor, please say aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Now I will head to the podium for a presentation. Thank you. We have, I was going to ask Charlie Lanter to please join me. And we also have Christine Leisner and Walter Brown with us. And we need to crowd on up here. Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is part of a national campaign to draw attention to these issues in November when many people are thankful and looking for ways to serve and give back to their community. In Lexington, a local committee led by the University of Kentucky Center for Community Outreach has scheduled activities throughout this week that included a film screening at the Black Box Theater, a discussion panel involving people who are currently homeless, and a social issues banquet, among other activities. The week's activities have sought to engage UK students with the local community of service providers and people experiencing homelessness. Here tonight with us are Christine Leisner, a graduate student with the Center for Community Outreach, and Walter Brown, student president of UK's Campus Kitchen Project. Welcome. And I think I'll go ahead and ask Charlie Lanter to read the proclamation that we have. Would you like to do that? Thank you. So I've been fortunate to work with these folks for the past month or two, and they've been really impressive. And we just wanted to make sure we recognize the work that they've done. So Mayor Jim Gray, who couldn't be here tonight. In recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and in support of its efforts to promote awareness and education about the underlying issues affecting hunger and homelessness, does hereby proclaim November 15th through the 23rd, 2014 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Thank you. Thank you. Is that all right? Yes. Okay. Hi, everyone. My name's Christine. I'm the planning chair for the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at UK through the Center for Community Outreach. And I would just like to thank the council and the mayor for offering your support and guidance to support us in this process of educating UK students. I think many times students aren't necessarily aware of these issues. I know that they're not aware that 1,600 people in Lexington are currently experiencing homelessness. this. Kentucky was ranked fourth in poverty across the nation and so these issues really do touch home and the UK students are really engaged this year and I would just like to thank you for your partnerships across the community. It's been very meaningful for us. And this is one of our students who has recently started a new organization on campus called Campus Kitchens, which is reusing food that was good to serve people in Lexington that might not have food. Hello, I want to thank you for allowing me to speak to you all. I have started Campus Kitchens at the University of Kentucky. It recovers excess food both on campus and off campus with the goal to donate to charity and help those in need. Our partners right now are Catholic Action Center In MLK Academy, we make them 40 meals a week when they're on campus for tutoring. And we also are creating other partnerships such as with Hope Center and Lexington Rescue Mission. And the goal is to try to get students more connected to the community and helping the city of Lexington and the residents that struggle in the city of Lexington. Thank you. Thank you so much. And if you'll, council members, if you'll join us up in the front, we'll have a photo. Thank you so much. Come on, guys. Anytime. Hold on. Oh, did you get a reply? You got a response? yeah will please i expected to reply i thought that was a share with you i'll reply At this time, Bill O'Mara and Joe Schaller are going to accept that this looks like Janet Graham. Give us an update presentation on the firefighters, lieutenants, and captains collective bargaining agreement. Welcome. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I just wanted to give a short introduction to Joe's, about Joe. He's a member of the law firm of Frost Brown Todd, practicing in its Ohio office. He concentrates his practice in labor and employment law, and he specializes in collective bargaining. And Joe actually assisted us in the negotiation of the last firefighter contract. So with that, I'll let him start his presentation. Very good. Thank you. Welcome, Mr. Schaller. Thank you very much, and thank you, Janet. At the outset, I'd like to say that it's been an honor to represent you in your collective bargaining negotiations. Your management team consisted of wonderful people who were dedicated employees who remained at the bargaining table until 1 a.m. on the final night of bargaining to make sure the deal got done well. I'd also like you to know that I have great respect for your fire union leadership. The team, led by Mr. Chris Bartley, was highly professional at all times. And as a result, our negotiations were very respectful and cordial. I'm proud of the agreement that all these people worked hard to reach. You'll find in your packet a memorandum outlining the primary changes in the agreement and also a document explaining the costs of the agreement. I'm going to address the wage settlement and hit a few highlights of the agreement, But as I mentioned, you can see the details in the memos that you've been provided. With respect to wages, the settlement here was somewhat complex. It was a complex combination of structural movements on the step schedule, lump sums, and percentage increases. And if you'd like more specific details about the cost of the agreement, as I mentioned, there's a memo provided in the documents that you received. and also Mr. O'Mara is here if you have any additional questions. With respect to the agreement, the primary issues on the side of the management were promotions, education, and sick leave. With respect to promotions, One of the important issues is that firefighters will now earn points for taking classes ahead of time in the promotional process. As I mentioned, one of the things we wanted to stress throughout here was incentivizing and rewarding education, and that's one way we're doing so. In addition, the new language provides important language permitting LFUCG to use professional agencies to conduct in-depth promotional assessments. So what we're doing here is making sure that helping to include language in the agreement that helps to ensure your best people get promoted. Regarding sick leave, we added just a few clauses that will help you curb sick leave abuses. you've got a unique situation where you have a significant number of employees who don't use much sick leave at all, and then you have a significantly smaller number of employees who are on the opposite end of the spectrum. There aren't many people in the middle, many on both ends. So we added some language to help to address that. And then continuing with the education theme, we made increases to the tuition reimbursement. We have some new verification requirements to make sure that the education is something that will help us. And we also have something new that's annual incentive pay for graduating from resident programs that are conducted by the National Fire Academy. Your fire administrators see great value in that, and we wanted to provide incentives for firefighters to engage in those courses. at this time I think I'd like mr. Bartley give him an opportunity to come forward if there are any comments that he'd like to make about about the agreement I just told me I was gonna speak tonight just now so a few minutes ago to write something down Yeah, like Joe mentioned, I appreciate working with him. And we had a firefighter, a retired firefighter from Ohio who came in and helped us negotiate, Kevin Rader, and he helped negotiate our first contract back in 2005. And so I want to thank my team and the cities. And it was very professional, and that was a very long night on the 23rd. I just wanted to say that it's been a tough several years here in Lexington and across the country with the economics that are going on. But Lexington should be the shining example when labor and management can get together and to figure things out. From our last contract where we took millions of dollars in hits and savings to help the city when it was down, to the pension crisis and currently we just got our unfunded liability when that is going down while the state's pension liability is going up you see who works together and the state rammed a bill through without any discussion so it was good to get the input of the members that are involved and all parties are involved especially when it comes to the taxpayers of Lexington. We may feud, we may bicker, we may argue over examples of anything that goes on with the department or the city, but we always come together to talk and work things out and find out what is best for the citizens of Lexington. They demand a top-notch fire department, they demand a top-notch service, and thanks to you all and the mayor and to the chief staff that is provided. You have, I will put our fire department against anybody in the country, as progressive as it is. And I just want to thank Joe again for giving me the opportunity to speak. Thank you very much. This might be a time for council members if they have questions. Yes. We thank both of you for being here. Thanks to you also, Chris. Councilmembers, do you have any questions? If you'll log in, if you do. Councilmember Stenet. Thank you, Vice Mayor and gentlemen. Thank you for being with us tonight. This is obviously an important agreement for men and women on fire, but also for all of us here at the city. I just had a budgetary impact from Mr. O'Mara. Can you kind of go through? I know we got a lot of paperwork this afternoon, but what the budgetary impacts are in our current fiscal year. And you may have it, I know, for the next two or three years as well. Can you just briefly go through those? I'd be glad to. Thank you. Well, first of all, the handout that you received is a 12-month impact for each of the years. In the first year, there's a $1,000 step movement that is with the first full pay period in November. than to do the fairness that we wanted to do in this new agreement. We wanted to acknowledge the sacrifices that the firemen did in the previous contract and restore them to the steps that they would have been if we hadn't had those freezes. And so we'll start that process with the first full pay period of January. There'll be a six-month impact this year and then a six-month impact next year for that step restoration. Those people that are frozen at the top, that have gone to the top of their step, there will be a $500 one-time payment in January. And then the tuition education incentive that they referred to is in place. So the FY15 impact is a little over $1.1 million. The budgetary impact is zero because it's embedded into the assumptions that we had in the FY15 budget. so we're not asking for any budget amendments to pay for the FY15 impact. In FY16, the $1,000 step movement is for the remaining four months for a 12-month period, the six-month step restoration we talked about. There's step movement next July 1, 1.5% plus $250. The equipment allowance, there's a two-part increase. That first step is from, don't want to use the word step, the first increase is from 75 to 125 July of 15 and the tuition education, that's about 2.2 million in FY16. And then there's a 1% July of 16 and a 1% step movement in January of 17. The equipment allowance moves from 125 to 175 to complete that. And then the tuition education, that's about 1.4 million. So that comes to about 4.7. The total impact will be something in that range, but we don't know exactly what the turnover, who the top people might leave, replaced by people coming in. So the iterative accumulation of those is not reflected in this. This is the one-time increases that go into effect each year. Very good. You came prepared. Yes, sir. That's right. So this current fiscal year, there's no impact. Budgetary, we budgeted when we created the budget back in June, correct? We did. And do you know how much we budgeted for this specifically? And you can get it to us later. I don't know off the top of my head. We had a contingency that was a formula of several things that might happen, one of which was the bargaining agreement as well as retirements. I'm coming blank. I think there were two other components. I know we plugged in a number. I remember. I just can't top my head either. If you can get that to us, it would be great. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Vice Mayor. You're welcome. Councilmembers, do you have any other questions? Mr. O'Mara and Mr. Schaller and Mr. Bartley, thank you so much. Thank you. Yes. And, Council, I think this would be the place to have a motion. And Councilmember Ellinger has that, I believe. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I move to place on tonight's docket a resolution accepting the collective bargaining agreement by and between the Lexington Fake Urban County Government and Lexington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 526 on behalf of the firefighters, lieutenants, and captains in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. So moved. Any question about the motion? Thank you for all the work that went into this. And all those in favor of placing this on the docket, please say aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Okay, Madam Clerk, if you would start the reading of second ordinances. Would you like me to give that one first reading? The collective bargaining? Well, would you want to do it with the resolutions? That's fine. When you get to the resolutions? Thank you. Ordinance number one. An ordinance of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government authorizing the issuance of its various purpose general obligation bonds, Series 2014B in one or more subseries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $29 million, an energy conservation general obligation bond Series 2014C, federally taxable qualified energy conservation bond, direct payment to the issuer, in a principal amount not to exceed $3 million, approving a form of each series of Series 2014 bonds, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver these Series 2014 bonds, authorizing and directing the filing of notice with the state local debt officer providing for the payment and security of the series 2014 bonds, creating a sinking fund, creating a bond payment fund for each series of series 2014 bonds, authorizing acceptance of the bids of the bond purchasers of the series 2014 bonds, and repealing inconsistent ordinances. Number two, an ordinance of the Lexington Fayette-Irban County government adopting policies regarding post-issuance compliance with federal tax and securities laws. Number three, an ordinance amending 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 22. Number 4. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of staff assistant, Grade 508N, and creating one classified civil service position of logistics officer, Grade 508N, in the Division of Emergency Management 911, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule Number 21. Number 5. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of public service worker, grade 507N, in creating one classified civil service position of equipment operator senior, grade 512N, in reclassifying the incumbent in the Division of Waste Management and appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule number 27. Number six, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing two unclassified civil service positions of administrative officer part-time, grade 523E, in creating one classified civil service position of administrative specialist senior, grade 516N, in the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works, appropriating funds pursuant to Schedule number 25. Number seven, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of public service worker, grade 507N, creating one unclassified civil service position of resource recovery operator, grade 513N, and reclassifying the incumbent in the Division of Waste Management and Appropriating Funds pursuant to Schedule Number 26. Number 8, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of social worker senior, grade 516E, and creating one unclassified civil service position of social services coordinator, grade 520E, and the offices of circuit judges effective upon passage of counsel? And I believe there's a motion on number nine. Does someone have a motion on number nine? I do. Okay. Mr. Farmer. I move to amend ordinance 1101-14 under second reading of ordinances to delete the change to the tree board member. This is a material change that requires a new first reading. So moved. Second. All right, we have a motion by Mr. Farmer, second by Mr. Ellinger. Is there any question? And is there any explanation that would be appropriate? This was an updating of the enabling ordinance for the Corridors Commission. Between the time of our meeting and it being docketed, the verbiage around the tree board member was not supposed to be changed, but was by accident. This remedies that. Okay, very good. Thank you very much. All right. Is there any question or discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. That motion passes. Thank you. So do you want to go ahead and give it a new first reading now? I was going to read it as ordinance number 20 under first reading ordinances. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Ordinance number 10. 27e one position of social worker senior grade 5 16e and one position of staff assistant senior grade 5 10n all in the division of aging and disability services and abolishing the following unclassified civil service positions one position of aging services program manager grade 5 20e two positions of program supervisor part-time grade 5 19 and one position of social worker grade 5 13e one position of staff assistant senior grade 5 10 and one position of custodial worker part-time grade 505 and and two positions of van driver part-time grade 505 and all in the department of social services and creating the following unclassified civil service positions one position of aging services program manager grade 520 e two positions of program supervisor part-time grade 519 e one position of social worker grade 513 e one position of custodian part-time grade 505 and and two positions of van driver part-time grade 505 n all in the division of aging and disability services transferring all incumbents effective July 1st 2015. Number 11 an ordinance closing Washington Avenue determining that the property owner abutting the street to be closed has been identified provided with written notice of the proposed closing and consented thereto in writing and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute a quick claim deed transferring the former right-of-way to the abutting owner subject to the reservation of easements and restrictions. So member lawless may I ask a question about this one? Number 11, Washington Avenue. Is UK going to take over the responsibility for paving this? Is the University of Kentucky going to take over the responsibility for paving and upkeep of this? Yes. Okay, thank you. Number 12. for the development of the development area, consistent with the amendments to the local participation agreement and the master development agreement as provided herein. Number 13. An ordinance creating a 10-year non-exclusive franchise for a cable television system within the confines of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County government, said franchise providing for full financial and shareholder disclosure indemnification by the franchise grantee and adequate insurance coverage, a $50,000 letter of credit to ensure franchise compliance, payment to the government, requirements for providing data, testing the system, and meeting minimum operational standards, conditions of street occupancy, use of poles, minimum construction standards, minimum requirements for extending the system, access to community facilities, public educational and government access channels, emergency alert override, antenna switches, two-hour standby power, testing and analyzing the system and proof of performance, establishment of consumer services standards, establishment of standards for billing practices, Thank you. And number 14, an ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 0.588 net. 0.852 gross acres were property located at 626 through 634 Euclid Avenue. Caller Properties, LLC, Council District 3. Go ahead and call the roll. Mr. Clark? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, to all. Mr. Farmer? Yes, on all. No, on 111. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gorton? Aye. Mr. K? Yes, on all, but 14. I will abstain because I was not at that hearing. Thank you. Ms. Lawless? Yes on all and no on 11. Thank you. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes on all, but I'm staying on number 14. Thank you. Ms. Akers? Yes on all. and mr. Beard all right thank you thank you those pass and if you're ready if you'll go ahead and read first reading of ordinances and number 15 an ordinance amending article 22 of the zoning ordinance to establish the lewitt art planned unit development to pud2 zone in a new appendix 22b urban county planning commission number 16 an ordinance expanding and extending partial urban services district number three for the urban county government for the provision of garbage and refuse collection to include the area defined as certain properties on the following streets bob white trail felicia lane tradition circle beacon street majestic drive monarch street veranda place and wall street number 17 an ordinance expanding and extending partial urban Services District No. 7 for the urban county government for the provision of garbage and refuse collection and street cleaning to include the area defined as certain properties on the following streets. Summersley Place, Deerhaven Lane, Meeting Street, Russell Cave Road, Newtown Pike, Artibs Trail, Stolen Horse Trace, Wentworth Place, Lockmere Loop, Lockmere Court, Old School House Lane, and Lockmere Place. Number 18. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of computer analyst, Grade 520E, and creating one classified civil service position of systems analyst grade 520e in the division of computer services appropriating funds pursuant to schedule number 28. Number 19 an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds excuse me schedule number 29 an ordinance number 20 as amended an ordinance amending section 2465 of the code of ordinances related to the corridors commission to amend the voting membership changing federated garden club to Lexington Council Garden Club and changing Bluegrass Pride to Bluegrass Green Source, changing the non-voting membership from 8 to 7, changing the representation of the Departments of Public Works and Environmental Quality to the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons? Any motions to suspend the rules? I see nothing at all. So if you'll go ahead and continue, please. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of Wood Connection LLC in the amount of $37,200 for pump station building renovation for the Division of Water Quality. Number two, a resolution accepting the bid of Riddell Construction Incorporated in an amount not to exceed $597,720 for roofing and HVAC renovations at Coroner's Office and Community Action Council for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Riddell Construction and Company related to the bid. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Roberts Heavy Duty Towing Incorporated establishing a price contract for towing of LFUCG vehicles for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number four, a resolution accepting the bids of Sina Lawn Care Services, LLC, Delaval Management Incorporated, and ZKB Services, LLC, establishing price contracts for snow removal for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Mitchell Construction Management Incorporated in the amount of $151,750 for restroom renovation at fire station number one for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Mitchell Construction Management Incorporated related to the bid. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of Grants Excavating Incorporated in the amount of $705,632.50 for the Wallhampton Stormwater Improvements for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute an agreement with Grants Excavating Incorporated related to the bid. Number seven, a resolution accepting the bid of Angel Contracting LLC in the amount of $28,600 for installation of water fountains at Chilloteau Park Sports Field for the Division of Parks and Recreation. Number eight, a resolution accepting the bid of Contemporary Galleries of West Virginia Incorporated doing business as CG Concepts in the amount of $269,632.56 for furniture for Senior Citizen Center for the Department of General Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Contemporary Galleries of West Virginia Incorporated doing business as CG Concepts related to the bid. Number nine, a resolution accepting the bid of Clyde Armory Incorporated establishing a price contract for submachine guns and accessories for the Division of Police. Number 10, a resolution accepting the bid of Guaranteed Pest Control Incorporated, establishing a price contract for pest control services. Number 11, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of William Crowder's Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509N, 13.2 18 hourly, and William Kahaffer, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509N, 14.7 60 hourly, both in the Division of Water Quality, effective November 17, 2014. Janelle Patton, PSAP Manager, Grade 521E, 2003 13.76 biweekly, and Scott Osborne, PSAP Manager, Grade 521E, 2249.52 biweekly, both in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective November 17, 2014, and Harold Koons, Recreation Manager, Grade 518E, 10801.36 biweekly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective November 17, 2014, ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of David Filiotro, Traffic Engineer, Grade 520E, 1870.32 biweekly, in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective November 5, 2014. Judith Cox, Telecommunicator, Grade 513N, 16.066 hourly in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective November 5, 2014. Letitia Hagerman, Victims Advocate, Grade 514N, 17.159 hourly, effective August 10, 2014. And Joshua Roberts, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 16.066 hourly, effective November 5, 2014, both in the Division of Police. Wanda Keene, Administrative Officer, Grade 523E, 20177.12 biweekly, effective September 24, 2014. Robert Morgan, Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514N, 18.252 hourly, effective November 5, 2014. Michael Vogt, Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514N, 20.280 hourly, effective November 5, 2014. Yvonne Gentry, Custodial Worker, Grade 505N, 11.580 hourly, effective November 5, 2014. And Larry White, Custodial Worker, Grade 505N, 12.780 hourly, effective November 5, 2014, all in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, ratifying the unclassified civil service appointments of Dolores Sanders, social services coordinator, grade 520E, 1,808.55 biweekly in the Division of Adult Services, effective November 17, 2014, and Zawadi Mubi, custodial worker, part-time, grade 505, and 11.599 hourly in the Division of Family Services, effective upon passage of counsel. Ratifying the lateral position change of Lauren Monahan, program specialist, grade 513N, 16.066 hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective November 3, 2014. ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Christopher Cooper and Todd Eiding's Police Sergeant Grade 315 and 28.828 hourly, both in the Division of Police, effective August 24, 2014, and ratifying the council leave of Donald Walker, Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513 and in the Division of Waste Management, beginning September 25, 2014 through November 24, 2014. Number 12, a resolution establishing a residential parking permit program for the first 300 feet of the east end of the 600 block of Mount Vernon Drive from addresses 677-680 Mount Vernon Drive to Castle Road from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Number 13, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to negotiate and execute a 10-year grant agreement pursuant to the jobs fund program with Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems and or its affiliates in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the creation and retention of 10 new jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $23.69 exclusive of benefits. Number 14, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinance of Section 1846 to designate the area along South Point Drive and Clearwater Way as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with this designation. Number 15, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice for the purpose of developing a liaison relationship between Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and the Lexington Day Treatment Center at no cost to the urban county government. Number 16, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Drug Enforcement Administration for use of the trunked radio system. Number 17, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration for the Tactical Diversion Task Force. Number 18, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one final to the contract with Grants Excavating Incorporated for the Green Acres Hollow Creek Road Sanitary Sewer Replacement and Stream Rehabilitation Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $40,630 from $658,725 to $699,355. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an engineering services agreement with Hazen & Sawyer PSC for detailed design and construction management services for the relocation of the Heartland Trunk Sewer in conjunction with a project of the Kentucky Department of Highways at a cost not to exceed $46,430. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal funds in the amount of $252,450 for the Polo Club Boulevard right-of-way acquisition phase, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $63,112.50 as a local match. Number 21, a resolution accepting the response of Tetra Tech Incorporated to RFP, number 57, 2014, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an engineering services agreement with Tetra Tech Incorporated to provide annual program management services for consent degree implementation and MS4 permit compliance at a cost not to exceed $816,000. Number 22, a resolution terminating the moratorium imposed by resolution number 552-2000 and Resolution No. 52004, relating to sanitary sewer tap-on and building permit approvals for parcels located in the Blue Sky Rural Activity Center effective upon passages. No. 23, a resolution accepting the response of Group CJ LLC to RFP No. 49-2014 and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Group CJ LLC for the Mobility Office Marketing Campaign for fiscal year 2015 at a cost not to exceed $51,500. Number 24, a resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality to use the Keep Stock Secure System by Grainger to automatically manage select inventory at no cost to the urban county government. Number 25, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the contract with EOP Architecture for the replacement Senior Citizens Center design project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $1,740 from $769,470 to $771,210. Number 26, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the designation of applicants agent resolution designating Tyler Scott, administrative officer senior department of finance as the urban county government's authorized agent for the purpose of obtaining certain federal financial assistance under the disaster relief act or the president's disaster relief fund. Number 27, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a temporary right of entry agreement with Dennis Anderson Townley Park Apartments LLC for temporary right of access at 149 Old Town Walk at a cost not to exceed $10,000. Number 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the Lexington History Museum Incorporated for various services related to the education of the public regarding the history of Lexington Fayette County at a cost not to exceed $35,000. Number 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a contract with Trustmark Life Insurance Company of New York for universal life insurance with long-term care for the Division of Human Resources at no cost to the Lexington Bay at Irving County Government. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a contract with Humana Incorporated for whole life and term life voluntary benefits insurance for the Division of Human Resources at no cost to the Lexington Bay at Irving County Government. Number 31, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with SR Holdings Company doing business as signature special event services for the provision of temporary kitchen during the kitchen floor construction at the Division of Community Corrections, increasing the contract price by the sum of $96,370.84 from $180,000. $2,819.75 to $280,127.59. Number 32, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with Kentucky Service Company Incorporated for work to be performed at Thoroughbred Fountain, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,132.56 from $187,777.06 to $191,909.62. Number 33, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number three to the contract with Todd Johnson Construction Company for construction of the Meadows-Northland Arlington Public Improvements Project Phase 5A for the Division of Engineering, increasing the contract price by the sum of $150,266.83 from $1,476,330.16 to $1,706,616.82 in appropriating funds. Number 34, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the Engineering Services Agreement with Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for the Sanitary Sewer Capacity Assurance Plan required by the consent decree, increasing the contract price by the sum of $650,000 from $1,012,500 to $1,662,500. Number 35, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Thompson Reuters for Westlaw Online Legal Research and Publications and Westlaw Clear Information Search Services for the Department of Law at a cost not to exceed $38,000. Number 36, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute an extension of the current Memorandum of Understanding with the Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations to complete current investigations. And number 37, a resolution designating the speed limit on Lyon Drive between Manamoor Boulevard and Fort Harrods Drive as 25 miles per hour and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with this designation. Move to prove. Second. Thank you. Motion and second to approve. Will you call the roll, please? Mr. Clark? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Ford? Yes. Ms. Gordon? Aye. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lawless? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Mr. Myers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Cutchfield? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. And Mr. Beard? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. Those motions all pass. And now we'll go to first reading of resolutions. Resolution number 38. A resolution accepting the bid of RRC Company LLC in the amount of $20,725 for egress door installation at Materials Recycling Facility for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 39, a resolution accepting the bid of Cary Toyota Incorporated in the amount of $55,100 for 2015 Toyota Tacoma trucks for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 40, a resolution accepting the bid of Riley Oil Company establishing a price contract for synthetic transmission fluid for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 41, a resolution accepting the bid of S&S Firestone Incorporated doing business as S&S Truck Tire Center in the amount of $24,948 for wheel loader tires for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 42, a resolution accepting the bid of Windstream Kentucky East LLC in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 126-2014, creating and offering for sale a short-term franchise for the operation of a non-exclusive telecommunication system in Fayette County, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute a franchise agreement with Windstream Kentucky East LLC, incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 126-2014. Number 43, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Cheyenne Krugler, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.365 hourly. Tamara James, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.218 hourly. And Tasha Stevens, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.579 hourly. All in the Division of Waste Management, effective December 1, 2014. David Ellis, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 509N, 13.724 hourly. In the Division of Streets and Roads, effective upon passage of counsel. Tyler Curran, Brittany Fleming, Bethany McFadden, and Amanda Yule, Telecommunicator, Senior. Grade 516N, 18.599 hourly, all in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective December 1, 2014, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Teresa Greider, Budget Analyst Senior, Grade 521E, 2455.23 biweekly, in the Office of the Council, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 44. A resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Manuel Benton, Program Manager Senior, Grade 524E, 2,198.31 biweekly and John Day, Public Service Supervisor Senior, Grade 517E, 1,592.24 biweekly, both in the Division of Waste Management. And Gary Grimes, Public Service Supervisor Senior, Grade 517E, 1,706.32 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, all effective December 1, 2014, ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Sean McStay, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509 and 13.218 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 5, 2014, and Kenneth Black, Recreation Supervisor, Grade 514E, 1,349.60 biweekly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective October 21, 2014, and ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of Stephen Yoder and Jeremiah Davis, Police Sergeant, Grade 315N, 28.8, 28 hourly, both in the Division of Police, effective December 1, 2014. Number 45. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a Browns Field cleanup grant application to the Environmental Protection Agency to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $200,000 federal funds, and are for remediation of environmental concerns identified in the old Fayette County Courthouse, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $40,000 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a letter agreement with American Municipal Tax-Exempt Compliance Corporation for professional services related to the arbitrage calculations for certain previous sewer bond issuances at a cost not to exceed $6,000. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute an amended purchase of service agreement with Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, replacing the original purchase of service agreement addendum with the November 2014 revised addendum for the provision of child sexual abuse prevention training at no cost to the Irving County government. Number 48, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a professional services agreement with the law firm of Miller Wells PLLC acting by and through Mason L. Miller for assistance in negotiating and developing a new long-term water utility franchise at a cost not to exceed $45,000. Number 49, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute contract modification number two to the Engineering Services Agreement with GRW Engineers Incorporated for design of the Liberty Road-Todds Road Section Phase II Improvement Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $437,946 from $671,045 to $1,108,991. Number 50, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute change order number one to the contract with EOP Architects PSC for the old courthouse structural study increasing the contract price by the sum of $9,573.75 from $110,000 to $119,573.75. Number 51, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an internal revenue service sponsor agreement and civil rights assurance for volunteer income tax assistance programs at the Gaines Way Community Center and the Central Kentucky Job Center at no cost to the Irving County Government. Number 52, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Lexington Sister Cities Commission, $1,650. Boy Scouts of America, $1,475. Girl Scouts of Kentucky, $1,425. Lexington Humane Society, $1,550. Lexington Fairness Incorporated, $850. Nerd Squad Incorporated, $825. Douglas Bearcats, $1,200. Greenhouse 17, $1,275. MLK Park Broncos, $925. The Dr. Roy P. and Juanita Betts-Peterson Arts and Education Fund, Inc., $750. Community Action Council, $1,075. And Melrose Oak Park Neighborhood Association, Inc., $300. For the Office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 53. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number three to the contract with Marillia Design and Construction for the replacement Senior Citizen Center Design Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $102,869 from $8,882,900 to $8,985,769. Number 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an asset purchase and sale agreement with Kentucky Utilities Company to purchase the downtown area public Granville streetlights and related equipment and facilities at a cost not to exceed $475,000. Number 55. A resolution amending resolution number 507-2014 with the Tates Creek High School PTSA, Inc., amending the agreement to change the use of the funds from the Tates Creek Campus Celebration to the purchase of five football helmets with a five-star rating per the Virginia Tech Star Rating System, adding a condition that the Tates Creek High School football team shall discontinue the use of and replace at least five helmets that are rated as having two stars or less per the same system, and adding a condition that if the helmets are not discontinued or replaced, then the funds shall be returned to the Urban County Government. Number 56, a resolution authorizing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 1886 to install multiway stop controls at the intersection of Mark Avenue and Kathy Lane. And Resolution 57, a resolution accepting the collective bargaining agreement by and between the Lexington Fayette-Urban County Government and Lexington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 526 on behalf of firefighters, lieutenants, and captains in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Councilmembers, are there any motions for walk-ons? Mr. Farmer, is yours a walk-on? It is not. Okay. Are there motions to suspend the rules? Councilmember Scutchfield. Thank you, Vice Mayor. A motion to suspend the rules on number 52 and give a second reading. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Did I hear 10 votes? Yes. There were no nays. Councilmember Clark. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I did have a walk-on. I did. Okay. This would not come up for some reason. I move to place on the docket under first reading resolutions a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-46 to designate Snaffle Road between Fort Harrods Drive and Beaumont Center Circle as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. So move. We have a motion and a second to walk that onto the docket. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Farmer? So traffic engineering has sanctioned this? What background does this have? Yes, they proposed it, as a matter of fact. Okay, that's good. Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. And I also have to suspend the rules, Vice Mayor. We'll take these one at a time. Since you've got a walk-on motion, All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? And then I'll ask the clerk to go ahead right now and do the first reading of the walk-on. Resolution number 58, a resolution authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 1846 to designate Snaffle Road between Fort Harrods Drive and Beaumont Center Circle as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with its designation. Thank you very much. Now, Council Member Clark, you said you had a suspension. Yes, I move to suspend the rules and give second readings to resolutions number 43 and 50. 43 and 50? 50. 50. And were those at the request of the administration? That's correct. Okay. You know, Councilmembers, we're supposed to say why we are asking for a second reading. So, Councilmember, oh, excuse me. The motion is to give second reading to 43 and 50. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 44. This was also a request by the administration, but more importantly, it's to promote our sergeant so they can get in position. So moved. We have a motion and a second to suspend the rules on number 44. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Councilmember Farmer. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Mine are motions to give second readings to 53 and 54. On 53, this is a change order that has to do with the Senior Citizens Center design project. And on number 54, this sanctions the purchase by the government of the Granville Streetlights in downtown. So moved on both. All right. We have a motion and a second to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 53 and number 54. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. So I will just simply review. We are giving second reading to number 43, number 44, number 50, number 52, 53, 54, and 58 or 57. Was that 58, the walk-on? 58 was the Snaffle Road. The Snaffle Road. Traffic engineering walk-on. Okay, you actually didn't make that one, so strike that last one. Okie doke. Will you give those second reading, please? Oh. Excuse me just a moment. Did you have a question, Councilmember Akers? Okay. Go ahead. It's not too late. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 56 so the stop sign can be put in. So moved. Second. Okay, a motion and a second to give second reading to number 56. Any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Okay. Resolution number 43, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Cheyenne Krugler, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.365 hourly. Tamara James, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.218 hourly. And Tasha Stevens, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 17.579 hourly, all in the Division of Waste Management, effective December 1, 2014. David Ellis, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509N, 13.724 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads. effective upon passage of counsel. Tyler Curran, Brittany Fleming, Brittany McFadden, and Amanda Yule, telecommunicator senior, grade 516 and 18.599 hourly, all in the Division of Emergency Management 911, effective December 1, 2014, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Teresa Greider, budget analyst senior, grade 521E, 2004 55.23 biweekly in the office of the council, effective upon passage of counsel. Number 44. A resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Manuel Benton, Program Manager Senior, Grade 524E, 2,198.31 biweekly, and John Day, Public Service Supervisor Senior, Grade 517E, 1,592.24 biweekly, both in the Division of Waste Management, and Gary Grimes, Public Service Supervisor Senior, Grade 517E, 1,706.32 biweekly, in the Division of Water Quality, all effective December 1, 2014. ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Sean McStay, public service worker, senior, grade 509 and 13.2, 18 hourly, in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 5, 2014, and Kenneth Black, Recreation Supervisor, grade 514E, 1349.60 biweekly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective October 21, 2014, and ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of Stephen Yoder and Jeremiah Davis, Police Sergeant, grade 315 and 28.8, 28 hourly, both in the Division of Police, effective December 1, 2014. Number 50, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with EOP Architects, PSC, for the old courthouse structural study, increasing the contract price by the sum of $9,573.75 from $110,000 to $119,573.75. Number 52. Broncos $925, the Dr. Roy P. and Juanita Betts Peterson Arts and Education Fund, Inc., $750, Community Action Council $1,075, and Melrose Oak Park Neighborhood Association, Inc., $300 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. At number 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number three to the contract with Marillia Design and Construction for the replacement Senior Citizen Center design project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $102,869 from $8,882,900 to $8,985,769. Number 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an asset purchase and sale agreement with Kentucky Utilities Company to purchase the downtown area public Granville street lights and related equipment and facilities at a cost not to exceed $475,000. And number 56, a resolution authorizing the Division of Traffic Engineering pursuant to code of ordinances section 1886 to install multi-way stop controls at the intersection of mark avenue and kathy lane thank you very much do i hear motion all right we have a motion and a second to approve will you call the roll please mr clark yes mr ellinger Mr. Farmer Mr. Ford Yes Ms. Gordon Aye Mr. Kay Yes Ms. Lawless Yes Ms. Mossadi Yes Mr. Myers Yes, ma'am Ms. Cutchfield Yes Mr. Stinnett Yes, ma'am Ms. Akers Yes And Mr. Beard Aye Thank you Thank you, those all pass unanimously Council members, do I hear a motion on communications? Do I hear a second? I have a motion and a second to approve communications from the mayor. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Next is a report. I believe this is for information only. Is that correct? If I may. Point of order, Vice Mayor. Yes. I know this is a friendly report. I definitely want to hear it, but we've never had a section on our agenda, nor is it in our rules, that we can authorize a report during this agenda. So I don't believe the body has voted on to do that or amend it tonight. So either it needs to be heard under announcements or should have been under presentation. Okay. Well, we have the— And that's not the disparate report. It's just that we need to be consistent in our rules, and our rules say we do not have a report section of our agenda during a formal council meeting. Okay. If I may. Council Member Kay. Thank you. I appreciate that. The constraint is that we are, by the way the committee was set up, to report by the end of the calendar year, and we wanted to get it in and we didn't realize that it was due, et cetera. So I have no problem with holding it for a work session or whatever we got left before the end of the year. That would be fine. Okay. Yeah, this is not about the specific item. It's just. I understand. It's nice and more friendly, but this was controversial. we'd all be upset if someone tried to do this. So it's to be consistent in our rules. Perfectly fine. Thank you. Okay. Do you want to hold it until December 2nd work session? Or do it during announcements. Or do it during announcements? Which would you prefer, Mr. K? I'll go ahead and do it during announcements. Okay. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. So now we have announcements. And it seems that Council Member K is first up. Thank you. Yes, so this report was circulated in hard copy form for your reference. As I said, we are required to report to the council by the end of the calendar year, and we wanted to leave a little bit of time. So just briefly, I'm not going to read the report. I just want to mention a few things. First, that the steering committee focused on barriers to infill in 2014, Three parts to that, the development process, regulatory issues, and economic barriers. The committee was also in the process of drafting waste management recommendations, but at the last meeting at the advice from legal staff, we elected to table that work until a lawsuit regarding compactor services moves forward. The practical results of some of the committee's recommendations can be seen around Lexington, such as in the East End Small Area Plan, which now includes recognition of the Legacy Trail and the Midland Tax Increment Financing District. And finally, Council Member Chris Ford, after serving a few years, has resigned from the committee, so we'll be seeking an additional council representative in 2015. Please contact me if you are interested in serving. Thank you. And if you have questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Kay. Are there any questions? Council Member Stenet, did you have a question? I'm on four announcements. Okay. Council Member Stenet. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Several of us on Tuesday had an issue with these advertisement circulars that are being thrown in residential neighborhoods on driveways by the Herald-Leader. And it's a big issue. It's a safety issue for our community, especially when people are not home. I know our law department has been asked to look at this. Commissioner Graham, have you all looked into this? and give, because I know the council passed an ordinance 10 years ago that said that's prohibited. And a lot of our neighborhoods are getting advertisements thrown into their driveway without being solicited or a subscriber to their leader. And it needs to stop because it's a big public safety issue for a lot of residents. And it's causing a lot of concerns, not just in my district, but a lot of council members. So have you been asked to look at this yet? I thought we... I have. Council Member Massadis asked us to look at that. And we're researching it. we just want to make sure whatever recommendation we come back to, there is a free speech element even with commercial speech and we just want to make sure that what we tell you all is accurate and what we can do. We'll be back before council break with that. So next couple weeks in. Very good. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. You're welcome. Council Member Kay. Yes, I wish to make a comment on this as well. Some of us have been walking in the neighborhoods over the last few months. and have seen evidence not just of things thrown into driveways, but the same packets, multiple packets, thrown onto lawns, into bushes. So I don't know what the parameters of what you can look at are, but it seems to me this is a littering issue. As I say, it's not just delivery of a package. These things were all over everywhere. So thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. And Council Member Lawless, I think, wants to speak to the same thing. I do want to speak to the same thing. It's a problem in every district. We're, like, in the student areas where they have, like, five apartments in one building, and they throw five of them out there, and they're in plastic bags, and they just blow all over the neighborhood. And so I've gotten a lot of complaints about it, too. And one thing I will say is I did find out, which if anybody's interested, you can call the Herald leader and ask them not to deliver them to your house. But the people that do that aren't the ones that are most bothered by it. You know, it's so anyway, thank you. And thank you for looking into it. Thank you. I have an announcement, too, if I might. Okay. Is that okay, quickly? We have a couple more people on this issue, but go ahead. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know it was on this issue. Okay. Okay. Councilmember Farmer. All right. When this started happening in the 5th District, I went down and spent some time with Rufus Friday, the president publisher of the paper. And he was very forthcoming. And let me just state now, if you don't want these on your driveway, he told me, and it's true, his number is on page A2 every day to call him. And we put that in the 5th District newsletter. I know people called him. This is an expansion of a previous platform where they used to mail certain things to non-subscribers, but they had advertisers who wanted more room. So they have made it a bigger section, if you will, and now have outsourced it to someone who does throw it supposedly in every driveway where someone is not a subscriber. If you're not a subscriber to the paper, they throw one of these in your driveway. So if you happen to have two driveways, you get two of these. So I pled for some lenience there, and it kind of has tapered off in the 5th District, but I think others are now experiencing this because they are implementing it in some sort of a slotted pattern around the city. but this is merely an additional platform to what they used to use, but it becomes, and as I said to him and has been echoed here, as soon as this hits the ground, it's trash because people don't want to, they would rather them stack up than pick them up because it's not theirs. They didn't put it there. They don't know anything about it. But I think it's something that we need to have a little more conversation with them about how that opportunity is perfected so that the citizenry doesn't have a ton of trash. Yes, and actually, as a subscriber, I also receive them, as does my neighbor. Well, he was sensitive to that and made sure they stopped coming to my house, too, because I gave him my address. But I think it's something that, in the abstract, it's too much. It's too many things thrown out consistently, and the one from last week still laying there, and the one from this week arrives where it's blown next door or down the street. It's a bad opportunity. Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Breakers, did you want to speak to this? Um, yes, ma'am. I too have been contacted, um, often and I got a phone number to call. And so I was going to share that and I'm sure the Herald leader will be glad that I am. Um, but the number is 231-3354. And I believe that's their circulation desk or something like that. I, I called the other day and had to just leave my information. I've heard that other people have called and they still get them maybe it takes a couple weeks to to get yourself removed but um that's what i know thank you for sharing that and councilman meyers same point thank you vice mayor and i have another announcement too when i get back in line but the reason that this is a public safety issue is because if you're a snowbird and you're in florida for the winter you can't call that guy and ask him to stop delivering them and they'll stack up in your driveway and the people that are casing neighborhoods see that and realize that maybe somebody's not home and then that's where they go do their bidding. So we need to, again, have law look into this and see if there's something we can stop, because it's not just litter. It is a true public safety issue. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Did anyone else want to speak to this issue? I just have one question, Commissioner. You mentioned free speech, and when you report back to us, I would like to know how it is, and I'm not an attorney, of course, but that free speech can impinge on private property. And I just mentioned free speech. I mean, it may not be an issue, but I wanted to be sure and say that because I know it is with door-to-door solicitations, things like that. Okay, thank you. All right, now back to other reports. Council Member Lawless. Thank you. Just quickly, I want to remind everybody that the council will not have meetings next week, and I hope everybody has a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday and are generous to those that aren't as blessed by making, doing some volunteer work or checking on an elderly neighbor or if it snows, shoveling my sidewalk. But anyway, I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving and then I want to remind people about the Christmas parade. I was trying to remember what the holiday was, the Christmas parade on December 2nd. And I also wanted to say that the first of my four grandchildren was her sixth birthday is today. She was born a couple weeks after I was elected to my first term, and I've had three more since. So happy birthday to Elena. and there we go. Thank you. You're welcome. Councilmember Akers, did you have another announcement? Councilmember Myers. Thank you, Vice Mayor. And I, too, want to wish everybody a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, and I want to say that there's something else that I have to be very thankful for at Thanksgiving every year, and sort of like Councilmember Diane Lawless, I've got something in common with right after being elected, and that is today is my 10th wedding anniversary. And so I just want to thank my wife for choosing me and hanging in there for all these years. We got married about two weeks after my first election. And so our marriage and our children, all we've known is me being on the council. So I just have a few more weeks and I'll be home to stay. So thank you very much, sweetheart. And I want to thank her for staying with you, too. Congratulations. I like her a lot. Councilmember Myers. Oh, gosh. Are there any other reports? Okay. I know that we have something from Assistant Chief Jordan of Fire. Welcome. I have an agreement of conformity to present. Lieutenant Kelly Smith, employee number 38445, has committed offense in violation of KRS 95.450 on the 31st of October 2014. The offense was outlined in Internal Affairs Case 2104-FC-006. This has been reviewed by, review and approved by both Chief Jackson and Commissioner Mason. All right, council members, we have to have a motion on this. All right. Is there any discussion of the motion? Councilmember Myers. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Sir, could you describe what the offense was besides just the number? And could we include that in the reports moving forward? Sure. First offense, AWOL. Thank you, sir. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Any other questions about the motion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you, Chief Jordan. Vice Mayor, before he leaves, how many more days, Chief Jordan? He's leaving us. If somebody would ask, tomorrow is 50 calendar days. All right, thank you, sir, for your service. For all the days before that. Yes, we do appreciate all your days before that. I'm going to beat you out the door. Not by much. Oh, goodness. Okay, I see no other announcements or reports. Is there public comment? Mr. McCarthy. For the record, my name is Bernard McCarthy. My address is 515 Harry Street. I want to say that our traffic seems to get worse and worse year by year, and part of the reason that it keeps getting worse and doesn't get fixed is that you guys keep caving in to all these neighborhood associations and barricading too many streets. We need streets that connect. The right thing to do, contrary to what some of you claimed a few weeks back, is to tear down the barricades and connect all the streets. And because of the role neighborhoods play in perpetuating the problem, I also propose that all references to neighborhoods and the preservation of neighborhoods should be deleted from both the long-range transportation plan and the comprehensive plan, that all recognition of neighborhoods by this government should be withdrawn, their names and boundaries should be erased from all official maps, operate county government on a strict one-person, one-vote basis. That way, at least frustrated commuters have a fair chance. Thank you, Mr. McCarthy. Do I hear a motion to adjourn? All those in favor, say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you, and have a safe Thanksgiving.