# Urban County Council Meeting - December 3, 2015 > Auto-transcribed civic record · December 3, 2015 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/3841 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/3841?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2015-12-03 - **Last revised**: December 3, 2015 - **Length**: 12,252 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 December 3, 2015, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gray presiding. This brief meeting focused primarily on recognition and informational presentations, with two agenda items addressing community achievements and environmental initiatives. The council conducted two votes during the session, while no public comments were heard. The meeting centered on recognizing individual accomplishments and highlighting recycling program success within the community. ## Attendance All council members were present for the December 3, 2015 meeting. **Present:** • Scutchfield • Stinnett • Akers • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Evans • Farmer • Gibbs • Hensley • Henson • Kay • Lamb • Moloney • Mossotti **Absent:** None **Late:** None ## Votes and Decisions The council took action on two items during the December 3, 2015 meeting. **Ordinance 1407-15** addressed a zoning change for property located at 2833 Liberty Road. The ordinance proposed changing the zone from a Single Family Residential (R-1D) zone to both a High Density Apartment (R-4) zone and a Wholesale & Warehouse Business (B-4) zone. Ms. Henson made the motion, which was seconded by Mr. Gibbs. The ordinance passed unanimously on a roll call vote with 15 ayes and 0 nays. Council members voting in favor were Scutchfield, Stinnett, Akers, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Hensley, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, and Mossotti. **Resolution 1464-15** dealt with suspending enforcement of specific sections of the Code of Ordinances. The resolution suspended enforcement of Sections 18A-3, 18A-4, and 18A-6 of the Code of Ordinances until amendments to Chapter 18A are passed. Mr. Farmer made the motion, with Ms. Henson providing the second. This resolution passed on a roll call vote with 12 ayes and 2 nays. Council members voting in favor were Stinnett, Akers, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, and Mossotti. Council members Farmer and Hensley voted against the resolution. Both items received roll call votes, indicating their significance to the council's proceedings. The zoning change received unanimous support, while the enforcement suspension resolution faced some opposition from two council members. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed three significant financial contracts through formal resolutions. **Park Infrastructure Investment** Resolution 1403-15 authorized a contract with Bluegrass Contracting Corp. for Idle Hour Park Improvements totaling $479,230. This represents the largest financial commitment discussed during the session. **Snow Removal Services** Resolution 1404-15 established a contract with Red River Ranch, LLC for Snow Plowing Operations. While the resolution was approved, the specific contract amount was not disclosed in the meeting materials. **Fire Station Maintenance** Resolution 1430-15 approved a contract with Fox Enterprises, Inc. for Concrete Apron Replacement at Fire Stations in the amount of $139,828.45. This infrastructure maintenance project addresses critical facility needs for the fire department. The three resolutions collectively represent over $619,000 in identified spending, with the park improvements comprising the majority of the allocated funds. All contracts were processed through the formal resolution procedure, indicating compliance with standard municipal procurement processes. ## Appointments The meeting addressed several personnel changes involving resignations across multiple city departments. **Resignations:** • **Charles Burchett** - Computer Analyst, Division of Water Quality - resigned • **Mark Tyler Scott** - Administrative Officer Sr., Department of Finance - resigned • **Jason D. Millay** - Police Officer, Division of Police - resigned • **Dow Cline** - Community Corrections Officer, Division of Community Corrections - resigned • **Kevin W. Parrish** - Community Corrections Officer, Division of Community Corrections - resigned The resignations affected various city operations, including water quality management, financial administration, law enforcement, and community corrections services. Two positions within the Division of Community Corrections were vacated, representing a notable staffing change for that department. ## Contested Items The meeting featured one contested item that resulted in a split vote among council members. **Suspension of Local Taxicab Permit Enforcement** The council considered a resolution to suspend enforcement of certain sections related to Local Taxicab Permits. This measure generated disagreement among council members, ultimately resulting in a divided vote rather than unanimous approval. The resolution passed despite opposition from two council members who voted against the suspension. The specific sections of taxicab permit regulations targeted for suspended enforcement were not detailed in the available meeting materials, nor were the reasons for the suspension clearly outlined. The split vote indicates differing perspectives among council members regarding the appropriateness of suspending enforcement of these particular taxicab permit requirements. However, the majority of the council supported moving forward with the suspension. The outcome was that enforcement of the specified Local Taxicab Permit sections would be suspended as approved by the majority vote, despite the dissenting votes from two council members. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps, council member names, and detailed discussion points were not available in the provided meeting materials.* ## Recognition - Julia Cantrell-Martin The city recognized Julia Cantrell-Martin for her significant contributions to the community during agenda item 1546-15. The recognition highlighted her service as past president of the Radcliff Neighborhood Association, where she demonstrated leadership and dedication to improving her local community. Mayor Gray and James Brown served as the key speakers for this presentation, acknowledging Cantrell-Martin's volunteer efforts and community involvement. The recognition focused on her work with the neighborhood association, where she helped address local issues and foster community engagement among residents. This was an informational item with no action required from the council. The presentation served to publicly acknowledge Cantrell-Martin's civic contributions and thank her for her service to the Radcliff neighborhood and the broader community. The recognition reflects the city's practice of honoring residents who volunteer their time and energy to improve their neighborhoods and contribute to the overall well-being of the community through grassroots leadership and civic participation. ## Recycle Bowl The city presented awards to students participating in the 10th annual Recycle Bowl competition during agenda item 1547-15. This presentation recognized schools for their environmental efforts and distributed monetary prizes to participating institutions. Mayor Gray, Patty Stivender, and David Holmes served as key speakers for the ceremony, acknowledging the decade-long tradition of the Recycle Bowl program. The event celebrated student participation in recycling initiatives and environmental stewardship activities. The presentation was informational in nature, focusing on recognizing student achievements rather than conducting policy discussions or debates. Schools received monetary awards as part of their recognition for participating in the recycling competition. This agenda item represented the city's ongoing commitment to environmental education and community engagement through school-based recycling programs. The 10th anniversary milestone highlighted the sustained success of the Recycle Bowl initiative in promoting environmental awareness among local students. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps are not available for this agenda item.* --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 1407-15** — passed (15-0): Changing the zone from a Single Family Residential (R-1D) zone to a High Density Apartment (R-4) zone, and to a Wholesale & Warehouse Business (B-4) zone for property located at 2833 Liberty Rd. - **Resolution 1464-15** — passed (12-2): Suspending enforcement of Sections 18A-3, 18A-4, and 18A-6 of the Code of Ordinances until amendments to Chapter 18A are passed. --- ## Full transcript Let it be, yeah, let it be Whisper words of rhythm, let it be Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. guitar solo Thank you. Thank you. Hello, everyone, and greetings. Greetings. We're glad to have everybody here with us tonight. Everyone. So, what we start out with is a roll call, and our clerk will call the roll. Martha, whenever you're ready. Ms. Gutfield? Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Ms. Evans? Here. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Here. Mr. Hensley? Here. Ms. Henson? Here. Mr. Kay? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Massadi? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. All right. Next on our agenda is the invocation. And thanks to Councilmember Henson, who has invited Pastor Charles Knox with Iglesia Nueva Vida. Mucho gusto, señor alcalde. Me llamo Pastor Carlos Knox de la Iglesia Nueva Vida. My name is Charles Knox from Iglesia Nueva Vida. It's a pleasure to be here with you this evening. Before I give the invocation, I'd just like to share a word. My wife and I were driving down Herdsburg Road the other day. and we saw some Christmas lights. And I was in a rather bah humbug moment, and I told my wife. I believe I began to complain about the fact that people are putting up Christmas lights before Christmas, before Thanksgiving, people are rushing out from Thanksgiving dinner to get to the Black Friday sales. And my wife reminded me that Christmas is a time of hope. I would just like to encourage everyone here to remember that Christmas is a time of hope. The Bible says that when Jesus was born, a great company of angels appeared singing glory to God in the highest on earth, peace to men on whom his favor rests. And so I would just like to encourage everyone here as we often get distracted by commercialization, by online sales, by things like long lines, the post office. and while we're waiting impatiently for our peppermint mocha at Starbucks, remember that Christmas is ultimately about hope. It's not just about a baby born in a manger, but for those of us that are followers of Christ, Christmas is about following our Savior, Jesus, who makes us people that are kinder and more peaceful and more loving and more patient. And so with that, I'd like to pray. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for this evening, the opportunity to invite your presence into this meeting. I pray for our mayor, pray for our council members, for all the wonderful people that are present here tonight. Lord, give them wisdom as they make decisions. Guide them. Lord, we pray for the folks in our city that are homeless, immigrants, refugees, many people that call this place home away from home. We pray that this would be a season of hope for them as well, that we would love those around us, that we would make decisions not only that are for our well-being, not only that are economically good for our city, but decisions that respect others, decisions that lead others to have better lives, to enjoy life more. We pray that this would be a season of hope and that as we make decisions tonight, Lord, pray for these men and women before us who lead us, who serve us, you give them wisdom, not only to prosper our city, but to prosper our communities and our hearts. We pray these things in the name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. We have two presentations tonight, and first is a recognition that was for Julia Cantrell-Martin, and I'm going to ask Council Member James Brown to join me at the podium. Your point. Yes, sir. I'll turn it over. We'll read the proclamation. Tonight, we are so proud to recognize Julia Cantrell Martin, a First District resident and our Kentucky Veteran of the Year. And we'll do this by making a proclamation. Now, true to the impact that Ms. Cantrell-Martin has had on our community, this proclamation has a lot of whereases in it. But before I read the proclamation, I want to turn the podium over to Council Member James Brown for some remarks. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Mayor. It's my pleasure to be here tonight with a longtime family friend and mentor, Ms. Julia Martin. Ms. Martin has been a positive influence on me and my family since I was a child about this tall. She started the children's worship period at East 2nd Street Christian Church. Over the years, Ms. Martin has continued to be engaged and active in the community, in a variety of roles and organizations. And of most recent, she was the past president, or she is the past president, of the Radcliffe Marlboro Neighborhood Association, where she showed me the ropes on how to be a neighborhood president and encouraged me to follow in her footsteps, which has led me to my role on city council. And I don't know whether to be happy or sad about it. I'm just joking. So I'd just like to say thank you to Ms. Martin for being a mentor to me and for your service to our country and our community. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Cantrell Martin has been named 2015 Kentucky Veteran of the Year, and whereas each year one man and one woman are recognized by Kentucky veterans, a branch of the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana, and whereas Mrs. Cantrell Martin of Lexington served her country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, earning the American Spirit Honor Medal, a medal given for best expressing the American spirit. Honor, initiative, loyalty, and high example to comrades in arms. And whereas after leaving the military, Ms. Martin has continued to serve her community by mentoring young women in the Big Sisters program, helping adults learn to read through Read to Succeed, working in the Aspendale Teen Center for more than 20 years where she helped at-risk children improve their reading and math skills, advocating for nursing home residents as Kentucky's nursing home ombudsman, restoring grave markers and headstones at the African American Cemetery in Lexington and through many other activities. Now, therefore, I, Jim Gray, as Mayor of Lexington, on behalf of all Fayette Countians, commemorate the many accomplishments of Julia Cantrell Martin and hereby proclaim December 2015 as Julia Cantrell Martin Month in Lexington. Thank you. honored and so humbled and so grateful for your recognition. When I think of honorable veterans, I have to tell you that I think of those men and women who've given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. I think about those, maybe some of you tonight, who still suffer mental and physical anguish for their sacrifice. And above all, I think about the Vietnam veterans who gave so much and received so little thanks for their service. So I pray that we'll never forget the sacrifice of many that we might enjoy this evening. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. There are a lot of young people in the room tonight. And why is that? Well, students from 16 Lexington schools competed in this year's Recycle Bowl, which challenged schools to recycle as many aluminum cans as possible between October the 19th and November the 15th. Lexington's efforts were coordinated by Bluegrass Green Source, Central Kentucky Fiber, Keep Lexington Beautiful, Fayette County Public Schools, and the city. The schools that collected and recycled the highest number of cans per student will each receive $750. The six schools that collected the most cans will each receive $450. Baker Iron and Metal paid all of the schools for the cans they recycled. In what is the tenth and final year for this contest, more than 138,000 aluminum cans were recycled. 3,949 pounds of aluminum cans. Patty St. Ivender with Bluegrass Greensource will now read the names of schools, and I will join Commissioner Holmes along with the council to present certificates. And after the first picture, if the council members will just stay, remain standing, then we'll take the pictures for all 16. All right? So, Patty. Yep, there you are. Schools earning certificates for participation in Recycle Bowl are Ashland Elementary, Carter G. Woodson Academy, Leestown Middle. Carter G. Woodson. Excuse me. Lee's Town Middle is next. All right, no one from Morton. Meadowthorpe Elementary. Rosa Parks Elementary. Okay. The following schools earn certificates and prize money. In the category of less than 300 students and receiving a monetary prize of $750, Montessori Middle School. Thank you. In the category of 300 to 599 students with a monetary prize of $750, Sayre School. Thank you. At the end, we'll go back here. Let's go back here. In the category of 600 or more students with a monetary prize of $750, Cardinal Valley Elementary. Very good. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The six schools that collected the most cans are Christ the King School. Thank you. Y'all received $450. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Universal Academy, they received $450. LUA. Montessori High School. Thank you. Providence-Montessori Middle. Thank you. Secondary. Secondary. Secondary. Wellington Elementary. Thank you. And we have a tie for sixth place. Both schools will each receive $225 for their efforts. Mary Todd Elementary. And STEAM Academy, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. And we do have one school that's here for their certificate, Ashland Elementary. yes recycling conserves natural resources and energy and we applaud these fayette county schools students volunteers and employees for their hard work we would also like to applaud central Kentucky Fiber, Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission, and the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Division of Waste Management and Environmental Services for their generous support. Thank you, Patty. We'd love for you all to stay, but don't feel obligated. Bye-bye. Thank you all for coming. Thanks for joining us tonight. All right, Madam Clerk, I think whenever you're ready, we can begin with the second reading of ordinances, one through six. ordinance number one an ordinance changing the zone from a single family residential r1d zone to a high density apartment r4 zone for 1.74 net 1.84 gross acres and to a wholesale and warehouse business b4 zone for 2.43 net 2.74 gross acres for property located at 2833 liberty road including a dimensional variance dr michael gentry rm and rml construction llp amd council district six number two an ordinance amending section 2133 g of the code of ordinances to grant the chief administrative officer the authority to extend the deadline for vacation carryover to the end of a fiscal year provided that certain conditions are met and amending section 2133H of the Code of Ordinances to provide the process for payout of vacation leave upon separation of service for employees who have been granted an extension. Number three, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of staff assistant senior grade 510N and creating one classified civil service position of permit clerk grade 512N and reclassifying the incumbent in the Division of Police, effective upon passage of counsel, number four. An ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one unclassified civil service position of public information officer, grade 523E, and creating one classified civil service position of public information officer, grade 523E, in the Division of Police, effective upon passage of counsel, number five. An ordinance pursuant to Section 21A of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington Fayette-Urban County Government adopting a schedule of meetings for the Council for the calendar year 2016 and number six. and ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Veod-Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 15. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion? Second. A motion by Council Member Henson, second by Council Member Akers. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, if not, then Madam Clerk, whenever you're ready, please call the roll. Ms. Gutchfield? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Massadi? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion and allows us to move on to first reading of ordinances, numbers 7 through 19. ordinance number seven an ordinance expanding extending the full urban services district number one for the urban county government for the provision of street lighting street cleaning and garbage and refuse collection to include the area 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 eight an ordinance expanding and extension 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, Fort Harrods Drive, Rabbit Foot Trail, Autumn Ridge Drive, Sawgrass Cove, and Walnut Creek Drive, number nine. An ordinance expanding and extending partial urban services district number four for the urban county government for the provision of street lighting to include the area defined as certain properties on the following street, Manitoba Lane, number 10. An ordinance expanding and extending partial urban services district number five for the urban county government for the provision of street lighting and garbage and refuse collection to include the area defined as certain properties on the following street, Berwyn Court, number 11. In ordinance expanding and extending partial urban services district number 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, Deerhaven Lane and Winchester Road, number 12. In ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of technical specialist, grade 515, and in creating one classified civil service position of systems analyst, grade 520E, and reclassifying the incumbent in the Division of Computer Services effective upon passage of counsel, number 13. in ordinance creating and establishing forbid a non-exclusive water franchise and privilege to construct direct lay relay replace operate and maintain a water works system within the public rights of way for an initial period of five years with up to two renewal periods of five years each in return for payment to the urban county government of the sum of at least three percent of each franchisees gross annual revenues received from the services provided within vayette county with the ability to be raised to five percent and further providing for compliance and relevant laws regulations and standards a performance bond indemnification insurance access to property and inspections reporting audits notice of filings with the public service commission cancellation or termination penalties for violations and bid requirements all effective on date of passage number 14. in ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating one unclassified civil service position of recreation manager grade 518e and one unclassified civil service position of recreation specialist senior grade 516e both in the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council number 15 an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of police technician great 513 and and creating one classified civil service position of community program coordinator grade 514 and in the division of police effective upon passage of council number 16 an ordinance amending the authorized strength by creating 10 classified civil service position positions of safety officer grade 511 and reallocating to classified civil service positions of safety officer grade 510 and the authorized incumbents all in the Division of Police, effective upon passage of Council No. 17, an ordinance amending the authorized strength by abolishing one classified civil service position of IT Business Relationships Manager, Grade 528E, and creating one classified civil service position of Information Systems Business Analyst, Grade 526E, in the Division of Enterprise Solutions, effective upon passage of Council No. 18, 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 of schedule number 16 and number 19 and ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexington fader and county government for committee of the whole appropriations as approved at work session november 5th 2015 and appropriating and reappropriating funds to number 17. thank you madam clerk are there any motions for walk-ons all right for suspensions all right if not then uh madam clerk if you proceed to resolutions for a second reading resolution number one a resolution accepted bid of bluegrass contracting corporation in the amount of 479 230 for the idle hour park improvements for the department of general services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with bluegrass contracting corporation related to the bid number two a resolution accepting the bid of red river ranch llc establishing a price contract for snow plowing operations for the division of streets and roads and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Red River Ranch LLC related to the bid. Number three, a resolution accepting the bid of Fox Enterprises Incorporated in the amount of $139,828.45 for concrete apron replacement at fire station number 369 and 17 for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute any agreement if necessary with Fox Enterprises Incorporated related to the bid. Number four, a resolution accepting the bid of Mobile Tech Trailers Incorporated in the amount of $27,435 for a fiber optic splicing trailer for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number five, a resolution accepting the bid of Farrow Technologies Incorporated in the amount of $84,681.50 for 3D laser scanning system for the Division of Police. Number six, a resolution accepting the bid of Churchill McGee LLC in the amount of $868,675 for the Public Safety Operations Center Renovation Phase 2 for the Department of Public Safety and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Churchill McGee LLC related to the bid. number seven a resolution accepting the bid of cleary construction incorporated in the amount of eighteen thousand dollars for removal and replacement of final clarifier sluice gates for the division of water quality number eight a resolution accepting the bids of cinna lawn care services llc and all pro lawn and landscaping establishing price contracts for snow removal various locations for the division of facilities and fleet management number nine a resolution ratifying the probationary civil service appointments of david fender public service supervisor senior grade 517 e 1,000 850.40 bi-weekly in the division of water quality effective upon passage of council sherelle pierre public information officer grade 523 e 2,000 759.20 bi-weekly in the office of the commissioner of public safety effective november 16th 2015 floyd reeden our building inspection supervisor agreed 521 e 2005 17.60 bi-weekly in the division of building inspection effective november 30th 2015 ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of william crowdles public service worker senior grade 509 and 13.2 18 hourly william gaffer public service worker senior grade 509 and 14.7 60 hourly both in the division of water quality effective may 17th 2015 timothy timothy gentry public service worker senior grade 509 and 13.2 18 hourly effective november 19th 2014 and tamar thomkins administrative specialist grade 513 and 16.118 hourly effective january 14th 2015 both in the division of water quality dustin himes public service worker senior grade 509 and 13.5 92 hourly and cameron fogel public service worker senior grade 509 and 13.383 hourly effective june 8 2015 willis barnett equipment operator senior grade 512 and 15.607 hourly effective january 6 2016 aaron johnson public service worker supervisor excuse me public service supervisor grade 514 and 18.638 hourly effective june 1 2015 matthew marsh equipment operator senior grade 109 and 13.179 hourly effective June 16th 2014 Robert Austin public service supervisor great 514 and 21.1 72 hourly effective October 20th 2015 all in the division of water quality and Paul Willard engineering technician principal great 518 e 2004 29.20 bi-weekly in the division of engineering effective November 11 2015 ratifying the following probationary community corrections officer appointments Kevin Johnson and Donald Bowles both Corrections Lieutenant grade 114 e 2001 62.45 by weekly randolph jones and tim bowman both grade 115 e 2005 40 1.82 by weekly corrections captain all in the division of community corrections effective november 16 2015 and ratifying the following probationary sworn appointments james boyd police sergeant grade 315 and 29.309 hourly and matthew grade house police lieutenant grade 317 e 3082.84 by weekly both in the division of police effective november 30th 2015 and ratifying the approved council leave for Tara Sullivan social worker in the division of youth services beginning November 24th 2015 through February 21st 2016 number 10 a resolution suspending enforcement of sections 18 a dash 3 requirement of local taxicab permit section 18 a dash 4 application of renewal for a local taxicab permit in 18 a dash 6 local taxicab permit fees of the code of ordinances until minutes to amendments to chapter 18 a are passed number 11 a resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Advanced Mulching Technologies, Incorporated, doing business as EcoGrow to provide maintenance services for the Green Acre Stream Corridor Vegetative Buffer Ecological Restoration Project for up to five years, subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years, at a cost not to exceed $20,075 in fiscal year 2016. Number 12, a resolution authorizing 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, $100,000 federal funds for the purchase and installation of a multi-purpose training prop under the 2015 State Homeland Security Grant program And 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 an agreement with pictometry International Corporation a sole source provider for the lease of oblique aerial photography and imaging software required licenses hosting services and supporting maintenance for up to six years, subject to sufficient funds being appropriated in future fiscal years at a cost not to exceed $63,969.50 in fiscal year 2016, number 14, 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 $7,000 federal funds for the purchase of cybersecurity software under the 2015 state Homeland Security Grant Program and 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 15. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, which grant funds are in the amount of $34,000 federal funds for the purchase of coded key card systems at fire stations number 3 and 20, and for the installation of security video cameras at fire station number 1 under the 2015 State Homeland Security Grant Program, and does not obligate the Irving County Government for the expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 16, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Fire Commission, which grant funds are in the amount of $7,750 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds or for purchase of a forcible door entry training prop and does not obligate the Irving 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 awarded pursuant to RFP number 38, 2015, with Ruben Brown, LLP for accounting services for the historic Fayette County Courthouse Rehabilitation Project at a cost estimated not to exceed $36,000. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a service agreement with QPublic for software at a cost not to exceed $3,000. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an amendment to agreement with the Lexington Fayette County Parking Authority for the reimbursement of the cost of repairs to the District Courthouse parking garage at a cost not to exceed $320,000. Number 20, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Lexington Fayette, Irving County Government to execute a contract with Fayette County Public Schools for the operation of preschool classrooms at the Family Care Center at no cost to the Irving County Government. Number 21, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute a summary plan description with Bluegrass Family Health for the LFUCG prescription drug plan for the period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. number 22 a resolution amending section 2 of resolution number 663 2015 which authorized the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a one-year extension to the agreement with benefit insurance marketing incorporated correcting the contract price from an amount not to exceed 58 500 to an amount not to exceed 117 000 effective retroactive to november 5th 2015 number 23 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a professional services agreement with the novak consulting group incorporated for human resources management audit services at a cost not to exceed seventy two thousand five hundred dollars number 24 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the lexington fayette urban county government to execute a memorandum of understanding with planned parenthood of indiana and kentucky for the provision of a parent education program for 45 students of the family care center who are current and or expectant teen mothers at no cost to the urban county government excuse me number 25 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with newtown springs llc for installation of flagpoles within the easement granted by newtown springs llc to the urban county government for the legacy trail at no cost to the urban county government number 26 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a flexible spending benefits plan document with shard snyder and associates incorporated for the lfucg employee benefits cafeteria plan pursuant to section 125 of the internal revenue code for the period of january 1 2016 through december 31 2016 Number 27. the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget number 28 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a business associate agreement with charts nider and associates incorporated for the security of protected health information under the lfucg group health benefit plan for the period of January 1 2016 through December 31 2016 number 29 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Wilhite limited incorporated for the installation of new boilers in the government center increasing the contract price for the sum of three thousand dollars from nineteen thousand eight hundred fifty dollars to twenty two thousand eight hundred fifty dollars and number 30 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government execute change order number 26 with Marillia design and construction for the senior citizen center construction project increasing the contract price by the sum of thirty four thousand five dollars and thirteen cents from ten million one hundred eighty three eighty three thousand seven hundred and thirty one dollars and 21 cents to ten million two hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred and $36.37. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to approve second reading of resolutions? Moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Farmer. Second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, then, Madam Clerk, please call the roll when you're ready. Ms. Gutchfield? Mr. Stinnett? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Akers? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. No, 124. You say 24? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes on all. No on 24. Thank you, sir. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes on all. No on number 10. Thank you. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay on all but 10 and 24. Thank you. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes, on all of them. Ms. Lamb? Yes, on all of them. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Mossadi? Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion. Allows us to move to resolutions for a first reading. And I believe Council Member Stennett has a motion. Council Member Stennett, you got a motion for the... Thank you, Mayor. I move to move item number 42 to the end of the docket so that we can... We have some guests here that are here for the other first readings, so we can dispense of those items in the event there may be debate on 42, so we don't have to keep the folks here for the other items waiting. So moved. Second. motion by council members second by council member Fred Brown 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 all right yes sir thank you madam clerk whenever you're ready resolution number 31 a resolution accepting the bids of radio communication systems incorporated doing business as RCS communications and L&W Emergency Equipment, establishing price contracts for emergency lighting and equipment for the Division of Police, number 32. A resolution accepting the bids of Amazing Awards and Crown Trophy, establishing price contracts for trophies and plaques for the Division of Parks and Recreation, number 33. A resolution accepting the bid of Labor Works Lexington LLC, establishing a price contract for temporary labor service for the Division of Waste Management, number 34. A resolution accepting the bid of Bluegrass Contracting Corporation in the amount of $2,838,990.20 for the Rogers Road Stormwater Improvements for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Bluegrass Contracting Corporation related to the bid. Number 35, a resolution accepting the bids of Mobile PCC LLC doing business as OC Rugged Laptops and Mobile Tech LLC, establishing price contracts for refurbished mobile data computers for the Division of Police. Number 36, a resolution accepting the bid of Uniforms Manufacturing Incorporated, establishing a price contract for inmate uniforms for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 37, a resolution accepting the bid of Task Incorporated, establishing a price contract for Greenway and Native Vegetative Maintenance Supplemental for the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works. Number 38, a resolution accepting the bid of Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Company in an amount not to exceed $702,690 for Roof Replacement Government Center and Arts Place for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Company related to the bid. number 39 a resolution accepting the bid of a nugent sand company establishing a price contract for sand for golf courses for the division of parks and recreation number 40 a resolution authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments rodney guy and vincent davis both public service worker senior grade 509 and 15.055 hourly in the division of water quality effective upon passage of council gerald gibson community program coordinator grade 514 and 17.558 hourly in the division of police effective december 28th 2015 dustin french skilled trades worker senior grade 517 n 22.244 hourly in the division of fire and emergency services effective december 14th 2015 danny mcguire heavy equipment technician grade 516 n 20.283 hourly in the division of facilities and fleet management effective upon passage of counsel and george thornsbury traffic engineer grade 522e 2005 42.24 bi-weekly in the division of traffic engineering effective november 23rd 2015 Number 41. 60, excuse me, hourly to 25.542 hourly in the Division of Accounting, effective July 1, 2015. Number 43, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Police Athletics Activities League of Lexington, Inc., $1,100, Girls on the Run Central Kentucky Organization, $1,050, and Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association, Inc., $500, for the office of the Irving County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated. Number 44, a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with strategic materials for transportation and processing of recovered glass at a cost not to exceed $70,000. Number 45, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a facility encroachment agreement with CSX Transportation Incorporated to allow construction under railroad tracks owned by CSX Transportation Incorporated at a cost not to exceed $5,000. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a residential lease agreement with Chris Tutant for $39.90 Raven Runway to facilitate the maintenance of Raven Run Park. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a residential lease agreement with L. Mitch E. Step and Hollis Harville for 705 Caden Lane to facilitate the maintenance of the historical Caden Town Schoolhouse. number 48 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with Edmund Cheney for 3401 Shamrock Lane to facilitate the maintenance of Masterson Station Park number 49 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with Gary Newman for 3561 Shamrock Lane to facilitate the maintenance of Masterson Station Park number 50 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with Fred Williamson for 4051 Richmond Road to facilitate the maintenance of Jacobson Park number 51 A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with Everett Hampton for 2075 Parker's Mill Road to facilitate the maintenance of Cardinal Run Park, number 52. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a facility usage agreement with Lexington Center Corporation for Martin Luther King Memorial Program at a cost not to exceed $8,700. Number 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a renewal agreement with Bluegrass Family Health, Inc. for prescription benefit administrative services for the period beginning January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Number 54, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a contract with Motorola Solutions for the TipSoft Tips system at a cost not to exceed $5,198. Number 55, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a maintenance agreement with New World Systems Corporation for software maintenance at a cost not to exceed $134,760. Number 56, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the University of Kentucky College of Social Work for the purpose of establishing a cooperative educational practicum program for social work students at no cost to the urban county government. Number 57, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Scott's Miracle-Gro company and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $25,000 in cash and $15,000 in kind Scott's Miracle-Gro products for the Jacobson Park Toddler Play Area Enhancements. Number 58, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $391,500 federal funds under the 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and are for upgrades for or replacements of the exhaust extraction systems for 16 Lexington fire stations, number 59. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute the purchase of service agreements with the following four opportunity grant initiative organizations, Carnegie Literacy Center Incorporated, $90,000, God's Pantry Food Bank $90,000 Urban League of Lexington Fayette County $90,000 and 16th District PTA Fayette County $10,000 to provide services to address the academic achievement gap affecting minority and disadvantaged Fayette County public school students at a cost not to exceed $280,000. Number 60, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a multi-year agreement awarded pursuant to RFP number 36, 2015, with Credit Bureau Systems Incorporated doing business as ambulance medical billing for billing and collection services related to the emergency medical services provided by the Division of Fire and Emergency Services at a cost not to exceed $126,000 in fiscal year 2016. number 61 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to agreement with AIDS volunteers incorporated for extension of the agreement for operation of a tenant based rental assistance program through June 30 2016 number 62 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government execute a memorandum of understanding with the court appointed special advocate incorporated Fayette County Family Courts the cabinet for health and family services and the Fayette County Attorney's Office outlining the relationship among the parties concerning the operation of the court-appointed special advocates CASA program at no cost to the urban county government, number 63. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a statement of compliance pursuant to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Bridge posting requirements, number 64. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality to purchase replacement parts for the Helix Press number one fine screen and conveyor assembly located at the West Hickman wastewater treatment plant from Parks Incorporation, a sole source provider. And authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with parks and corporation related to the procurement at a cost not to exceed twenty thousand three hundred eighty dollars number sixty five a resolution approving and authorizing the assistance agreement between the lexington fayette urban county government and the kentucky infrastructure authority to provide nineteen million eight hundred thirty seven thousand sixty three dollars of loan funds for the lower cane run wet weather storage tanks project number sixty six a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the irving county government to execute a two-year purchase of services agreement with the community action council for Lexington, Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Inc., for the purposes of operating and providing an emergency housing program for two parent and group families experiencing homelessness at a cost not to exceed $200,000, number 67. A resolution authorizing payment to the Fayette County Agricultural Extension Office in an amount not to exceed $71,000 for an anticipated revenue shortfall in 2015 ad valorem tax revenues, number 68. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute the 2016 general term orders for the Fayette County Clerk and the fayette county sheriff establishing the number of deputies and assistants allowed to each and their respective compensation subject to the limits of each category as specified in the general term orders and requirements established by law number 69 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two final to the contract with bell engineers for the blue sky pump station and force main project increasing the contract price by the sum of 879.79 from 223 995 to 224 874.79 number 70. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the agreement with HDR Engineering Incorporated for the Wolf Run Pump Station Expansion and Relocation Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,000 from $435,050 to $439,050. Number 71, a resolution authorizing the submission of an application for Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority grant funds for the Ashland Incorporated project in the amount of $450,000 and authorizing the mayor to execute and submit a grant application and any and all other documents necessary for the submission of the application and development of the project, including any agreement with Ashland Incorporated and to accept the grant if approved. number 72 a resolution requesting that the kentucky general assembly adopt legislation allowing the lexington fayette urban county government to increase the transient room tax for urban county governments by an additional two percent for the purpose of funding convention centers number 73 a resolution accepting the collective bargaining agreement by and between the lexington fayette urban county government and the american federation of state county and municipal employees local 2785 on behalf of lieutenants and captains of the division of community corrections and number 74 A resolution of the Urban County Council amending the Council Capital Expenditure Policy passed by the Urban County Council in Resolution No. 177-2006 and later amended in Resolution No. 368-2006 to govern the expenditure of capital funds. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I believe we've got some walk-ons, and then we'll go to 42. Council Member Farmer. Thank you mayor. I'm going to place on the docket a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a site-specific agreement with the Jessamine South Elkhorn water district Ash Tree properties 3 LLC ball homes LLC and the city of Nicholsville to provide sanitary sewer service to the ash tree unit 5 and 6 phase 1 development in Jessamine County at no cost to the urban county government so moved Motion by councilmember Farmer second by councilmember Henson 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 councilmember lamb thank you mayor I move to place on tonight's docket a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to e-tech campus LLC pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment act krs sub chapter 154.32 whereby the lexington fayette urban county government agrees to forego the collection of one percent of the occupational license fee related to the project for a term of not longer than 10 years i so move motion by councilmember lamb and the second was by councilmember bledsoe all right is there any discussion all right if not then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries all right we need to do number 42 now right oh yeah right is there any yeah yeah let's do the second reads good idea all right is any motions for second readings uh council member bledsoe thank you mayor i need to suspend the rules and give a second reading to item number 40 which will allow to get these hires done before the holidays mayor may I do the first reading walk-ons first wait wait wait wait do the walk-ons first yes sorry thank you thank you madam clerk go ahead yes sir and then we'll come back to them number 75 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a site-specific agreement with the Jessamine South Elkhorn water district ashtree properties 3 llc ball homes llc and the city of nicholasville to provide sanitary sewer service to the ash tree unit 5 and 6 phase 1 development in jessamine county at no cost to the urban county government number 76 a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to etech campus llc pursuant to the kentucky business investment act krs sub chapter 154.32 whereby the lexington fayette urban county government agrees to forego the collection of one percent of the occupational license fee related to the project for a term of not longer than 10 years from the activation date, subject to the limitations contained in the act and any agreement eTech Campus LLC has with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the Irving County Government related to the project and taking on other related, taking other related action. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Now we'll take motions to suspend the rules for second readings. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number 40, which would allow us to move on with some hires before the holidays. So moved. Motion by Council Member Bledsoe, seconded by Council Member Akers. Is there any discussion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Council Member Hanson. Mayor, I was going to spend the rules and give a second reading to all of them, because we'll do the same thing on Tuesday so that there won't be a great number of them before we go on break. Okay. That's a motion. Is there a second for that? Maybe no one else wants to do it. No, everybody else wants to do that. All right, then. I was just trying to save us some time. Thank you. Well intended. All right. Council member, Council member Akers. Thank you, Mayor. I was going to do some also. I definitely wanted to do, suspend the rules and offer second reading for number 43, NDF. So moved. Second. All right. Motion by Council member Akers, second by Council member Henson on number 43. Is there any discussion? If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. And then I was looking through. carries um i think that we can do these without it being financial issues um so items beginning number 46 7 8 9 50 and 51 those are all the parks agreements um which ones 46 40 46 351 Those are the rental lease agreements with parks and residents who take care of it. So I move to suspend the rules and give second rating to those. All right, that's numbers 46 through 51. Correct. All right, unless there's objection, we'll take all of those as one vote. Is there any discussion? All right, if not, then we can vote on numbers 46 through 51. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. motion all right motion carries uh council member in fact council member hands All right. Looks like that's all, then. Madam Clerk, if you'll give a second to read. Resolution number 40, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary civil service appointments. Rodney Guy and Vincent Davis, both public service worker senior, grade 509N, 15.055 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective upon passage of counsel. Gerald Gibson, community program coordinator, grade 514N, 17.558 hourly in the Division of Police, effective December 28, 2015. Dustin French, Skilled Trades Worker Senior, Grade 517N, 22.244 hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective December 14, 2015. Danny McGuire, Heavy Equipment Technician, Grade 516N, 20.283 hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective upon passage of council and George Thornsberry. Traffic Engineer, Grade 522E, 200542.24 biweekly in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective November 23, 2015. number 43 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with police athletics activities league of lexington incorporated 1,100 girls on the run central kentucky organization 1,050 dollars and cardinal valley neighborhood association incorporated 500 for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated number 46 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with chris tuton for 3990 raven runway to facilitate the maintenance of raven run park number 47 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with l mitch east step in hollis harville for 705 caden lane to facilitate the maintenance of his of the historical cadentown schoolhouse number 48 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with edmund cheney for 3401 shamrock lane to facilitate the maintenance of masterson station park number 49 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with gary newman for 3561 shamrock lane to facilitate the maintenance of masterson station park number 50 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with fred williamson for 4051 richmond road to facilitate the maintenance of jacobson park and number 51 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a residential lease agreement with everett hampton for 2075 parker's mill road to facilitate the maintenance of cardinal run park All right, thank you madam clerk is there a motion to approve? Most my council member farmer second by council member Henson. Is there any discussion? All right, if not then madam clerk when it's when you're ready, please call the roll Miss Gutchfield mr. Stinnett Miss acres yes, ma'am. Miss Bledsoe yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown Yes, mr. James Brown Miss Evans mr. Farmer Aye. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Mr. Hensley? Yay. Ms. Henson? Yes. Mr. Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Massadi? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of the motion and allows us to move to number 42. If you'll read that one. Speak on it. number 42 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the transit authority of Lexington Fayette urban county government and lextran real properties incorporated for a commitment for the construction and operation of a public access fast fill compressed natural gas fueling station contingent upon receipt of grant funding from the Kentucky transportation cabinets congestion mitigation and air quality program for the division of waste to management. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council Member Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank my colleagues for allowing me to table this. I was able to learn a lot, and I sent you all a letter last week on what I've learned, and I know that the Chief of Staff just sent out a letter today. The reason why I'm adamant on this is because I helped write this grant, and at that time, the governor was pushing to bring clean energy into this city, and we've already started ahead of it by making all our garbage trucks and doing a slow fill for C&G, and which I'm excited that we were one of the first people in Kentucky to do that, and thank the mayor and the administration for allowing us to do that. But this grant is basically an education part to help start this up and to bring a private sector in here to start it up. and what I when I originally wrote the application is we had a piece of property out here on the that we were going to put the fast field to use for all the new trucks and there was a comment made I mean for large trucks there was a comment made that we couldn't make money that's not true I did my research, we can make money but it has to be a program income that money goes back into transportation use and you can use for road pavements, road research, but the administration did not want to go that direction. So I continued to be on top of it. Six months ago I brought this up because it's very important that we go on. And at that time they were talking to Lectran, and Lectran said they did not want to be involved with it. So I asked them to go look at other areas. and they bid out the, so they, then out of nowhere, Electrant came back on board. And I had my reason to thought why they came back on board. It's because I got a feeling that they need the money. But I also found out in the last week or two that we can go on and bid this thing out again to the private sector. And it is an eligible use. Irene would be glad to come up and tell you that it is an eligible use. So what I like to do is that we go on back and do a bid for the RFP, for the private sector to come in. And then when we get those bids in, we can put it in the General Service Commission to look at those two bids, compare them with what Lectran does and also what the private sector does. So you can compare apples with oranges. Let me give you one example. If you've got a private sector, they're already doing diesel, doing unleaded and all that. You put one of these pumps right next to a diesel, they'll be able to educate people. See, when they pull in, they're going to be able to say, what is this? This is a C&G. It's cheaper. It's cleaner. We're encouraging people to start going that route. Not only that, they own more of these properties. They own five or six of them around, like Super America has one. O'Reilly has a bunch. And what we're doing is trying to get a push to start these things. But if you give it to Lectran, they own no other property. They just own that one piece of property. And it defeats the purpose of trying to educate people, the private sectors. And having only one place to do this, nobody's going to want to manage this. No private sector will come in and want to manage this. If you put it on their property, they will be able to manage it. And not only that, they were encouraged to try to move it in other properties. So that is the reason why I would like to go ahead and table this until we have the general service meeting in February to look at both options. And I feel that this would be fair to everybody. Nothing against Lusk Tran, but I think we've got to educate. And Jamie did mention one thing, that if we were to give the money to the private sector and it weren't broke, we would have to pay it back. Now, this body, a couple years ago, voted to give 21C $8 million. Now, if they go under, we have to pay the $8 million back. So that is not a very good argument to make here because I don't, I mean, there's a lot of things that we get in the business, the government's working with the private sector. But to use that statement in there kind of bothers me because some of those questions brought up in 21C. So that's why I would like to make a motion to table this until August, when is the one in February? What date would that be? First week in February, Tuesday, I believe. So moved. I would say to the February General Government Social Services Committee, because I don't know the date off the top of my head. So I'd like to make a motion to table it to them. So moved. Second. All right, there's a motion to table, and there's a second. Motion to table is non-debatable, so we'll ask for a vote. All in favor of the motion to table, please indicate by voting electronically saying aye. And opposed, no. All right. Motion to table passes. Thank you. All right. That allows us to move on to communications from the mayors, which is for information only. And I'll open the floor for announcements. Please sign on if you have an announcement. Council Mayor Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to ask Aldonia to come up. We received an email about Council's email, and I just wanted some clarification that we are not to use our email account tomorrow at all, right? So let me start from the beginning. Okay. You all received an email from me saying that we're going to move your boxes, your emails, into a new environment. And that was sent to you and also to your aides. And since the time that I've sent them, we've also interacted with many of your aides who've had questions. And the reason for doing that right now, by the way, we've already moved many, many email boxes. But the reason for doing the fifth floor and actually the mayor's office also, by the way, the mayor's staff also received the same email from me, is because some of the servers in which you resided, your email resided, are starting to fail. And they're failing badly to the point where we feel that we can't hold off any longer on your emails and also the mayor's office. those are particular challenges because your email boxes are very very large and so at the same time we can't tell you specifically how long it's going to take so we want to make sure that you don't try to send an email or access the email boxes we're going to start as early as we can tomorrow morning people are on standby at the help desk and also should you have any questions please call Jean Walker she's been coordinating that talking to many of your aides already and she will see that and by the way we've got extra people so if somebody needs to come to your office they can do that but the point is once the boxes are moved your email will start to flow we also wanted to do it on a day that was not a council committee day etc tomorrow is that day still gives us the weekend then to look at issues that might come up it also gives us next week when you're back to make sure that we work out any issues so that's sort of the story thank you and i guess so we will know when we can log on by not only that but you should know once your mailbox has been moved and everything's been checked out mail starts to flow we've already done that for instance my mailbox was moved several weeks ago I just didn't do didn't try to access my email that morning and by the afternoon my email started to flow so no action is required on your part I'm just not sure well what I will do but thank you I want to make sure everyone understood because I did not understand the email to say that I couldn't use my email so so I hope I've clarified but we'll be happy to answer any questions and like I said please remember Jean Walker is coordinating and so if you have any questions please give her a call well like I said we've already talked to many of your aides some wanted to send us your newsletters out and I think that was that might have been a concern some wanted to know whether they had to burn their stuff onto a DVD or something or a CD, you don't have to do that. So the point is just help us to do that, and we want to make sure that it's migrated in a way that your email is still intact. The reason for that is that I did not want to have a catastrophic failure of email if the service could no longer be maintained. Thank you, ma'am. All right. As long as I'm up here, can I take a minute and give us a couple of just a piece of good news? I got my magazine today, which is the American City and Council magazine. And Lexington is featured on the second page right after the cover. And the reason for that is, and Derek, it's Jonathan Hollinger who was interviewed, but we were contacted by this magazine for the use of the Citigram program that we have, where people can sign up to see what foreclosures were or other cities. and we were highlighted really on the second page as one of the cities. And, of course, it's one of your favorite topics. The leaf collection picture is on here. So I thought you might enjoy the news. Thank you. Thank you, Aldona. Councilmember Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. I have a question and a comment. Can someone tell me the status of the RFP on the site selection in reference to Center Point when we're supposed to get that back? I thought it was by December 1st. excuse me um are we referring to the jones lang la salle yes ma'am okay uh they were in yesterday and um three of them were and they had started they've done a lot but they were in town looking at these sites i am not sure of the exact date from that response but i do not think that will be back in here before jamie would know the date better than i but i do not think that will be back in from them before the first of the year but i would expect it very shortly after that because our conversations with them they had accomplished a lot all right as far as looking okay thank you Mayor, I just wanted to make a couple of announcements, please. Monday, December 7, 2015, at Southern Heights Baptist Church, which is at 3408 Clays Mill Road, at 6 p.m., we'll be having a neighborhood presidents meeting and their boards. And I also wanted to remind you on this Saturday at Old Frankfort Pike, they'll be having the annual toy auction for fallen firefighter Chuck Williams. and all the money will be used to purchase toys through the Fraternal Order of Firefighters. And so that's from this Saturday at noon. So I hope you all can attend. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Sadi. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. So I invite my colleagues and anyone listening to this Friday night. Fire Station 12 has their annual tree lighting ceremony. It's a big Christmas party. Santa will be there. The Lexington Singers will be there and Queen Elsa is making an appearance, which my daughter is very excited about. I want to give a shout out to Shannon Kertoff, Patrick Easley, and Sean Willem, who are all new members of the Southland Association, took on the Southland Christmas celebration party, and they've done a great job. So that's at 530 on Friday, and while we're talking about fire stations, shout out to Station 20 for the light show. It looks great. If you come by, look at the lights and bring some toys. Thanks. All right. Thank you, Council Member Budsoe. Councilmember Farmer Thank You mayor I just wanted to give a follow-up comment to councilmember Henson's question and the CIO is answer for the general for the general public specifically for tomorrow the City Council has been asked to not access their email we've been asked not to access it to look for new email we've been asked not to access it to send email so for intents and purposes you may return to a fax or a phone call or another form of communication but tomorrow you will not be able to contact your City Council via email thank you thank you councilmember Farmer councilmember Lamb thank you mayor I actually was joining councilmember Farmer and councilmember Scotchfield this morning to visit do a hard hat tour and cowboy hat tour of the library new library over on Palumbo and it's going to be a beautiful facility and we really should thank our miss Anne Hammonds our director of the library she does doing a great job and it's going to be a very nice facility and I think it's going to open up in March I believe and it's it was a it was just really exciting to see our community what our community gets to look forward to so I appreciate them coming along bye all right thank you council member lamb that's all council members who signed up we do have a police disciplinary item and commander Maynard is here I believe yes sir commander Brian Maynard is here for the police disciplinary action Good evening. On Monday, October 26th, an allegation was made that Officer Aaron Adams violated General Order 1973-02I, Disciplinary Procedures, Operation Rules, Section 1.35, violated any rules of the division. At the conclusion of this investigation, an employee met with Chief Barnard and has accepted 40 hours of suspension without pay. This recommendation and discipline has also been approved by Public Safety Commissioner Baston. officer and Adams did not probably sure police equipment is assigned government vehicles a result of this thank you commander motion by council member Henson to approve second by councilmember acres is there any discussion on the motion right hearing none then we can take a vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries thank you commander all right we have three three of our citizens who've signed on to for public comment tonight beginning with Robert Murray. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. I didn't hear anything. Thank you for the opportunity to address the council. I've not done this before, so my palms are a little bit sweaty. I'm here to address and advocate for veterans. I was really glad to see earlier your acknowledgement of Mrs. Martin and the appreciation shown her for the Veterans of the Year Award. I'm here to speak to veterans in general. I'm specifically here to support a proposal given you by Councilman Maloney concerning the provision for veterans in your urban county services. Back in May, we met with him, myself and another gentleman, and we talked with him about the services provided veterans. To my knowledge, aside from the local golf courses, there are none. So we made a proposal to him to improve those services in which he supported. Not only did we meet with him, we met with Mr. Means, I believe, who is Director of Parking Authority. Our position was to advocate for provision for veterans in all urban county government services, not just the golf courses. Currently, what's done in our judgment is not adequate, nor is it practical. For example, at your golf courses, for example, you provide two different kinds of discounts. You provide a discount for seniors, and you provide a discount for veterans. the discount for seniors is $3. The discount I'm sorry, the discount for seniors is $8. The discount for veterans is $3. The difference is $5, obviously. Now, if you are a senior and a veteran, you do not get both discounts. You're forced to choose between one. So it's easy to see that if you're a senior and you're a veteran, you're going to choose the senior discount, which makes the veteran discount null and void. It's really not about the money. It's really about providing for the veterans. I think sometimes we forget that all that we enjoy at our parks and recreation and other places is due in part to the blanket of protection that our military servicemen provide all the time. those military personnel will eventually get out and come home, and they will be veterans. On Veterans Day, which was just a few days ago, as I went different places and enjoyed some of the provisions they provided, I would inevitably have someone come up to me and say, I just want to thank you for your service. I really appreciate that. It makes us as veterans feel really good. but I would like not only from the individual I would like on behalf of all veterans to hear that said by way of local state and federal government that we'd like to hear thank you for your service but we like to hear that in a more tangible way so I encourage you if you would to support again Council Maloney's resolution I think it's adequate I think it's fair and I think it is deserved and that's all thank you thank you mr murray mr phil overstreet oh all right okay mr crawford coleman crawford good evening good evening on behalf of the veterans uh myself and other veterans that are local and of distance. You know, we donated our service time, and in doing so, some of the companies here in town, in return, they give us back part of what we have given them, and it's always a thank behind their giving. And some of the sales personnel always say thank you for your services. And as I look at Fayette County, then the government here is not giving us even a thought or a thank you for our time and service and for what we've done. So I'm pleading with the government to render their service and give us a little time. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Crawford. And I know that council members would share the feelings that we should all recognize and thank you for your service. And you've given us much to think about tonight. And thank you all for being here with us. does anyone have anything else to come before the council well then i'll accept a motion to adjourn second thank you motion to adjourn by council member stentett second by councilmember farmer and it passed without objection Thank you. Thank you. If you need me, call me. No matter where you are, no matter how far, just call my name. I'll be there to hurry. On that you can depend and never worry. No wind, no wind, no rain, no rain. Oh, winter's cold. Can't stop me, babe. Oh, babe. Baby. Baby. If you're my goal. Oh. No wind. No wind. No rain. No rain. Can't stop me, babe. If you're my goal. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Thank you. Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough Keep me from you Ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough Keep me from you Ain't no mountain high enough Nothing can keep me Keep me from you Thank you. Thank you. I'm captured by your smell Oh yes, I'm touched by this show of emotion Should I be fractured by your lack of devotion? Should I? Should I? 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