# Urban County Council - November 19, 2020 > Auto-transcribed civic record · November 19, 2020 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/5254 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/5254?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2020-11-19 - **Last revised**: November 19, 2020 - **Length**: 8,225 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 held a virtual meeting on November 19, 2020, at 6:12 PM, presided over by Mayor Gorton. During the meeting, the Council considered four ordinances and took four votes. All four ordinances on the agenda—Ordinance 1124-20, Ordinance 1125-20, Ordinance 1078-20, and Ordinance 1130-20—were approved. No public comments were heard during the meeting. ## Attendance The following individuals were present at the meeting on November 19, 2020: * Mayor Gorton * Higgins-Hord * Kay * Lamb * McCurn * Moloney * Mossotti * Plomin * Reynolds * Swanson * Worley * Bledsoe * F. Brown * J. Brown * Ellinger * Farmer No members were absent or late. ## Votes and Decisions **Ordinance 1124-20** — Amending certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for municipal expenditures, FY 2021 Schedule No. 19. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Ellinger. Passed by roll call vote 15-0. All members voted in favor: Higgins-Hord, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, and Farmer. [timestamp: 0:16:46] **Ordinance 1125-20** — Amending certain budgets to provide $40,000 for Richmond Rd. Beautification Project, Schedule No. 21. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Ellinger. Passed by roll call vote 15-0. All members voted in favor: Higgins-Hord, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, and Farmer. [timestamp: 0:16:46] **Ordinance 1078-20** — Amending Section 2-479 of the Code of Ordinances regarding the Affordable Housing Governing Board. Motion by Farmer, seconded by Ellinger. Passed by roll call vote 15-0. All members voted in favor: Higgins-Hord, Kay, Lamb, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Swanson, Worley, Bledsoe, F. Brown, J. Brown, Ellinger, and Farmer. [timestamp: 0:16:46] **Ordinance 1130-20** — Amending Section 2-516 of the Code of Ordinances to add an eighth member, who shall be a non-voting, ex officio Urban County Council Member. Motion by J. Brown, seconded by McCurn. Passed by roll call vote 12-2. Members voting in favor: Higgins-Hord, Kay, McCurn, Moloney, Mossotti, Plomin, Reynolds, Worley, Bledsoe, J. Brown, Ellinger, and Farmer. Members voting against: Lamb and F. Brown. [timestamp: 1:01:06] ## Budget and Financial Actions The meeting approved five financial actions totaling $903,335: **Departmental Reaccreditation** Resolution 1025-20 authorized $19,629 for reaccreditation of the Department of Social Services through the Council on Accreditation. **Stormwater and Water Quality** Resolution 1036-20 approved a $300,000 grant to Ky. American Water Co. for Stormwater Quality Projects. **Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure** Resolution 1037-20 authorized a $329,370 contract with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for the Sanitary Sewer Capacity Assurance Program. **Wet Weather Storage** Resolution 1042-20 approved $30,336 to Ky. Utilities for the Upper Cane Run Wet Weather Storage Project. **Transportation Planning Study** Resolution 1043-20 authorized $224,000 to AECOM for the LexMPO Congestion Management Bottleneck Study. ## Contested Items **Ordinance 1130-20 – Industrial Authority Membership** Ordinance 1130-20, which proposed adding a non-voting, ex officio Urban County Council Member to the Industrial Authority, resulted in a split vote. The primary concern raised during discussion centered on potential conflicts of interest that could arise from this arrangement. Council members expressed reservations about the implications of having a sitting council member serve in this capacity, even in a non-voting role. The ordinance ultimately divided the council, with members unable to reach consensus on whether the benefits of increased oversight and coordination justified the potential conflicts of interest inherent in the proposal. ## Ordinance 1124-20 **Summary** Ordinance 1124-20 proposed amendments to certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for municipal expenditures in FY 2021, identified as Schedule No. 19. **Discussion** The ordinance was discussed by key speakers Farmer and Ellinger [timestamp: 0:16:46]. **Outcome** The ordinance was approved. ## Ordinance 1125-20 **Summary** Ordinance 1125-20 proposed amending certain budgets to allocate $40,000 for the Richmond Road Beautification Project, identified as Schedule No. 21. **Discussion** The ordinance was discussed by council members Farmer and Ellinger [timestamp: 0:16:46]. **Outcome** The ordinance was approved. ## Ordinance 1078-20 **Summary** Ordinance 1078-20 proposed an amendment to Section 2-479 of the Code of Ordinances regarding the Affordable Housing Governing Board. **Discussion** The ordinance was discussed by Farmer and Ellinger [timestamp: 0:16:46]. The specific details of their remarks, concerns raised, or arguments presented are not available in the provided meeting materials. **Outcome** The ordinance was approved. ## Ordinance 1130-20 **Summary** Ordinance 1130-20 proposed an amendment to Section 2-516 of the Code of Ordinances to add an eighth member to a board or committee. This new member would serve as a non-voting, ex officio Urban County Council Member. **Discussion** The ordinance was discussed by J. Brown and McCurn [timestamp: 1:01:06]. The specific details of their remarks, concerns raised, or supporting arguments are not documented in the available meeting materials. **Outcome** The ordinance was approved. --- ## Decisions - **Ordinance 1130-20** — passed (12-2): Amending Section 2-516 of the Code of Ordinances to add an eighth member, who shall be a non-voting, ex officio Urban County Council Member. - **Ordinance 1124-20** — passed (15-0): Amending certain budgets of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for municipal expenditures, FY 2021 Schedule No. 19. - **Ordinance 1125-20** — passed (15-0): Amending certain budgets to provide $40,000 for Richmond Rd. Beautification Project, Schedule No. 21. - **Ordinance 1078-20** — passed (15-0): Amending Section 2-479 of the Code of Ordinances regarding the Affordable Housing Governing Board. --- ## Full transcript Thank you. Mayor, you're ready to go. You're live on the air. Okay, thanks a lot. Welcome everyone to the November 19, 2020 Urban County Council meeting. And I'd like to open with our COVID statement. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency, this meeting is being held via live video teleconference pursuant to 2020 Senate Bill 150 and in accordance with KRS 61.826 because it is not feasible to offer a primary physical location for this meeting. Welcome, everyone. I'd like to go ahead and ask our clerk to call the roll. Ms. Higgins-Hord? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kaye? Here. Ms. Lamb? Here. Mr. McCurrett? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plumman? Here. Ms. Reynolds? Here. Mr. Swanson? Here. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown Here Mr. James Brown Here Mr. Ellinger Yes, ma'am And Mr. Farmer Yes, ma'am Thank you Thank you. We have a quorum and I'd like to call on Councilmember Jennifer Massadi who's going to offer our invocation tonight Thank you, Mayor with Thanksgiving coming next week, let us pause for a moment of thanks. We should thank God for the men and women who committed themselves to establish a new nation in which voting was possible. We should thank God for the courage of the women of the speech movement who pioneered the path to the 19th Amendment and ensured women the right to vote. We should thank God for those who risked and sacrificed their lives to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to allow all our citizens, regardless of the color of their skin, to vote. We also pray for forgiveness that there are still some in the country whose votes are not allowed to be cast or counted. We pray for those protection of all the voters and the votes of this election. We pray for those who have worked tirelessly to offer the country the vision of the future they deeply believe in. Give them rest and a sense of peace. We pray for all the citizen volunteers. We pray for a microphone that works. No evil. Certainly we can make it through this time of disunity. No matter how we voted, hopefully it was for the visions, ideas, and candidates that best represented our best values. Voting is one of the part of the prophet's instruction to seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. there. Today, we also pray for those who voted differently than we did for their own reasons, and we pray that we will find the ways to build bridges and work together for the common good of the country we all dwell in, and may our votes be guided less by fear of our neighbor and more by a hope for the future. God has blessed all the nations of the world, not just America. We pray for God's special blessing on our nation and that the opportunities to fulfill our country's greatest possibilities might be greatly enhanced. Amen. Thank you, Council Member Mazzotti. As you know, public comment is suspended until December 1st when we'll restart it, and so I would like to ask our clerk to give a second reading of ordinances. And ordinance number one, an ordinance submitting certain of the budgets of the Lexington Fair urban county government reflect current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating reprimanding funds fiscal year 2021 schedule number 19. item number two an ordinance amending uh certain of the budget the Lexington Fair urban county government reflect current requirements for funds in the amount of forty thousand dollars to provide funds for council projects in the division of environmental services for the richmond road beautification project and appropriating repropriating funds schedule number 23. and item three an ordinance an ordinance amending section 2-479 of the Lexington Fair urban county government code of ordinance is to remove the the requirement for the affordable housing governing board manage the financial and administrative actions of the affordable housing funds remove the requirements of the board perform housing studies and instead required that the board review housing studies to require that the board establish funding priorities based on identified needs to authorize the board to establish a technical assistance advisory board group to assist the board and staff in terms of the requirement to the board submit annual reports of the activities of the affordable housing unit or housing fund and many section 2-480 the license fair urban county government code of ordinances remove the requirement that the office of affordable housing work in conjunction with the affordable with the technical assistance advisory group and other divisions within the department of planning preservation and development to require that the office of affordable housing to submit annual reports on the activities of affordable housing fund emitting section 2-483 of the listening fair over county government code of ordinances to remove the requirement that the project funded by the affordable housing fund be non-supplantive to clarify that the affordable housing funds may be used for the acquisition construction or rehabilitation of all forms of housing to authorize the use of affordable housing funds for the refinancing of existing debt to clarify that affordable housing fund may be used for technical assistance directly related to creating any form of housing project to remove the requirement that the applicant submit annual reporting of affordability to the housing housing affordable housing government board and to clarify the affordable housing government developments are subject to inspection and item four in ordinance man section 2-516 of the code of ordinances to add an eighth member who shall be be an urban county council member to subsection 2-516-1 to remove subsection 2-516-4 which makes a holder of public office ineligible for service as a member of the authority and to remember the remaining subsections to be consistent with this change effective on the date of passage thank you approval second thank you very much we have a motion and a second and when you're ready i'll ask the clerk to call the roll please. Ms. Higgins-Hort? Yes ma'am. Mr. K? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Actually Mayor I was trying to get your attention to ask a question before we started the vote. Is it about one of the items? Yes, ma'am, it is. And I tried to, I raised my blue hand, but not quick enough. So, well, I guess I will have to wait until after the vote. I'm going to vote yes on all, but no on four. Okay. This is the industrial authority. Yes, ma'am, it is. All right, thank you. All right. Perhaps maybe after the vote, if I could ask the question then, please. Yes, of course. Thank you. Mr. McCurron? Yes, on all. Mr. Maloney? No, on four, yes, on the rest. Ms. Musadi? No on number four. Yes on the remaining. Ms. Plumman? No on four. Yes on the remaining. Ms. Reynolds? Yes on all. Mr. Swanson? Yes on one through three. No on four. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. As to all. Thank you. Ms. Blitza? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? No on four. Yes on the rest. Mr. James Brown? Yes on all. Mr. Ellinger? No on four. Yes on the rest. and Mr. Farmer yes on all thank you thank you those passed um Councilmember Lamb you had a question about four and I appreciate this um I guess and I don't know if law departments in the attendees and I did not check this question. It just came to my mind. If someone, and I should wait. Dave Barbary is coming in. So they don't miss the question. I know that's happened in the past. Mr. Barbary, are you, I see you're unmuted. Oh, now you're muted. and I see Ms. Speckert's on the commissioner yeah so I'm here Susan I just don't know what the deal with the video is well that's I mean my question has to do with the industrial authority and this just hit me to ask this question so if a council person is actually making decisions on the industrial authority to purchase property or anything, does that mean that they would not be able to vote on any issues? Would there be a conflict if they were to vote on any similar issues as it relates to the 250 acres? I don't think so. There may be a specific instance where it would present a conflict, but I think generally that would not be a concern every single time there was an action taken, if that's what you're asking. Yeah, I mean, I know that not with specific with every action, but I was just curious about the, there could be some actions. Sure, as with anything that a council member serves on, there could be a situation that arises where it would become a conflict either when you're voting on the board you're on or when you're voting as a council member and something related to that. Okay. All right. Well, again, I'm sorry I didn't get to this question before the, and that's my fault for having the last minute thoughts. So thanks, Mr. Barbary. And thank you, Mayor. You're welcome. All right. Let's go ahead and have first reading of ordinances. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number five, an ordinance changing the zone from a Plain neighborhood residential r3 zone to a light industrial i1 zone for 37.87 net 40.82 gross acres from a professional office p1 zone to a highway service business b3 zone for 7.98 net 9.12 gross acres from an agricultural ar zone to a highway service business b3 zone for 1.69 gross and net acres and we're going to plan plan neighborhood residential r3 zone to a highway service business b3 zone for 0.82 gross and net acres for properties located at 2501 2701 spur road in 2710 Sullivan Trace item six an ordinance of an extension of the budget that makes him fair urban county government for like current requirements for municipal expenditures and appropriating re-appropriating funds fiscal year 2021 schedule number 20. thank you thank you very much are there any walk-ons council members i do not see any are there any motions to suspend the rules and give second reading. All right if you'll go ahead then please and give second reading to resolutions. Yes ma'am. Resolution number one a resolution authorized and directed to the man on behalf of the urban county government to execute an agreement with the University of Kentucky to provide keys to access construction gates. Item two resolution authorized and directed to the man on behalf of the urban county government to execute an accreditation agreement with council on accreditation for re-accreditation of the department of the department of social services at a cost that received $19,629 in fiscal year 2021, item three. Resolution authorizing may on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy Portsmouth Paducah Project Office for police response during a security incident, item four. Resolution authorizing may on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an agreement awarding a Class B Infrastructure Incentive Grant to the Kentucky American Water Company from stormwater quality projects at a cost that received $300,000, item five. Resolution authorizing may on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a third renewal of agreement with the Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for continued program management services for the sanitary sewer capacity assurance program required by the consent to create a cost estimated not to exceed $229,370. Item 6. Resolution authorizing may on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a temporary requirement with the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons for the replacement of the access roll culvert to the Lower Town Branch pump station on the property located at 3301 Leastown Road at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 7. Resolution authorizing the approval of maintenance and support agreement with the Indemnity Identity and Security USA LCS also provided for the maintenance and support of the Morphobis latent expert workstation at a cost not to exceed $8,899 per year. Item 8. A resolution authorizing the Division of Water Quality to procure a relocation of electric utilities by Kentucky Utilities for the Upper Cane-Run Wet Weather Storage Project, a remedial measures project required by the Consent Decree, and authorizing the Mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute any necessary agreement with Kentucky Utilities related to the relocation of utilities at a cost estimated not to exceed $30,336, item 9. A resolution authorizes and directly on behalf of your mechanical government to execute a professional services agreement with IACOM for a Lex MPO congestion management bottleneck study in response to RFP number 23-2020 at a cost not to exceed $224,000, item 10. A resolution authorizes and directly on behalf of your mechanical government to execute an agreement with the Kentucky Council on Child Abuse Incorporated, DBA, Prevent Child Abuse, Kentucky Incorporated, to accept a grant in the amount of $13,519 in order to provide self-help parent education support group at the Family Care Center for fiscal year 2021, the acceptance of which obligates the Irving County Government to a $6,058 in-kind match and authorizing the mayor to transfer and income refunds within the grant budget item 11. Resolution authorizing the payment of federal funds received by Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, the economical stockpile emergency preparedness program for fiscal year 2020, and some not to exceed $29,000 to Management Registry Incorporated, FKA Omnisource Integrated Supply LLC to fund three contract positions for Web EOC Coordinator Services, Exercise Coordinator Services, and Access and Functional Needs Coordinator Services for Fiscal Year 2021 and authorizing and directing the mail to transfer and undergarment funds within the grant budget, Item 12. Resolution authorizing directly mail on behalf of your beginning government to execute an agreement with Lexington Home Ownership Commission 2, Incorporated $1,000 for the Office of the Urban County Council to cross-nip to see this unstated. Item 13, resolution accepting the bid of Bobcat Enterprises Incorporated and Sunbelt Rentals Incorporated, establishing price contract for equipment rental without operator for the Division of Streets and Roads. Item 14, resolution accepting the bid of ISCO LLC DBA bail. TSP.com, establishing a price contract for bailing while for the Division of Waste Management. Item 15, resolution accepting the bids of General Price Distribution, LLC DBA, Advance Autopause, Scott Monader Group Incorporated, Bluegrass International Trikes, Clark Power Services Incorporated, Dukes, ANW Enterprises, LLC Fleet Pride Incorporated, Lexington Truck Sales Incorporated, and Worldwide Equipment Incorporated. Establishing price contracts for heavy duty item 16. A resolution accepting the bid of Herrick Company Incorporated in the amount of $74,350 for the chlorine building catwalk project for the Division of Water Quality and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County Government to execute an agreement with Herrick Company Incorporated related to the bid. item 17. A resolution accepting the bid of Brownfield Development LLC establishing a price contract for clearing and grabbing services for the Division of Water Quality, item 18. A resolution accepting the bid of Smith contractors incorporated in the amount of $1,526,000 for the West Hickman BPR improvement and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the Irving County government to execute an agreement with Smith contractor incorporated related to the bid, item 19. A resolution accepting the bid of Morgan Electric Motor Sales and Services Incorporated and BL Anderson Company establishing price contracts for electric motors and pumps repairs and replacement for the division of water quality item 20. Resolution ratifying the probation classified civil service appointments of Christopher Kirtland Networks Network Systems Administrator grade 520e. 1,919.2,0, bi-weekly division of computer services effective November 23, 2020 Donna Jones equipment operator grade 510 and 15.8, A4 hourly in the division of streets and roads effective November 16, 2020. Thomas Hilbron solids processing supervisor grade 519E2710.96 biweekly in the division of water quality effective November 23, 2020. Joseph Boone, equipment operator senior grade 512N16.798 hourly in the division of water quality effective November 23, 2020. Cameron Kennedy, equipment operator senior grade 512N17.062 hourly in the division of water quality effective November 23, 2020. Timothy Higgins, equipment operator grade 510N16.030 hourly in the division of water and water quality effective November 23, 2020. Lauren Wood, building inspector, grade 517N. 21.471, Ireland, the dividend bill and inspection effective November 23, 2020, and ratifying the permanent classified civil service appointments of Kayla Gray, staff assistant senior, grade 510N, 15.293, Allen, division revenue effective October 20, 2020. Matthew Marsh, traffic signal technician, senior, grade 515N, 21.892, Ireland, the dividend of traffic engineering, effective September 23, 2020, and ratifying the probationary sworn appointments of Jeremy Breslin, police lieutenant, grade 317E. 3,346.89 by Wittman, Division of Police, effective November 16, 2020. Wesley Farley, Police Sergeant, grade 315N, 32.408, Arlington Division of Police, effective November 16, 2020. John Steele, Police Sergeant, grade 315N, 32.408, Arlington Division of Police, effective October 26, 2020. Shannon Eisen, Fire Captain, grade 316N, 26.753, Arlington Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27, 2020. Steve McCrump, Fire Captain, grade 316N, 26.753 Ireland, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26th, 2020. James Moore, Fire Captain, Grade 316N, 26.753 Ireland, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26th, 2020. Jacob C. F. Fire Captain, Grade 316N, 26.753 Ireland, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27th, 2020. Donovan Wilson, Fire Captain, Grade 316N, 26.753 Ireland, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26th, 2020. Adam Kramer, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Arlington, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26th, 2020, Brad Dusing, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Arlington, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26th, 2020, Christopher Enos, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Arlington, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27th, 2020, Christopher McFarlane, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Arlington, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 12th, 2020, Jeff Miles, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Arlington, the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27, 2020. Robert Mart, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 26, 2020. Christopher Oakley, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27, 2020. John Claude Whitnell, Fire Lieutenant, Grade 315 and 20.902, Hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27, 2020. And ratifying the Council leave of Mark Grimes, Public Service Worker Senior, Grade 509 and 18.069, Hourly in the Division of Fire and Emergency Services, effective October 27, 2020. effective October 27, 2020 through November 15, 2020, and ratifying the following unclassified civil service appointments. Adam Doherty, treatment plant operator, apprentice, class 2, grade 5, 12, and 18.09 hourly in the Division of Water Quality, effective November 23, 2020, Harold Koons, extended school program manager, grades 524E, 2005, 38.48 biweekly in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective November 23, 2020. And item 21. A resolution authorizing me on behalf of the American government to execute a memorandum of agreeing with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky State Police, for the acceptance of federal funds in the amount of $20,000 in the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Grant Program, fiscal year 2021, the acceptance which obligates the Irving County government for the expenditure of $4,413 as a local match and authorizing the mayor and to transfer to undergarment funds within the grant budget, item 22. A resolution authorizing me on behalf of your mechanic government to execute change order number three final to the agreement with wrc1 lc dba w rogers company llc for the wabash gujres pensacola and lakawana wgpl storm super project decreases the contract price by the sum of 68 566.75 from 1 million 301 512 dollars and 78 cents to 1 million 232 946 dollars and three cents and extending the date of completion to april 10 2020 a resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a certificate of consideration and other necessary documents and to accept a deed that's pretty located at 500 Lisa Drive for the Joyland area storm drain project at a cost not to exceed $50,000 item 24 a resolution authorizing on behalf of your mechanic government to accept the donation of $250 from a recovery group meeting to be to be used for park maintenance item 25 resolution authorizing directing man behalf here mechanic government to execute a maintenance of agreement a maintenance agreement with Q free America for maintenance of computerized traffic control system at a cost not to exceed $39,000. Item 26. A resolution authorizes on the direct name on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a professional service agreement with LexArts Incorporated to provide support to the arts community at a cost not to exceed $200,000. Item 27. A resolution authorizes on the direct name on behalf of the Urban County Government to accept a donation from Kentucky State Police of two remote tech robots for use of the divisional police at no cost to the Urban County Government. Item 28. A resolution authorizes on the Mayor on behalf of the Urban County Government to execute a letter of no objection with Columbia Gas of Kentucky Incorporated authorizing the construction of an access driveway and a portion of right away an easement on the property located at 2349 return right at no cost to the urban county government item 29 the resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the urban county government to accept award an award of an additional $39,000 in federal funds from the Kentucky cabinet of health and family services department of community-based services to support child care expenses at the family care center the acceptance which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure of funds and to transfer an unacomptured within the grant budget item 30 the resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the urban to execute a letter of agreement with the Lexington Air Traffic Control Tower for designation of discrete transponder codes and radio telephony call signs, item 31. Resolution authorizing directly on behalf of your mechanic government to execute change order number one to the agreement with Meadowbrook Concrete LLC for the old Frankfort Pike Scenic overlook increasing contract price by the sum of $11,457 from $496,750 to $508,207, item 32. Resolution authorizing directly on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney's Office, extending the period of performance through December 31, 2020, for the Operation of Street Sales Program, Item 33. Resolution authorizing and directly on behalf of the urban county government to accept a grant from Kentucky Water, which grant funds are in the amount of $500 under Kentucky American Water's 2020 firefighting support grant program, to the purchase of personal protective equipment hoods, acceptance which does not obligate the urban county government to put expenditure funds and authorize the money to transfer to undercover funds within the grant budget, Item 34. Resolution authorizing directly on behalf of the urban county government to approve and adopt substantial amendments to the 2019 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan and to accept additional community development block grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which bring funds on the amount of $1,343,569 in federal funds provided under the CARES Act for the Community Actual Council, Tordor, and Fiat, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nichols County, $620,211. Refuge Ministries Incorporated, $60,000. The Explorium in partnership with the William Wells Brown Elementary, $56,372. New Vista of Bluegrass, $106,135, Food Chain, $53,195, NAMI of Lexington, $180,000, and Administrative Feeds for the LFUCG Division of Grants and Special Programs, $207,656, these statements of which does not obligate the urban county government for the expenditure funds and authorizing the mayor to transfer an undercover fund within the grant budget. Item 35. grant funded by the Victims of Crime Act and for the support of a bilingual victims advocate for the Division of Police in Fiscal Year 2021, the acceptance of which will include the Urban County Government making an expenditure of $13,539 as a planned local match and authorizing the man to transfer to undercrumbs within the budget. And Item 37, a resolution authorizing and directing man on behalf of your mechanical to execute agreement with East End Community Development Corporation 625, Hill and Dale Neighborhood Association 500, and Pymetters Neighborhood Association $1,100 for the office of the Irving County Council and across the country to see this on state. Thank you. Mayor, I'm sorry. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All right. Councilmember Plowman moved. Councilmember McCurn seconded. And when you're ready, if you'll take a roll call vote. Ms. Hickens-Hort? Yes ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes ma'am. Mr. McCurn? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Yes. Yes. Mr. Worley? Yes, ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? Yes. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much. Those all pass. Now, when you're ready, if you'll please give first reading to resolutions. Item 38. A resolution accepting the bids of Paul Miller Ford, Fuller Ford Incorporated, and Martin Peterbilt of Central Kentucky LLC establishing price contracts for automotive and truck parts OEM supplemental for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management, item 39. A resolution accepting the bid of Ron Cooper Company Incorporated establishing price contracts for recording supplies for the office of the Fayette County Court, item 40. A resolution accepting the bid of Judy Construction Company in the amount of $6,551,000 for the Upper Cane Wet Weather Storage for the Division of Water Quality and Authorizing the Endurking Mayor on behalf of the Army County Government to execute an agreement with Judy Construction Company related to the bid. Item 41. A resolution accepting the bid of Victory Supply Medzon Norfleet Distributors LLC, Glove Planet LLC, Global Geeks Incorporated, and Great Hawk Air Service establishing price contract for the Division of Community Corrections. Item 42. The resolution accepting a bid of Robert Heavy Duty Towing Incorporated and City Towing Services Incorporated establishing price contracts for towing of LFUCG and vehicles for the Division of Facilities and Fleet Management. Item 43. Connor Sands, Wesley Sharp, Emily Sizemore, Braden Smith, Russell Stewart, Allison Winters, all police officers, grade 311 and 20.765, hourly in Division of Police, item 44. A resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional offer to the following probationary classified civil service appointments. Eric Merlino, municipal engineer, senior, grade 525E, 2807.70, bi-weekly in Division of Water Quality, effective February 1, 2020, Ace Ray, public service worker, grade 507 and 13.47 hourly, in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective upon passage of counsel. Eric Smith is second. Public Service Worker, Grade 507 N, 12.893 hour in the Division of Parks and Recreation, effective upon passage of counsel, and authorizing Division of Human Resources. Make an additional offer to the following probation and community correction officer appointment. Corey Crowe, Christopher Roberts, Timothy Gulley, all community correction officers recruit, Grade 109 N, 15.384 hour in the Division of Community Corrections, effective upon passage of counsel, and authorizing Division of Human Resources to make a conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointment. Patrick Philpott, Treatment Plant Operator of Princess, Grade 509N, 14.027 Hourly, in the Division of Water Quality, effective December 7, 2020, Item 45. Resolution authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the AirBagani Government to execute change order number one to the agreement with HydroMax USA LLC for 2020 Capacity Assurance Program temporary flow monitoring, decreasing the contract price by the sum of $10,230.80 from $164,470 to $154,239.20, Item 46. A resolution authorizing the man on behalf of the American Government to execute a release of claims agreement with Corporal Cody Tingle for the care of retired K-9 Hydro Aussie and retired K-9 Clyde. Item 47. A resolution authorizing the man on behalf of the American Government to execute a random agreement with Showprop Lexington LLC and LM Asphalt Partners LTD DBA ATS Construction to provide for the sharing of costs for resurfacing of Lexington Center Drive at cost estimated not to exceed $9,054.17. Item 48. A resolution authorizing the direct command on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a donation from Lowe's Hamburg store 2345 of a Weber grill for the use at the Division of Police, item 49. A resolution authorizes me on behalf of your mechanic of government to execute change order number one to the agreement with E.C. Matthews Company Incorporated for the Richmond Road Phase II corridor landscape project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $31,134 from $128,400 to $159,534, and extending the date of completion by 192 calendar days to March 31, 2021, item 50. The resolution amending resolution number 419-2020 to provide the Community Action Council for Lexington, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Inc., with an additional $253,000 in funding, which includes an administrative fee not to exceed 10%, with said funding reallocated from the unspent funds previously authorized by resolution number 419-2020, and authorizing the mayor on behalf of the year of McKinney Government to execute any necessary related amendments to the agreement, item 51. A resolution authorizes the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute change order number three to the agreement with Dugan and Myers LLC for the town branch wastewater treatment plant thickening process upgrades, decreasing the contract, priced by the sum of $8,731 from $3,318 to $3,296,587, item 52. A resolution authorizes the mayor on behalf of your mechanic government to execute a memorandum agreement with Bluegrass Community Technical College, BCTC, for services related to water quality monitoring in the town branch watershed at no cost to the urban county government, item 53. A resolution authorizing me on behalf of the American Government to execute a release of easements, releasing utility easements, and sidewalk easements on the property located at 840 Angliana Avenue, Item 54. A resolution authorizing me on behalf of the American Government to execute any and all documents that is heard declaring the property located at 2450 Southview Drive as surplus and authorizing disposal of the property to surrounding landowners at a cost not to exceed $750, Item 55. A resolution authorized and directed on behalf of the Air Mechanic Government to execute a multi-year purchase and support agreement with the Unified Technologies LLC for annual maintenance and support of the Shortel's telephone system at the Black and Williams Center and the Senior Center at a cost not to exceed $6,945.51 in fiscal year 2021, item 56. A resolution authorizes the mayor on behalf of the Air Mechanic Government to execute change-oriented agreement with E.C. Matthews Company, Incorporated for the First Sales Road Welcome Sign Project, increasing the contract price by the sum of $16,991 from $112,700 to $129,691 and extending the date of completion by 192 calendar days to March 31, 2021, item 57. A resolution authorizing the Division of Human Resources to make conditional and promotional offers to the successful candidates for classified civil service, unclassified civil service, and sworn positions directed in the meeting to provide a list of the names of the successful candidates, pay grades and salaries no later than January 14, 2021, providing that this authorization shall expire on January 8, 2021, item 58. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of your mechanic government to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Harrods Hills Recreation Center extending the period of performance through May 31, 2021 to complete improvements at the Recreation Center, Item 59. A resolution authorizing directly on behalf of your mechanic government to accept an award of an additional $9,920 in federal funds to the Lexington Fiat County Health Department in order to continue the Home Network Project, also known as the Kentucky Health Access Nurturing Development Services Hands Program at the Family Care Center for Fiscal Year 2021, the acceptance of which does not obligate the Irving County Government for the expenditure funds in authorizing and directing the mayor to transfer to undercomer funds within the grant budget, Item 16. A resolution authorizes and directing me on behalf of Irving County Government to execute an agreement with the Environmental Enterprises Incorporated, EEI, in order to apply grant funds in the amount of $100,000 in common and wealth of Kentucky funds received from the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet for Fiscal Year 2021 to pay EEI's disposal costs associated with the fall 2020 fayette county household hazardous waste recycling event and item 61. a resolution authorizing authorizing the lake san fayre urban county government approving the execution and delivery by scott county fiscal year court of its scott county fiscal report health care revenue bond series 2020 kentucky easter steel society incorporated project in an amount not to exceed 10 million dollars the bonds and the use of the proceeds thereof to assist kentucky easter steel society incorporated the corporation a to finance the cost of the the purchase of the corporation's building located at 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, Kentucky, and B to pay the cost of issuance. Thank you. Thank you very much. Are there any walk-ons? All right. I do not see any. Does anyone have suspension of the rules for second reading? All right. I don't see any of those either. Communications from the mayor. uh susan uh council member land excuse me mayor i'm sorry council member james brown i your hand just went up i slow on the draw mayor i'm sorry mayor i'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and give second reading to number 44 those are conditional offers so moved is there a second okay council member warley seconds is there any discussion all right all those in favor please raise your hand. Is anyone opposed? Same sign. That motion passes. Are there any others? Okay. All right. If the clerk will please give first reading to number 44. Yes, ma'am. upon passage of council and authorizing the division of human resources with conditional offer to the following creation of community correction officer appointments. Corey Crow, Christopher Roberts, Timothy Gulley, all community correction officers, the recruit grade 109 and 15.38 for hourly individual community corrections, effective upon passage of council and authorizing the division of human resources to make conditional offer to the following unclassified civil service appointments. Patrick Philpott, treatment plant operator of French's grade 509 and 14.027 hourly in the division of water quality effective December 7th, 2020. Thank you. Thank you. that was actually second reading. Is there a motion to approve? Move. Second. Vice Mayor Kay moves approvals. Second is by Council Member Reynolds. And when you're ready, if you'll please take a roll call vote. Ms. Higgins-Hord? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor Kay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? Yes, ma'am. Mr. McCurn? Yes ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. 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. Mr. Farmer? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you very much. That passes. Council members, first of all, for information only, communications from the mayor are there any questions and then just second i wanted to um recognize the passing of two of our wonderful community uh folks senator reggie thomas's mother many of you knew her as our director of adult services and she certainly served well and then the passing of bill mccord who was a as council member lamb knows a great fourth district resident for a long time um the interesting thing about bill was that um he was a descendant of the folks who came through the cumberland pass who settled goonsboro back in 1780 and um so he his family was one of the one of those who settled kentucky He is the father of someone most of you know, Mary Diane Hanna and Carolyn Resnick. So just wanted to keep them in our thoughts. And then, as you know, we do not have a police discipline or a fire discipline tonight. And so we'll move on to announcements. Are there any? Council Member Maloney. Thank you. I want to wish all my colleagues and all the citizens of Fayette County a happy Thanksgiving. And I also want to wish to employees that we're in a red zone. I will not be doing my walkthrough as I normally do on Friday. And I just want to wish them all a great Thanksgiving and thank all those employees who do come in every day for their hard work. And I hope they have a great, blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. And I'll piggyback on Councilmember Maloney's wishing everybody in city government a happy Thanksgiving as well as folks in our community. The other thing I want to mention in CAO Sally Hamilton or Ken Armstrong, neither one of them have to come to the microphone or get chimed into the meeting. But if they're listening, I would just ask if they would take a look at code enforcement as we continue through this pandemic and the challenges with people being off work and investors not collecting rents in their entirety and residential folks that are dealing with other issues that we look at maybe doing something in regards to code enforcement fines. So if that's something that y'all would just take a look at internally, I think it's something that I've got calls about and emails about. I think we should just be as a city government, try to be sensitive to those that are dealing with other issues in regards to other things and not be so pressing upon the fine, the fine portion of it. Um, the other thing, mayor, is, um, I'd actually like to make a motion to reconsider, uh, ordinance number four, uh, in regards to our, uh, meeting, uh, that we had, I think it was last week or a couple of weeks ago. I think council members expressed interest with having a representation on that board, but shared concerns about it being a voting member, which, you know, with further consideration, you know, I think it's prudent. So with that, I'll make a motion to reconsider ordinance number four. I'm sorry, who seconded it? Council Member McCurn seconded. that is that was under second reading of ordinances this is a motion to reconsider yes all right okay um let's see where is our parliamentarian council member warley remind me is that debatable or is that not debatable motion to reconsider would be debatable okay thank you um all right are there any questions? Councilmember Fred Brown. You're on mute. I'm on mute. You went back on mute. Councilmember Fred Brown, I don't know what's going on, but there you go. There you go. I just, I was curious about what the, what the vote was recorded earlier. It was pretty close on the vote. It was, I believe it was eight to seven. Okay. All right. Is that correct? I'll ask our clerk. Did you have eight to seven? In favor? Yes, sir. Okay. So council member James Brown can call for reconsideration. Okay. Yes. Okay. Mayor, your vote tally was correct. Okay, thank you. Someone else had a hand up. Vice Mayor Kay. Thank you, Mayor. I'm just curious, Council Member Brown, the motion to reconsider, what's your concern at this point? I was actually going to, after we reconsider it, I was going to make an amendment to make that an ex officio, still make it a council member's five, but make it a non-voting ex officio member. Okay. Thank you. That helps. Okay. And someone else, Council Member Reynolds, you had your hand up. Thank you. I think that was the answer to my question why we were reconsidering exactly. So thank you. Okay. Are there other questions about the motion to reconsider? I do not see any. Councilmember McCurron. I don't think it's actually I think don't think it's the appropriate time. I think I'll wait for the amendment. Thank you. okay all right um any other questions all right the motion is to reconsider ordinance number four which was on for second reading um all those in favor please raise your hand and please keep it up All those opposed? Anybody opposed? All right. That motion passes. Now, Council Member James Brown. Okay. So now I make a motion to approve ordinance number four. is it appropriate to approve that motion now and then then make the amendment or make i would i would amend i would i would make a motion to amend the ordinance okay or yeah make a motion to amend the ordinance first okay okay so thank you thank you uh council member warland i so i make a motion to amend ordinance number four and ordinance amending section 2516 of the code of ordinance to add an eighth member who shall be an ex-officio urban county council member to subsection 25-5161 to remove subsection 2514 which makes a holder of public office ineligible for service as a member of the authority and to renumber the remaining subsection to be consistent with this change effective of the date of passage so move second all right council member mccurrin seconded that is there any discussion all right uh now some of you were on for announcements on the blue hands council member farmer are you on for this discussion okay council member mccurrin are you on for this discussion? Okay, you're up next. Thank you, Mayor. You know, after consideration, I think Council Member Brown has a good point. You know, I know this was debated back and forth, and I advocated for keeping us as a voting position, and I do appreciate the support on that, but after consideration, I do think that this is something that could potentially have influence to it and I do think that to leave us as being on this board better communication more direct communication with council being able to interject our opinions I'd like to see that seat still there that requires some one of us to be there but I don't necessarily think it needs to be a voting position so I will relinquish my opinion from before on to onto this amendment thank you Thank you. Council Member Lamb. Thanks. This is, you know me, I look at the process and Council Member James Brown, when you were reading that whole ordinance heading back, you missed one of the numbers. And I'm not, I'm just being the legal person that when you might just want to say that you want to add that it's an ex officio instead of trying to restate the whole ordinance heading. Because when our clerk puts that in the record, you don't want it to be in there incorrectly and in and unintendedly be wrong. Mayor, I have let, sorry, Council Member Lamb, I let David Barbary in. He was trying to speak from the waiting room on this. Okay. Ex officio doesn't necessarily mean non-voting. So if you want to make it a non-voting ex officio, I would recommend that you put the non-voting language in there as well. Okay. so maybe in it just to restate the motion and just say that you're amending the ordinance to add that the urban county council seat the eighth seat is a non-voting ex officio just just for clarity so moved no that's it's your motion Councilman Brown, did you want to restate your motion to that effect? Were you going to weigh in? I was, just for simplicity's sake. And I appreciate everybody trying to be as clear as we can. And thanks, David Barber, for jumping in. Maybe this discussion, I think, was clear. It was clear what Captain Brown was trying to do with his motion. Madam Clerk, do you understand the motion well enough for the minutes? Yes. Thank you. It was non-voting, Councilmember Brown. I said it in the preamble, but I didn't say it when I made the amendment. So, yeah. So, a non-voting ex-officio member. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying everybody. Now, who else would like to speak to the amendment? Anybody? All right. So the amendment is to amend number four to add in that the council member seat will be ex officio non voting. That is the only change. so um all those in favor of the amendment please raise your hand and keep it up for a minute all right those opposed okay there's one no vote um that motion passes so mayor it would need it would need a new first reading and i think that um this is for the clerk i think abby you would put after in the title after it says who shall be it should be a non-voting ex-officio member of the urban urban county council member so you just would add those words right after shall be in the title. Okay. Thank you for that, Dave. All right. When you are ready, are you ready to give that a new first reading? I am. All right. Very good. Thank you. I am number four. in order to make section 5 5 2 dash 516 of the code of ordinances to add an eighth member who shall be a non-voting ex officio urban county council member to subsection 2 dash 516 1 to remove subsection 2 dash 516 4 which makes a holder of public office ineligible for service as a member of the authority and to remember the remaining subsections to be consistent with this change effective on the date of passage thank you thank you are there any motions to suspend the and give second reading. Council Member James Brown. Thank you, Mayor. I make a motion to suspend the rules and give number four second reading. So move. I'll second too. Council Member McCurn seconds. Is there any discussion? All those in favor of giving second reading, please raise your hand. All right, all those opposed. Okay, that motion passes. If you will go ahead, please, and give number four second reading. Yes, ma'am. Ordinance number four, an ordinance meeting section 2-516 of the code of ordinances to add an eighth member who shall be a non-voting ex officio urban county council member to subsection 2-5161. to remove subsection 2-516 forward, which makes a holder of public office and eligible for service as a member of the authority and to remember the remaining subsections to be consistent with this change effective on the date of passage. Thank you very much. Is there a motion to approve? So moved. Vice Mayor Kay moves approval second. Is there a second? Council Member Plumman seconds. Now, if you will call the roll, take the vote, please. Ms. Higginsward? Yes, ma'am. Vice Mayor McKay? Yes. Ms. Lamb? No. Mr. McCurn? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Maloney? Yes. Ms. Massadi? Yes. Ms. Plowman? Yes. Ms. Reynolds? Yes. Mr. Swanson? Mr. Swanson? Mr. Worley? Yes ma'am. Ms. Bledsoe? Yes, ma'am. Mr. Fred Brown? No. Mr. James Brown? Yes. Mr. Ellinger? Yes, ma'am. And Mr. Farmer? At last, yes. All right, that motion passes. Thank you very much. Now, let's go back. Are we under announcements? I think we are. And Councilmember Farmer, you've been waiting. I was going to tell Councilmember Swanson we don't get paid mileage, but I don't think he's on the call. I just wanted to update folks that by the end of the day tomorrow, they will have paved Euclid all the way up to South Ashland. Should be able to get it marked, too. So next week, they'll be doing the 800 block of Euclid and the area around the corner on the East High Street. so literally next Friday we will have Black Friday in Chevy Chase because it'll be brand new asphalt all over down here so that's going to be a great thing but previous to that is my personal favorite and others have made comment to it is Thanksgiving and while giving thanks will be different this year than ever in our lives it doesn't make it any less special or any less important. So take that time to be thankful for those in and around you, those that we worry about differently now and those that we see differently now. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Does anyone else have an announcement to make? All right. Do I hear a motion to adjourn? All right. Council Member Higgins-Hord moved. Council Member Plumman seconded. All those in favor, please show me your hand. Thank you. We are adjourned. Have a good, safe Thanksgiving, everybody. Thank you.