# Urban County Council - July 6, 2017 > Auto-transcribed civic record · July 6, 2017 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4289 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4289?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2017-07-06 - **Last revised**: July 6, 2017 - **Length**: 5,304 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 July 6, 2017, at 6:35 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gray presiding over the session. The council addressed four agenda items during the meeting, all of which were approved, including two zone change ordinances, a budget amendment ordinance, and an employee pay increase ordinance. The council conducted five motions and votes throughout the evening's proceedings. One member of the public provided comments during the designated public comment period. The meeting demonstrated productive legislative action with all proposed ordinances receiving council approval. ## Attendance The following members were present at the July 6, 2017 meeting: • Smith • Stinnett • F. Brown • J. Brown • Farmer • Gibbs • Henson • Kay • Moloney • Mossotti • Plomin • Scutchfield **Late Arrivals:** • Evans • Lamb **Absent:** • Bledsoe Note: There appears to be a discrepancy in the provided data, as Bledsoe is listed in both the present and absent categories. Based on standard meeting protocols, an individual cannot be simultaneously present and absent from the same meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted five roll call votes during the meeting, with all measures passing unanimously or near-unanimously [timestamp: 00:00]. **Ordinance 0710-17** changed the zoning from R-2 to B-1 for properties on W. Maxwell Street and Pine Street. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Stinnett. The ordinance passed 15-0 with all council members voting in favor: Smith, Stinnett, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Scutchfield. **Ordinance 0711-17** rezoned property at 1937 Star Shoot Parkway from P-1 to B-6P. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Stinnett. The measure passed unanimously 15-0 with the same council members voting in favor. **Ordinance 0763-17** amended municipal expenditure budgets for FY 2018 Schedule No. 1. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Stinnett. The budget amendment passed 15-0 with unanimous support from all council members. **Ordinance 0742-17** provided a 2% pay increase for certain employees. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Stinnett. The pay increase ordinance passed unanimously 15-0 with all council members voting in favor. A **resolution authorizing a grant application** to the U.S. Department of Justice for bulletproof vests was also approved. Motion by Henson, seconded by Mossotti. This resolution passed 14-0, with one council member (Bledsoe) not recorded as voting. The supporting votes came from Smith, Stinnett, F. Brown, J. Brown, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Henson, Kay, Lamb, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Scutchfield. All votes were conducted as roll call votes with no opposition recorded on any measure. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed one financial item related to public safety equipment funding. • **Grant for Sheriff's Office Equipment**: The commission considered a $7,550 grant for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. This grant funding would provide essential protective equipment for law enforcement personnel. The financial action represents an investment in officer safety and public protection through the acquisition of critical protective gear for sheriff's department personnel. ## Public Comment During the public comment period, one community member addressed the board regarding transportation infrastructure concerns. **Bernard McCarthy** spoke at approximately [timestamp: 07:00] to voice his objection to a proposal involving the removal of public roadway infrastructure. Specifically, Mr. McCarthy opposed the removal of the Jefferson viaduct, arguing that the community needs to maintain its existing streets and parking spaces rather than eliminating them. Mr. McCarthy's comments focused on the practical transportation needs of the area, emphasizing the importance of preserving vehicular access and parking availability for residents and visitors. His remarks highlighted community concerns about potential impacts to local mobility and access if the viaduct were to be removed. No other members of the public provided comments during this portion of the meeting. ## Contested Items The July 6, 2017 meeting featured discussion of one primary contested issue that generated community opposition and council debate. **Fireworks Noise Complaints** Several council members addressed constituent complaints regarding excessive fireworks noise in the community. The discussion centered on residents' concerns about disruptive fireworks activity and what council members characterized as insufficient police presence to address the issue. Multiple council members participated in the discussion, expressing their constituents' frustrations with the noise disturbances. The debate highlighted concerns over the adequacy of law enforcement response to fireworks-related complaints from community members. The extracted data does not indicate a specific resolution or outcome for this contested item during the meeting. *Note: Specific transcript timestamps and detailed participant names were not available in the provided source materials for this meeting.* ## Zone Change Ordinance [timestamp: 00:00] The council considered Ordinance 0710-17, which proposed changing the zoning classification from R-2 (residential) to B-1 (business) for properties located on W. Maxwell Street and Pine Street. Key speakers during the discussion included Farmer and Stinnett, who addressed the proposed zoning change and its implications for the affected properties. The ordinance was approved by the council, allowing the properties on W. Maxwell Street and Pine Street to transition from residential zoning (R-2) to business zoning (B-1). This change will permit commercial uses on these properties that were previously restricted to residential development. The approval of this zoning change represents a shift in the designated use for these specific parcels, potentially allowing for business development in an area that was formerly zoned for residential purposes. ## Zone Change Ordinance [timestamp: 00:00] The council considered Ordinance 0711-17, which proposed changing the zoning designation from P-1 to B-6P for property located at 1937 Star Shoot Parkway. The agenda item was presented as a zone change ordinance requiring council approval. Key speakers during the discussion included Farmer and Stinnett, though the specific details of their presentations and any debate that occurred were not detailed in the available materials. The proposed zoning change would reclassify the property from P-1 (Public/Institutional) to B-6P (Planned Business District), which would allow for different permitted uses and development standards at the Star Shoot Parkway location. The council ultimately approved the ordinance, completing the zone change process for the property at 1937 Star Shoot Parkway. ## Budget Amendment Ordinance [timestamp: 00:00] The council considered Ordinance 0763-17, a budget amendment ordinance for municipal expenditures under FY 2018 Schedule No. 1. This ordinance proposed amendments to the city's budget allocations for the fiscal year. The discussion was led by key speakers Farmer and Stinnett, who presented the details of the proposed budget modifications. The ordinance addressed adjustments to various municipal expenditure categories, though the specific departments or line items affected were not detailed in the available materials. The budget amendment represents the first scheduled adjustment to the FY 2018 municipal budget, indicating this was likely a routine administrative measure to reallocate funds or address changing operational needs early in the fiscal year. Following the presentation and any discussion by council members, the ordinance was approved by the council. The approval allows the city to proceed with the amended budget allocations as outlined in Schedule No. 1 for the remainder of FY 2018. This type of budget amendment ordinance is typically used by municipalities to adjust spending priorities, accommodate unexpected expenses, or reallocate funds between departments based on actual operational needs that may differ from initial budget projections. --- ## Decisions - **0710-17** — passed (15-0): Ordinance changing the zone from R-2 to B-1 for properties on W. Maxwell Street and Pine Street. - **0711-17** — passed (15-0): Ordinance changing the zone from P-1 to B-6P for property at 1937 Star Shoot Parkway. - **0763-17** — passed (15-0): Ordinance amending budgets for municipal expenditures, FY 2018 Schedule No. 1. - **0742-17** — passed (15-0): Ordinance providing a 2% pay increase for certain employees. - **Motion** — passed (14-0): Resolution authorizing a grant application to the U.S. Dept. of Justice for bulletproof vests. --- ## Full transcript Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The End Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I believe we're about ready to reconvene. There we go. Here we go. Hello, Council Member Brown. All right, are we ready to go? Okay. I'll call the meeting to order. And just before we get started, thank you all for your careful deliberations for the Planning Commission roles. Thank you very much. And I will begin by asking the clerk to please call the roll. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Ms. Evans? Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Ms. Henson? Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. And Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We are fortunate tonight that Council Member Fred Brown will offer the invocation. I thought you'd been asked but if you hadn't I'm asking okay would you bow please with me our heavenly father we we just thank you for the many blessings you've given this community and the things that you've done for us and this body that we have here that we can learn to agree and disagree, but we still each individual represents this community and the good deeds and the needs of this community. We just thank you for this time of the year. It's a celebration of our history of our independence and we're just so thankful that we live in a community that we have the freedom and the abilities to make decisions for all the citizens. And we just hope that these decisions that we do make would be to your glory. For these things we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Council Member Brown. Before I ask the clerk to get us going with the second reading of ordinances, I just want to take a minute to thank all the city employees who worked so hard this past Tuesday to make the fourth festivities a great success. Our police, our fire, parks and rec, waste management, streets and roads, government communications, and many, many volunteers did a wonderful job. Thank you, Council Member Farmer. I believe you also were there. And I'm sure there will be announcements associated with it. All right. Madam Clerk, please proceed with the second reading of ordinances. Thank you. Ordinance number one, an ordinance changing the zone from a two-family residential R2 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 0.37 net, 0.52 gross acre for property located at 834 and 838 West Maxwell Street and 412 Cross Street. And from a high-density apartment R4 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 1.53 net, 1.90 gross acres for property located at 701 through 731 Pine Street, odd addresses only, and a portion of 420 Cross Street, ABD Holdings LLC and Earthman LLC, Council District 3. Number 2. An ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a planned shopping center B6P zone for 2.88 net 3.33 gross acres for property located at 1937 Starshoot Parkway, a portion of HAP Property Owner LP Council District 6.3. An ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures in appropriating and reappropriating funds fiscal year 2018, Schedule 1 and 4. An ordinance providing that all full-time and part-time employees in the classification and compensation system who receive a satisfactory score on their performance evaluation pursuant to sections 2129D and 2226.5 of the Code of Ordinances, shall receive a 2% pay increase, providing that sections 2129C and 2226.5, notwithstanding all employees at the maximum of the grade salary range, shall receive a 2% pay increase, amending section 2332D of the Code of Ordinances, increasing the existing step structure for the positions of Police Chief, Grade 324E, and Fire Chief, Grade 324E, by 2%, and adjusting the salaries accordingly, and increasing the salary by 2% for three positions of Law Clerk part-time within the Department of Law and one position of Park Patrol Coordinator part-time within the Division of Parks and Recreation, all to become effective June 26, 2017. All right, Madam Clerk, I know we've got several walk-ons. Should we get a motion and approve the second reading of ordinances first? Yes, sir. All right, let's do that. All right, motion. Got a motion by Council Member Farmer, second by Council Member Stenet. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Ms. Henson? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. And Ms. Scutchfield? Yes. Thank you. All right, thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passages of motion. And now I'll ask for walk-ons for first readings of ordinances. And I'll begin with... Who's up? Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. I have several here on behalf of the administration. The first one has to do with our budget amendments, and they were emailed to all the council members on June 30th. So I'll move the place on the docket for tonight's council meeting, an ordinance amending certain parts of the budgets to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriations and reappropriating funds, Schedule number 2. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Stendit, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, if not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. And then the last one, Mayor. I move to place on the docket an ordinance amending sections 4-14 and 4-21 of the Lexington Fett Urban County Code of Ordinances to increase the boarding fees for dogs, cats, livestock, or fowl held by the Lexington Fett County Animal Care and Control Officer or the Lexington Fett Animal Shelter from $8 per day to $10 per day. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Stenet and seconded by Council Member Scotchfield. Is there any discussion? Council Member Maloney. Yeah, just to follow up on increasing these fees, I don't know why we didn't put it in a committee or something. Why is it the last hour, the last minute? It seems like to me this is something that should have been brought on and we could have discussed it. Because, I mean, it may not be a lot of money to a lot of people, but usually you see when you do a fee increase, you usually have conversations about it. And I just want to know why at the last hour, at the last minute, we're doing walk-ons for this instead of having a discussion. I had my answer. You want me to answer it, Mayor? All right, you can go. Yes, sir. I'll be glad to. The contract for the Animal Care and Control, as you know, we sourced that out to the Humane Society. Their contract began the new fiscal year, July 1, and we're trying to coincide the change in fee. Again, the fee hasn't been changed since 1998, and their costs are way above the $10 per day as it is. So they've asked to coincide this with their new contract with the city so that they both are enacted at the same time. Was that brought up in the lengths? I mean, for discussion when we did the new budget and all that, I didn't know if that was brought up. I mean, I have a budget. It's something, you know, when you do a fee increase, especially when it comes to animals, I just want to be sure everybody is on board with it. Well, 100% of the fee goes to the Humane Society for their care and food and labor and the dogs that they pick up based on the call volumes. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. And Council Member Stinnett, don't you serve on the advisory board? The Animal Care and Control Board, yes, ma'am. Yes. So I was thinking that's probably a place it was discussed. It was and also came up again in your vicious dog ordinance that we passed a few weeks ago. Right. The fee is also mentioned in there as well. Correct. And I think it's a good idea to raise it. I understand Council Member Maloney's concerned, but I'm in favor of it. So thank you. All right. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Any further discussion on the motion? I do. All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, sir. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'm moving to place on the docket for first reading an ordinance without a public hearing changing the zone from a single-family residential R1E zone to a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone for 13.84 net acres for property located at 1975 Russell Cave Road. So move. Second. Motion by Council Member James Brown, second by Council Member Plowman. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, if not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. That's all. Thanks, Mayor. All right, thank you, Council Member Brown. All right, Madam Clerk, will you please give us a read on those? ordinance number five 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 two number six, ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to provide funds for purchase orders and prepaid expenses rolling from fiscal year 2017 into fiscal year 2018 and appropriating and reappropriating funds, schedule number three, number seven, ordinance amending sections 414 and 421 of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances to increase the boarding fee for dogs, cats, livestock, or fowl held by the Lexington Fayette County Animal Control Officer or the Lexington Fayette County Animal Shelter from $8 per day to $10 per day. And number eight, an ordinance changing the zone from a single-family residential R1E zone to a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone for 13.84 net, 17.76 gross acres for property located at 1975 Russell Cave Road, Elkhorn Springs Development, LLC, Council District 1. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. All right. I'll ask for suspension of the rules for second reading. For which one? Thank you. Both? How many did you read? Four. Is that a motion for all four? Okay. There we go. Mayor, see what happens when there's objections? All right, we can't do that. All right, you want to get a motion on number one, on the first one, Council Member Bledsoe? All of the fees, not all of the fees, please. Okay, how about number five? Let's get a motion on number five. I don't think you can do any of them. We're going Tuesday. Sir, number five is a budget amendment, and number six is also a budget amendment. But the other two are not. So seven and eight are available? Yes, sir. Thank you, Council Member Bledsoe. We're not quite there yet. On the one about the... Hold on just a second here. Number seven is also a no, increasing the fee per day from eight to ten. That can't receive two readings tonight either. Five, six, seven, or eight. All right. So, Glenda, none of them. Five, six, seven, or eight. Right. All right. Okay. All right. Let's move on, then. We have no resolutions on the docket, but I'm told we've got some walk-ons for first reading of resolutions, beginning with Council Member Scutchfield. I am not pulling my glasses out, and I'm going to read this without it, I hope. I have a motion to place on the docket for Thursday. Thursday, July 6, Council meeting a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute and submit a grant application to the United States Department of Justice and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application. which grant funds are in the amount of 7,550 federal funds under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Acts of 1998 and are for the purchase of Bulletproof Vest for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. So moved. Motion by Council Member Scotchfield and second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. Council Member Stennett. Thank you, Mayor. I move to place the docket for tonight's council meeting, a resolution approving the Fayette County Sheriff's Settlement 2016 taxes and granting the sheriff acquittance. So moved. Motion by Council Member Stennett. Second by Council Member Hanson. Is there any discussion on the motion? I don't know. Council Member Fredberg. Is there an amount on that or anything you came up with? Mr. O'Mara. Bill, thank you. Just for information, I think. $3 million. Mr. O'Mara, thank you. Hi. The Strothman and Company did the compilation. It shows that due to the sheriff, it's $77 for county taxes, $148 for special taxing districts, $699 for school tax, and $99 for state taxes. Let's summarize that now. We have all we can owe you. That's what the different taxing districts owe the sheriff. Okay. All right. Any further discussion on the motion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Council Member Henson. I move to place on the docket under first readings resolutions, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offers of employment. So moved. Motion by Council Member Hanson and second by Council Member Scotchfield. Has we got any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right. That's all the walk-ons, and that allows the clerk to please give us first readings. Resolution number one, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the United States Department of Justice and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of, $7,550 federal funds under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Acts of 1998 and are for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Number two, a resolution approving the Fayette County Sheriff's Settlement 2016 Taxes for Taxes Collected as of April 15, 2017 and granting the sheriff a quietus. And number three, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Damian Blanton, Customer Service Specialist, Grade 5, 10, N, 15.306 hourly in the Division of Government Communications. Effective, July 17, 2017. Shelby Ramsey, Safety Coordinator, Grade 516 and 24.188, Hourly, effective July 24, 2017. And Sean Little, Equipment Operator, Senior, Grade 512 and 17.219, Hourly, effective July 10, 2017, both in the Division of Streets and Roads. Joseph Henning, Attorney, Senior, Grade 528E, 3153.85, biweekly in the Department of Law, effective upon passage of counsel. Michaela Charles, 18.771, Hourly, and Don Henry, 19.599, Hourly, both Telecommunicator, Grade 514 and in the Division of Emergency Management, 911, effective July 17, 2017. and Rhonda Brown, Code Enforcement Officer, Grade 5, 16, and $23 hourly in the Division of Code Enforcement, effective August 7, 2017, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community corrections officer appointments. Michael Chin, Jacob Perkle, and Aaron Ritchie, all community corrections officer recruit, Grade 109 and 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passive counsel and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Trevor Moore, 13.775 hourly and Lucas Perkins, 14.755 hourly, both treatment plant operator apprentice grade 509N in the Division of Water Quality, effective July 17, 2017. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. Since none of these are a budget amendment, I would move to suspend the rules and give second reading to all three. Mayor, the sheriff's settlement can't receive two readings tonight. I'm sorry? Number two can't receive two readings tonight. On any of them? Just number two. On number two. All right. So one and three. So that's your motion? One and three. Yes. Thank you. All right. Is there a second? Did I get a second? I can't. Got a second. Council Member Massadi. All right. Any discussion on the motion? All right. Then if not, Madam Clerk, you please give us a second. No, wait a minute. It's a voice vote. I mean, it's a roll call, right? There was a vote to... Yeah, all right. Forgive me. Is there any further discussion? All right. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion. All right. Let's vote electronically. Let's vote electronically. Everybody going to vote? Here we go. This is on the motion to suspend the rules. All right, the motion passes. Madam Clerk. Resolution number one, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the United States Department of Justice and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $7,550 federal funds under the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Acts of 1998 and for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. And number three, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Damian Blanton, Customer Service Specialist, Grade 510N, 15.306 hourly, in the Division of Government Communications, effective July 17, 2017. Shelby Ramsey, Safety Coordinator, Grade 5, 16 and 24.188 hourly, effective July 24, 2017, and Sean Little, Equipment Operator Senior, Grade 5, 12 and 17.2, 19 hourly, effective July 10, 2017, both in the Division of Streets and Roads, Joseph Henning, Attorney Senior, Grade 5, 28E, 3,001, 53.85 bi-weekly in the Department of Law, effective upon passage of counsel, Michaela Charles, 18.771 hourly, and Don Henry, 19.599 hourly, both telecommunicator, Grade 5, 14 and in the Division of Emergency Management, 9-1-1, effective July 17, 2017, and Rhonda Brown, Code Enforcement Officer, Grade 5, 16, and $23 hourly in the Division of Code Enforcement, effective August 7, 2017, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community corrections officer appointments. Michael Chin, Jacob Perkle, and Aaron Ritchie, all community corrections officers recruit, Grade 109 and 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of counsel and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Trevor Moore, 13.775 hourly, and Lucas Perkins, 14.755 hourly, both treatment plant operator apprentice, grade 509N, in the Division of Water Quality, effective July 17, 2017. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion? Motion by Council Member Hanson, second by Vice Mayor Kaye. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Stinnett? Ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Mr. Gibbs? Yes. Ms. Henton? Yes. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. And Ms. Gutchfield? Yes. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The vote reflects passage of motion. allows us to move on to announcements before we have a police disciplinary item. So the floor is available for council announcements. Anybody got an announcement? Council report announcement. Council Member Gibbs. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say I had a great time downtown on the 4th of July. I want to thank everybody who had anything to do with it. But I go to a lot of downtown events. A big part of downtown is my district. I especially want to thank two entities that are constants for downtown events. One is our police department. They do a fantastic job. It's reassuring to have their presence, but they're always kind and flexible and smiley. We have a great police force. I'm really thankful for it. The other thing is the March Madness Marching Band. I don't know of anything else like it. They enliven every event, and they show up for lots and lots of events. I'm so appreciative of them. So, at any rate, thank you to everybody who participated, but especially them. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Gibbs. Council Member Scotchfield. I want to echo some of the same things. You know, the Fourth of July is always fun in our city. I think throughout the country, celebrating our independence. I do want to remind, I have had several emails come in from constituents concerned. I want everyone to remember that we do have laws regarding setting off fireworks after hours. and I'm sure other people have had these same issues. I realize that we have issues with having the police be able to see people enacting this, but try to be a good neighbor, try to be a good citizen, and realize that there are not just people that don't want fireworks going up, but we have dogs, we have seniors, we have people with special needs that these fireworks are a serious, serious concern for. so you know celebrations we had them on the 4th hopefully we can kind of lay off now and get back to normal so thank you thank you Council Member Scotchfield Council Member Fred Brown I'm kind of on the other side of that because I've got complaints about the noise and the fireworks going on for several days and throughout the night and I thought that we were going to address that with some police presence seems like to me this year especially in my neighborhood it's worse than it's been for four or five years and i thought that the chief was going to put something in place where there would be police presence out there and if they're out there driving they can roll their windows down and tell where the fireworks and all the noise is and and illegal fireworks were I didn't see that presence over in my district. And all I saw was a lot of smoke and, you know, coming down from the fireworks thing. And I did get some email, of course, about the problem. And I thought we were going to address that a little bit more, but evidently we didn't. Well, Commissioner Bashton is here, and I know that he was listening attentively, and he'll look into it unless he already has. Well, I thought we had a plan, and that was a concern. We did have a plan, Council Member Brown. I haven't talked with the chief to find out what level of enforcement we had, but I know they traditionally have, and we're planning on this year having people out to take fireworks calls. But it's primarily complaint-driven. So they respond, the first priority is to go to the calls where they have a complaint, and then they respond to those. So I don't know how much opportunity they have. I thought we were going to go beyond the complaint in this particular situation because neighbors are not going to tell on their neighbor. They want to keep peace, okay? And I didn't tell on my neighbor because I was waiting for somebody to call me around there and to report it in. Well, I didn't get any call direct, but I got e-mail complaints today. And it's still going on. It hasn't stopped. And I think we need to be more aggressive there and proactive instead of waiting for complaints to come in on something in this particular situation. That's my spiel. Thank you. I'll certainly pass that along. All right. Council Member Evans. Thank you, Mayor. Just a note that I will also share with Council in an email and flyers, that I believe it's the National Society of Black Engineers, the Kentucky Professionals chapter in Kentucky, He will be having engineering in the park on August the 12th from 10 a.m. to 1 o'clock over at Consolidated Baptist Church. So I will certainly send out more information about that. So you can send it to anyone that you know that might be interested and put it in your newsletters for August, hopefully. I know a lot of you all sent them out already. But, again, just disperse that. It sounds like it should be a fun activity and getting kids of all ages and all types involved in engineering. So thank you. Thank you, Council Member Evans. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to echo about the Fourth of July festivities. And I know, you know, the one thing that I enjoy more than anything is spending time with my family, enjoying the holidays we cook out. We had our own fireworks. We had the legal ones. I made them stop at 10 o'clock. But I always think about our employees who are out there. It makes me feel bad in a way that I have enjoyed myself so much knowing that they're working. But they are very much appreciated, our police. And when I came down for the parade and I saw so many people lined along the sidewalks, and I think about other cities and what they've been through with terrorist attacks. But I felt very safe knowing they were there, and I appreciate it. They were, I'm not sure how they were assigned, but it seemed that there were like four officers that had one block of Main Street. And I thought it worked real well. And then also our waste management folks and everybody else that pitches in. Just very appreciative. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Council Member Massadi. Thank you, Mayor. Commissioner Bastin, can I ask you one quick question, please? In reference to the fireworks, I had complaints. Do they call 911 because that's considered an emergency number? Or who do they call when it's 10 o'clock at night? Well, they can call 911. Actually, for a firework complaint, we would prefer 258-3600. And that's staff 24-7? That will also be taken and put into the dispatch system. Because I hate to tell someone to call 911 if it's not an emergency, but there were people who were real upset that fireworks were still going on last night. So I just was wondering what the alternative number would be for them to call. Would you repeat that again? 258-3600. Oh, 3600. I thought you said a different prefix. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. And I also wanted to tell my colleagues that you have your tickets for the Bluegrass Fair again, July 13th through the 23rd. We're going to have all kinds of fun, from funnel cakes to flying dogs that catch flying things in the air, to the acrobats that put nails in their ears and their toes and their face and all kinds of different places, and lots of rides and good food. So please join us at the fair. It's for good causes for the Lions Club. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Sadi. Council Member Stenet. Thank you, Mayor. It sounds like a normal council meeting. I just want to thank Commissioner Bastin and our police chief and Mr. Stack. You all were very responsive over the weekend on a number of issues with fireworks. But I guess my big question is, how many people did we cite? Do we know that yet? Can we get that by Tuesday? Because I know in years past, we didn't cite any. We want to be a good shepherd. But I think the only way you're ever going to get into people's heads that don't do them after a certain time or don't do illegal ones is the sight people. We can get that information for Tuesday if you'd like. Okay. Thank you. Councilman Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I, too, want to echo what my colleagues have talked about the great event this weekend. The patriotic music was a great turnout. And the parade was fantastic. fantastic, but I do want to echo the employees for all their hard work and their dedication on that day, and also the fire chief for helping me out on one of my constituents in the parade. I want to thank her personally. As some of you all know, there's a gentleman named Leonard that comes around here a lot, and she was able to help him get on the fire truck, so he had a good time, and I want to thank the chief for allowing him to be on there, so it was a good weekend. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Maloney. All right, we have one police disciplinary item. Commander Roger Holland is going to give us that one. Thank you, Mayor. This is a discipline recommendation for Council approval. On May 2, 2017, an allegation was made that Officer Brandon Baker, employee number 54222, violated our at-fault collision section of the disciplinary procedure. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Barner and has accepted a written reprimand and an 80-hour suspension of home fleet. This recommended discipline has also been approved by the Public Safety Commissioner Baston. Move approval. Second. Motion by Council Member Farmer. Second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. If not, then we can vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. Thank you, Roger. Thank you, Commander. All right, next is public comments. The floor is open for public comment, and I'll call on Mr. McCarthy. Your Honor and members of the Council, I want to say that I strongly object to any proposal to close or tear out any public roadway, especially the proposal that was published on the front page of the Herald-Leader a few days back that called for tearing out the Jefferson Viaduct. Regardless of what you're proposing to use the land for, we desperately need the street and we need the parking spaces. It doesn't do any good to put a park somewhere if you don't have streets to get to it and don't have any place to park while you're visiting it. How's anybody going to get there to make use of it? And I want to point out that fighting to get one road built has driven my decisions on where to put my house, which nonprofit gets my time and my money, and a whole slew of other things, went to a lot of trouble to circumvent the various NIMBY groups so that Newtown Extension could get built, and now you go wanting to rip out a street we already had. Feels like I'm not getting anywhere. I've done a lot of effort and still came out getting nowhere. Thank you, Mr. McCarthy. All right. I will ask for a motion to adjourn. Motion by Council Member Sadi, seconded by Council Member Scotchfield. Unless there's objection, we are adjourned. I'm in a hurry and don't know why