# Urban County Council - October 22, 2015 > Auto-transcribed civic record · October 22, 2015 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/3805 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/3805?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2015-10-22 - **Last revised**: October 22, 2015 - **Length**: 11,735 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council convened on October 22, 2015, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, KY, with Mayor Gray presiding. The meeting addressed five agenda items, beginning with a recognition ceremony for Tom Hammond and proceeding through four legislative matters. The council took four votes during the session, approving all four ordinances that came before them, including budget amendments, code revisions, and a street closure. No public comments were heard during this meeting. ## Attendance The following members were present at the October 22, 2015 meeting: • Lamb • Moloney • Mossotti • Stinnett • Akers • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Farmer • Gibbs • Hensley • Henson • Kay **Absent:** Scutchfield, Evans No members arrived late to the meeting. A total of 13 members were present and 2 members were absent. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted four roll call votes during the October 22, 2015 meeting, with all measures passing unanimously. **Ordinance 1263-15** - Budget Amendment Ms. Henson motioned to approve an ordinance amending certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating funds (Schedule No. 11). Mr. Farmer seconded the motion. The measure passed 12-0, with votes in favor from Moloney, Mossotti, Stinnett, Akers, F. Brown, J. Brown, Farmer, Gibbs, Hensley, Henson, and Kay. **Ordinance 1267-15** - Oath of Office Requirements Ms. Henson motioned to approve an ordinance amending Section 2-19 (1) of the Code of Ordinances, removing the requirement that the Clerk of the Urban County Council administer the oath of office to board, agency, and commission appointees and extending the time required to complete and submit the oath of office by affidavit. Mr. Farmer seconded the motion. The ordinance passed 12-0, with the same council members voting in favor. **Ordinance 1222-15** - Property Definitions Amendment Ms. Akers motioned to approve an ordinance amending Sections 7-39 and 12-81 of the Code of Ordinances, which modifies the definition of abandoned urban property and blighted or deteriorated property. Ms. Henson seconded the motion. The measure passed 12-0, with votes in favor from Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, Stinnett, Akers, F. Brown, J. Brown, Farmer, Gibbs, Hensley, Henson, and Kay. **Ordinance 1288-15** - Barkley Street Closing Mr. J. Brown motioned to approve an ordinance closing Barkley Street, confirming that the abutting property owner was properly notified and consented to the closure, and authorizing the Mayor to execute necessary documents to transfer the former right-of-way. Ms. Akers seconded the motion. The ordinance passed 12-0, with the same twelve council members voting in favor. All four ordinances received unanimous support from the council members present. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed several significant financial items totaling $392,206 across various contracts, amendments, and grant applications. The largest expenditure was Resolution 1230-15, authorizing $198,500 for consulting services related to a new Government Center with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. This contract represents the most substantial financial commitment discussed during the session. Two separate agreements were approved with the Bluegrass Area Development District (BGADD). Resolution 0976-15 established a Purchase of Service Agreement for $40,096 to cover FY 2016 local dues payments supporting Workforce Development, Aging Services, and Regional Planning initiatives. Additionally, Resolution 1199-15 authorized $48,610 for operation of the Homecare Program serving home-bound seniors. The council approved Resolution 1185-15, an amendment providing $40,000 in additional services under the Mobility Office Marketing Campaign for FY 2016 with Group CJ, LLC. This amendment expands the scope of existing marketing efforts. A grant-related item, Resolution 1188-15, authorized the purchase of a Portable Airborne Chemical Detection and ID System for $65,000 through funding from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. This equipment acquisition enhances the jurisdiction's emergency response capabilities. The financial actions span multiple operational areas including facilities planning, workforce development, senior services, transportation marketing, and public safety equipment. The mix of contracts, amendments, and grant-funded purchases reflects diverse municipal priorities and funding sources for the fiscal year. ## Appointments The meeting included several appointments and reappointments to various city boards and commissions. **New Appointments:** • James Branham was appointed to the Address Enforcement Administrative Hearing Board • Robert Littrell was appointed to the Address Enforcement Administrative Hearing Board • Theresa Thomas was appointed to the Commission for Citizens with Disabilities • Jennifer Scutchfield was appointed to the Internal Audit Board • Freddy Peralta was appointed to the Mayor's International Affairs Advisory Commission **Reappointments:** • Anna Greene was reappointed to the Black and Williams Neighborhood Community Center Board • Greg Hosfield was reappointed to the Historic Preservation Commission • Nathan Billings was reappointed to the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors The appointments covered a range of city functions, from code enforcement and historic preservation to disability advocacy and international affairs. Two individuals were appointed to the Address Enforcement Administrative Hearing Board, which handles appeals related to property code violations. The Internal Audit Board received a new member, while the Historic Preservation Commission retained an existing member through reappointment. ## Contested Items The meeting featured one contested item that resulted in a split vote among council members. **Consulting Services for New Government Center** The primary point of contention involved consulting services related to a new Government Center project. The disagreement centered on the scope of property to be reviewed as part of the consulting work. A motion was made to amend the resolution that would have limited the scope of the property review to only City-owned property. This amendment represented a more restrictive approach to the consulting services, potentially narrowing the consultant's evaluation to exclude privately-owned or other non-municipal properties that might otherwise be considered for the Government Center project. The motion to amend failed by a majority vote, indicating that a majority of council members preferred to maintain a broader scope for the property review. This suggests the council wanted to give the consultants more flexibility in evaluating potential sites or properties for the new Government Center, rather than restricting their analysis to only those properties currently owned by the City. The split vote demonstrates there was significant disagreement among council members about how expansive the consulting services should be and whether the City should limit its options to only currently-owned properties or consider a wider range of possibilities for the Government Center location. *Note: Specific vote counts, individual council member positions, and transcript timestamps were not available in the provided meeting data.* ## Recognition - Tom Hammond The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government recognized Tom Hammond for his distinguished broadcasting career and contributions to horse racing and breeding. Mr. Hammond was presented with the Henry Clay Ambassador Award during the meeting. Mayor Gray and Ms. Mossotti served as key speakers for the recognition ceremony, highlighting Hammond's career achievements with NBC and his significant impact on horse racing and breeding industries. The recognition acknowledged Hammond's professional accomplishments in sports broadcasting and his connection to Lexington's equine heritage. Tom Hammond himself was present to receive the honor and participated in the recognition proceedings. The Henry Clay Ambassador Award represents the city's appreciation for individuals who have made notable contributions to the community or brought positive recognition to Lexington. This agenda item was informational in nature, serving as a ceremonial recognition rather than requiring any formal action or vote by the council. The presentation celebrated Hammond's career milestones and his role in promoting horse racing through his broadcasting work with NBC. The recognition reflects Lexington's tradition of honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to fields closely associated with the city's identity, particularly those related to the horse industry and sports broadcasting that showcases the region's equine culture to national audiences. ## An Ordinance amending certain of the Budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government The council considered Ordinance 1263-15, which amends certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and to appropriate and re-appropriate funds. Ms. Henson and Mr. Farmer served as key speakers during the discussion of this budget amendment ordinance. The ordinance addresses necessary adjustments to the government's budget allocations to ensure proper funding alignment with current operational needs. The ordinance was approved by the council, allowing the budget amendments to take effect. This type of budget adjustment ordinance is typically used to reallocate existing funds between different departments or programs, or to appropriate additional funds that have become available during the fiscal year. The approval enables the urban county government to proceed with the revised budget allocations as outlined in the ordinance, ensuring that municipal services and operations can continue with appropriate funding levels. ## An Ordinance amending Section 2-19 (1) of the Code of Ordinances The Urban County Council considered Ordinance 1267-15, which proposed amendments to Section 2-19 (1) of the Code of Ordinances regarding oath of office procedures for board, agency, and commission appointees. The ordinance makes two key changes to existing requirements. First, it removes the mandate that the Clerk of the Urban County Council personally administer the oath of office to individuals appointed to various boards, agencies, and commissions. Second, it extends the timeframe for appointees to complete and submit their oath of office by affidavit. Ms. Henson and Mr. Farmer served as key speakers during the discussion of this agenda item. The ordinance appears designed to streamline administrative processes by providing more flexibility in how oaths are administered and allowing appointees additional time to fulfill this requirement. The council approved the ordinance, indicating consensus that these procedural changes would improve efficiency in the appointment process while maintaining the integrity of the oath requirement for public service positions. ## An Ordinance amending Sections 7-39 and 12-81 of the Code of Ordinances The council considered Ordinance 1222-15, which proposes amendments to Sections 7-39 and 12-81 of the Code of Ordinances. The ordinance focuses on revising the definitions of abandoned urban property and blighted or deteriorated property within the municipal code. Ms. Henson and Mr. Paulsen served as the key speakers during the discussion of this agenda item. The proposed changes aim to clarify and update the existing definitions to better address property conditions and abandonment issues within the city. The ordinance specifically targets two sections of the code: • Section 7-39, which deals with abandoned urban property definitions • Section 12-81, which addresses blighted or deteriorated property classifications These amendments appear designed to provide clearer guidance for city officials and property owners regarding what constitutes abandoned or deteriorated properties, potentially improving the city's ability to address problematic properties and enforce related regulations. The council ultimately approved the ordinance, indicating consensus on the need for these definitional updates to the municipal code. The approval suggests the amendments will help streamline property enforcement procedures and provide better clarity for both city staff and residents regarding property standards and abandonment criteria. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps are not available for this agenda item.* ## An Ordinance closing Barkley St. The council considered Ordinance 1288-15, which would close Barkley Street and transfer the right-of-way to the abutting property owner. The ordinance determines that the property owner adjacent to the street has been properly identified and has consented to the street closing. Key speakers on this item included Mr. J. Brown and Ms. Akers, who presented details about the street closure process and requirements. The ordinance authorizes the Mayor to execute all necessary documents to complete the transfer of the right-of-way from the city to the private property owner. This type of street closure typically occurs when a public right-of-way is no longer needed for public use and the adjacent property owner seeks to acquire the land. The council approved the ordinance, allowing the street closure to proceed and enabling the Mayor to finalize the property transfer documentation. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps are not available for this agenda item.* --- ## Decisions - **1263-15** — passed (12-0): An Ordinance amending certain of the Budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures, and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, Schedule No. 11. - **1267-15** — passed (12-0): An Ordinance amending Section 2-19 (1) of the Code of Ordinances, deleting the requirement that the Clerk of the Urban County Council administer the oath of office to board, agency, and commission appointees and extending the time required to complete and submit the oath of office by affidavit. - **1222-15** — passed (12-0): An Ordinance amending Sections 7-39 and 12-81 of the Code of Ordinances, amending the definition of abandoned urban property and blighted or deteriorated property. - **1288-15** — passed (12-0): An Ordinance closing Barkley St.; 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 Urban County Government, to execute a Quitclaim Deed and any other documents necessary to transfer the former right-of-way to the abutting owner, subject to the reservation of easements and restrictions. --- ## Full transcript The Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Greetings. I will thank you all for joining us tonight. I'll call the meeting to order and ask the clerk to please call the roll. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Mossadi? Here. Ms. Gutchfield? Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Ms. Evans? Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Here. Mr. Hensley? Here. Ms. Henson? Here. And Mr. Kay? Here. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Next on our agenda is the invocation, and tonight Councilmember Fred Brown has offered to give us the invocation. Councilmember Brown. Please rise with me. Our dear gracious Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for this privilege to be able to do the business of the city. Thank you for the many blessings that you give to each and every one of us. and we pray that you'll continue to guide and direct us and direct us in the business that we do and the posts that we make. We just hope that we can make this city a better place for everybody that lives here. We just ask you to continue to watch over us and guide us. These things we ask in Jesus' name. Thank you, Council Member Brown. Thank you, sir. All right. Next on our agenda, we're going to have a presentation, and I'm going to ask Council Member Massati to join me down at the podium. Thank you. We are, Jennifer, Councilmember Massadi, that Tom and Sheila Hamilton, Sheila Hammond have joined us. And it is a proud, it's a proud night for us recognizing Lexington's native son, Tom Hammond. Tom was born in Lexington, graduated from Lafayette High School, and later University of Kentucky with a degree from the College of Architecture. He then began his career in sports broadcasting, and, well, everyone knows the rest of the story. He served as host and commentator for SEC basketball games, Notre Dame football, the Olympics, the Kentucky Derby, and the Breeders' Cup. In just a few short days, Tom will be serving as host for this year's NBC Breeders' Cup broadcast. He's won the top awards in the business, and we are happy to add one more for that trophy cabinet of his. And I'm going to ask Councilmember Massadi, who is a great friend of Tom and Sheila, for her remarks. And she's got a number of them, and they're the best. I've got a book, so everyone just kind of relax here and we'll start. But it's really my honor to introduce tonight a man who has been a personal friend of mine for the past 35 years. a man who is indeed a true ambassador in every sense of the word for our city of Lexington and his frequent travels across the world. As the mayor said, he's a native and resident of Lexington. He's a graduate of Lafayette High School and the University of Kentucky, where his grandfather, the late Thomas Poe Cooper, was dean of the College of Agriculture and acting president. He began his media career with Lexington's WVLK radio, where he was news and sports director. In 1970, and for the next 10 years, he was also sports director for WLEX-TV, in addition to announcing Keeneland Thoroughbred Sales and Thoroughbred Sales in 16 states. In 1980, I met Tom when he teamed up with my husband, Ron Massotti, to form Hammond Productions, a well-known multimedia production company here in Lexington. In 1984, Tom's tenure at NBC began when he was named as co-host of the inaugural Breeders' Cup alongside Dick Enberg. It was supposed to be a one-shot deal for Tom, but network execs were so impressed he ended up getting a long-term contract. Obviously, that worked out pretty well. NBC knew that they had found an extraordinary talent. He is recognized as a specialist and national expert on thoroughbred pedigrees and remains the main host of the network's thoroughbred racing coverage, including the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, and of course, the Breeders' Cup. He is widely recognized as one of the premier network sports broadcasters in the United States and has been one of NBC's top on-air personalities for nearly three decades. as a broadcaster Tom has been recognized with numerous national awards as mayor has indicated and I don't mind repeating them he said he's including the horse racing top honor award for broadcasting the eclipse award in 1984 and 1996 two Emmys for his coverage of the breeders in 1992, men and women's basketball in 1988, and the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Tom has also received numerous honors in Kentucky, including induction into the University of Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He was also named Outstanding Kentuckian by the A.B. Happy Chandler Foundation. Indeed, he is one of sports broadcasting's most respected and versatile talents. His conversational style is at home anywhere on the sports landscape, and he's truly one of the nicest and most humble people you ever want to meet. How fortunate Lexington is to host and to experience the world-class 2015 Breeders' Cup event showcased by such a valued hometown treasure. He is here tonight with my friend and his lovely wife, Sheila, and they are proud parents of a daughter, Ashley, two sons, David and Christopher, and six beautiful grandchildren. And I am delighted that he is being honored here tonight. And I am proud to introduce to you to one of Lexington's most notable citizens, Mr. Tom Hammond. I hate to take center stage for such a top spot here, but I'm going to. It's the Henry Clay Award. It's Henry Clay Ambassador. Tom Hammond. I, Jim Gray, Mayor of Lexington, do here by name. of Lexington native son, Tom Hammond, one of sports broadcasting's most respected award-winning talent, a 2015 Henry Clay ambassador in celebration of his many accomplishments. Congratulations, Tom. Thank you, Jennifer. Thank you, Mayor. And Jennifer, long-time friend, and for that flowery introduction. which made me realize how long it's been, what a great ride it's been for me. All the things that Jennifer mentioned, all the events I've been lucky enough to cover. Next year in Rio will be my 12th Olympics. It's hard for me to imagine, but the time goes by so quickly. But it's been such a great ride. It's always great when you're honored in your hometown. I'm so Lexington, I was in this building when it was the Lafayette Hotel. and to have an award named for perhaps the most prestigious citizen of this city is indeed great Henry Clay. I don't know that I'm an ambassador but I've always tried to represent Lexington and the state of Kentucky well in all my travels and Otto Bolden with whom I do track and field broadcast jokes that I'm trying to make Lexington Kentucky the most famous city in the world because I always manage to slip in a little reference to it every now and then. We're on the verge of having one of the great weeks, I think, in Lexington's long and storied history. The Breeders' Cup coming home, coming back to its roots next week. And it has the potential, I think, to be the greatest Breeders' Cup ever. And certainly this community has embraced it as no community ever has in its 32-year history. And to all of you, that's a tribute because it is going to be something special. If we can just cross our fingers on the weather, I think it will be great. And the Breeders' Cup Classic, that race itself, the $5 million centerpiece of the two days, has the potential to be the greatest Breeders' Cup Classic in history. So I'm looking forward to a great week. I'll try to slip in a few little references to Kentucky of a positive nature. And I just want to tell you how proud I am and how thankful I am for this award named for Henry Clay and from all of you and the City of Lexington. Thanks. Applause Applause Applause Thank you. Thank you. Thanks to all of you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Have a great week. I should say to all of you that one of my greatest, proudest moments is when someone, a total stranger usually comes up to me and says, I'm from Lexington. I just want you to go and make us all proud. That's great. That's great. Thank you, sir. Actually, I see you all. All right, you guys. Good to do. Thank you. No doubt. Thank you. I do that. Yeah. I do that. I do that. Okay. I'll ask you for the motion. Actually, I believe that... You got it? All right. All right. Council Member Stenet, I believe you have a motion. Thank you, Mayor. I move that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.8101G in order to discuss an economic development matter involving real property, and an open discussion would likely jeopardize the siting, retention, expansion, and upgrade of a business. So moved. Second. Motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All right. Unless there's objection, we are retiring to closed session. Thank you. Thank you. Return to open session. Move to return to open session. Second. Motion by Vice Mayor K to return to open session and second by Council Member Henson. Have we got enough votes here? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, we're shot one. We need to wait. I thought we just needed eight. Don't get in here. We got to home. All right. We got him. Yeah. I move to come back into open session. Motion by Vice Mayor Kay to return to open session, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, unless there's an objection, we will return to open session. And it allows us to begin with the ordinances for a second reading. Madam Clerk, whenever you're ready, please give us a second reading. ordinance number one and 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 schedule number 11 and number two and ordinance amending section 219 one of the code of ordinances deleting the requirement that the clerk of the urban county council administer the oath of office to board agency and commission appointees and extending the time required to complete and submit the oath of office by affidavit all right thank you ma'am Motion by Council Member Henson to approve. Is there a second? Second. Second by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Lamb? Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Mossadi? Yes. Ms. Gutchfield? Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. K? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Allows us to move on to ordinances for a first reading. And on number eight, Council Member Gibbs, you have a motion on number eight. All right. So, Madam. Yep. You got it. Okay. Ordinance number three. An ordinance amending section 739 and 1281 of the Code of Ordinance is amending the definition of abandoned urban property and blighted or deteriorated property. Number four. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one classified civil service position of personal protective equipment technician grade 511N in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services effective upon passative counsel. Number five, an ordinance changing the zone from a wholesale and warehouse business B4 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 1.24 net, 1.44 gross acres for property located at 1108 South Broadway, Greer Land Company, AMD, Council District 3. Ordinance number six, an ordinance changing the zone from a high-density apartment R4 zone to a planned shopping center B6P zone for 0.99 net, 1.16 gross acres for property located at 4251 Sarin Drive, a portion of Continental Real Estate, Council District 8. Number seven in orange changing the zone from a single-family residential r1c zone and a neighborhood business be ones into a highway service business B3 zone for 1.1 to net 1.4 7 gross acres for property located at 1201 South Broadway 406 Pike Road and for a Pike Road Greer Nick Road to LLC council district 11 Council Mayor Gibbs, thank you mayor. I move to remove number eight from the docket and so moved second motion by council member gibbs to remove number eight from the docket and second by council member acres is there any discussion all right if not we can vote all in favor please say aye aye opposed no motion carries madam clerk please continue ordinance number nine an ordinance changing the zone from a single family residential r1e zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 0.6439 net 0.8714 gross acres for property located at 3092 and 3094 leastown road journeys and llc council district 2. number 10 an ordinance changing the zone from wholesale and warehouse business b4 zone to a neighborhood business b1 zone for 2.865 net 3.457 gross acres for property located at 1447 antique drive a dimensional variance is also requested sullivan van meter council district 2. number 11 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 schedule number 12. number 12 an ordinance closing barclay street 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 urban county government to execute a quit claim deed and any other net documents necessary to transfer the former right away to the abutting owner subject to the reservation of easements and restrictions and number 13 and ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexington fader mcconny government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of 363.96 for the division of environmental services excuse me from neighborhood development funds for the purchase of street trees and appropriating and reappropriating funds schedule number 13. thank you madam clerk are there any motions for wall cons i'm not aware of any all right how about suspensions for second read all right council member james brown mayor i'd like to make motion to suspend the rules and give a second reading to number 12. Of course the motion to suspend on number 12 by Council Member James Brown second by Council Member Akers is there any discussion on the motion all right if not then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries thank you all right any other motions Council Member Akers thank you mayor I I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number three. This will allow the vacant property commission to enforce its policies on residences outside the urban service boundary. Is that right? Second. Motion by Council Member Akers on number three and second by Council Member Massadi. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Hearing none, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Looks like that's all the motions. Madam Clerk, if you'll please give us a second read. Ordinance number three, an ordinance amending sections 739 and 1281 of the Code of Ordinances amending the definition of abandoned urban property and blighted or deteriorated property. number 12. an ordinance closing barkley street 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 urban county government to execute a quit claim deed and any other documents necessary to transfer the former right-of-way to the abutting owner subject to the reservation of easements and restrictions thank you madam clerk is there a motion motion by council member henson second by vice mayor k Is there any discussion? All right. If not, Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just had a question on item number three, I guess, for Commissioner Paulson. Just wanted to make sure I got the clarification. this was done to include the rural area. Is that correct? I apologize. I was talking to Council Member Farmer. Could you just let me in as to where we are? Number three. Number three. Right? Right. That's the one. Okay. You got it? No, I was looking at second reads. I got very confused. It was a hiring. I'm like, I'm pretty sure you don't want me for that. So, yes, what this does is this allows us to look at areas that are not necessarily inside the urban services area where there are neighborhoods of sorts so that we can make sure that if there are abandoned properties out there, they can go on the list. Because currently the way the ordinance reads, it does not allow that to occur. Okay. I think that's a great idea. So thank you. All right. Thank you, Councilmember Hanson. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember Hanson. Is there any further discussion? All right. If not, then, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yes. Ms. Henson? Mr. Herb? Yes. And Mr. K. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Allows us to move on to resolutions for a second reading. Resolution number one, a resolution accepting the bid of MICA Group Environmental Contractors Incorporated, establishing a price contract for transportation of leaf and yard waste for the Division of Streets and Roads. Number two, a resolution accepting the bids of B&S Electric Supply Company and Graybar Electric Company Incorporated, establishing price contracts for Granville Streetlight Equipment for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number three, a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Lisa McFadden, Administrative Specialist Principal, Grade 518E, 2243.36 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective October 12, 2015. And Jimmy Ross, sewer line maintenance assistant superintendent, grade 520E, 1,926.96 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective October 19, 2015. Ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of John Lawhorn Heavy Equipment Technician, grade 516N, 20.246 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. And Thomas Clements, municipal engineer senior, grade 525E, 2,501.60 biweekly in the Division of Engineering, both effective October 6, 2015. and ratifying the probationary sworn appointment of Aaron Kidd Police Sergeant, grade 315N, 29.309 hourly in the Division of Police, effective October 5, 2015. Number four, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend full urban services district number one to provide street lighting, street cleaning, and garbage and refuse collection, finding a need for the service in the area included, and finding the ability of the Urban County Government to provide this service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets, Dardanelles Drive, Battery Street, Blackford Parkway, Huntley Place, Magnolia Springs Drive, Marco Lane, Sweet Clover Lane, Polo Club Boulevard, and Heather Way. Number five, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend partial urban services district number three to provide garbage and refuse collection. Finding need for this service in the area included and finding the ability of the Urban County Government to provide this service in this area. Which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets? Fort Harrods Drive, Rabbitfoot Trail, Autumn Ridge Drive, Sawgrass Cove, and Walnut Creek Drive. Number six, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend partial urban services district. Number four, to provide street lighting, finding a need for this service in the area included, and finding the ability of the Urban County Government to provide this service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following street, Manitoba Lane. Number seven, a resolution specifying. I'm sorry, Council Member Mossade. Thank you, Mayor. I need someone to give me an answer in reference to Refuge Collection on number seven. We're still counting votes on those. So if we read this tonight, is that official? Well, let's see, the question, this is second reading, so in discussion, we could discuss on it. In the discussion portion of the motion, when we get to the discussion is what I'm saying, then that can be discussed. Right? I guess I was just, I guess I don't follow. I'm assuming since the second reading that we're going forward with this, and I know there's still counting votes. Well, let's talk about that in discussion then, as soon as we get to it. Okay. All right. So, Madam Clerk, go ahead. I think I'm going to go ahead and then make a motion to table this because I know that they're still counting votes from residents on this issue. Okay. Good deal. All right. So the motion by. Second. Motion by Council Member Society to table. Second by Council Member Henson. Motion to table is not debatable. So we'll take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now, Madam Clerk, please continue. Resolution number eight, a resolution specifying the intention of the Urban County Council to expand and extend partial urban services district number seven to provide garbage and refuse collection and street cleaning, finding a need for the service in the area included in finding the ability of the Urban County government to provide the service in this area, which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets, Deerhaven Lane and Winchester Road. Number nine, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Bluegrass Area Development District for fiscal year 2016 local dues payment to support workforce development, aging services, and regional planning at a cost not to exceed $40,096. Number 10, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Group CJ LLC for additional services under the Mobility Office Marketing Campaign for fiscal year 2016 at a cost not to exceed $40,000. Number 11, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a modification to agreement with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Division of Emergency Management for extension of the performance period from September 30, 2015 to December 31, 2015 for the fiscal year 2015 emergency management assistance project at no cost to the urban county government. Number 12, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, which grant funds are in the amount of $65,000 federal funds are for the purchase of a portable airborne chemical detection and ID system, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 13, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a purchase of service agreement with Bluegrass Area Development District for the operation of the home care program for homebound seniors at a cost not to exceed $48,610. Number 14, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one final to the agreement with Advanced Mulching Technologies Incorporated, doing business as EcoGrow for the Green Acre Stream Corridor Vegetative Buffer Ecological Restoration Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $13,250. from $290,000 to $303,250. Number 15, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the agreement with GRW Engineers Incorporated for the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant Administration Building Expansion Improvements Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,840 from $41,180 to $46,020. Number 16, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application and to accept this grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $148,000 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and are for the continuation of the litter abatement grant funding program for fiscal year 2016, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 17, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with UK Opera Theater for the performance of Billy Goatscruff at the Family Care Center at a cost not to exceed $600. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute amended general conditions to the agreement with Omnisource Integrated Supply LLC for WebEOC coordinator services for the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Veterans Affairs for jurisdiction on federal property. Number 20, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Schaefer Contracting LLC for the Masterson Station Park restroom building project, adding 21 additional work days and increasing the contract price by the sum of $5,675 from $169,999 to $175,674. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I'll come right back to you. Wait just a minute, Council Member Maloney. Is there a motion to approve? When we get to discussion, I'll let you ask the question. I have one more. Oh, I thought you were done. 21. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, but it's 21 yet. I want to ask someone 21. Well, we'll ask it on discussion. Before she reads it, I want to say I'd like to make a motion. Oh, you want to table it? You want to table it? 21. I'd like to amend the scope that we only do city properties that we own for this. That's my motion. 21? 21. Well, all right. 21, I'd like to make a motion to amend that we can scope for only building up the property to the city owners. All right. Do we hear a second? The motion fails for lack of a second. All right. All right. Thank you, Robert Jefferson. All right. All right, we have a motion. We have a second on number 21. Is there any discussion on the motion? Question. Council Member Stennett. Thank you. Jamie, can you speak to this? Have we already outlined the scope with the consultant and it's already been signed? Right. It was advertised with that scope, which would include properties other than properties that we own. Okay. Thank you. Councilmember Sadi. Jamie, one quick question. Did any Lexington firms participate in this RFP process? There were two responses, one local, one out of town. So there was only one Lexington firm then? Right. Besides this. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Council Member. The reason I'm amending this is because when we did the Senior Citizen Center, we wanted to look at properties that were leased, and this government made the decision that we should own our own buildings. And to me, the last thing we needed to be doing is going out and looking at property leased when we've always set examples. So that's why I do not support looking at other ways. Well, if you eliminate the even possibility of looking at other properties, you eliminate the possibility of purchasing other properties. So I think it's a wrong move. I don't think you should amend this contract. All right. Thank you. Is there any further discussion on the motion? Council Member Gibbs? Call for the question. All right. All right. If there's no further discussion, then we can take a vote on the motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. No. No. That was on the question. I voted yes. Oh, that was that on the, called the question? Okay. Motion to call the question. All right. Fine. All right. The motion to call the question passes. All right. Now let's vote on the motion. Now let's vote on the motion. Does everybody understand the motion is to amend? All right. All in favor of the motion, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. No. All right. The motion fails. All right. Madam Clerk, we've got number 21. You can read number 21 now. Resolution number 21, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement and related documents awarded pursuant to RFP number 41-2015 with Jones-Lang LaSalle Americas Incorporated for Consulting Services related to a new government center at a cost not to exceed $198,500. Thank you, ma'am. Is there a motion? Motion by Councilmember Henson to approve, second by Councilmember Farmer. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, if not, then, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? No, all 21, yes, I'm curious. Thank you. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes, on all. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? Yes. And Mr. Kay? Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion, allows us to move on to resolutions for a first reading. Whenever you're ready. number 22 a resolution accepting the bids of tom chestnut excavation and construction llc woodall construction company incorporated and lm asphalt partners limited doing business as ats construction establishing price contracts for equipment rental with operator for the division of streets and roads number 23 a resolution accepting the bid of sierra monitor corporation establishing a price contract for hazardous gas detection system for the division of water quality Number 24, a resolution accepting the bid of CE Powers Solutions, LLC, establishing a price contract for switchgear maintenance for the Division of Water Quality. Number 25, a resolution accepting the bid of Cumberland Pipeline, LLC, and the amount of $79,469 for the Deerhaven Pump Station decommissioning for the Division of Water Quality, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fayette Urban County government to execute any necessary agreement with Cumberland Pipeline, LLC, related to the bid. Number 26. A resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of Derrell Chestnut Public Service Supervisor Senior, Grade 517E-1763.60 biweekly in the Division of Waste Management, effective October 26, 2015. Frank Mabson, Administrative Specialist, Senior, Grade 516N-22.50, hourly in the Division of Water Quality. Carrie Kelly, Telecommunicator, Senior, Grade 517N-20.425, hourly in the Division of Emergency Management, 911, both effective November 2, 2015. ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of john lawhorn heavy equipment technician grade 516 and 20.246 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management and tom clements municipal engineer senior senior grade 525 e 2005 a 1.60 bi-weekly in the division of engineering both effective october 6 2015 ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of brad whitaker fire major grade 318 e 3005 57.01 bi-weekly jordan sauce fire captain grade 316 and 23.88 hourly and jason Neil, fire lieutenant, grade 315N, 18.508 hourly, all in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective September 30, 2015, ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Corey Lane, police officer, grade 311N, 20.092 hourly, effective September 7, 2015. Michael Allgaier, Keisha Compton, Byron Creekmore, Joseph Danielson, Jennifer Day, John Finley, Brandon Gibbs, Donovan Grider, Ethan Jennings, Philip Johnson, Michael Jones, Elizabeth Canis, Cody McMillan, Stephen Wiggins, and Joshua Woodward, all police officers, grade 311 n 20.092 hourly effective may 11th 2015 thomas perkins police lieutenant grade 317e 3001 and 9.30 bi-weekly effective june 8 2015 jonathan bastion andrew dowherty and jeremy tuttle all police lieutenant grade 317e 3082.83 bi-weekly aaron greenleaf jeffrey jackson david sadler marcus sell all police sergeant grade 315 and 29.309 hourly effective july 26 2015 all in the division of police ratifying the approved council leave for timothy lee resource recovery operator in the Division of Waste Management beginning October 5, 2015 through January 4, 2016. Number 27, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Donna Stacey, Administrative Specialist, Grade 5, 13N, 18.299, hourly in the Division of Revenue, and Sherita Miller, Minority Business Program Coordinator, Grade 5, 25E, 200552.56, bi-weekly in the Division of Purchasing, both effective November 16, 2015. George Gein, resource recovery operator, 18.299 hourly. David Smith, resource recovery operator, 17.275 hourly. Donald Langfeld, resource recovery operator, 17.316 hourly. All grade 513N in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage of counsel. Jameson McKinney, public service worker, grade 507N, 12.30 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of counsel. Excuse me. effective upon past of the council jameson mckinney public service worker grade 507 n 1230 hourly in the division of water quality effective upon past of council kristin curry planer senior grade 521e 2015.25 bi-weekly in the division of environmental services effective november 2nd 2015 william bourne nuisance control officer grade 513 n 17.043 hourly in the division of code enforcement rick henry vehicle and equipment technician grade 514 n 21 dollars hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management dylan dunaway public service worker Senior, Grade 509N, 14.021 Hourly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, all effective upon passative counsel, and Brandy Berryman, Administrative Officer, Grade 523E, 200653.85 Bi-weekly in the Division of Planning, effective November 30th, 2015, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Jennifer Oberlein, Continuum of Care Coordinator, Grade 516N, $28 Hourly in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, effective November 16th, 2015. Number 28, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Outfitters Satellite to change the existing universal card plan service to the broadband global area network service at a cost not to exceed $1,020. Number 29, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, which grant funds are in the amount of $42,100 federal funds under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program for the reimbursement of costs related to the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 30, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute modifications to agreements with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, for extension of the performance period through September 30, 2016, for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program for fiscal year 2014 at no cost to the Irving County government. Number 31, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute a memorandum of understanding with results for America, Johns Hopkins University Center for Government Excellence, and the Behavioral Insights Team, What Works Cities team, for support services related to open data management, performance management, and evaluation of current government practices and new initiatives, under an award from the Bloomberg Family Foundation, incorporated at no cost to the urban county government. Number 32, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Christopher Van Brackle for care of and retirement of the canine Elvis. Number 33, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Development Concepts Incorporated for the Oxford Circle Redevelopment Feasibility Study at a cost not to exceed $85,000. Number 34, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with academics and college training project incorporated $850. East End Community Development Corporation incorporated $150. Mill Creek Elementary PTSA $700. And Cardinal Valley Elementary PTA incorporated $1,000 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 35, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation for historic preservation for the creation of a master plan document for the restoration and renovation of the Pope Villa at a cost not to exceed $50,000. Number 36, a resolution establishing Krauss Associates doing business as AK Associates as a sole source provided for telephone technology and equipment manufactured by Solocom Technologies Incorporated and authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreements with Krauss Associates doing business as AK Associates related to the procurement of these goods and services. Number 37, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with EHI consultants for the Winburn small area plan at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Number 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with Benefit Insurance Marketing Incorporated for a one-year extension expiring on December 31, 2016 at a cost not to exceed $58,500. number 39 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute certificates of consideration and any other necessary documents and to accept deeds for properties located at 1602 and 1618 fort sumster drive and 1665 gale drive for the fort sumster drive storm water improvements project at a cost not to exceed 585 000 number 40 a resolution amending resolution number 602 2014 which pertains to certain change orders related to the new senior Citizen Center to also authorize the designee of the mayor to execute the change orders to increase the not-to-exceed amount for an individual change order from $22,200 to $25,000 and to increase the cumulative total for all change orders executed pursuant to the resolution from an amount not to exceed $222,000 to an amount not to exceed $322,000. Number 41, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Hope Center for extending the performance period for the rehabilitation of the emergency shelter through March 31, 2016. Number 42, a resolution amending Section 1 and Section 5 of Resolution No. 588-2015, which authorized the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offers of employment, correcting the classification of Suzanne Leiby from probationary classified civil service to unclassified civil service effective retroactive to September 24, 2015. Number 43, a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a statement of affiliation between the Special Operations Team and the Rescue Squad for affiliation requirement under KRS Chapter 39F. Number 44, a resolution changing the property address numbers of 903 through 905 South Limestone to 905 South Limestone and 501 Robertson Street to 519 Robertson Street and changing the street names and property address numbers of 4704 Agape Drive to 4704 Rosette Way, 4705 Agape Drive to 4705 Rosette Way, and 101 Alexandria Drive to 2601 Trailwood Lane, all effective 30 days from past it. Number 45, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government and pursuant to the jobs fund program to execute a 10-year forgivable incentive agreement and related documents with EIE materials incorporated in an amount not to exceed $70,038 for the creation and retention of at least six new jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $42.87 exclusive benefits. Number 46, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with 21C Lexington LLC for streetscape improvements at a cost not to exceed $207,786. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Bell Court Neighborhood Association, $2,000. Friends of Wolf Run Incorporated, $150. Palomar Hills Community Association Incorporated, $325. Tanbark Association of Neighbors, $1,000. Friends of the Arboretum, $750. And Greenhouse, $17, $1,300. for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum state at number 48, a resolution of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government authorizing the Lexington Center Corporation to enter into a loan agreement with the Kentucky Bond Development Corporation for the purpose of borrowing an amount not to exceed $15 million to pay costs of various capital improvements and authorizing the Kentucky Bond Development Corporation to issue bonds payable from payments to be made by the Lexington Center Corporation under the loan agreement. And number 49, a resolution of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government authorizing the Kentucky Bond Development Corporation to issue bonds payable from tiff revenue to pay costs of development of the summit lexington project thank you madam clerk is there a motion council member massadi wait just a second thank you mayor um i've been advised by the law department in reference to number i believe it was seven that i wanted to table um i can't do it because there's going to be a public hearing on this on november 7th so there will be in order for this to be put in the paper if i table it it will cut the the sequencing will be off so maybe someone from you know commissioner holmes maybe you can advise me more on this i just saw it here and i and i was concerned that it since cards are still being counted we shouldn't go forward but i've been told that i cannot table this so i need to remove it from the table this is the first step in the process and the i think the hearing is actually scheduled for november 10th and in order to make it into the newspaper it really needs to get a second reading tonight if there is an issue a significant issue i think you all can address it before the final vote to put them in the district after the public hearing so moved then mayor all right so that's a motion to remove remove from the table right motion by council member sadi second by council member henson is there any discussion all right hearing none then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries right now now we gotta do it okay go ahead number seven a resolution specifying the intention of the urban county council to expand and extend partial urban services district number five to provide street lighting and garbage and refuse collection finding a need for this service in the area included and finding the ability of the urban county government to provide this service in this area which area is defined as certain properties on the following streets berwin court cromwell court and cromwell way now we need a roll call on that right all right motion to approve motion by councilmember lamb is there a second second by councilmember gibbs is there any discussion all right if not then we can ask for i'll ask for a roll call miss lamb yes mr maloney yes miss missotti yes mr stinnett yes miss acres yes mr fred brown yes mr james brown yes mr farmer mr gibbs yes mr hensley yeah miss henson yes and mr k yes thank you all right thank you madam clerk that reflects passage of the motion All right, now we're back to resolutions. So are there any walk-ons or suspensions? Council Member Maloney? Yeah, on behalf of the administration, they've asked for the number. We have a second reading, number 27, because they have employees they have to fill. So moved. I got a second. Motion by Council Member Maloney, second by Council Member Farmer. is there any discussion on the motion all right hearing none we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries council member Gibbs thank you mayor on behalf of the administration I ask for a second reading on number 31 so moved motion by council member Gibbs second by council member Henson is there any discussion all right the question from council member Farmer is reason for the just because I mean the reason for the second because they asked me to very much that's the reason that's a reason is there any further discussion all right if not we can vote all in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I move to spin the rules and give second reading to number 33. This is the Oxford Circle Redevelopment Feasibility Study, and everybody is ready to move on this. So second. Thank you. Council Member Henson motion by Council Member Henson second by Vice Mayor Kaye. Any discussion? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. I have one more, Mayor. All right. I would suspend the rules and give second reading to number 34, which is our Neighborhood Development Fund. Second. Motion by Council Member Hanson, number 34, second by Council Member Akers. Any discussion? All right, if not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I would like to on behalf of the administration Ask for suspension of a number resolution number 45. It's the jobs fund program and it's an exciting time for a new business and Thank you for your consideration Motion by council member lamb second by council member farmer. Is there any discussion? All right hearing none we can vote all in favor. Please say I Opposed no motion carries All right councilmember acres Thank you, Mayor. I have a few. I'll start with, um, move to give, suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 32. This is care and retirement of the canine Elvis, so I just thought that, you know, the sooner we could get him in retirement, that's probably good. Motion by Councilman Rakers on number 32, second by Councilman Farmer. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And then I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 41. This is to extend the time for rehabilitation of the emergency shelter at the Hope Center. Motion by Council Member Akers, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And last one is item number 47. I move to suspend the rules to give second reading. These are NDF requests. All right. Motion by Council Member Akers on 47. Is there a second? Peggy, second. Second. Second by Council Member Hensley. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Is that all? All right. Looks like that's all. Madam Clerk, whenever you're ready, give us those second readings. Resolution number 27, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Donna Stacey, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 18.299 Hourly in the Division of Revenue, and Sherita Miller, Minority Business Program Coordinator, Grade 525E, 200552.56, biweekly in the Division of Purchasing, both effective November 16, 2015. George Gein, Resource Recovery Operator, 18.299 hourly. David Smith, Resource Recovery Operator, 17.275 hourly. Donald Langfelds, Resource Recovery Operator, 17.316 hourly. All grades 513N in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage of counsel. Jameson McKinney, Public Service Worker, Grade 507N, 12.30 hourly. in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of Council. Kristen Curry, Planner, Senior, Grade 521E, 2015.25, bi-weekly, in the Division of Environmental Services, effective November 2, 2015. William Bourne, Nuisance Control Officer, Grade 513N, 17.043, hourly in the Division of Code Enforcement, Rick Henry, Vehicle and Equipment Technician, Grade 514N, $21, hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Dylan Dunaway, Public Service Worker, Senior, Grade 509N, 14.0, 21, hourly in the division of parks and recreation all effective upon passage of counsel and brandy barryman administrative officer grade 523e 2006 53.85 bi-weekly in the division of planning effective november 30th 2015 authorizing the division of human resources to make condition a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment jennifer oberline continuum of care coordinator grade 5 16 and 28 dollars hourly in the office of the chief administrative officer effective november 16 2015. number 31 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with results for america johns hopkins university center for government excellence and the behavioral insights team what works cities team for support services related to open data management performance management and evaluation of current government practices and new initiatives under an award from the bloomberg family foundation incorporated at no cost to the urban county government number 32 A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Christopher Van Brackle for care of and retirement of the canine Elvis. Number 33. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with development concepts incorporated for the Oxford Circle Redevelopment Feasibility Study at a cost not to exceed $85,000. Number 34. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with academics and college training project incorporated $850. East End Community Development Corporation Incorporated $150 Mill Creek Elementary PTSA $700 and Cardinal Valley Elementary PTA Incorporated $1,000 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 41. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Hope Center for extending the performance period for the rehabilitation of the emergency shelter through March 31, 2016. Number 45. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government and pursuant to the jobs fund program to execute a 10-year forgivable incentive agreement and related documents with EIE materials incorporated in an amount not to exceed $70,038 for the creation and retention of at least six new jobs with an average hourly wage of at least $42.87 exclusive of benefits. and number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Bell Court Neighborhood Association, $2,000. Friends of Wolf Run Incorporated, $150. Palomar Hills Community Association Incorporated, $325. Tanbark Association of Neighbors, $1,000. Friends of the Arboretum, $750. And Greenhouse, $17, $1,300. For the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed the sums needed. motion to approve by council member henson second by council member stennett is there any discussion all right if not then madam clerk please call the roll miss lamb mr maloney yes miss massadi yes mr stennett yes miss acres yes mr fred brown yes mr james brown Yes. Mr. Farmer. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs. Yes. Mr. Hensley. Yes. Ms. Henson. Yes. And Mr. Kay. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Allows us to move on to communications from the mayor. Motion by Council Member Lamb. Council Member Lamb, second by Council Member Stenet. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, we can vote. I mean, yes, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And next, for information only, communications. And next are announcements. But before the open the floor to council members, we do have a police disciplinary item that we need to bring before the council. Commander Kurtzinger is here. Tommy, thank you. Good evening. for a respectfully submitted disciplinary recommendation. On Friday, September 4th of 2015, Officer David DeWolf violated General Order 1973-02, violating any rules of the division operation and maintenance of division vehicles, as well as General Order 1973-03P, Section 2, Special Purpose Vehicles. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Barnard and has accepted 20-hour suspension without pay and 30-calendar-day home fleet suspension. This recommended discipline has also been approved by the Public Safety Commissioner Bastin. Thank you, Commander. I hope to approve. Motion by Council Member Henson to approve, second by Council Member Lamb. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Okay. Yeah, we got it. All right. The motion passes. All right. Next is the floor is available for council members for any announcements. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. Last weekend was the Arboretum's first party for the pumpkins, and it was much fun. They had over 1,000 people that showed up. They had great music and entertainment for the whole family. And also while I was there, I had the opportunity to get my 2016 Arboretum calendar. And they're only $15, and so I am trying to advocate for them, and the proceeds go to benefit the Friends of the Arboretum. and the projects that help keep this state botanical garden beautiful and i want to help encourage my colleagues to support the arboretum and purchase your calendars they're nice for gifts and they can be picked up at the arboretum visitor center or they can be you can use an order form which i have here and they'll send it to you in the mail and thank you for your consideration Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Lamb. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. On a serious note, I've been reading, if Lexmark may be for sale. We, being here when IBM was for sale and we lost a lot of people, but thank God Lexmark came. I just want to make sure that we're, I know you probably are, and I just want to let you know, and if you keep the council informed or whatever we have to do to make sure we don't have that same problem if we had with IBM leaving. but thank God we had that mark came by. I just want to be sure we're on top of that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Loney. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I had the honor today to represent the mayor and the council at two events related to Isaac Murphy. The first was the re-interment of Isaac Murphy in the same area as Manowar out at the horse park. And if people don't know anything about Isaac Murphy, Please Google it. He was an early and extremely successful black jockey in Lexington whose history is basically being revived by a historian named Palin Daniels, who was in town to help with the celebration. And the second event was the unveiling of the descriptive markers at the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden this afternoon. We had a nice crowd, lots of students, lots of other folks came out. Again, if you haven't had a chance to see the Memorial Art Garden, you ought to go by. Some of the sculptures are in place. It really looks terrific. And then finally, a play about Isaac Murphy by Frank X. Walker, the former Kentucky Poet Laureate, called I Dedicate This Ride, will be given at the Lyric Theater both Friday night and Saturday night this week on a pay-as-you-can basis it's a great play and I hope everybody will come out thank you mayor thank you vice mayor Kay councilmember Akers thank you mayor I'm not sure how many people have seen them all but I wanted to share an update on the prohibition murals that have just come to the city and again decorated our downtown and surrounding areas this one is still in progress as the date of this photo. So it's not yet complete. It is, it will be at the end of the crosswalk from Victorian Square to the parking garage owned by Lex Park at the corner of Short and Broadway. So if you are walking down Broadway and look up near the crosswalk, you'll see that one. And it may be, it probably is more complete than that picture. And the artist for that one was Hykenis and he's from Italy. So the next one we have is for on Jefferson Street at 3rd. This mural is on the back of the Chase Tap Room, and you can see it off of Jefferson in their back parking lot. And this artist is from Portugal, and his name is Mr. Deo. And I believe that on the soup can there, there's a phrase, and I believe it means walking together from what I recall. So very colorful. The next one is, this one is Louis Armstrong, obviously. And this is on the side of the Lighthouse Ministries building on Elm Tree Lane. And this is by an artist from Portugal as well, and his name is Odeth. And that one actually, back up real quick, that one was actually sponsored by the No Lie CDC as well. And I should have mentioned the very first one is sponsored by Lex Park. They sponsor that. And this last one is on the building on Jersey Street down on campus across from Two Keys. it's the building the business is called oneness it's a shoe store and the artists are two artists one is named shurio and she is from singapore and then the yawk or the yoke i'm not sure how he pronounces it and he is from australia so all of these um are painted with spray cans they're done in you know just a few over the course of just a few days and we are very i think lucky to have them in lexington all privately funded um so it's it's great so get out and see them if you haven't thank you thank you councilman records councilmember hensley thank you mayor um i just know with all the traffic issues that we've had in the past that i've been working with traffic engineering to get us engaged with ways so that we can start submitting our traffic engineering data for road closures to the ways app and we anticipate from traffic engineering that will be done before the Breeders' Cup, so our visitors who are coming in will be able to use the Waze app to navigate around town a little bit quicker and show that we really care about traffic issues in Lexington. Thank you. Thank you for that encouragement and suggestion, Council Member Hensley. All right, that looks like that's all who have signed up for announcements. That allows us to move to public comments, and I have several citizens who have signed on for public comment tonight, beginning with Steven Richardson. I'd like to thank y'all. What I would like for the committee to consider is reconstructing the way the LexTrain Board is operating. As it is now, it's not very friendly for the employees to go down there and complain about trans deaf and in the past the employees feel like some of the board members their opinion of the Lex Tranny employees where we were fat and lazy and our wives and children abused our insurance privileges and the way the trans deaf now has got it set up is they're restricting what can be spoken to at these meetings and it has to be on their agenda and the third thing is is the last time we had an employee go down there to report that the garage manager was stealing from Lex Tran. He suffered retaliation, and now this man has permanent frostbite on his hands and feet because the maintenance director made him wash buses in the middle of the winter at 8 degrees when the timber was 8 below zero. I feel like if there was some way that the board would make a report to this committee about complaints about that management company, I don't feel like they'd be so quick to do their employees like that and harass them like they're doing up there right now. Stephen, thank you very much. And I know your comments will be taken into consideration. I know that our chief administrative officer is taking some notes, and others are. Thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. All right. David Sams. David, you here? Yep. I'd like to address counsel. I live at 2853 Winter Garden Drive. I have now worked at Lex Strand for eight years. and I have watched many employees come and go through Lex Transgate. The turnover is horrendous there. The policies example, if I come to work and I work six hours, seven hours, whatever it may be, but not finish out my shift, I have a family emergency if my wife or daughter is in an accident that will be in a tenant's violation. We've got policies that are pushing people out the gate. And we can complain to the Transit Authority Board, but the structure and the level of the way it's structured, it doesn't get to where it needs to be of the way it's structured. more people needs to know and make these decisions instead of just these people hidden down in the hole over here that they have these meetings. They're not broadcast. They're not publicized. So they can do to these employees whatever they need to or whatever they want to by any means necessary. And we're losing a lot of tax dollars by training. I think it's a 10-week course to get a driver on the road. And to punish one so severely for wearing white socks when he should have on black, penalize him a couple weeks' pay, that's a little absurd. Transdev, whatever the name is, it's been named four or five different names since I've been there in eight years. there is no control over what these individuals there's only a couple employees that they send down there for whatever money that we give them you know they're running wild they're they're very aggressive and we're losing employees in mass numbers we as a union we fight and get their jobs back it costs taxpayers money it costs us money as workers it's really hard every time you turn around you're being assessed and you're trying to make a living and you know a living for your family but you got to uh you got to fight for what is right if someone's being mistreated you got to stand up and do what is the right thing to do and i'm hoping that this don't fall in deaf ears like it does at the Transit Authority Board. We've tried our voices down there, and they're not heard. So I thank you for your time. Thank you. David, thank you. All right, sir. Next is Bernard McCarthy. Your Honor and members of the council, First, for the record, my name is Bernard McCarthy. My address is 515 Harry Street. And I will say that if any branch of this government is mistreating its workers, as the previous two speakers have alleged, then this council needs to dig into that and make it stop, for sure. But the thing that has bugged me in recent days is the political correctness crowd is once again making noise about changing the definition of bullying. and it seems to me that according to the 14th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, if something's going to be a crime, it shouldn't depend on who's doing it to whom or whether the victim belongs to some special group. In other words, it should be just as illegal for any of you to throw a punch at me as it is for me to throw a punch at any of you. It shouldn't matter who belongs to what supposedly persecuted group or anything. If one kid slugs another in school, the kid that threw the first punch should be the one in trouble. And I don't care what verbal insults were exchanged first. To my way of thinking, the one that throws the first punch or resorts to violence first is the one that should be in the most trouble. And finally, the recent incident of a certain concert causing multi-hour traffic jams on Tates Creek Road, I do think that if you're going to do anything regulation-wise, it should be applied to how they process incoming vehicles into whatever parking they're going to have. I think they need to have a way to split them up as they come in between multiple lots would be the only way to speed up the long lines that they had. But other than that, it also does illustrate that if we're going to have special events out in the boondocks, that maybe the roads out in the boondocks do need to be built to higher standards. I know people love the scenery, keeping the roads dinky and narrow and crooked out in the country. But hey, if we're going to have special events out in the country, we need decent roads to get to them and from them. Thank you, Bernard. Next is Brian Durham and then Mandy Durham. I passed. I passed. Okay. All right. And next then is Susan. What about Mandy? Okay. Then Susan Delph. Sparacy. I thought I'd come here tonight to voice some opinions on the guys on the street that told me. I have two males living in abandoned cars right now because they refuse to go to the community inn or even the Hope Center because they don't have really addiction problems. And they really don't want to go to the community inn. We all know why. I know where one of them is, but I'm not going to tell anybody. I can tell you he's close to the community end. That's it. We would like this government to help us out with people who do not have addiction problems. We are forced to go to these places where they have addiction problems. That doesn't fit our description. And some of us that haven't been in jail yet, like myself. I'm not planning on going there either. I am the only one that I'm representing up here. They trust me with all of this. I have heard from your homeland homeless department saying we have to get a tax exempt form. Then you'll take it seriously. How are we going to get that? That tax exempt form is $1,000 plus the legal fees. When are you going to take it seriously, really? We've got ideas. I have given them to you. I have Amazon willing to give us 5% of their profits. But the only thing we've got to do is get that number again. I am looking for a church to help us out on that. Because you know we don't have any money to do all this. They also want that coffee shop up and running so they can get some money. So they won't have to go out and panhandle and steal and rob. We got these ideas. Won't you help us run with them? Give me a call and we'll talk about it. Please. We need something better than what we got out there. Why do you want to treat us like this? This is inhumane. This is like China. Are we more civilized than I thought? Give us a break. Please. Thank you, Susan. and we're glad that you have had conversations with Charlie Lanter. All right. Is there anything further that needs to come before the council? I don't believe that's all we've signed on for public comment. We're adjourned. All right. There's a motion to adjourn by Council Member Farmer, second by Council Member Akers. Unless there's objection, we are adjourned. Thank you. I'll be there as fast as I can Hang on, tiny but still safe Something deep inside the inner man Don't you forget, we'll take care of you It don't matter what you do Moment to end, let him sing melody You provide the harmony We have an abundance of beauty and natural resources here in the bluegrass. More miles of running water than any state in the continental U.S. You may not know it, but all our creeks and streams catch water directly from storm sewers on our streets. That means when someone tosses a cigarette butt on Main or Vine, chances are good it'll end up in Town Branch. Leave some pet waste on a sidewalk near Versailles Road, it goes into Wolf Run Creek. So please, don't trash the bluegrass. Thank you.