The ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. ¶¶ ¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. ¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amen. Amen. The End Thank you. The End Thank you. The End Good evening, everyone. Thank you all for joining us tonight. Welcome to the meeting of the council. And we begin our meetings with a roll call and then an invocation. And so I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll. Ms. Evans. Mr. Farmer. Mr. Gibbs. Ms. Henson. Here. Vice Mayor Kaye. Here. Ms. Lamb. Here. Mr. Maloney. Yes, sir. Ms. Massadi. Ms. Plowman. Here. Mr. Smith. Here. Mr. Stinnett. Mr. Worley. Yes, sir. Ms. Bledsoe. Mr. Fred Brown. Here. Mr. James Brown. Here. All right, thank you clerk. Our invocation is next, and I want to welcome the Reverend Prentice Bruton of Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, who is a special guest of Councilmember James Brown. Reverend Bruton, thank you for joining us tonight, sir. Yes, sir. Let us pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you with a humble heart and spirit, first saying thank you for the blessing of the day and all the opportunities that you have blessed us with. We are thankful for a reasonable portion of health and strength, and I come now, Lord, asking for wisdom to be upon each councilman and woman that they may bring the right decisions that may advance this city and your people in the right way before your divine face. And also I pray for Mary Gray and the weight and the responsibility of his office and that you will guide him and his decisions. So as I bring this prayer to a close, Lord, help us all to continue to look to thee for the help we need day by day and that love will abide in this government, in this city, in this state and nation. And I ask all of this in Jesus' name I pray and say amen. God bless you. Thank you, Reverend. Thank you, sir. next on our agenda is minutes of the previous meetings I'll ask for a motion to approve the minutes of the October 11th council meetings motion by councilmember Farmer second by councilmember Henson is there any discussion on the motion all right hearing none then we can vote all in favor please say aye opposed no motion carries we have two presentations tonight and I'm going to ask councilmember James Brown and chief Kristen children Chilton and to Wanda Owsley to please come up to the podium and councilmember Brown I think you're going to introduce Ms. Owsley, it's this time of the year when we turn on the furnace and we light up the fireplaces and bring out occasionally those space heaters to keep us warm. And during this National Fire Prevention Month, it is also time each year when the American Red Cross reminds us to take extra precautions to keep our families safe through their home fire campaign. Council Member Brown will tell us more and introduce our guests from the American Red Cross. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. It's my pleasure tonight to introduce Tawanda Owsley. She's with American Red Cross. My experience with Tawanda started with the initiative, the Sound the Alarm initiative in the Wimber neighborhood. Her and her team did a great job to engage our fire department, our first responders, with the Wimber Middle School neighbors and families in the community, along with the One Lexington Initiative, to host that very impactful event that actually installed fire detectors in a number of residents out in the Windburn neighborhood. So with no further to do, I'll turn it over to you, Ms. Owsley. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Gray and esteemed councilman. It's my pleasure to be here today. I'm Twanda Owsley, and I'm the Executive Director at the American Red Cross, and I have with me Amanda Schotton, our disaster program manager. During National Fire Prevention Month we'd like to show our thanks to Chief Shelton and Chief Wells and Lieutenant Jessica Bowman for the work that they do with us. The Lexington Fire Department we're honored to present you with an award and personally thank you for your efforts in the Red Cross home fire campaign. In December of 2017 a single resident in the Lexington area escaped a home fire after seeing smoke when investigating the cause of a loud popping noise in the home, the resident had created a fire escape plan with representatives from the Lexington Fire Department in September 2015. During this time, the Lexington Fire Department installed three new Red Cross provided smoke alarms. These alarms began sounding as the resident became aware of the smoke and alerted the resident to the need for immediate escape from the home. Seven times a day, someone in this country dies in a home fire. The American Red Cross, along with the Lexington Fire Department, has had an effort to reduce that number by 25%. Last year, we installed 4,600 alarms in the Lexington area. Here in Kentucky, we have saved more than 46 lives because of the smoke alarm installation. So at this time, we would like to thank the Lexington Fire Department for helping us sound the alarm and make homes safer, and we have a small token of appreciation. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now, y'all don't run off yet. Let's get pictures made. Yes. oh Thank you. We are so pleased tonight to have Senator Alice Forgy Kerr with us, and I want to invite Senator Kerr, along with J.D. Chaney and Breonna Carroll, to come up to the podium. And J.D., you come right first, please, sir. I know you've got something important here. Let me just say a few things. Senator Kerr has served in the state senate since 1999, and she has served on so many committees and is currently chair of the state education committee. She's worked on economic development and workforce development issues all across this time, and something that has been a real focus for us here as well, and we appreciate her support. She stood with us in support of our new convention center, and tonight she is here to receive the Friend of Kentucky Cities Award from the Kentucky League of Cities. And here to present the award are KLC Deputy Executive Director J.D. Cheney and Director of Governmental Affairs Brianna Carroll. J.D. Thank you, Mayor, members of council, and the distinguished staff here at Lexington as well. Thank you all for letting us come to present this award. For several years, the League of Cities has done this award. We used to do it all at one big banquet where there were 10 or so legislators, and they all talked for so long, we decided that we would go out. No, actually, the legislators said it's much better to receive these awards in our hometowns, in the communities that we're serving, and we've been doing that for the past couple of years, and so this is the first time we've had the occasion to do this in the city of Lexington. But our board of directors, which Lexington's represented on by Susan Lamb, and the mayor's designated board member is Kevin Adkins, they all vote on these award recipients. We don't have PACs at the League of Cities. We don't endorse candidates. We do not do these silly report cards and things like that. But the one thing that we can do is when a legislator does something to advance the concepts of home rule or local control or pass legislative agenda items that you all have put forward as important to your city government and being able to govern locally in the best interest of your citizens, we can recognize them for that work. Frequently, that means killing bad legislation as well, and Senator Kerr's actually helped doing that as chair of Economic Development Committee on several occasions. It's an important committee that she chairs. As much economic development as you all do here in the city of Lexington, kind of blazing the way, it's important that you have a senator who sits in that seat. Last year she helped on several bills including helping us with on the separation the retirement issue. She passed passed legislation related to the opioid issue that's high on her radar screen. She knows how that's impacting the City of Lexington on the safe disposal of opioids. And so on behalf of the League of Cities Board of Directors I would hope you would join me in congratulating Senator Kerr as a 2018 friend of Kentucky City's award recipient. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for allowing me to receive this award here tonight. I have to say that I see you on television and from time to time, but you're much more beautiful and handsome in person than I could ever imagine. But seriously, I love partnering with you with each of you because we know we do represent the most beautiful city in Kentucky Probably one of the most beautiful cities in the nation and what we do to be able to serve the folks in Lexington Is just such an honor and a privilege isn't it to be able to do that in what wonderful people we do get to serve I'm very appreciative to the Kentucky League of Cities and as you know They are such wonderful people to work with and they do so much for all of our cities across Kentucky. This award I very much appreciate and it is beautiful and I thank you all for letting me be able to receive it here tonight. Thank you very much. Please come up for a photograph with us, Senator. Yes, sir. How are you? Congratulations. Thank you. all right next on our agenda ordinances for a second reading and first three first three she's back in the first three okay yeah yeah all right okay clerk please give us a first read second reading of ordinances number one in order submitting certain of the budgets of the Lexington urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds schedule number 10 number two in order submitting the unclassified civil service authorized strength by creating one position of family support worker grade 511 in the division of family services effective upon passage of council number three an ordinance amending section 18c13 3j of the code of ordinances related to membership of the EMAB board to change the membership requirements from two members of the Division of Fire and Emergency Services to one member appointed by the chief in order to creating sections 18c13 3n for the of the code of ordinances related to membership for the EMAB board to provide for membership of the paramedic program group program director All right, thank you. Clerk, is there a motion to approve the second reading board? Motion by Vice Mayor Kay, seconded by Councilmember Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, if not, clerk please call the world. Mr. Farmer. Mr. Gibbs. Ms. Henson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kay. Yes. Ms. Lamb. Yes, sir. Mr. Maloney. Yes, sir. Ms. Plowman. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Worley. Yes. Ms. Bledsoe. Yes, sir. Mr. Fred Brown. Yes. Mr. James Brown. Yes. Is that it? All right. All right. The vote reflects passage of the motion. allows us to move on to ordinances for a first reading and number nine I'm told Amy Clark has a comment on number nine and I'll take that now I'm Amy Clark of 628 Castle Road and I thank you for your indulgence this is very brief it's a matter of information to correct the record as you know every time you take action on a zoning amendment you don't do it until you get a report from the Planning Commission and the minutes of the meeting and about a pound of material to review and there was an inaccuracy in item 9 it said it both in the minutes and in the report the two pager that there were no objectors present for this matter in fact there were two objectors present I was one One, Walt Gaffield as president of the Fayette County Neighborhood Association was the other. It's kind of a perfect storm. The best place to fix that would have been at Planning Commission at 1.30 today. When they approved those minutes, you just get the draft minutes as it goes forward, and you will get a correction in due course. I didn't get these minutes to review until they were attached to Legistar rather later in the afternoon. So this is simply to note the two places where there's an inaccuracy in the item 9 and encourage you to learn more about it before you take further action. Thank you. All right. Thank you. I'll put it in the record. Clerk, if you'll continue with the, or if you will go ahead and give us a first reading of ordinances. Thank you. number four an ordinance amending section 14-62 of the Lexington Fayette County code of ordinances to permit alcoholic beverages to be possessed delivered and consumed in any park or park facility with the written permission of the director of the division parks and recreation number five an ordinance pursuant to section 2-1a of the code of ordinances of the Lexington Fayette urban county government adopting a schedule of meetings for the council for the calendar year 2019 Number six, an ordinance changing the zone from a professional office P1 zone to a neighborhood business B1 zone for 0.14 net, 0.18 gross acre for property located at 521 through 523 South Upper Street, 525 Upper LLC, Council District 3. number seven an ordinance changing the zone from a community center b6p zone to a warehouse to a wholesale and warehouse business b4 zone for 3.88 net 4.10 gross acres for property located at 133 north locust hill drive citadel storage partners at 2lp council district 7 number eight an ordinance changing the zone from a single family residential r1d zone to a planned neighborhood residential r3 zone for 12.58 net 13.83 gross acres for property located at 2826 lees town road lease 2826 llc council district 2. number nine an ordinance amending article 12-3 and 12-8 b of the zoning ordinance to permit hotels and extended stay hotels as principal permitted uses in the b6p zone justice plaza llc and number 10 and ordinance amending certain of the budgets of lexan fed urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds schedule number 11. all right thank you clerk are there any motions associated with the first reading of ordinances councilman lamb thank you mayor i don't have a motion i would just like to ask Mr. Polson, Commissioner Polson, if you would please look into the concern from Ms. Clark before and give us an update on that over the next week before the second reading. Yes, ma'am. I'll have staff look into that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Council Member Henson. I just wanted to comment, Council Member Lamb, too, to make sure that everyone's aware that we're having a presentation on this item from the planning division of planning on Tuesday so thank you thank you councilmember Henson all right we can move on to a second reading of resolutions now number one a resolution accepting the bid of Ziegler tire and supply company incorporated and SNS Firestone Incorporated establishing a price contract for tire retreading for the division of facilities and fleet management Number two resolution 7 a bit of Roberts heavy-duty towing incorporated establishing a price contract for towing for of LFU CG on vehicles for the division of facilities and fleet management number three A resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments a fake Clark accountant senior grade 520 e E 2083.52 biweekly in the division of accounting effective October 15th 2018 Charlene Tasnick administrative specialist grade 513 in 17.189 hourly in the division of revenue effective October 15th 2018 Matthew Gdowski software developer grade 520 E 1919.20 biweekly in the division of computer services effective October 15th 2018 Robert Allen director of streets and roads grade 533 E 2008 23.85 biweekly in the vision streets and roads effective October 29th 2018 Rebecca Harledge project manager grade 517 e 1,000 990.56 by we clean the vision of water quality effective October 15 2018 Vincent Davis equipment operator senior grade 512 in 18.157 hourly in the vision water quality effective October 29 2018 Ashley Beasley maintenance mechanic grade 515 in 18.797 hourly in the division for our quality effective October 29 2018 Edward Catron security officer grade 507 in 14.207 hourly in the department of public safety effective october 15 2018 vanna armstrong family service center manager grade 524e 2004 54.08 bi-weekly in the division of family services effective october 29 2018 ratifying the following permanent classified civil service appointments january jenkins engineering technician grade 514 in 21.601 hourly in the division of traffic engineering effective September 19th 2018 Alana Morton administrative specialist senior grade 516 in 19.737 hourly in the vision of resources effective October 2nd 2018 and ratifying the following classified civil service council leave of Levante Kimbrough administrative specialist grade 513 in 18.399 hourly in the vision of revenue effective November 12th 2018 through January 6 2019 number four resolution authorizing a direct to mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the United States Department of Justice to provide any and to write any additional information requested in connection with this grant application which grant funds are in the amount of $42,100 federal funds under the 2018 state criminal alien assistance program and or for the reimbursement of costs related to incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens. Number five a resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment and amended memorandum of understanding with Kentucky National Guard counter drug task force for amendment of resolution 46-2018 for the National Guard task force to provide airmen or soldiers for support number six a resolution authorizing directing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the Hope Center for operation of the men's emergency homeless shelter at a cost not to exceed 1 million dollars number seven a resolution authorizing directing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security which grant funds are in the amount of $71,819 federal funds under the 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for the purchase of equipment for the self-contained breathing apparatus and the acceptance of which obligates the Irving County government for the expenditure of $7,181 as a local match and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget number eight a resolution authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number five to the agreement with Hazen Sawyer PSC for sanitary sewer assessment reports and sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment plant remedial measure plans for consent decree implementation increasing the contract price by the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars from seven million eleven thousand one hundred forty five dollars and ninety five cents to seven million nine hundred eleven thousand $145.95 and extending the contract through November 31st 2019 number nine resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number four finals to the agreement with Judy construction company for the lower cane run wet weather storage facility project decreasing the contract price by the sum of seven hundred thousand two hundred $159.43 from $12,078,360 to $11,378,100.57, extending the date of completion by 122 days. Number 10, a resolution authorizing a directive on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, and to accept the grant if the application is approved, which grant funds are in the amount of $152,750 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and are for the continuation of the litter abatement grant funding program for fiscal year 2019, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 11, a resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality on behalf of the urban county government to purchase supervisory control and data acquisition SciTech historian support services for the Town Branch and West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plants and pump stations from Advantage Industrial Automation, Inc., a sole source provider that costs not to exceed $42,473.75. Number 12, 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 $300,000 federal funds under the 2018 State Homeland Security Grant Program or for the purchase of a critical incident tactical intervention vehicle for the Emergency Response Unit for the Division of Police, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 13, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, which grant funds are in the amount of $60,000 federal funds under the 2018 State Homeland Security Grant Program for the cost of training for the bomb squad in the Division of Police and the other Kentucky bomb squads, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 14, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a lease extension agreement of Lexart Incorporated to extend the term of Lexart's lease of 161 North Mill Street by a period of six months under the same terms and conditions previously existing. Number 15, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amended memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System on behalf of Bluegrass Community and Technical College for amendment of Resolution 507-2018 for awarding of additional certificates. number 16 a resolution authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute a modification to the agreement with the kentucky department of military affairs division of emergency management for extension of performance period through september 30 2019 for the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program for fiscal year 2016 at no additional cost to the urban county government number 17 a resolution authorizing america we have the urban county government to execute a modification to the agreement with the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs Division of Emergency Management for extension of the performance period through September 3, 2019 for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program for fiscal year 2017 at no additional cost to the Irving County Government. Number 18, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor of the Irving County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds in the amount of $2 million federal funds under the 2018 Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program and are for the replacement and or purchase of 226 self-contained breathing apparatus. Number 19, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute all documents necessary to accept an easement for the relocation of existing wayfinding sign at 2100 Nicholasville Road at no cost to the Irving County Government. Thank you, mayor. All right. Is there a motion to approve the second reading of resolutions? Motion by Councilmember Henson. Is there a second? Second by Councilmember Plumman. Is there any discussion on the motion? If not, then I ask the clerk to call the roll. Bless you. Mr. Farmer. Mr. Gibbs. Ms. Henson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kaye. Yes. Ms. Lam. Yes. Mr. Maloney. Yes, sir. Ms. Plowman. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Worley. Yes, sir. Ms. Bledsoe. Yes, sir. Mr. Fred Brown. Yes. Mr. James Brown. Yes. Ms. Evans. Yes. Is that it? All right. The vote reflects passage of the motion. It allows us to go on to the first reading of resolutions. All right. number 20 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with liturgical publications incorporated for design layout and printing of the Lexington senior center monthly newsletter at no cost to the urban county government number 21 resolution accepting the response of commonwealth inspection bureau incorporated to rfp number 28 2018 for the provision of electrical inspection services for the division of building inspection and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the commonwealth inspection bureau incorporated related to the rfp number 22 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a deed of temporary easement granting columbia gas of kentucky incorporated a temporary construction easement upon the property located at 469 parkway drive number 23 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a multi-year lease agreement with xerox corporation limited for upgrades to the d125 cp printer including equipment supplies and maintenance services at a cost not to exceed 12 257.73 cents with a per copy charge of 0.0064 total estimate of 8 500 for one fiscal year billable on a monthly basis. Number 24, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Electronic Recovery and Access to Data Group, LLC, for examination of data on gift cards. Number 25, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a volunteer income tax assistance, tax counseling for the elderly, partner sponsor agreement and an internal revenue service civil rights assurance for provision of a volunteer income tax assistance program at the Charles Young Center at no cost the urban county government number 26 a resolution authorizing the mayor behalf there we can't a government to execute a multi-year true lease schedule with Dell financial services LLC pursuant to master lease agreement number six seven zero five five six four dash zero zero for the lease of desktop computers for the urban county government and estimate a cost not to exceed $89,757.33. Number 27, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept deeds of easement and to execute any documents necessary for the acquisition of right-of-way to facilitate construction of the town branch trail mid-block crossing project at a cost not to exceed $106,000. Number 28, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement and a vehicle lease agreement with Lexington Fayette Animal Care and Control LLC for animal control services at a cost not to exceed $1,485,200. Number 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarding a Class A neighborhood incentive grant to Gardenside Neighborhood Association, Inc. for stormwater quality products, stormwater quality projects at a cost not to exceed $4,975. Number 30, resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a three-year service agreement with on-site RX, Inc. to provide pharmacy services at the Dr. Samuel Brown Health Center at a cost of $9.56 per member per year for year one, $9.80 per member per month for year two, and $10.04 per member per month for year three, effective upon passage of council. Number 31, a resolution reassigning the economic incentive granted to Ashland, incorporated by Resolution 465-2014 to Valvoline, LLC, or its successor or affiliates, as may be approved by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. Number 32, a resolution reassigning the Economic Incentive Grant to Creative Lodging Solutions, LLC, by Resolution 579-2014 to Fleet Corps Technology Operation Company, LLC, or its successor or affiliates, as may be approved by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. Number 33, a resolution accepting the bid of Amtech of Kentucky LLC doing business as Amtech establishing a price contract for outdoor warning sirens for the vision of Emergency Management 911. Number 34, a resolution accepting the bids of Vulcan Incorporated, Lytle Enterprises of Ohio LLC, and H. Ray Company establishing price contracts for traffic signs for the division of Traffic Engineering. Number 35, a resolution accepting the bid of Link Electric Company, Inc., in the amount of $154,340 for the DAC Black Box Theater Lighting and Controls for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any agreement with Link Electric Company, Inc. related to the bid. Number 36, a resolution accepting a bid of Robinson Pipe Cleaning Company establishing a price contract for the annual sanitary sewer cleaning and inspection for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Robinson Pipe Cleaning Company related to the bid. Number 37, a resolution accepting the bid of Labor Works Lexington LLC establishing a price contract for temporary labor for waste management for the Division of Waste Management. Number 38, a resolution accepting a bid of C3 Mechanical LLC in the amount of $222,888 for the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant Solid Processing Building Boiler Plant Replacement for the Division of Wire Quality and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with C3 Mechanical LLC related to the bid. Number 39, a resolution accepting bids of LM Asphalt Partners Limited doing business is ATS Construction, Bluegrass Contracting Company, Gooch Construction Incorporated, Rio Grande Fencing Company, Sensiball Design and Construction Company, The Allen Company Incorporated, Tom Chestnut Excavation and Construction LLC, and ZKB Services LLC, establishing construction unit price contracts, were the Division of Engineering and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with each of these entities related to the bid. Number 40, a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of Caleb Hubbard, customer service supervisor, grade 515E, 1532.4 biweekly in the Division of Government Communications, effective November 12, 2018. Michael Miller, administrative specialist, grade 513N, 19.439 hourly in the Division of Accounting, effective November 12 2018 Andre Ingram equipment operator grade 510 in 15.625 hourly in the division water quality effective October 29 2018 and Gregory buzzard equipment operator senior grade 512 in 16.657 hourly in the division water quality effective October 29 2018 ratifying the following permanent classified civil service appointments Michelle King customer service specialist great fact in in 14.733 hourly in the division of government communications effective October 2nd 2018 she scans public service worker senior grade 509 in 14.354 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective October 23rd 2018 Jordan Napier public service worker senior grade 509 in 14.132 hourly in the division streets and roads effective October 23rd 2018 Sean McStay resource recovery operator grade 513 in 17.248 hourly in the division of Waste Management effective October 2nd 2018 Felicia arms administrative specialist senior grade 516 and 20.9 at 290 hourly in the division of traffic engineering effective October 2nd 2018 ratifying the following unclassified civil service appointments of Jeffrey Reed Commissioner General Services grade 536 e 5094.16 bi-weekly in the General Services Commissioner's office effective October 29 2018 ratifying the following classified civil service council leave of Timothy Burnett resource recovery operator grade 513 and 22.392 hourly in the division of waste management effective August 14, 2018 through November 11, 2018. Number 41, a resolution authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Wilson Renee Valencia Equipment Operator Senior Grade 512 in 16.562 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads effective November 12, 2018. David Conrad Public Service Worker Senior Grade 509 in 14.074 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads effective November 12, 2018. James Begley Public Service Worker Senior Grade 509 in 14.752 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads. Derek Soper, public service worker, senior, grade 509, and 14261 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 12, 2018, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community correction officer appointments. Connor Cleary, Wendy Beebe, Phillip Wright, Crystal Underwood, Juanita Ballard, Hannah Brown, Kennedy Crosby, Mark Riffle, Connie McCarty, Olivia Day, Hilda Inouye, Daniel Prager, All Community Corrections Officer, Recruit, Grade 110N, 15.384 Hourly, and the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of council, and authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make an additional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Donald Randolph, Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice, Grade 509N, 14.495 Hourly, and the Division of Water Quality, effective October 29, 2018. and Shawna Clements, Hans Nurse, Graded 514N, 23.077 Hourly in the Division of Family Services, effective November 25, 2018. Number 42, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the local records branch of the Kentucky Department for Library and Archives to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $11,670 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds and are for the codification of LFUCG zoning ordinance on an online platform. Number 43, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Woodall Construction Company, Incorporated for the Wellington Stormwater Basin A Improvements Projects, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,200 from $173,489.30 to $177,689.30. Number 44, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Woodall Construction Company Incorporated for the Fleet Management Water Quality Improvements Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $8,095.60 from $130,609.14 to $138,704.74. Number 45, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a fleet service agreement with AutoCar LLC to allow the Urban County Government to perform warranty repairs on its AutoCar ACX trucks for which AutoCar LLC will provide support and reimbursement. Number 46, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute facility usage contract with the Fayette County Board of Education for use of the noise-worthy auditorium for the Parks and Recreation Kitty Capers Program at a cost not to exceed $1,136.70. number 47 a resolution authorizing directing the mayor behalf there we can government to accept a grant from drug-free Lex which grant funds in the amount of $2,000 are for the drug and alcohol awareness training for members of international community members the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget number 48 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services which grant funds are in the amount of $469,884 federal funds under the first responders comprehensive addiction and recovery act program or for the creation of a project to help reduce opioid overdose fatalities the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 49, resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Uruguay County government to accept a grant from the United States Department of Justice, which grant funds are in the amount of $500,000 federal funds under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program are for the facilitation of access to substance abuse treatment services for individuals experiencing non-fatal overdoses, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Number 50, resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to accept a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living passed through the University of Kentucky Wellness Edge Program, which grant funds are in the amount of $15,765 federal funds for the purchase of adaptive recreation equipment for the Division of Parks and Recreation, the acceptance of which 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 51, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Eventix Corporation or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS, subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington-Fayette-Irban County government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fees for a term of no longer than five years from the activation date subject to the limitations contained in the Act and any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or urban county government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 52, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Webasto Roof Systems Incorporated or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS, subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for a term of no longer than 10 years from the activation date, subject to the limitation contained in the Act and any agreement the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 53, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Tiffany & Company Jewelers, Inc., or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS Subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for a term of no longer than 10 years from the activation date subject to the limitation contained in the Act. Any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 54, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to Zucker LLC or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Fayette-Urban County government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fees for a term no longer than 10 years from the activation date, subject to the limitation contained in the act in any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the Urban County Government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 55, a resolution approving granting of an inducement to True Tone Finishing Incorporated or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS Subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Fade Urban County Government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fee for a term of no longer than 10 years from the activation date, subject to the limitations contained in the Act and any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the urban county government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 56, a resolution approving the granting of an inducement to ZEVO Incorporated doing business as ZELEOS or its successor or affiliate pursuant to the Kentucky Business Investment Act, KRS, subchapter 154.32, whereby the Lexington Fed, the urban county government agrees to rebate annually 1% of the company's occupational license fees for a term of no longer than 10 years from the activation date, subject to the limitations contained in the act and any agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority or the urban county government related to the project and taking other related action. Number 57, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any documents necessary to accept deeds for property interests needed for the west hickman trunk sewer d project at a total cost not to exceed twenty eight thousand three hundred sixty seven dollars and seventeen cents number 58 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarding a class a neighborhood incentive grant to meadow thorpe neighborhood association incorporated for storm water quality projects that cost not to exceed $8,701. For 59, a resolution establishing Enritzu America Sales Incorporated as a sole source provider of radio system service monitors for the division of Enhanced 911 and authorizing the mayor or his designee on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute any necessary agreements with Enritzu America Sales Incorporated related to the procurement of these goods and services. Number 60, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which grant funds are in the amount of $2,500 for the purchase of fire safety and prevention campaign supplies, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds, and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. number 61 a resolution authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute neighborhood action match grant program contracts with copperfield neighborhood association 4 916 dollars historic woodward heights neighborhood association 3 648 dollars joyland neighborhood association 2 664 dollars martin luther king neighborhood association ten thousand dollars and walnut ridge homeowners association 5 304 dollars for the purpose of carrying out various neighborhood activities and improvements for fiscal year 2019 at a cost not to exceed $26,532. Number 62, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Lexington Center Corporation for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at a cost not to exceed $9,000. And number 63, a resolution amending Appendix A, rules and procedures of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council by creating a statement of purpose, amending sections 1.101 to clarify the administrative duties of the vice mayor to include supervision of the council administrator overseeing the office space of the council and notifying council members of opportunities to serve in certain requests for proposal committees, Amending sections 1.02 to clarify the administrative duties of the council administrator, aides to council, and the citizen's advocate, deleting and reserving sections 1.104. Amending sections 1.105 to streamline the travel and expense procedures for all officers, employees, and appointees of a council office. Amending sections 1.201 to include masculine and feminine pronouns. amending sections 1.203 to provide guidelines for the use of official stationery, amending sections 1.204 to streamline the travel and expense reporting procedures for council members, deleting sections 1.301, 1.302, 1.303, 1.304, and removing reference to the internal audit unit and reserving the section numbers, amending sections 2.101 to provide a procedure for electing the chairperson of a committee in the event of a tie vote amending sections 2.102 correcting the names of standing committees and clarifying the task assigned to each standing committee amending sections 2.103 to clarify the appointment process and the meeting requirements for ad hoc committees amending sections 2.104 to clarify the staffing and meeting requirements for subcommittees of standing committees amending sections 2.105 to clarify the duties quorum requirements and budgetary tasks assigned to the Committee of the Whole and Link Committees amending sections 2-107 to clarify the confirmation process for the department commissioners and to create requirements for the delivery of information to the urban County Council prior to the confirmation of various appointments amending sections 2.8 108 to correct clerical errors amending sections 2.202 to include the meeting requirements for standing committees meaning sections 2.203 to clarify the attendance requirements for council members and include masculine feminine pronouns amending sections 2.204 to provide that the chair of standing committee may refer items directly to his or her committees amending sections 2.205 to clarify the contents of committee reports make sections 2.206 to streamline the requirements for the submission of materials for committee presentations amending sections 3.102 changing the name of appendix B to part 2 amending sections 3.103 changing the name of appendix C to part 3 and providing that a council member may introduce legislation at his or her discretion amending sections 4.101 to include the general meeting requirements for meetings of the urban County Council amending section 4.102 deleting the general meeting requirements for the urban County Council and including communications from the mayor for information only and fire police disciplinary items on the official agenda of regular meetings of the urban County Council amending sections 4.103 to streamline the notice requirements for special meetings of the urban county council amending sections 4.104 to include public comment issues not on the agenda adjournment communications from the mayor for information only and personnel matters on the official agenda of work sessions of the urban county council amending section 4.105 deleting the minutes keeping requirement relating to executive sessions amending section 4.106 to establish procedures and requirements for public comment during meetings of the Irving County Council amending section 4.107 to streamline the process governing the distribution of informational materials to the council during regular or special meetings and work sessions amending section 4.108 to clarify the administrative responsibilities for notice of public hearings. public forums. Mending section 4.201 to clarify the process for selecting the presiding officer at regular meetings, special meetings, and work sessions. Mending section 4.301 relating to recognition to speak from the chair via computer workstation. Mending section 4.302 to establish requirements to govern the manner of speaking and decorum for members of the Urban County Council. amending section 4.303 to include masculine feminine pronouns amending section 4.401 to simplify the manner of speaking simplify the manner of making motions and withdrawing motions amending sections 4.501 to simplify the process relating to requests for a second reading on ordinances and resolutions amending section 4.505 to include masculine feminine pronouns amending section 4.601 to require the referral of budget amendments to the council administrator or her designee by noon on the Thursday prior to work session amending appendix a to the to the rules and procedures by changing the title to part one including masculine feminine pronouns and clarifying the reporting requirements of the citizen advocate amending section amending appendix B to the rules and procedures by changing the title to part two and streamlining the guidelines for use of law department personnel by members of the urban County Council many appendix C to the rules and procedure rules and procedures by changing the title of Part 3 and streamlining the administrative council and business workflows for items requiring legislative consideration and approval amended amending appendix D to the rules and procedures by changing the title to Part 4 and streamlining the guidelines for use of government access cable channel web stream and online video archives amending appendix e to the rules and procedures by changing the title to part five and creating an official guideline for the process uh official guidelines and process for neighborhood development funds and create and creating part six to the rules and procedures relating to social media best practices thank you mayor all right thank you clerk I'll ask for motions now to suspend the rules for second readings and beginning with Councilmember Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. Mine is on number 57. It has to do with easements relating to our West Hickman trunk line, and it's on behalf of the administration. So I'll ask for a second reading. So moved. Second. Motion by Councilmember Farmer to give a second read to number 57, second by Councilmember Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right, any objection? All right, then the motion passes. Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I have two. I wanted to ask for second reading on number 42. Again, that's the one I talked to you all about on Tuesday. It has to do with the grant application for the codification of the zoning ordinance. I would like to move to have second reading on that, please. All right, motion by Council Member Lamb on number 42, second by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion? Is there any objection? All right then motion passes. Councilmember Fred Brown. Thank You mayor. I'd like to suspend the rules and give the second reading to item number 34. All right motion by Councilmember Fred Brown on 34, second by Councilmember Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion anybody object to this motion all right then the motion passes all right next is councilmember Bledsoe I thank you mayor I have two items this has been the rules on number 31 and on number 32 which pertain to changing the names for our economic incentive grants so moves all right motion by councilmember Bledsoe on numbers 31 and 32 and second by councilmember Henson Is there any discussion on these? Any objection? All right. Then the motion passes. Council Member Gibbs. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and ask for a second reading on number 35. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Gibbs on 35, second by Council Member Lamb. Is there any discussion? Any objection? Motion passes. Council Member Henson. I move to spin the rules and gifts. Second reading to number 41, the conditional offers of employment. Second. All right. Motion by Council Member Henson. Second by Council Member Farmer. Is there any discussion on the motion? Any objection? All right. Then the motion passes. All right. I believe that's it. Yes, that's it. All right. So, Clerk, you've got those, right? Okay, can you give us a second to read in place? Yes, sir. Thank you. or affiliates as may be approved by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. Number 32, a resolution reassigning the economic incentive granted to Creative Lodging Solutions, LLC, by Resolution 579-2014 to Fleet Corps Technology Operation Company, LLC, or its successor or affiliates as may be approved by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority. Number 34, resolution accepting the bids of Vulcan Incorporated, Lytle Enterprise of Ohio LLC and H. Ray Company, establishing price contracts for traffic signs for the Division of Traffic Engineering. Number 35, resolution accepted bid of Link Electric Company incorporated in the amount of $154,340 for DAC black box theater lighting and controls for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. And authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irby County Government to execute an agreement with Link Electric Company related to the bid. Number 41, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Wilson Rattano, Valencia Equipment Operator, Senior Grade 512, N16.562, Hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 12, 2018. David Conrad, Public Service Worker, Senior Grade 509, N14.074, Hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effects from November 12, 2018. James Begley, public service worker, senior, grade 509 in 14.752 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads. And Derek Sopper, public service worker, senior, grade 509 in 14.261 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective November 12, 2018, authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offer to following probationary community corrections officer appointments. Connor Cleary, Wendy Beebe, Phillip Wright, Crystal Underwood, Juanita Ballard, Hannah Brown, Kennedy Crosby, Mark Riffle, Connie McCarty, Olivia Day, Harold Inouye, Daniel Prager, all community corrections officer recruit, grade 110N, 15.384, hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of council, authorizing the Division of Human Resources, making additional offer of the following unclassified civil service appointments, Donald Randolph Treatment Plant, operator apprentice, grade 509N, 14.495, hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective October 29 2018 and Shauna Clemens hands nurse grade 545 14 and 23.07 some an hourly the vision family services of picker remember 20 if 2018 40 number 42 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor behalf there we can a government to execute and submit in grant application to the local records branch the Kentucky Department for library and archives and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application which grant funds are in the amount of $11,670 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds for the codification of LFUCG zoning ordinance on an online platform. Number 57 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any documents necessary and accept deeds for property interest needed for the West Hickman trunk sewer D project at a total cost not to exceed $28,367.17. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Clerk. And that allows me to ask for a motion to approve. Motion by Council Member Henson. Was that a second? Second. Council Member Plumman. Second by Council Member Plumman. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Then, Clerk, please call the roll. Ms. Evans. Yes. Mr. Farmer. Yes, sir. Mr. Gibbs. Ms. Henson. Yes. Vice Mayor Kaye. Ms. Lamb. Yes. Mr. Maloney. Yes, sir. Ms. Plowman. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Worley. Ms. Bledsoe. Mr. Fred Brown. Yes. Mr. James Brown. All right, vote reflects passage of the motion and allows us to move on to announcements my monitors now can now it's clear if you'll sign on for announcements then I'll call on you for announcements council members council member Henson Thank You mayor I wanted to make everyone aware safety cities have in their trick-or-treat night this be good for your kids good for my grandkids but they're holding the annual trick-or-treat night is tomorrow night October 26 from 6 to 8 and children have been learning to be safe and make good decisions from Safety City for 25 years due to the rainy forecast that decision has been made to move it to the police training center on BCTC's campus at 500 Newtown Pike so children can attend stay warm and dry. SCAPA will be providing music from 6 to 630. There'll also be face painting, games, candy, and safety information and they encourage everyone to wear their costumes and the event is free. So Mayor I expect you see there in costume. Yes ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Councilman Henson. Thank you. Councilman Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. As chair of the Sister Cities Commission, I was here early this morning to greet the exchange students from Newmarket, which is our sister city south and I believe a little bit west of London. And they live in a beautiful community, not as beautiful as ours, but they were great folks and they were here. and there are some pictures that is, I want to say headmaster, he's the head teacher, Nick Rory, and those are some of the students, and I think they look like they're at the football game, and here they're at, it says horse industry, that looks like a barn to me, and then what else you got? That's us having a fun picture here in the chamber this morning, which was very nice too. So we then gave them keys to the city, and where was that? Okay, there's the keys. And then at some point, Nick Rory made the presentation to me to give to you, Mayor. This is presented on behalf of the New Market Town Council. This is a picture of horses training on the iconic New Market Heath on a winter's morning. It is a very familiar view to all who live and work in New Market, and we're delighted to present this to Lexington, Kentucky, in recognition of our continued link through Sister Cities October 2018. So that is from their mayor, Rachel Hood, to you. And during his presentation, he talked about the fact that the mayor had picked this specifically because this is on a frosty morning where there's frost, but they felt that it looked the most like bluegrass, and they wanted it to have a connection for you and for us. So on behalf of the mayor of Newmark. Well, thank you, sir. My pleasure. Thank you so much. Very nice. That's a watercolor. That's nice. Well, you're an art man. I know that. That's a watercolor. Oh, that's beautiful. That's very nice. That's the toughest medium. Thank you. Just briefly, the mayor and I had a happenstance and met on the street, on Water Street this morning, and we're having a conversation, and a lady behind us across Water Street literally fell down on the sidewalk. And there was a gentleman there to help her, but the mayor and I went over. We did. And help them, well, you know, one of the things you learn is you don't run over and grab somebody up. You've got to let them kind of find their way. And she had an arm problem, so we were trying to orchestrate around, and the mayor was directing us in all of this, and we were able to get the lady up right and make sure. This is a bit of an embellishment, but continue, continue. Okay, it is that too, but we did get her up, and she was on her way. And then I described this to my aide, and she immediately said, did you get a picture? i'm like no we didn't have a picture we were just doing a good deed in public so nice to serve with you out there and in here sir yes sir thank you so much lord farmer okay yes all right i don't know i don't know joe how you're going to follow that one but you're up next council member smith i thought about passing but i'll i'll go ahead just to just a reminder i'm going to have the second district leadership meeting it'll be tuesday october 30th from 5 30 to 7 30 at mcconnell springs we will meet and just discuss different issues in our in our second district and try to help each other solve those issues and then also we'll have guest speakers we'll have police chief weathers charlie martin jeff neal and michelle from parks and recreation Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, sir. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just have a few announcements. This coming Saturday, we're going to have a community cleanup in the Brewstown neighborhood, which is Dakota Street and Florida Street. I'd just like to thank our partners with Public Safety. I know they've recruited some volunteers to help us that morning from 9 to 1. And then Habitat for Humanity, as well as our neighborhood resource officers, are going to be out and help with that neighborhood cleanup. And then also the Lyric's 70th anniversary gala is Saturday night, later on that night. The door is open at 5, the program starts at 6. T.D. Young is the title performer that night, along with Ray Kemp. So, you know, the Lyric has been in existence for 70 years. The rebirth took place about seven years, and I think they're on the path to sustainability and doing good things in the neighborhood and the community. And then also this Sunday at Castlewood Park, I don't know if you all remember last year, but Common Good, the students from Common Good came down and thanked our Division of Park and Recreation for working with them to have a trial futsal court at Castlewood Park. And what we learned from that trial is that there is a real demand for a permanent futsal court in Castlewood Park as well as other parks around the district. So I'd just like to thank Monica and Michelle and the team from Park and Rec for working with that group. And there have been some community companies, some other companies in the communities, and some volunteers to help raise money and volunteer and chip in and create a permanent futsal court that they're going to unveil this coming Sunday at 430 in Castlewood Park. I've been driving by, and it's a nice big U.K. blue court with a nice big logo and everything on it, So it should be a nice event this coming Sunday at 4.30. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Okay. Thank you, Council Member Brown. All right, that's all signed on for announcements. So I will ask, we have a fire disciplinary item before public comments, and that's Battalion Chief Jason Wells. Chief, thank you. Thank you, Mayor. On Friday, April 7, 2018, an allegation was made that firefighter Brandon Irvin violated Uniform Disciplinary Guideline 1.11 AWOL and Uniform Disciplinary Guideline 2.04, Inability to Meet Performance Standards. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Kristen Chilton and has accepted a written reprimand and forfeiture of pay for the hours AWOL. This discipline has also been approved by Commissioner Armstrong. Motion to approve by Councilman Farmer, seconded by Councilman Plowman. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right we can vote then. All in favor please say aye. Opposed, no. Motion carries. All right thank you Chief. All right now we can go into public comment and I want to first thank the members of our corrections team who have been very patient tonight to stay with us all the way to public comment thank you all very much and we begin by welcoming back councilmember Scott Crosby who I'm told from councilmember Farmer has not been in the chambers for 15 years so what you deserve a you deserve a welcome back a real welcome back we know you have serious serious issues to to talk with about scott and thank you very much and i believe you have you have several um several who are yielding their time to you for your presentation i believe well thank you mayor scott crosby 3604 burning tree lane lexington kentucky i am here on behalf of as asked to come on behalf of lodge 83 which is represents our corrections here in in lexington i know that i believe that you have had a pass out of a powerpoint i want to be very respectful of your time i understand i've been in that position it's thursday and you've you've gone through a lot of business tonight but i do want to just hit some of the highlights that are in that powerpoint let me see first of all the fact that we have 20 men and women or 25 i can't i had various counts here tonight representing almost 10% of your entire staff at the at the jail is pretty significant. It is meaningful. It is intentional and they are here for a purpose and the purpose here tonight is to raise some of the issues to raise the level of concern about our staffing and overtime issues at our jail. These men and women aren't the ones that you see driving around town in our public safety. They're not the ones on the fire trucks or in the police cars. They're the ones you don't see because they are over there ensuring that those individuals who are incarcerated are cared for properly and treated with respect. and do a fantastic job for the citizens of Lexington. I'm honored to have them as my friends and certainly to be a member of Lodge 83. I want to highlight just a few of the things why they're here tonight. Right now, corrections is understaffed by 60 officers. That's a significant number. of officers. I believe on the second or third page of the handout I passed out, you'll see it is on the page 2. Metro Louisville Metro Corrections nearly declared a state of an emergency just a couple months ago when they were down 60 positions and that is with a full staff of 479. Here in Lexington, our full staff is around 476, 279. That means we are almost 50% worse off than what Louisville Corrections is experiencing. And yet the demands are increasing every single day for these employees, this government's employees. And they're significant. And as you can see, that article was written or that statistic was given in the news media. And just a couple days later, three or four days later, I've also handed out as part of that PowerPoint presentation some examples of what happens when we are not properly staffed. Inmates, employees, individuals that are health, safety, and welfare is at serious risk. And it needs to be at a very heightened level of understanding that something has to happen. We know tonight that we're not going to have any answers. And we applaud this government, Mayor, for your commitment to increasing the salaries of these individuals, which you have done. We're not here asking for money tonight. Not here asking for benefits tonight. We're talking about the working conditions that these folks face every single day. I have, you will see the field positions are 212, budgeted positions are 279. 60-some officers who aren't working or are unavailable to work is a very, very serious deal. It's significant, very significant. If you look at the inmate population and growth in some of those charts, I don't have these page numbers. Since 2016, as we've lost officers, our population, our inmate population, has increased substantially. Now, I know the management has made efforts to have video cameras and do some other innovative ways to provide assistance to ensure that the performance of that facility operates smoothly and correctly. But that's not enough. Foremost, it is a safety issue. Then it becomes the next part of the analysis, I believe, is how is it affecting the men and women, those folks who are here tonight, those who couldn't come tonight alone. As I understand it, there was 25 officers today, first shift, who were unable, or excuse me, who we were, we did not have 25 officers. we had 25 officers who were in terms of a vacancy so what does that mean that means that those who are on third shift third shift being from 12 a.m to 8 a.m if you're fresh and you aren't working overtime on third shift you're going to get hauled in it also to the extent that there are post positions available they're only available during first shift and post the post list are folks who who work in auxiliary services, drug testing, and other areas that are during your regular working hours. Second and third shift don't have post folks to pull from. So everyone, second and third, we're pulling overtime, folks. And we were talking about this, and we have many people from the E-board. I know Terrence Campbell was here earlier. I think he had a reason he had to leave tonight. But until you put this on paper and you look at it, you really don't appreciate it. And I, with the assistance of the board, and we've been working on this, we've asked for documents and some other information. Some has been provided. I expect the rest will be provided by the government so we can analyze this and also provide this to all of you to have a better understanding. But if you go to the page that says example weekly schedule, and it's got a colorful looking chart. You're not going to be able to read the little black words in there, but I'll explain those to you briefly. This weekly schedule reflects an individual who works second shift from 4 p.m. to 12 p.m. This is the state of affairs as they exist right now for this for everyone. Their regular days off and of this example are on Tuesday and Wednesday. You will see those. The four o'clock is where it starts on that Tuesday. Those are all noted in green. Those are the days off that they have and they extend into the following day. You can see when they would ordinarily be hit for overtime, the way things are working. The brown represents their regular shift schedule. This is when they have to show up. This is their four to midnight staffing. The red blocks are 12 to 8 a.m. For an officer, their overtime primary day is the second day they return after a their RDOs. RDOs are their weekends. Many, you know, not your traditional weekends for these folks. Their weekends fall Tuesday, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sunday, Mondays, all different in order to staff this facility. they're getting hit the white you see on this schedule is for sleep at best the green and the white you can say is really their free time that's it that's all they have and unfortunately because staffing is so bad right now there's mandatory training requirements that they have to meet. And if you work second or third shift, you can't make that mandatory time during the regular working hours when they will have a training class. So guess what? Take away one of those green days. Or take away a vacation day that they've planned with their family. That's when they're having to come in for mandatory training. They have no time to themselves, to their families. I've seen a few folks here tonight with their children and their spouses. They have no time. So we ask ourselves, why are they leaving? Well, the answer to me is primarily right now we've got to do something as a city to figure out what's going on and why we're not retaining folks, why we can't recruit folks, and get them staffed quickly. You know, the pay is pretty competitive. It's far better than in other areas, other regional jails. The benefits are good here. so why are we not able to recruit them and why are we not able to keep them we've lost almost a hundred people this year 2018 as i understand it again you'll have to give me some deference on my math because we've relied on trying to get all the information we've not been able to get all that but i believe that number is pretty close you're looking at a turnover rate here right now of about 26 27 28 percent on an annual basis we did some quick charts today and ran the numbers looking at individuals who who were started work on j who were working on january 1 of 2018 and compared to list of january 1 2000 excuse me 17 and looked at january 2018 and then looked at it to date, I think, or sometime last few weeks. Significant turnover, significant. And with turnover, you're not only losing the inexperienced staff, recruits, probationary folks, and those recruit numbers not included in those numbers. You're losing seasoned officers trained with the experience, with the understanding about how to handle difficult situations and those situations can be very, very difficult. Unfortunately, there's been a couple deaths inmate deaths this year in the last few months. That it takes a toll. Those circumstances are difficult. They're challenging. You have to you need to have experienced officers being able to respond not only to the circumstances, but also to be able to respond to the men and women who've experienced that, who've walked into a cell and found someone passed passed away. And I've had to go undergo through the investigation in that process. So what I'm saying is I can give 100 different examples of why experience is critical here and while we're losing this on a regular basis. And I want to give a really a warning. In my communications in my conversations and I we speak often, often with these folks. I would estimate that another quarter 25% or 50 to 50% are looking elsewhere right now, looking to find somewhere else to go, looking for a job that may not have the same may have less benefits and less pay because they want to see their children. They're concerned about their safety. They're concerned about the stress and the anxiety and all the things that are associated with that. And they're really and truly in the area of public safety, not only here but everywhere, they're the voice that you don't hear. They're the voice that's very difficult to even access them because they're behind locked bars. But they're here tonight, and they are asking the council two things tonight. One is to try to work immediately on a short term solution. They've got to have some relief. They've got to have it or those numbers are going to get worse quick. Second of all, they're asking for a longer term solution here. They're asking the council basically to lift up the hood here. Don't rely on what the FOPE board says and don't rely just on what management says. You should listen to both. But go to second shift at 8 o'clock or 9 o'clock. You can get access in there. Show your ID. Show your credentials. Go downstairs and experience what a line staff officer deals with every single night. understand what they contend with. There's a graphic in there that is actually has wrong data and I apologize. I think it shows one blue dot and it says 40 to 60 officers. It was pointed out to me when we walked in here and I didn't think about it. I was wrong. It's one blue dot up to 96 inmates. That one individual may be sitting in a room not terribly larger than this area in the facility responsible for 96 people walking around them, often sleeping all around them by themselves in the middle of the night hoping that if something happens, someone could get there quickly. You can't understand it unless you go. And honestly, I never had been over there as a council member. I never thought to go. But I can assure you, your perceptions and understanding of the problem will only be enhanced by taking the time, some time, I know everyone's busy, to go over there and actually walk through the facility, not with an FOP board member necessarily or not necessarily with a member of management, but with our line staff, with the sergeants, with the corporals, with the officers. Ask them what their concerns are. Ask them what the problem with keeping people is. There is, again, we're not going to be able to resolve all this tonight, Everyone, they're all here in good faith, but they're here because of the urgency. And the circumstances are quite urgent. We could end up in a crisis mode if we're not real careful. And these folks are committed to serving this community. They appreciate the work that you all do. We know that you have many, many demands. and I will share with you we're not here to follow another division of government which I understand came before you just last week we were meeting about these very same issues and about coming before the council when they were here two weeks ago this is urgent this requires your action requires your attention and we ask that you and hope that you will I appreciate it and thank you very much much. All right Scott, thanks very much. There are two others have signed on to speak and that's Emily, Emily Bryan, Emily Emily here and then and then Steve, Steve Parker. Yes sir. members of the council i was presented with a letter from one of our female inmates yesterday and she was not asked to do this she did this willingly on her own and asked that we could present it to you all she wanted to send it to you all directly and i said i can do one better for you if you want your voice heard i'll be more than happy to read this letter to the city council tomorrow to whom it may concern i am an inmate currently housed at vayette county detention center. Today, I write this letter to speak out in support of the extremely overworked, underappreciated, and frankly visibly exhausted correction officers employed here. The situation is quite deplorable, to say the least. Try to imagine for one moment the frustration brought on by the angry demands of 120 females for toilet tissue, knowing your only response is, well, we're out. Over-exaggeration? Not possibly a reality. Are these your thoughts? This, my interested reader is a weekly struggle for these officers here. See, we're allotted toilet tissue only one time per week. When it's gone, it's gone, period. Please notice that I said 120 inmates. There are only 96 beds in any given unit. Therefore, just as I sit in the floor on a plastic mat to pin this letter, I also sleep, eat, and everything else in the same mat on the same floor. The amount of danger these officers face daily is no less than a police officer on patrol. At least cops have guns and cars to shield them from attack. The units here have 120 convicts and one to two officers enclosed within them. The daily Signal 7 alarms scream at them, hurry, throw yourself in the line of fire. Let them hit you, not the other inmate. This is your job. Get in there. So armed with a spray can and undeniable courage, they risk themselves to protect the very criminals you have locked away to be safe from them. I am an inmate. Yes, I am. I am also a human being. Yeah, I know we are on opposite sides of the badge, quote unquote. That doesn't change the fact that the administration here at FCDC hasn't stepped in to help us. Not the over-sentenced, overcrowded, under consideration inmates, nor have they reduced the strains and dangers of the police hired, or of the people hired to help us throughout the days, nights, and holidays, etc. The CEOs work back-to-back shifts, so we are not left alone. It's not acceptable to even the inmates to see the same exhausted person standing in the tower from sunrise to sunset and rise again. It's just not okay, nor is it safe. They care for our every need to the best of their ability. From a piece of paper to saving an OD, they protect us from ourselves and others. The parent from here, eat here, get good news and bad news no matter what they tried to smile. Would you? Thank you for listening and please help us prisoners and COs from the effects of poor decisions of the administration. We can't fix it without you. Signed, an overcrowded and unconcerned inmate. i know in my 11 years of experience in this y'all i've never ever seen it this bad it's very stressful we are very tired and without the help of mr crosby we don't know if we would have a voice right now we need change and we're we are desperate to ask for help with this we voiced our concerns numerous times for administration they are unwilling to help right now and we that's why we're here speaking with you all so i appreciate your time for that all right thank you emily Steve For those of you who don't know me, I'm Steve Parker I'm proud to represent the fine men and women at the Fayette County Detention Center for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 83E Board I want to thank my people for coming out We've got some single parents here It's tough on them to have to come in face a four day week with four days of overtime So we are in crisis mode About two years back I stood before you and requested that we not go in a direction we went because we kind of knew what would be coming. So we feel like the division has lost its vision, and we need some help to get back on track. I know that each one of you here are willing to come out the jail, talk to us, sat beside some of you in meetings at the jail when we went over various things, such we had a survey done by Eastern Kentucky University, pretty in-depth. You know, all of you got a copy of it. A lot of you came out and went through that. I think that was shocking to us. You know, the jail back when it was built was built for 960 inmates. When I left the jail at 5 o'clock, we got a little over 1,500. We started out with the 960 inmates. We had 299 officers. During the previous administration, our mayor gave, this mayor gave, and the council gave us back 15 of those 30 positions that we lost, bringing us up 278. I think as of today we're looking at 54 vacancies with the recruits that's come on board and everything we're still looking at about 54. So we've went from 960 inmates to 1500 we went from 299 officers to 224. You know putting in those long airs we see officers that gets injured we're having quite a few injuries because they're tired and things happen. Um, you know, we've got 20 housing units out there. Like Mr. Crosby said, we've got 40 to 96 inmates. Some of them were having to overcrowd. We're running about 120 in some of the units, but we do have two officers in those units. Um, you know, like I said, folks have the families they've got to go home to, uh, three or four days a week overtime. Uh, we actually had one gentleman last week, good officer would have made a good officer. Uh, he has a sick parent that he's trying to take care of. And unfortunately it hit a bad three week stay for him. He got hit four days in a week. He didn't have care, so he had to leave us. Uh, we lost three good officers to a surrounding county jail. They're paid about $5 less than us, but they said they didn't have to live there and they could see their wife and kids. Um, I've always said one thing about this jail. It always amazed me that when we were hiring, you know, we're the highest paid jail in the state of Kentucky. Thanks to the council. Just want to give you guys credit. We worked hard to get the contract. We're the highest paid jail in the state of Kentucky. But when we hire, I always felt like that we should just have abundance of people from surrounding counties. Normal jails less than $12 an hour in this district. We're starting at 15. They go 11 weeks for training. We can take them up to over 16. But we're not getting anything from these other jails. So, you know, we've got to change our vision. We've got to change our focus. We've got to show our people we appreciate them. We've got to show them that the cavalry is on the way. And, you know, I know you guys have a lot on your plate. But, you know, we've got to the point where we've got to come to the table. and agree and work together and use the resources we have right now to take care of today. You know, we've got new staff coming in all the time, but that's months away. And by the time those people come in and we spend 11 weeks training them, they're going to be fill-ins for the people that have quit. We have 13 upstairs, 14 upstairs, whatever right now. So, I'm just not saying this for any particular reason, but in the past three weeks, I've done five letters of recommendations and had seven different agencies call me checking out our people who are looking for different jobs. Personally, I don't know what the rest of them's got. This is people on second and third ship that I command. So, the issues there, you guys just, we'll sit down and work with you any way we can. but like I say we've got to do something quick we're working on the future but we've got to have some help now so appreciate you guys as always and if you ever need have any questions or anything we're always available to work with you talk with you day or night thanks Steve thank you I know that I appreciate everybody that's spoken already and that you're representing others and I know that Commissioner Armstrong is available to speak now and to perhaps respond and Director Haney is here as well and I know that some council members want to speak as well but I think it's appropriate that we listen to what they have Mr. Mayor Council obviously the issues that have been pointed out here today are of great concern there's something that is not necessarily I would consider new to us every week we have discussions about staffing out of the jail and what we run into right now is the cycle that's going to be hard to break for us to be honest with you and what I mean by that is that as we hire people and we do a continuous hiring process we do as many classes as we can out the detention center we'll start out hopefully that 20 people will show up on monday and maybe only 15 do which puts us behind again then by the end of the process some of them leave out of that so hopefully we get about 50 out then there's the training process and how long that takes i think the the recommendations or the short term and long term considerations are reasonable to be honest with you i i think there may be somewhat of a misrepresentation whenever it comes to the administration not trying and what i mean by that and i'm not talking about just specifically director haney but i alluded to it a little earlier we've talked about this numerous times every week we talk about vacancies in all of the divisions in public safety and what we need to get done to get that taken care of the part that is almost like a cobweb is as we're trying to get these people as we're really trying to get them if more people leave over time continues to go up and whether it's the number of vacancies whether it's actually 70 or it's 45 or whatever it is ultimately that's a concern no matter what that number is in may of last year's my understanding the detention center was at zero vacancies and to be honest with you my 25 years on the police department i can't remember when we were ever at zero now since that time there's been a lot of change and some of those vacancies or some of of those resignations or firings for misconduct when we talk about those numbers it could be one person that leaves and then the next two people leave for a job or they get fired or whatever the circumstances are so the the turnover is a concern as well this is something that we take very seriously and it's we discuss it every week and it's a big concern of ours the the size of the detention center is a concern as well we've already had discussions about approaching the council about increasing the size with that being said as the size increases staffing must increase as well that's that's just how it is and if we're having issues getting more personnel now we do recruitment outside fayette county we do the best we can to bring those individuals in but we want to also make sure that we don't lower our standards that we don't look the other way on discipline that has to be addressed in my short time that i've been in this position unfortunately i've had to have some very serious conversations with director haney about staff that were on probation that has essentially placed us in a position as a government that we may face lawsuits because of their actions so we can't look the other way as you know if they're on probation and they're awol or absent without leave on a continuous basis once they become full-time employees do we necessarily think that'll stop no so it's a it's a circle that's very difficult to try and address it needs to be addressed we take it seriously any input from the council in regards to that and i director hannes told me he's reached out to the eboard too for any suggestions on recruitment or asking them to take part in things and i think that's a good partnership to be honest with you because i think as a government our best recruiters are the employees that we have because they can talk to people at a level that people aren't used to. And I can turn it over to Director Haney if you have any specific questions about that or if you have any questions from me at this time on this topic. Well, several council members have signed on to speak, and so why don't we just – I'd say you and Steve need to be available. Now call on the council members. Council Member Maloney. Thank you. I want to understand. I hate to hear what you all are going through. You need a life. And my question, a couple questions I have is Mr. Crosby said that Louisville had called for a state of emergency. At what number do we want to call a state of emergency? Well, that's an interesting question. I'm not sure if that's been predesignated at this time. That's an integral question. i'm not really sure if there's a specific policy in regards to that steve is there or stuff to well there's not there's no specific policy or a secret number um right now we're currently at 44 vacancies uh we will next wednesday we've got eight more that'll start it'll get us down to 36. and let me just say first of all before i answer the rest of your question i agree it is a serious matter um i have this conversation as commissioner said on a weekly basis at a public safety meeting i've had a conversation with the union leadership and i take it very seriously last may at this time we were at zero vacancies so you say how do we go from zero to where we're at there's a combination of a lot of things it was sort of the stars had to align to get to zero and it's been a perfect storm to get us from where we're at now there's a lot of things that affect it's sort of like a domino effect once you start getting a few vacancies over time goes up so the ones that are sitting there trying to decide if they want to stay or want to go decide to go so that creates more vacancies then you add in terminations probationary viola terminations retirements promotions to firing police you start doing it you can get a cycle real quick to get you behind dayfall so the other question I have is we get a lot of state prison and we get we they come here and we they pay us for having How many of those are there because we know we have an opioid problem, and it's a serious problem every day we have, and I understand we can maintain what we have. The problem I'm worried about, if the state is sending a lot of people over there, and I know we make money off that, but when I look at this $600,000 overtime, I don't know what balances out. Maybe we have to cut back on some of the state coming in here so we can get control of what our problems are here, and I hope that you all are looking at that. I mean, there's many times I've been on this council where they came in and brag about how much money we're making off the state on some of these inmates coming here. But when I look and see this has been going on for 25, 30 years, ever since I've been here, we've always had a problem keeping these guys here. But when I hear 60 employees or 44 employees or something like that, I start thinking sometimes maybe we make some money, but by the time we pay overtime and all that, that money isn't paying and we're burning these people out, maybe we ought to look back and put a halt on it. I'm just throwing an idea. I'm not saying do it. I'm just saying we need to look at other ideas. And if we continue to keep bringing the state in here, we need to come up with a number for a state of emergency so the state will bring somebody in here to help us out because if we're paying $600,000 overtime, We can pay some of these state people to come in and work for us and not have to worry about these people getting burned out. So I just think we just need to be more creative because these folks are tremendous, and it's the toughest job, I think. A policeman spends about 45 minutes with these criminals. These guys spend every day with them. And to me, that's a tough job. And I just don't want to see the people get burned out. and I just think we need to start wondering if we're going to keep continuing working with the state maybe we ought to have them come in for a little while and help us until we get this all straightened out and we can pay some of this money to them and not burn these people out I think that's an idea that we need to do let me say too that I do agree with with you and with Mr. Crosby talking because it's an honor for me to stand in front of our staff here too as director because I've been in this business a long time and every chance i get whether it's a graduation or wherever the opportunity is to compare our staff to the other partners in public safety and make sure that everybody understands how important their job is and how difficult it is it's one of the most difficult jobs you can do and and mr crosby's right if you come to the jail and spend some time on a shift you will see those things and these things are though things that i have communicated with the union leadership uh talked about where where we were where we're going to and how we're going to try to fix it i think that we i'll try to get another class started by the middle of december i'm hoping by first or second month of next year those numbers could be back down to 15 or 20 manageable levels but but those are certainly things we're doing the same thing that we had done to get to zero as far as recruiting. So I think when you when you add a large number of staff at one time to the mix, your your attrition rates are certainly going to go up because you've got that many more people coming into a job that inherently across the country, whether it's jail or prison, your vacancy rates are high. We have a very professional staff at the jail. But you know, those That's a battle that every jail and every prison deals with every day. But we certainly are going to try to do everything we can to fix it. All right, let's get some more comments in. We've got several council members who want to comment. Not unexpectedly, so that's fine. I think in the spirit of continuous improvement, that's what we're talking about here, and we are going to get ideas and suggestions, and that's a healthy thing. Council Member Evans. Thank you, Mayor. I'm sad we're back here because I very much understand it was one of the things that I took that on. I was a public defender. I felt like the jail was my second home for a while and I had a fob and would go through the jail and so I understand the condition, the physical conditions and and and so that that's why i i wanted to see it get better you know i knew people that were were leaving and just you know the population alone so um when it came up on council i was happy to take it on and was happy that you know um director ballard was on top of it and said, yeah, we've got a study going. That's why I tried to encourage those that I knew to be so very open and honest about what was going on. And we did sit and get the responses back. And I'm disappointed to hear that you're asking for a long-term plan because I thought we had it. It was right there. So I'm trying to figure out how we got off of that plan, what happened. And I know you've got your explanation for it, but I guess, as they say, during talking to candidates and things like people don't want to hear about what's going on in other neighborhoods or in other states or what other people's problems are. They only care about what's happening in their jail, their concern. So what I have heard is that there were some concerns going back and forth, and then people that perhaps some of them had recommended to apply, there's still this issue about lie detector tests. And I know there's still some concern about why is there a lie detector test. If it's not admissible in court, why are we still having people take it? So I know for a fact that was a concern that someone did bring to me. But, I mean, I'm happy to put this back in committee, and I will make that motion to put this issue back in the social services and general government and social services. And I don't know if we're going to have to ask for staffing reports quarterly or overtime reports, But, I mean, I feel like that might be the only thing that we as council can do at this point because we did have that plan. So I have some – I just don't know how we got here, but you're right. We did have a zero personnel. I mean, we were at zero. So I was very – I was elated to hear that. But I just don't, I'm just at a loss for words at this point. But I know there's something, something's going on. Because we can't, you just don't go from zero to just back to where we are without something drastically happening. so I'm happy to to work on it again to figure it out and and I'm I wonder when the comment was made that I think for Mr. Crosby that it was presented to the administration was it presented to management what what was the response and I think maybe that's a question I have for Mr. Crosby were these numbers presented and what really was the response because this is I've never seen these numbers these are and I think if any councilmember had seen it we certainly would have brought it to the attention I understood a loss I need some help and you figure this out Steve these num the numbers that Scott presented were numbers that were coming from his presentations it sounded to me like I heard you say that there was other numbers as far as the number of vacancies when I think once yes well I guess it may be it's twofold I have a question to mr crosby did you present these numbers to the mayoral administration and because there was a question of whether it was management or the mayor's administration and then yes i guess maybe the follow-up question is are these are these numbers accurate which i guess would be a question the actual numbers numbers we've had many discussions amongst the e-board and we've we've discussed these in terms that we've filed there's you'll see copies of grievances and i believe there was a grievance hearing today about staffing today um and it and i will say that to the director's credit he's willing to meet and we have met but the problem is and it may not be a solution that he can fix there is no solution to the problem we meet and we talk but the problem has only gotten worse if you look at the overtime numbers themselves if you look at what was in don't look at just the well there's july it's like a 28 000 28 000 in overtime that's the fiscal year change is the reason there's a change but look at that number go from 77 000 to 120 some thousand or 130 000 whatever that number was this last pay period you can see something has really fallen off and that is where this issue has been elevated and this is the reason they we've had a series of meetings about this is because of this complete fall off where people are quitting resigning being terminated and i don't have an explanation and it's not something i could i think you'd have to talk to them individually about what the reasons are what the problems are i think that's why a council task force or someone can lift up the hood and not just listen to you know, the Lodge Council or maybe the Ybor or even the Director or the Public Safety Commissioner, but talk to people inside the facility. Because as I heard your questions, Council Member, you're wondering why some of the problems still persisted when this EKU study came out and there were some recommendations. I don't know. I certainly can't answer those questions. I'm not the person who would give you the best responses. I believe if you were to go to some of the experienced line staff and ask them, what has changed? What is the problem? What is a remedy that you can recommend? Because I think many of them would be willing to talk to you about those things. I hope I answered your question the best I can. In terms of the numbers, let me just also address this. The Lodge has repeatedly requested this information. we asked for this information last week for confirmation we still don't have it all as my understanding is in the law department they're reviewing it and that's fine we've made every attempt and every effort to be come to you with specific information the information in terms of the numbers and discrepancies there is a discrepancy between what my understanding of what the director said was number of vacancies and what i've been told and what's been represented by other members who are in positions who ordinarily would know. I don't know what the discrepancy is, but I do believe it is a substantial number, a number not too inconsistent with what was presented in those slides. We intended to come to you and show you this is the number of who started, number of recruits, number that finished, number of probationary employees that went on to become full-time employees, and show you those numbers, and also to show you first, second, and third, fourth, fifth-year employees, the attrition rates. We don't have the information. When we get the information, we'll gladly present it to the council, because I think that's the information that you all need to have. Well, I think you should present that to the mayor's office first. I guess that would be my point. My time is up. That's fine, and that's a welcome suggestion. I certainly don't intend to ignore what we're hearing myself, even though I've got 71 days remaining. I'll give everyone to solving all the problems that we've got. All right. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I want to thank the employees and Mr. Crosby. I want to thank you all for coming and talking to us and sharing your concerns. And this is very important that you all felt comfortable coming down and talking to us. And I think that the points have been expressed tonight. We're hearing it. We are going to do something. You know, we all know in government nothing happens quickly. but know that we and this wonderful administration, we will fix this. We will work on it because, you know, this is scary. And I know the first thing that I want to say is that I want us to determine the trigger point or the target point of when the employee and inmate health, safety, and welfare becomes too much of a risk. To know that we don't have that number, that's very frightening to me. I think that we should have that in some form of a plan somewhere, because I just think that's part of planning. And so I'm hoping that we can look at that quickly and figure that out, because I do not want to put at risk neither our employees nor inmates ever. And I know that with the number of inmates that we are housing now and the capacity, that makes it even more important. So I do appreciate you all coming down tonight. Thank you all for sharing this. And don't feel like that your efforts coming here are in vain, that we will start working on this. And I know that this administration means well, and this council does too. So thank you all. Okay. Yeah, thank you, Council Member Lamb. Council Member Henson. Thank you, Mayor. Like you, we'll just keep working until we've both got that same amount of time. But the issues you've brought up are very of concern to us. And I know that it has gone on since I have been on this council. When our mayor was vice mayor, I remember looking at the overtime on our council docket. It always shows everybody, you know, the folks that have left. But there will be ten corrections every council member, I mean every council meeting that show up. So it's like, you know, to me that was a real red flag. Something is going on. So at that time I worked with Director Bishop. And then I worked with Rodney. And we thought maybe it's a morale problem. Well, your morale problem is going to exist if you never get a day off, if you never get away from the place. So, you know, I don't necessarily blame the administration. I just think I would really like to be innovative and see what kind of fixes we could find. But I agree completely with Council Member Lamb. And we've had two deaths there in the last couple months, maybe. And I know when you look at it from an inmate standpoint, if I had a relative, someone I care deeply about, they're there for whatever reason, and they probably deserve to be there, I'm sure, but I want them to come home alive. So it does become a serious issue, and we need to find out where that line is. Could we legally turn inmates away? If the judges give them 20 days, say, well, we just don't have room, what happens? Do we really know? And the ankle monitors are an option. The judges have quit doing that in Fayette County. So I think, you know, they need to work with us too. So, and I just know, you know, putting it in committee is probably a good thing so we can look at all the moving parts because you have people in there with drug addiction. They can get assistance while they're there. you send them to home incarceration, they're going to get drugs. I would be willing to guarantee it. So we would have to pick and choose if we went that route. I'm not an expert by no means. I'm just throwing out some ideas. But I think, you know, we've got to cap the overtime, say nobody's going to work more than eight hours in overtime. I know when my kids were small, I hated working overtime. But, you know, I can go on and on, but I think, you know, our economy is fantastic. The unemployment rate is very low. It's hard to find the quality candidates that you need at the detention center. But we have got to resolve this, whether it means we have a ratio of 50 inmates, and I think it was Director Haney that I talked to about certain inmates at certain risk, your ratio can be higher. But with the higher risk inmates, it needs to be lower. So we really, really need to be more innovative. But, you know, I think everybody appreciates everyone's work and hope that we can find a permanent solution. But thank you. Thank you, Mayor. All right. Thank you, Council Member Henson. Council Member Worley. Thank you, Mayor. I'm not going to speak a lot to the substance of the presentation because I think the sentiment of my colleagues has been well said. I do just want to say thank you to Mr. Crosby for your presentation and for bringing this to our attention. Being one of the newer ones of us up here, this is some new information to me. But I simply want to say, like Councilmember Evans, there was a time in my legal career that I spent a lot of time walking the halls of the detention center. I've interviewed clients and witnesses in your cafeteria. I've been in those pods when it was just me and one of you and all the detainees and inmates. So I understand well the anxieties and the difficulties that you all have in your day-to-day jobs. And you do it wonderfully, and it's very appreciated. and know that I do understand what you're going through, and I hope we can continue to work with this. I just want to say thank you for everything that you do. I know it's a difficult job. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And I'll share those sentiments. Thank you. Thank you to the men and women at our Department of Corrections for coming down and making us aware and voicing your concerns. I just have a question for the Commissioner. I know when we were looking at minority recruiting and public safety last year or the year before, the Department of Corrections had the most flexibility in the hiring process. And I think at the time, I think instead of hiring and running through recruit class 20 to 30 at a time, they had the flexibility of hiring and running 6, 8, 10, 12 recruits through at a time. Yes, actually the classes are not 30, 40 at a time. They're not that right now. I mean, there's a number of different factors, the number of quality applicants that would apply at one time. Obviously, if we could get 25 qualified applicants, then they'd make those arrangements. But this last class started with 15? Yes, 15, and graduated 9. So the course or the class sizes, it's really about availability and getting them in there. I'm not sure maybe the director would have to talk to what is the most cost efficient size class. In other words, you know, a class of two probably wouldn't be as effective because there's a lot of training associated with it. But we do smaller classes. It's not like the police department or the fire department where you'll have a 50 person class or they'll hold off until they have 25. If they can have enough candidates to justify a class, they'll do that. They pretty much run classes continuously, to be honest with you. Just recent this past Friday or was it this past Friday? right we had a class graduate and then you started one on Monday is that correct so that kind of gives you an idea we had nine graduate on Friday and we started how many today I mean 22 by next Wednesday okay I guess the the point I was making it seemed like that you know we were able to get some to get to zero by having some flexibility with the way the steps go in and far as far as the hiring process and I just wonder if we are still doing some of the things or have some of the changes in place that we've made to hire a little faster and get folks in there because I know that this this job and the opportunities that come from this job but you know it's kind of cyclical and you're going to have a lot of turnover but I thought we you know we put some flexibility in the hiring process to help address that. Yes that still continues to this day it's with the size of the classes the almost continuous hiring process the application process trying to get them through the the backgrounds and all the other things associated in regards to this is pretty much a continuous process and I will say this I don't want anyone to get stuck up on the number whether it's 60 vacancy 70 40 you know any vacancy we're trying the best and we need to work together to get it filled we want all of public safety and all of government to be at zero vacancies. I mean, we want to give the best possible service to the people in the jail and make sure our employees are taking the best and it's already been said and I've said this at the graduations. Our correction people have the most difficult job in public safety, if not the city, to be honest with you. I'm careful not to say the whole city because other departments may take offense, but I will say it about the department I currently supervise. They have the most difficult job and some people get into the profession initially thinking they want to do it and then they're exposed to it and they just leave from it and you know then there's a job market and other things but the the hiring process and the recruitment is something that we have a lot of flexibility as a continuous process for us both of them are okay and I just want to hit on a couple of points I know Councilmember Lamb made a real good point about knowing what that that number is or and I think I think that's important I I would support putting this in committee but I don't know if putting it in committee we can move as fast as we need to to address this. So I would like for y'all to work with the union or the collective bargaining or the FOP, the director and the commissioner, and come back to us with a short-term plan and a long-term plan and have that information about what that number is where it becomes a critical level. The other thing that I think is interesting is Council Member Maloney's point. if the arrangement that we have with the prison system, if it's putting undue pressure on our local jail, maybe that's not an agreement that we might need to look at that. We might need to make a decision on whether that's something that we need to continue doing or if we can adjust and make adjustments to. I know it's a budgetary concern, but I think it's a public safety issue. I'd like to hear what other council members have to say about it, but I would support putting it in committee, but i'd like for you guys to come back with something for us thank you i would say this even if it's placed in committee obviously we're going to continue conversations up to that point and hopefully have something for the committee if it is placed in it pleasure of the council that we would not go in there and that'd be the first time we sat down and had a conversation about it so i would say that all right councilman plowman thank you mayor i agree with council member brown i I think we have a crisis going on, and we really need to look at a short-term plan right away. I was wondering, have we looked, is this nationwide, is this happening across the country? Are there models that work where we're not having this attrition, and what are they doing that maybe we're not doing? Well, yes, I do think, I mean, obviously the rates, vacancy rates are high in jails and prisons across the country, And I think the things that we've been talking about with regard to the difficulty of the job, the inherent problems, the inherent stressors, everything that comes with being a correctional officer, those are the things. And as I was talking, the things that cause vacancies and overtime, and overtime itself causes more vacancies, and it's just a perpetual thing. Well, especially since it's mandatory. Yes, exactly. And it's not very palatable. That's one of the things with this job. You have mandatory posts. You have a minimum number of people you have to run that jail at any given time. And it's very difficult. You know, with crime keeping increasing, those numbers are just going to keep going up. So, again, I agree we need to do a short-term plan and take a long-term. It is a crisis. So, thank you, Mayor. All right. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. I was going to actually mention what Council Member Brown said about taking time in committee. When I was first elected, as many of us were, we spent hours talking about these issues. We took it seriously in 2015 and spent several committee meetings over that entire first year going over data, asking what do we do, how do we make it better, and I spent time in the jail myself talking to several of you about those several issues. And we thought we were making progress, and I'm sorry that we have failed to live up to at least what I thought we were trying to do in 2015 to make it better. And I hope that you hear a commitment from us to say we don't want that to be a status quo. If we need to go back and redo all that work and figure out how to do it better, that we will. And we appreciate your service. And it's a job that you don't get enough credit for doing. And I hope you know that we're appreciative of it. Thank you. Well said. I think well said by everyone. And it struck me as we were sitting here and listening to Scott and Steve and Emily that there is a fellow in this room who has a pretty healthy amount of experience, and he's sitting right over there. and former director commissioner and commissioner and the director are leaning on often lean on glenn on glenn brown our deputy chief administrative officer for help and guidance and i'm going to ask that i'm going to ask that that you know i've always found in problem solving that sometimes you just got to put a bear hug around the problem and you've got to wrestle it to the ground and not delay on it so we've we've heard the heard your expressions of need today and attention to that and I'm going to ask Glenn to take this on as a as a task immediately I'll stay involved in it myself and we'll get and we will report back to the council quickly and we'll work with you all Scott I appreciate you're nodding your head and I see that Steve is as well and the commissioner is so let's get our arms around it for those who are experiencing the really challenging nature of the role especially in this extra overtime and anxieties that that presents we apologize for that we there are I I will say, speaking from the experience of private sector today as well, there is a confluence of factors and issues that are affecting these things in the workplace today. Jeff Bezos didn't just decide out of altruism to raise the minimum wage at Amazon to $15. He did that because he was having some real, real challenges. The company was having some real challenges. And I appreciate what you said, Scott and Steve, about that negotiations in terms of compensation have worked out. But when stresses like this occur, that affects almost everything in the work life and home life. So thank you all very much for being here. I think you heard that the council is all attentive to it, and certainly the administration is as well. Okay, Council Member Lamb. Thank you. I appreciate what you're saying, and I do appreciate it. I do believe that our administration will address this. I really do. But what I would like to ask for myself and my colleagues, if we could maybe have an update by next Thursday of just what's happening. I'm not trying to rush things, but I do want us to be kept abreast of what's going on. And if it's just a simple email, just to let us know what's going on. And that way we can feel comfort that things are moving forward, and I would appreciate that very much. Thank you. All right. Council Member Evans. Back on what Council Member Henson was talking about, just in the spirit of being progressive, I still would like to place it in committee social services and general government to discuss the, maybe working with the judicial system, talking about the different populations, I guess, as Council Member Maloney discussed, and just some innovative thoughts and ideas about how to relieve some long-term ideas. So I'd move to put the item back in committee about correctional personnel. So move. All right. Motion by Council Member Evans, seconded by Council Member Henson. Is there any discussion on the motion? All right. Unless, is there any objection? Council Member Brown? Yes, sir. My question is just why social services are not planning in public safety? I think it's a personnel issue and it's the jail detention, which is a government facility. That's fine. I just had that question. All right. Any other discussion? Is there any objection to the motion? All right. Then the motion passes. okay I believe that's all who've signed on for public comment again thank you all very much for being with us tonight we appreciate it and councilmembers as well thank you that is that brings us to a motion to adjourn motion by councilmember Farmer second by councilmember Evans unless there's Objection, we are adjourned. Thank you.