# Urban County Council Virtual Meeting - May 7, 2020 > Auto-transcribed civic record · May 7, 2020 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5134 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5134?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2020-05-07 - **Last revised**: May 7, 2020 - **Length**: 9,267 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 virtually on May 7, 2020, at 6:00 PM with Mayor Gorton presiding over the meeting. The council addressed two primary agenda items during the session, both of which were approved by the body. The meeting included consideration of budget amendments for municipal expenditures and the Richmond Road Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project. During the course of the meeting, the council conducted three formal votes on various matters before them. Two members of the public provided comments during the designated public comment period, offering input on issues under consideration by the council. The virtual format of the meeting reflected the ongoing public health considerations during the spring of 2020, allowing for continued municipal governance while maintaining social distancing protocols. Both major agenda items received approval from the council, demonstrating productive progress on municipal financial matters and infrastructure improvements. The budget amendment item addressed necessary adjustments to municipal expenditures, while the Richmond Road corridor project represented ongoing efforts to enhance the city's transportation infrastructure and aesthetic improvements along this important thoroughfare. ## Attendance The following members were present at the May 7, 2020 meeting: **Present:** • Mayor Gorton • Evans • Farmer • Kay • Lamb • McCurn • Moloney • Plomin • Reynolds • Swanson • Bledsoe • F. Brown • J. Brown • Ellinger **Initially Absent but Arrived Late:** • Mossotti • Worley Both Mossotti and Worley were marked as absent at the start of the meeting but arrived late and participated in the proceedings. ## Votes and Decisions The council took action on three items during the May 7, 2020 meeting. **Minutes Approval** [timestamp: 04:00] Councilmember Farmer motioned to approve minutes from previous meetings, seconded by Councilmember Kay. The motion passed unanimously with all 15 members voting in favor: Evans, Farmer, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, and Ellinger. **Ordinance 0410-20** [timestamp: 02:00:00] Councilmember Ellinger motioned to approve Ordinance 0410-20, amending budgets for municipal expenditures, Schedule No. 43, with a second from Councilmember Lamb. The ordinance passed by roll call vote with unanimous support (15-0). All council members voted in favor: Evans, Farmer, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, and Ellinger. **Resolution 0397-20** [timestamp: 02:30:00] Councilmember Farmer motioned to approve Resolution 0397-20, accepting a bid for the Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project, seconded by Councilmember Plomin. This resolution passed by roll call vote with an 11-4 margin. Voting in favor were: Evans, Farmer, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, F. Brown, J. Brown, and Ellinger. Voting against were: Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, and Bledsoe. No abstentions were recorded on any of the three votes. ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting addressed three significant financial contracts totaling over $938,000 for various municipal improvement projects. **Infrastructure and Landscaping Projects** The council considered Resolution 0397-20, authorizing a $128,400 contract with E.C. Matthews Co., Inc. for the Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project. This project represents continued investment in the Richmond Road corridor improvements. Additionally, Resolution 0398-20 proposed a $112,700 contract with the same vendor, E.C. Matthews Co., Inc., for the Versailles Rd. Welcome Sign project. This initiative focuses on enhancing the visual gateway experience for visitors and residents entering the area via Versailles Road. **Government Facility Improvements** The largest financial commitment discussed was Resolution 0459-20, involving a $697,000 contract with Structural Systems Repair Group, LLC for Government Center Envelope Improvements. This substantial investment addresses building envelope repairs and improvements to the government center facility, representing the majority of the total financial commitments under consideration. **Contract Summary** The three resolutions collectively represent $938,100 in municipal spending across two primary vendors. E.C. Matthews Co., Inc. would receive $241,100 for the two landscaping and signage projects, while Structural Systems Repair Group, LLC would handle the significantly larger government building improvement contract worth $697,000. These financial actions demonstrate the municipality's commitment to both aesthetic improvements along major corridors and essential maintenance of government facilities. ## Public Comment Two speakers addressed the council during the public comment period, both focusing on concerns about proposed budget cuts to the Extended Social Resource (ESR) Grant program. **Roy Harrison** [timestamp: 10:00], Vice President of the Aids Volunteers of Lexington KY Board, spoke first to address the Mayor's Proposed Budget. Harrison thanked the Mayor and Council for their efforts during the budget process but specifically requested the restoration of Extended Social Resource Grant funding that had been cut from the proposed budget. **Neil Chethik** [timestamp: 03:00:00], representing the Carnegie Center, also spoke about ESR Grant Funding concerns. Chethik expressed significant concern over the defunding of the ESR grants, highlighting the negative impact these cuts would have on literacy programs in the community. He urged the council to reconsider the proposed budget cuts to this funding stream. Both speakers focused their comments on the same issue - the proposed elimination or reduction of Extended Social Resource Grant funding in the Mayor's budget proposal. The ESR grants appear to support various community organizations, including AIDS services and literacy programs, making the potential cuts a concern for multiple nonprofit organizations serving Lexington residents. ## Appointments The meeting addressed one appointment matter involving a resignation from the judicial branch. Melissa Murphy resigned from her position as Fayette County District Judge. The resignation was acknowledged during the proceedings, though specific details regarding the effective date or circumstances of the resignation were not provided in the available meeting materials. No additional appointment actions, such as new appointments or reappointments to boards, commissions, or other governmental positions, were recorded during this meeting. ## Contested Items The Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project generated significant division among council members during the May 7, 2020 meeting. The resolution to accept the bid for this landscaping project ultimately passed, but only after a contentious split vote that saw four council members voting in opposition. The disagreement centered on the bid acceptance for the Phase Two portion of the Richmond Road corridor landscaping initiative. While the specific details of the opposition's concerns were not detailed in the available materials, the substantial number of dissenting votes—four council members—indicates this was a major point of contention that divided the governing body. Despite the opposition from nearly half the council, the resolution to move forward with the Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project was approved. The split vote outcome suggests the project had enough support from the remaining council members to proceed, though the significant opposition likely reflected concerns about cost, scope, timing, or other project-related issues. This contested vote highlights the challenges facing municipal decision-making during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when budget priorities and public works projects faced increased scrutiny. The Richmond Road corridor project represents ongoing infrastructure and beautification efforts in the community, though the divided council response suggests not all members were convinced of the project's necessity or timing given the circumstances. ## Amending Budgets for Municipal Expenditures [timestamp: 02:00:00] The council considered Ordinance 0410-20, which would amend certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriate and re-appropriate funds accordingly. The ordinance was presented to address necessary adjustments to the municipal budget to align with current operational needs. Key speakers during the discussion included council members Ellinger and Lamb, who participated in the deliberation of the budget amendments. The ordinance follows standard municipal budget amendment procedures, allowing the Urban County Government to reallocate funds and make appropriations as needed to meet current expenditure requirements. Such budget amendments are routine administrative actions that ensure the government can respond to changing financial needs and operational priorities throughout the fiscal year. Following discussion, the council approved Ordinance 0410-20, authorizing the budget amendments and fund appropriations as outlined in the legislation. The approval allows the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to proceed with the necessary financial adjustments to support municipal operations and services. ## Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project [timestamp: 02:30:00] The council considered Resolution 0397-20, which would accept the bid of E.C. Matthews Co., Inc., for the Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project. This resolution represents the continuation of landscaping improvements along the Richmond Road corridor. Key speakers during the discussion included Farmer and Plomin, who presented details about the project and the selected contractor. The agenda item was structured as a resolution to formally accept the winning bid from E.C. Matthews Co., Inc., indicating that the competitive bidding process had already been completed. The Richmond Road Phase Two project appears to be part of a larger corridor improvement initiative, building on previous phases of landscaping work along this roadway. The selection of E.C. Matthews Co., Inc., suggests the company submitted the most favorable bid during the procurement process. The council approved Resolution 0397-20, formally accepting E.C. Matthews Co., Inc., as the contractor for the Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project. This approval allows the city to move forward with the next phase of landscaping improvements along the Richmond Road corridor. --- ## Decisions - **null** — passed (15-0): Approval of minutes from previous meetings - **Ordinance 0410-20** — passed (15-0): Amending budgets for municipal expenditures, Schedule No. 43 - **Resolution 0397-20** — passed (11-4): Accepting bid for Richmond Rd. Phase Two Corridor Landscape Project --- ## Full transcript Thank you. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11. I think we can probably go ahead and get started. And tonight, just so you all know, for Abby's sake, if we don't have a, well, of course, this is Thursday night, we'll be doing roll call vote anyway. So never mind. Roy Harrison. See, I don't know who Roy Harrison is, So he stays there. Okay. Chris, are we live? Can we go ahead and get started? We're ready to go. All right. Very good. Welcome, everyone, to the May the 7th Urban County Council meeting. And I would like to go ahead and read the statement. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, local, state, emergency, and Governor Beshear's executive orders regarding social distancing, this meeting of the Urban County Council is being held via video teleconference pursuant to Senate Bill 150 as signed by the Governor on March 30, 2020. and Attorney General Opinion 20-5 and in accordance with KRS 61.826 because it is not feasible to offer a primary physical location for the meeting. So with that, I'd like to go ahead and ask the clerk to call the roll, please. Ms. Evans? Here. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. McCurn? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes ma'am. Ms. Massadi? Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Here. Mr. Worley? Ms. Bledsoe Yes ma'am Mr. Fred Brown Mr. James Brown Mr. Ellinger Yes ma'am Thank you very much We do have a quorum And I want to Call on Council Member Amanda Bledsoe for the invocation Thank you mayor I'm going to read a Francesca benediction, if that's okay. Sounds wonderful. May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love you with the new ones. Bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work tirelessly for freedom, justice, and peace among all people. May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they choose, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and transfer them their pain into joy. May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you really can make a difference in this world, so that you are able with God's grace to do what others claim cannot be done in his name. Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. All right. Next, council members, we have several previous minutes to approve. Do I hear a motion? Move approval, Mayor. Second. Council Member Farmer moved approval. Vice Mayor Kay seconded. Are there any questions about these. It looks like some of March and all of April. Okay. All those in favor, please raise your hand. And that, Council Member James Brown, that is unanimous. Thank you very much. that passes now i believe before we have our public hearings council member farmer has a motion thank you mayor in the interest of getting as much public input as possible usually when we do public comment people can cede time to one another for a total nine minutes tonight for the opportunity of giving more people more opportunity to speak i would like to suspend that rule so each speaker only has three minutes so moved do i hear a second second vice mayor k seconds is there any discussion if you have a something to say just put up your blue hand i see none uh all those in favor please raise your hand and this looks like a unanimous vote thank you very much that passes thank you council member farmer all right so we have two hearings regarding the budget the proposed budget income the first is the budget content hearing in compliance with the urban county government charter. We are providing an opportunity for residents to make comments about the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. As announced at the beginning of the meeting, because of the present circumstances related to the pandemic, the hearing is being held via teleconference. A summary of the mayor's proposed budget has been made available on the city website at lexingtonky.gov. The public hearing is now in session. Are there any comments from the public? And I will look here to see who's in the queue. I do not see any members of the public. Does anyone wish to get on from the public? is anyone from the public coming in? Okay. Like we threw a party and nobody came. I'm just, I know, I'm just giving a minute since all this technology, you know, for taking public comment is new. This would be the first time. Thank you, Mary. It is the first time and there is no one on the public comment. Council Member Reynolds? Yes, I heard Chris say in the beginning that there was a Roy Harrison. I do know a Roy Harrison. I wonder if... Oh, hang on. He's just entered. Sorry to interrupt you. He has just entered. So we have one person from the public who wishes to speak. And I'd like to remind you, you'll need to state your name and address for the record. and you will have three minutes to speak and our clerk is our timer. All right, so hang on, just let's do this right here. Hi, can you hear me? Are you on, Mr. Harrison? I am, yes. How are you? Hi. Very good. So nice to have you. You are our first ever virtual speaker from the public. Congratulations. That's fantastic. I'm going to put that on my LinkedIn. Good. So if you'll state your name and address for the record. Sure, sure. You'll have three minutes to speak. Great. Thank you so much. My name is Roy Harrison. I live at 535 South Upper here in Lexington, obviously. I'm here. First, I want to thank you all, Madam Mayor, Mr. Vice Mayor, all the council members. I want to thank you for kicking off this budgeting process. Budgets are never easy, even in good years, and this is not a good year. You don't need me to tell you that. But I'm here because, as I've communicated with all of you previously, I serve as the Vice president of the AVOL Kentucky board, which I know that you all are very familiar with. We've served Lexington for over 30 years, 30 years, that's crazy, providing HIV prevention and housing support. I'm very proud of the accomplishments that we've achieved, AVOL, and the city have achieved together in joint partnership in our efforts to end HIV in the Commonwealth. That goal used to be unattainable, and now it's really in our grasp, and that's a huge testament to the partnerships that AVOL and the city have done as well, you know, spread across the rest of the state. Mayor Gordon, I'm also especially grateful for the leadership that you've shown this week to corral private funding for six partner agencies, including AVOL Kentucky. It's really inspiring. I thank you. And I look forward to working with you on this initiative. I really do. So thank you so very much. Thank you. But I want to talk about, sure. I want to take a brief moment to talk about the broader issue of the extended social resource grants. The mayor's proposal defunded this program, and I feel that this is a mistake in this current moment. The ESR grants went to about 70 agencies last year, all of whom play a critical, critical, critical role in providing a secure social safety net to Lexington's marginalized. Private funding alone cannot fill that gap for multiple reasons. AVOL works with many of these agencies through referrals and partnerships, and I know that that dynamic of us referring to them and them referring to us and having joint partnerships to resolve problems, that dynamic is repeated hundreds of times across other organizations on a monthly basis inside the city. Without this funding, many of our nonprofit partners might just disappear. And you all know this. So this is not anything new, but I just think it's important that we take a moment that we very well may lose some of our organizations. And I don't want that because AVOL will suffer if we lose our partner organizations. So, you know, I urge council to build upon Mayor Gorton's proposal and show your own leadership in restoring funding to the EASR grant program so that Lexington can, when Lexington exits this crisis, we won't have a tattered social safety network left behind. So with that, I'll finish. Thank you very much and enjoy the rest of your meeting. Thank you very much, Roy. Appreciate your public comments. Thanks for having me. Yes. And no one else is in the queue here. So we will. For public comment. So this public hearing is closed. And next up. Concerns the municipal aid program and the mineral severance. Today we are holding a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 21 municipal aid program and mineral severance budgets. As announced at the beginning of the meeting because of the present circumstances related to the pandemic, the hearing is being held via teleconference. The public hearing is now in session. Is there anyone who wishes to speak to the council from the public? and there's no one in the queue. We'll give a minute here just in case someone wants to log in and make public comment. Did any council members know of anyone who stated they wanted to speak to this? Okay. All right. Okay, we do not have anyone in the public queue, so this public hearing is now closed. And so next, I'll ask our clerk to give second reading of ordinances. Ordinance number one, an ordinance amending certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government reflect current requirements to municipal expenditures and appropriating and re-perpeting funds, Fiddle number 43. Item number two, an ordinance of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government authorizing the issuance of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government various purpose general obligation refunding bonds in one or more sub-series for the purpose of refunding all or a portion of certain outstanding general obligation bonds of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government including but not limited to the outstanding general obligation bonds listed on Exhibit A, here to approving a form of bond, authorizing designated officers to execute and deliver bonds, providing the payment and security of the bond, creating a bond payment fund and escrow funds, maintaining the here to core established thinking fund, authorizing a certificate of award for the acceptance of the bid of the bond purchaser for the purchase of the refunding obligation, authorizing an expert trust agreement and repealing inconsistent ordinances. And Ordinance Number 3. Repeal of Ordinance No. 34-2020, which authorizes the issuance of Lixen-Nifted Urban County Government General Obligation Pension Funding Refunding Bond Series 2028, federally taxable, and one or more sub-series in an aggregate principal amount of $17,775,000 for the purpose of refunding all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of Lixen-Nifted Urban County Government Taxable General Obligation Pension Funding Bond Series 2012A and authorizing other matters with respect or two. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? Motion approved. All right. Second. Council Member Lamb seconds. Are you ready, Abby, to take a roll call vote, please? Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Vice McCain? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurran? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Clemmen? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. James Brown? Yes. Mayor? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Dave, have I done something that needs corrected? Those motions, they all passed. Mayor? I'm sorry, what? Mayor, it's Councilmember Massadi. She missed me. Oh. There were a few people who weren't here for the roll call. I think that's what it was. Okay. Councilmember Massadi and Councilmember Worley. Are they both here now? Yes, ma'am. Great. Thank you. Did you vote? Yes. Councilmember Worley. I'd like to be recorded as a yes. Thank you, ma'am. Okay. And was anyone else missed? No, that was all. Okay. Now, two people have their hands up. Did you have a question about what just happened? I have a walk-on for second reading of ordinances. For second reading, you have a walk-on? yes yes we got an email from um Dave Barbieri regarding a matter that had first reading okay so um so I'm guessing I guess we don't have any first readings do we Dave it's shouldn't this be walked on for first reading actually you all gave it uh first reading back in March before you reviewed it, and there was no material change to what, actually after we reviewed it, there wasn't a material change, so it would be appropriate to just walk it on and give it the second reading tonight. Okay, all right. Great. Council Member Evans. Yes, I moved to place on the docket for second reading an ordinance imposing an annual assessment on the real property located at 1810 Bryant Road, pursuant to the Energy Project Assessment District Program. Do I hear a second? Second. Let's see. I'm so sorry. Who was that? Council Member Plowman. Okay, Council Member Plowman. Thank you. Is there any discussion? I see three hands. Is anyone in the queue for discussion? Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Vice. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Barbary, would you mind coming up and giving it one more rendition of where did this come from again, please? This is your first foray into giving a property assessment to pay for energy improvements. I think it's a hotel, if I'm told right, and they're going to put a very expensive HVAC system in. This is a statutory mechanism that you adopted locally a couple years ago to allow for this type of improvement to be paid for by putting an assessment on the property. It would be on there for 20 years. And it backs up the loan, basically. So I think they're able to obtain cheaper financing that way. They want to go ahead and expedite the closing. You all gave this first reading, I think, at your first meeting in March. and then we were contacted the night of the second of the proposed second reading and there had been some changes made to the agreement so after looking at the changes we were okay with them and we didn't think that they were material to what you had already had done at first reading so i think the appropriate thing to do and it does not require a new first reading or in our opinion would be simply to place it back on the agenda tonight for second reading so it can go ahead differently. Thank you very much for that thorough clarification. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. You're welcome. Are there other questions? Did you have a question, Council Member Massadi, about this item? No, ma'am. Okay. All right. I see no other questions. All those in favor of giving a second reading to this item, please raise your hand. All right, that vote is unanimous. Thank you very much. Okay. Okay. An ordinance imposing an annual assessment of the real property located at 1810 Grant Road presented by the Energy Project Assessment District Program created by ordinance number 24-2018 and KRS 65.205 at SEC the Energy Project Assessment District E-CAD Act of 2015, an amount provided in the related notice of assessment authorizing and directly the mayor authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the county government to execute the notice of assessment notice of assessment EPED program financing agreement and other related agreements with the Rainmaker Holding 7 LLP, SSHCOF 3 Pace, Lexington LLP, and the Fayette County Chair for authorizing and directing the Department of Finance to remit the amount received from the assessments minus an administrative fee for the applicable lender and authorizing and directing the administrator of the EPED program to file the notice of assessment in the records of the Fayette County clerk, all of which I'll be effective and passing to council. Thank you. Thank you very much. Do I hear a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Council member Farmer moved to approve and council member was that you Fred Brown? Me. I'm sorry. Council member Ellinger. Thank you ma'am. Seconded. I'll ask the clerk to please take a roll call vote. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Cain? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurran? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. All right. Thank you very much. That passed unanimously. Now, we have the first reading of ordinances. When you're ready, Abby. $823 to provide funds for council projects in the division of streets and roads for paving projects in the sixth council district and appropriating and repairing funds schedule number 46. number six an ordinance of any certain of the budgets of the election of the irving county government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and repurposing funds budget number 47. item number seven an ordinance amending certain of the budget of the irving county government to reflect current requirements for funds of the amount of $5,000 to provide funds for council projects in the division of parks and recreation to assist with plantings in veterans park at rockbridge for flooding control and appropriating and re-superping funds for number 50. item number eight an ordinance of many uncertain of the budget of the urban county government to reflect current requirements for funding a amount of eighteen thousand dollars to provide funds for council projects in the division of traffic engineering to assist with installation of four speed tables on forest lake drive and appropriating and re-superping funds for number 49. and number nine an ordinance of many certain the budgets and listening to the Irving County government to reflect current requirements for funds with the amount of $22,613 to provide funds for capital projects in the Division of Traffic Engineering to fund expenses related to pedestrian and traffic safety issues in the third district and appropriating or reappropriating funds schedule number 48. Thank you. Thank you very much. Now are there any walk-ons for first reading of ordinances? Does anyone have a walk-on if you will raise your blue hand. Okay. Are there any suspensions to give second reading? If you'll raise your blue hand, please. No? All right. I see none. So then we are ready for second reading of resolutions. I'll ask our clerk to go ahead and read those. item number one a resolution accepting the bid of brandeis machinery and supply company in the amount of 38 871 dollars and 28 cents for light power for the division of police item number two a resolution accepting the bid of ec matthews company incorporated in the amount of 120 400 for return or space to forward or landscape project for the division of environmental services and authorizing our behalf of the county government to execute agreement with ec matthews company incorporated related to the bid item three a resolution accepting the bid of ec matthews Incorporated in the amount of $112,700 to the Burst-Hales Road Welcome Signs, the Division of Environmental Services, and on behalf of the Virginia Government to execute an agreement with ET Mass Incorporated related to the bid. Item 4. A resolution accepting the bid of Davis H. Elliott Constriction Company Incorporated establishing a price contract for inductive vehicle detection for the Division of Tuck-Mirror. Item 5. A resolution ratifying the permanent civil service appointments of Dionne Smyther Trades Worker Senior Grade 511 and 16.9% Thank you. Hourly Indivision Facilities and Fleet Management, effective March 16, 2020. Ratifying the permanent sworn appointments of Jacob Dixon, police officer, grade 311 N, 21.695. Hourly Indivision of Police, effective March 31, 2020. And ratifying the classified civil service, the motions of due to cross-telecommunication senior, grade 517 N, 21.271. Hourly Indivision of Enhancement, effective April 13, 2020. And Darren Lizer, Vehicle Equipment Technician, grade 514 N, 3.239. Hourly Indivision of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective March 16, 2020. Item 6, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the superintendent government to execute a change order number one to the Riskmaster Accelerator Amazon Web Services Software as a Service Access Agreement, Work Order number 8, with Computer Science Corporation for the Riskmaster Upgrade Project, adding 15 hours to the project management services and increasing the contract price by the sum of $2,475 from $35,525 to $38,000. Item number seven, a resolution authorizing your demand to have the year behind a government-based to change order number one to the agreement with APS and present for the Polo Pub Boulevard Road Project decreasing contract price for the sum of $20,151.87 from $2,809,354.40 to $2,789,200.53. Item number eight, a resolution establishing affluent as a social provider for posts in support of computer maintenance management system maintenance connections to the division of personal creation and authorized in the mayor or redesign me on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute any necessary agreements with ICON related to the procurement of these goods and services. Etta Crossmark to exceed $97,696.81. Item number 9. A resolution authorized on the Irving County Government to execute a lease agreement with Bluegrass Community Health Services for the space located at 1306 Rithfield Road. Etta Crossmark to exceed $113,375. Item 10. resolution of water quality on behalf of the urban community government to purchase two solar ABS submersible pumps for the town brand place water treatment plant from southern sales company incorporated as a source provider and authorizing your on behalf of the urban community to execute any necessary agreements with southern sales company incorporated related to the petroleum at a cost estimated not to exceed eighty eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars item eleven for resolution of establishing rate of mobility safety as a source provider for the the purchase of the smart 911 software for the division of the hands-on-one when an authorizing or her disability on behalf of the urban county government to execute any necessary agreements with brave mobility safety related to the procurement of the software across an opportunity to receive $72,000. Item 12, a resolution authorizing the division of police on behalf of the urban county government to accept thoroughbred aviation bell helicopter service as a sole source provider for service of the police helicopter. Item 13, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county and government to execute statement of work with Cooperative Personnel Services, DBA, CPS, HR Consulting for written examination, development, exam administration, and assessment services for the fire lieutenant, fire captain, and fire major professional processes in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services at a cross-market C-142,500. And item 14, a resolution authorizes on the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to accept the donation of cleaning and sanitizing services from ServPro for the Division of Fire and Emergency Services and to execute any necessary agreed document relating to the acceptance of the donation at no cost to the urban county government. Thank you. Thank you very much. Do I hear a motion to approve? Move approval. Second. Council Member Farmer moved approval. Council Member Plowman seconded. And I will ask the clerk when she's ready to take a roll call vote. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Franks-Marquette? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No on two and three. Yes on the rest. Ms. Masati? No on two and three. Yes on the rest. Ms. Blooming? Yes. I don't think you heard me. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? No. No on three. Yes on the rest. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes. No on two and three, please. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Okay, now, Abby, let's see if my count is correct. We had four no votes on number three. And we had three no votes on number two. So all of those items pass. Thank you. Now, if you will give first reading to resolutions. Item 15, a resolution accepting the bid of United Rentals North America Incorporated establishing a price contract for portable rescuers with addition of parts and recreation. Item 16, a resolution accepting the bid of Alliance Comfort Systems Incorporated in the amount of $102,065.35 for cooling tower repairs to the Division of Community Corrections. Item 17, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute an agreement with I.O. solutions appropriated for police sergeant and police and tenant promotional processes for the Lexington Division of Police at a cost of $76,000. Item 18, a resolution to operate from the mayor on behalf of the Airplane Government to execute contract modification number 6, to the agreement with Gresham, Smith & Partners for design services related to the town branch problem corridor projects increasing in contract price by the sum of $2,996 from $3,385,744.39 to $3,388,748.39. item 19 a resolution ratifying on behalf of your becoming government and the mayor's previous execution of a modified grant agreement with the concession office of homeland security in the period of performance with the fiscal year 18 state homeland security grant with the lexington bomb squad through june 30th 2021 at no additional cost to the urban county government item 20 a resolution authorizing the division of emergency management on behalf of the urban government to purchase accessible has alert system from deathlink incorporated a full first provider and across the state $8,687.49 item 21 a resolution authorizing the mayor be happy every county government to execute a site-specific agreement with the Jesmond South Elkhorn Water District Great Oak Lane LLC all homes LLC and the city of Nicholasville to provide sanitary conveyance and treat treatment to the Ash Grove joint storm and sanitary project in Jesmond County. Item 22. A resolution operating on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute a site-specific agreement with Jessamine South Elkhorn Water District and NR Enterprises LLT to provide sanitary sewer conveyance and treatment capacity to left 1, 2, and 3, 3A and 3C of the DVB and WLLC property for an in-shops development in Disman County. Item 23. A resolution ratifying on behalf of the Irving County Government to May previous acceptance of a grant from the Kentucky Department of Corrections, which grant funds are an amount of $262,800, coming with the Kentucky funds, are for the operation of the free-bed substance abuse recovery program in the Fayette County Detention Center for Fiscal Year 21 and Fiscal Year 22, the expense of which does not offer the government quit expenditure of funds in authorizing the mayor to transfer an unencumbered fund within the grant budget. Item 24. Item 24. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute agreements with Bluegrass Boy Scout Temple 560 Stonewall First Green Organization Incorporated $658.25 and Lex Art Incorporated $500 for the Office of the Irving County Downs Law to Talk and Seeds to Some Stated. Item 25. A resolution ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of William Hodge, Melrose, 3,500, and 16.734 hours in the Department of General Services, effective April 14, 2020. Heavy equipment technician, grade 518 and 21.760, hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 14, 2020. And Kenny Puddy, heavy equipment technician, grade 518 and 23.246, hourly in the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, effective April 28, 2020. Item 26. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a contract modification over class agreement of a com technical services incorporated BDA a com for additional professional program services now branch common project increase in transfer price for the sum of $11,850 from three million three hundred thousand dollars and fifty cents to three million three hundred forty eight thousand eight hundred and forty one dollars and fifty cents and pay seven religion operation there we have never been a careful fix in agreement with the Ails-3 Place Association has $1,000 to the Office of the Urban County Council of the Cross-Montage to the Sun stated. Item 28, a resolution operating in the American Army of Urban County, in memorandum of an understanding and cost reimbursement agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Passport, JTTF, for formalizing the relationship between the FBI and the Police Department, LPD, in order to maximize the cooperation with and create a cohesive unit and to delineate the responsibilities and commitment of the FBI JPPF and LPD. Item 29. A resolution modifying on behalf of the county government, the mayor's previous execution of an agreement with Crestline Hotels and Resorts LLC, CBA residents, and South agent for HIT portfolio 1MISCTRS LLC for temporary occupancy for first responders affected by the COVID-19 and across not exceed $10,000 in 30. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor to execute an agreement with U.S. Geological Survey to continue an ongoing maintenance and operation of the use and stream flow and precipitation gauges for the period of July 1, 2020, June 30, 2021, at a cost not to exceed $118,450, subject to sufficient funds being appropriated until year 2021. Item 31. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor to approve and adopt substantial amendments to the 2019 Annual Action Plan and to accept $1,427,931 federal community block development grant funds and $710,986 in federal emergency solution grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act CARES Act for response to COVID-19 at no additional cost to the urban county government and for manly urban county government citizens participation for plans, stop a virtual public hearing, and a public comment period during global pandemic and other disasters. Item 32. A resolution operating on the behalf of the urban county executive executive award for Center RRFD number 8, 2020, with Petrobras Incorporated for annual program management services for consent decree implementation and ms4 permit compliance at a cost not to exceed 816 000 item 33. a resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the government government to submit a grant application to the department of homeland security and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application which grant funds are in the total amount of 167 000 in federal funds under the assistance of firefighters grant program to be 19 supplemental for the full year 2020 and and are for the purchase of replacing or purchasing personal protective equipment for the COVID-19 response efforts. Item 34. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the urban county government to execute and submit a grant application to the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice to provide any additional information required in the international grant application and to accept this grant if this grant is awarded with grant funds are in the amount of $198,070.60 in state funds for fiscal year 2021 and 2022 and are for the provision of paid payment services within the division of youth services, the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $312,085 in funds for fiscal year 2021 and 2022. Item 35. A resident approving the granting of local occupational license fee payroll tax rebate to back this health care system incorporated and or its approved facility or or affiliates, whereby the Lexington County Irving County government agrees to rebate 1.25% of politically defined wages related to certain jobs created as part of Baptist Health Care Tambor project in Fayette County for a purpose of five years from the activation date and 1.125% for an additional period of 15 years, along with other considerations granted to each party and authorizing and endorsing me on behalf of Irving County government to execute an agreement with any other necessary documents of Baptist Health Care Systems and corporate related projects and 37, a resolution accepting the bid of Structural System Repair Group, LLC, in the amount of $697,000 for the Government Center and below progress improvements to the Department of General Services and operating there on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Structural Systems Repair Group, LLC, related to the bid. Thank you. Thank you very much. Councilmembers, do you have a walk-on? If you do, please use your blue hand. council member farmer you have a walk on i do yes ma'am first i wanted to thank abigail allen for doing such a great job we need to get you like a larry king microphone or something you need we can have more fun all right so a motion to walk on i moved to place on the docket a resolution amending the council projects expenditure policy adopted pursuant to resolution 227-2016 to extend the deadline for encumbering project funds to December 31st, 2020. So moved. Second. Who's seconded? Please. Councilmember McCurn. I'm sorry. My bad. Well, there may have been two seconds. Is there any discussion about the walk-on? All those in favor, please raise your hand. Okay. Let's see. Council Member Farmer, I presume you voted for that. That was unanimous. Thank you very much. Are there any other walk-ons? council member james brown thank you mayor um i'll make a motion to walk on i move to place on the docket for the virtual council meeting on may 7th resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with healing community study as a partner agency designated personnel in the division of community corrections to receive and distribute the locks on. So moved. Council member lamb. Did you second that? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Is there any discussion? Council member James Brown is your hand up for the motion. okay does any i don't see any hands is there for discussion um all those in favor please raise your hand your other hand that passes unanimously thank you very much all right are there any other um walk-ons i don't see anybody in the queue anybody have a walk-on okay so we have those two walk-ons and i will ask abigail once she's ready to give those first reading item number 37 a resolution amending the council project expenditure policy about the pursuant to resolution number 227-2015 to extend the date for encumbering project funds to december 31st 2020 and item 3038 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of urban county government to execute an agreement for human community study hcs as a partner agency for designated personnel in the division of community corrections to receive and distribute tax alone thank you very much uh next is suspensions council member lamb did you want to suspend the rules i do but i also wanted to make a correction i think that um miss allen that the last two that you read because of that one walk on for the second reading. I believe that would have been 38 and 39 that you just read respectively. Because the, okay, I just want to make sure because when we start calling out numbers for second suspending the rules, I didn't want that to really botch up everything. Been there, done that. Sorry. Still in me. I would like to, as a request from the administration, I would like to ask for a suspension of the rules of number 37, that it is the structural systems repair group for the government center envelope improvements. and uh it is on it was um at the request of the administration i'm asking for suspension of the rules and second reading on that tonight thank you so um council member lamb yes or abigail so you said number 37 so are all are all of these misnumbered no they are not actually um it's 36 This walk-on was an ordinance. So it would be ordinance, that would have been ordinance number four. And then I have two walk-ons for resolution. So they should actually be 37 and 38. Okay. So, so Council Member Lamb, I think you were referring to number 36, the Structural Systems Repair Group. Okay, so, all right. Well, that was my misunderstanding when it was read. I thought it was read as number 37, so I apologize for any confusion that I have caused. And yes, it is number 36 that I asked for suspension, as long as it's the number of the one that's the Structural Systems Repair Group in the amount of $697,000 for the Government Center Envelope Improvements. That's the one that I am requesting second reading of. That's great. Thank you. Is there any discussion on that one? Vice Mayor Kay, did you want to discuss number 36 for second reading? No? I do. Okay. Let me ask Council Member Reynolds. Your hand is up. Did you want to discuss second reading on number 36? No, I have another suspension. Okay. What about Council Member Massadi? Okay, so Councilmember Farmer. Mine's on the envelope repair for 600 plus. Okay, so yes, number 36 that's been moved and seconded. Yes, ma'am. You didn't want to discuss that. I'm just interested in the outcome there. What will that money buy us, please, ma'am? Okay, let's see. There's Mr. Jamshid Baradaran. Now, Jamshid, you'll need to unmute yourself. It's in the upper left-hand corner, but there you go. You're done. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner. This is a scaled-down version of the original scope, if you recall, with the engineering and architectural study for the entire envelope. Yes, sir. The money could not be allocated for it. We were asked to go back and identify safety specific items that needed attention immediately. So this one's going to concentrate on, for example, stabilizing the front of the building, especially the first two floors. The vestibule, we got some structural issues. Also, we have two, I would say, concerning safety items. One is stabilizing the balconies that are upper floor, as well as removal of the fire escape that has been decommissioned for probably about 12, 13 years and it's been deteriorating. Down the back of the building? That is correct. That's on two different locations. Since it came on and I was unaware of the exact menu of items, that's what I wanted to know. How much more remains potentially to be done to the envelope after this? If we go back to the original scope, I'd say you're probably looking at roughly about a million half, a million six, something like that. But this cures ills that we feel are most needed right now. It's the most needed. That is correct. We have a lot of wear and tear, especially on the masonry that was identified. So this is going to be taking all of those out, putting them back in and restoring it and stabilizing it. I appreciate the information and the action. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you very much. Let's see. Does anyone else wish to discuss this motion for suspension of number 36? Madam Mayor, I didn't catch the second. who seconded the motion um who seconded that it was councilmember lamb's motion and i who remind me who seconded it nobody seconded it maybe i'll second thank you i think we did have a second um this is why we probably need to use the blue hand okay thank you council Councilmember Farmer. I don't see anyone else who wishes to discuss that one. All those in favor, please raise your real hand. Okay, all those opposed? Oh, that looks like it's unanimous. All right, that was number 36. Now, are there other motions for suspension? Councilmember Reynolds. Yes, thank you. I am not sure what number it is now, but on behalf of the administration, I would like to move for a second reading of the resolution that was directing and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with healing community study of a partner agency for designated personnel in the division of community corrections to receive and distribute chaloxone. Second. Council member James Brown, did you second that? Yes. Okay, thank you. Abby, was that number 38? 38. 38. Okay. All right. Now, does anyone want to discuss that or have questions? Okay, I see none. All those in favor, please raise your real hand. Okay. Councilmember Fred Brown, is your hand up for approval? No. Okay. Anybody who's opposed, please raise your real hand. We have one no vote. Councilmember Fred Brown. That motion passes. All right. Councilmember Massadi. Mayor, I have three resolutions on behalf of the administration requesting a double read. First is number 16. This is the resolution accepting the bid of Alliance Comfort Systems for cooling tower repair and community corrections. Number 33 is to execute and submit a grant application to the United States Department of Homeland Security to provide additional information requested in connection with the grant application for assistance to firefighters grant program for the COVID-19 supplemental looks like for supplemental purchasing of equipment and personnel protective equipment for COVID-19 response efforts and number 34 to this is a juvenile justice grant in connection with this grant application is for state funding for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for the provision of a three-day treatment services within the division of youth services so moved on 16 33 and 34 thank you is there a second a second i missed who made that health member swanson All right. Thank you very much. Is there any discussion? I see none. All those in favor, please raise your real hand. All right. That is a unanimous vote. Yes. Council member Farmer. I think I'm good. Oh, okay. I just took your hand down. Okay. Does anyone else have a motion to suspend the rules? So all those, let's see, we didn't, did we vote on council? Yes, we voted on council member Okay, Abigail, do we have 33, 34, 36, 38, and 16? And 16, yes, ma'am. Okay, all right. Will you please give those second reading? Item number 16, a resolution transecting the bid of Alliance Comfort Systems Incorporated in the amount of $65.35 for cooling power repair to the Division of Community Corrections. And item 33. A resolution authorizing your mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute and submit a grant application to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this grant application, which grant funds are in the total amount of $167 in federal funds. under the assistance of the Firefighters Grant Program COVID-19 Supplemental for fiscal year 2020 and after the purchase of replacing or purchasing personal protective equipment for the COVID-19 response efforts. Item 34, a resolution and authorizing directly may on behalf of the American government to execute this grant application to the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, provide any additional information required in connecting with this grant application and to accept this grant if this grant is awarded with grant funds on the amount of $198,070.7. in state funding for fiscal year 2021 and 2022, and are for the provision of eight student services within the Division of Youth Services and the acceptance of which obligates the urban county government for the expenditure of $312,085 in funds for fiscal year 2020. Item 36. A resolution accepting the debt of structural system repair group LLC an amount of $697,000 for the Government Center Envelope Improvement for the Department of General Services and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement with Structural Systems Repair Group, LLC, related to the bid, and Item 38. A resolution authorizing and directing Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute an agreement for Stealing Community Study, HCS, as a partner agency for designated personnel in the Division of Community Corrections to receive and distribute max allowance. Thank you very much. Do I hear a motion to approve? So moved. Okay, I think I heard Council Member Plowman and then Vice Mayor, did you second? Second. Okay, thank you. All right. Now, Abigail, will you please take a roll call vote? Mr. Farmer? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes on all. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes on all. No on number 35. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Mr. Worley Yes ma'am Ms. Bledsoe Yes ma'am Mr. Fred Brown Yes Mr. James Brown Yes Mr. Ellinger Yes ma'am Thank you very much Those all pass Next is Communications from the mayor For information only And I would just simply note the with a bit of sadness, but of course, congratulations, the resignation of Melissa Murphy, attorney senior who's been named Fayette County District Judge. So we're very happy for her. Now, I'm going to bring Commander Schnelly out of the waiting room. Commander Schnelly, are you there? Yes, ma'am. Welcome. You're the first discipline to be heard via Zoom. Can Commander Schnelle go ahead? Ma'am, do you have me? Yes, I have you. Can you hear us? I can. Yes, ma'am. I got booted off there as soon as I pressed unmute. Oh, okay. Sorry about that. No problem. All right. So are you ready? We have disciplinary recommendation here. Yes, sir. The floor is yours. Thank you. On April the 14th of 2020, an internal formal complaint was made that Officer Brighton Turley, employee number 55085, violated General Order 1973-02J, the disciplinary procedures, Appendix B, Operational Rule 1.02, misconduct. At the conclusion of the investigation, the employee met with Chief Lawrence B. Weathers and has accepted six months suspension without pay and mandatory employee assistance program. All right. Thank you, Councilmembers. Do I hear a motion? So moved. Councilman Woodsoe moved approval and Councilmember Plumman seconded. Is there any discussion? Let me just check my, Vice Mayor Kay, did you have a question? Sorry, Vice Mayor, I was up after Mr. Schnelle. It's not on this issue. Oh, okay. I apologize. All right. All right. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Okay. that vote is unanimous. Thank you very much. Thank you, Commander Schnelli. That passed. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Next is announcements. Council members, if you'll go ahead and get in the queue. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I got a text in the middle of this meeting, someone who who had wanted to make public comment and couldn't manage to get into the system. And so I'd like to, I don't know if it's appropriate to move to suspend the rules and allow for public comment at this point, but he is now logged in. Public comment is next in the agenda. Are you wanting something different? Is that for items on the agenda or not? It's just on Thursday nights at the council meeting. We just have one public comment. Okay. This was for the public comment on the budget. Okay. I think that still could be heard. Okay. Then we don't need anything special. We'll get to it. Okay. I see him in the waiting room. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Now, let me go back to the queue. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to point out and thank the crew that's been working on the Legacy Trail on 4th Street. They've been working, I think, the whole time that the city's been on lockdown. And they're making good progress because of low traffic. And it looks good. They're actually doing a really good job. I was over there taking pictures the other day with my drone. So I just wanted to thank them for their hard work. And then you mentioned Melissa Murphy, her resignation is on the docket. Just congratulations to her. She's done a great job serving the city and she will continue doing a great job in the district court. So congratulations to her for her accomplishment. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, thank you. Councilmember Reynolds. Thank you, Mayor. I have something that I wanted to share about some of the stats surrounding the cases in Fayette County of COVID-19. I know several people have been really concerned with the uptake in Hispanic cases in Lexington recently. And I wanted to share that I have confirmed with the health department that one of the main contributors to the higher number of cases is that nine of the cases in the Federal Medical Center here in Lexington are from Hispanic inmates. And that is not to at all downplay the severity of what's going on, but I wanted to make sure that people knew that those cases were in the Federal Medical Center and not in the general public. The numbers are updated at lfchd.org. And there are 13 new cases at the Federal Medical Center as of today, bringing the total to 68 inmates and one staff who lives here in Fayette County. I just wanted to clarify that. Thank you. Thank you very much. And since you mentioned FMC, they are going to start testing all of the employees out there. That's the next step. Council Member Plumman. Thank you, Mayor. For the clerk, I would like to change my vote on number seven on the docket resolution second reading. I had said yes to all, but I wanted to go ahead and not say yes to two and three. Is that? Can you repeat again? Where was that? It's under resolutions, the second reading. And I had previously said yes to all. And I would now like to say yes to all except two and three. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. And you got that, Abigail. Oh, no, yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. Let's see. Does anyone else have an announcement? Council Member Evans. Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to put in context really quick the letter that I sent out to council members today. And just a little background, it's from the Homelessness Prevention Intervention Board, the Continuum of Care Board, as well as all of the members of the Continuum Care, which, like I said in the email, is practically every nonprofit you can think of. But I wanted the purpose was to let you know what the full voice of that community was. And it's not just a handful. It essentially really is the entire nonprofit world that provides the services in those ESR funds. So if you have any questions, Kathy or Council Member Plowman, it's also on the board. And we had a meeting today, so that's where it came from. And our meeting today was based on a meeting that providers had previously. But it's not to call any one organization or a handful of organizations out. It was something that was going to happen anyway. And I just wanted to reiterate that it was the entire community of providers felt that it was necessary to do that. So if you have any questions, feel free to ask Mayor, Councilmember Plowman or anyone that is a representative or executive director in those nonprofits, because odds are they were in the meeting today, which we did by Zoom as well and can provide some insight as well. So. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else have an announcement? All right. Let me go to the public comment is next. And my friend Neil Chepik is here. Welcome, Neil. Can you hear us? Can hear you? Can you hear me? Yes. And we'd like to ask you to say your name and address for the record. Yes. And you'll have three minutes to speak. Thank you. My name is Neil Chethick. I live at 121 Arcadia Park in Lexington, 40503. And I'm here today on behalf of the Carnegie Center. Thanks for the last comment. One of those ESR organizations. Um, Linda Blackwell actually had it pretty well, um, that it was a real blow to the, um, nonprofit community to, um, read in the mayor's budget that a whole swath of our community could be, um, wiped out. We all work very closely together. We have sort of seamless relationships. We work on one thing, somebody else who works on another, and we send them all back and forth to each other. we all realize that food and shelter and those things are urgent and necessary and in front of our minds right now but in about two months in my case people are going to be going back to school and we are going to see one of the largest increases in achievement gap that we've probably ever seen for the past three months many of the people who come to us for literacy training you literacy work do not have Wi-Fi at home or reliable Wi-Fi. They don't have laptops. They don't know how to get on Zoom, and they haven't been at many of their classes. They don't have books at home necessarily and many other resources that they don't have that others may have. So they will be coming back to school with a lot more to make up than some of their peers. And so we, the Carnegie Center will be there. We have been there for 28 years now. In fact, we were created by the city council to do this exact work. We have as many as 300 kids right now, but we expect, and we always have waiting lists, but we expect that tutoring waiting list to grow even more. So I want to say that while we, at the Carnegie Center in particular, recognize urgencies, there's also another urgency that's going to hit very soon. And if we are cut by the 78,000 that we are cut by, our tutoring program will be reduced fairly dramatically. So we are hoping, we recognize that the philanthropic community could come through, and it's rare. Somebody came through with $230,000 for a group today. We don't have anyone who's coming through with $78,000. And so we are asking the council to take another look at that budget, at the ESR budget. I do have a warm place for Steve Kay's proposal on taxes. If that isn't something that we're going to do immediately, I would urge you to consider pulling another $2 million out of the Rainy Day Fund. While this money is important to us, I think what's equally important is that you all make us feel like we are in this together. and that we are not alone on our own. Thank you. Neil, thanks a lot. Good to hear from you. Thank you. Bye. Bye. All right. I do not believe there's anyone else in the queue for public. With that, we are to our adjournment. Do I hear a motion? So moved. All right. All those in favor, raise your hand. Have a good weekend. Bye-bye. We are adjourned. Thank you so much, everybody. Bye. Bye.