# Urban County Council - March 5, 2020 > Auto-transcribed civic record · March 5, 2020 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/4963 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/4963?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2020-03-05 - **Last revised**: March 5, 2020 - **Length**: 10,958 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** Audio from the official Granicus video was auto-transcribed with OpenAI's open-source Whisper large-v3-turbo model, run locally by The Lexington Times. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude. Verbatim wording may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Meeting Overview The Urban County Council convened on March 5, 2020, at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in Lexington, Kentucky, with Mayor Gorton presiding over the session. The meeting addressed two agenda items, both of which were approved by the council during the proceedings. The council heard two public comments from community members and conducted two formal votes on the matters before them. The session focused on recognizing important community initiatives, including acknowledgment of National Social Work Month and matters related to Police Explorer Post 357. Both agenda items received approval from the council, demonstrating unanimous support for these community-focused initiatives. The meeting provided an opportunity for public engagement, with two citizens offering comments during the designated public comment period. Overall, the March 5th meeting was productive, with all presented items receiving favorable action from the council members in attendance. ## Attendance The following council members were present at the March 5, 2020 meeting: • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Evans • Farmer • Lamb • McCurn • Moloney • Mossotti • Plomin • Reynolds • Worley **Absent:** • Vice Mayor Kay No council members arrived late to the meeting. ## Votes and Decisions The council conducted two roll call votes during the March 5, 2020 meeting. **Ordinance 0220-20** [timestamp: 01:30] Councilmember Farmer motioned to approve an ordinance amending budgets for funds in the amount of $13,500 for speed tables on De Roode Street, with a second from Councilmember Ellinger. The ordinance passed unanimously with 13 ayes and 0 nays. All council members voted in favor: • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Evans • Farmer • Lamb • McCurn • Moloney • Mossotti • Plomin • Reynolds • Worley **Resolution 0216-20** [timestamp: 03:45] Councilmember Ellinger motioned to approve a resolution for Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for $500,000 in grant funds, with a second from Councilmember Plomin. The resolution passed with 12 ayes and 1 nay. Council members voting in favor: • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger • Evans • Farmer • Lamb • McCurn • Mossotti • Plomin • Reynolds • Worley Council member voting against: • Moloney Both items were decided by roll call vote with no abstentions recorded. ## Budget and Financial Actions The council addressed two significant financial matters during the March 5, 2020 meeting, totaling $513,500 in appropriations and grant funding. **Traffic Safety Infrastructure** The council considered Ordinance 0220-20, which appropriates $13,500 to the Division of Traffic Engineering for the installation of speed tables on De Roode Street. This funding represents a targeted investment in traffic calming measures to enhance pedestrian safety and reduce vehicle speeds in the area. **Trail Development Grant** Resolution 0216-20 addressed the acceptance of $500,000 in federal grant funds from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the Town Branch Commons Trail Zone 2 project. This substantial grant funding will support the continued development of the trail system, representing a significant federal investment in local recreational infrastructure and transportation alternatives. The two financial actions demonstrate the city's commitment to both traffic safety improvements and recreational infrastructure development, with funding sources including both municipal appropriations and federal grant opportunities. ## Public Comment Two residents addressed the council during the public comment period of the March 5, 2020 meeting. **Roland Taylor** spoke in opposition to a proposed zone change on Perry Street [timestamp: 02:45]. Taylor expressed concerns about parking and space issues related to a proposed Habitat for Humanity project planned for the location. He voiced objections to the zoning modification that would accommodate the housing development. **Phillip Greg Maggard** addressed the council regarding the Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement [timestamp: 14:30]. Maggard urged council members to engage with and participate in the Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement, emphasizing the importance of representation for Fayette County residents on this issue. He encouraged the council to consider adopting sanctuary status as part of the broader movement. The public comment period covered two distinct local issues: zoning concerns related to affordable housing development and Second Amendment rights advocacy at the county level. ## Appointments The meeting included several appointments to city boards and commissions. Two new members were appointed to the Black & Williams Neighborhood Community Center Board: • Paula Campbell-Rudd was appointed to serve on the board • Denia Channels was appointed to serve on the board Additionally, Charles Gamble was reappointed to the Commission on Veterans' Affairs, continuing his service on that body. These appointments help ensure continued governance and oversight of important community organizations and city commissions. ## Contested Items Two items generated significant discussion and opposition during the March 5, 2020 meeting. **Zone Change on Perry Street** The proposed zone change to accommodate a Habitat for Humanity project faced community opposition from residents. Roland Taylor and other community members voiced concerns about the potential negative impacts the development would have on the neighborhood, specifically citing worries about increased parking problems and traffic congestion in the area. The residents argued that the project would strain the existing infrastructure and negatively affect the quality of life for current neighborhood residents. **Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet** A resolution regarding Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet created division among council members, resulting in a split vote. The measure ultimately passed with a 12-1 vote, but not without controversy. Council member Moloney cast the sole dissenting vote against the transportation agreement, though the specific reasons for the opposition were not detailed in the available materials. The split vote indicates there were substantive concerns about the agreement's terms, costs, or implications for the city, significant enough for one council member to vote against the majority position. Despite Moloney's opposition, the strong 12-1 majority ensured the resolution's passage, allowing the city to move forward with the transportation cabinet agreement. Both contested items highlight the ongoing challenges local governments face in balancing development initiatives and infrastructure agreements with community concerns and fiscal responsibility. ## National Social Work Month [timestamp: 00:45] Mayor Gorton presented agenda item 0234-20, a proclamation declaring March 2020 as Social Work Month in Lexington. The proclamation recognized the significant contributions of social workers to the community. Chris Ford participated in the discussion alongside Mayor Gorton during the presentation of this proclamation. The proclamation was approved, officially designating March 2020 as Social Work Month in Lexington to honor the work and dedication of social workers serving the community. ## Police Explorer Post 357 [timestamp: 01:15] Mayor Gorton presented a proclamation declaring March 5, 2020, as Explorer Post 357 Day in Lexington. The proclamation recognized the achievements and contributions of the youth participants involved in Police Explorer Post 357, a program that provides young people with hands-on experience and education about law enforcement careers. During the presentation, Mayor Gorton highlighted the positive impact the Explorer Post program has had on local youth, emphasizing how it helps build character, leadership skills, and civic responsibility among participants. The program serves as a bridge between young community members and the police department, fostering better understanding and relationships. Council member Mossotti also spoke in support of the proclamation, acknowledging the value of the Explorer Post program in developing future community leaders and potentially inspiring careers in public service and law enforcement. The proclamation was approved without opposition, formally recognizing the dedication and accomplishments of the young explorers in Post 357. This recognition demonstrates the city's commitment to supporting youth development programs that strengthen community-police relationships and provide valuable educational opportunities for Lexington's young residents. The Explorer Post 357 program represents an important investment in the city's youth, offering participants practical experience, mentorship, and exposure to public safety careers while building positive connections between young people and law enforcement professionals. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 0220-20** — passed (13-0): Amending budgets for funds in the amount of $13,500 for speed tables on De Roode St. - **Resolution 0216-20** — passed (12-1): Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Ky. Transportation Cabinet for $500,000 grant funds --- ## Full transcript Then came that morning, he woke up alone He spent all night staring down at the lights of L.A. Wondering if he could ever go home Thank you. 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It is 6 o'clock, so we're going to go ahead and I will call the council meeting to order. This is March 5th, 2020. And first I'd like to ask our clerk, welcome back. I'd like to ask her to call the roll, but first to tell us how the new baby is. He's great. He's great. Very good. Well, welcome back. Now, if you'll call the roll, please. Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Here. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Evans? Here. Mr. Farmer? Here. Vice Markay? Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. McCurden? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Here. Ms. Massadi? Ms. Plowman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Mr. Worley? Thank you very much. At this time, I would like to welcome Kenneth Golfin, presiding elder, Bluegrass District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, to join at the podium and offer our invocation. Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for the opportunity to serve one another through serving our city. We thank you, Lord, for allowing us to live in a city such as this and for the blessings you have bestowed upon us. We pause first, Lord, to ask your blessings upon the Gibbs family, that you would be their strength, that you would be their peace, that you would be their courage. bless this council the mayor that as they deliberate over the issues that concern this city that everything may be done according to that which is pleasing in your sight and we honor you through christ amen thank you very much elder dolphin we appreciate it now council we have minutes from February 11th and February 20th. Council Member Farmer moves approval. Council Member Plowman seconds. Are there any questions? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes and now we will have our presentations. First, I'd like to invite Director Stephanie Hong, Joanna Rhodes, and Christy Stambaugh, along with Commissioner of Social Services Chris Ford to the podium please. I often say that government is all about people. We are all here because we care deeply about everyone who lives in our city. But one profession sticks out in the way it touches people, especially the most vulnerable in our city, our social workers. They work tirelessly to ensure that every citizen in our community has the resources they need to live a happy, healthy life. We are very lucky to have excellent social workers right here in government, and they deserve all the credit in the world for the wonderful work they do for the people in our community. So, to all of the social workers in our government and in our city, I'd like to say thank you for everything you do every day. And now I will read a proclamation. nation. Whereas for generations, members of the social work profession have worked to strengthen the well-being and meet the basic needs of all people, especially people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. And whereas this year's Social Work month theme, Social Workers, Generation Strong, focuses on the heroic work of social workers who make our society a better place to live. And whereas members of the social work profession are a diverse group, including people of various generations, ethnic backgrounds, sexual identities, and religious beliefs, and whereas social workers have an immediate positive impact on our local communities, our nation, and in the world. And whereas our city's Department of Social Services employs over 30 social work professionals whose training and ethical standards help promote the values of compassion, compliance, coordination, and consistency. Now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare March 2020 Social Work Month in Lexington. Congratulations. Commissioner Ford, would you like to say a few words? Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Councilmembers, for allowing a few moments to recognize and celebrate our social workers at Urban County Government, and as the Mayor mentioned, by extension, social workers all across our community. This year's theme, Generation Strong, is quite fitting. Fortunately, our department has a rich legacy of community impact and resilient leadership in the field of social work. And currently, our workforce reflects a healthy mix of tenured, experienced social workers, and also a complement of talented and emerging leaders. And today, our community needs both, perhaps more so than in recent memory. Every day, and sometimes under trying circumstances, our social workers and human services team strives to exhibit the core values of compassion, compliance, coordination, and consistency in our program designs and service delivery for Lexington residents and families. And in closing, on behalf of our team in social services, I wish to convey sincere gratitude to all our partners here at Urban County Government. We like to think that we have friends all across this government that allow us to serve the communities that we serve. And those include the mayor and the CAO's office, our fellow commissioners and their departmental staffs, and, of course, the council office. These partnerships are essential and truly appreciated. We're glad to be here with our division directors and some of our team here this evening for joining us. And in closing, we say thank you and we wish everyone a happy Social Work Month. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Can we have the Social Work team come and we'll do a picture? Thank you. Screen. Thank you. At this time, I'd like to invite everyone from Explorer Post 357 to join me at the podium, please. And Council Member Jennifer Mazzotti. We'll just gather around. I'll just slide in. Tonight, we are joined by remarkable young people who have shown their dedication to our city and the safety of our citizens, along with the officers who have taken them under their wings. Explorer Post 357 is a program that instructs boys and girls age 14 to 21 who show an interest in law enforcement. Post 357 has connected many of Lexington's youth with our city's police department over the years, some of whom have gone on to become officers themselves. Last month, the Explorers from Post 357 won two awards at Winterfest 2020. One second place award for the uniform competition and one first place award for the tabletop display contest. I want to convey my congratulations on your achievements, along with my gratitude for your willingness to get involved with our police department at a young age. The lessons you are learning from our fine officers will serve you well for the rest of your life, regardless of whether you decide to pursue a career in law enforcement. I'd also like to thank the officers who have taken the time to lead this important program. The young people in our community need people like you to guide them through this important time in their lives, and you have stepped up to the plate. And now I will read the proclamation. And do we have the officers up here with us? Oh, we do? Good. Okay. Thank you. Whereas Winterfest, founded in 1974, is the world's largest annual gathering of explorers, venturers, and Boy Scouts, and whereas Winterfest features fun and friendly competition, and whereas LPD Explorer Post 357 competed in Winterfest in February 2020, joining 3,000 scouts in Gatlinburg, and whereas the members of Explorer Post 357 competed as a hardworking team, winning several awards, and whereas police officers Beish Tauri, Michael Burton, Leanne Lozier, and Everett Hobson work with Post 357, now, therefore, I, Linda Gorton, Mayor of Lexington, do hereby declare March 5th, 2020, Explorer Post 357 day in Lexington. Congratulations. Council Member Massadi, would you like to say a few words? Thank you, Mayor. Police Explorer Post 357 provides a terrific opportunity for our community's young people between the ages of 14 and 21 to pursue an interest in law enforcement. For those of you who are not familiar with the award-winning program, the Explorers serve as non-sworn, part-time, non-compensated support personnel for the Division of Police. I wanted to give a special shout out to Officer Baj Tauri, who leads the program year in, year out. Thank you, Baj, for your tireless work. Officer Tauri was assisted this year by Officers Michael Burton, Leanne Lozier, and Everett Hobson. Thank you, Officers. And Officer Hobson is a former LPD Explorer. Clearly, this is an inspirational program. you man would anyone like to speak welcome hello first foremost thank you mayor and council members I just kind of say it's a few brief words my name is ever Hobson I've actually been a police officer going on two and a half years now I actually did the sport post when I was about about 16 years old all up until was 21. This is a great program. This program has taught me a lot to how to learn how to be, not only learn how to be a police officer, but gives me leadership skills. It's taught me how to be a better person. It's taught me how to be a team member. So this is a great program for anyone who is at the age. And in closing, I also want to acknowledge each one of our explorers, and I was told to make sure I get everybody's name correct, first and last, so I'm actually gonna read it from my phone. So first we have Lauren Hunt, Carter Johnson, Danielle Howes, Paris McCohen, Geraldine Navarro, Emma Sheets, Remington Scarpula, Grant Garner, and Julia Wirth. So these are some of our explorers that that has dedicated their time and effort in order to make this post what it is today. Thank you. Thank you, shall we get a photo? Let's get a photo, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. of ordinances please number one an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the lexington fair urban county government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars to provide funds for the council projects in the division of traffic engineering for the purchase and installation of three speed tables for dorody street and appropriating reappropriating refund schedule number 35 ordinance number two an ordinance manning section 232 and section 233 of the code of ordinances to replace the term individual with With person to conform to the definition set out in KRS 3440.010. Number three, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reappropriating funds schedule number 34. Number four, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $7,000 to provide funds for council projects in the division of traffic engineering for the purchase and installation of speed feedback signs on Gladman Way and appropriating reappropriating funds. Schedule number 36. And number five, an ordinance of an exertion of the budgets of Lexington and Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for the Division of Environmental Services for funds in the amount of $243 for neighborhood development funds for tree replacement and cave court median Schedule number 37. Thank you. Yes. Council Member Farmer moves approval. Do I hear a second? Second. All right. Thank you very much. Will you please take the roll call vote? Ms. Bledsoe? Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Mr. Ellinger? Ms. Evans? Mr. Farmer? Ms. Lamb? Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. And Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. Those items all pass. And now if you could please give first reading to ordinances. And I believe before you read number seven, Councilmember McCurron has some folks who wish to speak. In ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for in the amount of $5,270 to provide funds for the council projects in the division of Parks and Recreation for the installation of a human and canine water fountain at Bellowood Park and appropriating and reappropriating funds Schedule number 39. Thank you very much. Are there people who wish to speak before number seven is read? If you do please come to the podium and state your name and address for the record and you will each have three minutes to speak my name is Roland Taylor and I live at 224 Perry Street in Irish town Lexington Kentucky and Josh McCurns district and what I'm speaking on if that's okay at this point is the properties there on Perry Street that are proposed for habitat dwellings those of us that live there in the neighborhood it's been a constant discussion really not sure how all this is going to work out in the end with the actual space, the parking, with the events that go on currently on Manchester and I had taken the liberty to take a photo of an ambulance that was there on Perry Street on the 17th of February and there happened to be a vehicle parked on Perry Street. The police officers could not even make it by. If anyone would like to see that afterwards I can share them with you. I I have a few copies with me if anyone would like to. I just ask that before there is a final vote on this, that some of you will really come and take a long look at these properties before there's a final vote made on whether or not this project should go forward. I do think and appreciate everything that Habitat does. There are other locations not far from where they're already proposing this that would be, I think, more suitable. The lots would be deeper and would probably allow for some more parking and such. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak to item number seven? All right, I see no one else. So will you please continue? Number seven, an ordinance changing the zone from single-family residential R1D zone to a planned neighborhood residential R3 zone for .229 net, .3046 gross acres for properties located at 213, 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 225, and 229 Perry Street, Lexington Habitat for Humanity Council District No. 2. Item No. 8, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of Lichten and Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and reappropriating funds, Schedule No. 38. No. 9, an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20380 as previously amended relating to the Economic Development Investment Board to increase the membership from 11 to 13 by adding an additional two at-large members to allow members of the licensed urban County Industrial Authority to be selected by the mayor and to include oversight over economic development partner and workforce development grant funding with final approval of funding to be made by the urban County Council and related matters thank you thank you very much council members are there any walk-ons councilmember Bledsoe thank you mayor I moved to suspend the rules and give second reading to item number nine to allow us to move more quickly all right we have a motion to suspend the rules on number nine are there any questions all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed all right are there other suspensions seeing none will you go ahead please and give excuse me all those in favor of giving first reading to number nine say aye. Second reading. Second. Oh, second reading. Okay. And do we have a motion to approve? Move approval. Second. Thank you. And a second. Thank you. You know it's been that kind of week. Yes. So all those in favor of giving second reading Say aye. Aye. All right. Anyone opposed? Will you please give second reading? Sure. Okay. An ordinance amending, ordinance 20380 is previously amended relating to the Economic Development Investment Board to increase the membership from 11 to 13 by adding an additional two at-large members to allow members of the Lexington-Fayette-Urban County Industrial Authority to be selected by the mayor and to include oversight over economic development partner and workforce development grant funding with final approval of funding to be made by the urban County Council and related matters thank you thank you councilmember farmer moves approval councilmember Plumman seconds will you please take the roll call vote Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Ms. Massadi? Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. And Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Thank you, that item passes. Now, if you'll please give second reading to resolutions. Number one, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban County Government to accept a grant from the Jessamine County Fiscal Court, which grant funds are in the amount of $10,000, and are for the support of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government Metropolitan Urban Planning Organization personnel costs, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Urban County Government for the expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Item number two, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement awarding a Class E neighborhood incentive grant to Andover Forest Homeowners Association Incorporated for stormwater quality projects at a cost not to succeed $68,000. Item 3, a resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management on behalf of the urban county government to purchase electronic vehicle inspection, reporting software, hardware, data plans, and professional services from Zonar Systems LLC, a source provider. Number 4, a resolution authorizing the Division of Waste Management on behalf of the urban county government to purchase hardware, software, professional service, cellular data plans, and or software maintenance support from Routeware Incorporated, a sole source provider. Number 5, a resolution authorizing the Division of waste management on behalf of the urban county government to purchase hardware software support where services for the scales at three locations from metler toledo a sole source provider number six a resolution authorizing and adopting an updating filing fee schedule for planning commission and board of adjustment applications item number seven a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement awarding a class a neighborhood incentive grant and over neighborhood association incorporated for stormwater quality projects at a cost not to exceed $73,275.24. Item number eight, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a contract with Populous Technologies Incorporated for data management services relating to dockless vehicles for the division of planning at a cost not to exceed $10,000. Number nine, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to spend additional funds for the data license agreement with Inrex Inc. for travel time analytics software platform to monitor vehicular travel times on roadways in Fayette County and Jesmond County for two years for $75,000 for fiscal year 2020 and subsequent years for $75,000 fiscal year 2021 at a cost not to exceed $150,000. Number 10, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Columbia Gas Kentucky for utility relocation for Old Frankfurt Park Scenic Byway Viewing Area Project at a cost not to exceed $15,043.32. 11, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with Moon Dance Foundation, 1600, and Fayette County District Finance Corporation 600 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not to have seen as some stated. Number 12, a resolution accepting the bid of Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC establishing a price contract for triple combination pumpers for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services. Number 13, a resolution accepting the bid of Central Indiana Truck Equipment Corporation and Municipal Equipment Incorporated establishing price contracts for refuge truck body parts for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Number 14, a resolution accepting the bid of National Environmental Contracting Incorporated establishing a price contract for environmental abatement services for the division of facilities and fleet management. Number 15, a resolution accepting the bid of the Allen Company Incorporated in the amount of $175,185.10 for the Elizabeth Street and Forest Park site improvements for the division of water quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the Allen Company Incorporated related to the bid. 16, a resolution accepting the bids of JDR Industries, DBA, Quilt Easy, Cortelco LED Lighting, Cantrell Supply Inc., CED Inc., and Rexel Inc., establishing price contracts for LED lighting fixtures for the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works. 17, a resolution accepting the bid of Compass Group USA Incorporated, DBA, Canteen, establishing a price contract for vending services for the Division of Community Corrections. 18, a resolution accepting the bid of hatch company establishing a price contract for the luminescent dissolved oxygen analyzer and digital controller for the division of water quality of division of water quality 19 a resolution accepting the bids of j ettinger and sons incorporated and one source parts establishing price contracts for the refuse body truck body parts for the division of facilities and fleet management item 20 a resolution a resolution accepting the bid of the allen company incorporated in the amount of 231 1221.20 for the james lane culvert replacement for the division of engineering and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the allen company incorporated related to the bid item 21 a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of stephanie ballard administrative specialist senior grade 516 n 21.323 hourly in the division of revenue effective march 9th 2020 allison morris administrative specialist grid 513 and 17.049 hourly in the division of revenue effective february 17 2020 daniel lane staff assistant grade 508 and 14.188 hourly in the the division of revenue effective March 9th 2020 Gabriel Hensley water quality manager grade 523 e 2835.28 by week biweekly in the division of water quality effective February 17 2020 Jimmy Ross CMOM program manager grade 523 e 2538.32 biweekly in the division water quality effective February 7 2020 Jefferson Harkless recovery resource operator grade 513 and 18.245 hourly individual waste management effective March 2nd 2020 and Georgiana King administrative specialist grade 513 and 17.408 hourly in the division of Parks and Recreation effective March 2nd 2020 and ratifying the classified civil service demotion of Alex Hicks resource recovery operator grade 513 and 19.794 hourly in the division of waste management effective March 2nd 2020 item 22 a resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the US Department of Homeland Security and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the amount of $2 million federal funds under the 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and are for the replacement and or purchase of 260 self-contained breathing apparatus units. Item 23, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irby County Government to execute a professional services agreement with Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for construction materials, sampling, testing, and special inspections for the Town Branch Commons and Town Branch Trails Phase 6 and turn lane projects at a cost to receive $94,000. Item 24, a resolution authorizing directing the Division of Traffic Engineering to install one speed table on Blue Ash Drive between Harrodsburg Road and Claysmill Road per guidelines in the neighborhood traffic management program once the neighborhood matches are received at a cost to receive $4,500. Item 25, a resolution authorizing Division of Engineering on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase services related to scanning and filing and implementation of on-base gis integration from conica minolta business solutions usa incorporated a sole source provider and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreements with conica minolta business solutions usa incorporated related to the procurement at a cost not estimated not to exceed $55,225 in fiscal year of 2020 with ongoing software maintenance costs subject to appropriation of efficient funds sufficient funds in future fiscal years item 26 A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute first renewal of the agreement with Advanced Mulching Technologies Incorporated DBA EcoGrow for post-construction monitoring, reporting, and maintenance related to the cold stream park stream restoration and preservation project and supplemental environmental project required, but the consent decree at a cost estimated not to exceed $41,310. Item 27, a resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute supplemental agreement number two with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal grant funds, which grant funds are in the amount of $500,000 under the transportation alternative program and are for the construction phase of the town branch common trail zone two and the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $125,000 as a local match to execute all necessary documents required for the acceptance of those funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer unaccumpered funds within the grant budget. to item 28, a resolution authorizing directly mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute supplemental agreement number four with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for the acceptance of additional federal grant funds, which grant funds are in the amount of $500,000 under the congestion mitigation and air quality program and are for the construction phase of the town branch trail mid-lid section, the acceptance which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $125,000 as a local match to execute all necessary documents required for the acceptance of those funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer and unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with the Legor Dance Project, Incorporated, 480, Kentucky Alliance Eye Foundation, 600, and East End Community Development Corporation, 500, for the office of the urban county council, and a cost-mocker seen as some stated, and item 30. A resolution authorizing directing the mayor on behalf, and directing the traffic engineering pursuant to section 1846 of the code of ordinances, to designate St. George Drive as being prohibited to through trucks and authorizing and directing the traffic of engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. Thank you. Thank you very much. Do I hear a motion to approve? Thank you. Council Member Ellinger moved to approve. Council Member Plumman seconded. Will you please go ahead and take the roll call vote? Ms. Bledsoe. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No on 27, no on 28, yes on the rest. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Bloman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. And Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. Those all pass. Now, if you would please do first reading of resolutions. Item 31, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two final to the agreement with advanced mulching technologies DBA EcoGrow for The WGPL Green Infrastructure Project increasing the contract price by the sum of $16,214.63 from $159,962 to $176,176.63. 32, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to increase the contract amount for Bell Engineering Services due to contract modification for additional geotechnical testing for Jacobson Park Roadway widening at a cost of $4,500. 33, a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a comprehensive operational analysis agreement with Lex Tran for the acceptance of additional federal funds, which funds are in the amount of $320,000 from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and for transit planning, the acceptance of which obligates a local match in the amount of $80,000 provided by Lex Tran and authorizing the mayor to transfer unencumbered funds within the grant budget. Item 34, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a memorandum of agreement with Bluegrass Community and Technical College for services related to water quality monitoring in the East Hickman watershed at no cost to the urban county government. 35, a resolution authorizing directing mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an updated permanent agreement with the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of School and Community Nutrition for participation in the United States Department of Agriculture's Child Care Food Program and operation of the nutrition program at the Family Care Center for fiscal year 2020, which updates the authorized official signature. 36, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a release of easement, releasing street light easements on the properties located at 2705 and 2709 Meadow Suite Lane, 37. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to donate the Scott County Sheriff's Office 35 full-face respirators taken out of service by the Division of Police, 38. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with the Lexington History Museum 900 and the Legacy Equine Academy Incorporated 425 for the office of the urban county council at a cost not to have seen the sum stated. 39, a resolution accepting the bids from Aero Electric Company Incorporated, David H. Elliot Construction Company Incorporated in AE Electrical Solutions establishing price contracts for the underground electrical services for the division of Parks and Recreation. 40, a resolution accepting the bid of Software Management, LLC, establishing a price contract for the micrographic services for the office of the Fayette County Clerk. Item number 41, a resolution accepting the bid of Right Lane, LLC, DBA, Amco, Lexington East, and Amco Transmission and Total Care, and Clark's Auto Service, Inc., establishing price contracts for automotive and light-duty truck repair for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. 42, a resolution accepting the bid of Woodford Oil Company, establishing a price contract for Motorcraft Synthetic Motor Oil for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 43, a resolution accepting the bid of tailored living featuring Premier Garage in the amount of $49,875 for the floor finish replacement for fire station number two for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with tailored living featuring Premier Garage related to the bid. Item 44, a resolution accepting the bid of United Rotary Brush Corporation establishing a price contract for sweeper brooms for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 45, a resolution accepting the bids of Brentag Mid-South Incorporated and OP Aquatics, establishing price contracts for swimming pool chemicals in the Division of Parks and Recreation. Item 46, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Nicole Forte, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, 15.662, hourly in the Division of Purchasing, effective March 16, 2020. Marcus Hale, Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513N, 17.205, hourly in the Division of Waste management effective upon passage of council jay small effective administrative specialist grade 13 and 18.413 hourly in the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council and robert clay public service worker grade 507 in 12.962 hourly in the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community correction officer appointments david hill shane wilson tyler heflin and william roe jr all community correction officer recruit grade 109 and 15.3884 hourly in the division of community corrections effective upon passage of counsel and ratifying the unclassified civil service appointment of joshua tevis public service public works apprentice grade 504 and 13 dollars hourly in the division of streets and roads effective march 16th 2020 item 47 a resolution ratifying the probationary classified civil service appointments of alexander braun public service worker senior grade 509 and 14.593 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective march 9th 2020 frank Mabson, Program Manager Senior, Grade 524E, 2364.72, biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective March 30, 2020. Jonathan LaFollette, Treatment Plant Operator, Grade 515N, 18.861, hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective March 30, 2020. And Sarah Bird, Administrative Specialist, Grade 513N, 18.42, hourly in the Division of Engineering, effective March 30, 2020. And ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Tamar Tompkins, Administrative Specialist, Senior, Grade 516N, 20.217, hourly in the Division of Revenue, effective February 19, 2020. and Edmund Pierce, Traffic Signal Technician Senior, Grade 515 and 20.593, hourly in the Division of Traffic Engineering, effective March 9, 2020, and ratifying the unclassified civil service appointments of Richard Hall, construction supervisor, Grade 524E, $2,744 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective March 3, 2020, and TJ Taylor, construction supervisor, Grade 524E, $3,070.56 biweekly in the Division of Water Quality, effective March 23, 2020. item 48 a resolution authorizing directly mayor on behalf of the urban county government to add two user licenses for the neighborly software for the division of grants and special programs at a cost to see two thousand eight hundred forty eight dollars and fifty cents item 49 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute facility usage agreements with various various youth youth baseball and softball leagues granting the leagues the right to use lfucg baseball and softball fields and facilities in the 2020 spring and fall season. Item 50, a resolution authorizing the Division of Police on behalf of the Urban County Government to purchase a Jet A Aviation Fuel from TAC Air, a sole source vendor, at a cost of $5.01 per gallon. Item 51, a resolution authorizing Director of Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a mutual aid agreement with Fayette County Public Schools for procedures in the event of a request for assistance. Item 52, a resolution authorizing Director of Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a donation from the Citizens and Police Academy Alumni Association of various items for use at the Division of Police at no cost to the urban county government. Item 53, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Judy Construction Company for the Brandon Road Salt Barn Construction Project, increase in contract price by the sum of $1,913 from $1,084,000 to $1,085,913. Item 54, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection, Divisional Waste Management, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which deets grant funds in the amount of $100,000 for the support of a one-day household hazardous waste recycling event for Fayette County in fiscal year 2020. Item 55, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number five to the agreement with Banks Engineering Incorporated for the Southland Area Stormwater Improvement Project, increasing in contract price by the sum of $12,400 from $642,415 to $654,815. Item 56, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with Windstream Communications for the relocation of Windstream Communications facilities for the Brighton Trail Pedestrian Bridge Project for fiscal year 2020, edit cost knock to exceed $21,589.32. 57, a resolution authorizing the director of the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an amendment to the grant agreement with the Bluegrass Area Development District Incorporated to incorporate a $4,072 increase in state funding for the operation of the Senior Citizens Center in fiscal year 2020. Item 58, a resolution authorizing directly to the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Echulian Consulting for the provision of archaeological monitoring services for the Town Branch Commons Construction Project for fiscal year 2020 at a cost not to exceed $160,233. 59, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a test security agreement between Ergo Metrics Incorporated for testing applicants applying for the community correction capped and promotional process at a cost of $3,500. Item 60, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with the City of Georgetown to provide funding for the South Sewer Extension Project, a sanitary sewer project by the City of Georgetown to construct necessary sanitary sewer improvements and decommission private sewage treatment plants serving properties in Fayette County and Scott County at a cost not to exceed $4,175,000. Item 61, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number two to the agreement with WRC1 LLC, DBA W. Rogers Company LLC for the Wabash, Gojurich, Penclacola, and Lackawanna WGPL stormwater sewer project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $128,721.66 from $1,172,791.12 to $1,301,512.78. 62, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a test security agreement with IO Solutions Incorporated for testing applicants, applying for the fire and emergency services, recruit firefighter position, and a cost factor exceed $7,500. item 63 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute change order number one final to the agreement with sack construction llc for the large diameter cure in place pipe and manhole rehabilitation project decreasing the contract price by the sum of 92,665 dollars from 1,376,825 dollars to 1,284,160 dollars and item 64 a resolution authorizing and directing the urban county government by and through its Department of Finance to transfer funding in the amount of $3,657,851.36 from the general fund health insurance reserve to the police and fire pension fund in order to reimburse and compensate the fund for current and past expenses related to Medicare Part B. Thank you. Thank you very much. Council Council members, are there any walk-ons? No? How about suspensions of the rules? Council member, we're going to let it settle down in a second. Council member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to item 46, conditional offers. So moved. All right. Council member Massadi seconded. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. Did you have any others? Yes. Okay. Council Member Worley. Thank you, Mayor. I move to suspend the rules, give a second reading to Resolution No. 38. These are neighborhood development funds, so move. Second. All right. And Council Member McCurn seconded that. Any questions? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Council Member Masati. Thank you, Mayor. On behalf of the administration, I'd like a second reading on number 58. If there's any questions regarding that, Ms. Peacher is in the office, in the audience, and can respond. So moved. Council Member Farmer seconded that. Are there any questions? All right, seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right. Are there any other motions to suspend the rules? Seeing none, we have number 38, number 46, and number 58. And so if you would please give second reading to those three items. Item 38, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute agreements with the Lexington History Museum $900 in Legacy Equine Academy Incorporated, $425 for the office of the Urban County Council at a cost not just in the sum stated. In item 46, a resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Nicole Forte, Staff Assistant Senior, Grade 510N, 15.662 hourly in the Division of Purchasing, effective March 16, 2020. Marcus Hale, Resource Recovery Operator, Grade 513N, 17.205 hourly in the Division of Waste Management, effective upon passage of council jay small administrative specialist grade 513 and 18.413 hourly in the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council and robert clay public service worker grade 507 n 12.962 hourly in the division of parks and recreation effective upon passage of council authorizing the division of human resources to make a conditional offer to the following probationary community correction officer appointments david hill shane wilson tyler teflin and william roe jr all community correction officer recruit with 109 n 15.384 hourly in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of council, and ratifying the unclassified civil service appointments of Joshua Tevis, Public Works Apprentice, Grade 504N, $13 hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads, effective March 16, 2020. And item 58. A resolution authorizing directing Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Aculian Consulting for the provision of archaeological monitoring services for the Town Branch Commons construction project for Fiscal Year 2020 at a cost in our road seat $160,233. Thank you. Thank you so much. Do I hear a motion to approve? So moved. Council Member Massadi moved and Council Member Ellinger seconded. Will you please take the roll call vote? Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. And Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. Those items pass. Is there a motion to approve communications from the mayor? Second. Council Member Farmer moved approval. Council Member Plowman seconded. Are there any questions? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. Council Members, you have communications for information only. and then we do have some disciplines first is fire discipline I believe Chief Chilton is here welcome good evening good evening so the first one I have for you was on December 13th 2019 and an eternal allegation was made that firefighter Tim Boniface violated UDG 1.11 which is late tardy and absent without leave because he failed to report for an overtime shift so it is an automatic first offense in it's a I'm recommending a written reprimand councilmember farmer moves approval councilmember Evans seconds are there any questions all those in favor please say aye is anyone opposed that motion passes all right and then the second one is on thursday may 16th 2019 an allegation was made that justin may violated udd 5.01 conformance to laws and just justin pleaded guilty in garrett county to a dui and endangering the welfare of a minor So the division of HR and the local 526 have agreed to 120-hour suspension. Do I hear it? Council Member Farmer moves approval. Council Member who made the second? Reynolds? Seconded. All right. Are there any questions? Yes, ma'am. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Chief, I can't do the math, but how long is that in firefighter time? Is that three months, six months? Well, we work an average 56 hours, so it'll be averaged out to 120 hours. So we average 56 hours a week. We have a short week and a long week, so it's going to be about three weeks. Okay. All right, thank you. Thank you. Are there other questions? All right, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much, Chief. There is a police discipline, and I believe Commander Ingram is here. Welcome. Good evening, Mayor. Welcome. I'm getting older, so I'm going to put my readers on. I have two matters. The first one is on Officer York, and I want to point out a clerical error on the date that the internal investigation was initiated. is actually January 2nd of 2020 on the forum it actually references the date it occurred which was December 3rd of 2019 so we'll send over the correction on that date thank you so on January 2nd to 2020 an internal formal complaint was made that officer James York badge number 48 504 violated general order 1973-02 J disciplinary procedures appendix B operational rule 1.35 violating any rules of the division specifically general order 2011-08F emergency and pursuit driving and general order 2015-15A body-worn cameras at the conclusion of the investigation employee met with chief Lawrence Weathers and has accepted a two-week suspension without paying and upon his return to duty he will then have a 60-day suspension of his home fleet vehicle. Thank you. Do I hear a motion? Councilmember Ellinger moved approval. Councilmember Farmer seconded. Are there any questions? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. Second matter on December 2nd 2019 an internal formal complaint was made that officer Jeremiah Terry badge number 53661 violated general order 1973-02 J disciplinary procedure appendix B operational rule 1.02 misconduct at the conclusion of the investigation employee met with chief weathers and has accepted a six-month suspension without pay retraining on body worn cameras informant handling training and ethics training I second. Council Member Bledsoe moves approval. Council Member Farmer seconds. Are there any questions? I see none. All those in favor, please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right, that motion passes. Thank you very much. Now, Council Members, this is the time for announcements. And I want to thank, thinking of our friend Jake Gibbs, Councilmember Gibbs, thank those of you who placed sort of a memorial of flowers in his mug and things over there. And we are remembering him, and perhaps some of you would like to speak to him to that tonight. So if you have an announcement or a comment, please log in. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I have a quick announcement. Our Neighborhoods in Transition will have its third public input meeting March the 26th at 530 at the Lyric. We have a list of recommendations that we're currently going through, and we're going to talk about those. That's going to be the subject of conversation for that public input meeting, so I just want to kind of put that out there early. And then I actually have a statement from Vice Mayor Kay, who's not with us tonight, and he asked me to read these comments. And it says, I had planned to attend tonight's meeting, but the closer it came, but the closer it came, the more it seemed that I'm not up to it. I regret not being with you as you share your thoughts about Jake. I will simply say that Jake was a wonderful human being and an important part of my life. I am honored to have been his friend. I think we all have thoughts and sentiments we want to share about Council Member Gibbs. but what I'll say and I'll keep it short because I think he was a man of few words and out of respect for him I'll keep it short is Council Member Gibbs I think we all know was a special person he was the type of person that could be in a room with you and if you didn't notice him you wouldn't know he was there but once you realize he was there his presence and his energy filled the room. He passed that on to his daughters. I don't know how many of y'all know him but they are exceptional people as well along with his wife and they carry the same energy that he did. It's an important of a job that we have as council members and he was an effective council member. I think his legacy is actually going to live on more with what he did outside of this room and outside of this building. Jake impacted a lot of people in this community and if you've been on social media since Tuesday you could see some of that impact. I mean the tributes are pretty astounding and they all carry the same the same message and the same note. So you know I was pretty close with council member Gibbs and I consider the time that I spent with him the lessons that I learned from him and from his example is makes me a better person so I just want to share that thank you thank you mayor thank you very much councilmember Reynolds thank you I too would like to share some comments about Jake and I'm gonna try to get through it without tearing up so I'm gonna read my notes, even if they're not the best. Um, I knew Jake before he became, or I'm sorry, I became a council member, uh, but sitting next to him so many days for over a year, I got to know him much better. He would almost always have his thermos with his, uh, say no to corporate coffee sticker on it. And we laughed a lot. Uh, and I remember, uh, one of my first work sessions, I was very Green. I didn't know what I was doing and he just helped me out so much and explained how to use the work session packet. Working with Jake, I quickly learned that he was not afraid to speak up for what he believed in. He shared with all of us what I always thought was a unique perspective and it often caused me to contemplate an angle that I had not previously considered. he wasn't afraid to bring up a point that the rest of us might have disagreed with and I really admired that. Jake and I agreed on a lot of things and enjoyed talking about national politics. We also disagreed on a lot of things but I don't think that we ever treated each other poorly because of it. My favorite thing about Jake was that he wasn't afraid to be himself. He wasn't bothered by what other people might think of him and I found his willingness to not shy away from his beliefs refreshing. When I got elected, I told myself I need to always be myself and not be swayed to do something that isn't true to me. Jake did that. He was always himself and I admired him for it. Along with Council Member Ellinger, I helped start a task force about bike lane use that I immediately talked to Jake about. We were excited to work on policy and planning for curbside and bike lane use. Jake and I liked talking about our travels and would dream of a more walkable, bike-friendly Lexington. I appreciated that whenever he had some downtime, he would be reading a book as many of us would be scrolling through our phones. With that, I will end with a little bit of a funny story because I think Jake would appreciate the humor. For a whole year, I wanted to tell Jake that during all of our meetings in here, I heard his phone dinging very, very, very quietly. But for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to tell him that. I was worried he would be upset or something. Until recently, I actually did it, and I said, hey, Jake, I can hear your phone. Could you please turn it on silent? Immediately, he handed me his phone, and he said, I just don't know how to. And so I showed him on the iPhone how to, his, I think, iPhone 4 or 5 that he had, how to turn it on silent. He said, oh, my goodness, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Then a few, I guess, meetings later, we heard a dinging close by. And he said, Jennifer, it's not me. Look, my phone's on silent. And then he said, don't ever get old. Don't ever get old. So now every time I hear a ding during a meeting of somebody's phone, I will think of Jake. I am in the process of compiling comments from social media about Jake because I think too often we don't tell the people we care about how much we appreciate them while they're alive. And I hope that the family can look over these comments and remember just how big an impact Jake made on people's lives. i have been compiling them over the past few days and i already have over 30 pages and i'm not close to being done so thanks jake for making a big impact on all of our lives thank you council member warley thank you mayor and uh and i would like to share my two fondest memories of jake the first that's how i ever met jake i was a uh before i was on this council i was a lawyer representing a business in his district that had been cited for, I think it was 18 or 22 or 24 or 30 noise violations. And Jake's neighborhood particularly, he loved all of his neighborhoods, but he actually lived in this one too. and they were the ringleaders in calling the police to cite this lawful law-abiding business wrongfully accused. But wait, wait, we're not in the courtroom, right? So I decided that it would be a good strategy since we were not having much luck with the county attorney and the police to meet with Jake. He's the council member of the district and see if we could find some resolution with the neighborhood. and so I met with Jake in his office and Sally was sitting there and the other, his aide was sitting there and I asked him, I said, what can you do to help us, you know, can we get the police to back off us a little bit, can we, you know, give us an opportunity to work with the neighborhood and he said, man, I really like those guys, they play good music, I like to go over there and have a beer, but I got to stick with my neighbors. And that was Jake, there was no personal animus, he actually really liked my clients, but his constituents and his neighbors meant more to him than anything. And that's the way he was. And also the things he believed in. I mean, he believed in them strongly, and he was going to stick with that too. My other favorite moment with Jake, probably the best, the first large accomplishment that I had when I joined this council, and still one of my most proud is getting a vastly and greatly needed sidewalk project put into the budget, my first ever budget. Trying to figure out that cow is difficult, but I swung for the fences, moved to bond a almost $600,000 sidewalk project, and Jake was for me. And I still remember all those of you that weren't also, though. But Jake was for me, and I went up to thank him afterwards. And I really appreciate you getting on board with my project. But it wasn't that he wanted to throw the rookie a bone or help me out. He just said, I truly believe in pedestrian infrastructure and pedestrian safety, and it was a good project. And that's truly how Jake was. we all had the privilege to serve with a truly good public servant that he believed in what he believed in and he believed in his neighborhoods and he worked hard to fight for them so I that was a pleasure to serve with Jake and I'm honored to call him my friend thank you mayor thank you for those comments councilmember Evans thank you mayor um I don't know if I ever told Jake this but we all know he was a fierce advocate for the environment and trees specifically, but he always reminded me of the Lorax. He just always did, from the beard to his whole platform. So I can't really add more to what anyone's going to say, but I just wanted to read a few things from the Lorax in memory of him. I'm the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. And if you know the story of the Lorax, you know, trees get chopped down. And there's one little boy left. And at the end it says, catch, calls the once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a truffle-less seed. It's the last one of all. You're in charge of the last of the truffala seeds. And truffala seed trees are what everyone needs. Plant a new truffala, treat it with care. Give it clean water and feed it fresh air. Grow a forest, protect it from axes that hack, then the Lorats and all of his friends may come back. Thank you very much. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. Just two quick things first. We're bowling tomorrow night in Malibu Jackson. I will really miss Jake's really good arm because he was a phenomenal bowler. And remember the last time I went, he bowled three turkeys in a row and put us all to shame. Last night, we had the Nichols-Sore Road, Imagine Lexington Road meeting, and Councilmember Massadi and Jennifer Reynolds and I were there. I just want to say, Kenzie Gleason did a great job, and it was a great attendance, and I appreciate planning, taking so much effort to be there. When Jake and I were first elected, I don't think our paths would have ever crossed. We didn't run in any similar circles. I rarely came downtown, to be honest. and I sat in his seat and he sat next to me for over two years. And bless his heart, he's the only person I could talk to. So he got to hear all my thoughts about all the things, whether he wanted to or not. And we laughed about it because he's more of an introvert and I'm more of an extrovert. So I would outside process all my thoughts and he would tell me, that's not a very good argument, Amanda. Or that was a good one, you know. And we would laugh about which one of us was going to go to the bathroom to vote for the other person and try to convince the other person to go or stand up or move so we could vote for each other. And I appreciated that because he was someone who listened and he cared. And we were both philosophy majors, which no one ever guesses, but we were. And so we could sit and have debates about ideas and principles and thoughts in a place that was safe. And because of that, we learned a lot about each other and a lot about our positions and how we looked at things. And while we may have gotten there differently, I think we shared the same thing, which was a goal for a greater Lexington, a community that was thriving, people that were cared for. And he had the kindest eyes, the most welcoming smile. And you just liked him. And even when I didn't want to vote with him, I said, but I like you so much, I want to. And I'm sorry I can't. Because he was just such a wonderful person. And that's the part of him that you just treasured. He was an advocate for his district, no question. And I appreciated all of his honesty and his openness to be a colleague and a friend. And I'm really going to miss him because he changed my thinking on things, and he impacted me in ways that nobody else probably would have. So thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any other comments? his celebration of life is this saturday march 7th at 10 a.m at the kentucky theater how appropriate is that that is jake thank you all very much are there any other public comments okay All right. If I could just say again, when you come to the podium, please say your name and address for the record, and you'll have three minutes. And I believe we have Greg Maggard. Is that correct? Okay. Welcome. First, I appreciate you letting me speak tonight. This is my first time, so. Well, welcome aboard. It felt like. If you can give us your name and address, please, for the record. Philip Greg Maggard. I'm at 4357 Walnut Creek Drive, Al Jacobson Park. Madam Mayor, esteemed council members, again, I appreciate you all. and I met Jake one time, so hearing what you all said and what I missed out on is pretty awesome. So I'll look for those papers when you get those done about Mr. Gibbs. I am a longtime resident in Lexington, Kentucky, born here, my family, generations from Virginia, still generations. And I want to talk about, I just want to read a statement about the A2 or the Second Amendment movement. And I know that there are for and against, and that's for any issue or something that's happening in a community like ours, and it's a great community. It's established in so many great ways. I am also a public servant, and I help people in this community every day. What I'd like to read is just a quick paragraph of something that I emailed everybody earlier about three weeks ago. I'm not one that causes strife. I'm not one that tries to make people jump on one side or not. I want to stir people to think why or why not. Different focus, different points of view, but I just want you to thank. The statement I have is getting your Fayette County Council members to engage in a Second Amendment sanctuary movement. We need representation, no matter what your affiliation, the power of the vote. We, the people, must be represented. This is not a black or a white, Hispanic, Asian, Democratic, or Republican issue. This is our natural right as Americans. Engage. Get involved. That's what our elected representatives do. We stand for Fayette County like you stand for Fayette County. We have the right to know publicly. please share that you care and just make some kind of a vote. Now, the reason why that I bring this up is I have a petition that is going around, and just in a few days it's had 178 signatures, mostly from Fayette County. It's been viewed almost 1,000 times, and it's been chaired 84 times. now that's me doing it one time um mr magard i am so sorry your your three minutes are finished were you about yes the last sentence yes last sentence okay the only reason i'm doing this i'm the front person for a lot of voices that didn't want to be here the only reason i'm bringing this here is at some point on the the vote of the sanctuary county someone here said they would consider it for a vote and you ended up on a list in all the counties that were in progress or in process the only one that did not weigh in one way or another and was silent on it was Louisville. Everybody else has voted except for our council. So that's just what I wanted to say. Thank you very much. Thank you. Is there anything else for the good of the whole? Is there a motion to adjourn? So moved. All right. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. We are adjourned. Thank you very much. .