Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of old trades. Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave? Folks say Papa would beg borrow steel to pay his bill. Hey, Mama. Folks say Papa never was much on thinking. Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking. Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tin eye and said, son. Papa was a rolling stone. Well, well, well, well. Well, when he left his head, was his home. And when he died, all he left us was alone, alone, alone I was alone in stone, wherever he left his heart was his home And when he died, all he left us was alone I said, I was alone in stone, wherever he left us was alone My daddy's not the one, and my daddy's not the one All he left was alone, my daddy's not the one Just the one, and my daddy's not the one Thank you. I used to be a rolling stone, you know If a cause was right I'd leave to find an answer on the road I used to be a heart beating both on one But the times have changed The less I say, the more my work gets done Cause I live and breathe And still I tell me a freedom From the day that I was born I waited for time Philadelphia theater took me knee high To a man Yeah Give me a piece of my mouth Daddy never had For Philadelphia I love you. Shine the light. Through the eyes of the one left behind. Shine the light. Shine the light. Shine the light. Shine the light. Thank you. We're on the air. Thank you. I'd like to go ahead and call to order the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council meeting of July 9, 2020, and I'll go ahead and read the COVID-19 statement. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local state of 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 20-05 and in accordance with KRS 61.826 because it is not feasible to offer a primary physical location for this meeting. And then I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll. Ms. Ploman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Mr. Worley? Ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Is it Fred Brown? Here. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Evan? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. McCurran? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes, ma'am. And Ms. Massadi? Here. Thank you. All right. Now I'd like to ask Councilmember Massadi if she will please give our invocation. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Father, as the events of the day continue to unfold, we seek your clarity and your peace. We know you are with us and for us as we gather together. Help us to endure disagreement and strife with courage, wisdom, and love. in your name we pray amen and thank you very much all right uh madam clerk if you'll go ahead please and give second reading to ordinances yes man ordinate number one an ordinance extending a simulated vacation leave balance carryover for classified civil service employees from december 31st 2020 to december 31st 2021 provided that the classified civil service employees shall have their vacation leave balance reduced to 21 working days or 168 hours on the 31st 2021 and providing the declassified civil service employee who separates from service March, December 31st, 2021, shall be paid for all accumulated vacation in the effect of a full passage of council. Item number two, an ordinance of many certain other budgets and listening to their urban county government to put current requirements for we've got funds in the amount of $30,000 to provide funds for council projects and then the original park corporation for science and the East End and art for Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden and appropriating recuperating funds to schedule number five. Item number three, an ordinance of many certain budgets of the List and Fair Urban County Government to reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating and re-explanatory funds in fiscal year 2021 to Schedule No. 2, Item 4, an ordinance amending certain of the budget that the List and Fair Urban County Government to provide funds for purchase orders and prepaid expenses will come to the Spirit of 2020 into the Spirit of 2021 and appropriating and re-explanatory funds. Schedule No. 3, Item 5, an ordinance pursuant to Section 612 of the List and Fair Urban County Government charter creating the office of affordable housing in the office of chief administrative officer abolishing one position of affordable housing manager grade 560 in the division of grants and special programs and creating one position of affordable housing manager grade 560 in the office of affordable housing transferring the vacant position amending section 2252 of the ordinances to remember the effective section perspective upon passage of counsel item six an ordinance of the urban county government directing the license of the urban county Government Public Facilities Corporation to take certain formal actions of the agency and inter-metallity as a constituted authority of the Lexington Fair Urban County Government, specifically directing authorizing and improving the issuance of, by said Lexington Fair Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation, of its taxable project refunding runs through 2020, Lexington Fair Urban County Government general obligation, in the approximate principal amount of $34 million, which may be increased for each week by an amount of up to $3,400,000, as authorizing a ground lease agreement, a lease agreement, and a settlement lease agreement to provide additional security for the Series 2020 bonds and authorizing other actions in connection therewith. Item 7. An ordinance of the Lexington for Urban County Government directing and authorizing the advertisement for bids and distribution of a preliminary official statement by the Lexington for Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation to purchase of a testable project refunding bonds, Series 2020, Lexington for Urban County Government general obligation, and an approximate that principal amount of $34 million, item 8. An ordinance amending section 2132E of section 2132F of the Code of Ordinances relating to tool maintenance allowances for certain job classification to update outdated classifications and to increase the tool maintenance allowance amounts to align with current practice at no additional fiscal impact to determine any government effective upon passage of counsel, item 9. An ordinance amending unclassified civil service authorized by abolishing one position of affordable housing manager, grade 5.5E, and amending the classified civil service authorized strength by creating one position of affordable housing manager grade 516, all in a division of grants and special programs, effective upon passage of Council, Item 10. In ordinance amending classified civil service authorized strength by abolishing one position of staff and senior grade 516, and in creating one position of special senior grade 513, and in the division of fire emergency services, effective upon passage. In item 11, an ordinance amending the legal system of urban county government to reflect students. to reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of $21,000 to provide funds for the council projects in the Division of Traffic Engineering for the installation of speed feedback signs in the 11th council district and appropriating and re-appropriating funds, schedule number four. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Farmer moved approval. Do I hear something? Council Member McCurn seconded. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. 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. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. William? Yes ma'am. Mr. McCray? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Massadi? Yes. All right thank you those all are approved and if you'll go ahead please and do first reading of ordinances. Yes, ma'am. creating one position of safety and loss control specialist grade 520E, creating one position of risk analyst grade 519E, all in division of human resources, amending the classified civil service authorized strength, transferring the incumbents at their current pay grade and salary, adjusting job appellers as needed, abolishing one position of administrative specialist senior part-time grade 516 and the division of risk management, creating one position of administrative specialist senior part-time grade 516 and the division of human resources, amending the unclassified civil service authorized strength, transferring the incumbent at her pay grade and salary, changing the name of the Division of Adult and Tenant Services to the Division of Community and Resident Services, amending the unclassified civil authorized strength, creating one position of clerical assistant part-time grade 505N in the Division of Aging and Disability Effective Retroactive to July 1st, 2020. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any walk-ons? I see none. And then how about suspension? for second reading. Does someone have that? Councilmember James Brown? Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to, on behalf of the administration, suspend the rules and give second reading to number 12. Is there a second? Second. Second. Councilmember Massadi seconds. Thank you very much. All those in favor, will you show me your real hand, please? All right, that is a unanimous yes vote. So when you're ready, if you'll give that second reading, please. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance Number 12. creating one position of risk analyst grade 516, all in the Division of Human Resources, amending the classified civil service authorized strength, transferring the incumbents at their current pay grade and salary, adjusting job titles that needed, abolishing one position of administrative specialist senior part-time grade 516 and in the Division of Risk Management, and creating one position of administrative specialist senior part-time grade 516 and in the Division of Human Resources, amending the unclassified civil service authorized strength, transferring the incumbent at her current pay grade and salary, changing the name of the Division of Adult and Tenant Services to the Division of Community and Resident Services and amending the Unclassified Civil Service of Rights Grant creating one position of clerical assistance for time break other plays in in the Division of Aging and Disability Services effective retroactive to July 1st on Friday. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. All right. All right. Council Member Plowman moved approval. Council Member Plummer seconded and if you'll take the roll call vote please. Ms. Coleman? 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. Ms. Eddins? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes ma'am. Vice McCain? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes ma'am. Mr. McCurron? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. And Ms. Masati? Yes. Thank you. That passes. All right. Next up is second reading of resolutions please. Item number one. One, the division of grants and special programs and authors and mayor on behalf of Urban County Government Day, an agreement with APS and instruction related to the bid. Item four, a resolution accepting the bid of Tony and Levi and those gifts incorporated in the amount of $36,734.30 for head work, standby generator and automatic transfer switch for the division of water quality. Item five, a resolution accepting the bid of projects and contracts incorporated in the amount of $267,113.60 for the Jimmy Campbell Bridge Project, to the Division of Water Quality and authorize the mayor on the out there of mechanic evidence to activate an agreement with Todd Johnson, Incorporated related to the bid. Item 6, a resolution for the bid of MEC construction and excavating incorporated the amount of $2,757,108.22 with the Versailles Road Core Improvement for the Division of Engineering and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the mechanic evidence to activate an agreement with MEC construction and excavating incorporated related to the bid. Item 7, a resolution for the bid of HC Hodge Mobile Truck Watch Incorporated establishing a price contract for vehicle pressure washing for decision of facilities and fleet management item 8 a resolution accepting the bid of adam's contracting llc in the amount of 497 000 with a jacobton park road widening process for the division of claims and special programs and authorities on the arby's government to execute agreement with adam's contracting llc leads to the bid item 9 a resolution ratifying the permanent civil service equipment of peace best or 63 officer grade 507 and 14.175 allied in the department of public safety Effective June 23, 2020. Darren Colley, heavy equipment technician, grade 518N, 22.485, hourly new division of facilities and fleet management, effective July 6, 2020. Matthew Christopher, vehicle and equipment technician, grade 514N, 18.424, hourly new division of facilities and fleet management, effective July 6, 2020. And ratifying the permits for an appointment of Lawrence Savile, police sergeant, grade 315N, 32.408, hourly new division of police, effective June 9, 2020. Inclusive the classified civil service council leave of Robert Warren, and Public Service Worker Senior Grade 509-N 14.354-Hourly in the Division of Streets and Roads effective July 7, 2020 to October 4, 2020, effective upon passage of counsel in Item 10. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Airbn Kani-WJ to take affiliation agreement between the Division of Fire and Emergency Services Rescue Team and the Division of Emergency Services for Search and Rescue, Item 11. A resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Airbn Kani-WJ to accept $478,748 in federal funds from the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice under the Corona Emergency Supplemental Funding for the purpose of paying overtime and purchasing equipment and supplies the Division of Police and Community Corrections to prevent, prepare, and for, and respond to the coronavirus, the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government to be expenditure of funds and transfer to unencumber funds in the grant budget. Item 12. A resolution, authorizing, and recommending on behalf of the urban county government to accept $1,036,765 in federal funds from the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of emergency management awarded under the fiscal year 2020 chemical emergency preparedness program for the purpose of protecting the community enhancing emergency response in case of chemical accidents during and after construction of the chemical weapons stock bill at the blue grass army depot the acceptance of which does not obligate the urban county government for expenditure funds to transfer unaccomable funds from the grant budget and to execute an agreement with the kentucky department of military affairs division of emergency management item 13. A resolution change in the property names of 1871 Battery Street to 1874 Battery Street, 3825 to 3846, Grand Park, 947 Delaware Avenue 1-half to 947 Delaware Avenue B, 949 Delaware Avenue 1-half to 949 Delaware Avenue B, 949 Delaware to 949 Delaware Avenue A, 951 Delaware Avenue 1 half to 951 Delaware Avenue B, 951 Delaware Avenue to 951 Delaware Avenue A, 947 Delaware Avenue A, 541 Maryland Avenue, 1 half to 541 Maryland Avenue, lot B, 541 Maryland Avenue to 541 Maryland Avenue, lot A, and changing the street names and property address numbers of 400 McKenna Port to 1754 Barnes-Page and Road, 3921 Penny Lane to 329 4,250 Kenny Lane to 4,250 Kenny Lane, 44 Kenny Lane to 4,400 Kenny Lane, 44 Bryan Avenue to 401 Meadow Park, all effective 30 days of pass at time 14. A resolution authorized on the mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute change written number one to the grant award agreement with the Ashwood Townhomes of Laredo Association Incorporated for a stormwater quality project, decreasing the grant award by the sum of $78.96 from $16,170 to $16,091.04. Item 15, a resolution authorized on the behalf of the Urban County Government to execute change order number one of the grant award agreement for the Gardenside Neighborhood Association Incorporated for stormwater quality parts of the season and grant award by the sum of $870.30 from $8,985 to $8,112.70. Item 16, a resolution authorized on the behalf of the Urban County Government to educate a memorandum agreement with the Kentucky Transportation Council for turf milling and Education Management Services by the Division of Environmental Services on State-owned right away, for which the Irving County Government shall be compensated at the rate of $35 per acre per area, along with $58 per acre for all other areas. Item 17. A resolution of the Riding and Drinking the Airby Avenue, the Attorney General, to execute an agreement with GeoPhi and LLC for purchase of cars to track license software for the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, and it costs $6,200. Item 18. A resolution of the Riding and Drinking the Airby Avenue, the Attorney General, to execute an affiliation agreement with the University of Louisville, providing graduate students from the University's Penn School of Social Work to support the Family Care Center and the Division of Family Services, if no cost to the urban county government, effective upon passing the council. Item 19, a resolution authorizing Jersey American, the urban county government, to educate an agreement with the Carton Council of North America Incorporated, before the acceptance of a grant from the Carton Council of North America Incorporated, which grants a dime amount of $150,000 for the purchase of an installation of an office sorter for The Division of Waste Management, in acceptance which does not obligate the Irving County Government for the expense of your funds and authorizing the mandate to transfer to under some requirements within the grant budget. Item 20. A resolution authorizing by the command to have the Irving County Government to execute change regarding number 2 to the agreement with the Allen Company, Inc., for the West State Montreal Project, decreasing the contract price by the so of $57,144.08 from $697,142.93 to $639,998.85. A resolution authorizing by the command to have the Irving County Government to execute The Department of Health and Family Services and transfer to other funds within the grant budget. Item 22. A resolution of the Division of Water Quality to purchase GPS hardware and data based maintenance service from Routeware, Inc., to execute any necessary agreement with Routeware, Inc., and to execute any necessary agreement with Routeware, Inc., and to estimate it not to exceed $43,905.56. Item 23. A resolution of the Routeware, Inc., to execute change number 1 to the grant award agreement with North Lexington Holden II LLC for stormwater quality projects, decreasing the grant award by the sum of $58.07 from $22,558.07 to $22,400. Item 24. A resolution on the rise and break the mayor behalf of the American Union government to execute and submit applications to the infrastructure authority and to provide any additional information requests and information to the application for low interest rate revolving fund loans in the following amounts to facilitate the following sanitary zero-related projects. $1,586,500 for the Overbrook Foundation and 4th Main Project, and $8,556,900 for the Overbrook Trunk Sewer Project, item 25. A resolution authorized me on behalf of your mechanic as a government to execute an agreement awarding a Class B infrastructure incentive grant to North Lexington Holdings 2 LLC for stormwater quality project at a cost that received $214,000, item 26. A resolution authorized me on behalf of your mechanic as a member of the Federal Bureau investigation for breast drugs wtoc for designation of past sports responsibility and seven a resolution authorizing direct demand behalf of the American government to execute a salary data agreeing with salary.com for the dividend of the human resources and it costs not to receive eighty five hundred dollars in the fiscal year 2021 to increase no more than five percent upon renewal which shall be subject to the appropriation of funds effective upon passage of council item 28. a resolution authorizing on behalf of the American government to execute change during the grant award agreement with RNN Group LLC for stormwater quality projects, terminating the grant award in its entirety in the amount of $3,924.90. Item 29, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government to execute a parking agreement with the intent parking expert LLC for traffic control and parking assistance for the license for the July firework. The resolution of the operating director on the behalf of the Irving County Government has been an amendment to the agreement with the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency 10-year period of performance due to June 30, 2022 with the Compton Road Recycling Center for Native Shelter Project at no cost to the Irving County Government Item 31. The revolution of the operating director on the Irving County Government sets a grant from the Commission of Fire Protection for National Standards and Education with grant funds on the amount of $3,3,499,000 and commonwealth of Kentucky funds and offers a fire for firefighters for fiscal year 2021, the acceptance of which doesn't obligate the Airbnb government expenditure funds and authorizing the mandate to transfer and unencumbered funds within the state budget. Item 32, a resolution of raising and addressing their behalf of the Airbnb to accept a grant for the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet under the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation for a grant fund, which grant funds are in the amount of $3,534,166, probably in common with both Kentucky funds and are for the police training and census for fiscal year 2021, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Airbnb government to make expenditure funds and authorizing the management of the unaccommodal budget item 33. The resolution of the authorizing of the urban county government to accept a grant to the county department of environmental protection division of waste management, which grant funds are an amount of $100,000 in commonwealth and Kentucky funds, and also the purpose of supporting a one-day household hazardous waste recycling event in Cade County in December 2021, the acceptance which obliges urban county government to make expenditure of $25,000 as a local match to execute an agreement with the county department of environmental protection division of waste management and transfer unencumbered funding to the budget. Item 34, a resolution of the License Care Irving County Government authorizing an approving license center corporations to enter entering into a $2.75 million line of credit facility with a central bank and trust company. Item 35, a resolution ratifying on behalf of the Irving County Government of the Mayor's previous execution of the amendment to an agreement with the Kentucky Emergency Management Agency in the new period of performance between 30, 2022 for the update of the License the government and the I the Sum up $51,707 from $3,440 to $3,400,548.50. Item 37, a resolution established in Siemens Building Technologies as a sole source provider for the smoke alarm upgrade to the Division of Community Corrections and authorized in the May on behalf of the Urban Government to execute an agreement with Siemens Building Technologies related to the procurement at a prospect exceed $357,174. Item 38, a resolution authorized in the May on behalf of the Urban Government to execute in agreement with the fiscal court accepting and establishing funding for fiscal year 2021 county road aid projects in a rural service area item 39 a resolution authorizing your behalf of the county governor to execute change for number two to the agreement with judy construction company for the town branch to require a treatment primary guidance for accomplished improvement project increasing the contract price by the sum of five thousand six hundred dollars and twelve cents from nine million eight hundred thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and fifty eight cents to $9,806,030,107, and extending the date of completion to July 31, 2020, item 40. A resolution authorized on the mayor on behalf of the American Government to execute a change-driven retreated agreement with LAGCO Incorporated for the Manchester Street and Willard Street, the United States Bureau of Improvement Project, increasing the contract by the sum of $118,100 from $2,162,730 to $2,208,830, and extending the date of completion to July 30, 2020, item 41. A resolution authorizes and directs on the mandate of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Kentucky Transportation Council in the assistance of a grant from the Kentucky Transportation Department Office of Local Programs, Congestion, Mitigation, and Air Quality Program, which grant funds are in the amount of $1,096,000 in federal funds and are putting out a multimodal improvement project to acceptance of which obligates the Irving County Government for the expenditure of $274,000 of a local match and authorizing the mandate to transfer to the Unacoment Funds within the grant budget, item 42. A resolution of the grant to extend the grant for June 30, 2021 to accept the additional grant funding amount of $48,400 in federal funds, the acceptance of which obligates the government for the expenditure of $12,100 of the local match, and authorizing the marriage to transfer to other funds in the grant budget item 40. A resolution of the grant to accept the nation of breaking the bronze ceiling monument and to execute all documents necessary thereto, including, without limitation, a transfer of title agreement. Item 44. A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a rate of weight agreement bringing Columbia gas and construction property to utility easements for gas pipelines and gas regulator station at 1345 Old Springfield Type, item 45. A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the service agreements with commerce license The and R for the ITC-CMS, Intelligent Transportation System Congestion Management System Trust with Improvement Project for the October 2021, which obligates the Irving County government for the expenditure of $120,000 in local management, authorizing the management of the transfer and other funds in the grant budget, item 37. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the American government safety change grant number one to the grant award agreement with Seven Parks Neighborhood Association Incorporated with Water Quality Project, the grant award by the sum of $2,997 to $99,900 to $96,900 Item 48. A resolution on the mayor at the Airbag County to execute change rating number one to the grant award agreement with Harry Hills Neighborhood Association for Braves for Stormwater Quality Projects, decreasing the grant award by system of $759.67 from $3,530 to $2,797.33. Item 49. A resolution on the mayor at the Airbag County to continue to use the Entrido Life and Safety solutions, E-C-A-T-S, statistical package from Entrata Life and Safety Solution, a software provider, and across the street $7,579. Item 50, a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the beginning government to execute agreements with ARC Connect, the care of Lex ARC 500, and Wimbledon Neighborhood Association $150 to the office of the Urban County Council that across the street is updated, and item 51, a resolution creating a small business economic stimulus program to provide funding for up to $2,500,000 to qualifying local small businesses by no later than December 31, 2020 and providing for its purpose a goal of 50% funds distributed to minority and women-owned businesses and businesses located within the lower-income area grants not to exceed a maximum of $25,000 each, eligibility requirements, business impact criteria, applications, and authorization to execute necessary agreements with a grant of recipients, and authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the Irving and the government to execute an agreement with Commerce, Lexington, and Co-incorporated for a fee in the amount not to exceed $125,000 to administer the program, including application review and compliance and further authorizing the mayor's forward to the game to take any additional necessary actions, all of this upon behalf of the council. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Council Member McCurron made the motion and who seconded? Vice Mayor Kaye. Vice Mayor Kaye, thank you. all right you will take a roll call vote when you're ready thank you yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Bryce Marquet? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurray? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? No. I'm 36. Yes, on the rest. And Ms. Massadi? Yes. Thank you. Those all pass. Now, we don't have any first reading of resolutions, but are there any walk-ons? Yeah. I see Council Member Farmer. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate that. And, colleagues, your time, too. With the heat of summer and some of the outcomes around the pandemic, our homeless population is kind of melting in place. I talked with Jenny Ramsey and we have worked up a partnership between ourselves and the lighthouse ministries downtown so that they will open a little earlier and we're going to help them with a little bit of money to cover their costs and the PPE involved so up to I think 60 folks come in and be cool during the day you know the libraries aren't open our own cooling centers aren't open and so it's kind of an extraordinary time and thus this walk-on but to that end i moved to place on the docket for the thursday july 9th 2020 council meeting a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor to execute a purchase of service agreement with the lighthouse ministries inc provided a day center program at 190 bruce street at a cost not to exceed $2,500 dollars. So moved. Second. Councilmember Evans seconded. Is there any discussion? All those in favor of walking this on, please raise your real hand. All right, that motion is unanimous. Are there any other walk-ons? council member massadi thank you mayor um i moved a place on the on the july 9th pocket resolution allocating 500 of neighborhood development funds for the 16th district pta so moved is there a second again uh who did that council member matern okay thank you you were quick on the trigger. Is there any discussion about that? All right. All those in favor, please raise your real hand. All right. That's a unanimous yes vote. Are there any other walk-ons. Seeing none, when you're ready, Abby, will you give those first reading? Item 52, a resolution of operating and directing the mayor on behalf of the government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the Lighthouse Ministries Incorporated to provide a day center program at 190 Spring Street, and a cross-match will proceed $2,500. And item 53, a resolution of operating and directing the mayor on behalf government to execute an agreement with the 16 districts EPA care of external elementary school for $500 for this office of the Arbain County Council other processes to be some stated. Thank you. Thank you. Are there motions to suspend the rules and give second reading to those? So moved. All right. Council Member Farmer, are you moving to give both 52 and 50 readings? Second. Second. I think I heard Councilmember Ellinger second. All right. Very good. All those in favor of giving second readings, will you please raise your real hand? And that motion is unanimous approval. Thank you very much. When you're ready, if you'll give the, take the roll call vote. I believe I have to give second reading. Oh, yes, you sure do. That would be good to do that first. item 52 a resolution authorizing and directing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute a purchase of service agreement with the lighthouse ministry incorporated to provide a day center program at 190 street street at across the city $2,500 and item 53 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the 16th district cca carter and law elementary school for $500 to the office of the urban county council at across the city by state it thank you all right thank you very much now motion to approve I moved. Second. Council Member Plumman moved approval. Council Member Reynolds seconded. Now, when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote, please. Ms. Plumman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Mr. Worley? Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes ma'am. Ms. Evans? Yes. Mr. Farmer? It's been a pleasure to vote behind you all these times. Yes. Vice McKay Yes Ms. Lamb Yes ma'am Mr. McCurray Yes ma'am Mr. Maloney Yes And Ms. Masati Yes Thank you Thank you those both pass There are no police disciplines no fire disciplines so now's the time for announcements Vice Mayor Kaye. Thank you, Mayor. I have a series of motions to make. The first motion is to reconsider item number 11 from the July 7th, 2020 mayor's report. So moved. I get council member McCurron, I believe seconded that. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, All those in favor, please put your hand up. And that motion is unanimous yes. Okay, then I have a motion to approve the appointment of Zachary Davis and Janice Meyer to the Planning Commission. So move. Second. Council Member Farmer seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your real hand. And that motion passes unanimously. And then finally, I have a motion to approve the appointment of Candace Wallace to the Planning Commission. Okay, is there a second? Second. Council Member Swanson seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your real hand. keep your hands up please all those opposed six that motion passed nine to six wait i think could you restate that i think some of us were confused yes the motion was to approve candace if i may if i may explain mayor the motion needs to be made in the affirmative to approve if people do not support the motion they need to vote no the motion is to approve but it has to be voted down all right the motion was to approve for candace wallace okay so there was a vote nine to six are you wanting to pull i'm not sure what to do i'd like to have a revoke i'd like to reconsider the vote okay that's it so the motion is to approve okay for candace wallace all right all right and uh i've forgotten who was the seconder oh that's right council member swanson all right now let's take another vote everybody understand all those in favor please put your real hand up All right. All those opposed. OK, that vote was five. Five yeses, nine no's. But that can't be right because there are 15 of you. Can we do the vote again, please? If you're in favor of the motion, please raise your hand. Your real hand. Okay. All right. Keep your hand up if you're in favor of the motion, please. Okay. That's a five yes. If you're opposed, please put your hand up. That's right. Okay. That is a 10 no vote. That motion fails. Thank you. That's all I have. Okay. Thank you very much. All right. Council Member Lamb. Thank you, Mayor. I have a couple of motions or a statement in a motion. The first item I want to place into General Government Social Services Committee is the creation of a juvenile treatment court. and the second item is to expand the adult mental health court with an aftercare program I plan on having those ready for presentation in an August committee meeting and I wanted to place those in committee tonight okay is that one motion council member lamb yes please okay is there a second second council member James Brown seconded and is there any discussion All right. All those in favor of putting those in committee, please raise your real hand. Council Member Reynolds, are you voting? Thank you very much. That's a unanimous yes vote. All right. Thank you so much for that support. And then these next three items, I had sent this out to my colleagues today and these next three items I intend on submitting these to the co-chairs to the commission for racial justice and equality to be considered with the subcommittee discussions and I just wanted to state them one is to build stronger relationships between police and neighborhoods by creating police storefronts or substations and critical critical incident areas The other is to build on our paramedicine program to ensure mental health professionals and crisis stabilization units are used to its fullest potential. And the third is to implement crisis intervention team training for youth with our police officers. And that I plan on providing that to the to the co-chairs for the Commission on Racial and Justice for the Racial Justice and Equality Commission. And then lastly, real quick, I know Council Member Evans, it has been a pleasure serving with you. And I'm excited for your next journey. I know you're going to learn so much and you're going to have such an amazing experience. I know I just watched my spouse achieve her master's and she learned so much through that. And I know that you will take it and you will ride it and you will make sure that you use your policy that you're learning to the fullest. And I expect you to come back to Lexington with with blazing saddles. So it's been a pleasure to work with you. OK, and I look forward to toasting you later, too. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Worley. Thank you, Mayor. And now with the passage of our local small business economic stimulus package, I want to tell all my colleagues so much. Difficult work to get through that, but I think it was the right thing, and we're doing good things for our community. And ultimately, to have all of your support is a great statement from this council. So I thank you all for your diligence and your hard work. And then, Council Member Evans, this is the second time professionally we've had to say goodbye. but I'm looking forward to your endeavors and wish you the best of luck. It was a pleasure to practice law with you. I wanted to serve on this council with you and good luck in what you do in the future. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just got a couple announcements and then some issues that I'd like to address. First, let me say kudos to the folks at the COVID testing facility at Shiloh today. I heard that they had over 250 tests conducted. It was a line going around the block. It was a neighbor that sent me a picture of it. So that's good. I know we still have two more days of testing there. And with such a good turnout, maybe we could talk about expanding the time frame. um then also i would also like to thank um well this council uh council member warley for bringing forward that small business grant program i think and i've said it before and i've heard others say it was a that's an innovative a way to get money in the hands of the businesses and help to restart kickstart our economy here locally with the small businesses which are the life blood of our local economy. So I think that's a great thing. I think we all have to contribute to help get the word out about it and get the money in the hands of the folks that really need it. Councilmember Evans, congratulations. It's been a pleasure serving on this council with you. Your passion, your commitment, your advocacy for public policy is matched by none other. And I'm excited to see what the future holds for you. So congratulations on that. I hate to see you go, but you got to follow your heart and you got to follow your dreams. So I wish you the best of luck going forward. Council members, I know that we had talked in the last few weeks about police accountability here locally. Before I go into this, let me first start by saying that I support our local police department and the chief and the job that they do in protecting us in our community and keeping us safe on day in and day out. I think having a conversation and acknowledging the fact that the public is asking for more accountability and community engagement, I don't think that's demonizing the police department. I think that's working to try to make something that we have that is working good work even better and to create a system that we can all be proud of and have accountability for. So in regards to working in the spirit of of doing what the council does as far as looking at the policies that we have and how we can improve them. I make a motion to put in the planning and public safety committee, a complete review of the Lexington police department general orders with an emphasis on the body camera policy, the use of force policy, off duty employment, and then also serving warrants. The reason I think it's beneficial that we put this in committee and not do it in a special meeting and at this time while we don't have public input capabilities is I think there's an opportunity to educate the public as well as working with our police department to look at those policies and see where improvement is needed and what we can do as a community to better communicate how we would like our community to be policed. One of the most impressive things, I'm sorry, I guess that's a motion. Is there a second? That's a motion. Second. Vice Mayor Kay seconds that. Okay, go ahead, Council Member Brown. Do we need to vote on it? Oh, is this another issue that you were going to bring up? Yes, sir. Okay, is there any discussion of the motion? All right. Councilmember Fred Brown, then Councilmember Massadi. Hang on, Councilmember Fred. You're muted. Okay. There you go. Let me understand. You're calling to put these items in a public committee, public safety committee? Yes, sir. What's the date on that, or what are we talking about? Well, our first meeting when we come back is August the 18th, if I'm correct. And I don't think we I think we prioritize one of these topics at every meeting going forward each month at the chair can get it on the agenda. I think that's a way that we can actually pace ourselves and actually walk through these policies with the police department and the public. So what I'm getting at is that's a committee. It's only got 10 members on that committee. And then we've got a meeting for the 14th, which is next Tuesday. How does this coincide with your motion? My thought is, is that if council members are supportive of putting these items in committee, then there is no reason to have the meeting next week to discuss it. We can actually lay out a roadmap for the public to follow and to be a part of this conversation as we go forward. Okay. If you'll indulge me and the mayor will indulge me, I'd like to read a brief statement. As related to police policies and negotiations with the police union and our council's renewed effort to discuss issues concerning the citizens of Lexington, I will support reviewing items of concern related to the police department. I believe that black lives matter and we can do a better job as elected officials if we know a lot more about our police department. I also believe we have made past decisions to enhance a police department that has the respect of most citizens in Lexington. Now, having said that, therefore, I'd like to put an additional item in that. And I don't think it has to be in your motion. But I want to talk about the police chaplain in that it has been a part of the police department for many years. The position title should be maintained. However, I am not opposed to having a change in the job description for this position that would meet the needs of all of our police officers, whether they have their own personal ministers or not. Only a police officer slash chaplain can understand the needs of officers and their families in times of joy and or sadness. I speak as a person who has a retired police officer in our family, and I know firsthand about the workings of the daily police officer. It is a thankless job and has more stress than just about any profession. However, how many everyday citizens sees death in reality? Gunshot wounds, fights and beatings, wrecked victims. spousal abuse, and on and on and on. We do not need a wellness coordinator or a mental health counselor. We need a chaplain. So I wanted to add that to the, hopefully, the discussion that will come forward in that meeting that you've set up there. So I am supportive of it, James. Councilmember Fred Brown, thank you for that. I believe Council Member James Brown's motion did include the items. So I would ask Council Member James Brown if you're willing to include those in your motion or would you prefer an amendment? No, that's fine. Well, I think so it's on the record for Council Member Brown. I think it'd be more appropriate for it to be an amendment to that motion. Okay. Will you go ahead then, Council Member Fred Brown, and make a motion to amend? I'll make a motion to amend just to add the particular item of police chaplain and its definition going forward. Okay, thank you. Is there a second? Second. Council Member James Brown seconded. Is there any discussion of the amendment? All right. All those in favor of the amendment, please raise your real hand. All those opposed, please raise your hand. All right. There is one no vote. Council Member Reynolds and that motion passes. So the original motion amended is on the floor now. And I believe Council Member Massadi was up next to speak. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I think these topics are all very important. There's no question that we need to look at them very methodically and make a good policy decision. I was able to attend my first law enforcement, justice, and accountability sub meeting today and learned a lot. We are going into depth of talking about police procedures, police policies, cameras. We had a very long and good discussion about those items. So I think along with what Council Member James and Council Member Fred Brown, James Brown, I'm sorry, and Council Members Fred Brown are saying is that we need to make sure that we get the input from these committees as well so we can have a well-rounded discussion and understand these items before we make any decision making. So as chairs of that committee, I need to know if we're going to go topic by topic or how we want to handle this so we make sure we do this, as I said, as methodically as we can. So those two council members can get me that information so we can sort this out so we can have good discussion on it. I would appreciate that. Thank you. Does anyone else want to speak to the motion? All right. I see no one. So all those in favor of the motion on the floor, please raise your real hand. That motion is unanimously approved. Now, Council Member James Brown, you still, did you have something else? Yes, ma'am. I still do have something else. Do I need to ask for more time? Perhaps. I think your time's probably up. Is it up, Madam Clerk? He has one minute and three seconds left. Oh, well, there you go. Well, I'm going to ask for more time. I think I need three more minutes so I can get it all out, if you don't mind. Do you want to come back? We have several people in the queue. Either the council can move to give you more time now or you could come back. I move to give him three more minutes. Three more minutes. Who seconds? Councilmember Farmer seconds. All those in favor, please raise your hand. All right, that motion is approved. Thank you, Mayor. One of the other things that council members and I had discussed over the last couple of weeks were an enhanced Lexington Police Department minority recruiting and diversity training. Just to give an example, one of the most innovative things that our department has done in recent years is under Chief Barnard, they created the park ambassador program with retired police officers doing park patrol duty, not in uniform, but in a designated type of shirt. And the reason that that was so important and worked out so well is because the officers that they have put in certain parks have relationships and had familiarities with the parks and the neighborhoods that they were in. And I think they spend more time building relationships and solving issues on a personal basis than actually being, you know, police officers. So I think it's important and I think it means a lot to this community to have a police department that is reflective of the communities that they serve. So the thought was, is that we could direct the administration to send our diversity and inclusion officer on special assignment to the police department to help set, help establish recruiting and hiring targets to enhance diversity, diversity training and a set schedule to talk about unconscious bias training, which I know a lot of this they already do. but I think it would help to have a defined list of what they do in the schedule for it. Cultural sensitivity training, verbal communication strategies, customer service, and soft skill training. In addition, I think there's an opportunity for the diversity and inclusion officer to work with the police department to create a survey to get more feedback from the public about things they would like to see our officers in our departments do and vice versa. So I think that's just something that we are asking the administration to push forward and to see. I don't think that necessarily has to be in the form of a motion unless we need it to be. Council Member Brown, I'd like to ask you a couple questions. Is this for a month, for two months? and while you envision Arthur going there, what would you suggest for the whole rest of the government while he's there in terms of diversity? I think we're at a, we're, I hate to say at a luxury at this time, but the rest of the government is still kind of dealing with the COVID pandemic, so I think it's an opportune time to send him there and to put his focus, to put his focus on that department. And I think what he can learn from working in that department, because we know minority recruiting and hiring is a challenge, then maybe he can implement that to the rest of the government. I just seen an ad, a social media ad the other day, saying that the Lexington Police Department is hiring. In the current climate, that's going to be a challenge. And having somebody completely focused on those efforts, I think it will be the benefit to the benefit of the whole city. Okay, we, I will work with our CAO to look at some sort of a temporary thing. We use him a lot in government, believe it or not, to help us with boards and commissions, diversity in that regard, diversity in our employees, and so we'll need to figure something out for the rest of government, but I think we can work on that and figure something out. Yeah. Okay. So. Yeah. We, I understand your intent and I think it's a, it will work out fine. I, I trust you do not mean a permanent change. No, I think just on special assignment and yeah, unless the outcome is that maybe that's something that we need to do on a permanent basis. But I think on a trial period to be something that we can learn a lot from. We'll figure something out and then we'll figure out how to do the rest of government in a different way. So while he's temporarily assigned. And then I have a question for the law department. If David Barbary or maybe Keith Horn is there to maybe answer some questions about collective bargaining, Because one of the things that we had talked about are collective bargaining that the council can share with the administration when they go into negotiations. But, you know, we keep getting advised that that's not the best idea to have that conversation in public. So I wonder what our law department's guidance would be on how we communicate those directives to the administration. Is that in closed session or is that in one on one meetings? Dave, Barbara? I think that we were unable to identify an open meetings exception for you to go in the closed session to discuss this. So I would strongly encourage you all to do one-on-one meetings unless there's a consensus among the group. I think the concern we've had is that when you prioritize negotiating points publicly, it makes it more difficult to get other things done with the contract, because then you're at a disadvantage with the other side and them understanding maybe what is most important to you to get changed in a contract. But so I would encourage the one on one scenario probably the most. And I'm sure that you all could discreetly share your thoughts with, you know, with Tyler, the mayor or who or myself or whoever you feel comfortable doing. Well, I appreciate that answer. I know that's been a topic that we have talked about several times in regards to the CBA. But I think we just needed guidance on the best way to communicate those directives to the administration to respect the integrity of the process. So thank you. You're welcome. Council Member Brown, Tyler is my direct representative in the bargaining. If you all would want to take your issues to him and he'll keep track of them. And we'll do that. All right. Thank you, Mayor. I don't want to hog the microphone, so I'll get back in the queue. Thank you. Thank you, Councilmembers. Okay. Thank you, Councilmember McCurron. Thank you, Mayor. I want to chime in real fast and wish Councilmember Evans congratulations, first of all, and best wishes. It's been a pleasure to serve with you and an honor to have you as an office hallmate. I'm going to miss our conversations and poking our heads in our offices. enjoy the candy for a while it lasts and best of luck out there thank you mayor thank you councilmember reynolds thank you mayor uh first off i need to say to miss allen um that i need to change a vote i don't know why i was confused but if you could please change my vote on candace Wallace to a no vote for planning commission. Thank you. Then I also want to congratulate Councilmember Evans and I'm sad that we just had over a year to work together and get to know each other and I just wanted to tell you that I really admire the way that you say what you think and what you believe and that you're not scared to do that and to say some challenging things sometimes and I really admire your leadership and lately some of the the ways that you have just stuck up for for what you believed in and thanks for teaching me about policy and I know that you're going to do amazing things going to Princeton and so congratulations and I wish you the best. Thank you. Councilmember Maloney. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to get some updates on some people that are retired. I want to commend the police officers that just retired, thanking for their service. They will be missed, and I appreciate everything they've done. Also, I told them I'll tell them, and we've been buddies for many years, and we worked together. when I was at a gas station, he worked with me, and I followed him through the city, and that's Pat and he's going to retire at the end of the year, this month, and I want to thank him for being a great friend, and I wish him luck on his retirement, and finally, I got to talk about my good friend and Council Member Evans. I followed her career when I was at the state. We had issues with housing building construction, done a couple things. We got to know each other there, and she probably thought I was crazy and I said oh well we had some good times and then been on the council I've really enjoyed your friendship and you're one of my favorites and I really am going to miss you and I'm looking forward to watching your career and your mother's one of my favorites and I know she's proud of you and and I hope the best for you and I know you will succeed and I can't wait to see where your career goes to and I know you're going to keep me informed but I do want to I commend you for all the hard work you've done. You will be missed. Thank you again. Thank you mayor. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you mayor. I just wanted to get back in to add my congratulations to council member Evans and thank her for all the good work that she's done on council. A strong voice, a committed voice. Someone who understands the community, does her best to represent it. Very much appreciated. And if you haven't already bought yourself a really good, big, heavy coat, and gloves, and a scarf, and a hat, and boots, you can go into the North, and it is not as warm up there. So congratulations. It's a great opportunity. It's a great school. I wish you well. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Bledsoe. Thank you, Mayor. Just a few thoughts. One, I too want to wish Council Member Evans the best in the future. That five and a half years has flown by and yet seemed like a really long time. So I just want to say thank you for your service. You've been a tireless advocate in your district for our community. That first chamber trip, you can hang because you care. and I was long in bed and you were still fighting with people and being passionate and I just appreciate you and I value your opinion and the way you lead and I really am excited for your next steps and where wherever it lands you I'm excited for you and we'll miss you around the circle for sure and then Commissioner Armstrong are you still somewhere in the chambers there he is yes ma'am sorry sir we were playing phone tag earlier um i just wanted to ask two things one we've had on the chaplaincy issue i know the police department is putting together the a new wellness program network saying do you think you'd be able to bring that back to us um in some kind of frame or format maybe in late august um just before we hear it in committee so we can hear more of what your idea was or what the department's ideas behind that program? I think that's a possibility. If that's the desire of the council, I can't speak to that since the motion was just recently accepted that it would be part of the planning and public safety committee meetings, if I'm not mistaken. It was. So I'm just saying that I think it'd be helpful if we knew more about it and maybe for our discussions in general. If that's the desire of the council, we can make that happen. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. And then I actually had a couple constituents ask me specific questions and ask me to specifically ask them in this meeting. So several have asked about that. We have marches down. Those are traditionally people get permits for them. Police escort them. They are they're regulated in some form or fashion. OK, but we have protests or gatherings. They by nature are organic. They're not, you know, you don't get permits for them. you don't traditionally go through some of those same measures at the same time. So I've had some people who are worried about, you know, maybe later this summer if those continue and they've been well, they've kind of taken a break for a little while, but people have been concerned about how they go on streets and roads. And if they're cars, they're just nervous. And these are coming from older people who just wanted to ask, traditionally are protests supposed to stay on sidewalks, those kinds of things and not disrupt streets. With your indulgence, and you use a very good word there, organic, whenever it applies to protests, permitting for lane closures and street closures related to parades, public events, and such are commonly reviewed and or approved by a number of entities in LFUCG, the mayor's office, traffic engineer, police, fire, other groups. And a lot of times those are reviewed. It depends on the size of the event, the length of the impact related to the event, what government services may need to be in place during the event to support it and a few other factors. Historically, protests in its truest form were by nature, your word, organic and not necessarily planned or so permitting was not, I'll use the term, required in that instance to obtain permits when they occupied the street. Up until recently, most small-scale protests and marches utilized sidewalks to travel as well, as you indicated, or remained in a stationary location. Recently, the decision was made early on to accommodate the protesters as best we could to ensure both protesters and the public at large were provided safe travel. While enforcement action may have been possible and actually did occur on a couple of occasions, it has been mostly deferred to this point to allow free speech and promote a safe and secure environment for everyone involved. That's the sit-in series at large, the protesters, and the officers. Going forward, there are different considerations in regards to that. As you indicated, some of the protesting that is occurring right now is staying on the sidewalk, so we haven't encountered as many issues as before. But that's something that we'll have to look at in the future. Thank you for that answer. And I agree. I'm all for people exercising their rights to do so and express their opinions. And I just wanted to express on some people's concerns that the roadways are considered and safety is considered. more they were concerned they might do something wrong or accidentally. Right. On their behalf, we're concerned. And that's a legitimate concern. We try and work with the protesters as best we can to identify in advance so we can provide whatever services on the short notice that would be available there. We've had a couple of marches that have worked very closely with the police department, protest marches, and those have been off pretty well. And we've been extremely fortunate that we haven't had some of the other issues that the other cities have been experiencing, and I give credit to the protesters and the police department in that matter whenever they do work together to ensure everyone's safety, because ultimately we're worried about safety, not inconvenience. Yes, that is the concern that I wanted to raise was the safety issue. So I appreciate that, and I appreciate both of those groups working together as you indicate. And then just lastly, I do want to say thank you to those officers who have retired 140 years. Thank you. Councilmember Plowman. Thank you, Mayor. And I'm just joining in with my colleagues to wish Councilmember Evans the best. She's my next door neighbor, so to speak, because our offices are right next to each other downtown. But our districts are right next to each other. So we have a lot of common things that we talk about and we do together. But I'm so proud of you. That's such a great school and what you're doing. And really look forward to your visits back home and come see us. And good luck. That's it, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Swanson. Thank you, Mayor. First, I want to compliment Councilman James Brown on his deliberate approach to the issues that we're addressing regarding race and policing. I've been doing a series of essentially listening sessions with people on all sides of this issue, and not a single person has said council needs to act quickly. What I'm hearing is council needs to act deliberately, cautiously, and carefully. And I think the community knows that. Most people in the community don't want us to act rashly. They want us to think these things through. So I appreciate that approach you're taking. I'm going to take a little different approach to my colleague, Councilmember Evans. I'm kind of mad at her. I've only been on the council a couple of months, most of you even in person other than in passing. Fortunately, I have had some chats with her because I'm her neighbor on the other side of my office, and I have had a chat with her. I know a little bit about the school that she's going to because my son is exploring MPP programs, and I texted him to ask and he's just to be sure and he said absolutely it is one of the top if not the top MPP program so that the fact that they came and recruited her tells me that they recognize the same kind of qualities that we've seen but I will warn you you are not moving into any less controversial place you have to I fully expect you will be involved in the process of renaming that school. My congratulations and I'll get over my anger at you. Thank you. I'd like to skip to the two council members who haven't spoken yet, Masadi and Hellinger, and then I'll come back to the Browns. Council Member Masadi. Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I'd like to put as chair of the planning and public safety committee, I'd like to move to cancel the July 14th planning and public safety special meeting. So moved. Second. Councilmember Farmer seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your hand. That is a unanimous yes vote. Thank you. Second of all, I've gotten some emails from some police officers in my district, and I guess the concern is that I did not sign the letter that was sent by the FOP. And all I wanted to say publicly is anyone who knows me knows that I support the police 100%. Not only do I have a police background, my husband and son were both police officers. I'm not taking sides. I respect what they do. I know without them, we couldn't function. And I know their job is the most difficult, one of the most difficult jobs here in Lexington and across the country. So I wanted to make that clear. Again, I'm not here to take sides, but I do want them to understand where my position is. Second of all, Council Member Bledsoe and Worley, you hit it out of the park with a small economic development grant. I thought that was pretty inspiring and good work. And I know you both worked really hard on that, and I thank you for that. And last but not least, Councilwoman Evans. You're going to break that glass ceiling or you're going to shatter it. My dream is that you're going to go to Princeton and then you're going to go on to the Supreme Court. Forget coming back to Lexington. I want you on the Supreme Court or at the White House. And I can say, I remember when, but what an honor, what a prestigious honor. And you're going to love it. The bad thing, like Vice Mayor Kay said, is it's cold in Jersey. so um you know make sure you plan for that but enjoy yourself and just take it all in and have a good have a good throw at it that's all mayor thank you thank you councilmember Ellinger thank you mayor and like my colleagues I just want to thank councilmember Evans for all of our hard work for the city and your and your district congratulations Angela uh on your next chapter. It's an amazing opportunity. I know you'll do great. I wish you all the best. I know you're going to make Lexington proud, and I'm selfish because I look forward to you coming back and leading this community in the future. Although you could be president or on the Supreme Court, I'd like you back in Lexington. Good luck, and we're going to miss you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. I see Councilmember Bill Farmer hasn't spoken. You're next. Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate that. everybody else has said it. I'm just going to put my spin on it. I think if you really want to know, the most fun you can have is to be up there on the dais. I'm here. And then, you know, two seats over is Angela. And in between us, council member, who left us? Peggy Henson. Peggy. Yeah. Peggy with one good ear and one bad ear. And you and I are trying to carry on a conversation with her in between us and it's kind of like a Laurel and Hardy thing or get smart because she heard some but not all and we would always work something out and then she left and we moved in there together at the corner and continued to not understand each other or have a great time doing it so um it's just a great thing uh you know Angela and the city I mean it's just going to be something else congratulations you will do us all proud you already have and the opportunity to have served with you is one that will continue to be special for all. So congratulations. Be careful. Wear your mask. Distance. Do it right. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Fred Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to bring something up. I've talked to some of my colleagues about it. And this police officer Donovan retired today. And I'm not sure what our role is going forward. With his retirement, maybe somebody from the law department can address it. are we I mean is that it to the extent of what the city and what the police department would be doing as far as the investigation of the police officer is that over can we talk about that welcome Keith there you go as a practical matter yes the discipline action is final because he's retired and there is you can't take action against David retired employee. Okay. Now, can we have access to what was the discipline and what the investigation was done by the police department? That investigation is still pending. As you will recall during the discussions, that was on the PIU investigation was on hold, pending the juvenile matter being complete. That matter is still pending. So the investigation will continue to be pending until that is completed. And that's by reason of policy. That's not legal or anything. I mean, is that just in the contract or what? I mean, why can't we have a privilege? Why, as a council member, why can't we be privileged to that investigation? Well, number one, it's not complete. It's still pending. I've been told it is complete, but that's from the other side. Well, I can only tell you what has been reported, which is that is a pending investigation. So it could come before us again in the council? I don't, I don't, I'm not sure I understand that question, because since there will be no disciplinary action, there would not typically be anything coming before. Okay, so we don't have to sit in a hearing or judge a jury or anything like that. So we wouldn't be called to testify or anything. I think the answer to your question is that's correct. There won't be a hearing or anything in front of the council. Okay. All right. Okay. I don't know if that clears it up or not, but I'm not a legal expert. But anyway, that is what it is. And on a final note, I just want to congratulate Council Member Evans on her pursuit and her career. She's young and she's going to be able to advance and, you know, education is part of the course and congratulations going forward. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember, following in the line of questioning that Councilmember Fred Brown had posed. I kind of had the same question. I think what my concern is, is that there's a process in place. Part of the process was for us not to comment on the investigation as it was unfolding. And then now, from what I understand is that, And commissioner or somebody from the law department, if you want to come to the mic to make sure that I don't say something that I can't say, is that, you know, it was it was certain expectations from from council members in the community that an investigation was going to take place and whether or not the findings of that investigation. You know, they were either going to be addressed or not addressed. But is the system set up to the point where if somebody retires before the process gets completed, that's it? So I think that speaks exactly to what we've been hearing about as far as accountability. I think folks are wanting us to address accountability issues. and and I kind of feel like you know we're going to be at a point and council is going to get criticized so to speak for not pushing it but it sounds like our hands were tied or or perceived to be tied as far as pushing the issue and asking for accountability regardless of who it was and what what they did it just seems like it's you know something's incomplete. And I believe that we all trust in the process to no conclusion. Well, I didn't mean to indicate to anyone that this investigation would not have a closing point. Investigations don't only always address discipline. Sometimes as you go through the investigations, you learn that maybe some policy changes need to be made or some procedural changes, or what could someone have done better? And in this particular circumstance, it would also involve off-duty employment. So there are many things that could arise from the investigation that may be addressed. We just don't know what the conclusions are yet because the investigation is still pending. That doesn't mean, and I don't mean to say, that there won't be a point in time when this is done and there will be conclusions from that investigation. Okay. Well, then that And that makes sense. And I didn't think I'd use the word discipline. I just used the word conclusion to the investigation, or that's what I tried to use. But if there's still an opportunity to have some conclusion and some outcomes that we can learn from and see what changes could be made to address any issues that surface, I think that's what council is interested in finding out, and the public. Thank you. You answer my question. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Vice Mayor Kay. Keith. Mr. Horn. I'm sorry, but this is just complex enough and hard enough to understand that I want to be sure that everybody knows exactly what's going on. So if I'm going back over the same ground, forgive me. But I take it step by step. First step is the officer in question has resigned. And so there's no further, there's no way to discipline him within the system because he's not in the system anymore. Is that correct? That is correct. Okay. Second point. The investigation is still about his actions. Is that correct? Yes. And the investigation is pending because there are still charges against the juvenile who's also involved in this case. Is that correct? Yes. And finally, as has been the case all along, that information will not be made public in any way until the investigation is concluded. That is correct. And also keep in mind, from a public standpoint, since this involves juvenile matters, Some of it would be redacted anyway, but I think my belief is that the actions, what you're looking for at the end of the day, will be reviewed and you'll have access to that information. Okay, and that will be made available both to the council and to the public or made available publicly in some way. Is that correct? Redacted, although some might be redacted. Yes, correct. Okay. Okay. I guess the final question I've asked this before but I feel compelled to ask it again. The reason for not concluding that investigation or continuing that investigation while the charges are pending is because the outcome of that investigation could jeopardize the interests of the juvenile. Is that correct? who has a criminal charge offending? It's probably broader than that. There's also not inadvertently interfering in the criminal investigation. Well, I say criminal. Recognize that shorthand. Juvenile court is not a criminal court. It's a public offense court in this particular instance. But everyone uses criminal for shorthand. The juvenile matter, you don't want to inadvertently interfere with the investigation or the prosecution of that matter. In addition to that, typically with this type of police investigation, there are interviews with witnesses as well as the person involved in the incident. And there's a lot of rights that revolve around that, including the right not to incriminate oneself, et cetera, et cetera. So that's why that's a long-term practice not to get involved with or complete this investigation until a criminal, in quotes, prosecution is completed. Okay, that's helpful to me. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Council Member Ellinger. Thank you, Mayor. Keith, don't walk away. Some of my questions have been answered, but what controls that? Is that state law? Is that collective bargaining? Is that policy where you can't have a parallel track in a situation where a police officer arrests somebody? There is now a defendant that's going through prosecution and you cannot look at the actions of the police officer and do any investigation until after that criminal case is resolved. You can't have a parallel track. I've asked that last time we met and I'm still trying to figure out where the. I'm not saying you can't have a parallel track. It's just considered not best practice, and it's a long-term practice of both here and in other places that you wouldn't do that. So it's not illegal to have a paradigm track. It's just for the reasons that we've discussed. It's not typically done. And you want to get the criminal resolved before you then do the investigation of the officer? you want to get that, that, that dissolved in the criminal case is what you're saying before you start looking at the investigation. And, and I guess just explain to me why that it, it causes the, um, it taints the criminal or what, what's the reason why I'm not suggesting to you that it always taints a criminal investigation or prosecution, but it opens up allegations of interference or tainting that type of stuff. And the best way to avoid those allegations is not to get involved in the middle of it. So, so yet typically the, and again, we're using in this case, criminal in quotes, the criminal process would be completed before the internal investigation is completed. And you're saying this is not state law. This is just practice. Best practices is what you're using. And, and where you were coming up best practices. just well that's just what i would consider the standard of best practice and i'm not saying this this isn't my practice this is a long-term practice of this police department and the government so and like i said there's nothing i'm aware of that would prohibit a parallel investigation it's just considered not a good idea and I think um Councilmember Evans wants to she raised her hand so I'll let her jump in here because I know you've practiced in this area before thank you you're finished Councilmember Elton there okay thank you Councilmember Evans well I was just kind of commenting trying to help Keith out um yeah you all gonna have me working until the very last minute. But I can't, can't not say something. But yes, Keith is absolutely right that, you know, as I represented, as you all know, various professional regulatory boards, and it was the same concept. It's the same thing that we did at the AG's office. I don't know one assistant attorney general that would not put their civil professional prosecution aside, if there was a criminal matter that that licensee was facing or that the complainant was facing. So it truly is just, you defer to that criminal matter because someone's liberty, someone's freedom is at stake. And it doesn't really matter which side is facing that taking of freedom. It's just the practice that you defer to that criminal matter. Now, as he said, the investigation can go on, but then you come into the situation of, if I'm representing whoever's facing that criminal matter, I don't want them talking because, again, they have the right to plead the fifth and not incriminate themselves. So they might say something and in the course of an investigation or an interview, and even if they're not the main person, they might say something that could very well be used against them in that criminal matter. So it is just, I know it sounds complicated and it sounds like it's not, it might not be taking a priority, but that's truly how it works when criminal matters get thrown into the mix of things like that. I mean, it's because that that person, whoever it is, whether it's a teacher or a therapist or a police officer, whatever, you know, that that that license is. Well, not the case of police officer, but anyway. But, you know, that license is still there. Like that that teacher still has their teaching certificate. That counselor still has their their license. The hairdresser still has their license. So it you know that can be you can take action on at any time. So that's why the criminal matter usually takes precedent. So I just wanted to try and elaborate on that. Thank you. Am I the last one? We have Councilmember Reynolds. Sorry, Mr. Horn. Another question. If there was an issue, let's say after the investigation by the police department happens, and there was an issue that maybe there was some misconduct or something that had been found out, then would there be a police complaint against whether it's the officer or somebody else? Well, recognizing that police misconduct, as that term is used within the general order related to police conduct, or within the statutes related to discipline, do not necessarily arise to a criminal level, if that's what you're asking. Okay, and we couldn't ask for some type of investigation ourselves. well i don't i'm not sure i understand that question because so so what happens if there there's some sort of um conclusion to the investigation that shows that there somebody was at fault for for what happened uh if it if it's the the officer that's no longer part of the police department, or if it's somebody else, then would there be charges of some sort filed against that person? Well, I'm not sure how you're using the word charges, but let me see if I understand your question. At the end of this investigation, of any investigation of an officer, if the police department determined that that officer has committed misconduct in the discipline sense, the ending result would be some sort of discipline. In this case, the officer has retired, and there's no way to discipline someone who has left government, whether it's through resignation, retirement, or whatever. But if it was criminal, so there can be no criminal charges filed, period. Well, there could always be criminal charges filed if conduct rose to the level of a crime. And what I was trying to say is that officers can commit what would be considered misconduct for disciplinary purposes, for police purposes, but that doesn't mean that it would be a crime. Now, if during an investigation of an officer, police learn that other officers have done something that would warrant misbehavior, they can open investigations on those as well and take appropriate action against whichever officers were involved. Okay, that's helpful. And I'm not trying to say anybody's at fault of anything. I'm just curious about the process and what happens in the end. So thank you very much. Thank you. Are there any other council announcements? Council Member Evans? Thank you, Mayor. Sure. Again, I just truly want to say thank you to all of you. It has been, as Councilmember Bledsoe said, yeah, this five and a half years has gone by really fast. And I do remember that first trip, and I'm sorry for waking you up. but it has truly been a pleasure and an honor to work with you all and to represent the 6th district. I said about all I could say yesterday and I don't know if I enjoyed Angela Evans day to the fullest but I tried to enjoy it as much as I could and hopefully you all get your own day one day too but it really has been a pleasure. You all have unique qualities that I've come to to admire and appreciate. And, you know, it truly has been an adventure. You know, we all haven't always agreed and that's okay. You know, dissent is necessary in a democracy. So I think this was great, although I'm probably tired like the rest of you, but these are the questions that need to yes, these are the discussions that we need to have on all kinds of different issues. But again, I just thank you for all of the well wishes that you've given, all of the emails and text messages and well wishes that I've gotten from my constituents and just people across the city, and even outside of the state that know who don't live here anymore. But perhaps I represented at one point, too, but it truly has been an honor. It's a labor of love and none of us do this for the pay. So it really is something that we all we truly enjoy and I've enjoyed it. And, you know, I don't know what's in the future. Yet the plan is to come come home. You know, I'm not not selling a house or anything. So I don't know about the White House. That does seem to be some nice property there. But, you know, I'm just I'm open to any all the doors that are opened and presented to me. That's that's how I got to counsel. So that's how I live my life. That's how I'll continue to live it. And I just want to thank all of you. you've contributed um contributed to my time here and it truly has been a joy so thank you oh an extra thank you to to deborah and i've had a few different aides that um have come through but uh deborah's been uh just a godsend and i truly appreciate appreciated her she's made me look good and I know we all appreciate our legislative aides, but I am very thankful that I've had the time to work with her as well. So yeah, I'll miss you all, but we've all learned we can really just communicate with each other via Zoom and the phone works and I can still watch and I hope you all still watch me because I'll probably be posting more than I ever have before because I do. This is my home, born and raised here, so it's still a part of me, and so are you all. So thank you for that. I appreciate it. Thank you. Is there any other announcement? I have three brief items. I wanted to acknowledge the governor's newest executive order, which I know our citizens will be interested in, which mandates the wearing of face coverings of some type that have to cover the nose as well as the mouth. And it is effective at 5 p.m. tomorrow for all Fayette Countians. And it will be for 30 days and at the end of 30 days the governor is going to reassess whether it's still necessary and it is for all people indoors and for those outdoors who can't social distance six feet away and this is going to be very helpful I believe to our businesses and our schools in particular so that they can feel more comfortable to operate in a safe manner. And so I just want to urge all of our Fayette County citizens to get those masks out and wear them. And the governor specifically stated he is trying desperately to tamp down these cases of COVID-19 while they're starting to rise back up so that we don't have to go into any sort of backward movement into phase two and phase one again. So there is that. Council members, I want to wish you a wonderful summer break. I know you're looking forward to it. And then finally, Council Member Evans. um i did receive your official letter of resignation today and um i know how excited you are and we were so proud to have also your mother hallie and your nephew jordan yesterday and they're very proud of you and um i don't blame them at all because this opportunity that you have is a once in a lifetime opportunity. And you'll be among these 25 people from all over the world who bring all kinds of perspectives. And I just wish you the very best in the few short years I've gotten to know you. I know how dedicated you are to representing the sixth district and how you view your position as an honorable position. It's an honorable profession to be in elected office, and I know that about you, and I just want to congratulate you, and we'll look forward to the day when we see you back here. So best of luck. I know you have the rest of the month and then we'll all wish you well as you travel to Princeton. And I love the vice mayor's advice. I was raised in the north too and you need to get some warm clothes. Be prepared. So thank you for everything. You've really served your district so well and so beautifully. Thank you. So with that, council members, I'll ask for, we have no one in the queue for public comment, so I will ask for a motion to adjourn. I have the honor of moving for adjournment for the last time for me. Very good. I wish you could second it. the whole thing. Does someone else second? Second. Council Member Farmer. All right. With that, we will adjourn. All those in favor of sending Council Member Evans off for her last adjournment. Thank you very much. We are adjourned. Thank you. you