# Urban County Council - April 11, 2019 > Auto-transcribed civic record · April 11, 2019 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4732 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4732?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2019-04-11 - **Last revised**: April 11, 2019 - **Length**: 12,642 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council met on April 11, 2019, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gorton presiding. The meeting focused primarily on informational presentations and recognition items, with the council addressing two main agenda items: a Public Health Hero Award presentation and recognition of Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week. During the session, the council conducted three motions and votes, heard two public comments from citizens, and received two informational presentations. The meeting served as an opportunity for community recognition and public engagement rather than legislative action, with both agenda items being informational in nature rather than requiring formal policy decisions. ## Attendance The following members were present at the meeting on April 11, 2019: • Worley • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Evans • Farmer • Gibbs • Kay • Lamb • McCurn • Moloney • Mossotti • Plomin • Reynolds All fifteen members were in attendance. No members were reported as absent or late for the meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The council took action on three items during the April 11, 2019 meeting, with all measures passing unanimously. **Motion 0367-19** - Approval of the Minutes of the March 21, 2019 Council Meeting [timestamp: 01:30] Councilmember Ellinger motioned to approve the minutes, seconded by Councilmember Kay. The motion passed unanimously with all 15 council members voting in favor: Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Reynolds. **Motion 0330-19** - Amending Budgets for improvements to Douglass Park scoreboards [timestamp: 02:30] Councilmember Farmer made the motion to approve budget amendments for Douglass Park scoreboard improvements, with Councilmember Ellinger providing the second. The measure passed on a roll call vote of 15-0, with all council members voting in favor: Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Reynolds. **Motion 0346-19** - Amending Code of Ordinances related to the Commission of Veterans' Affairs [timestamp: 03:30] Councilmember Lamb motioned to approve amendments to the Code of Ordinances regarding the Commission of Veterans' Affairs, seconded by Councilmember J. Brown. The motion passed unanimously with all 15 council members voting in favor: Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, Evans, Farmer, Gibbs, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Reynolds. All three votes resulted in unanimous approval with no opposition or abstentions recorded. The council demonstrated consensus across all agenda items addressed during this portion of the meeting. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed three significant financial items totaling over $1.6 million in expenditures and contracts. **Infrastructure and Utilities** The council approved Resolution 0246-19 authorizing a $208,090 contract with Kentucky Utilities for utility relocation work related to the Brighton Trail Pedestrian Bridge Project. This contract covers the necessary infrastructure adjustments to accommodate the new pedestrian bridge construction. **Parks and Recreation Development** Resolution 0247-19 approved a $19,600 contract with JRA Architects for the design of a new restroom building in Woodland Park. This represents the design phase for improving park facilities and visitor amenities. **Emergency Services Equipment** The largest expenditure involved Resolution 0222-19, approving the purchase of a Mid Mount Tower Apparatus for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services at a cost of $1,430,857 from Seagrave Fire Apparatus, LLC. This specialized firefighting equipment represents a significant investment in the city's emergency response capabilities. The three approved items demonstrate the city's commitment to infrastructure improvements, park enhancements, and public safety equipment upgrades, with the fire apparatus purchase representing the majority of the financial commitments made during this meeting. ## Public Comment Two speakers addressed the council during the public comment period. **Steven Kirkland** spoke regarding Fleet Services compensation issues [timestamp: 10:00]. Mr. Kirkland requested that the city reinstate the step program for Fleet Services employees and conduct a comprehensive review of salaries within the division. He emphasized the various challenges currently facing Fleet Services operations and highlighted the need for improved compensation structures to address these ongoing difficulties. **Sarah Williams** addressed police accountability concerns [timestamp: 15:00]. Ms. Williams criticized the city's handling of a police incident that involved an autistic teenager. She called for specific changes to be made to the collective bargaining agreement to ensure greater police accountability and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. Her comments focused on the need for systemic reforms to improve police interactions with vulnerable community members. Both speakers raised concerns about different city departments and operations, with Kirkland focusing on employee compensation and retention issues in Fleet Services, while Williams emphasized the need for police reform and accountability measures. ## Appointments The meeting included three appointments to various municipal boards and commissions. **Board of Health** • Lindsey Jasinski was appointed to the Board of Health **Charles Young Center Advisory Board** • Dale Morgan was appointed to the Charles Young Center Advisory Board **Commission for People with Disabilities** • Susan Reese was appointed to the Commission for People with Disabilities All three individuals received appointments to their respective positions during the April 11, 2019 meeting. ## Contested Items The meeting featured significant community opposition regarding police accountability and collective bargaining processes. Community members raised concerns about how police misconduct cases are handled through the collective bargaining framework, with particular focus on a recent incident involving a police officer and an autistic teenager. The disagreement centered on whether current collective bargaining agreements provide adequate mechanisms for police accountability when officers are involved in controversial incidents. Community members expressed frustration with what they perceived as insufficient oversight and consequences for police conduct, especially in cases involving vulnerable populations such as individuals with autism. The specific incident involving the autistic teenager appeared to serve as a catalyst for broader concerns about police training, response protocols, and the disciplinary process outlined in collective bargaining agreements. Community members questioned whether existing labor contract provisions adequately protect public safety while ensuring appropriate accountability measures for law enforcement personnel. The opposition reflected ongoing tensions between community expectations for police accountability and the protections afforded to officers through collective bargaining processes. Residents voiced concerns that current agreements may limit the city's ability to implement meaningful reforms or disciplinary actions in cases of alleged misconduct. The outcome of this contested item was not specified in the available meeting data, though the community opposition suggests this issue may require further discussion and potential policy review regarding the balance between labor protections and public accountability in police collective bargaining agreements. ## Public Health Hero Award During agenda item 0316-19, Dr. Kraig Humbaugh and Ms. Kacy Allen-Bryant presented the Public Health Hero Award to Mark Johnson in recognition of his dedicated work with HIV/AIDS patients [timestamp: 05:00]. The presentation highlighted Johnson's contributions to public health through his service to individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. Dr. Humbaugh and Allen-Bryant outlined Johnson's efforts in supporting this vulnerable population, though specific details of his work and accomplishments were not provided in the available meeting materials. This was an informational presentation with no action items or decisions required from the meeting participants. The award ceremony served to formally recognize Johnson's public health service and contributions to the community's HIV/AIDS response efforts. The Public Health Hero Award appears to be part of the organization's ongoing recognition program to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to public health initiatives and community wellness. ## Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week [timestamp: 07:00] Mayor Gorton presented Proclamation 0401-19, officially declaring April 14-20, 2019, as Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week in Lexington. The proclamation recognized the important contributions and dedicated service of animal control officers in the community. The mayor highlighted the vital role that animal control officers play in protecting both animals and residents throughout Lexington. These officers work to ensure public safety while also providing care and protection for animals in need within the community. This proclamation served as an informational item, with no discussion or debate required from the council. The declaration acknowledges the ongoing efforts of animal control professionals who serve the city and emphasizes the community's appreciation for their work in animal welfare and public safety. The timing of the proclamation coincides with the nationally recognized Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week, demonstrating Lexington's participation in honoring these essential public servants during the designated week of recognition. --- ## Decisions - **0367-19** — passed (15-0): Approval of the Minutes of the March 21, 2019 Council Meeting - **0330-19** — passed (15-0): Amending Budgets for improvements to Douglass Park scoreboards - **0346-19** — passed (15-0): Amending Code of Ordinances related to the Commission of Veterans' Affairs --- ## Full transcript No particular place to go No particular place to go to go. So we parked way out on the Kokomo. The night was young and the moon was cold. So we both decided to take a stroll. Can you imagine the way I felt? I couldn't unfasten a safety belt. Riding along in my collar blues. Still trying to get her belt to lose. All the way home I held a grudge For the safety belt that wouldn't buzz Cruising and playing the radio With no particular place to go We'll be right back. The End Alright. You guys feel funky tonight? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It's an old Memphis song. Old Memphis song. I used to smoke five packs of cigarettes a day It was the hardest thing to put them away Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ¶¶ Thank you. ¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is April 11th, 2019, and I welcome you to the council meeting and ask the clerk to call the roll, please. mr. Worley yes sir miss Bledsoe mr. Fred Brown here mr. James Brown mr. Ellinger yes sir miss Evans mr. Farmer mr. Gibbs vice mayor Kaye here miss Lam here mr. McCurn yes sir Mr. Maloney? Ms. Massadi? Ms. Plowman? Ms. Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Tonight, I want to welcome Lori Clemons, who is here this evening to give our invocation. She is a leader at New Birth Church of Christ and the Executive Director at Arbor Youth Services which is in Councilmember Josh McCurn's district. Welcome. Welcome. Thank you Mayor and Councilmember Josh McCurn for giving me this opportunity to pray on behalf of the Council. If everyone would please bow your heads and pray with me. Dear Heavenly Father, first let me say thank you on behalf of all who are gathered here tonight. Thank you for the ability to be involved in useful work and for the honor of bearing appropriate responsibilities. We come to you asking for your guidance, your wisdom, and your support as we begin this meeting. We ask your blessings on the people who have been called to lead the community in which we live, work, and play. Help them as leaders to not ask first, how do we fix this, but what do we need to learn? how might we need to change and whom do we need to listen? Remind them, because we all forget from time to time, especially in the noisiness of what passes for political debate today, that they are not only leaders but also servants and that it is their responsibility and ours to serve the common good for all. Grant them and all of us the wisdom and courage to know what to do and to do what is right and good and true. May we speak out when it's time to speak out and to listen patiently and receptively when it's time to listen. Grant them the ability to work together in harmony even when there is honest disagreement. May we always be guided by the spirit of unity, the spirit of community, the spirit of justice, and of course by the spirit of love. We pray for the agenda set before them today. Please give them an insurance of what would please you and what would benefit those who live and work in and around our beloved City of Lexington in the midst of the budget cuts we pray for those impacted and ask that you continue to provide for them and to bless them abundantly we ask all these things in Jesus name amen thank you miss Clemens could I hear a motion to approve the March 21st council meeting minutes. So moved. Second. Council member Ellinger moved and vice mayor Kay seconded. Are there any questions? All those in favor please say aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes and now we have two presentations. This first one is always a really wonderful presentation, and so I would like to invite the Board of Health Chair, Casey Allen Bryant, and Mark Johnson to join me at the podium. as well as Dr. Craig Humball. Casey, we'll start with your presentation to Mark, if you want to come forward and say a few words. Dr. Humball. Thank you. Thanks, Mayor. I appreciate you, Mayor, and Council, for giving us a few minutes on your agenda this evening. And, you know, the Public Health Hero Award has been given for many years here in this community to honor someone who's really substantially improved the health of those here in Lexington. And just a few years ago, it was renamed for Dr. Rice-Eleach, my predecessor, Commissioner of Health, who was a true public health inspiration and role model for many of us. Each year we award this around National Public Health Week, which is the first week of April, to really highlight the good work that citizens do in public health each and every day. This year we are very pleased that the recipient is Mark Johnson. He really embodies the spirit of public health as a long-term champion for those affected with HIV and AIDS. and for health equity in our community. And having worked with Mark at one time, at one point during his storied career, I can tell you that he really has a heartfelt dedication to improving the health of those around him. His enthusiasm for his work can be truly infectious, and he's one of these people who makes it so fun, the work so fun, that you don't even realize that you are doing something impactful often for yourself or for others in the community. So please join me now in welcoming the chair of the Lexington County Board of Health, Miss Casey Allen Bryant. She's going to tell you a little bit about Mark's, more about Mark's accomplishments and she will present the accommodation to this very deserving public health service. Good evening. I'd like to say just a few words about Mr. Johnson over here. Mark Johnson has spent his career improving the life of others, particularly those most in need of public health services. He provides a voice to the unheard by helping them find and develop their own voice and amplifying it to the world. Mark has given selfishly of himself to promote the health and wellness of individuals throughout Lexington. Through his work with the Kentucky Office of Health Equity, the Kentucky Office of HIV AIDS, or AIDS Volunteer of Lexington, Mark continues to provide leadership to those working some of the community's most vulnerable populations. Additionally, Mark has worked with the Black Church Coalition, Bluegrass Black Pride, Pride Community Services Organization, and the African American Dementia Outreach Program Advisory Committee. His energy and dedication knows no bounds when it comes to volunteering his time to promote wellness in Lexington. When most of us are done with our workday and heading home to unwind, you can often find him volunteering his time to increase education and raise awareness of how to prevent HIV infection or leading a popular exercise class to positively impact the health and wellness of our city. To know Mark is to know how much he loves public health and helping the community in whatever capacity he can. Mark has worked with almost every segment of public health in the Lexington area. He has no boundaries when it comes to race, sex, religion, socioeconomic status. He loves community and he loves people. It's that love that brings us here today for this special award. Mark's work in HIV awareness has brought countless people in for testing, allowing those who test positive to enter treatment. He fights daily as an advocate for those who are at high risk for HIV, making certain the world sees them as the people they are and not as statistics. Mark is also a champion for health equity and provides training to help people recognize their own personal biases and how to overcome them. By seeking to provide equality and equity to everyone, Mark has helped get people into care they may not otherwise have had access to. The award's namesake, Dr. Rice C. Leach, liked to say, There's no such thing as your side of the canoe leaking. Mark's work makes us aware of shared canoes and how to work together to benefit everyone in Lexington be well. Mark Johnson embodies the spirit of Dr. Ricey Leach and it is my honor today to name him the 2019 Dr. Ricey Leach Public Health Hero. We're not finished with Mark yet. First, congratulations, Mark. It's a wonderful honor. And you have an incredible record of service to our community. Thank you. I appreciate that. Come up here. Come up beside me. You have made our city healthy and healthier. I'm working on it, too. You're working on it. I've known Mark for a while. And as a registered nurse, I would say that is an outstanding accomplishment from you. And now it is my pleasure to present a proclamation. Surprise. Whereas Mark Johnson has been named the 2019 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero by the Lexington Fayette County Health Department Board of Health. And whereas, as program coordinator of the Kentucky HIV AIDS program, Mark has been a champion for HIV AIDS awareness, cultural diversity, and health equity for 30 years. And whereas, Mark has received numerous awards for his work, including the Urban League of Lexington Fayette County Individual Champion of Diversity Award, the University of Kentucky College of Social Work inaugural Unsung Hero Champion for Social Change Award, and the Bluegrass Black Pride Trailblazer Award. And whereas Mark has spent his career improving the lives of others, especially those most in need of public health services. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby proclaim April 11, 2019, Mark Johnson Day in Lexington. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mayor Gordon. Do you want to say anything? Thank you all very much. Thank you, Mayor Gordon. I would like to thank you all for this wonderful recognition. I am truly honored and humbled by it. I would like to thank the Lexington-Fayette County Board of Health and the Health Department itself and all the folks that nominated me are the one or two people that may have nominated me for this prestigious award, in my opinion. Dr. Leach was a friend of mine. I considered him my work dad. He was a good man, and he was a genuine advocate for public health, And it means the world to me that I'm able to receive something like this with his name on it, in addition to have my own day. So thank you all very, very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. We're going to do a photo. Oh, okay. Bring both your plaques. Okay. Thank you. Next up, it is my pleasure to welcome tonight Chief Nathan Bolling and several of his Animal Care and Control officers to the Council Chamber. Chief, good to see you. Animal care and control has a very important job to do, as you know, and they make an enormous contribution to the quality of life in our community for animals and for humans. I would like to present our animal care and control officers with this proclamation. So will you all join me at the podium? Come on, crowd around. I'm going to see if she won't bite you. Why don't you? Come here. Everybody come. Whereas animal control officers dedicate their lives to the health and safety of at-risk, helpless animals and to the protection of the citizens in the community, and whereas animal control officers respond to calls for service to protect the welfare of helpless animals and pets and rescue them from injury, disease, abuse, and starvation. And whereas animal control officers provide essential community services, including the enforcement of animal control laws, protecting the public from diseases such as rabies, and educating the public on the proper care of the community's pets. And whereas Lexington Fayette Animal Care and Control is open 365 days a year, receives approximately 10,000 stray, abandoned, and relinquished animals each year, and provides the city's animal care and control services. services, and whereas the Lexington Humane Society is the largest pet adoption agency in central Kentucky, educating the community on responsible pet care and the compassionate treatment of all animals. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare April 14th through the 20th, 2019, Animal Care and Control Week in Lexington. Congratulations. Yes, congratulations. Hi, congratulations. Thank you for all your good work. Thank you. Didn't you say a few words? No, I'm just trying. Okay, everybody wants to get a photo. Okay. Anybody want to say anything? Okay. They don't want to speak. Shelby, you're supposed to say things. Then I listen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now, if the clerk could please give second reading to ordinances. Number one, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for the funds in the amount of $282 for the Division of Park and Recreation from Neighborhood Development Funds for improvements to Douglas Park Scoreboard Schedule Number 22. number two an ordinance changing the zone from an interchange service business b5p zone to a commercial center b6p zone for 4.050 net 4.939 gross acres for property located at 1916 justice Drive and 1750 Pleasant Ridge Drive justice plaza LLC AMD council district 6 number three an ordinance amending certain of the budgets to the Lexington Fayette urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds schedule number 21 number four an ordinance amending section one of ordinance number 81 2018 which established the scheduled meetings for the Lexington Fayette urban County Council for the calendar year 2019 to add a committee of the whole meeting on June 4th at 9 a.m. and to change the time of the budget finance and economic development Committee meeting on May 28th to 10 a.m. Councilmember Farmer moved approval councilmember Ellinger seconded is there any discussion will you please call the roll Mr. Worley. Yes, sir. Ms. Bledsoe. Yes, sir. Mr. Fred Brown. Yes. Mr. James Brown. Yes. Mr. Ellinger. Yes, sir. Ms. Evans. Yes. Mr. Farmer. Yes, on all. Mr. Gibbs. Yes. Ms. Lamb. Yes. Vice Mayor Kay. Yes. mr. recurrent yes sir mr. Maloney miss Massadi miss plowman miss Reynolds yes thank you those all passed unanimously will you please give first reading to ordinances number five at an ordinance changing the zone from an agricultural urban au zone to a single-family residential r1a zone for 1.135 net 1.246 gross acres for property located at 2200 old higby mill road a portion of raymond allen waits council district 10 number six an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexan fayette urban county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds schedule number 23 number seven an ordinance amending section 5-29.3 a of the code of ordinances related to additional fees to delete $500 minimum deleting section 5-29.3 B of the code of ordinances related to additional fees number eight in ordinance amending section 2-5 07 B of the code of ordinances related to the Commission of Veterans Affairs eliminating the membership requirement for a veteran currently enrolled in a post-secondary education or a a vocational training program, eliminating the membership requirement for a veteran affiliated with the Reserve Officer Training Corps and adding a membership requirement for two members from the Lexington Fayette County community at large. Number nine, an ordinance amending section 2-452, 2-453, and 2-454 of the code of ordinances to add one professional artist and one representative of the office of the mayor to the Urban County Public Arts Commission increasing the size of the Commission from 9 to 11 members thank you are there any walk-ons motions for walk-ons councilmember lamb thank you mayor I would like to request suspension of the rules for ordinance excuse me are there any walk-ons first this is for walk-ons oh I thought you You already cleared that air. Sorry. Okay. All right. So now let's go to, I don't see any walk-ons, so let's go to suspension. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to ask for suspension of the rules on number eight because we are trying to fill our Commission on Veterans Affairs positions and seats, and this would help us to move forward on this. And so I would ask that you all support suspending the rules on the break. Thank you. Second. All right. Council Member Lamb moved and Council Member James Brown seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Is there another suspension? Council Member Farmer, welcome back. Thank you, Mayor. This is a motion to suspend the rules and give a second reading to number nine. This resets the number of people on the newly formed Public Arts Commission, and I'm glad to make that motion for a second reading tonight, so moved. Second. Thank you. Council Member Farmer moved and Council Member Plowman seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. All right. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? Seeing none, would the clerk please give second reading? Number eight. In ordinance amending section 2-507B of the code of ordinances related to the commission of veterans affairs, eliminating the membership requirements for a veteran currently enrolled in post-secondary education or a vocational training program, eliminating the membership requirement for a veteran affiliated with the reserve officer training corps and adding a membership requirement for two members from the election effect County community at large number nine an ordinance amending sections 2-4 522-4 532-4 5 4 of the code of ordinances to add one professional artist and one representative of the office of the mayor to the urban County Public Arts Commission increasing the size of Commission from 9 to 11 members thank you very much councilmember farmer move councilmember Ellinger seconded would you please call the vote mr. Worley yes miss Bledsoe mr. Fred Brown yes mr. James Brown mr. Ellinger yes sir miss Evans mr. Farmer mr. Gibbs yes vice mayor Kay yes miss lamb yes mr. McCurn yes sir mr. Maloney yes miss Massadi miss Plowman and miss Reynolds yes thank you those passed unanimously will you please give second reading to resolutions number one a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Kentucky utilities for utility relocation for the Brighton Trail pedestrian bridge project at a cost not to exceed two hundred eight thousand $90 number two resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a consultant services agreement with JRA architects for architectural and engineering services for the design of a new restroom building in Woodland Park at a cost not to exceed $19,600 number three a resolution authorizing directing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute amendment number three to the agreement with bluegrass area development district increasing federal funding in the amount of two thousand four hundred fifty dollars and 68 cents for operation of the Lexington Senior Center for fiscal year 2019 before a resolution authorizing directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute a statewide emergency management mutual aid and assistance agreement with each local entity in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for provision of mutual aid and assistance in the event of emergency at no cost to the urban county government number five a resolution authorizing directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the contract with Arrow Electric Company, Inc., for the fiber optic cable installation program, increasing the contract price by the sum of $6,847, from $320,662 to $327,509. Number six, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement of affiliation with Bluegrass Crime Stoppers, Inc., for funding by court costs. number seven resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every kind of government to execute the fourth renewal of the engineering services agreement with tetra tech incorporated to provide annual program management services for consent decree implementation and ms4 permit compliance at a cost not to exceed eight hundred sixteen thousand dollars number eight a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of every county government to execute agreements with William Wells Brown neighborhood Association incorporated nine hundred dollars deviate kitchen vocational training foundation incorporated $1,550 and bluegrass community foundation incorporated $2,550 for the office of the urban county council to cost not to exceed the sum stated number nine a resolution accepting the bid of Seagrave fire apparatus LLC in the amount of 1,430,850 dollars for mid-mount tower apparatus for the division of fire and emergency services and authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Seagrave fire apparatus LLC related to the bid written resolution accepting a bit of thermal equipment service in the amount of nineteen thousand seventy eight dollars and ninety one cents for HVAC rooftop unit for the town branch wastewater treatment plant administration building for the division water quality number 11 a resolution accepting the bid of tribute contracting and consultants LLC in the amount six million two hundred fifty three thousand eighty five dollars for wolf run trunk b and c for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of every on behalf of every county government to execute an agreement with tribute contracting and consultants llc related to the bid number 12 a resolution accepting the bid of c3 mechanical llc in the amount of 77 thousand two hundred ten dollars for replacement of hydraulic fan coil units at bell house for the division of parks and recreation and authorizing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement with C3 Mechanical LLC related to the bid. Number 13, a resolution accepting the bid of SAC Construction LLC in the amount of $1,376,825 for large diameter Curian Place pipe for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with SAC Construction LLC related to the bid. Number 14, a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of David Wilson heavy equipment technician grade 516 in 22.759 hourly in the division facility and fleet management effective April 15 2019 Judith Cox Judith Cox telecommunicator supervisor grade 520 e one thousand nine hundred thirty three dollars point seven six bi-weekly in the division of emergency management 9-1-1 effective April 15 2019 and Brian Estes permit clerk grade 512 in 18.091 hourly in the division of police effective April 1st 2019 ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Michael Jordan public service worker grade 514 in 24.1 30 hourly in the division of streets and roads affected March 10th 2019 Ronald Hinton equipment operator senior grade 512 in 16.247 hourly in the division streets and roads effective March 17 2019 Ardavan Patel police analyst grade 514 in 17.9 02 hourly in the vision police effective November 28 2018 I'm a Omar the shoddy public service worker great 507 in 13.3 38 hourly in the vision parks and recreation effective March 3rd 2019 Pamela Proctor public service worker grade 507 in 13.1 79 hourly in the vision of parks and recreation effective March 3rd 2019 and Nathan Robinson public service worker grade 507 in 13.6 to 4 hourly the division of parks and recreation effective March 3rd 2019 number 15 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute a first amendment to the master service agreement with securus technology incorporated for inmate tablet program upgrade for the division of community Corrections at a cost at no cost to the urban county government number 16 a resolution authorizing the mayor we have the urban county government to execute certificates of consideration other necessary documents and to accept deeds for property interest needed for the Dartmouth Drive stormwater culvert replacement project at a cost not to exceed $1,000 number 17 a resolution authorizing directing mayor behalf of every kind of government to accept donation from the citizens police Academy Alumni Association of various items for use at the division of police at no cost the urban county government number 18 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute a renewal contract with ambulance medical billing for provision of equipment for billing Number 19, a resolution establishing excellence incorporated as a sole source provider for remounting excellence emergency care units for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing the mayor or designee on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute any necessary agreements with excellence incorporated related to the procurement of these goods and services that it costs not to exceed $200,000. Number 20, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a memorandum of understanding with U.S. Department of Energy Portsmouth Paducah Project for Cooperative Responses for Security Incidents. Number 21, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a partial release of easement, releasing a portion of a sanitary sewer easement on the property located at 1221 South Broadway. Number 22, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with C3 Mechanical LLC for the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant Solids Processing Building Boiler Replacement Project, increasing the contract price by a sum of $9,800 from $222,888 to $232,688. 23 resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute amended agreement with v bridge to add an agenda packet storage and search mechanism to on-base service agreement at a cost not to exceed 5,075 dollars number 24 resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with big brothers big sisters of the bluegrass 1,050 dollars one world films incorporated 1,350 dollars northside neighborhood association incorporated $400 Paul Lawrence Dunbar softball club $575 legacy equine Academy incorporated $675 alpha league incorporated $250 and cottages of Liberty woods $500 for the office of the urban County Council it costs not to see the sum stated thank you very much councilmember Ellinger moved to approve and vice mayor case seconded will you call the roll please mr. Worley yes sir miss Bledsoe mr. Fred Brown yes mr. James Brown mr. Ellinger yes sir miss Evans mr. farmer mr. Gibbs vice mayor K yes miss lamb yes mr. McCurn yes sir mr. Maloney yes miss Massadi miss Plowman miss Reynolds yes thank you very much now will you give first reading to resolutions please number 25 a resolution accepting the bid Meadowbrook concrete LLC in the amount of 496,750 dollars for old Frankfort Pike scenic viewing area for the division of grants and special programs and authorizing the mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Meadowbrook concrete LLC related to the bid number 26 a resolution accepting the bid of Roberts heavy-duty towing incorporated for price contract for towing services for the division of police division of code enforcement and the Lexington Bay County Parking Authority number 27 a resolution accepting a bid of Cleary construction incorporated in the amount of three million nine hundred ninety four thousand seven hundred fifty four dollars for the Lansdowne South trunk sewer replacement for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor behalf the urban county government to execute an agreement with Cleary construction incorporated related to the bid number 28 a resolution accepting a bid of S&S Truck Tire Center establishing a price contract for Michelin Tires for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. 29. A resolution is safely a bid of Blau Mechanical Incorporated in the amount of $172,000 for a domestic hot water main replacement for the Division of Community Corrections and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreement with Blau Mechanical Incorporated related to the bid. number 30 resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments John angle resource recovery operator grade 513 in 17.913 hourly in the division of waste management effective April 29th 2019 Rebecca Carpenter paralegal grade 517 in 21.506 hourly in the Department of Law effective April 29th 2019 and Joe Ballard early child care teacher grade 512 e 1,342.32 bi-weekly in the division of family services effective April 29 2019 ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of chance Hillard public service worker senior grade 509 in 14.494 95 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective March 17 2019 Donna Jones public service worker senior grade 509 in 14.8 for five hourly in the division streets and roads effective March 17 2019 Joseph Smith public service worker senior grade 509 in 14.214 hourly in the division streets and roads effective March 17 2019 Joseph Markey electronic supervisor grade 519 e 2007 oh three point two zero biweekly in the division of traffic engineering effective March 17 2019 Thelma Hargis telecommunicator grade 514 in 19.394 hourly in the division of emergency management 9-1-1 effective April 1st 2019 and trauma as then telecommunicator senior grade 517 in 21.069 hourly in the division of emergency management 9-1-1 effective April 1st 2019 and Paul over be telecommunicator senior grade 517 in 21.9 3 3 hourly in the division of emergency management 9-1-1 effective April 1st 2019 and ratifying the unclassified civil service pay increase to the office of the urban County Council E. Wallingford, Aid to Council, Grade 518-E, from $1,950 to $2,106 biweekly, effective March 11, 2019. Number 31, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Timothy Mays, Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513-N, 18.495 hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage of counsel. Nolan sweet support specialist grade 512 and 16.2 37 hourly in the division of commuter services effective April 22nd 2019 Celia love administrative specialist senior grade 516 and 21.6 to 9 hourly in the vision here resources effective April 22nd 2019 Mandy Schramm information system specialist senior grade 517 in 23.953 hourly in the vision of police effective upon passage of counsel authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offer to the following probationary community corrections officer appointments, Simi Yu, Adeye, Dominic Adkins, April Shambliss, Destiny Wilson, Cody Blair, Zadok, Iken Jume, and Tim Terrell, all community corrections officers recruit, grade 110N, 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of counsel. and to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments Olivia Capuro's victims advocate grade 514 in 19.991 hourly in the division of police effective April 29th 2019 Roger white commercial building inspection inspector part-time grade 518 in 24.299 hourly in the division of building inspection effective April 22nd 2019 and Jennifer Blake so your worker part-time great 505 in $12 hourly in the division of family services effective April 22nd 2019 number 32 a resolution authorizing directing mayor behalf the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for the provision of evaluation services for the first responders and community partners overdose prevention project at a cost not to exceed 198 thousand six hundred thirty eight dollars number 33 resolution authorizing the mayor behalf the urban county government to execute a consultant services agreement with Nomi incorporated for architectural and engineering services for the design for renovations of Dunbar Community Center at a cost not to exceed $16,800 number 34 a resolution authorizing directly may on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application as collaborative applicant and on behalf of the Lexington Fayette County continuum of care to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application which grant funds are in the amount of $15 million federal funds and are for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project. Number 35, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarding a Class B education incentive grant to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation for stormwater quality projects at a cost not to exceed $35,000. Number 36, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a clinical education agreement with University of Kentucky for participation of students in health care related studies at the Lexington Senior Center no cost every county government number 37 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute contract modification number two to the engineering service agreement with strand associates incorporated for the legacy trail phase three project increasing the contract increasing the cost of the contract price by the sum of $5,800 from $364,315 to $370,115. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irwin County Government to execute change order number one to the contract with Simplex Grinnell LP for the Mounted Police Barn Sprinkler installation project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $4,100 from $48,500 to $52,600. Number 39, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irwin County Government to execute a multi-year professional services agreement effective April 1st 2019 with the law firm of Ross Brown Todd LLC acting by and through W. Joseph Scholar for the for collective bargaining negotiations with the divisions of Corrections Fire and Emergency Services and police at a FY 2019 cost not to exceed $40,500 plus expenses for 40 a resolution authorizing and directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute revised professional service agreements with Kristen Beers, Sarah Charles, and Teresa Haynes as sexual assault nurse examiners to provide on-call forensic examinations and services under the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program. At a cost not to exceed $56 for each scheduled on-call period, $230 for each completed forensic examination, $50 per case for professional testimony in court, and the reasonable cost of medical liability insurance. Number 41, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions Incorporated for advanced use of data source for the Division of Police at a cost not to exceed $3,000. Number 42, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarding a class B infrastructure incentive grant to North Lexington Holdings 2 LLC for stormwater quality projects at a cost not to exceed $22,458.07. Number 43, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for turf mowing and vegetation management services by the Division of Environmental Services on state-owned right-of-way for which the urban county government shall be compensated at the rate of $35 per acre for areas along Citation Boulevard and $58 per acre for all other areas. Number 44, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with stay bridge Suites Lexington for hosting explosive ordinance training at a cost not to exceed nine thousand five hundred forty dollars and eight cents number 45 a resolution authorizing directly mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with org code consulting incorporated for a provision of community presentations training and coaching for the office of homelessness prevention and intervention at a cost not to exceed $19,000 number 46 a resolution authorizing directly mayor 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, which grant funds in the amount of $98,851.50 Commonwealth of Kentucky funds under the 2019 Waste Tire Market Development Rubberized Asphalt Grant Program. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Griffith Ballard Towers Red is Resident Council $625 Living Arts and Science Center incorporated $1,075 16th District PTA care of Hayes Middle School $675 the plantery $950 bluegrass youth ballet $1,425 vineyard neighborhood association $1,000 Monticello neighborhood Association incorporated $1,000 Bluegrass Community Foundation $2,500 in the Aviation Museum of Kentucky incorporated $270 for the office of the Erma County Council I cost not to exceed the sum stated thank you very much are there any walk-ons first nope all right how about is are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading councilmember Worley thank you Mayor, I move to suspend the rules, give second reading to number 47, the Neighborhood Development Funds. Second. Thank you. Is there, we have a motion by Council Member Worley. Is there a second? Second. All right. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Council Member Evans. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 46, I believe. Thank you. Do I have to read the whole thing? I've lost my number. Oh, I'm sorry, number 45. Number 45? Yes. Okay. Do I hear a second? Council Member Farmer seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 31. It's conditional offers. So moved. Council Member James Brown moved and Council Member Worley seconded. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Council Member Masati. Thank you, Mayor. This would be for a second reading on number 41, which is an agreement with the TransUnion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions for the Division of Police. So moved. Second. Council Member Massadi moved to suspend 41, and Council Member Plowman seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That passes. Council Member Evans. Sorry about that, Mayor. I did have number 46 as well. So I move to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 46. Do I hear a second? All right. Council Member Ellinger seconded your motion. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? So, I think we have number 31, 41, 45, 46, and 47. Is that correct? All right. Will you please go ahead and when you're ready, give second reading. number 31 a resolution authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments Timothy Mays resource recovery operator grade 513 in 18.498 hourly in the division of waste management effective on pastor council Nolan sweet support specialist grade 512 in 16.237 hourly in the division computer services effective April 22nd 2019 Celia love administrative specialist senior grade 516 in 21.629 hourly in the division human resources effective April 22nd 2019 and Mandy Schramm information system specialist senior grade 517 in 23.953 hourly in the division of police effective palm patches of counsel and authorizing the division of human resources to make conditional offer to the following probationary community Corrections officer appointments Simeon Adie, Dominic Adkins, April Shambliss, Destiny Wilson, Cody Blair, Zadok Ikanjume, and Tim Turrell. All Community Corrections Officers recruit grade 110N 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections effective upon passage of counsel. And authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Olivia Capuros victims advocate grade by 14 in 19.991 hourly in the division of police effective April 29th 2019 Roger white commercial building inspector inspector part-time grade 518 in 24.2 9 an hourly in the division of building inspection effective April 22nd 2019 and Jennifer Blake custodial worker part-time grade 505 in $12 hourly in the division of family services effective April 22nd 2019 number 41 resolution authorizing and directing mayor behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with transunion risk and alternative data solutions incorporated for advanced use of data source for the division of police at a cost not to exceed three thousand dollars number forty-five a resolution authorizing directing mayor be after again government execute an agreement with or code consulting incorporated for be for provision community presentations training and coaching for the office of homelessness prevention intervention cost not to exceed nineteen thousand dollars number forty six a resolution authorizing tricking may be after can get me to execute and submit a grant application to Kentucky energy and environment cabinet and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds in the amount of $98,851.50, Commonwealth of Kentucky funds, under the 2019 Waste Tire Market Development Rubberized Asphalt Grant Program. Number 47, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Griffith-Ballard Towers Resident Council, $625, Living Arts and Science Center Incorporated, $1,075, dollars 16th district PTA care of Hayes and middle school six hundred seventy five dollars the plenary nine hundred fifty dollars bluegrass youth ballet 1,425 vineyard neighborhood association one thousand dollars Monticello neighborhood association incorporated one thousand dollars bluegrass community foundation two thousand five hundred dollars in the aviation Museum of Kentucky incorporated two hundred seventy dollars for the office of the urban County Council at a cost not to exceed the sum stated do I hear motion Do I hear a second? All right councilmember Ellinger moved councilmember Massadi seconded and will you please call the roll. Mr. Worley. Yes sir. Ms. Bledsoe. Mr. Fred Brown. Mr. James Brown. mr. Ellinger miss Evans mr. Farmer mr. Gibbs vice-mirror K miss Lam yes mr. Kern yes sir mr. Maloney yes miss miss Adi miss Plowman and miss Reynolds thank you very much those pass unanimously next is communications from the mayor okay I have a motion from vice mayor Kay second from councilmember Masati are Are there any questions? Seeing none, all those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? Thank you. That passes. Communications from the mayor for information only. And then we have a discipline and I believe is Chief Gosper presenting this? Welcome. Good evening. I've got two disciplines to present tonight. On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, an allegation was made that firefighter Charles Ashford violated UGG 1.11, late tardy. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Kristen Chilton and has accepted a written warning. Firefighter Ashford was late for the third time in 12 months. Okay, is there a motion? I'll move. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? That motion passes. Thank you. On Friday, January 14, 2019, an allegation was made that Captain Robert Forehand violated UGG 2.01, conduct unbecoming. At the conclusion of this investigation, the employee met with Chief Kristen Chilton and has accepted a 240-hour suspension and required attendance of diversity inclusion in the workplace through HR. Captain Forehand used offensive language while around others. Do I hear a motion to approve? Yes, sir. Second. Okay. Council Member Farmer moved and Council Member Ellinger seconded. Is there any discussion? Council Member? Yes. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you mayor. Due to the due to the rank in the leadership position of this firefighter has there been any has it been addressed about the supervision of this firefighter as it retains to as it pertains to the integrity of the department? Yes sir. First of all he's going to be required to attend the HR course as a supervisor. He was also voluntarily removed himself over supervision of those employees involved. We've also last year established a class with Dr. Cleveland at a BKU and last year was the first year of three continuous classes for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We call it culture of courage class. All that is how we've addressed him specifically and he's no longer in supervision of those that were around when he violated this order. Okay. And then let me also ask a question. When in regards to sworn, not sworn disciplinary actions, you know, I keep hearing this term about zero tolerance. And maybe it might not be a question for you, but maybe our law department, when we're talking about zero tolerance, how is that defined? Is it zero tolerance? Commissioner? I guess zero tolerance towards the discipline is going to be taken, or does that mean termination? Can you clarify zero tolerance? So I may need HR to step in here, but I believe that there is zero tolerance for certain behaviors. So if following an investigation, if an employee is found to have violated certain policies like workplace harassment there will be discipline and if it's determined that termination is appropriate then the proper procedures to institute termination proceedings would be undertaken okay okay so term so termination could be could fall within that scale of discipline but zero tolerance doesn't necessarily equate to termination correct okay all right thank you commissioner thank you council Councilmember Brown, are there any other questions or discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you very much. Have a good evening. Next up is announcements. Does anyone have announcements, councilmembers? Councilmember Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I just got some good news. and Council Member Lamb can verify that we went to a committee yesterday, the Commission on Veterans, and about four years ago when she had her first celebration out there at Veterans Park, Mayor, your husband came and made a speech and said that Lutzenzim was one of the ten worst cities for veterans. Well, the good news came out yesterday. we have jumped way up we're still a long way from being number one we're 48 and louisville we passed louisville we're ranked number one in the top in less instance so i want to thank my colleagues for putting that committee together and we're still working at it so i just want to give good news so we are moving up thank you very good thank you councilmember warley thank you mayor i would uh like to share a bit of good news of a more personal nature you know it's not often that great things happen in your life when you happen to have this microphone right in front of you so i would just like to say uh clark and meredith hall are uh two of my wife and i's closest friends and they are constituents of yours councilmember brown and today they welcomed their first child margaret crawford hall and mom and maggie are both doing great and we're all delighted that she's here so i wanted to say that and thank you mayor wonderful congratulations councilmember Bledsoe I thank you mayor I just want to make an announcement this Monday from 6 to 7 30 at the Beaumont library the planning staff is joining me for a conversation on the 2018 comprehensive plan those who were not able to come down and talk to those informational meetings we're having a planning staff out to the district so if you're curious to one talk to planning staff that's Monday April 15th at 6 p.m. in the Beaumont library thanks very good thank you councilmember Reynolds thank you mayor bear with me all of my events seem to happen in the same week so i have a lot again so tuesday march 16th the cardinal valley neighborhood association will meet at the village branch library from 6 30 to 8 30 p.m and code enforcement will be there as well as someone from 3-1-1 and we we also have a little surprise for one of our police officers that's retiring so that will be a fun night. Wednesday we have here actually a spotlight on youth will be at the Lyric and I have been very involved with Partners for Youth for the past six years and I'm excited to attend that and see what our youth have been up to in the whole city they'll be performing that evening so I hope you can join us at 7 p.m. and then Thursday I will be hosting a community conversation at Good Foods Co-op from 7 to 9 p.m. And anybody is welcome to join me. People can ask questions. It will be a very relaxed, come-and-go atmosphere. And then Saturday, the 20th, from 9 to 12 at Valley Park, will be a Wolf Run Creek Cleanup. This is an annual event partnered with Bluegrass Green Source to clean up the creek there in the park. And then Preston Springs is also having an event that day in the 11th District. From 10 to 1, they're going to have a planting event to try to put some native plants back there. So I know there's a ton of things going on this Saturday. I need to be like five different places at once, but I hope that people will be involved. So I think that's it. That's, well, also on Easter Sunday, we have an Easter egg hunt at Valley Park as well at 2 o'clock. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to remind everybody that we're going to be having the Boards and Commission's Recruitment Fair on Saturday, April 13th, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lexington Senior Center. And I want to invite my colleagues. I know there are a lot of events going on, but maybe it's a drop-in recruitment fair, so maybe if you could just drop in for a few minutes. We are trying to encourage people to come to this, so if you would also share it on your social media, I would really appreciate it. We just want everybody to learn how they can be more involved, so thank you very much. Thank you. Council Member McCurron. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to remind everybody that this Saturday, Reforest Bluegrass will be at Master's Station Park. We'll be up there from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. That's April 13th. We're going to be planting about 2,500 trees, and we hope to see as many volunteers out as possible. And another reminder that I'll be hosting a town hall meeting for the 2nd District in Douglas Park, April 16th from 6 to 8 p.m. Hope to see everyone there. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. All right. Next is public comment. And we have a few people signed up. Now, it looks like maybe ten of you have signed up to give your time to Mr. Kirkland. The council's tradition is that the maximum is nine minutes. So, okay, that's fine. All right, very good. So then I'll call up Mr. Kirkland, and I just need to confirm, is Daniel Burns here? John Lawhorn Neil Fleischbart okay now the rest of you who signed up if you want to come have your own three minutes you are welcome to do that but you cannot give your time to the same person okay so Mr. Kirkland you'll have nine minutes and if you'll please state your name and address for the record uh steven kirkland i live at 2061 clays mill road lexington ready all right good evening madam mayor and council members i'm here on behalf of fleet services tell you that we're joining the employees of waste management to ask you all to reinstate the step program back into the city's compensation system. We would also like to ask you to review the salaries of current employees at Fleet Services and bring them up to comparable levels with the private sector, but also wanting you to keep in mind that the work we do isn't like any dealership. We have over 20 different varieties of vehicles we work on, and no one dealership in the city can work on a whole piece of equipment. Majority of the body dealers are out of state. I think there's only one or two that's in state. We would also like to address why new hires are getting hired in, making more money than people that's been there for almost five years and actually have degrees in the field. And new hires don't. We were told that HR only goes back seven years on work experience, and all current employees had more than seven years before coming in. We would also like to ask you to look at why employees have been with the city for 20 plus years are not at top out and most of them are barely at the midpoint. I was going to put in the government's given free tuition for a skills trade. So like at Bluegrass for electricians and plumbers and mechanics and stuff, they're given free tuition because skilled trades is kind of going out of the field. Here at Fleet, we've had a vacant position for over a year because nobody accepts the position because of the low pay. As you know, insurance goes up every year, making employees bring home less and less every year. We had a guy go to UPS for an interview. On their insurance, they offered the family plan to all their employees for $136 a month. And here at the city, it's over $500 a month. One of the former employees, he's been gone for just about a month, went to Frankfurt to see what his retirement would be after 30 years of service, and they calculated for him to be only $1,500 a month, which isn't very enticing to new employees to stay until retirement. We are the only division that has to furnish our own personal tools. The majority of us collect anywhere between $30,000 and $80,000 in personal tools for the job and they are also not covered by loss and theft by the city. We never know what's going to be in the back of the garbage trucks when we open up repairs. We run into rats, snakes, dead animals, needles. Probably about three years ago we had a detective that used to work for Lexington that come there to work and he found a meth lab in that Mountain Dew bottle that they called the Shake and Bake and he told us to watch out for them because they can explode and give off a toxic gas. They also, in the summertime, they get full of maggots, especially when you go underneath of them. They're falling out on the floor. I mean, if you look at the floor, it looks like it's crawling. You know, just it's moving. You're also getting dripped on by whatever's in there coming out. We have to get in the back of the trucks and repair. so if it can't push the garbage out, we've got to get back there and repair it so it can. We just don't work on the vehicles inside the garage. We have to perform road calls, which we get in the service truck. We pack our own tools to form a road call. We have to work on busy streets, including New Circle, Nickelsville Roads, and all types of climates. So if there's nowhere slushed under the truck, we have to perform the repair on the truck. We just have to lay in it and get it done. one time i was repairing a coolant hose that blew off a truck on new circle right before nicholas road the truck couldn't get over anymore in the grass without getting stuck so i repaired the hose when i was feeling with coolant the coolant takes about seven foot high so you have to climb up to port it in and it was probably only about a foot from the yellow line from the road and while up there you know 18 wheeler come past you know so close you can about reach out and touch it and it it blew my hat and the coolant all over the place. I had the service truck behind it with the lights on. Nobody gets over. Most of the technicians drive 45 minutes plus one way to get to work. It's almost impossible to hire technicians around the Lexington area because of the pay. And then every time there's a vacant position for a technician, the fleet for the previous technician has to be divided up between the remaining techs which puts more workload on us and makes it harder for us to get the vehicles back out on the road. We also have the biggest CNG fleet in the area and there is only one certified shop in Lexington to work on those vehicles and they only have one bay and we're not the only place that has CNG. You got UPS and FedEx and many other companies that have C&G vehicles so they can sit over there for weeks to even months at a time to be able to get them fixed because we're not equipped to diagnose and repair them some of the equipment the dealer specialty only and we're don't have access to it some of the vehicles that we work on have over six different computers on that we have to learn to diagnose and repair each of them the mayor's announced that the next budget there'll be no raises for sworn employees, non-sworn employees. Every division of the government works hard every day to provide services to our citizens and each division relies on the other divisions to allow them to get their jobs done. Police and fire cannot perform their duties if the roads are not cleared and paved. Traffic is dependent on traffic engineering. Citizens want their garbage picked up as soon as possible. And all of us are depending on accounting to get our paychecks. During snow emergencies many divisions like parks, water quality, waste management join streets and roads to put their snow gear on, pack their coffee to go clear the streets so our cities can travel safely to their own jobs. Here at Fleet we do 12 hour shifts each and it's 24-7 until the snow is called off. So if we got to go out and work on them, out in the snow we go work on them. It's just how it is. The point I'm trying to make is that we need we should not have to have a collective bargaining contract or be paid out of a special fund to be paid a fair salary that help us build a pension that we can live on so finally I would like to ask you to reinstate the state program and reevaluate the salaries of employees at Fleet Services thank you very much mr. Kirkland I would I visited fleet I guess that was last week or the week before, I would encourage council members to go out and see what they do out there and see the work that they do. Thank you very much. Mr. Ogden, do you want to take your three minutes? No? Next is Don Stamm. Do you want to take your three minutes? Okay. Robin Kunkel. I'd like to give my time to Sarah Williams. Okay. And Mr. – is it Lael? Derek? Derek, I'm sorry. Do you want to take your three? Mr. Tim Strong? No. No. How about Travis? The podium is right here. Now is your chance. Mr. Josh Toomey? No. No. Okay. uh... right thank you very much and next we have uh... sarah williams it looks like is christy bentley here and is is that maven young martin young okay and Let's see. So you will have nine minutes. Welcome. State your name and address, please. Sarah Williams, 551 West 6th Street. So I was here a few weeks ago, and we talked about the issues that we've had with Officer Chaplain Donovan Stewart of the Lexington Police Department mercilessly beating an autistic teenager at Fayette Mall with closed fist punches to the head. Okay, and so we've come several weeks later, we have filed a formal complaint with the Lexington Police Department because there are several policies and procedures, operational rules, whatever the heck you want to call them, that he violated in that moment. Aside from the fact that it was pretty much criminal activity because had anybody else done that other than a police officer, we would have charges. If we had done that as a parent, CPS would be taking our children for child abuse, okay? And it's very relevant right now because you all just voted. One issue that was brought up is the issue with the collective bargaining agreement, Mayor Gray, or Mayor Gordon. You're the only one that is able to either sit there yourself or appoint somebody. Obviously, you've chosen, based on what was read today in Resolution 39, to go ahead and appoint the same law firm that Mayor Gray had appointed to sit on this collective bargaining agreement. That is the only person that has input on the city side outside of the Fraternal Order of Police or the Lexington Police Department to have any say in this collective bargaining agreement, okay? Our issue with Officer Donovan Stewart is this man did this thing on February 2nd, several months ago. There's supposed to be a 60 day time limit on the investigation, but guess what? We got a loophole, there's many, right? Because there are charges filed against the teenager, we have to wait until that resolves in court. But guess what? That does not change what Officer Donovan Stewart did, whatever the outcome of that criminal trial is, period. But we can't move forward with addressing it because of the way the rules are written, right? The collective bargaining agreement directly dictates police disciplinary action. We spoke this previously. Literally, whatever is decided in this collective bargaining agreement is copied over to whatever changes are made in policy. Without you all doing anything with it, the police department is responsible for doing that. The only point at which you all get input is when it comes for you all to vote on the collective bargaining agreement, which you all gave yourselves the right to do. But the last time you all voted on it, you did what you did with several other things. This time you gave it one reading, suspended the rules, counted as a second reading, and all in one council meeting, you went on and approved it. And I really question how many of you all have actually read through that collective bargaining agreement. It's long. There's a lot to it. And if you have looked through it, have you actually looked through it to fulfill the role that you got elected to do And ensuring that that collective bargaining agreement and all LPD policies that come out of it actually help the police protect and serve the entire community, not just non-melanated, aka white people. Because we have a problem with the police in this town, particularly, and I've spoken to it before, white male police officers interacting in a very problematic way with people of color in this community. And it's been documented. We saw here the fire department had a disciplinary action read. One of them that you had some questions about that was kind of like, he really did that, happened in January, it's now April. Four months later it gets read, but for some reason with election in police department, when it comes to disciplinary action, there's no timetable. That's a problem because Donovan Stewart is still on the police force. He's still spiritual leader as the racist white supremacist that he represents and shown when he dealt with his child, a child, an autistic teenager. He's still being paid by the city to still fulfill that same position. And we don't know at what point there's going to be resolution to that because the way the collective bargaining agreement is written, we have to wait until these criminal proceedings are over with. We know that's going to take probably a year, somewhere around in there. So at what point it ever gets here, people have short term memory loss, people are very reactionary. And when something has happened all the way in February and you've got to wait over a year for just offer you to be held accountable, there's a problem with that. So I really want you all to give some consideration, Mayor Gordon, to the fact that you are the one person who has the opportunity to do something different with that collective bargaining agreement. Because you've appointed a private law firm to represent the city at this table with all of Fraternal Order of Police, all of Lexington Police Department, and that entire collective bargaining agreement negotiation process is closed to the public. So you mean to tell me that y'all have handed this off to somebody who could easily be getting more than the $40,000 I think it was you all allocated for him to be paid. Especially by a whole fraternal order of police and all of Lexington Police Department who have certain things they want carried out to ensure they protect themselves. Could very easily be bought off. City Council has admitted to this in previous years. So there needs to be something done to address that, Mayor Gray. You seem unconcerned at the moment. But you need to do something to address the fact, yeah, you need to do something to address the fact that you are the one person that can appoint somebody or sit there yourself and what is a closed process to the community. And now you put that out to somebody for things in business to continue as usual. It is extremely disturbing and messed up to come in here and see that business just continues as usual for you all. While there is a child in our community whose life is forever changed and altered. He had a traumatic experience with Donovan Stewart and he is not the same. He will not be the same. He cannot go out his front door and engage in everyday activities without feeling as if, my goodness, what could happen today? That child has had to wake up every day and remember the reality of what he encountered with Donovan Stewart and realize that white men in uniform can beat the living crap out of you, close fist and leave an injury on you and get by with it with no accountability. So not only do you have to deal with the trauma of it, you have to deal with the truth of the reality that there is no accountability for those actions, and this man is a pastor. For all the people who have defended him, take your child to his church and let him beat your child like that. Because I'm sure you would have a problem with it. I'm sure that you would. So we need to deal with this collective bargaining agreement, there's an issue. You all know that me as well as my sister and other community members came before you all and demanded that LPD get body cams, right? We're going to make sure that we follow this through with the budget that is in place. The one, if these people, they want to be paid right. What you all just asked for, like you shouldn't have to do collective bargaining agreement. They work just as hard as the police department, but the only people getting raises this year are the police and the fire department. Y'all going to take a 12 day furlough and the police and fire department still get a raise? And on top of that, you're allocating $2.3 million to buy more police vehicles when we already have to bear the cost of, I think, of what is about a quarter million dollars a year for these police officers who don't even live in the city and pay taxes into this city to take their cruisers home. Like how much more 57% of the local budget goes towards public safety? Like how much more are the city, the residents of Lexington, the people who actually pay taxes in this community, going to have to go to support a system that doesn't even protect all people? That really needs to be addressed. And Mayor Gordon, I'm so disturbed by the fact that you seem to be really into whatever it is you're looking at up there. I'm taking notes. Okay, so for the public comments that occurred before in the previous city council meeting, how is it that you go ahead and you find no concern in the current collective bargaining process that dictates police disciplinary action and to do anything different? I don't understand how you're here for all people. And we have no community accountability when it comes to police disciplinary action whatsoever. If it makes it to be read in front of city council, which the majority of the time it doesn't, it's way after the fact. And you saw how there's minimal information given from the disciplinary action for the fire department that was read today. And like I said previously, the last time I spoke here, it's only been in the past year that you all even added that to the docket for the community to be aware that that was occurring. There's no accountability, yet the majority of the taxes that we pay into this city go to pay for all of the perks that they get to enjoy. And in this last minute, I'm going to say, Lexington, Fayette, Urban County Government, as of now, the way things stand in that collective bargaining agreement has no real interest in holding the Lexington Police Department accountable. Because guess who has to pay for the lawyer fees if they get sued? The city. That needs to change. Just like doctors have to carry their own liability insurance. If you're ignorant and racist and violent and choose to put on a police uniform and act that out in the community, you should have to pay for that. not the city and not the taxpayers. So we'll be back when you all get ready to do this second reading. And we're going to make sure that something gets done to make sure the Lexington Police Department is held accountable for their actions. The Lexington Police Department is the mafia, really. Bluegrass conspiracy, it happened. People have only been convicted of that and the trial's over with. In the 1990s, there are people who were just recently released from prison for what they did with that. So LPD accountability, fire Donovan Stewart, we'll be back. Thank you, Ms. Taylor. We don't, please, we don't usually have applause in the council chamber. We're trying to move, is Ms. Taylor here? You're signed up for speaking. Please state your name and address for the record and you'll have three minutes. April Taylor 709 Belair I first I came to talk about the police accountability stuff but I want to point out to those of you who don't know what makes what the city is doing to these sanitation workers even more sickening is that the people that the city uses so that they don't have to hire people full time and give them what minuscule amount of benefits this group of people receives is that you all go and get sanitation workers from a work-to-day, pay-to-day place. So you exploit an already vulnerable population who's paid, I believe it's $8.25 an hour is what the workers actually wind up receiving after the middleman at Labor Works takes their pay cut. And if you all have never researched or looked into a work-to-day, pay-to-day place or a temporary agency like Labor Works, you really should. You should look up Labor Works in the phone book. Go over there and look at how dirty and nasty it is. There are people who get up to stand in line at 4 o'clock in the morning, not even sure if they're going to be sent to work that day to go out and work with these men. So that's what makes what you're doing to them even more sickening, is that there are men and women who aren't even sitting in here that are even more exploited than they are, which really makes it a crock of crap that you won't do right by the people that you do actually go ahead and hire. I just have one story I want to share about why I support there being a police civilian review board. I told you I would be here as often as I could to share these complaints, since the only way for the complaints to be heard now is by the people who perpetrated the violation of rights. And this story has to do with a group of officers who showed up at my apartment. And even though officers are not supposed to step across the entryway of your door unless they have a warrant, these officers showed up at my door. I did not initially open the door because I knew I hadn't placed a call to police and there was nothing wrong with me. They advised me that the lady across the hall had put in a hang-up call to 911. Mind you, I don't know why they assumed that I was so ignorant that I couldn't put two and two together. That if you know that the lady across the hall made a hang up call, maybe you should go check on that woman. These people, these officers came across the threshold of my door, put me in handcuffs, walked me through the parking lot of my apartment complex without allowing me to put on shoes or a bra to the park where they had their cruisers parked across the street. And when I advised these officers that I had PTSD, I had one of the officers ridicule me for having PTSD and telling me that if he had made it through two tours in Afghanistan and he didn't have PTSD, that I should be fine. And it wasn't until these officers got me to their car that they realized that they didn't even have a warrant. They had no right to put me in those handcuffs. And to this day, I have not received any justice for the fact that they crossed the threshold of my home where I'm supposed to be safe from unreasonable search and seizure. Thank you very much, Ms. Taylor. Is there anyone else who wanted to speak tonight? If not, do I hear a motion to adjourn? Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Go, PD. We'll be right back. Thank you.